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Becoming a single mom isn’t easy, especially if it’s unexpected and you feel wholly unprepared. Recently, a newly single mom posted a tearful plea on TikTok asking for advice on how to navigate her new life. But she wasn’t without advice long, “TikTok Bubbie” stitched the video and responded explaining how she survived as an unexpectedly single mom in 1989.

The video was sweet and full of inspiration for single parents starting their journey. In the beginning of the video she explained that her ex-husband left her when her son was 4 years old and took all the money out of the bank account. Being suddenly single caused her to have to give up her acting career.

The internet Bubbie went on to tell the young mom, “I got furniture from the Salvation Army. That’s right, I got secondhand furniture. Secondhand clothes for me, my son never. He always was first in my book and still is to this day.” TikTok Bubbie wasn’t done, she made a second video to expand on her advice.

Navigating single parenthood usually means making sacrifices to make ends meet and dealing with loneliness. People don’t always understand the journey, and friends may come around less. Having a veteran mom that’s been there before you can be helpful and be just the push you need to keep moving forward.

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In the second video addressed to single parents, Bubbie advised, “Take care of yourself first. When you take care of yourself, you can take care of your kid.” There was even some dating advice thrown in. Watch that sweet clip below.

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This article originally appeared on 08.17.21

If Donald Trump decides to run for president in 2024, there’s a good chance that he’ll win the Republican nomination. A recent survey from the John Bolton Super PAC found that 46% of likely general election voters would back Trump being the party’s nominee.

Florida governor Ron DeSantis came in a distant second with 13% support.

Trump’s latest fundraising figures show that he has a whopping $102 million war chest to finance a run in 2024.

Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows said that the former president recently met with “cabinet members” to discuss his political future and that they’re “moving forward” in a “real way.”

u201cMark Meadows from Bedminster: u201cWe met with some of our Cabinet members tonight .. I can tell you this. We wouldnu2019t be meeting tonight if we werenu2019t making plans to move forward in a real way.u201du201d

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It’s hard to believe that a president who inspired an insurrection at the Capitol building and did everything he could to overturn the results of an election could still have a single supporter, let alone tens of millions.

Shouldn’t there be a law that prevents people who attack the very fabric of American democracy from having the honor of holding its highest office? Fox News contributor Juan Williams believes there is a strong legal case to deny Trump the ability to run again.

Williams is a liberal outlier at the news outlet and was a regular co-host on Fox’s “The Five.” He stepped down from the role on the show earlier this year after contracting COVID-19.

In an op-ed for The Hill, Williams makes the case that Attorney General Merrick Garland can prevent Trump from running again by invoking Section 3 of the 14th Amendment which bars anyone from holding office who “engaged in insurrection” against the U.S.

No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

“The facts say Trump tried to stage a coup,” Williams wrote.

u201cJuan Williams: Trump’s coup attempt should bar him from 2024 race https://t.co/8Vy3YYMhEXu201d

— The Hill (@The Hill)
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Williams cites three actions by Trump that prove he engaged in insurrection.

He tried to hamstring acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen into saying the election was “corrupt.”

“Just say the election was corrupt [and] leave the rest to me and the [Republican] congressmen,” Trump told Jeffrey Rosen, then the acting attorney general, in a December phone call.

In the weeks before that call, Trump also pressured his Attorney General William Barr to do the same. “We realized from the beginning it was just bullshit,” Barr later told ABC News’s Jonathan Karl.

The former president also tried to get Georgia’s secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger to “find” him votes to help him win the state.

“So, yes, there is a case to be made that Trump committed crimes against America,” Williams wrote.

In a recent op-ed for The Washington Post, lawyers Laurence Tribe, Barbara McQuade, and Joyce White Vance urged Garland to block Trump from running again. “The bottom line is this: Now that Trump is out of office, the DOJ’s view that sitting presidents cannot be indicted no longer shields him. Attempted coups cannot be ignored,” they wrote.

“If Garland’s Justice Department is going to restore respect for the rule of law, no one, not even a former president can be above it,” the op-ed continued.

