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malaise

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2. This is MUST READ

Reply to mountain grammy (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 09:11 PM

16 hrs ago

Because there is a meaningful difference between a president who knows the truth and hides it, and a president who has lost the capacity to distinguish between what he experiences and what he wishes he had experienced. The first is a problem of character. The second is something else.

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I haven't been able to stop thinking about this piece by Adam Kinzinger.. so disturbing. [View all] mountain grammy 16 hrs ago OP

Great analogy of Grandpa vapor2 16 hrs ago #1

This is MUST READ malaise 16 hrs ago #2

Then there's this, which explains a lot: Amaryllis 16 hrs ago #3

Yes indeed malaise 15 hrs ago #8

Whether he has always reconstructed reality to match his fantasies, or whether deterioration has reached a point that... pat_k 16 hrs ago #4

I think both are true. Always but increasinly worse. Amaryllis 15 hrs ago #9

Adam, this was a most perceptive and disturbing piece. But you got niyad 15 hrs ago #5

She creeps me out, the way she was mostly expressionless. mountain grammy 3 hrs ago #19

She seems to be animated when she is on her social media. niyad 1 hr ago #21

Luckily, I've managed to avoid any and all things Kai... mountain grammy 1 hr ago #22

May it be so. niyad 1 hr ago #23

It's a feature not a flaw for MAGA Ponietz 15 hrs ago #6

IMHO, the bigger issue is the millions of people who believe what he (and his media supporters) say progressoid 15 hrs ago #7

Yes indeed mountain grammy 6 hrs ago #13

Yes he's a sick man Katcat 14 hrs ago #10

Somewhere in Queens. 1954. 3Hotdogs 13 hrs ago #11

This message was self-deleted by its author MerryBlooms 13 hrs ago #12

I think you're describing Cawthorne mountain grammy 6 hrs ago #14

Yes. Exactly. PCIntern 6 hrs ago #15

Thanks, I was so tired, I just couldn't remember. 🥰 MerryBlooms 3 hrs ago #17

I self deleted after you guys helped me out. Thanks MerryBlooms 50 min ago #24

Madison Cawthorn was the Repub who talked about being invited to parties wishstar 6 hrs ago #16

Thanks so much for the info! 🥰 MerryBlooms 3 hrs ago #18

Adam Kinzinger never said any such thing obamanut2012 2 hrs ago #20