I dream of this song. If I ever have to go I will leave this as my good bye. Hugs
When I was locked in the attic this was one of the records I was able to find and play. I emagined so many reasons while Daniel went away.
This was one of the other records I had. I listened to it play over and over as I fell asleep. A sad lonely 14 year old locked in an attic over a garage because he was only wanted when he could be used to satisfy the abusers. The weird thing is they thought keeping me up there made me unhappy, but the truth is I felt safer there than in their home. I only worried when the lock was opened and one of them walked in. I had few choices then. But it was still one of the best summers of lack of abuse. Hugs
Trump was just fundraising in a “blue state” he calls a “threat” — our “blue state” and “blue cities” are keeping “his” government afloat right now. https://t.co/sMnPXzgcir
This is hilarious…Trump endorsed a black man named Amir Hassan, but that wasn’t enough for MAGA/Republican voters to get past their own #racism, so they voted for a white guy named Thomas Smith… who had dropped out of the race a few weeks ago. 😂www.newsweek.com/trump-endors…
Mike Lindell announced that he is "stepping down as CEO of MyPillow so I can devote 100% of my time and energy to my campaign for Governor of Minnesota." pic.twitter.com/1pYjROGxNt
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 6, 2026
Trump: "We're taking a lot of oil from Venezuela — billions and billions of barrels of oil. To the victor belong the spoils." pic.twitter.com/VFJuPdrnRy
Trump: We have lifted 100,000 Nevadans off of food stamps. They don’t want to be on food stamps. They don’t need food stamps. pic.twitter.com/EHyDysj6Vj
JUST IN: Trump files emergency motion to try to block BBC from getting details about finances of his business empire in connection with $5-10 billion defamation suit he filed against the network http://www.politico.com/news/2026/08…
Pirro "gave the White House a heads-up last week before filing the motion to dismiss the charge against Mr. Hearn in federal court, although it was not clear if Mr. Trump was briefed."www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u…
It’s only been a few hours since the first viable Muslim Senate candidate won a primary and his GOP opponent is already running ads featuring Osama bin Laden and 9/11.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces that New York City is issuing cease and desist letters to more than 40 retailers selling illegal e-bikes (generally, vehicles that can go faster than local speed limits allow). The targeted retailers include Amazon and Best Buy.
At a rally in Las Vegas today, Trump supporters booed as Gov. Joe Lombardo (R-NV) tried to lead a moment of silence for Officer Austin Abdelnabi, who was recently killed in the line of duty.
Latest: Trump administration plans to award a $150M contract to Houston based law firm with ties to administration. The contract is set to run for a year and provide legal services to unaccompanied imm. kids, just days after contract with network expired.https://t.co/t1S2IWyWzq
One of our TPUSA college students gave me his take on affordability:
“A burrito shouldn’t cost $20.”
Yeah, a lot of this is a hangover from Covid and Biden-era inflation, but the lived experience is the same: It just feels like basic things cost too much. https://t.co/GEvmbea57o
FAA investigating air safety incident involving Trump’s Marine One helicopter and passenger plane. I expect Sean Duffy will blame Biden … again.www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/u…
Sailors fighting Trump’s war with Iran are washing in moldy showers and rationing meals in the ninth month of a mission that shows zero signs of ending. https://t.co/0Oru8CKdlA
EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump’s frustration over the Iran war boiled over at Camp David last week, where he demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on why he had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages that now threaten to limit military options…
I was at Camp David with President Trump and Secretary Hegseth. This literally never happened, and we told the Washington Post that repeatedly. This B.S. story was shopped to many outlets by someone clearly out to disparage the Secretary, for whatever reason. Unfortunately for… https://t.co/BUwn11nC52
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@AdamKinzinger) August 6, 2026
We said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise. But he’s betrayed us all. Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center. The movement has begun. pic.twitter.com/mZXadw0kBr
— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) August 1, 2026
New Mexico sues the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, saying the federal government blocked the state’s ability to investigate the sex crimes of financier Jeffrey Epstein at a ranch there. https://t.co/SijN4WxXJv
I am going to put a song link below. I remember the night as a little boy me and one of my hellspawn siblings hunched close to the TV to watch the movie. The adoptive father had forbiden us to watch it as he worked nights and was trying to sleep. But she convinced me it would be OK if we sat really close to the TV and kept the sound down. By this time in my life, I was used to doing what I was told to do. Now looking back I realize she wanted me there for coverage knowing I would pay for the indiscresion and she wouldn’t.
