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#Poet. Patriot. Proud Clevelander & former New Yorker. Current coping strategies - cats, Klondikes & dark chocolate.
Sep 11, 2020 11 tweets 5 min read
I was in a small crowd of commuters that watched the first twin tower collapse from the ferry landing in Weehawken, NJ with my 3-week-old in my arms. My mom and I were still trying to get to NYC for a pediatrician appointment when the ferry returned & the ferry staffer yelled (1) "Go home, people! The subways are closed. Why are you trying to go to work? Go home!" Then we watched the tower collapse. It was all so surreal and incomprehensible on that sunny, gorgeous day, the beginning of so much grief and sadness for many months to come. Yet, today (2)
Sep 30, 2019 5 tweets 2 min read
The one thing Trump's a master at - DARVO - a defense strategy used by domestic abusers, esp. narcissists:
When someone accuses you:
1. Deny
2. Attack
3. Reverse
Victim &
Offender.
This is Trump's fallback strategy, the one he used against 20 women who accused him of sexual assault. Trump has committed treason, first with Russia (& according to 'Proof of Conspiracy' also Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt & Israel), more recently trying to do the same w/Ukraine. So he accuses Adam Schiff of treason. Trump lies 'in the most blatant and...
Sep 26, 2018 10 tweets 4 min read
@senjudiciary @ChuckGrassley @SenMajLdr @LindseyGrahamSC @JeffFlake @SenSusanCollins @lisamurkowski If you don't demand a supplemental FBI investigation & push back your vote, Kavanaugh's every decision & good name will be forever tainted, as will SCOTUS itself and ALL its decisions.

Why don't you ask the other justices if they want him as a colleague w/o an FBI investigation to clear him 1st? Every single justice would say 'NO'. You'll be tainting them with his presence for the next 40 years.

First, you've hidden 90% of his documents; now you