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[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

The letter, entered by Senators Whitehouse and Reed of Rhode Island on April 30, represents an unusually direct intervention by medical experts spanning conservative and liberal ideologies, multiple religions, and diverse backgrounds. The press release announcing this action was published Tuesday night (May 5).

It's rare to read that in published form. A potential problem is that it may be useful to someone near Trump for him to remain there. Perhaps Vance, perhaps Vought, perhaps someone else, or a group of them. I don't believe Trump is making these continually bad and harmful decisions on his own. "The power behind the throne."

[–] U7826391786239@piefed.zip 63 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

this is one of the reasons why the GOP has spent the last few decades demonizing experts and dismissing science as "fake news," other reasons being racism, climate denial, 'trickle-down' economics, etc

[–] Carmakazi@piefed.social 29 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Reality has a liberal bias, so they have to wage war on reality to survive.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 11 minutes ago

Who could have guessed that kindness was objectively the right thing to do? Feelings? Data? Science? Nah... /s :/

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 hours ago

Facts are very inconvenient for them.

[–] weaponG@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

This is as useful and effective as:

"Dozens of security experts testify that Windows 11 with Copilot is spyware and must not be used."

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (3 children)

Idk what I'm supposed to do with the advice of dozens of mental health experts. Anyone with the ego to run for President of the United States is arguably mentally unstable to begin with. Trump's always been a degenerate little freak. And now he's a senile degenerate freak.

But he's hardly the first President in US history to suffer from Old Person Brain and get shepherded around by a gaggle of scheming viziers while the country crumbles around them. What is anyone going to do about it? The Senate is packed with people exactly as senile and corrupt and petty as Trump. And nothing in the next election cycle seems like it will change that.

Hell, Democrats were working kinda-sorta hard to put an 80-year-old woman into Susan Collin's Senate seat barely more than a week ago. In NC, they're running Roy Cooper at 68 years young. Meanwhile, 73 year old Sherrod Brown is looking to reclaim his Ohio seat for another six years. These are the Fresh New Faces we're supposed to rally behind to defeat the Trump Gerontocracy?

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago

Agreed. We've had multiple wake-up calls that we don't have any guardrails against an unstable President, and we've done nothing about it. I mean technically we have guardrails. But the reality is our elected officials are a bunch of feckless cowards who value being in power more than they value wielding it responsibly. And since impeaching a President is tantamount to a nuclear bomb enema, politically speaking, no one is willing.

We are electing the fundamentally wrong sorts of people. It's not just age.

Status quo right? Fuck old pricks I'm 51 and hate a majority of my peers

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You're right.

Bet. Check it, we need young blud runnin' dis shiz rite hurr. Deez old fucks gon up n die soon n leave wut? A wasted shit land fer all us n shit? Naw bruh, bet.. 2028 im finna run for prez up in this bitch n git shit dun son! Bruh, these old fucks gotta go, yo. Vote Dillon Breeze 2028. Peace.

New age campaign slogans for the next generation of government.

[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 1 points 24 minutes ago

For some reason I pictured the skinny white kid from Idiocracy saying that. The Secretary of Energy.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

You don't need a mental health expert to see that. Millions of people see it.

[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

Tired of these headlines, it's been years and years. Rawstory.com is just ragebait for liberals.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago

Has been for st least over 20 years now.

[–] Raglesnarf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

ohh yeah because this is what will get them to remove him