When Donald Trump was elected president he swore to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” His failure to do so should not only make him an unworthy choice for the American people but disqualify him from having the opportunity in the first place.

Williams makes a compelling argument that that Trump is legally ineligible to run again.

“Yes, Garland has the power to stop Trump from running again,” Williams wrote. “It is time to use it.”

This article originally appeared on 08.20.21

Sometimes you see something so mind-boggling you have to take a minute to digest what just happened in your brain. Be prepared to take that moment while watching these videos.

Real estate investor and TikTok user Tom Cruz shared two videos explaining the spreadsheets he and his friends use to plan vacations and it’s…well…something. Watch the first one:

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So “Broke Bobby” makes $125,000 a year. There’s that.

How about the fact that his guy has more than zero friends who budget $80,000 for a 3-day getaway? Y’all. I wouldn’t know how to spend $80,000 in three days if you paid me to. Especially if we’re talking about a trip with friends where we’re all splitting the cost. Like what does this even look like? Are they flying in private jets that burn dollar bills as fuel? Are they bathing in hot tubs full of cocaine? I genuinely don’t get it.

To be crystal clear here, the top 5 friends on the Forbes list are willing to spend more than double what the guy at the bottom of the Welfare 10 list makes per year on a 3-day guy’s trip. I don’t know what to do with this information.

u201c@Radio_Reem Those that make less are called the “Welfare 10” ud83dude2dud83dude2dud83dude29u201d

— Karim Alammuri (@Karim Alammuri)
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But that’s not even the full spreadsheet. It might make sense if this guy was just rich, had always been rich, only knew rich people, and therefore having multiple millionnaire friends was his normal. Surely that’s some people’s reality who were born into the 1%.

That’s not the case here, though, because Cruz also has a Welfare 10 list. He says this group of friends who make less than $100K a year call themselves that, and perhaps that’s true. (If I were a part of this group, I might call myself a welfare case too because everything’s relative and some of these dudes spend more in an hour of vacation than I spend on my mortgage each month.)

It’s like we can see our society’s wealth gap all laid out nice and neatly in a spreadsheet, only these people aren’t even the uber-wealthy and uber-poor. This is just the range of this one guy’s friends.

I have nothing against people who build success and wealth for themselves, and even $5 million per year is hardly obscenely wealthy by billionaire standards. But Cruz says he’s known most of his “welfare” friends since college, which presumably means most of those guys have college degrees and are making pittance in comparison with the Forbes list. One could claim the guy making $5 million a year just works harder, but does he really work 100 times harder than the guy making $50,000? Doubt it.

Money makes money, and after a certain threshold of wealth or income, it’s actually quite easy to get and stay rich without actually “earning” more money, assuming you’re reasonably wise and responsible. So maybe the guys who are willing to shell out $125,000 for a week-long trip should offer to pay the travel expenses of the friends they “hang out with regardless of income” who don’t even make that in a year, since that’s probably just the interest they’re making on their wealth anyway.

But what do I know? This is like an entirely different world to me and probably 99+% of Americans, as evidenced by some of the responses.

u201c@araless Broke Bobby every time itu2019s time for a trip https://t.co/VTUf3xW1DWu201d

— Karim Alammuri (@Karim Alammuri)
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u201c@_jasminwats @Radio_Reem I noticed everyone with PTO has less than is legally required in the U.K., crazy!!u201d

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Naturally, there will be a range of incomes in any group of people, but 1) most of us don’t actually know how much our friends make, and 2) even fewer of us make spreadsheets with that information in order to rank our friends and figure out who can go on which vacations.

People are just endlessly fascinating. That’s all I’ve got.

Reddit user u/Luckyjulydouble07 asked, “For those of you who hate cleaning, what’s your secret to a clean home?” to the online forum, and the hacks that people shared were surprisingly helpful. I definitely found myself taking a few notes. Other answers are sure to be hilariously relatable for fellow lazy cleaners.

Take a look below:

“Invite someone/people over. The only thing worse than cleaning is being embarrassed by how disgusting you are.” – @DarwinsDayOff

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If this isn’t absolute truth, I don’t know what is. I can be struggling to clean my apartment for weeks, then suddenly make it spotless in less than an hour as soon as I know a guest is fast approaching. Sometime societal pressures can be helpful.

