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usonian

(26,436 posts)
Sun May 10, 2026, 10:59 AM 3 hrs ago

D.C. Doctors Sound Alarn, Urge Rapid Move to Remove Trump From Office.

This may be duplicate, since I trash the "Unholy Name" Entered April 30 2026 in the Congressional Record by Senators
Whitehouse and Reed of Rhode Island.

Let me know. I looked on the home page, which blocks nothing.

https://hoodline.com/2026/05/d-c-doctors-sound-alarm-urge-rapid-move-to-remove-trump-from-office/
May 9, 2026

Thirty-six medical experts have formally warned Congress that President Donald J. Trump is mentally unfit to serve and should be removed from office "with the greatest urgency," saying he "presents a clear and present danger" to the country and the world. The group, made up of neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians and other clinicians, points to worsening cognition, grandiose delusions and severely impaired judgment as core concerns. Their statement, now printed in the Senate's Congressional Record, is drawing fresh scrutiny this week as lawmakers and reporters pore over the evidence. The experts frame their intervention as a national security warning rather than a partisan broadside.

What the experts told lawmakers
The full statement, titled "Medical Concerns About President Donald J. Trump and His Fitness for Office," details what the signers describe as observable warning signs. They cite a "marked deterioration in cognitive functioning" and "grandiose and delusional beliefs" that they say have emerged or worsened over time. Because the president remains commander in chief, they argue, those issues create unique risks and justify urgent action. The statement urges that "steps to remove him from office must be undertaken with the greatest urgency" and notes that the text has been entered into the official record, according to the Congressional Record. PDF, page 58.

Who signed it
The submission is backed by 36 physicians and mental health professionals, including neurologists, forensic psychiatrists and other specialists. The roster includes clinicians from Harvard, Columbia, Tufts and George Washington, along with figures such as Eric Chivian, a co-founder of IPPNW and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. The signers, the statement notes, span a range of political views and professional backgrounds, and their full names and institutional affiliations are listed alongside the filing. That complete signatory list appears with the Whitehouse/Reed submission in the printed record, which details each expert and their institutional ties.


CREC
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2026-04-30/pdf/CREC-2026-04-30.pdf
Page 58.

Standalone document.
https://www.ippnw.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Medical-Concerns-about-Donald-Trump-5_5_26.docx.pdf

Other references:
36 Doctors Just Staged the Quietest Coup in American History
The press looked away for a reason.
https://thegrimhistorian.substack.com/p/36-doctors-just-staged-the-quietest
May 7, 2026



• Marked deterioration in cognitive functioning. (Watch any interview for receipts.)

• Disorganized speech. (Trump calls this the “weave.” Neurologists call this tangentiality.)

• Factual confusions. (Mixing up Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi. Mixing up Vance with Rubio.)

• Episodes of apparent somnolence during critical public proceedings. (Falling asleep every time Rubio speaks.)

• Grandiose and delusional beliefs. (Believing he is Jesus or the Pope, depending on the sundown hour.)

• Severely impaired judgment. (Ones that we are paying for in an estimated $1T war.)

• Disinhibition and perseveration. (If I hear that Hannibal Lecter story one more time, I will eat my arm.)

• Manic behavior. (One hundred and fifty social media posts in a single night.)

The 36 were concerned enough to invoke the Declaration of Geneva — the post-Nuremberg successor to the Hippocratic Oath, which was written specifically because doctors at Nuremberg argued they had only been following orders. They concluded that Donald J. Trump is mentally unfit to be the President of the United States, and that steps to remove him from office must be undertaken with the greatest urgency.


