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axolozzy · 6 months

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vent (tw for extreme ablism transphobia and overall terrible stuff idek if i should even post this im sorry i just really need to vent i will probably delete this later)

y’all i’ve finally gotten comfortable vocal stimming in front of people im comfortable with like my friends and family and now my mom all of a sudden thinks im hearing voices or that i have “multiple personalities”????????* like no i promise nothings “going on” with me and j don’t need to see a mental health professional im just stimming because im happy. what the fuck

*also i’ve literally told her for YEARS that it’s called DID and talking in different voices does not fucking mean someone has “multiple personalities” because this has come up SOO fucking much over the years and i’m getting tired of explaining it. i repeat things in funny voices because it’s fun. i’ve done it my whole fucking life it’s called echolalia it’s called STIMMING and she doesn’t listen to me whenever i explain that

so much for being comfortable being myself around people. “you never used to act like this” BECAUSE I WAS SCARED!!!!! BECAUSE I HAD TERRIBLE ANXIETY AND DIDNT WANT TO BE JUDGED FOR BEING WEIRD!!!!!! my parents genuinely think there’s something severely wrong with me now. they literally told me that. because i meow sometimes as a vocal stim. and so do LITERALLY ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND PEOPLE AT SCHOOL. PEOPLE IN CLASS TALK IN WEIRD VOICES AND MAKE ANIMAL NOISES TOO ALL THE FUCKING TIME!!!!!! ITS NOT FUCKING SERIOUS!!!!!! GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

i’m genuinely so fucking tired of this god who fucking gives a shit of im weird. i’ve been like this my whole life its not my fuckign fault that you didn’t pay attention and don’t remember. FUCK

my step dad’s a fucking dick too i genuinely hate him so fucking much i cant fucking take it anymore. NO!!!! IM NOT GOING TO FUCKING MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH YOU BECAUSE IT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE AS FUCK. “why” because im autistic. “that’s not an excuse” yes it fucking is bitch its literally a symptom of fucking autism. no i AM going to keep calling myself autistic because thats what i am. no its not “putting a label on myself” because im actually fucking diagnosed autistic im not going to pretend it doesnt exist. because i fucking exist. im not going to “beat” my autism by suppressing all of my autistic traits because you want me to. “why?” DO YOU FUCKING HEAR YOURSELF???????

and this guy worked in mental health for 17 years. he worked at a psychiatric hospital for 17 years. he never went to college or learned anything about mental health at all. he thinks he knows more than me about my fucking disability when he says the most outdated offensive shit ive ever heard about autism or DID or schizophrenia. he doesnt listen to a word i say because he’s “older than me and has more life experience” and therefore he automatically “knows more than me and im wrong.” he doesnt listen to anyone actually. he literally says to people not to correct him when he’s wrong because he doesnt like being told he’s wrong to being told what to do or think. he’s “not going to change his beliefs for anyone” even if he knows his “beliefs” are literally just fucking factually wrong or actively harmful. he purposely makes people feel like shit if they stand up for themselves against him. he purposely makes me feel like shit because im the only one in this fucking houses that dares to disagree with the shit he says. he’s a republican he’s obsessed with trump and blasts conservative transphobic racist news channels on the tv right outside my room at night so it keeps me awake and doesnt turn the tv down when i ask because apparently he has hearing problems but has never once got that checked out. he deadnames me and says “because of his adhd he’s not sure he’ll ever remember to use the right name so he’s not even gonna try.” and he says he loves and supports me but is constantly saying the most ableist transphobic shit to me and says he’s just giving me a hard time because he loves me. he has said on multiple occasions with a straight face that “fat people piss him off and they’re the one type of people that he doesnt feel bad for being outwardly hateful and discriminatory towards.” he tries to make me feel guilty for not believing in god. he’s anti abortion. he doesnt want me to get gender affirming care under his roof because he thinks its weird and disgusting and doesnt want me to get a dick even though i have told him a million fucking times i never want bottom surgery and i dont know why this is any of his fucking business anyway. he constantly tells me my online friends aren’t real friends and when he knows i love talking to them he purposely turns the wifi off. he asks me why im acting so weird and i say its how ive always acted alone and with my friends and im just being myself and he says “stop acting like that.” “why. im not going to change who i am for other people.” “well i want you to around me.” KILL YOURSELF IM SO FUCKING SERIOUS. GOD FUCKING DAMMIT I HATE HIM SO FUCKING MUCH

he’s a manipulative bastard and whenever we get into arguments, SOME FUCKING HOW a few hours later were happy and forgiving eachother and im the one saying sorry. he’s an asshole to me and everyone around him, he’s an asshole to my mom. they are constantly fighting but always deny it. i cant fucking take it anymore

sorry for this vent i know people dont follow me to know about my personal life i know i shouldnt say this stuff but i dont fucking care im so sick of this. i woke up this mornign feeling more excited happy and motivated than i have felt all week and it was ruined the second my mom came in my room saying that the way i act (my literal vocal stims) make her think there’s something severely wrong with me. i love her more than anything in the world she’s the best mom ever but what the actual fuck??????? anyway i hate my stepdad and even though i dont believe in hell i hope he fucking burns

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absolutlynoidea · 2 years

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I worked 8 hours late night shift yesterday and I am doing everyday this week. I couldn't sleep until 5 am bc I was having anxiety issues. It's 10 am now and my sister is playing music outside my bedroom and mom keeps telling her to respect that I want to sleep. However my sister always gets her way bc if she gets upset she will make it difficult for everyone in the house so mom let's it slide. My sister alone is the toxic part of this family. She will always get her way by bullying and manipulating everyone. I wish she wouldn't make my life difficult if I just told her off, but alas I have to or I and my other family members will suffer.

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Are There Any Republicans Challenging Trump

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Are There Any Republicans Challenging Trump

The 2024 Republican Presidential Candidate Wild Cards

Is There Any Republican That Would Actually Run Against Trump?

The first Democratic debate back in 2019 had 20 TWENTY! candidates, so dont be surprised if the Republican field is just as large or larger. We could have some more governors or representatives run, or even other nontraditional candidates, like a Trump family member, a Fox News host or a celebrity, like Dwayne The Rock Johnson, whos said hes seriously considering a run. Stranger things have happened.

Why Challenging Trump Is So Hard For Republicans

Cross President Donald Trump? It could mean the end of your career.

A year and a half into Trumps presidency, Republicans are learning now more than ever that the GOP is Trumps party and thats leading to some tough choices.

