Tuesday, 19 May 2026

36 leading physicians and other doctors are calling for Donald J. Trump’s immediate, lawful removal from office



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May 17, 2026
Psychiatrist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient for the prevention of nuclear war, Dr Henry Abraham, joins Anthony Davis to warn of the risk of Donald Trump being in charge of America’s nuclear arsenal, and how his deteriorating mental health and penchant for violence is a grave risk to humanity - only on The Weekend Show. More from Dr Henry Abraham at: https://substack.com/@henryabrahammd
 

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I wholeheartedly agree sir Please enjoy my email
 
 
 
 

Open Letter to Democrats in Congress 3.12.26

 
 

RE:  IMPEACH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NOW OUT OF SELF-INTEREST

The myopic, anemic, feckless orthodoxy among “leadership” Democrats in Congress mulishly resists seeking to impeach President Donald Trump for a counterrevolution against July 4, 1776. Trump has crowned himself with infinite, extraconstitutional powers restrained only by his imaginary moral conscience that daily finds expression in industrial scale murders, criminal, unconstitutional wars of aggression, usurpation of the congressional power of the purse, frontal attacks on free speech and association, unconstitutional preemption of state voting laws and voting rights, and extortion, bribery, and obstruction of justice as a way of life at the White House.  The orthodoxy errantly postulates that initiating impeachment would spike Republican turnout in November and cost the Democrats a chance to regain control of the House and possibly the Senate.

Impeachment now would benefit Democrats. For starters, it would soar turnout among Democrats and independents seeking deliverance from the economic pain inflicted by President Trump’s imperial, plutocratic policies, for example, $1 billion daily for his criminal war of aggression against Iran in partnership with Israel a wild proposed $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget paid for by slashing nutrition and health programs, and starving public service and public works needs. Voters reward political courage and principle.  Spinelessness is not a winning calling card.

Further, some Republicans who have not drunk the Trump cool-aid would have an incentive to ditch the White House to retain their seats in November.  They may recall that Republicans who stood at the barricades with President Richard Nixon until his resignation forced by his own GOP under an impeachment cloud on August 9, 1974, were defeated in the following November congressional elections.

Moreover, the impeachment process itself, including shadow hearings, would educate the American people to President Trump’s infidelity to the American Revolution saluting unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness secured by the rule of law and separation of powers.  Impeachment would sound Mr. Trump’s danger to the Constitution like Paul Revere’s famous ride on April 18, 1775, immortalized by William Henry Longfellow.

Polls show a majority of Americans favor impeaching Mr. Trump now even without further education—55 to 37 percent.  Mr. Trump’s approval ratings have plunged:  58 percent disapproving his performance compared with 39 percent approving—a 19 percent margin. Additionally, nothing on the horizon before November economically or militarily looks promising for President Trump.

See the “Statement from Medical Professionals,” Congressional Record April 30, 2026, on Trump’s mental decline, as well as the detailed report from the New York City Bar, “The Crisis Deepens: Congress Must Act Now to Address Escalating Abuses of Executive Power,” March 9, 2026.

Bruce Fein
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MAY 5, 2026

Contact: Henry David Abraham M.D.

HenryAbrahamMD@gmail.com or (617) 955-9710

MEDICAL EXPERTS DECLARE PRESIDENT TOO UNSTABLE TO REMAIN IN OFFICE

Washington, DC —  On April 30, 2026, a group of 36 leading physicians and other doctors with expertise in mental health issued a statement calling for President Donald J. Trump’s immediate, lawful removal from office for medical reasons. His mental instability, coupled with his sole, unchecked authority to launch nuclear weapons, makes him a clear and present danger to the safety of all Americans, they declared. The U.S. Senate offices of Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jack Reed (D-RI) entered their statement into the Congressional Record, Vol. 172, No. 76.

While they did not offer diagnoses, the experts were informed by voluminous evidence from the historical record of the president’s bizarre and impulsive behavior, rambling digressions, factual confusions, unexplained sudden changes of course in strategic matters, both national and international, and his deeply impaired judgment. Since we circulated our concerns among medical colleagues, Mr. Trump has exhibited more signs of grandiosity, e.g., posting images of himself on social media shaking hands with God, acting like Jesus, and dressing as a Pope. And he has continued nocturnal bingeing on social media posts that are filled with accusations of multiple conspiracies against him, as often as 150 times a night. Most worrisome are his outbursts of extreme, seemingly uncontrollable rage, such as his threat to destroy Iran, saying, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”

Current nuclear policy permits a president, and the president alone, to choose the time and target of a nuclear launch, without his orders being subject to review. The U.S. has a policy that permits a first use of nuclear weapons. These policies, combined with an emotionally unstable leader, is a formula for unspeakable tragedy waiting to happen. For this reason above all others, the group of medical experts urged that lawful steps be taken to remove the president from office.

