Hal Brown's Stressline

The only hope for democracy may be that enough Trumpers figure out how to use their brains like the Scarecrow from Oz finally did, and getting hearts like the Tin Woodman always had, by Hal Brown, MSW
Apr 8, 2024

Neurology,, Trump
I was inpired to write this after reading the article by neuroscientist Bobby Azarian, in RawStory+ How Trump supporters’ brains prevent them from changing their minds. Consider this excerpt from the article: A seminal study by social psychologist David Amodio and colleagues at New York University suggests that the typical conservative is not likely to be convinced…
Here’s a good reason to use X: someone like me can get over 11,000 people to see a snarky cartoon I put together of a demented Trump wandering around Mar-a-Lago in the middle of the night. By Hal Brown, MSW
Apr 7, 2024

Dementia,, Media, Politics, Trump, Uncategorized
I thought a way to share this with as many people as possible was to post it on X. I was amazed at how many people saw it. I know many people refuse to use X because Elon Musk now owns it. Even so, it is the only way to reach thousands of people if…
An article (and the comments to it) about Trumpers willing to resort to violence if Biden wins prompted me to repost the story I wrote about why I was banned from Daily Kos for writing about what I’d do to defend my community, by Hal Brown, MSW
Apr 7, 2024

MAGA, Politics, Violence
‘Set things straight’: Chilling poll shows how far Republicans are willing to go by D. Earl Stephens is truly chilling. You can read the article or merely look at the results of the NPR survey which led to the author writing it: Here’s a small sample of the comments which led me to post my…
Grandiose narcisism, delusions, and dementia, by Hal Brown, MSW
Apr 6, 2024

Dementia,, Politics, psychology, Satire
Trump is now saying he’s willing to go to prison just like Nelson Mandela, and his behavior is inspiring artilces like Trump’s ‘rambling incoherence’ sets off alarms as his rally ‘craziness’ ramps up: analyst… and if you do a Google News search for Trump dementia you come up with this…(the clinical social worker in the…
You can use the word tank to refer to several things, but one meaning is especially relevant to Trump and his supporters… by Hal Brown, MSW
Apr 5, 2024

Politics, Stock market, Trump
There are a few kinds of tanks, what you see above and of course the gas tank in your car. There are even two kinds of tanks related to the word stock. From what I can tell the term tank or tanking when referred to stock, or any other drastic failure, is derived from the…
We need a dementia expert to don their white coat and go on Watters’ World to explain why Trump fits the diagnosis, by Hal Brown, MSW
Apr 4, 2024

Dementia,, Media, Politics, psychology, Trump
As far as I know there is only one neuroscientist who has written about Turmp’s dementia. This is Bobby Azarian, a neuroscientist on the faculty of George Mason University, who wrote the following in March: A neuroscientist reveals how Trump and Biden’s cognitive impairments are different. Excerpts: As a neuroscientist myself, the question I’m mulling…
Trump may have thought he was the Chosen One when the Godesses of Fate handed him Eileen Cannon, but godesses can be fickle and thanks to Jack Smith they may turn on him. By Hal Brown, MSW
Apr 3, 2024

Courts, Law, Politics, Trump
Jack Smith was handed what should have been a slam dunk court victory in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. By fate, or chance, intervened in form of Judge Eileen Cannon who was assigned to preside over the case. Consider the odds against this (above). I wonder whether Trump realized how lucky he was when she was…
The greatest wall in the world is between the truth about Trump’s dementia and public awareness that it is getting worse, By Hal Brown, MSW
Apr 2, 2024

Dementia,, Media, psychology, Trump
There have been lots of famous walls in history and mythology: The Great Wall of China, the wall around Troy, the Berlin Wall, the Trump Wall . They served their purposes with varying degrees of success. So far the wall keeping much of the public from recognizing Trump’s dementia has been incredibly effective. The most…
Chauncey DeVega in his Salon columns has been the primary person in the media covering signs of Trump having dementia. In today’s article he quotes me. I have a few thing to add. By Hal Brown, MSW
Apr 1, 2024

Dementia,, psychology, Trump
You can read the article here. The article includes quotes from Salon columnist Amanda Marcotte, Katherine Stewart the author of “The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism“, Robert P. Jones, the president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller “The Hidden Roots of…
“The Crucifixion of Donald Trump? Drinking the MAGA Christian Kool Aid. Also: Read some of the comments on The Washington Times article, By Hal Brown, MSW
Mar 31, 2024

Christianity, Media, Politics, Religion, Satire, Trump
To fully grasp the reason I think the commentary pubished in The Washington Times and reported by Trum ought to be a satire, a sacreligious on at that, you have to read it.