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A Democrat Sequestered with a Room Full of GOP Extremists: My Experience as a Poll Worker

by Harper West | Aug 4, 2022 | Trump

I have worked as an “election inspector” at local polling places a number of times in the past decades. In 2020 I worked in the absentee precinct at my local city hall, where we count all the absentee ballots on election day. Unlike at other precincts, we are...

Narcissistic Opposition to COVID Safety On Full Display

by Harper West | Sep 28, 2021 | Other-Blamer, Trump

 As expertly deconstructed by blogger Lucian K. Truscott IV, COVID deaths are increasingly segmented into “red states” with high rates of death and low rates of vaccination and “blue states” with the opposite.  As this disparity is becoming increasingly obvious,...

It IS (almost) Impossible to Argue with the Right

by Harper West | Jul 19, 2021 | Narcissist, Other-Blamer, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, Trump

This Salon article describes what I have said in the past — that it IS (almost) impossible to argue with the right wing. I believe most Trumpers have antisocial or narcissistic personalities and this shows up in how they converse with those who disagree with them.  I...

A Psychological Explainer on Why We Must Hold Trump Accountable 

by Harper West | Nov 30, 2020 | Accountability, Narcissist, Other-Blamer, Trump

I know, know. I headlined my previous blog “My Last (?) Blog about Trump.” And here I am writing about him again. My aim had been to distance myself from His Toxic-ness and reclaim my life. But this topic has me outraged and so here I am again writing about our...
My Last (?)Blog on Trump: My Journey in Trumpworld and Solutions to Prevent Trump Redux

My Last (?)Blog on Trump: My Journey in Trumpworld and Solutions to Prevent Trump Redux

by Harper West | Nov 18, 2020 | The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, Trump

With Donald John Trump soundly defeated and heading for the dustbin of history (and hopefully numerous civil and criminal prosecutions), I felt the need to write a recap of my thoughts and experiences about the past five years.  I began blogging against Trump in March...

Antisocial Trump Harms Our Prosocial Mental Wellbeing

by Harper West | Aug 16, 2020 | Narcissist, Other-Blamer, Trump

I am being interviewed tomorrow for the “Bill Press Pod” with Jennifer Panning, PsyD, one of my co-authors in The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump. The topic is the effect of Donald Trump on the mental health of all of us. So I might as well blog about it, too!  It...
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