From trade policy to primary endorsements, the Presidents positions even if they challenge long-established Republican orthodoxy are redefining what it means to be a part of the GOP.

After a stunning loss Tuesday night, South Carolina Republican Rep. Mark Sanford became the latest casualty in the fight for the GOPs future. A member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, Sanford exemplified the conservative, less-government philosophy that was once the cornerstone of the party. But, in the eyes of voters, Sanfords free-wielding jabs at Trump, his candid comments about the Presidents leadership style, overshadowed any allegiance he had to conservative principles.

Mark Sanford is a true conservative. Hes one of these guys that when he talks about what I believe our ideology is, he believes it. And he can speak to it intelligently, said retiring Rep. Tom Rooney, a Republican from Florida. The fact that somebody whos a true conservative cant win a primary in South Carolina, a member of the Freedom Caucus, just goes to show whats more important. Whats more important obviously is loyalty to Trump.

Georgia And Arizona Senators Show Progressive

Walker, the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner and a Wrightsville, Ga., native, has long lived in Texas after a professional football career that ended in Dallas, but he changed his voter registration last week to an Atlanta house owned by his wife, Julie Blanchard. Blanchard is under investigation by the Georgia secretary of states office over potential illegal voting after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported she voted in Georgia despite living in Texas.

Walker has also repeated false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election despite elections officials finding no evidence of widespread fraud that affected the outcome.

Its unclear when Walker will make a formal Senate announcement. The campaign paperwork filed Tuesday ends months of speculation about his political plans, including a prediction in June from Trump that the former football star would soon suit up for the Republican primary.

He told me hes going to, and I think he will, Trump said on the conservative talk radio Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Hes a great guy. Hes a patriot. And hes a very loyal person, hes a very strong person. They love him in Georgia, Ill tell you.

Some national Republicans have been wary of Walkers candidacy, though. The first-time candidate comes with potential baggage that could harm his chances in both the primary and general elections, including his Texas residency.

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Trump Challengers: 10 Republicans Who Could Run For President In 2020

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President Donald Trump faced down a crowded field of GOP presidential hopefuls in 2016 as a political outsider, but he could see a packed stage of Republican challengers again in 2020only as an incumbent this time.

Trump made few political friends during his ascent to the White House. He made headlines making fun of his competition, doling out nicknameslow energy Jeb Bush,Little Marco Rubio,Lyin Ted Cruzalong the way. The presidents diplomatic dexterity hasnt noticeably improved much since taking office. Senators Rubio and Cruz have improved their relationship with Trump since his inauguration, but other lawmakers from within his party have emerged as outspoken critics, fueling speculation he may face a stiff presidential primary race in 2020.

Here are 10 Republicans who may challenge Trump:

Ohio Governor John Kasich

Kasich, like Fiorina, also may want another shot at the job. He was one of the candidates Trump felled in the 2016 primary. Despite that, he has remained dedicated to his vision for the GOP.

“I have a right to define what it means to be a conservative and what it means to be a Republican,” he told New York magazine in October. “I think my definition is a lot better than what the other people are doing.”

Voters didn’t take to his philosophy in 2016; Kasich managed to win only his home state. But unlike other Republicans who have spoken out against Trump and seen their polling numbers subsequently drop, Kasich’s constituency has remained supportive, the Washington Post noted.

Kasich also appears to have shifted his position on another presidential run. Asked on CNN’s State of the Union in March whether he would look to primary Trump, he repeatedly answered “no.” A month later Kasich shifted, saying it was “very unlikely” he would seek higher office again.

Then in May, just a couple weeks later, he told Bill Maher he doesn’t know what his plans are.

“I don’t know what I’m going to do,” he said, talking about a 2020 run. “I’m going to keep a voice, but I can’t predict to youI never thought I would be governor, I never thought I’d go back into politics.”

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Sen Marco Rubio Of Florida

Like Cruz, Rubio would enter the 2024 presidential race with heightened name ID and experience from his 2016 run. One of Rubios biggest challenges, though, could be his fellow Floridians. If DeSantis and fellow Sen. Rick Scott run, there could be just one ticket out of Florida, a Republican strategist said.

Rubio, 49, is married to Jeanette Dousdebes and they have four children. He graduated from the University of Florida and University of Miami School of Law and was speaker of the Florida House of Representatives before running for U.S. Senate in 2010.

Former Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo

If the 2024 election turns into a foreign policy debate, the 57-year-old Pompeo is in a strong position with his background as former secretary of state and CIA director.

During Pompeos recent speech at the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale, Iowa, he gave a preview of some of the lines that might end up in his presidential stump speech. He said hes spent more time with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un than any other American, including basketball star Dennis Rodman, and talked about the threat he sees from China. His mention of the U.S. moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem during his tenure was met with applause.

Before serving in Trumps Cabinet, Pompeo blasted then-candidate Trump as an authoritarian. Pompeo made the remarks the day of the Kansas caucus in 2016, quoting Trump saying that if he told a soldier to commit a war crime, they would go and do it. Pompeo said the U.S. had spent 7½ years with an authoritarian president who ignored the Constitution, referencing former President Barack Obama, and we dont need four more years of that.

Pompeo served three full terms representing Kansas in the U.S. House before joining the Trump administration. He and his wife, Susan, have one child. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy and Harvard Law and served in the U.S. Army.

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Potential 2024 Republican Presidential Candidates

Though were still more than 1,300 days away from the 2024 presidential election, potential candidates are already making stops in early caucus and primary states and working behind the scenes to prepare for a possible run.

Late last month, C-SPAN kicked off its Road to the White House coverage with a speech by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Iowa, and former Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to give the keynote at a dinner for a social conservative group in South Carolina on April 29.

Number Of Recounts: 3

US election: Judge dismisses Trump Pennsylvania lawsuit as âwithout meritâ?

Georgia held two recounts of its presidential election results, both reaffirming Biden’s win in the state. Wisconsin had one recount that;confirmed Biden’s victory there.

The first recount in Georgia; a hand recount ordered by the state; found Biden won by;12,284 votes, a narrower margin than the 14,196-vote lead he held immediately following the election. Local election administrators identified uncounted ballots in four counties. Each was the result of human error.

