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Lawmakers invited a Yale psychiatry professor who edited a book about President Donald Trump’s mental state to brief them on Capitol Hill in December. Source: Washington’s growing obsession: The 25th Amendment – POLITICO

By Haley Byrd – weeklystandard.com – January 06, 2018 On Wednesday night, before Washington was completely consumed by Michael Wolff’s West Wing tell-all, Politico published a piece feeding into a different frenzy: the notion that Congress was concerned President Trump might be mentally unfit for office. The article, titled “Washington’s growing obsession: The 25th amendment,” claims that more than a…

By: Annie Karni – politico.com – January 3, 2018 Lawmakers invited a Yale psychiatry professor who edited a book about President Donald Trump’s mental state to brief them on Capitol Hill in December. Lawmakers concerned about President Donald Trump’s mental state summoned Yale University psychiatry professor Dr. Bandy X. Lee to Capitol Hill last month for two days of briefings…

By: Allysia Finley – wsj.com – January 7, 2018 It turns out the people likeliest to read false stories are the ones who read lots of hard news too. This just in—“fake news” didn’t elect Donald Trump. Democrats have argued that Trump voters were duped by fringe websites that traffic in misinformation, and that if those voters were better informed,…

David Smith – theguardian.com – January 3, 2018 Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has described the Trump Tower meeting between the president’s son and a group of Russians during the 2016 election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”, according to an explosive new book seen by the Guardian. Bannon, speaking to author Michael Wolff, warned that the investigation into…

  By: Sean Rossman – usatoday.com – January 4, 2018 College students today strive for perfection more than previous generations and it could be damaging to their mental health. That’s what two British researchers found in an analysis of nearly 42,000 college students from the United States, Canada and Britain, what they believe is the first study of the generational differences in…

The most drastic increase was attributed to their perceptions of the expectations of their social world. Source: Millennials strive for perfectionism more than past generations, study says

By: Lukas Mikelionis – Fox News – January 5, 2018 An Islamic State group offshoot in Egypt has officially declared war on Gaza-based Palestinian terror group Hamas, releasing a 22-minute video purporting to show the execution of an alleged collaborator. “Never surrender to them. Use explosives, silenced pistols, and sticky bombs. Bomb their courts and their security locations, for these are…

By: Julie Bykowicz, Janet Hook and Rebecca Ballhaus – wsj.com –  January 4, 2018 President Donald Trump’s feud with Steve Bannon is threatening the former White House strategist’s leadership of the conservative Breitbart News website and upending Mr. Bannon’s plans to wage “war” on party incumbents he deemed insufficiently loyal to the White House agenda. President Donald Trump’s growing feud with Steve…

By: David French – nationalreview.com – January 3, 2018 Trump’s Decision to Cut Ties with Steve Bannon Is One of the Best Moves of His Presidency If it holds, the end of Bannon’s influence will give better men and women a chance to rise in the White House. Early this morning, the Guardian reported on the contents of a new…

By: Cal Thomas – washingtontimes.com – January 3, 2018 I do not make it a practice to comment on the work of fellow columnists, though occasionally some care to comment on mine, which is fine. I’m happy to help them make a living. An exception will be made here because of The New York Times “conservative” columnist, Bret Stephens. In…