I think those who follow history and the laws of impeachment can see that this is a largely symbolic gesture without actual removal from office. But it actually IS removal from office: this has been lined up nicely for the 2020 election, and already trump is off the rails by its effect. There will not be enough time…

Yeah, KellyAnne will work behind the scenes after this nightmare is over. I’m sure plenty of people like her style of fierce dog unprincipled liar. 

As usual, trump looks like he wandered off the farm and doesn’t quite know where he is. 

Most of what we fear is ourselves. That means you must start with the self. Another poster recommend Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Peace is in Every Step, an excellent book and teacher, and another good guideline is Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements. Read them every day (I do, and over the past year it has helped…

Absolutely transformative book and teacher. Good recommend. 

Where to start...every Thanksgiving has been a shitshow in my family. The year my sister was drunk before noon, forgot to turn on the oven and served a raw turkey that she insisted was cooked? The year my now ex-husband and I invited the drunk, chainsmoker neighbors and the father proceeded to hack so hard at the…

A classic wool peacoat. Goes with everything, jeans or slacks, skirt or dress. Some good scarves, not thin dressy ones, but ones that are silk, knitted, or wool-blended and can look stylish but also keep you warm (pops with color against the peacoat). Most importantly, a hat. A toque that covers your ears, or nice…

His family (older children) too. Should they be able to spin his death as a tragic reason to hold onto power, they will continue to stir up his base of hate in his name, for their own advancement. 

My takeaway too: your wife didn’t know you went to the hospital. Second thought: Melania was being cautiously hopeful. 

Someone on DemocracyNow this morning pointed out that Michael Cohen explicitly said in his testimony for Mueller that Trump never says directly what he wants, those who work for him just know by how he says it. It’s always implied and that is how, according to Cohen, Trump communicates his wishes. They should bring…

What a poignant poem. I needed that now. Recently in therapy I talked about how I just mark time with my kids, without really engaging with them. I’m a single mom with a 4 and 9 year old. Mostly I’m so tired from work and organizing their life that I just phone in when I actually play or talk with them, I think about…

Plus her books suck. I look forward to the trouncing on Twitter I’ll get from this opinion. 

Agreed, I was shocked by how gleefully people piled on. All in the name of FEMINISM and lifting up the FEMALE author. Who was a jerk to a student who didn’t like her books (or, actually, preferred others over hers, which she has every right to do). I didn’t weigh in, just left the thread but I regret that I didn’t…

Yes, and their identity is so tied to his, that to deny him or doubt him now is to admit their own culpability in his utter ruinous administration. I hate to disparage a full third of this country, but they are too weak or filled with anger and hatred to ever do that, thus, they are exactly the basket of deplorables…

Because of the long propaganda campaign telling people their votes don’t matter/count. Many still believe it. There is also the issue of local elections which don’t draw voters, where every single vote counts significantly. But truly, it’s the slow disenfranchisement of already skeptical voters that, hey, it’s no big…

This is it, this protection from any accountability that their wealth affords. They give back only enough to say they do, not much of it actually affects our lives or the economy in any real sense. They want the protection that deep wealth gives them and they’ve grown quite comfortable with that. World burning,…

Welp, I liked a few episodes of his podcast. Then I listened to one in which Kristen was a guest (?) and they not only spent the whole time talking about their marriage (I’ll be honest, Kristen seemed incredibly patient but also over it), but also sorta kinda lusting over his co-host (who’s name I forget, but she…

I accidentally stumbled into a catholic health clinic when I moved to a new city and had searched for in-network providers close by so I could refill my birth control pills. It was called St. Joesph’s but how did I know that was a catholic joint, I was in my early twenties and not a catholic so doctor = doctor. There…

Huh? This article (is it even as article?) is beyond stupid. If he’d slyly said something like, “well, we’re trying!” or “practicing is fun!” then maybe... but this is just stupid. 

Really, hammering him...since 2016? How has he managed the onslaught from Tim Ryan (who?...the mindfulness guy, right?) and all those others who haven’t framed it as absolutely adorable?