Having a melt down, Ron taking me out. More later

Wow. I wrote that title 2 and 1/2 hours ago. *** I wrote this many hours ago, it is now 8 PM and I wrote it about 3:30 or 4 PM. I am going to bed now after a great meal Ron prepared. I will explain more tomorrow. Hugs ** I thought it had posted as I rushed out the door. My anxiety and mental distress was ratcheting up fast. I had switched from news videos to music and from one generation to another almost frantic to distract my mind. Looking back I can see it was building since noon time at least.

Ron had gone for a nap and he had asked me to join him but I was unable to do so, feeling like I wanted to do something, anything but without an idea what I needed to do. I was getting ever more frantic and ever more unable to focus and concentrate on my blog or comments.

Thankfully I had not had a trigger to abuse yet or this would be a different post entirely.

So Ron got up and I accosted him right away. No, not that way, get your minds out of the fun zones. He got up and before he cleared the cobwebs I told him we needed to go out, we needed to go to home Depot or Lowes and look at the new … cabinets / shower or whatever. Up until now we had only just vaguely talked about changing our master bathroom to move the washer / dryer , sink vanity, and putting in a much larger shower. But it was the only thing that I could think of in my state. Ron thankfully recognized how bad I was and how I needed to get a change from where I was in my mind and immediately agreed to take us out to Home Depot.

I admit I was desperate and frantic to change my mind, to slow my roll, to handle what was happening in me. I had already taken more pain medications as that also can control that part of my mind.

Well the upshot was we went to Home Depot to look at … Not really sure now looking back but we talked about a bunch of stuff, kitchen tile counters, back splashes, new skylights, even new washers and dryers. Even as we were in the car with Ron driving (I normally drive when we go out together and clearly today that was not a good idea) I felt the pressure in my mind / body ease and walking around the store looking at different things while Ron explained how he could use them helped soothe all the anxieties I was having, well most of it.

But now Ron was on a creative roll and seeing that my crisis was ebbing he asked if we could go to Lowes. I said sure. He showed me shower bases of different sizes, enclosures, and then titles and other things. He got me really to understand his thinking. Since I was open to it, he wanted to redo our entire master bedroom bathroom / washer dryer set up. For those that don’t know Ron built it all, he took the very tiny toilet / mini shower, and vanity that was there and knocked a wall back to build a large bathroom with the washer dryer and new shower and other stuff. He did that because when we bought the place the washer / dryer was in the shed and I took a face first header out the kitchen door carrying the laundry basket. I got a bunch of scrapes and Ron got a lot angry. Needless to say the situation was quickly changed. But the new shower I picked out was a disaster from the start and we both have hated it. Ron has long wanted to build a tile shower but I was always afraid of leaks because of how much of the floor in this place we have had to replace due to water damage. But as he talked and showed me things I agreed.

So the finishing of this tale of my being so out of my mind is Ron took me to these stores and showed me what he could do and give me, and when we got home he had me come to the bedroom bathroom where he showed me with measuring how it could all be changed and …

Due to my having a near mental breakdown and jumping out of my skin, Ron is going to redo the entire bathroom / washer dryer area to give me the new front loading machines up on pedestals I want, a new 60 inch shower I guess he is going to tile (do you think that is because he wants a new tile cutting tool?) new toilet, and new vanity with a new medicine cabinet with lights. I am not sure which one of us had the most mental health cleansing moment. Truth is I was in a really bad place about to lose it, but now that I look at all I agreed too … he got permission to do a bunch of renovations he wanted to do for years. Oh well. In my defence tomorrow he says we can order pizza and I really want pizza.

Thank you to everyone. My heart rate is calm again, my mind is clear again, I do not feel endangered or so upset again. I don’t know how to explain it, but all is good im world, as good as can be. Loves and hugs to all.

Let’s talk about systemic failures in Uvalde….

