Too easy access to what he did not need and what he did need he cannot get, not in the states anyway.

Sorry, this is America, a wretched, failing empire. Healthcare, here, is a privilage not a right, so... mental health care is only for the wealthy. Gun ownership is the basis of True ‘Merican Culture, and no amount of sanity will ever change that.

I feel like that’s not what is important here, dude.

Two things...

Don’t forget teh gays.

And black people.

He’s not taking a side necessarily one way or the other on any specific issue here

So he believes in due process for all...except the people held in ICE Detainment Centers.

I love me some new highways and bridges. PA certainly could use some updating.

Literally fuck all of these people and their shitty versions of events with a rake. Government conspiracies are just more fun when they are hiding the existence of aliens and bigfoot-not when they are willfully obscuring knowledge of domestic violence.

Except healthcare is not a free market. In a free market, consumers have options and suppliers have competition. But because pharmaceutical companies hold monopolies on the drugs they patent, and consumers can only fill prescriptions that their doctors prescribe, there is no choice or competition. Just a company that…

Also don’t flush tampons. It’s bad for public and private septic systems. #PSA

Maybe...if it wasn’t the 6th time she failed to deliver on a government contract.

“My biggest mistake was not asking for more help.”

“I feel pangs of sadness when I say I’m British, and then I have to say, ‘Actually, I’m American.’ I think it’s really just because I’m not proud to be an American in Trump’s America,” Tanzer says.

That chilled me. She sat on that phone negotiating, actually considering his idea. I don’t know what broke the spell and made her realize, “Wait— this DID happen, these are facts, I’m not rewriting my story.” But I’m glad she snapped out of it.

If you have friends or family that can help with food, entertainment, flowers, etc., ask them for help - but both sides must VERY clear about whether their help is a gift or if you are paying them. My friend had a wedding that resulted in ruined friendships because she assumed she didn’t have to pay people. One friend…

Even in the formulation “We were in contact” raises my eyebrows. Come on, he called you. Begging you to fix things for him, because that’s what women are supposed to do, to protect dudes from the consequences of their heinousness.

Wow, she’s still under his spell. This really illustrates how powerfully manipulative some abusers are and why women “don’t just leave”. There are almost cult-like properties here in how she could stay on the phone with him for an hour, “negotiating” nothing for herself and everything for him.