 
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Dispersing the Fog E59 - Sullivan Children, Deaths in NS Jails, Guests Shirley Heafey and Curt Allen

Adam Rodgers - Nova Scotia Lawyer

May 3, 2026
This week, we are excited to introduce a new guest, former RCMP Complaints Commissioner, Shirley Heafey. She is joined by former RCMP Deputy Commissioner Curt Allen to discuss her career, her interactions with senior RCMP leadership, and her role in the Robert Dziekański case (where she assisted the responding officers, who were eventually exonerated by an OPP report on the incident). 
 
Also discussed this week, the one year anniversary of the disappearance of Jack and Lilly Sullivan in rural Pictou County, and the latest RCMP statements. We also discuss the death of an inmate in custody, and the lack of information available for such situations. There was an emergency alert issued in Colchester County this week, near the area where the NS mass shootings took place, which is raising fresh questions about the lack of cooperation between the RCMP and Truro Police.


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Trust that after you deleted my comments I called Ret'd Dep Comm Curt Allen AGAIN. 
 
 Need I say that he pissed me off bigtime? Shame on you all
 
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Contact:  Curt Allen: (416) 705-3632, or "curtis.allen@sympatico.ca"


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Dispersing the Fog - Ep 18 - Order of Canada to MCC Chair, Special Guest Ret'd Dep Comm Curt Allen


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This week, Paul and Adam are very pleased to welcome retired RCMP Deputy Commissioner, Curt Allen. Mr. Allen has continued to be involved in policing since his retirements, and here shares his thoughts on the RCMP response to the NS mass shootings, as well as the future of policing in Canada. Before the guest joins the show, Paul and Adam discuss the latest investees to the Order of Canada, including former NS Chief Justice, and lead Commissioner of the Mass Casualty Commission, J. Michael MacDonald


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Stevey Boy Murphy knows a lot more than he is telling  
 


Me,Myself and I

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The Honourable J. Michael MacDonald, ONS, CM

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The Honourable J. Michael MacDonald joined Stewart McKelvey as Counsel in April of 2019 following a distinguished career on the Bench. Mr. MacDonald was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in 1995 and the Associate Chief Justice three years later. He became the 22nd Chief Justice of Nova Scotia and the Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in 2004. During his time sitting on both courts, he wrote approximately 500 decisions. A member of the Canadian Judicial Council for twenty years, he has chaired several of its committees, most recently the Judicial Conduct Committee.

As Chief Justice, in 2014, Michael led the creation of the Nova Scotia Access to Justice Coordinating Committee, a group of legal professionals working to make Nova Scotia a national leader in access to justice. During his tenure as Chief Justice, he promoted several judicial outreach initiatives to engage the Indigenous and African Nova Scotia communities. His efforts to foster inclusion on the Bench include creating a judicial mentorship initiative for African Nova Scotian and Indigenous lawyers. He also volunteered with Phoenix Youth to host justice day camps for young people from racialized communities.

From 2020 to 2023, Michael chaired the Mass Casualty Commission, which culminated in 130 recommendations designed to make Nova Scotian and Canadian communities safer.

Michael’s access to justice initiatives have been recognized by Cape Breton University and Mount Allison University with honourary doctorate of laws degrees. The Canadian Bar Association (Nova Scotia Branch) has renamed its annual access to justice award the “J. Michael MacDonald Access to Justice Award” to honour Michael’s work in this area. In 2024, he received the Order of Nova Scotia, the Province’s highest honour, and in 2025, he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian distinctions.

He has presented at, and participated in, numerous legal conferences in Canada, the United States, and Europe, and has assisted the judiciaries in Kazakhstan and Ukraine. He is a regular guest speaker at Dalhousie’s Schulich School of Law and a recipient of the Queen’s Golden, Diamond and Platinum Jubilee medals, along with the King Charles III Coronation Medal.

