I woke up this morning to the news that someone had been found dead on a sidewalk here in Knoxville. Then I learned it wasn’t just one. Three souls lost in the last 48 hours. And then I saw this photo and Josh Marcum’s words. That wheelchair. That blanket. That person trying to find somewhere anywhere to close their eyes while the rest of us drive past on the way to warm houses, hot showers, and safe beds. It stops you. Or at least it should. Josh is right: nobody grows up dreaming of sleeping on a sidewalk in the cold. A couple of missed paychecks, a lost job, a divorce, a medical emergency, a mental health crisis, one bad turn that’s often all it takes. Some of the people out there once had what most of us still have. They had families, work, plans. Life just kept knocking them down until they couldn’t get back up alone. In Knoxville right now, that reality is costing lives. We don’t have enough shelter beds. We don’t have enough options when the temperature drops. We don’t have enough permanent housing. And every winter we hear about hypothermia deaths that didn’t have to happen. Seeing three more people gone in two days is a gut punch. It is not normal. It is not acceptable. And it is not inevitable. You don’t have to give money to show compassion. A warm meal, a blanket, a conversation, or simply treating someone like a human being can matter more than we realize. But kindness alone will not fix the system that leaves people outside in the first place. Something has to change. More warming center capacity. More shelters. Faster paths into housing. Real investment in the people who are already out there every day doing the work. And a community that stops looking the other way. The difference between the person sleeping in a warm bed tonight and the person on the cold ground is often nothing more than a few bad turns in life. Be thankful. Be kind. And never look down on someone unless you’re reaching down to help them back up. Rest in peace to the three we lost this weekend. Their lives mattered. Our RESPONSE now matters too.
This is what the end of a presidency looks like. CNN just confirmed that Trump administration whistle blowers are telling Congress that the administration is actively destroying documents related to Donald Trump's vanity construction projects. The whistle blowers have stated that they're doing this because they know the investigations are coming. They are burning the paper trail before the Democrats take power, a government so terrified of telling the truth, they're trying to erase it. Assuming that what the whistle blowers are saying is accurate, this is serious. It's worse than Watergate. You don't destroy documents if you have nothing to hide, which makes me curious of what the Trump administration wants to hide. And on top of that, you can't just destroy government documents. In most cases, you have to preserve them in the event of an investigation, like those that are bound to come. And when you do delete them, while it's not as easy as just burning, shredding, or throwing them in the trash, no, you have to abide by very clear and strict rules, which were not followed here. This very well could develop into one of the most stunning stories to come out of the Trump administration. I'll keep you updated as we learn more.
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my last ex chuck said he wanted to have sex with my ex before him I felt like saying sorry he does not like guys with one inch dicks but like who says that? - you must be demented-I feel sorry for anyone stuck with these fucks - I dont care if all my exes meet and have sex while you are all occupying your life fucking people I am making a life for myself without you in my life and making art -building my career without stepping all over people and ruining peoples lives like making them homeless when you are supposed to fill the roll of a trusted friend-and living a now whole and non toxic life without someone to entertain all day -now I know after meeting you fucking goofs why I only have a few friends and just chill on my own it seems the weak co dependent masochists choose their life partners carelessly and live together in misery forever have fun !!! I am far too busy to worry about shit like fucking people all day ! have fun fill your lube bottles you deranged fuck my ex patrick cheated on me with the guy I left to be with him so yeah have fun guys hahaha I am a very popular loner lmao pretty deranged that he would be a sex addict with the way he looks getting older too but he was always defensive over his micro dick cause I have a normie and he tried to render me homeless after being his wifey for like 7+ years nobody in my life has ever treated me like that and nobody ever will - he always made psychiatric assumptions about me when he turned out to be a lunatic he thinks he can manipulate people around him cause he watches videos on psychology but it all failed miserably for him -I strongly believe I became enlightened in my cabin at shawnigan lake was getting fucked by invisibles the usual but I also really had to get tf out of there I am a city boy and had nothing going for me way out there it was an hour away from where I live now but its like I lived at a forest monastery forced to smoke gas station weed cause it was not legal back then
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