The second recount in Georgia; one requested by the Trump campaign; narrowed Biden’s victory to 11,779 votes;

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Former Vice President Mike Pence

Historically, experience as Veep isnt a bad launching pad for the presidency. Six former vice presidents went on to become president, including, of course, President Joe Biden, and an additional five won their partys nomination. For 61-year-old Pence, though, the upside of his time as vice president is more of an open question.

Trumps 2020 pollster Tony Fabrizio found that if the former president doesnt run in the 2024 election, his supporters gravitate most to Pence, DeSantis and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, so there is plenty of support there. But on Jan. 6, when Pence announced Biden as the winner of the 2020 election, he complicated things.

Hes got this tricky position, said Steven Webster, and assistant professor of political science at Indiana University Bloomington. I think increasingly the base of the Republican Party is aligned with Donald Trump, and Mike Pence is really seen with hostility by Trumps base, simply for performing his constitutional duty on the 6th.

Pence appears to be well aware of the predicament. Earlier this month, he published an op-ed voicing his concern over supposed voting irregularities in the 2020 election, though he didnt mention any specifically. Trumps own administration said the election was the most secure in American history.

Pence and his wife, Karen, have three children. Pence is a former conservative radio host who served seven terms in the U.S. House before becoming governor of Indiana.

Shes No 2: Report Claims Kamala Harris Staff Feels They Are Treated Like St

The Democratic officials who spoke to Axios said that in addition to Harrishandling of high-profile issues and political tone deafness, they fear shes been given bad advice by her press and communications people.

Harris still has her defenders, including senior adviser and chief spokesperson Symone Sanders, as well as White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond, who accused unnamed people of carrying out a whisper campaign designed to sabotage her.

At some point it just becomes, one person says something long enough and it becomes an urban legend. It doesnt have to be credible. It doesnt have to be real. Someone says something and it can just snowball, Richmond told Axios, later adding: Youd just hope if theres a legitimate criticism theyd put their name next to it.

Meanwhile, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain offered unreserved praise for Harris, telling Axios she was off to the fastest and strongest start of any Vice President I have seen.

At a news conference Friday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki called Harris an incredibly important partner to the President of the United States. She has a challenging job, a hard job, and she has a great, supportive team of people around her.

But other than that, Psaki added, Im not going to have any more comments on those reports.

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Republicans Not Named Trump Who Could Run In 2024

A growing number of Republicans are already jockeying ahead of 2024 as they await former President TrumpDonald TrumpCapitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt says he saved lives on Jan. 6Biden presses Fox’s Doocey about Trump-Taliban dealBiden says deadly attack won’t alter US evacuation mission in AfghanistanMOREs decision on another possible White House run.

While Trump has not confirmed whether he will launch a third presidential bid, he has repeatedly teased the idea since losing the election in 2020.

I’m absolutely enthused. I look forward to doing an announcement at the right time, Trump said earlier this month. As you know, it’s very early. But I think people are going to be very, very happy when I make a certain announcement.

But that hasnt stopped speculation from building around other high-profile Republicans seen as potential heirs apparent to the former president.

Here are nine Republicans not named Trump who could run for president in 2024.

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DeSantis came in second place behind Trump in the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll in Orlando earlier this year.

DeSantis, who is running for reelection in 2022, also offered a preview of whats to come in his political future.

Rick Scott

How Biden Won: Ramping Up The Base And Expanding Margins In The Suburbs

It brings the number of states Biden flipped from Trumps 2016 column to five, including Arizona, which last voted Democratic in a presidential race when it backed Clinton in 1996.

Biden also flipped Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, three key northern industrial states that ultimately delivered the White House to Trump four years ago. Biden also won a single electoral vote in Nebraskas 2nd Congressional District, which last voted Democratic for former President Barack Obama in 2008.

Electors from each state and the District of Columbia are expected to vote on Dec. 14. The new Congress will then count the votes and certify Bidens victory on Jan. 6, two weeks before the inauguration.

But Georgias political activity is far from over. The state will hold two runoff elections on Jan. 5 for both its U.S. Senate seats, which are currently held by Republicans.

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None Of Them Can Win But They Could Play Spoiler

Remember when half of American white males over the age of 40 declared themselves for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016? There were so many candidates that they couldn’t fit them all on two packed debate stages. One guy stayed in after receiving a grand total of 12 votes in the Iowa caucuses; in New Hampshire, Jim Gilmore’s showing improved to 133, an unprecedented 1,000 percent increase. Reader: He didn’t withdraw for another six days.

Since Donald Trump is our incumbent president, and will thus almost surely be the GOP nominee in 2020, we should be spared a repeat, and really ought to be able to give our undivided attention to the approximately 437 mostly Social Security-eligible senators, governors, congressmen, mayors, and billionaire activists looking to run on the Democratic ticket in 2020. Unfortunately, Trump will almost certainly be challenged, either in the ostensibly meaningless Republican primaries or by one or more independent right-of-center candidates.

Stephen Bannon thinks 2020 will be a proper three-way race. #NeverTrumpers are already ferreting around for someone to challenge the president for the GOP nomination. “I just finished reading a book about the French resistance. It reminds me of that. People are meeting over their garages their ateliers trying to figure out who’s going to do it,” one of them toldNew York recently.

Here are five people who might just fit the bill.

1. John Kasich

Chance of running: 80 percent

2. Jeff Flake

General Election Candidates On Five Or More Ballots

In addition to Biden, Hawkins, Jorgensen, and Trump, the following candidates have qualified to appear on five or more ballots:

Roque De La Fuente ; Gloria La Riva ; Jade Simmons ; Jesse Ventura/Cynthia McKinney ; Sheila Tittle ; Kyle Kenley Kopitke ; Ricki Sue King/Dayna Chandler ;

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 158,379,904

0 states have not been called.

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Former President Donald Trump

Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity that he made up his mind about whether hell run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination again, but he didnt say what the answer is, keeping the 2024 field open, for now.

The former president held his first post-White House rally in Ohio on June 26 the first since his inflammatory Jan. 6 Save America rally that preceded the failed insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. Trump called it the first rally of the 2022 election, but no cable news network carried it live, not even Fox News.

The rally came in the middle of a busy few days in June for Trump. Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani had his law license suspended in the state of New York over his false and misleading claims about the 2020 election, and a week ago, The Trump Organization and its Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg were indicted on tax fraud charges and accused as part of a two-year investigation that began when Trump was still in office. Weisselberg and lawyers for the Trump Organization both pleaded not guilty.

