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In reply to the discussion: TPM - "About the Press Conference". Josh Marshall nails it [View all]SunSeeker
(51,513 posts)21. Josh Marshall has a lot of company--including among mental health professionals.
As the BBC is now reporting (yes, the BBC, because the world is just as freaked out as we are):
... the majority of mental health professionals have refrained from making public statements, following a self-imposed principle known as the "Goldwater rule", adopted by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in 1973.
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But now, some professionals have spoken out, including those who have signed a petition asking for Mr Trump's removal. It has now gathered more than 23,000 signatures.
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In a letter to the New York Times, 35 mental health professionals warned that the "grave emotional instability" indicated in Mr Trump's speech and actions made him "incapable of serving safely as president".
They said experts had remained silent because of the Goldwater rule, but that it was time to speak out. "This silence has resulted in a failure to lend our expertise to worried journalists and members of Congress at this critical time. We fear that too much is at stake to be silent any longer."
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But now, some professionals have spoken out, including those who have signed a petition asking for Mr Trump's removal. It has now gathered more than 23,000 signatures.
...
In a letter to the New York Times, 35 mental health professionals warned that the "grave emotional instability" indicated in Mr Trump's speech and actions made him "incapable of serving safely as president".
They said experts had remained silent because of the Goldwater rule, but that it was time to speak out. "This silence has resulted in a failure to lend our expertise to worried journalists and members of Congress at this critical time. We fear that too much is at stake to be silent any longer."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38991171
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"his 2020 reelection campaign" - he registered as a 2020 candidate the day he was inaugurated
CousinIT
Feb 2017
#4
The fact that the GOP not only protects a crazy man, but goes out of their way to so so tells us
world wide wally
Feb 2017
#14
Keep the pressure on him! He will crack! He hasn't done a days work in years (if ever) and I don't
Liberal In Red State
Feb 2017
#15
Josh Marshall has a lot of company--including among mental health professionals.
SunSeeker
Feb 2017
#21