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mtngirl47

(1,274 posts)
36. It happened to me about 25 years ago
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:51 PM
10 hrs ago

Someone reported me saying that I made my children work and that they lived in a camper.

In actuality my children were often with me at my office. I owned my business and they would come after school, do their homework and chores around the office for pocket change and we were living in our motorhome while our house was being built.

It was a month long investigation. Interviewing the children without me and my husband. Measuring the living space. Interviewing teachers, coaches, friends.

At the end of it all I asked who did this to me. Naturally they said it was anonymous, but the investigator left their notebook open on the counter while they used the restroom. Turns out I can read upside down. It was a disgruntled tenant. You can bet that eviction was swift and merciless.

It has always shocked me that children slip through the cracks of family & children services after the investigation I went through. They showed up at least 6 times in one month without an appointment just to see if I had dishes in the sink.

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Republicans are just plain evil.... Lovie777 11 hrs ago #1
It's long past time . . . Scubamatt 10 hrs ago #19
Yep. Nothing pisses me off more than people still pretending otherwise after the events of the last 10 years alone. Karasu 10 hrs ago #32
(I thought) the chyron said they were SWATTed eShirl 11 hrs ago #2
That's a pretty extreme form of swatting. Little kids being interrogated is different from an unordered pizza. Vinca 11 hrs ago #6
That's not what swatting is EdmondDantes_ 9 hrs ago #42
Chyron may have said that, but spoken and written report words were 'swat-like' Attilatheblond 6 hrs ago #65
did you see his substack? orleans 4 hrs ago #69
Simply disgusting. And I fear we will see more of this. Nanjeanne 11 hrs ago #3
Back during Nixon popsdenver 10 hrs ago #30
Donald Segretti. ColoringFool 9 hrs ago #43
What was the name of his group popsdenver 9 hrs ago #45
Skunk Works is Lockheed Martin's super secret aircraft development company... Think SR-71 and is closely LiberalArkie 9 hrs ago #51
rat fucking mokeyz 9 hrs ago #50
Vance was recently quoted as saying... AdamGG 4 hrs ago #68
Links Solly Mack 11 hrs ago #4
Well, I'm 'comfortable' knowing....... MyOwnPeace 9 hrs ago #54
Yep. :( Solly Mack 8 hrs ago #56
I'm sure the report was made by a deeply concerned 'Christian'. sinkingfeeling 11 hrs ago #5
Because all gay men are pedophiles. milestogo 11 hrs ago #7
Don't forget popsdenver 9 hrs ago #47
And if so, I will speculate that the deeply concerned"Christian"... 3catwoman3 10 hrs ago #24
A deeply "concerned" "Christian". calimary 10 hrs ago #35
Yes, most likely someone in the trump admin. sheshe2 10 hrs ago #38
Like "swatting" attempts, these nasty efforts are not that rare, unfortunately... hlthe2b 11 hrs ago #8
Message auto-removed Name removed 11 hrs ago #9
Had to go back nearly half a decade for one of "multiple examples", eh? TheProle 11 hrs ago #13
Message auto-removed Name removed 6 hrs ago #64
really?? hookaleft 11 hrs ago #15
He lasted all of 10 minutes and 3 posts. Wiz Imp 10 hrs ago #18
Nicole leading with it on her show now. Wiz Imp 11 hrs ago #10
I believe that is against the law and is a felony hookaleft 11 hrs ago #11
bullshit that they can't trace the call hookaleft 11 hrs ago #12
Heh. On the force? orthoclad 10 hrs ago #17
100% agree popsdenver 9 hrs ago #48
It could be a burner phone or one of the services that offers temporary online phone numbers EdmondDantes_ 6 hrs ago #62
Disgusting harassment!!!!! Pisces 11 hrs ago #14
Im actually surprise it took this long Cosmocat 10 hrs ago #16
Sadly I am as well PatSeg 10 hrs ago #21
We can look for it much more often. TommyT139 10 hrs ago #23
100%. I had it done to me as a young single mom by a vindictive family member. Maru Kitteh 10 hrs ago #34
I just saw it on Deadline White House. Ilsa 10 hrs ago #20
I'm only surprised it took this long to happen MustLoveBeagles 10 hrs ago #22
MAGA are cowardly lying sh!tb@g$. I'm surprised it hadn't happened sooner. He's also received threats. ChicagoTeamster 10 hrs ago #25
That was disgusting what they did to this family. Whoever called this in is just pure evil. 😡 TommieMommy 10 hrs ago #26
This happens to gay couples with children all the time Prairie Gates 10 hrs ago #27
This is an extension of those incidents with Republicans confronting same-sex parents in the streets as "groomers." Karasu 10 hrs ago #28
Right! And the "groomers" are in Pedo's administration! City Lights 10 hrs ago #33
For someone that has to act on such LilElf70 10 hrs ago #29
So what the hell is wrong with the Michigan State Police? Rush to judgement based on an anonymous report? Can't be Ninga 10 hrs ago #31
Actually, they have to show up after a call like that. Given what Pete said, the cop thought political, too. Vinca 10 hrs ago #39
It happened to me about 25 years ago mtngirl47 10 hrs ago #36
If dishes in the sink are important, they'd probably take my pets spooky3 9 hrs ago #46
We're in the "rabid wild animal backed into a corner" stage of ending fascism. Zelda_Orchid 10 hrs ago #37
I just read about that online MIButterfly 9 hrs ago #40
Pissed me off BeneteauBum 9 hrs ago #41
The person making the fake report pinkstarburst 9 hrs ago #44
Is There Some Way To Trace These Calls? WiVoter 9 hrs ago #49
There's gotta be -- unless it was from a pay phone with no surveillance Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #66
they do this all the time rampartd 9 hrs ago #52
Probably John Barron spanone 9 hrs ago #53
Never underestimate how low the reich can go. paleotn 8 hrs ago #55
Gay parents are often targeted ... danieljsf 8 hrs ago #57
This a horrific story. Nicolle covered it in detail. yellow dahlia 8 hrs ago #58
Call them what they are malaise 8 hrs ago #59
REPUBLICANS created the environment that allows this to happen. Do Not Forget That. Republicans created this. dave99 8 hrs ago #60
Sadly this common. Jacson6 8 hrs ago #61
MS NOW-Buttigieg says his family was target of 'politically motivated hoax' LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #63
I wanna see some heads rolling over this Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #67
This is what silence gets us Akakoji 1 hr ago #70
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