The former president has reportedly told others that he wont have to wait until 2024 to return to the White House. The New York Times and other news outlets have reported that Trump expects to be reinstated as president by August.

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lookwhatumademedotaylor · 8 years

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RANT

Okay, here is probably a good place to vent about the medias latest actions.

So, you’ve probably seen buzzfeeds little joke of an article calling Taylor out for using feminism to promote herself. So.... thats the latest bullet they are shooting. It’s just baffling to me that at this time in history, that after they call her out for not saying anything, they call her out for saying anything. She’s literally expected to release all her emotions, thoughts, and opinions, whenever they demand them. ITS RIDICULOUS. Just because you’re famous, does not mean others are entitled into you’re life. BEING FAMOUS ALREADY HAS ITS TOLL BY ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN. We already see so much more into “famous” people’s lives than we do a stranger 2000 miles away. We already have more than we should even wish to know. BUT, the human race is greedy, so obviously they come up with this bullshit.

I know the saying “if you choose to be quiet, you’re choosing the side of the oppressor”

OKAY OKAY OKAY, HOLD THE PHONE.

Unless she’s asked a question in an interview or to her face, SHE DOESN’T OWE THE WORLD A PUBLIC RESPONSE THROUGH A TWEET.

We never use to live in this kind of world where you have instant access to everyone online, and it’s a privilege thats getting taken advantage of.

How does anyone know that she doesn't have conversations about all the leading issues in the world with her friends an family, every day? WE DONT. Just like every other regular human being, we don't know all of their opinions, only the ones we've been told by them or read online. That’s it.

So then this argument goes to “well when she does say stuff, she’s capitalizing on the issue” SO SHE FINALLY GAVE YOU WHAT YOU WANTED AND YOU’RE GONNA PULL THIS BULLSHIT??????? i swear people just like to cos shit to brighten up their own lives, like it’s really gonna have an impact on their future happiness, like naw, ur dragging yourself down.

Speaking up (tweeting... “speaking up”)- even just at the most “critical” times of an issue, is 100% A OK. You’re still using the platform to send your message an opinion. it’s 100% okay for a celebrity to not feel comfortable spilling themselves out online every day, some like to, but some don't. WHY?? BECAUSE- they are all humans.

She’s not using it to promote herself, if she was, why wouldn't she be on twitter to say more all the time, that would be a better way at labelling yourself as a, say, feminist (for an example), but then she doesn't do that and people say that it’s because she doesn't want her opinions to ruin her career. THEN WHY WOULD SHE SHARE ANYTHING AT ALL?????

The Grammy promotional video that came out today is already under fire, and i haven't got a clue why it would be. It’s a beautiful and empowering speech, and it’s an incredibly moving video. BUT NOOOO that speech was a PR stunt. OKAY LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. Every celebrity has a PR team. even Donald Trump- he just doesn't listen to his. They all form things for you to say, yes, but just because they do, doesn't mean what they’re saying isn’t true or genuine. Taylor wouldn't read off a PR script for the sake of her career, and risk her sanity. No sane person would. DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE KANYE FUED THAT THE SPEECH WAS HIGHLIGHTING. SHE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DEFEND HERSELF. KIM LITERALLY LEAKED EDITED FOOTAGE - meaning that any formed opinions are COMPROMISED. IF you read what allegedly when down, and whats seen in the video, you’ll literally be like “wait where’s the part they were talking about” I’ve literally let this go cos it makes me so mad so i cant even remember- but i believe it was that he never even said the lyrics “that bitch” in the videos that were posted. SO THE WHOLE THING THE “FIGHT” WAS OVER, WASN’T EVEN SHOWN.

okay, last subject?

Taylor capitalizing on “Victimhood”...

R U KIDDING ME, U GONNA JUDGE A PERSON LIKE THAT, USING ONLY A HAND FULL OF SUPPORTIVE MATERIAL? U KNOW UR PROF WOULD GIVE U AN F ON THAT ESSAY.

Why can’t she sing about being hurt? A LOT, and i mean A LOT, of music is just this. AND SHE DOESN’T JUST HAVE “victim” songs. stop being so subjective to the material you gather before you accuse someone of something. We don't know about the other songs she hasn't released. There could be hundreds of them, and they are all just as much “ART” and “REAL” as the released ones. Don't fuck with a songwriter, and don't piss one off either!!!!!!!! lol

i don't even know why i bother writing all this up, but sometimes its healthy to vent somewhere else than inside your head. anyways, thats all from me. I gotta get back to school work. I have like 2 songs due every week and its rly stressful BYEE

#taylor swift #buzzfeed #grammys #rant #ppl amaze me

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sinrau · 4 years

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National political investigative reporter

August 22, 2020 at 9:51 PM EDT

Maryanne Trump Barry was serving as a federal judge when she heard her brother, President Trump, suggest on Fox News, “maybe I’ll have to put her at the border” amid a wave of refugees entering the United States. At the time, children were being separated from their parents and put in cramped quarters while court hearings dragged on.

“All he wants to do is appeal to his base,” Barry said in a conversation secretly recorded by her niece, Mary L. Trump. “He has no principles. None. None. And his base, I mean my God, if you were a religious person, you want to help people. Not do this.”

Barry, 83, was aghast at how her 74-year-old brother operated as president. “His goddamned tweet and lying, oh my God,” she said. “I’m talking too freely, but you know. The change of stories. The lack of preparation. The lying. Holy shit.”

Lamenting “what they’re doing with kids at the border,” she guessed her brother “hasn’t read my immigration opinions” in court cases. In one case, she berated a judge for failing to treat an asylum applicant respectfully.

“What has he read?” Mary Trump asked her aunt.

“No. He doesn’t read,” Barry responded.

In the weeks since Mary Trump’s tell-all book about her uncle has been released, she’s been questioned about the source of some of the information, such as her allegation that Trump paid a friend to take his SATs to enable him to transfer into the University of Pennsylvania. Nowhere in the book does she say that she recorded conversations with her aunt.

In response to a question from The Washington Post about how she knew the president paid someone to take the SATs, Mary Trump revealed that she had surreptitiously taped 15 hours of face-to-face conversations with Barry in 2018 and 2019. She provided The Post with previously unreleased transcripts and audio excerpts, which include exchanges that are not in her book.

Barry has never spoken publicly about disagreements with the president, and her extraordinarily candid comments in the recordings mark the most critical comments known to have been made about him by one of his siblings. No one else in the family except Mary Trump has publicly rebuked the president.

