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He puts self over country
He loathes the laws we live by

Donald
Trump
Is Unfit
to Lead

Next week, for the third time in eight years, Donald Trump will be nominated as the Republican Party’s candidate for president of the United States. A once great political party now serves the interests of one man, a man as demonstrably unsuited for the office of president as any to run in the long history of the Republic, a man whose values, temperament, ideas and language are directly opposed to so much of what has made this country great.

It is a chilling choice against this national moment. For more than two decades, large majorities of Americans have said they are dissatisfied with the direction of the country, and the post-Covid era of stubborn inflation, high interest rates, social division and political stagnation has left many voters even more frustrated and despondent.

The Republican Party once pursued electoral power in service to solutions for such problems, to building “the shining city on a hill,” as Ronald Reagan liked to say. Its vision of the United States — embodied in principled public servants like George H.W. Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney — was rooted in the values of freedom, sacrifice, individual responsibility and the common good. The party’s conception of those values was reflected in its longstanding conservative policy agenda, and today many Republicans set aside their concerns about Mr. Trump because of his positions on immigration, trade and taxes. But the stakes of this election are not fundamentally about policy disagreements. The stakes are more foundational: what qualities matter most in America’s president and commander in chief.

Mr. Trump has shown a character unworthy of the responsibilities of the presidency. He has demonstrated an utter lack of respect for the Constitution, the rule of law and the American people. Instead of a cogent vision for the country’s future, Mr. Trump is animated by a thirst for political power: to use the levers of government to advance his interests, satisfy his impulses and exact retribution against those who he thinks have wronged him.

He is, quite simply, unfit to lead.

The Democrats are rightly engaged in their own debate about whether President Biden is the right person to carry the party’s nomination into the election, given widespread concerns among voters about his age-related fitness. This debate is so intense because of legitimate concerns that Mr. Trump may present a danger to the country, its strength, security and national character — and that a compelling Democratic alternative is the only thing that would prevent his return to power. It is a national tragedy that the Republicans have failed to have a similar debate about the manifest moral and temperamental unfitness of their standard-bearer, instead setting aside their longstanding values, closing ranks and choosing to overlook what those who worked most closely with the former president have described as his systematic dishonesty, corruption, cruelty and incompetence.

That task now falls to the American people. We urge voters to see the dangers of a second Trump term clearly and to reject it. The stakes and significance of the presidency demand a person who has essential qualities and values to earn our trust, and on each one, Donald Trump fails.

Moral Fitness Matters
Principled Leadership Matters
Character Matters
A President’s Words Matter
The Rule of Law Matters

Election Day is less than four months away. The case against Mr. Trump is extensive, and this board urges Americans to perform a simple act of civic duty in an election year: Listen to what Mr. Trump is saying, pay attention to what he did as president and allow yourself to truly inhabit what he has promised to do if returned to office.

Voters frustrated by inflation and immigration or attracted by the force of Mr. Trump’s personality should pause and take note of his words and promises. They have little to do with unity and healing and a lot to do with making the divisions and anger in our society wider and more intense than they already are.

The Republican Party is making its choice next week; soon all Americans will be able to make their own choice. What would Mr. Trump do in a second term? He has told Americans who he is and shown them what kind of leader he would be.

When someone fails so many foundational tests, you don’t give him the most important job in the world.

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Also, what should be illegal to do when you are drunk?

The obvious answer is oceans and life. But even then, some would say that Jupiter's ocean of liquified hydrogen is the largest ocean.

Does Earth have anything other than oceans and life that can top the other planets in the Solar System?

I (30F) told my (37M) fiancé/boyfriend that I would leave him. Background: we've been together for 8 years. We have 2 kids, age 2 and 9 months. We both work full-time jobs (he works days and I work nights). We don't send our kids to daycare. Therefore, we switch off caring for our kiddos while the other is at work. There are some days when I get off work at 7am after working a 12-hour shift and then have to care for our kids during the day time. He never has to watch them solo right after work. I have been mentally and physically exhausted. Between breastfeeding, pumping, working sometimes up to 60 hour weeks and potty training my toddler, I am cooked. There have been days where I have bawled my eyes out due to stress. We really don't have family or friends that are available to help with the kids. I do 70% of the housework (laundry, cooking, grocery shopping, bathing kiddos, sweep, mop, you get it). Our first baby was planned. I was finishing up my degree full time while working full time and literally gave birth a month after I graduated with my bachelors. Our second baby was a surprise and I really struggled to bond with her, as I didn't want her initially. My thoughts have now changed and I love my baby.

I have had multiple conversations with him, explaining that I don't want any more kids. It's taxing on my body, mind and spirit. Prior to having my second baby, we BOTH agreed that if I had a c-section, I would get my tubes tied during the delivery. If I had a vaginal birth (which I did), he agreed to get a vasectomy shortly after I had my baby. This was back in October 2023. It is now July 2024 and guess who is still not snipped!? I've asked him multiple times over the last couple of months and after breaking down many walls, he declared that he is nervous about his dick not working anymore. I understand this is a true concern for him but I have asked him to consider what I have and will go through again if we were to have a third baby. We are currently using condoms and LH strips to track ovulation and avoiding intimacy during those risky times. But the other day, we had a malfunction with the condom and I had to take a plan B and pray. Luckily, the red sea came but I can't feel this anxiety every month. It makes me not want to have sex if a kid is the risk. I know my limits when it comes to being a parent. I am doing my best with 2 kiddos but 3 kiddos would send me over the edge. The other night at the dinner, vasectomy came up AGAIN and he made excuses. I told him that I wasn't gonna bring it up anymore but I needed to say my last piece. "I'm letting you know now. If I was to become pregnant again due to your lack of action to get snipped, I will leave you and the kiddos here. Alone. I will send money from afar but I would have to leave. We would be done." He was shocked and hurt by my comment but I am fucking serious. He asked "you would really leave us?" And I said yes. I'm not happy to say this but I have been depressed and had bad thoughts about harming myself and kids during those very difficult times. I have worked hard to be better and silence those thoughts but I KNOW that having a third kid would cause those thoughts and stress to flood back in. So..AITAH?.

EDIT: I did not expect this post to escalate in this way. Please let me make a few clarifications. It will take me some time to add all the edits so bear with me 😀 First, thanks to everyone for all comments and recommendations. I know I'm not 100% not at fault for my current relationship dynamic.

1. Concern: he has the right to choose whether or not to undergo the vasectomy. Answer: ABSOLUTELY. I agree 100%. The only issue I see with this is he and I agreed last year that once our second baby was born, in the event of a vaginal delivery, he would undergo the procedure. We also agreed together that 2 kids was our magic number and we both said hell no to additional kids. We have had several discussions about this (at least 10+). I didn't manipulate him into this decision. He actually offered to do it. Even to this day, he says that he wants to do it and plans to do it but is concerned about performance afterward. Yet, he has made no action to make an appointment to even schedule a consult with a Urologist to talk through some of the risks of the procedure. Therefore, I have to assume through his actions (which there are none), that he truly has no intention of getting the procedure done and is doing lip service every time I ask him about this. That being the case, I am going to make an appointment to take responsibility for my OWN body and hold myself accountable versus relying on him.

2. Concern: when do I sleep? Answer: we don't work the same days of the week. However, if I work 4-12 hour days, there will be a day or two that I have watch my kids when I get home from work. Therefore, I micro-nap throughout the day and try to get a 2-hour nap in when they go down for nap time. Otherwise, I'm sleeping on the couch while they are playing in their safe enclosed playards in the living room. I wake up every hour to check diapers, feed them, etc. I probably get 4 hours of broken up sleep on those days. I KNOW THIS ISN'T HEALTHY. I am not justifying this current set up. Just explaining 😀

3. Concern: why are you still being intimate with him? Answer: when I got cleared by my OB to resume normal activities at my 6 week postpartum check up, we didn't have sex for awhile. I can't recall how long exactly as my memory is shit now due to no sleep. A couple of weeks, maybe a month after, he told me that he was sexually frustrated because we hadn't had sex in 2-3ish months. Partly, because I just had a baby and had no desire. And secondly, I was using the "I just had a baby" excuse to avoid sex since there was no action on vasectomy yet at that point and I was and am still nervous about unwanted pregnancies. I felt guilty to withhold because when I had my baby, he did step up and things were better but that was short-lived. But trust me, the frequency of sex is like twice, maybe thrice a month. The frequency doesn't make the overall situation better but I'm not busting biscuits everyday!

4. Concern: why aren't you on birth control? Answer: I used LH strips for the first 5 years of our relationship. Never had to use plan B, condoms or anything else to avoid unwanted pregnancies. The most important factor was my periods were regular and like clockwork. I could predict it down to the hour almost. However, since having both of my babies, my periods are wonky AF. Therefore, I'm realizing that LH strips are not the best as there is too much irregularity in thr possible ovulation window. Condoms are too iffy for us as we have had "impactions" twice. I don't want to use pull out method as that is how baby #2 got here. Not reliable. Ultimately, I'm taking everyone's advice and I'm gonna be having an OB appointment soon to get something solid for birth control.

5. Concern: can you limit your work hours or go part time? Answer: an option at my job came up twice in the last 6 months for me to move to dayshift which would be better for work life balance. In order for me to move to dayshift, my fiancé would've had to ask his boss to adjust his work days to accommodate the tag in-tag out situation that we have with childcare. He refused to even asked. I told him it's better to ask and be told no versus never ask and never know what could have been. Long story short, he never asked. I told my fiancé if he could increase his salary close to what we make together that I would be willing to be a stay at home mom or seek part time work. I even asked him to just interview at a few places just to see what the pay is now for his occupation (he works in IT - networking sector) he refuses to because he's comfy where he works, introverted and doesn't want to go through the onboarding process at a new job.

6. Concern: Mental health issues. Answer: I did communicate with him very clearly that I am depressed and that there are some days that I don't want to be here. He just hugs me and tells me to let him know whatever I need. I do let him know what I need but he doesn't follow up. Therefore, I stop asking and just attempt to handle things on my own. I love my children and would never want to do anything to harm them. Just because I had these horrible thoughts, doesn't mean that I will act on them. Not even close. I know what I need help to get to a better place mentally and I'm very conscious of that. Therefore, when I get very overwhelmed, I immediately take a break. Even if it is 5 minutes. Overall, I need professional help. I realize that. I can't handle this on my own

7. Concern: it's irresponsible to leave your kids. Answer: I do understand that. I disclosed this feeling to him to attempt to stress to him the level of desperation that I am at for some relief. I've had gentle conversations and hard conversations with him about our current family dynamic and nothing seems to stress the point to him. I feel like I've been in fight mode the whole time and now I feel like all is left is flight. If put to the test, would I honestly leave my two kids? No. But I feel a strong urge too, just to get some relief 😮‍💨 I will say that after I told him my initial statement about running away essentially, he started bringing up the vasectomy conversation more and talking about what he learned online about it. I don't know if he feels threatened by the loss of dependency so now he's trying to show more effort to look into it.