Michael focuses his practice on alternative dispute resolution. He also volunteers with Phoenix Youth and presently chairs its board of directors.

Education & Career

Education

Dalhousie University, LLB, 1979
Mount Allison University, BA, 1976

Activities

Member, Canadian Bar Association
Chair, Mass Casualty Commission
Member, African Nova Scotia Access to Justice Judicial Committee
Advisor, Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia
Board Member, Phoenix Youth
Creator and Chair, Nova Scotia Access to Justice Coordinating Committee, 2014 – 2018
Chair, Canadian Judicial Council, Judicial Conduct Committee, 2014 – 2018
Chair, Nova Scotia Judicial Council, 2004 – 2019
Chair, Executive Office of the Nova Scotia Judiciary, 2004 – 2019
Previous Member, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society Council
Previous President, Cape Breton Barristers’ Society
Previous Board member, Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation
Guest Speaker, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law

Accolades

Order of Canada, 2025
Order of Nova Scotia, 2024
Mount Allison University, Honourary Doctorate of Laws, 2024
Cape Breton University, Honourary Doctorate of Laws, 2018
Recipient, Queen’s Golden Jubilee medal
Recipient, Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal
Recipient, Queen’s Platinum Jubilee medal
Recipient, King Charles III Coronation medal
Honourary Member, International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law

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S2162 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 30, 2026 
 