The transcripts reveal the depths of discord between the president and his sister, illuminating a rift that began when she asked her brother for a favor in the 1980s, which Trump has frequently used to try to take credit for her success.

At one point Barry said to her niece, “It’s the phoniness of it all. It’s the phoniness and this cruelty. Donald is cruel.”

Mary Trump, 55, told The Post recently that her uncle is unfit to be president and she plans to do “everything in my power” to elect Joe Biden. Her father, Fred Trump Jr., died of an alcohol-related illness when she was 16 in 1981. In her book, she says Donald Trump and his father mistreated her father.

The Post sought comment about the tapes from Barry and White House officials on Friday and Saturday and did not receive a response. After this story posted online Saturday night, the White House issued this statement from the president that said in full: “Every day it’s something else, who cares. I miss my brother, and I’ll continue to work hard for the American people. Not everyone agrees, but the results are obvious. Our country will soon be stronger than ever before!”

‘He was a brat’

The allegation that the president paid someone to take his SATs, which was one of the most publicized allegations in Mary Trump’s book “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created The World’s Most Dangerous Man,” stems from a conversation that Barry had with her niece on Nov. 1, 2018.

Barry told how she tried to help her brother get into college. “He was a brat,” Barry said, explaining that “I did his homework for him” and “I drove him around New York City to try to get him into college.”

Then Barry dropped what Mary considered a bombshell: “He went to Fordham for one year [actually two years] and then he got into University of Pennsylvania because he had somebody take the exams.”

“No way!” Mary responded. “He had somebody take his entrance exams?”

“SATs or whatever. . . . That’s what I believe,” Barry said. “I even remember the name.” That person was Joe Shapiro, Barry said.

Donald Trump was friends with a person at Penn named Joe Shapiro, who is deceased. Shapiro’s widow and sister told The Post last month that he never took a test for anybody, including Trump. Mary Trump has said it was a different Joe Shapiro, but that person has not surfaced.

During a Post Live interview last month, Mary Trump was asked whether the source of her information was Barry. “I prefer not to say who it is,” she responded. “It’s somebody who would have absolutely no reason to make it up.”

Chris Bastardi, a spokesman for Mary Trump, said that she began taping conversations in 2018 with Barry after concluding that her relatives had lied about the value of the family estate two decades earlier during a legal battle over her inheritance, in which she received far less than she expected.

Under New York law, it is legal to tape a conversation with the consent of one party, which in this case was Mary Trump.

The inheritance dispute was settled privately in 2001, but Mary Trump has said she was duped into an agreement because the family said the estate was worth $30 million and she later believed the value was closer to $1 billion.

Bastardi said she recorded the conversations with Barry to gain information that would show she had been misled by the family about the estate’s value. “She hoped to prove this, as is often done, by recording words contrary to their sworn statements. She never expected to learn much of what she heard,” Bastardi said.

He said that Mary believed the information was particularly relevant given the federal charges that have been brought this year against prominent individuals who took “unethical steps to get their children into college.”

The president has said he got into what was then called the Wharton School of Finance at Penn — which he called one of “the hardest schools to get in to” — because he is a “super genius.” The Post reported last year, however, that Mary’s father, Fred Jr., was close friends with a Penn admissions official. That official, James Nolan, told The Post that Fred Jr. asked him to interview his brother for admission, which he did. He was granted a place at the school, which Nolan said was “not very difficult” because more than half of applicants at the time were accepted, compared with last year’s 7.4 percent rate.

The Trump siblings have been publicly supportive of the president. The president’s other sister, Elizabeth, has stayed out of the public eye. The president’s younger brother, Robert, who died on Aug. 15, said in 2016 he supported his brother “one thousand percent.”

In 1999, when family patriarch Fred Sr. died, Barry joined with Donald and Robert in a lawsuit to prevent Mary from getting a larger amount of the inheritance. Mary had said in a probate case that she and her brother should have received an amount closer to what would have gone to their father, if he had lived.

On another matter apparently related to Fred Sr.’s will, Barry told her niece that she and Donald had a rift so serious that “he didn’t talk to me for two years.”

Barry received her undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College, a master’s from Columbia University and a law degree from Hofstra University. After being a homemaker for 13 years, and having eschewed the Trump family’s real estate business, she became one of only two women out of 62 lawyers in the office of the United States Attorney in New Jersey, where she worked from 1974 to 1983.

Barry has avoided talking publicly about her brother’s presidency while she was on the federal bench. In a rare public appearance, she used empathetic language far removed from her brother’s tough rhetoric.

“Success can be as simple as the warm feeling you get when you smile at a stranger, someone you know must be lonely, and having that stranger return your smile,” Barry said in a speech to graduates of Fairfield University in Connecticut in 2011.

The president, meanwhile, has publicly spoken glowingly of his sister, saying in 2016 that, “We do have different views a little bit,” while adding, “She’s a very, very highly respected judge.”

‘I will level you’

In one of the taped conversations, however, Barry revealed how a deep animosity developed between her and her brother.

She recalled how she turned to him for help when she wanted to be nominated by then-President Ronald Reagan for a federal judgeship. She believed that help could come from his attorney: Roy Cohn, who had played an infamous role in the 1950s as chief counsel to Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) on the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Cohn was “like kissing buddies” with Reagan, she said.

“He had Roy Cohn call Reagan about needing to appoint a woman as a federal judge in New Jersey,” Barry told Mary. “Because Reagan’s running for reelection, and he was desperate for the female vote.” Then, she said, “I had the nomination,” and Donald Trump never let Barry forget it.

According to a recent documentary film, “Where’s My Roy Cohn?” Cohn had been in regular touch with Reagan. Donald Trump met with Reagan at the White House on Aug. 4, 1983, according to presidential records. Reagan talked with Barry on Sept. 13, 1983, and nominated her the following day, according to Reagan’s daily diary.

“He once tried to take credit for me,” Barry said of her brother, quoting him as saying, “Where would you be without me?”

Barry said she told her brother: “You say that one more time and I will level you.” She told Mary that it was “the only favor I ever asked for in my whole life.” She said that she deserved the nomination “on my own merit” and that she was subsequently elevated to higher judicial posts without her brother’s intervention.

“Donald is out for Donald, period,” Barry said.

Mary questioned Barry about what he had accomplished on his own.

“I don’t know,” Barry said.

“Nothing,” Mary responded.

