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demmiblue

(36,873 posts) Fri Aug 16, 2019, 08:26 AM Aug 2019

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'The president failed every criterion for rational and reality-based decision-making capacity.' (Original Post) demmiblue Aug 2019 OP

Dr. Lee's credentials are impressive and she doesn't do this lightly. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2019 #1

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1. Dr. Lee's credentials are impressive and she doesn't do this lightly.

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 09:17 AM

Aug 2019

In case anyone is wondering who she is, Dr. Brandy X. Lee has both a medical degree and a masters in divinity from Yale. She is a specialist in prison violence and co-authored this editorial regarding the ethics of the Goldwater Rule. She's got one hell of a resume and I respect her work immensely.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/02/26/the-goldwater-rule-has-been-turned-into-silencing-mechanism-aimed-those-who-would-speak-out/6A9zC7XTGldEm9j5NbyW2K/story.html

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2. HOLY CRAP! That is scary as hell. Keeping this guy in the WH is playing Russian Roulette.

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 09:37 AM

Aug 2019

At least layers of insulation have been installed between him and nuclear decisions.