Short discussion on Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48082878
May 10, 2026

Bogus stuff gets removed by admins. This stands.
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D.C. Doctors Sound Alarn, Urge Rapid Move to Remove Trump From Office. (Original Post) usonian 3 hrs ago OP
Getting 25'd is trumps best protection against going to jail. Turbineguy 3 hrs ago #1
I dunno. Ego is all that's left. usonian 3 hrs ago #2
Back in the early days of BASIC-running PCs Wednesdays 2 hrs ago #7
And before that!!! usonian 2 hrs ago #9
I published a four-page newsletter NJCher 1 hr ago #29
This should be the lead story on all media malaise 3 hrs ago #3
But he "Aced" his cognitive test more than three times! Chasstev365 2 hrs ago #4
Oh give me a break. THIS was his "cognitive test" he "Aced". usonian 2 hrs ago #11
LOL! Chasstev365 2 hrs ago #12
Howard Hughes or hay bales? underpants 2 hrs ago #5
Well, there's a document headed straight to the circular file. Wednesdays 2 hrs ago #6
Cheer up Donnie! If the 25th or impeachment no_hypocrisy 2 hrs ago #8
That's not how he works. usonian 2 hrs ago #10
Republicans in Congress don't care..... SergeStorms 2 hrs ago #13
They will NEVER learn. usonian 2 hrs ago #14
That's right. If they cared he would have never had the chance to run for president in 2024. Buckeyeblue 1 hr ago #17
Give the President a HURRUMFF!! AZ8theist 1 hr ago #27
Nice now apply that to all Republikons bucolic_frolic 1 hr ago #15
A lot of good it would do popsdenver 1 hr ago #16
Can't be Peter Thiel. HE'S AN IMMIGRANT. usonian 1 hr ago #18
At least that is what the constitution says.... popsdenver 1 hr ago #20
Exactly!!! Jvp 1 hr ago #21
I can't wait to see him training to be an Astronaut Submariner 1 hr ago #19
There is not a spaceship popsdenver 1 hr ago #23
Let him quote this DU post: usonian 1 hr ago #24
yet another example UpInArms 1 hr ago #25
Republicans do not care about America. hadEnuf 1 hr ago #22
Trump' response Dave Id 1 hr ago #26
no one in the gop will even read this letter, let alone do anything with it....... Takket 1 hr ago #28
highly qualified people have made this judgment NJCher 50 min ago #30
I wholeheartedly concur and I'm not a DC Doctor DeeDeeNY 44 min ago #31
but trump can point to a cow and say "that's a cow" themaguffin 31 min ago #32
He'll be there as long as the republicans think they need him; as long as they can use him. patphil 31 min ago #33
Crazy like a fox 🦊.... live love laugh 31 min ago #34
I get the sentiment behind it... nycbos 15 min ago #35

Turbineguy

(40,191 posts)
1. Getting 25'd is trumps best protection against going to jail.
Sun May 10, 2026, 11:07 AM
3 hrs ago

He may be faking it but at least he'll be gone.

usonian

(26,436 posts)
2. I dunno. Ego is all that's left.
Sun May 10, 2026, 11:15 AM
3 hrs ago

Besides the chatbot.

The Hallucinating ChatGPT Presidency
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/29/the-hallucinating-chatgpt-presidency/

Judge for yourself.

Tue, Apr 29th 2025 09:34am - Mike Masnick

We generally understand how LLM hallucinations work. An AI model tries to generate what seems like a plausible response to whatever you ask it, drawing on its training data to construct something that sounds right. The actual truth of the response is, at best, a secondary consideration.

snip

But over the last few months, it has occurred to me that, for all the hype about generative AI systems “hallucinating,” we pay much less attention to the fact that the current President does the same thing, nearly every day. The more you look at the way Donald Trump spews utter nonsense answers to questions, the more you begin to recognize a clear pattern — he answers questions in a manner quite similar to early versions of ChatGPT. The facts don’t matter, the language choices are a mess, but they are all designed to present a plausible-sounding answer to the question, based on no actual knowledge, nor any concern for whether or not the underlying facts are accurate.

snip

This is not the response of someone working from actual knowledge or policy understanding. Instead, it’s precisely how an LLM operates: taking a prompt (the question about job losses) and generating text based on some core parameters (the “system prompt” that requires deflecting blame and asserting greatness).