“Well he has five bankruptcies,” Barry said. (Trump’s companies filed for six corporate bankruptcies but he has never declared personal bankruptcy.)

“Good point. He did accomplish those all by his self,” Mary said.

“Yes, he did. Yes, he did. You can’t trust him,” Barry said.

Maryanne said on another occasion that her brother kept asking about Fox News. One day, Barry said, the president called her and said, “Did you watch Fox News?”

“No,” Barry said she told the president.

“Why not?” he said.

“I don’t watch much television at all,” Barry said she responded.

“What do you do?” the president asked.

“I read,” Barry replied.

“What do you read?” the president said.

“Books,” Barry said.

The president was incredulous. “You don’t watch Fox?”

Around the same time the conversations were being conducted, an internal investigation was underway of whether Barry violated judicial conduct rules regarding her role in working with her siblings in determining their tax liability. The investigation stemmed in part from an action that Mary Trump had taken: She had provided boxes of family tax records to the New York Times, which published a Pulitzer Prize-winning report in 2018 that found the president had engaged in suspect tax schemes that increased the family wealth.

Barry retired shortly after the investigation was launched, which ended the probe.

One of the most emotional conversations between Mary and her aunt occurred when they discussed the 1999 funeral of the family patriarch, Fred Sr., at Marble Collegiate Church on Fifth Avenue in New York City. During that ceremony, Donald spoke more about his own accomplishments than his father’s life, Barry said.

“Donald was the only one who didn’t speak about Dad,” Barry said. She told Mary that “I don’t want any of my siblings to speak at my funeral. And that’s all about Donald and what he did at Dad’s funeral. I don’t know. It was all about him.”

“I remember,” Mary responded.

Mary Trump said she has not talked to her aunt since the book was published. She said in the Post Live interview that she would not be surprised “if she never contacted me, and I think that’s fair. I understand why she would not want to.”

Alice Crites contributed to this report.

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Why Do People Think It’s OK to Kill Charlie Gard If He Can’t be Cured

Never for one second will we allow our laser-like focus on little Charlie Gard to be diverted. As we reported earlier today, a highly unsympathetic judge gave Connie Yates and Chris Gard two days to give him evidence Charlie can benefit from experimental therapy.

Given Judge Nicholas Francis’s previous comment–that it would take something “dramatic and new” to convince him that death was not in Charlie’s “best interest–and the hospital’s resolute opposition to allowing Charlie to go overseas for experimental therapy, we know that the odds are still stacked against the 11-month-old who suffers from encephalomyopathic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDDS), a devastating chromosomal disorder.

However, like you and like his tremendous parents, I refuse to give up. The supportive comments of President Trump and Pope Francis changed the trajectory which was headed inexorably towards disconnecting Charlie’s ventilator. The entire world now knows about this little boy and the ugly side of pro-withdrawal discussion–not that Charlie will die but that he will live a life whose quality they do not respect.

Having said that, let me add a few additional thoughts to place this worldwide battle in context.

1. Nobody is saying that Charlie will be cured. The parents are confident, based on input from seven specialists Connie says are supporting them in their fight to try experimental therapy, that they “could reduce the effects of the disease,” as BBC Health Correspondent Nick Triggle described it. If they take Charlie to the United States, his condition does not improve and he is pain (which the hospital and judges admit they cannot prove)–Connie said, “we would let him go. This isn’t about us. This is about Charlie and giving him the chance he needs.”

2.This case is about parents whose concern for their son and their incredibly dedication no one is challenging. However the London-based hospital–backed by three courts in England and the European Court of Human Rights–says it knows what is best for Connie’s and Chris’ son. And that “best” is death.

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You can fully empathize with Connie when she told BBC Breakfast the situation was a “living hell”:

“I couldn’t sit there and watch him in pain and suffering, I promise you I wouldn’t,” she said, adding: “I think parents know when their children are ready to go and they’ve given up, and Charlie is still fighting. “It’s horrible that this decision has been taken out of our hands. It’s not just about us knowing best, it’s about having other hospitals and doctors saying we want to treat [Charlie] and we think it’s the best thing to do.”

So why would the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) seemingly reverse course at the 11th hour and tell Judge Francis last Friday he should hear new evidence? Here is the positive view, from the Telegraph:

“The hospital’s decision to go back into the courtroom came after two international healthcare facilities and their researchers contacted them to say they have ‘fresh evidence about their proposed experimental treatment.”

But GOSH insists they have already explored nucleoside therapy, which while it has worked in other cases, will not benefit Charlie–at least according to GOSH. So the hospital likely asked Judge Francis to look at “new evidence” which GOSH is already telling him isn’t new and won’t work. There’s an acronym for that.

3. How can any hospital make such unilateral decisions over strenuous parental objections? A Chicago Tribune editorial, which was not particularly sympathetic to Charlie’s parents, put it this way:

Why does the British government have such wide authority over Charlie’s treatment? One big reason: Because the government funds a single-payer health system, picking up medical costs for British citizens.

“Who pays the piper calls the tune,” as the old saying goes. Never mind that it is not the massive National Health Service medical bureaucracy paying the piper but taxpayers.

One more…

4. As we discussed earlier today [“British judge sets Thursday as date for hearing for little Charlie Gard,” the global response, highlighted by the supportive tweets of Pope Francis and President Trump (“If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so”), is a source of great encouragement and hope for Charlie. I have no illusions that GOSH harbors he least doubt about its conclusion that killing Charlie is in his “best interest.” You read biomedical journals or any of the many posts Wesley J. Smith writes about what is contained in them, and you are not the least bit surprised.

Consider this quote from a BBC story which (beyond normal human sympathies) explains so much of why little Charlie has touched such a chord:

“GOSH describes proposed experimental therapies as ‘unjustified’ and said the treatments being offered are not a cure.”

This incredible response raises at least two fundamental questions: If Charlie can’t be “cured,” he can be killed? And whose child is Charlie’s?

We can only hope that Judge Francis moves beyond judiciary arrogance and fairly and honestly asks himself these questions.

LifeNews.com Note: Dave Andrusko is the editor of National Right to Life News and an author and editor of several books on abortion topics. This post originally appeared in at National Right to Life News Today —- an online column on pro-life issues.

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Why Do People Think It’s OK to Kill Charlie Gard If He Can’t be Cured

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Why Do People Think It’s OK to Kill Charlie Gard If He Can’t be Cured

Having said that, let me add a few additional thoughts to place this worldwide battle in context.