So we sat there next to the TV and I heard this song. It was such a song of hope and I wanted so much for it to be true. However as was so often in my life as a child someone had to pay the price, and that someone was me. When the show was over and as the credits came on the screen he came out. He said I hope it was worth it. He ordered his daughter to her room and grabbed my arm dragging me back to his bedroom. I paid the price for her and for hearing the song. I don’t think I need to go into the details, it was the same thing that happened almost daily in my life at that point. One pain or another always equaling someone else taking their enjoyment or anger out on my small body. But the song stuck with me and in many ways became my anthem for hope of a better life. Sad a 7-year-old needed that. And even sadder are the memories of what he did to me that night in either his anger or need. Below is the song. Hugs
NEW: The US government is on the hook for potentially millions of taxpayer dollars in legal bills sought by successful challengers to some of the Trump administration’s most controversial actions and policieswww.bloomberg.com/news/article…
"Democrat Roy Cooper leads Republican Michael Whatley by 53% to 44% in the race to fill the state’s open Senate seat, according to a Fox News poll of North Carolina voters." — http://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox…
Sen. Bernie Moreno's daughter says in a court filing that her ex-husband, congressman Max Miller, grabbed her attorney and that she had to tell him to get his hands off her lawyer.https://t.co/mxElNzAB0U
This new lawsuit argues that the classroom displays conflict with Texas’s state religious freedom laws and a voter-approved constitutional amendment protecting parental rights, whereas AU's lawsuit argues they violate the US Constitution's First Amendment. http://www.expressnews.com/politics/art…
UEFA member federations agreed Thursday to boycott all FIFA competitions in protest at Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors.
Rep. John McGuire: "I don't know if you heard about the BLT sandwich — using human fetus baby parts in the vaccine when they could've used ivermectin" pic.twitter.com/Qi3Tu4D3Hw
Just laser focused on pinpointing every last thing that made America the most successful economy in the history of the world, and then getting rid of it.www.wsj.com/politics/pol…
This Eagle Scout is ashamed of Scouting America once again for caving to Hegseth, who wouldn't know honor if it gave him the Scout handshake. It's BSA v. Dale all over againapnews.com/article/scou…
I had my allergy shots this morning. I’m in agony right now. Not from the shots, but from the pain in my back muscles as they spaum. Every since I have had the operation on my lower back to reduce the pain in my right leg, the pain in my back from the rest of the back muscles spasuming is out of control. When I saw the surgeon this week, he looked and noticed how badly swollen the mucles were and agreed that I needed immediate relief from the situation I was in. He put in for mucle relaxing trigger point injections to relax the mucles. But other than lying down and taking muscle relaxers, there is little I can do at this point. I do have a hot tub, but if I push Ron to open it and get it ready to work, he will have to stop the work on the rest of the projects, including my new office, which I really need finished. So I suffer and often go to bed.
This video is a great way to talk about how to deal with Christian nationalist bigotry and the forcing of Christian religion on others who have different beliefs. In fact I read a post while waiting for my shots about a new trend of Christian evangelicals going on airplanes and forcing those in the plane to listen to sermons and preach about the Christian god. I don’t get this, but I experienced something similar in the military, where a sect of Christians would try to cornor me every time I sat down for a meal in the chow hall to eat they would swarm my table demanding I listen to them talk about their god. It did not make me feel better about their faith nor did it make me less gay, which was their real goal. In fact when I returned the gesture to talk to them about my beliefs, they got really offended. Strange how they think pushing their religion goes only one way in their minds. The thing is they know religion is a protected class where sexual orientation is not, but some friends and I came up with a good way to discourage them. We would listen to their spiel if they listened to ours first. We then spun them a made up religion on the house of Approditie, a religion based on having sex and being body worshippers. They got so grossed out over having to discuss the sex and nudity that they stopped pushing their shit on me. I wonder if it would work today on the religions and indiscretions you hear about in the news. Hugs.
The haters of the LGBTQ+ community are normally Christian bigots using their religion as an excuse to attack and bully those they don’t like or agree with. To these people just the existence of the LGBTQ+ people is a crime. These bigots call just telling or letting kids know that LGBTQ+ people exist is sexualizing kids. To these haters, just being LGBTQ+ is pornographic. How stupid and silly. Just not being straight and cis is porn? All nonesense just to attack the LGBTQ+ community. Hugs
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) — Missouri’s attorney general wrote to a local library board saying that “residents” have requested her office make sure that an LGBTQ+-themed story time is “conducted in a manner consistent with Missouri law.”
A library spokeswoman told ABC 17 News that the event is family friendly.
Hanaway, in her letter, reminded the Daniel Boone Regional Library that providing minors with pornography is illegal, as is displaying sexually explicit material in a public location. She also wrote that libraries jeopardize their state funding if they hold events that are not designated for the proper age group.
The letter is in response to the Columbia Public Library’s “Rainbow Story Time” event scheduled for 10 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday in the Children’s Program Room.
“Join us for a queer-led story time with an LGBTQ+ theme. We’ll share stories, sing songs and do an activity with time to meet new friends at the end,” the event description on the library website states. The page states the event is meant for families, toddlers and preschoolers.
Library spokeswoman Mitzi St. John wrote in an email that the 30-minute event includes readings of “Rainbowsaurus” and “Big Wig.”
