1/ It was good to see Rachel Maddow covering the Alabama Sharpie map incident, but there is another possibility of the origins of the Tweet. @maddow @allinwithchris @amjoyshow
2/ Psychologist and former Asst Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, John Gartner covered another possibility in a USA Today Op-Ed back in April (before "Alabama" ever came on the scene). I'd like to quote it in length.... usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
3/ "Semantic paraphasia involves choosing the incorrect words. For instance, after AG William Barr released a letter on the Mueller report, Trump said: 'I hope they now go and take a look at the oranges, the oranges of that investigation, the beginnings of that investigation.'"
4/ "Phonemic paraphasia, which is linked to the moderate to severe stages of Alzheimer’s, is described as 'the substitution of a word with a nonword that preserves at least half of the segments and/or number of syllables of the intended word.'"
5/ "For example, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu becomes “Betanyahu,” big league becomes “bigly,” anonymous becomes “enenamas” or "anenomynous," renovation becomes “renoversh,” missiles become "mishiz," space capsule becomes “capsicle,” ...
6/ "...midterm elections become "midtowm" and "midturn" elections, and Christmas becomes “Chrissus.” I agree with @LincolnsBible that there is a non-zero chance that Trump mixed up "Alabama" with "Atlanta," and then as his goldfish memory faded, the Sharpie came out.
7/ While I am not qualified to diagnose the President, I am a native speaker of English and can hear when an individual is repeatedly mispronouncing words, forgetting things, and meandering. The CPAC speech was all of those things combined. washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump…
8/ Here is Trump slurring his words youtube.com/watch?v=gza7H3…
9/ And again more slurring. Inside Edition's decision to go to dentist for commentary, rather than a neurologist, was doing a disservice to the country.
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10/ For video evidence, look no further than Liz McLean Knight (@quantazelle), who has documented numerous symptoms of frontotemporal dementia, including myoclonic jerks (upward torso, left shoulder, foot, etc.), loss of balance, spasms, etc. See here: lizmcleanknight.wixsite.com/tftd
11/ Here is a handy list posted by Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) of possible symptoms that have manifested with Trump over the last couple of years 
12/ Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) has a terrific thread on the issue as well. Read it through and judge for yourself whether the possibility exists:
13/ Just as the media has failed to prepare the country for the revelation of ties between Trump and the Mafia, the media has failed to prepare the country for the possibility that the president is seriously mentally impaired and worsening by the day.
14/ There is a reason why the Right Wing media targeted Hillary with claims of mental issues and is now doing the exact same thing to Joe Biden. We all know this equation: Gaslighting 101 + Rovian Tactic #1.