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You can fully empathize with Connie when she told BBC Breakfast the situation was a “living hell”:

3. How can any hospital make such unilateral decisions over strenuous parental objections? A Chicago Tribune editorial, which was not particularly sympathetic to Charlie’s parents, put it this way:

“Who pays the piper calls the tune,” as the old saying goes. Never mind that it is not the massive National Health Service medical bureaucracy paying the piper but taxpayers.

One more…

Consider this quote from a BBC story which (beyond normal human sympathies) explains so much of why little Charlie has touched such a chord:

“GOSH describes proposed experimental therapies as ‘unjustified’ and said the treatments being offered are not a cure.”

This incredible response raises at least two fundamental questions: If Charlie can’t be “cured,” he can be killed? And whose child is Charlie’s?

We can only hope that Judge Francis moves beyond judiciary arrogance and fairly and honestly asks himself these questions.

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all of em? :3c

ive had this in my inbox for 3 weeks and never knew bc tumblr is shit so im answering it now bc fuck it

1: Do you have a crush at the moment?

im immune to crushes

2: Have you ever been deeply in love?

3: Longest relationship you’ve ever been in?

never been in a relationship

4: Have you ever changed for someone?

uhhhh? maybe not consciously? idk

5: How is your relationship with your ex?

dont have one

6: Have you ever been cheated on?

*deep sigh*

7: Have you ever cheated?

djdjdlkdjfdkl

8: Would you date someone who’s well known for cheating?

9: What’s the most important part of a relationship?

communication

10: Do you like to be in serious relationships or just flings?

relationship

11: When you are dating someone do you believe in going on “breaks”?

definitely

12: How many people have you ever hooked up with?

013: What’s one thing you regret saying/doing in a previous relationship?

……………………………….

14: What age do you think is appropriate for kids to start having sex?

15: Do you believe in the phrase “age is just a number”?

lmao ever heard jail is just a room

16: Do you believe in “love at first sight”?

not really, but i definitely think you can feel a connection to someone at first sight

17: Do you believe it’s possible to fall in love on the internet?

absolutely

18: What do you consider a deal breaker?

being a smoker, or being a bigot/nazi/trump supporter

19: How do you know it’s time to end a relationship?

when youve tried everything to make it work but its just not working, or one of you has well and truly fallen out of love

20: Are you currently in a relationship?

nope

21: Do you think people who have dated can stay friends?

sure

22: Do you think people should date their friends?

ok DO NOT FUCKING GET ME STARTED ON THIS OK. I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW SOMEONE CAN DATE SOMEONE WITHOUT??? BEING FRIENDS WITH THEM??? like wheres the substance to the relationship??? if yall cant just hang out as friend and you have to being doing couple like flirting or making out??? what are you doing??? theres nothing else to the relationship???

so its not that i think people should date their friends, i just think you should also be friends with the person youre in a relantionship with, romance and friendship dont have to be mutually exclusive

23: How many relationships have you had?

024: Do you think love can last forever?

hell ye

25: Do you believe love can conquer all things?

nope

26: Would you break up with someone your parents didn’t approve of?

hell no, i would just date them HARDER

27: If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice about dating what would it be?

well weve established ive never been in a relationship soooo

but if i remember one time in middle school i had a crush on this guy were friends and stuff and i just thought we were perfect for each other but i could never work up the nerve to ask him out so if i could go back in time i would tell myself to go for it

28: Do you think long distance relationships can work?

hell yeah

29: What do you notice first about another person?

hmmm idk?

30: Are you straight, bi, gay or pansexual?

bi/pan

31: Would it bother you if your partner suffered from any mental illness?

bitch i have depression i aint got no right to be judging someone cause of that. i would hope that if i was dating someone with a mental illness we would both be loving and supporting each other no matter what

32: Have you ever been in an abusive relationship?

33: Do you want to get married one day?

unrealistic, blocked

34: What do you think about getting your partner’s name tattooed?

dumb as hell

35: Could you be in a relationship without sex?

thats kind of what i had planned anyways, im not really ready for sex and will not be for long time

36: Are you still a virgin?

yes

37: What’s more important: Looks or personality?

personality damn u think im some kind of shallow bitch?

38: Do you enjoy love films?

FUCK NO unless its about two women being in love

39: Have you ever given anyone/received roses?

a friend gave me and our other friends roses one year, but then i gave my rose to my crush at the time cause she said she had never received one, ya girl lowkey got game

40: Have you ever had a valentine?

nope

41: What’s your imagination of a “perfect date”?

they take me on a romantic picnic on top of a cliff with a great view and then they push me off the cliff and i die

42: Have you ever read “Romeo & Juliet”?

ye and it SUCKD ASS

43: What’s more important: Your partner or your friends?

friends

44: Would you consider yourself “romantic”?

……..no?

45: Could you imagine to date one of your current friends?

46: Have you ever been “friendzoned”?

47: Which “famous couple” is your favorite?

none???

48: What’s your favorite love song?

everytime we time touch, obviously i mean come on

49: Have you ever broken someone’s heart?

maybe a little?

50: If you’re single, why do you think you are?

im not very attractive, insecure, annoying, loud, and boring

51: Would you rather date someone who’s rich but a douchebag or someone who’s poor but a nice guy?

poor but nice, its alright i can be a sugar mama

52: Are you good at giving other people advices regarding dating/ relationships?

YEAH ive been told im good at giving relationship advice

53: Are you jealous of couples when you’re single?

not really

54: How important is it to make a relationship official (p.e. on Facebook)?

well first of all i dont have facebook, and personally if i was to enter i relationship i wouldnt even announce it to anyone i would probably only tell my best friend

ok lets be honest i would announce it on tumblr

55: Would you consider yourself “clingy”, “overly attached” or “jealous”?

clingy, maybe? definitely not jealous tho

56: Have you ever “destroyed” a relationship?

57: Do you think it’s silly to consider suicide because of a broken heart?

yeah, unless your partner of 10 years fucking died or something

58: Are you the “dominant” or the “submissive” part in a relationship?

depends……………………….but most likely sub

59: Have you ever forgotten important dates like your partner’s birthday or your anniversary?

60: What’s your opinion on open relationships?

im all for them

61: Who’s more important: Your partner or your family?

family

62: How do you define “cheating”?

hmmm i think thats for everyone to decide for themselves and to express that to their partner. personally i think flirting and anything beyond that is all cheating.

