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Cognitive Decline? These Were Trump’s 11 Most Senile Moments This Year
For the last year, the nation has witnessed President Trump’s rapid physical and mental decline. The 79-year-old president has repeatedly…
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Cognitive Tests Are Good. The Way Trump Talks About Them Is Bad.
The MoCA is a starting point—it bundles together mini-tests on several different areas of cognition, and if a patient has a lower score in…
News
Is Cognitive Dissonance Actually a Thing?
In 1934, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit eastern India, killing thousands and devastating several cities. Curiously, in areas that were…
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Transcript: Trump’s Crazed Rant Over Cognitive Test Shows His Decline
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 28 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This…
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Cognitive Decline? Trump Whines About “Train to Hawaii” in Wild Rant
“As we talk about protection, drone use, counter-drones and counter-UAS, medical modernization, aviation modernization, we have something…
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Cognitive Decline? Trump Goes on Bizarre Rant About “Water Drugs”
“I spoke to the governor, she was very nice,” Trump said at the time, referring to a phone call he had with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek.…
Culture
Helen Oyeyemi’s Novel of Cognitive Dissonance
Few fantasies are harder to wipe away than the romance of a clean slate. Every January, when we’re twitchy with regret and self-loathing,…
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Cognitive Decline? Trump Uses Soviet-Era Name for Russian City
In 1991, Donald Trump filed for bankruptcy for the first time. He is said to have posed as his own publicist in a phone interview. He…
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Cognitive Decline? Trump Rambles About Paper Clip During Speech
The White House is embracing Donald Trump’s “Daddy” nickname in a pretty intense way for a guy whose name was in the Jeffrey Epstein…
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Cognitive Decline? Trump Repeatedly Fumbles in Multiple Weird Rants
“It’s kind of a fund-raiser” for Mr. Trump, Korean crypto executive Sangrok Oh and another dinner attendee, told the Times. “And he’ll…
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Cover-up of Biden's cognitive, physical ills adds to long tradition of presidential medical secrets
Many U.S. presidents have concealed significant medical problems from the public, but the practice is now under heightened scrutiny in the…
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Cognitive Decline? Trump Makes Bonkers Claim About Drug Prices
A federal judge blocked Donald Trump’s latest escalation against foreigners in the U.S. on Thursday, a ruling that came just hours after…
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Cognitive Decline or Fascism? Trump Rants About Cuts to Food Benefits
Donald Trump seems to think that cuts to food assistance means cheaper and more abundant food for everyone. “You campaigned on lowering…
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Cognitive Decline? Trump Spews a Word Salad to Explain Alcatraz Idea.
“Well, I guess I was supposed to be a moviemaker. We’re talking—we started with the moviemaking, and it will end,” Trump replied. “It…
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Cognitive Decline? Trump Is Now Making up Protests in His Support
“If you had a choice between a doll from China, that might have, say, lead paint in it that is not as well constructed, as a doll made in…
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Trump says he got every answer right in cognitive test during physical
President Donald Trump spoke to reporters while aboard Air Force One on Friday night, revealing he took a cognitive exam as part of his…
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Cognitive Decline? Trump Calls for Open Borders in Rant on Tariffs
Initially, Marks said that he tried to be on good terms with his vaccine-skeptic new boss regarding vaccine safety, making plans to…