But I’m sure if Bob Woodward had released the tapes then...everything would have been exactly the same.

I hope the words “grief tries to sooth itself by biting you” stay in my mind forever so that I may share them with myself and others in times of need. Thank you for such wise truth.

No, this is not your fault. When I wanted to die, nothing anyone else could have said to me would have made any kind of difference. I had to decide for myself that I didn’t want to die. Being suicidal is as alone as you can get, not in a I’ve-been-abandoned way, but in an I’m-the-only-one-who-can-make-this-decision…

My reaction to this is who cares?! While we obsess on stuff like this Congress failed to reach an agreement on a new stimulus plan . The republican plan was trillions of dollars less than what the Democrats proposed weeks ago and it slashed that $600 unemployment benefit that horrified them in half. We are too easily…

In the case of a person’s death, unless you murdered them or caused their death by direct complete and utter neglect—it is not your fault. Not your fault. It is your brain trying anything to claw at something stable or static in the blender that is grief. It’s irrational, and useless, and hurtful, but it makes more…

Even with Trump sound clips they are trying to deny it. If he came forward with it then they would have swept it under the rug.

Also, the very same grief might be convincing the writer’s mother that she would have immediately taken her husband back if had only asked, but that may not actually be true . . .

It’s easy to blame Woodward, but don’t shoot the messenger. Bob Woodward didn’t take an oath to protect and defend the United States, Trump did. Could Woodward had sound the alarm? Yes, but it would’ve been met with denials, even with the tapes. Blame instead Trump and the thousands of enablers in his administration…

Thank you for this, it hits home with me. My brother died fifteen years ago. His wife told my mother it was of natural causes, but I have reason to believe it may have been suicide. I’ve regretted since then not recognizing the depth of his suffering and not reaching out to him more than I did at the time. 

While I’m not going to defend Woodward’s actions, please do keep in mind that this is being used as a distraction to try and deflect attention from the fact that Trump knew what was coming, lied about it, and tens of thousands died that didn’t need to.

The only thing the tapes make clear is that he doesn’t have ignorance as an excuse, it was pure malice aforethought.

Yep, this.

Yeah, completely not your fault. And just because your mother now knowing what happened says that she wishes he reached out doesn’t mean that she would have reacted positively or that things would have turned out well. If you had told him to contact your mother, there is just as much chance that it would have turned…

I don’t give a fuck how white man Bob Woodward is, he knew Trump was lying, had that bitch on tape lying and held back on that intel until his book was out, the check had cleared and he was on his Award Tour.

I am so sorry this happened to you.

I have had two very close friends take their own lives. I promise you, Guilty, THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT. Please, please, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and get a referral to a therapist who has deep experience with survivors and family members. That therapist can help you.

This is not, was not, will never be your fault, LW.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255

a small thing but in case ppl are new to this story, this piece implies agency in her “outing” but in the NYTimes and other reportings it’s more clear that she was about to be outted by black colleagues in the field. Asking to be “cancelled” was just another example of the way she tries to co-opt language when she…

He isn’t lying about the nuke thing, there is more than enough evidence that the DoD has some new high-end missile tech they are keeping close to their chest.