British Air Force Halts Flights Due To “Melted” Runway

British Air Force Halts Flights Due To “Melted” Runway

But Republican Jim Inhofe brought a snowball on to the senate floor to show that global warming was not real. Hugs

Britain’s The Metro reports:

All British troops are believed to have been effectively grounded after military officials said the runway at the country’s largest air base ‘melted’. The RAF has halted all flights in or out of Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on Monday, according to sources cited by Sky News.

The base is the sole point of air embarkation for the UK’s military forces, with transport aircraft relying on the runway to to be able to ferry troops at any time of day or night 365 days a year. A similar incident later shut down Luton Airport after temperatures soared past 40C in parts of the country.

Read the full article.

.@RoyalAirForce statement on flights at RAF Brize Norton:

"During this period of extreme temperature flight safety remains the RAF’s top priority, so aircraft are using alternative airfields in line with a long-established plan. This means there is no impact on RAF operations."
— Ministry of Defence Press Office (@DefenceHQPress) July 18, 2022

Trump Tells Team He Needs to Be President Again to Save Himself from Criminal Probes

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-2024-criminal-probes-jan6-1384379/

Donald Trump speaks at a rally

When Donald Trump formally declares his 2024 candidacy, he won’t just be running for another term in the White House. He’ll be running away from legal troubles, possible criminal charges, and even the specter of prison time.

In recent months, Trump has made clear to associates that the legal protections of occupying the Oval Office are front-of-mind for him, four people with knowledge of the situation tell Rolling Stone.

Trump has “spoken about how when you are the president of the United States, it is tough for politically motivated prosecutors to ‘get to you,” says one of the sources, who has discussed the issue with Trump this summer. “He says when [not if] he is president again, a new Republican administration will put a stop to the [Justice Department] investigation that he views as the Biden administration working to hit him with criminal charges — or even put him and his people in prison.”

Presidential immunity and picking his own attorney general aren’t Trump’s only reasons for running again. And as he works on another run, Trump is in a tug-of-war with leaders and operatives of his own party about when to announce, according to multiple people with knowledge of the matter.

The former president is motivated to announce early — even before Election Day 2022 — in the hopes of clearing the field of primary rivals. But GOP leaders, including some of Trump’s closest advisors, don’t want him to declare his intentions until after the midterm elections. The GOP wants to keep voters focused on President Joe Biden, rather than transforming the contest into a referendum on Trump. In recent months, Trump has reluctantly agreed to hold off, only to return shortly thereafter with threats to make an early announcement, either out of self-interest, spite, or some combination of the two.

But as Trump talks about running, the four sources say, he’s leaving confidants with the impression that, as his criminal exposure has increased, so has his focus on the legal protections of the executive branch.

It’s not just liberal wish-casters or Trump critics who are acknowledging the former president’s legal jeopardy. Trump’s teams of lawyers and former senior administration officials speak about it commonly. “I do think criminal prosecutions are possible…for Trump and [former White House chief of staff Mark] Meadows certainly,” Ty Cobb, a former top lawyer in Trump’s White House, bluntly told Rolling Stone late last month.

Trump himself seems to acknowledge potential problems. He “said something like, ‘[prosecutors] couldn’t get away with this while I was president,’” another one of the four sources recalls. “It was during a larger discussion about the investigations, other possible 2024 [primary] candidates, and what people were saying about the Jan. 6 hearings … He went on for a couple minutes about how ‘some very corrupt’ people want to ‘put me in jail.’”

The powers of the presidency would offer a welcome pause to the various civil suits and criminal investigations now hanging over Trump. It’s unclear whether the Justice Department will charge Trump in connection with fomenting the January 6 insurrection, but winning the White House would be extremely helpful to him. Department policy forbids the prosecution of a sitting president, effectively insulating Trump from any federal charges for another four years.