63: Is watching porn while being in a relationship inappropriate?

fuck no, id watch porn WITH my s/o i mean come on

64: Do you think Valentine’s Day is overrated?

idk

65: Would you consider yourself a “cuddler”?

hell ye

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Homeland recap: season six, episode two The Man in the Basement

Week two, and classic Homeland is back. Everyone has something to hide as Sekou explains the cash under his mattress, Saad reveals his criminal past and Carrie flatly denies her friends in high places

Spoiler alert: this blog is published after Homeland airs in the US. Only read on if youve watched series six episode two.

No wonder Carrie took offence at Ottos small potatoes dig about her new legal venture. She must have been biting her tongue hard, trying not to reveal that she was essentially dictating Americas future foreign policy in the Middle East all this time. This means shell be butting heads with Dar Adal again soon, which can only be good for the show. However solid the intel on Iranian nukes turns out to be, it felt like the old Homeland was back this week.

Because if you feel it this calling to be an independent American the time to rise up is now. Now!

Theres a strange smell in the basement and an even stranger man. Quinn gazes vacantly at the ceiling, living off tinned food while listening to conspiracy channels. Carrie has to handle his vast list of prescription meds. When she tries to get him to take his anti-seizure medication, a coffee mug is launched at her in response. No good deed goes unpunished.

She calls Max in to babysit, but theres only so much he can do. When Quinn heads out to load up on booze at the local bodega he has a grand mal seizure. Against medical advice, he returns to Carries house without being checked out in hospital. Hes lost a great deal, but his stubbornness remains intact.

It might get you votes, but God forbid it makes you think you know what youre doing.

Dar Adal takes President-elect Elizabeth Keanes Chief-of-staff Rob Hemmis to lunch at a location thick with symbolism. Its the restaurant he was in when the Twin Towers came down they pulled in choking New Yorkers through their doors that day. Its a great story. Not one word of it is true but Dar delivers it like a seasoned Broadway ham.

It is his gentle way of reminding Hemmis why they do what they do. Less gently, he calls the President-elects credentials into question. A mother with a son killed in action thats her CV. Unkind? Absolutely, but we live in dangerous times. He tells Hemmis theres intel that the Iranians are cheating on the nuclear deal, running a parallel program with North Korea outside the country with the help of financier Farhad Nafisi. Mossad will be picking him up at a conference in Abu Dhabi next week. How should the agency proceed? Dar asks him, fully aware of the grenade hes just dropped in his lap.

That new paradigm we talked about? This is it.

Saul pops in to see Carrie at her law firm. Its great to hear her voice again. Funnily enough he heard it quite recently, coming out of the President-elects mouth when she was discussing the Middle East. What a coincidence!

A vulgar man might point out that Elizabeth Keane is friendly with Otto Dring who is friendly with Carrie and draw the conclusion that Carrie is advising the soon-to-be commander-in-chief. And thats exactly what Saul does. Were it discovered to be true, he tells her, it would be embarrassing for everyone.

Carrie has never been so insulted and shes been insulted a lot. This type of baseless allegation is exactly why she left the CIA, she tells him. Chastened and believing her denials, he leaves.

It is only later that we see Carries self-righteous rage was bogus and that Saul was bang on the money. As she briefs the President-elect on the Iranian issue, it is with the practiced confidence of the trusted source.

Elizabeth Keanes dovish tendencies notwithstanding, the allegations are too serious to ignore. Carrie suggests someone absolutely trustworthy should represent US interests on the ground. Someone with unimpeachable integrity who wants to make the nuclear treaty with Iran work. If it happens to be someone with a soft spot for Carrie, even better. As it happens, she knows a guy Saul The Bear Berenson will be our man in Abu Dhabi.

If I cant say anything and hes lying how am I supposed to get out of here?

Max is called in to babysit Quinn. Photograph: 20th Century Fox/JoJo Whilden/SHOWTIME

Reda Hashem tells Sekou Bah to level with him about the smoking gun in the FBIs case against him for material support of terrorism the $5,000 under his mattress. Sekou explains it was just a loan from his filmmaking partner Saad Massoud to help pay for his familys visit to Nigeria.

Good work from Max throws up that Saad Massoud is in fact a man named Tyrone Banks Jr. Back in Pittsburgh, Tyrone ran with a rowdy crew who called themselves the Steel City Gang. Special Agent Ray Conlin recruited Tyrone in his prison cell; he promised to make a five-year prison sentence disappear if Tyrone came and worked for him and the FBI in New York.

This is a game-changer and they go before a judge to request their right to confront Massoud at trial. Ray Conlin is at the hearing and has it out with Carrie. You go anywhere near Saad Massoud, I will have you arrested, he tells her. The judge agrees; Saad is off limits. The prosecution make an offer if Sekou pleads guilty, he will get seven years. If he goes to trial and loses, hell do double that. Reda, well versed in legal realpolitik, advises him to take it but Carrie is a junkyard dog no way is she backing down.

Armed with the knowledge that Saad was secretly dating Sekous sister Simone, Carrie shows up at a clandestine meeting between the pair. The man formerly known as Tyrone Banks isnt too concerned about Sekous plight. Nonetheless, he lets Carrie know that he told Conlin that Sekou was not a terrorist but Conlin would not listen.

It started with someone throwing a coffee mug at me went downhill from there.

Its been a long day and they have a complex history but Carrie and Quinn have a quiet moment as they piece together his recent past. With his memory compromised he needs the gaps filling in. She explains what happened to him in Berlin. She cant believe he hasnt seen the video of his exposure to sarin gas. He watches it with her for the first time. You saved me, he says. Why? I was just wondering the same thing.

Notes and observations

Heres a guide to Quinns anti-seizure medication primidone. I have a feeling this may be useful in later episodes.

The extensive Claire Danes cry-face canon welcomes another entry this week from her emotional talk with Quinn.

Now we know Saad Massoud was working with the FBI, Im slightly confused about the guy he wanted Sekou Bah to meet before his trip to Nigeria. Was it just a way of testing his intentions?

Conlin assures Carrie the airline tickets were bought two months before Saad loaned Sekou the $5,000. If he is telling the truth, what was the loan for?

Simone being underage might offer Carrie some leverage against Saad even if it currently looks like national security trumps all.

Who do you trust on Homeland so far? Is Carrie having the President-elects ear on the Middle East a good thing? Exactly how real is the Iranian nuclear program? And what will become of poor Quinn? Please give your thoughts below.