William R Knecht, Ph.D.
williamrknecht.bsky.social
William R Knecht, Ph.D.
@williamrknecht.bsky.social
Married, retired cognitive/behavioral research psychologist now restoring 127 acres of OK prairie. I post shareable links to NYT, The Atlantic. Love blues music, antique tractors, trees & plants supporting wildlife. Hate Trump.
Or he'll try to milk the wrong bull (!) 😉
November 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is basically how cognitive dissonance works. Once a stubborn person makes up their mind about something, they're like a supertanker ship. Their momentum is so great that changing direction is very difficult. Put another way, their "'turning radius' is huge."

We have to understand psychology.
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'll have to ponder that. Prima facie, seems reasonable.

My only thought would be that he's consistently overplayed his hand & gotten away with almost everything. So, the Q becomes "Will he finally drop one of the bottles of nitroglycerine he or his toadies have juggled so successfully so far?"
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Oh, hell... SCOTUS has already told Il Duce that he can't be whacked for "official acts" (I'm stealing your lunch money. Consider it an Official Act...). Plus, he just pardons anybody who commits a crime on his "behalf."

Our "president" is now above the law. A damned outlaw.
November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I can't see Trump doing anything homo. Just doesn't fit his persona. He bangs porn stars.

And, possibly, little girls. We'll see about that one.
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The MRI was to try and find his penis.

They failed.
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
2/2 --choose being feared.

Trump very obviously wants to be The Boss, yet have everybody worship him. But, as we all know, the only bosses we also worship are the ones who 1) consistently make good decisions, and 2) also care about us.

Trump does neither. And, that's his weakness.
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
1/2 This is one exploitable crack in the rock that is 47.

One of his weaknesses is that, even though he's a Machiavellian, he hasn't quite figured out Machiavelli. In "The Prince," M advises that it's great to be loved. But, if the Prince has to CHOOSE between being loved and being feared...
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Tune out Traitors, is what I sez...
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Convicted of sex trafficking and she's acting cocky. Lack of remorse is a feature of sociopathy. Sociopaths only feel shame at one thing, and that's getting caught.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm sure bookies are giving 50-1 against getting 67 votes. But the point is to force our "representatives" to go on record.

Q: Are they allowed to just vote "Present" on something like this? They can do that on some votes.
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I wonder what pops up if you type "Dickhead" into the search engine...
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
And then hope that either a whistleblower/patriot emerges to give us the hard stuff, or we clobber them in the midterms & can force an investigation of our own.

I wonder how many Americans truly understand exactly what kind of trouble we're in. Trump is an oligo-autocrat, narcissist, sociopath.
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Did we ever think, if there were any smoking-gun material, that they'd release it? Or would they simply bury it, and Trump would pardon them right before leaving office (IF he ever does leave).
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Oh... if the Repost/Original Post ratio approaches infinity, that's either a bot or somebody not terribly original.
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
You're quite welcome. Yeah, I don't really have time for much video, esp. long ones. Reading is so much more efficient.

It's now totally striking how Trump is behaving just like a guilty man.
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Hey--you were the one got the ball rolling.
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Good point, We can take credit for hard work, but not for good fortune.
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM