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I agree, it is giving me mini strokes.

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thank you! i read this last night and thought WTF politico? but then i freaked as i always do.

thanks for restoring my sanity.

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total white blond bitch.

never. trust. us.

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bless you for being a caring person.

also, you should smack the stupid trump troll. i find this help my anger issues.

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The so called "liberal media" was claiming "DEMOCRATS ARE IN DISARRAY" because republicans won republican primaries.

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yeah fucking politico mentioned that. right off the bat: 'everyone's talking about a blue wave and PR helping the dems but no one counted on the batshit white people'

seriously fuck that noise.

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Hug from crazy old fart .

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BREAKING NEWS -- US Law Enforcement Agent Arrested For Raping 4-yr-old Immigrant Girl !! https://www.cnn.com/2018/06...

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I too work in the field. 40 years. Patients (clients) are different from family. I helped my ex-mother in law get my psychotic ex-wife into the hospital years ago on an Emergency Detention Warrant. After she was hospitalized I detached. But not until she was out of danger.

I disagree, yet still respect your opinion and dedication. No one goes into the Mental Health Business to make money. Thanks for all you do.

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Actually, it is. I work in the field.

You have to protect yourself and your own mental health first or you can't help a loved one with a mental illness. This often means taking a break.

And, unless his brother is actively a threat to himself or others, the Baker Act is inappropriate.

If his brother is a threat, he should withdraw and call authorities.

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He has likely not "lost" anybody. There are just people for whom this issue is a bridge too far. I'll believe that they are abandoning him when I see it.

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Something will go terribly wrong at one of those understaffed (due to budget cuts) institutions, and Drumpf will claim that it shows that gubmint can't run prisons good, and will privatize more prisons, thereby pleasing one of his hugest donor bases.

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Thanks to climate change, Denver doesn't have winter anymore either, :-( But I guess old white people choose either desert or swamp. I'll still go with desert.

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Dominic, thank you for the lovely short video--it lifts one's spirits. Meanwhile, back in Swampland, I've been calling the Department of Justice every day and leaving a pithy message for Mr. Sessions about breaking up families (remind you of the good old days, Jefferson Beauregard?): 202-353-1555

Chipping away, chipping away.

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I only read the non-comments here.

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Shared, along with a warning not to read the comments.

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