 STATEMENT FROM MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD the following statement from medical professionals and their names into the RECORD on behalf of myself and Senator REED. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: MEDICAL CONCERNS ABOUT PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP AND HIS FITNESS FOR OFFICE The following is not a political statement. It is a medical one, made by individuals holding both conservative and liberal ideologies, identifying as both Republicans and Democrats, from different backgrounds, races, ethnicities, and religions. We are a group of neurologists, forensic psychiatrists, general psychiatrists, and other physicians, along with other mental health professionals, experienced in the diagnosis of cognitive disorders and in evaluating dangerousness to self and others. Among us are professionals whom the courts and criminal justice system regularly turn to for our expert opinion on these matters. We are also consulted by governments in matters related to national security and the psychological profiles of world leaders. Prior to the presidential election in the Fall of 2024, a statement assessing Donald J. Trump’s mental fitness for the presidency was issued. At that time, serious signs of cognitive decline were identified, and in our expert opinion, these signs warranted disqualification from office. It is our professional opinion, based on previous and ongoing assessments, that Donald Trump’s mental state since our 2024 statement has deteriorated even further. In keeping with our professional ethics, and for those of us who are physicians, with the Declaration of Geneva—the successor to the Hippocratic Oath that binds us to the humanitarian principles of medicine since the Nuremberg trials—we are compelled to warn of a President of the United States who is increasingly a danger to the public. We do not take our statement, and the responsibility that comes with making it, lightly. The President was not examined face to face, and he is not a patient of any member of our group. Rendering a formal diagnosis in this case is not our role. We have closely followed his behavior and his statements over the past year. Objectively observable signs of serious medical concern include: Marked deterioration in cognitive functioning, evidenced by disorganized and tangential speech, rambling digressions, factual confusions, unexplained sudden changes of course in strategic matters, both national and international, episodes of apparent somnolence during critical public proceedings. Grandiose and delusional beliefs, including assertions of infallibility, imagery of himself as Pope suggestive of a divine mission, being a mythical warrior hero, depicting himself as combat pilot—dropping feces on civilians, and claims that his decision-making authority is unlimited—with no need to consider domestic and international laws and constrained only by his ‘‘own morality.’’ Severely impaired judgment and impulse control, reflected in reckless threats of violence, advocacy of lethal force against civilians, encouragement of extrajudicial actions by armed supporters, repeated threats and often actions—judicial, prosecutorial, police, military, and by invoking emergency powers—against political opponents and others who disagree with him. Significant loss of self-control (disinhibition) and getting stuck on the same thoughts or actions, unable to let go or move on (perseveration), including seemingly compulsive, manic-like late-night communications—e.g., 150 social media posts in one night—fixation on perceived enemies, persecutory ideas, and prolonged, disproportionate attacks on specific individuals and institutions. Escalating violence that threatens national and global stability. As Commanderin-Chief of our military—more than 5,000 nuclear warheads in inter-continental missile silos, on submarines, and in bombers around the world, are ready for launch solely upon his order, and no one now has the authority to countermand his order. On August 7, 1974, as President Richard Nixon’s impeachment loomed, White House Chief of Staff, General Alexander Haig, was so alarmed by Nixon’s wandering the halls of the White House at night, sleepless, distraught, and heavily intoxicated, talking out loud to portraits of past presidents on the walls, that he alerted Defense Secretary James Schlesinger. Equally alarmed, Schlesinger directed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General George S. Brown, that any military orders from Nixon—especially nuclear ones—first be cleared through him or Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. It has been reported that the nuclear ‘‘football’’ that contains the codes for a nuclear launch was then quietly removed from Nixon’s control. The public and those with the power to address such potentially catastrophic conditions must ask themselves if they—and we— are confident that officials such as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio would do the same. It is our professional opinion that the behaviors of Donald Trump, tragically, are neither momentary lapses nor political theater. It is our professional opinion that they reflect a rapidly worsening, realityuntethered, increasingly dangerous decline. If we were called upon under the 25th Amendment to judge the President’s present ability to discharge the duties of his office, we would have to conclude that he lacks the capacity to do so. For the reasons cited above, emphasizing that he presents a clear and present danger to our country and to the world, it is our expert opinion 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, with vital responsibilities on the shoulders of those in positions of leadership. Henry David Abraham, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, Tufts University School of Medicine. Bernard D. Beitman, M.D., Professor Emeritus and Former Chair of Psychiatry, University of Missouri School of Medicine. William Bernet, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Ravi Chandra, M.D., Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association. Eric Chivian, M.D., Former Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Co-Founder, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. Lance Dodes, M.D., Former Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Training and Supervising Analyst Emeritus, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Jennifer I. Downey, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. George Drinka, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Oregon Health Sciences University, Former Medical Director, CPC Cedar Hills Hospital, Portland, Oregon. Julian Fisher, M.D., Former Lecturer in Neurology, Harvard Medical School. Justin Frank, M.D., Former Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, George Washington University School of Medicine, Co-Director, Metropolitan Center for Object Relations, New York City. Mindy T. Fullilove, M.D., Professor Emerita of Urban Policy and Health, The New School. Nanette Gartrell, M.D., Former Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Former Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco. Prudence L. Gourguechon, M.D., Past President, American Psychoanalytic Association.
Gordan P. Harper, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Ira Helfand, M.D., Former Chair of Emergency Medicine, Cooley-Dickinson Hospital, International Steering Group, The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Julia C. Hoigaard, Ph.D., Former Lecturer in Psychology, University of California, Irvine, Co-author of Gottschalk-Gleser Content Analysis Scales. Howard Hu, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D., Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California. Jerome Kroll, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School. Robert S. Lawrence, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Former Chief of Medicine, Cambridge City Hospital, now known as The Cambridge Health Alliance. Bandy X. Lee, M.D., M.Div., President, World Mental Health Coalition (Washington, DC), Co-Founder, Preventing Violence Now (New York), Former Faculty of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Former Faculty of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine. Rosanne M. Leipzig, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Craig Malkin, Ph.D., Lecturer in Psychology, Harvard Medical School, Former Chief Inpatient Psychologist, Cambridge City Hospital, now known as The Cambridge Health Alliance. James R. Merikangas, M.D., Neuropsychiatrist and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, George Washington University School of Medicine. Dee Mosbacher, M.D., Ph.D., Former Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco. Denis J. O’Keefe, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Professor of Social Work, New York University, Past President, International Psychohistorical Association. Jennifer C. Panning, Psy.D., Founder, Mindful Psychology Associates (Evanston, IL). John O. Pastore, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Former Research Physician, Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Mark Peppercorn, M.D., Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Harvard Medical School. Claire Pouncey, M.D., Ph.D., Former President, Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry. Robert C. Rutherford, M.D. M.P.H., Emergency Physician, Former Director, Monroe County Health Department, Florida. Larry S. Sandberg, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical Center. Stephen Soldz, Ph.D., Professor, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Former President, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Co-Founder, Coalition for an Ethical Psychology. Lise Van Susteren, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, George Washington University School of Medicine, Consultant Profiler to the Executive Branch, Federal Government. Michael J. Tansey, Ph.D., Former Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University Medical School. Mark W. Weber, Ph.D., L.I.C.S.W., Former Lecturer in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. John Zinner, M.D., Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, George Washington University Medical Center, Former Head of Family Therapy Studies, National Institute of Mental Health
 
 
 
 
 

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