“Own less shit.” – @obtusername

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This was seconded by @golindsatan74 , who shared:

“I have my house on the market, and because of this I have pretty much packed EVERYTHING that isn’t something of direct use, as in all knick knacks and clutter are completely gone. With this, I have discovered it is incredibly easy to keep a house clean when it is extremely minimized with clear, easy to clean surfaces and open spaces easy to navigate. And when the day comes when we sell our house and move I will not unpack the cutesy crap and keep a clean, minimalist house. To me, this is now the way.“

“Robot vacuum! Run it daily, pick up whatever it hits. I love that thing.” – @No-Trouble814

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Where robot vacuums might not be strong enough to replace upright vacuums, there’s no denying that having a little droid to help with basic upkeep is a godsend and also fulfills our dream our living in a real “Star Wars” universe.

“Clean a little bit as you go. I hate cleaning, but when I lived by myself my apartment was spotless. I would use a dish and wash it right then and there. 20 seconds now is better than 30+ minutes when dishes stack up.” – @domestic_omnom

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This person also alluded to pairing less than fun tasks with an enjoyable activity, such as folding laundry while watching Netflix.

“One of the best things I did for my mental health was hire a cleaning service twice a month. We have young kids, who just walk into a room and make it messy. Also, my husband’s tolerance for mess and dirty areas is a lot higher than mine. I was going crazy asking for help and not getting it, or feeling like nothing ever stayed clean. So, a cleaner comes twice a week, and if I have to clean the kitchen floor once because the kids helped make pancakes it’s fine, because that’s all I have to do.” – @Fionngirl14

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Granted, not everyone can afford this kind of help. On the other hand, it might not be as out of reach as you’d think. Many cleaning services offer coupons and discounts, and companies such as Task Rabbit might be able to find an individual who’s affordable. The point is, there’s nothing wrong with needing and seeking out help.

“It may seem counterintuitive, but I do the cleaning chores I dislike most first and get them out of the way. Then, gradually, work on the rest. It always looks good that way.” – @Back2Bach

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Doesn’t seem counterintuitive at all. This method of doing the hard, important thing first is touted by several productivity experts, including James Clear, author of “Atomic Habits.”

“I schedule things. I would never, say, vacuum because the house needs vacuuming. But if Tuesday is vacuum the living room day, I do it because it’s time. Litter box every day at 2:00. Weirdly, I find myself doing things early, so I can beat the schedule clock.” – @Wienerwrld

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This is a great tip to make sure everything gets done and to avoid overwhelm. Unless your floor is on fire, as seen above.

“Music. If I can dance while I clean, I can clean forever. I’ll still hate it, but at least it won’t be boring.” – @Nicetwin123

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Obviously, the Outkast classic, “So Fresh, So Clean” would need to be on the playlist.

Finally, @Applejuiceinthehal broke cleaning down in the best way possible:

“First, there are 3 types of cleaning

1. Tidying (putting things away/out of sight)
2. Organizing
3. Actual cleaning

You should only do one of those at a time. If you start tidying but start organizing, then you won’t get the tidying done. If you need to clean it, there are things in the way, and so you start tidying, then you won’t end up cleaning, or it will take longer.

So if you need to clean bathrooms, but there are things on the counter, put whatever belongs in the bathroom in the correct draw/cabinet. If it doesn’t belong, just put in a basket outside bathroom. Clean bathrooms.

Every room should have a junk drawer. When you are tidying, if the object doesn’t have a ‘place’ then just put in the junk drawer. When it’s organizing time, you can give the object a home.

There are some chores that you should do daily. I do dishes daily. I heard someone say once that it takes like 4 minutes to do them. So you can do them even if you had a long night. On the off night where you don’t get to it, then at least there is just 1 day backed up.

Other non negotiables for me is wipe down kitchen sink, counter and stove. Kitchen is where food is so prefer that to be clean even if other areas are messy.

