The Saddest Day I've Had in a Long Fucking Time

Reporting about news and politics sure can be a downer, most days.Especially when you spend 12 to 15 hours daily, 365 days of the year doing it. Though I’m a pretty happy-go-lucky guy most of the time, it hits hard on certain days. I cannot mask everything dark and shitty that bothers me 100% of the time.Today is one of those days. The news was brutal last night.One story in particular had me in tears. I still quietly wept when writing my new article about it last night. My heart broke for teenaged young adult who didn’t deserve the hateful fate they received. I thought of my own marginalized children who are close to that same age. I felt extreme sadness. And then rage. It hasn’t been a good day.I’ll tell you all about it in today’s episode of our podcast. It helps to talk this out and get things like this tragedy off my chest. I have a difficult time balancing my emotions at times. This is one of the worst 24-hour periods of time I’ve had since I became a writer.But I refuse to quit. I’ll never stop doing what I was born to do. No matter how badly it affects my mental health.© 2026 The Mouthy Renegade Writer. All rights reserved.Mooch wants to give you all half-off discounts on paid subscriptions today. So let’s do it! It’s only $2.49 a month or $24.99 yearly to support our independent journalism.And she scores some peanut butter bones for each new paid subscriber. Mooch thanks you for considering it. We value and appreciate you all!Click HERE for 50% off!If you enjoy my daily podcast episodes, I’d love to have your support. It’s less than $5 monthly to support independent journalism, and I’d be honored to have you join our Mouthy Militia! Get full access to You Have the Right to Remain Mouthy at themouthyrenegadewriter.substack.com/subscribe