Attorney General Merrick Garland

Jim Lo Scalzo/AFP/Getty Images

The law is less clear on whether a president can face prosecution from states while in office, but any attempt to put Trump on trial in a state case would likely be litigated in the Supreme Court. Former New York City district attorney Cyrus Vance’s efforts to subpoena Trump’s tax returns landed before the high court in 2020.

At the state level, Trump faces two criminal investigations. In Manhattan, district attorney Alvin Bragg empaneled a grand jury to investigate whether the former president committed fraud by allegedly lying about the value of his assets in financial statements. The grand jury has since expired, however, and there are few indications that Bragg intends to bring charges. In Georgia, prosecutors in Fulton County are investigating whether Trump illegally interfered in the counting of votes by pressuring Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” votes for him after the election. Just this month, Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis has subpoenaed Trump allies Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Lindsay Graham and sent letters to pro-Trump Georgia state senators warning they could be prosecuted as part of the case.

Trump faces a slew of lawsuits, both for his conduct while in office and before. In previous cases Trump’s attorneys have claimed that the office of the president makes him immune to civil suits while sitting. That was Trump’s defense in a since-dismissed lawsuit by former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos.

In the 1990s, Paula Jones’ suit against then-President Clinton established that presidents do not enjoy absolute immunity. But the Zervos suit against Trump dragged on for five years before she dropped it. The case demonstrated that the presidency can help delay civil suits, even if it’s not an insurmountable obstacle.

Trump’s most recent legal headaches stem from his role in inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection. Capitol and Washington, D.C. Metropolitan police officers have sued Trump over the physical and emotional damages they suffered during the rioting. The former president also faces two separate suits from Democratic members of Congress. The suits accuse the president of violating their civil rights by conspiring with extremist groups such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to prevent the count of electoral votes.

Pro-Trump Rioters attack Capitol Police on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

E. Jean Carroll is still pursuing a case against Trump for defamation. She has accused Trump of raping her in a store in the mid 1990s and is suing over his 2019 claim that Carroll was “totally lying.” The Justice Department, under both Trump and Biden, has claimed that Trump is immune from the suit because he was “acting within the scope of his office” when he made the claims. A federal appeals court is currently weighing the department’s arguments.

And in New York, attorney general Letitia James is pursuing a civil investigation into whether the Trump Organization lied about the value of its assets.

The suits add to mounting pressure on Trumpworld as the Jan. 6 committee and Justice Department investigations have heated up. A number of Trump aides have been pulled into a federal grand jury investigation into the effort to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. The investigation has yielded search warrants served on Trump campaign attorney John Eastman and Justice Department and former acting assistant attorney general Jeffrey Clark.

In the face of the investigations, many in Trumpworld have hoped that former aides could face prosecution for the efforts to overturn the election instead of the former president. In particular, Trump associates have tried to distance him from Eastman. And as Rolling Stone reported last week Trump’s legal advisors also view former chief of staff Mark Meadows as a potential fall guy for the former president’s post-election activities.

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump is telling his team he wants to be president again … in part to escape criminal prosecution. “‘Some very corrupt’ people want to ‘put me in jail,’” he’s told aides. https://t.co/xOyeeSRWr1
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) July 18, 2022

To AG Garland:

Mr. Trump is counting on your concerns about not “appearing” political when he makes clear his belief that you wouldn’t dare approve his indictment once he announces.

You MUST prove him wrong.

Make him a TARGET now. No time to lose.https://t.co/aO8OsSQlep
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 18, 2022

Call me Ishmael an hour ago

Seems clear that DeSantis will be the Republican nominee. If Trump is the nominee, is there any protection from prosecution before the actual election?

band💋 Call me Ishmael 36 minutes ago

There is no protection from prosecution. EXCEPT, the DoJ, as a rule, tries to avoid taking actions such as issuing indictments in the couple months before an election.

Philly Mike 🐸 an hour ago

I did hear a story on NPR that mentioned the DOJ could possibly slow the investigation if he runs but this is already started and should not be delayed.