The hallmarks of AI generation are all here:
• Confident assertions without factual backing
• Meandering diversions that maintain loose semantic connection to the topic
• Pattern-matching to previous responses (“ripped off,” “billions of dollars”)
• Optimization for what sounds good rather than what’s true



Dunno anything that can save him from the Gallos, Ernest and Julio.

Wednesdays

(23,049 posts)
7. Back in the early days of BASIC-running PCs
Sun May 10, 2026, 11:48 AM
2 hrs ago

My father edited a program called "Buzzwords" (circa 1979). It generated a string of random words, but the words were typical corporate buzzwords, and could be used as prompts for a speech. And the speech, while actually nonsense, would sound profound.

A precursor to today's word salads from The Felon and others of his ilk.

usonian

(26,436 posts)
9. And before that!!!
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:00 PM
2 hrs ago

Yes, I'm that old.

The Buzzphrase Generator.

https://www.gsrc.ca/buzzword.htm

Days of slide rules, nomograms and sliding conversion charts. I save some for shock value! Huntington's four place tables!

They don't even need 40 gigawatts to run!!
So looked up Huntington's four place tables and got this crap.



I so hate the internet.

Advertising is a poison that demeans even love – and we're hooked on it

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/oct/24/advertising-poison-hooked

NJCher

(43,444 posts)
29. I published a four-page newsletter
Sun May 10, 2026, 01:27 PM
1 hr ago

On "buzzspeak" at a corporation for which I worked. There were around 100 people at the regional office of this giant corporation which you've all McHeard of, and we had this giant copy machine which kicked out the copies in seconds. Rarely got jammed. I wrote it in my spare time (hah!) and secretly distributed it to every desk in the office at night, after everyone had gone home.

My subtitle to "Buzzspeak" was "all the corporate lingo you need to know!" It was full of trite sayings like "outside the box" and "face time." Articles on how to use them and "upcoming buzzwords you'll want to use!"

It was satiric, needless to say.

However, people thought it was real. Imagine me on the elevator, listening to people seriously talk about my articles. I could barely disguise my smirk.

p.s. if only I'd had the buzz phrase generator!!

Chasstev365

(8,080 posts)
4. But he "Aced" his cognitive test more than three times!
Sun May 10, 2026, 11:29 AM
2 hrs ago

It's bragging about not being diagnosed as a sociopath on a psychological diagnostic test more than 3 times!

Does it ever occur to the MAGA zombies:

A. You don't brag about something like that.

B. Why is he being tested so often?

usonian

(26,436 posts)
11. Oh give me a break. THIS was his "cognitive test" he "Aced".
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:07 PM
2 hrs ago


It took him two hours to solve it.

And he used a hammer.

underpants

(197,054 posts)
5. Howard Hughes or hay bales?
Sun May 10, 2026, 11:29 AM
2 hrs ago

His ego and need for attention won’t let him slip into recluse mode like Hughes. Lining the interior walls with gas soaked hay bales seems more likely as the walls close in tighter.

Wednesdays

(23,049 posts)
6. Well, there's a document headed straight to the circular file.
Sun May 10, 2026, 11:40 AM
2 hrs ago


The fate of the world be damned.

no_hypocrisy

(55,282 posts)
8. Cheer up Donnie! If the 25th or impeachment
Sun May 10, 2026, 11:54 AM
2 hrs ago

Works, you plead insanity for all those future indictments

usonian

(26,436 posts)
10. That's not how he works.
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:03 PM
2 hrs ago

He will claim that everyone ELSE is insane.

When he's gone, everyone on DU should be awarded an honorary psychology degree.

SergeStorms

(20,791 posts)
13. Republicans in Congress don't care.....
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:16 PM
2 hrs ago

They just don't want any rage texting from the Orange Carbuncle against them. They could lose their phoney-baloney jobs if he did!

usonian

(26,436 posts)
14. They will NEVER learn.
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:23 PM
2 hrs ago

Donald betrays EVERYONE near him, or who trusts him, starting with his wife.

