“ Someone explain to me why during the minutes while Charlie was DYING in the back seat of the car— Charlie’s security team was providing updates to Ben Shapiro’s team rather than focusing entirely on saving Charlie’s life and finding the killer?”
Sorry, but she’s right. That’s super weird.
Just got off the phone with my college roommate.
His daughter was diagnosed with leukemia in January.
He has insurance. Good insurance. The kind you feel safe having.
7 months later:
Savings: wiped out. 401k: cashed early. Penalties and all. House: refinanced to cover the gaps insurance decided weren’t their problem.
He told me he’s not the same person anymore.
Said watching your child fight for her life while simultaneously fighting an insurance company over coverage codes does something to you that doesn’t go away.
They did everything right.
Two incomes. No debt. Responsible their whole lives.
One diagnosis undid all of it in 7 months.
And somewhere a health insurance CEO is getting a $30 million bonus this quarter.
I don’t know how people defend this system with a straight face.
I really don’t.
People would be horrified to know how often cops kill pets that pose no threat. In this case, a family dog ran over to an officer with his tail wagging, and the cop responding by executing him. Unreal cowardice. Glad to see this family get $675,000, as many get nothing at all.
The issue with modern politics is that I’m not allowed to think this is fucking cool without accusations of being right wing
But I’ll take the accusations because this is fucking cool for a MMA weigh in
🇩🇪 🇺🇸 A German model has been missing for 11 years, and the Epstein files just gave her family their first trace of her...
The woman, identified only as Michele, vanished from her family home in 2015 at age 22 and has never been heard from since.
When the DOJ released the Epstein files, her name surfaced in messages from Daniel Siad, a model recruiter she worked for in Dubai, who sent Epstein her photo in 2014 and pitched her as "the girl you missed from Germany," adding "you will love her."
Her story is grim even before the files.
Her father says she admitted working for Siad as an escort, an ex-partner described constant abusive calls, and she'd been planning rehab and a fresh start with her family when she disappeared without warning.
Siad is now under investigation in France for allegedly helping Epstein traffic and abuse women, which he denies.
There's no proof Michele ever met Epstein.
Her father's plea:
"It's so important to us that we find her again, no matter the situation."
A girl pitched to Epstein in 2014. Gone in 2015.
Eleven years of silence since.
Source: MSN / Writer: Daniel
Yesterday ended up being a bit deflating, but I remain hopeful that Lucy will be home soon. My attorney actually told me on Thursday that Lucy may have been released as soon as that afternoon, but as Friday afternoon rolled into evening, I started to realize that they weren't going to let her out until Monday at the earliest.
It feels like they are just trying to twist the knife one last time. They may be the case, but I'm not completely sure. It could just be that government is doing what government does all the time: move at the glacial speed of bureaucracy.
That animal welfare check, however, seemed perfectly timed to send us a message - we may have won this round, but they aren't going to stop.
Using social media to expose their machinations to the light is good, but I plan to start taking concrete, legal steps to stop this bullying on Monday.
The law in this country should not be a tool to advance only the interests of the well-connected.
It's frustrating as we go into this weekend, but I look to Monday for good news.
Meanwhile, #SaveLucy is still trending.
It felt good to be off social media yesterday. Things are in the works, that's all I can say for now. Negotiations are ongoing with the DA. My attorney choked me up yesterday when he sent me an email that was just one line: "Let's get Lucy home."
Amen. Amen, amen, amen.
I spent the day with the kids at the park while @Herb_Minstrel gave voice lessons at home, going over with pen and paper what I had feverishly typed up thus far about Lucy, the makings of what I hope will be a story with some appeal beyond just myself and my little family.
Things just jump out at me on paper in a way they don't on a screen.
I'm writing this as a way to protect her, in my own way, from anything like this ever happening again. She's kind of famous right now, but it's the 15-minutes-of-fame sort of notoriety.
I want to lock that in. I want to make Lucy untouchable. I fell into a trap once that has made her vulnerable. I'm doing everything I can right now to make her invincible for the rest of her life.
If I fail to convey Lucy's story in a way that has broad appeal, then at least I hope to have a personal story to add to our family lore, where it will be valued by the people who know and matter most, the same way I treasure all of the songs my wife wrote me to get me through the terror and tedium overseas.
This will probably be another quiet day from me as I scribble lines on paper, cross them out, work them and rework them over and over - and do it all in those quiet moments when the kids aren't fighting with each other or getting into trouble or making messes and getting loud.
Thank you all for your support of me and Lucy for these past several weeks. It means the world.
#SaveLucy