Lestat 2 hours ago

Trump knows he’s safe while Biden is in office because Biden/Garland will not prosecute a political rival. If a Democrat wins the next presidency, Trump’s goose is cooked. That’s why he is desperate to become the next president.

Harriet Harlow 2 hours ago

This was only too predictable. No desire to serve one’s country as President…as always, the only consideration for him involves himself. Big Surprise,

unsavedheathen 2 hours ago

There is absolutely nothing in the US Constitution nor in the US Criminal Code proscribing the indictment on criminal charges of a candidate for the office of US president.

SilentMike 4 hours ago

Federal protections about “charging” per DOJ apply to a “sitting president”.

DOJ should charge TFG before he even announces his run.

If DOJ charges TFG after he announces his run TFG will lean heavily on the “it’s a political witchhunt” mantra and I believe the charges, under DOJ since he is not a “sitting president” yet, will have to be challenged in court and of course – SCOTUS.

He’s still not protected from state charges, but those too he will fight to – SCOTUS.

If DeSantis runs, what do you think the chances of him pardoning Trump, Meadows and others under the argument of “putting it behind us” and garnering more widespread GQOP support?

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Elagabalus 4 hours ago

As always, every decision, every choice he makes is done with one thing in mind: what’s in it for him. No consideration for serving the public at all, only what’s in his best interest. Some things never change.

Fox Host: It’s Wrong To Single Out Founding Fathers As Slave Owners Because “Slavery Was Commonplace”

Fox Host: It’s Wrong To Single Out Founding Fathers As Slave Owners Because “Slavery Was Commonplace”

Saying the quiet part out loud, why mention that people owned other people as if it was a bad thing. What these assholes want to ignore was there was a large active anti-slavery movement well established in those times, and that Jefferson himself admitted slavery was wrong, while enjoying the benefits of it. Literally. Hugs

“If you were asked to describe someone, to define someone, to identify someone, to tell their story, you would look for the traits they hold that are unique, not the traits that they hold that were commonplace.

“To the point of tattoos, increasingly, it’s not something that distinguishes you from someone else. I made the joke, if you were asked to describe a pirate, you wouldn’t discuss his hair color, you would discuss his peg leg. You’re looking for what makes someone unique.

“Sadly, underlined and emphasized, sadly, slavery was commonplace for much of human history. It did not set our founding fathers apart.

“What set them apart, their unique description and identifier was their ability to recognize and codify these eternal freedoms and rights in the Constitution and in the declaration.

“That’s the definition, description and story of James Madison.” – Fox & Friends host Will Cain, in yet another report on historical “wokeism.”

https://www.mediamatters.org/media/3991033/embed/embed

https://www.mediamatters.org/media/3991033/embed/embed

Houndentenor • 38 minutes ago

I’m now halfway through The 1619 Project. Now I know why they were all freaking out about that book. It lays out in great detail just what was going on in our country between 1619 and now. It’s all so much worse than anything I’d ever heard or read before. No one is “singling out” the founders. They are recording history correctly of everyone alive in the US (and other countries that aided and abetted…often through financing and great profit) for slavery. The founders just happen to be the famous examples.

M Jackson • 44 minutes ago

Having the 20th Century white slave-holder defend his viewpoint is a valuable contribution to the current discourse about the sudden surge of positive feelings about our country’s slave-holding history.
It’s Feel Good-Time for white America’s precious tender sensitivities. Tipping our toe into the warm waters of treasonous lies and we like the feel of it.

Chris G. • an hour ago

Founding Fathers – wealthy men who wanted to maximize freedom for themselves while denying freedoms for enslaved people, all white women, and even poor white men who did not own property. The system of government they setup was a selfish system meant to serve themselves.

Ninja0980 • an hour ago

When you’re claiming we can do things like outlaw abortion, same sex marriage etc. based on what they wrote or said, it sure as hell does matter.