It's just a matter of his many Scaramucci's.

"Everyone knows it's windy Stormy"

Buckeyeblue

(6,427 posts)
17. That's right. If they cared he would have never had the chance to run for president in 2024.
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:38 PM
1 hr ago

bucolic_frolic

(55,701 posts)
15. Nice now apply that to all Republikons
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:28 PM
1 hr ago

The number of dictators chased from power by democracy is very few.

While we're at it, do dictators arise more from frequent elections in democratic countries, or from the old system of Royal succession?

Neither one is batting 1000. We have centuries of data now.

popsdenver

(2,569 posts)
16. A lot of good it would do
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:35 PM
1 hr ago

to get rid of Trump.......The Republicans/2025 group would quickly install someone even worse.

Stephen Miller, Russell Vought, Peter Thiel, or countless others..........

We have passed the point of no return folks........a check mate, no matter how optimistic some are......

The perfect title for a book about the past 46+ years would be: WHILE THE NATION SLEPT

usonian

(26,436 posts)
18. Can't be Peter Thiel. HE'S AN IMMIGRANT.
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:43 PM
1 hr ago

Came here and applied for citizenship from South Africa, JUST LIKE ELON MUSK.

popsdenver

(2,569 posts)
20. At least that is what the constitution says....
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:56 PM
1 hr ago

How many times have they ALREADY ignored it??????? They have openly said that the constitution, as far as they are concerned, is just an antiquated piece of paper.......

Jvp

(88 posts)
21. Exactly!!!
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:56 PM
1 hr ago

The people in the cabinet share many of the Donald's qualities, minus the age-related ones. All of them are not fit to be in the positions they occupy. Just watch one of them in an interview and it is obvious to any informed, aware person that something is not right with them. they cannot be expected to do the right thing!!!

Submariner

(13,423 posts)
19. I can't wait to see him training to be an Astronaut
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:46 PM
1 hr ago

he said about a week ago he's fit to go. Let's take the advantage of that and shoot him into the sun, by mistake, of course.

usonian

(26,436 posts)
24. Let him quote this DU post:
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:58 PM
1 hr ago
https://www.democraticunderground.com/113356883


"Zelenskyy Permits Putin to Put on a Parade".

"Show me the seashells that beachcomber Comey combed from the sandy seashore"

hadEnuf

(3,649 posts)
22. Republicans do not care about America.
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:56 PM
1 hr ago

They only care about their power and pockets. Trump clearly needs to be removed from power, which is obvious to any sane person.

But they will not lift one finger to stop him and say yes to everything he does.

They are treasonous to the country and it's citizens.

NJCher

(43,444 posts)
30. highly qualified people have made this judgment
Sun May 10, 2026, 01:37 PM
50 min ago

If you read the articles posted by the OP, the statement itself entered into the record does not mean something will be done about it. What it does, however, is give the people who have the power and know-how to take action a source to which to refer.

patphil

(9,195 posts)
33. He'll be there as long as the republicans think they need him; as long as they can use him.
Sun May 10, 2026, 01:56 PM
31 min ago

Maybe we should start a pole as to how long it'll be before they have their "weekend at Donnie's" with him.
My guess is they'll want to prop him up to as close to the election as they can, unless he becomes too big a drag on the Congressional races.
At that point he may have a major health issue, and be carted off with a big show of sympathy about how he gave his all for the country until his health gave out. And it was all the hate the radical left projected onto him that did him in.
Some right wing preacher will talk about how he suffered for his country, and liken it to the suffering of Jesus.

nycbos

(6,720 posts)
35. I get the sentiment behind it...
Sun May 10, 2026, 02:12 PM
15 min ago

... but the reason I'm not advocating for it is that in many ways, Vance could end up being worse because he is more intelligent than Trump.

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