Some people sweep/vacuum, do ten minute pick-ups, laundry, make beds. But I suppose that depends on family size and etc.” – @Applejuiceinthehall

Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, the Usos, and Solo Sikoa defeated Kevin Owens, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Butch, and Ridge Holland in the WarGames main event of Survivor Series after Zayn took out Owens and gave the pinfall to Jey Uso.

Jey Uso and Butch kicked things off before Holland made his way to the ring. The Brawling Brutes took advantage of the 2-on-1 until the gate opened and Jimmy Uso tried to run to the cage. Instead, Reigns stopped Jimmy and directed Sami Zayn to make the save. Zayn and Jey Uso were able to set their differences aside and take the fight to the Brawling Brutes when the clock hit zero and Drew McIntyre yet again used a man advantage.

Jimmy Uso was next to hit the ring, bringing a few tables with him before Kevin Owens stepped into the cage with two chairs in hand. Owens slammed Jimmy Uso through a table before Solo Sikoa could settle the score. Sheamus, followed by Reigns made their way to the ring, with the two final competitors standing tall amongst the bodies.

Reigns and Sheamus were downed when Butch went to attack the champ. Zayn pulled him away when Jey Uso accidentally caught Zayn with a super kick. Jimmy and Jey took the fight to Butch, landing a 1-D off the top rope. They then stunned Holland with a super kick, leading to Reigns spearing him through a table.

In the other ring, Sikoa landed a Spinning Solo on McIntyre through the table, who was then stunned by Owens. Reigns and Owens went at it with Owens landing the popup powerbomb. Owens hit the stunner on Reigns, but Zayn stopped the ref from counting to three. Zayn low blowed Owens, then hit a Helluva Kick in the corner and set Owens up for a splash from Jey Uso for the pinfall and victory.

After the match, Zayn was embraced by both Usos as his team celebrated the win.

Austin Theory is once again United States champion, pinning Seth Rollins and defeating Lashley along the way to the win at WWE Survivor Series from Boston.

An underdog in his showdown with Lashley and Rollins, the latter of whom was the defending champion, Theory was looking to turn the tide after failing to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase for Rollins’ United States championship just a few weeks ago.

The match saw Theory, Lashley, and Rollins each control moments throughout, with Lashley trying time after time to lock in the Hurt Lock, but Theory and Rollins doing their best to escape. Lashley attempted to lock in the Hurt Lock, but Theory countered it into a pinfall and Rollins broke it up with a frog splash.

After attempting to lock Theory and Rollins into a Hurt Lock at the same time, they backed Lashley into the corner to break up the submission attempt. Lashley then tried to spear Theory, who missed and ran into the corner. Rollins laid out Theory, then used his back for a super stomp.

Neither could take advantage, and later Rollins would lift Theory into the falcon arrow, when Lashley landed the spear on Rollins. Theory would fall from the suplex position and roll over into the pin for the victory.

For the second game in a row and the third time in four contests, the Los Angeles Lakers are playing the San Antonio Spurs. The two teams that reside towards the bottom of the Western Conference standings took the floor in San Antonio on Saturday night, with the Lakers looking to pick up their third win over the Spurs at this early point in the season.

While L.A. entered the night without the services of Anthony Davis, who missed the game due to a calf injury, the team did roll in with LeBron James and Russell Westbrook in the lineup. During the third quarter, Westbrook found himself bleeding due to a hard foul by San Antonio big man Zach Collins. Westbrook tried to go up strong at the rim, where he was met by Collins and had his shot rejected.

The ball landed back in Westbrook’s hands, so he tried to go back up. Collins once again attempted to challenge him, but instead of getting the ball, he swiped across Westbrook’s face. While it did not seem to be on purpose, Westbrook got up, had to be held back by James as he tried to confront Collins, and started bleeding all over the place.

Collins was assessed a flagrant 2 foul and ejected from the game for this incident, and while he left for a bit, Westbrook was able to return to the game.

Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Mia Yim, Bianca Belair, and Becky Lynch earned the win over Bayley, Nikki Cross, Rhea Ripley, IYO SKY, and Dakota Kai after Lynch put SKY and Kai through a table in the opening match at Survivor Series.

Bianca Belair opened the match against Dakota Kai, but was quickly overwhelmed when IYO SKY made it a 2-on-1 advantage.

After Asuka made her way to the ring, Nikki Cross introduced the first weapons to the match. Alexa Bliss followed before Bayley made her way to the ring and tossed in a handful of ladders and a table.

Yim and Ripley made their way to the cage before Lynch made her grand return as the last member of Belair’s squad, joining the team four months after being beaten down following her SummerSlam loss by Damage CTRL.

SKY took out Yim and Belair with a moonsault from the top of the War Games cage, leading to every competitor being laid out in the ring. With everyone back on their feet, Ripley broke a ladder by driving Yim through one in the corner. Belair and Lynch then stood toe-to-toe with Damage CTRL, where Belair and Lynch traded KOD’s and Manhandle slams to Kai and Sky.

Belair put Sky and Kai on a table in the corner when Bayley tried to scale the cage, but Belair put KOD’d her into the cage. Lynch then dropped a leg drop from the top of the cage through the table for the pinball.

The first year and change of Joe Biden’s presidency were a bit rocky, but over the summer a switch seemed to flip. He and his administration started getting some big stuff done. He started oozing confidence and cool. “Dark Brandon,” a twist on a rightwing Biden insult, was born. That version of the sitting president was on full display on Saturday, especially when he was asked to remark on some very grim news about his flailing predecessor.

Donald Trump is currently under fire for having Thanksgiving dinner not only with Kanye West — who recently torched his career by pivoting into anti-Semitism — but also Nick Fuentes. Who is Nick Fuentes? He’s a 24-year-old MAGA twerp who’s also a Holocaust denier, a white supremacist, a sexist pig, and a self-proclaimed incel who once declared that “dating women is gay.” Trump has claimed he had no idea who he was. Few bought that one.

But what did his successor think? Well, let him speak for himself.

Biden was hounded by reporters on Saturday while he, Dr. FLOTUS, and his son Hunter were shopping in Nantucket. He did his best to blow them off, but when asked what he thought about Trump breaking bread with a noted bigot, he only needed one line: “You don’t want to know what I think.”

Even a certain far right hellsite was furious with Trump’s choice of dinner guests, and not just Fuentes. As caught by The Daily Beast, David M. Friedman, his former ambassador to Israel, tweeted at him on Friday, calling him out for hanging with “an antisemite like Kanye West and human scum like Nick Fuentes,” adding, “you are better than this.” But what if he’s not?

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After a memorable 2021 victory that snapped a lengthy losing streak in the historic rivalry, the Michigan Wolverines entered Saturday’s matchup with the Ohio State Buckeyes as underdogs once again. This time, Michigan attempted to stop another losing skid, with the Wolverines last winning in Columbus in 2000. Jim Harbaugh’s team turned on the jets in the second half and the end result was a stunning 45-23 victory that clinched a Big Ten East title for Michigan and caused a stir for Ohio State.

Former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer was on campus as part of the FOX’s pregame and postgame show. After the lopsided defeat, a group of Buckeyes fans began to make clear that they want him back in Columbus as head coach Ryan Day’s replacement.

Meyer was a disaster during his time in the NFL at the helm of the Jacksonville Jaguars, failing to make it through even one season in the league. However, he is one of the greatest college football coaches to ever live and posted an 83-9 record at Ohio State before stepping away at the end of the 2018 season. Meyer brought a national title to Columbus in 2014.

Day, the Buckeyes’ current coach, is not exactly popular at this very moment, which is what happens after back-to-back losses to Michigan where the team gets manhandled. Meyer never lost to Michigan, and Day was oddly conservative in Saturday’s game, punting in questionable spots and failing to exploit what was a clear talent advantage for the second straight year. It has to be noted that Day entered the day with a 45-4 record as the head coach, so while any criticism seem odd, fans on both sides of this rivalry do not take losses well.

It isn’t exactly likely that Meyer would ride in on a white horse to take over at Ohio State, but the fact that at least some Buckeyes fans want this is quite the change in tenor. Meanwhile, Jim Harbaugh is riding high, and the balance of power in the Big Ten has seemingly swung toward Ann Arbor in the last 12 months.