TampaZeke • 2 hours ago

What made them unique and distinguishable was their hypocrisy. The fact that the same person who eloquently wrote about “unalienable human rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” at the very same time enslaved human beings.

Karl Dubhe IV • 3 hours ago

In 1772 a court of law in England declared that slavery had no force in English Common Law. The same law that governed the colonies.

Just putting that out there…

TnCTampa • 3 hours ago

They knew it was wrong then and they still did it. It was wrong to enslave others in their bible but they still did it. They even argued about slavery when making up the constitution and they knew it was wrong and still allowed it.

TRUTH is TRUTH and they are erasing our history and truths

Trump Judge Temporarily Blocks LGBTQ Protections

Trump Judge Temporarily Blocks LGBTQ Protections

The New York Times reports:

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing directives that extended civil rights protections to L.G.B.T.Q. students and workers. The ruling comes roughly one year after a group of 20 conservative state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against two federal agencies for their interpretation of the 1972 landmark civil rights statute known as Title IX.

The lawsuit filed by Herbert H. Slatery III, the attorney general of Tennessee, and joined by 19 other states contended that the government infringed on states’ powers to regulate their public workplaces and schools. The judge, Charles E. Atchley Jr. of Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, an appointee of former President Donald J. Trump, sided with the plaintiffs.

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Enforcement of L.G.B.T.Q. Protections – The New York Times https://t.co/XZD2MxhI0F
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 18, 2022

margaretpoa • 2 hours ago

Because cruelty is the point

Gustav2 • 2 hours ago

It is just the beginning…

Craig Howell • 2 hours ago

Inconsistent with Bostock..

Kelly Lape Houndentenor • 16 minutes ago

step by step, inch by inch… a single domino falls and the topple begins.

David Snyder • 39 minutes ago

Another white conservative pushing the agenda of the minority.

Coxygru • an hour ago

Harm: the GQP’s sole policy.

Chris G. • an hour ago

My hubby and I live in Central Florida and we have already begun talking about moving to a much bluer state where we will be protected and welcomed.

Jerry Kott • an hour ago

I will never forget the word of a Justice Department Attorney telling me on the phone, that he wasn’t going to WASTE Tax dollars on holding those accountable for taking down our US mailbox to harass us. He also told me I had not Civil Rights. This was in the late 80’s
When are these fucks going to realize that every aspect of being a good citizen is expected of us, including paying for admission to a private club we can never enter. Like paying for groceries we can’t eat.
As they do it with such ease.
Hate is not a victimless crime

Ann Kah • 2 hours ago

The feds did it because you wouldn’t. Basic human rights should never depend upon which side of the state line you’re on.

Buford • 2 hours ago

It’s fascinating to me that the same red states which demand the authority to self-govern without having to follow federal directives are the same states which prevent county and local governments from self-governing in ways which deviate from how the state officials want them to behave.

Red governors issued directives prohibiting cities from enacting COVID mask requirements. Red governors issued bans on local restroom ordinances which supported gender identifies. Red governors prevented cities from enacting local bans on fracking and drilling. Etc, etc.

David Gervais Buford • an hour ago

Note also that they have no problem taking federal money but object to the federal laws and financial oversight that come with the money.

BigYear1987 • 2 hours ago

I fear we’re going back 30 years on LGBT protections and marriage equality. I see 1/2 the country banning all forms of abortions and contraception, books, gays, women in the work place while of breeding age.

Stultus • 2 hours ago

Just the start of our rights being taken away. We will see how our families and friends actually support us. Are they really allies? Watch how they vote. Mine family voted for the orange turd because of Clinton’s pro choice position.

weshlovrcm • 2 hours ago

Imagine TWENTY AG’s, so filled with hatred toward their lgbt residents, that they sue the government so they can discriminate and harm those residents! That’s sick!

“Pro-Lifers” Show Just How Delusional They Really Are

These anti-choice lunatics are completely detached from reality. The largest online progressive news show in the world. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian.