Paul Gionfriddo

Opinion | How We Fail the Mentally Ill

My book, Losing Tim, is referenced in a NYT opinion letter today. The points made deserve repeating. We fail our kids & adults with SMIs. This failure has been a bipartisan one. Those of us who have lived with the consequences cross all political boundaries. #B4Stage4 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/o...

A fascinating chart from ASU. In my lifetime, job creation has generally gone up each year, but lagged in the Ford, Reagan, Bush 1, Bush 2, and Trump presidencies. I wonder what they all might have in common.

Why the Republicans Have No Health Care Plan

It isn't hard to understand why the Republicans still have no alternative to the Affordable Care Act. pgionfriddo.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-...

So, NYT (and most every other media outlet) you're now saying that Trump lied about the Epstein note? I just can't believe it. It can't possibly be true. It must have been a different Donald Trump. Not the one who didn't know the guy and wasn't a friend of his.

Trump, DC Homelessness, and the National Guard

Deploying the National Guard in DC to address homelessness (I know they say "crime" but they mean "homelessness") is a huge overreach. Not everyone will agree with me, but this is my take. Happy to receive feedback! pgionfriddo.blogspot.com/2025/08/trum...

Senators Tillis and Paul are both right about the #bigbadbill. It will cut too much from Medicaid AND add too much to the deficit. Older people and people with mental health conditions will be especially adversely affected. They could and should do a whole lot better than this.

In case anyone needs another reminder in the aftermath of the horrific violence in Minnesota today.

Season 3 of Ginny and Georgia is well worth the watch for anyone interested in - or managing - mental health challenges among young people and those who care for them. Outstanding exploration of trauma, depression, professional and peer support, and so much more.

On the last day of #MentalHealthMonth, I'm being seen in (lime) green! TY to @mhanational.org for establishing this important mental health awareness program back in 1953!

How great were Paige Bueckers and UConn at the end? In their last 16 games over two months, including four against #1 ranked teams, only two teams even came within 20 points of them - Southern California and Creighton.

1000 strong at the Hands Off Middletown CT rally this morning!

Well, those of you who like to buy low on the stock exchanges are getting your wish today. #tariffs #recession

I've noticed this new thread running through social media from Trump's more rabid supporters - "you are never going to convince us, so you should just stop posting bad stuff about Trump and making us see it." Clever. And surprisingly transparent. I think it's getting to them.

Trump stands by national security adviser Mike Waltz despite disclosing military plans, saying he’s ‘learned a lesson’ Trump said that even though a journalist from The Atlantic was inadvertently added to a private chat about military plans, his presence had “no impact” on the military strikes in Yemen.

If this #textmess had happened on Biden's watch, these texters would be calling him out of touch, senile & inept, while demanding his Defense Secretary, Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, & VEEP resign. And Trump would be demanding they all be locked up. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Musk’s SpaceX Could Secure Billions in New Contracts Under Trump (Gift Article) The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by President Trump and Elon Musk’s allies and employees who hold government positions. Supporters say he has the best ...

In case you had any doubt about why Musk is working for "free" for DOGE. (You can read it for free without a subscription.) www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...

Trump: Biden's Last-Minute Pardons Are 'Void' President says predecessor used an autopen to sign them

Unhinged and untethered. Trump's mental health is diminishing by the day. www.newser.com/story/365792...

Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression WASHINGTON—Warning that Americans should brace themselves for an economic “period of transition,” President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that a recession would be an unfortunate but necessary step on the way to all-out depression. “Look, what we’re doing is very big and will cause some pain, but that pain is necessary to cause total economic […]

Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
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Sometimes ignorance is just ignorance. Other times it's evil. How can elected officials be so insensitive and stupid about the harm they are doing to people who have real mental illnesses?

I wish Trump would golf 24/7.

Go Leafs!

Good for Nancy Pelosi! Treating this administration and these times as politically normal is a big miscalculation on Schumer's part. Every bad thing he's worried about is going to happen anyway, unless Senate Dems gut it out today. And if Trump uses a shutdown to do more harm, call him out!!!

Democratic Senators need to stand up for us today and not support cloture unless they get something in return. Show some strength. Make the House come back to DC to work something out that doesn't harm people. After all, I'm sure they've heard a lot from constituents by now.

I get why Schumer thinks he needs to help Trump on this - to protect people - but he doesn't seem to understand that we have no protection with Trump as President, and this only shows weakness on his part.

We would be better off if both of them were to step away from government.

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a destroyed building and says please disperse ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a destroyed building and says please disperse

Trump's New America.

If the EPA doesn't protect the environment for the next four years, it could be too late to fix it. At least Donald Trump is hawking Teslas on the White House lawn.

In the House stopgap spending bill, it looks like SpaceX gets more and mental health gets less. The rich get richer and the poor get (you fill in the right word here).

I take it back. I've always insisted that individual Presidents really couldn't have too much direct impact on the economy. But Donald Trump has proved me wrong. No one has ever before completely tanked an economy this quickly.

"It came out of Hunter Biden's bathroom!" -- Donald Trump today on the beginnings of the Ukraine/Russia war. What?

I don't see why some think Musk & Trump are working for free b/c they don't take salaries. No reason for Musk to take $200/day when he gets $22 billion a year in fed contracts & for Trump to take salary when he bills millions for SS in his properties. Any DOGE savings here? After all, it's our $$$.