Is it the two year anniversary of the great Palin brawl? Why yes I do believe it is.

Ah it just seem like yesterday when we were talking about this incredibly embarrassing episode of the Palin family drama.

Before there were custody battles with Dakota, or Track's domestic abuse arrest, or snowmachine "accidents" for Todd in the news, there was the brawl.

If you remember it seemed to take forever for the events of September 6, 2014 to finally completely bubble to the surface. Oh sure we had anonymous tips and intriguing comments to follow, but it was not until October the 21st, that we finally got pictures.

And not until the next day that all of that great audio was finally released by the APD:

Through sobs, Bristol Palin, described as "heavily intoxicated" in the police report, tells police she was pushed to the ground and dragged across the grass while Klingenmeyer called her names. “They took my $300 sunglasses, they took my f**king shoes and I’m f**king just left here?” 

The officer asks where she’s injured. “My f**king knees, my face, where’s my sh*t? I have a 5-year-old in the car,” she replies.

Such a great day.

Of course from there the whole thing took off, and was covered by all kinds of news outlets.

One of my favorite parts was when poor Nancy French was tasked with telling Bristol's side of the story:

After I got out of the car, I didn’t get far. I never even got to talk to his mom, because a guy in his late thirties or early forties got in my face. He was towering over me – probably at 6 foot something and over 200 pounds. He puffed his chest out and started yelling. 

“You c-nt!” he looked right in my eyes and said. “Get the f-ck out of here, you slut!” 

 I was alarmed that things had gotten so bad so fast. But it got even worse when this guy started pushing me. He had his hands on me, pushing me down. That’s when I swung and hit his face. 

 Some would say I should’ve never retaliated in defense against him, but certainly he should never have pushed a girl. It didn’t phase him. He pushed me down to the ground and kept me there. 

It was scary and awful. He held me down until someone got me out of the situation. 

That’s it – that’s the story.

Yeah great story, except it did not match ANY other person's version of events, and in fact did not even match what Bristol told the cops on the released audio.

So here's a little something that I was not able to share before.

Do you remember this guy?

He's the guy who got fired by Todd's pals the McKenna brothers for talking to the press.

Well do you know who else he is?

He's the brother of Levi and Sunny's attorney Darryl Thompson. Oh yeah, that's right.

And they had an appointment before the judge on the Monday following the brawl. So their attorney came armed with this incredible tale to discuss with the judge concerning Bristol's parenting skills.

So yes that means I also knew all about the brawl only a few days after it happened, because part of my deal about lending the Johnstons the money was that they keep me updated on the progress of the custody case

However they told it to me in my capacity as a friend, and not as a blogger, so I was unable to share it with ANYONE until I started getting information from other sources.

Do you have any idea how hard that was for me?

Here was one of the BIGGEST Palin stories to ever come out, and my hands were literally tied by the promises I made. (The custody case is over now so I am not longer bound by that promise.)

Fortunately for all of us the information finally came out in a rather spectacular fashion, so even though I did not get the scoop, it was still great to cover this story.

And since it was still popping up in the news even several months later it just made the whole thing worth it.

Another day, another court date for Levi and Sunny Johnston.

As has been mentioned earlier on this blog Levi and Sunny appeared in court this morning, even though the custody case has been settled.

Most of you have already guessed why Bristol is still able to drag Levi through the court system, though I am apparently not supposed to state it definitively here on IM. Let's just say that today's hearing, as you can determine for yourself by visiting Court View, should be entitled the "Shut Gryphen up!" hearing.

Apparently, if my sources are correct, Bristol seems to believe that Levi controls me and can somehow keep me from posting anything that could prove damaging to her.

For the record, no he cannot.

However I think that once that part has been established today in court that the next plan will be to simply take Levi back to court as often as they can in the future and punish him financially for every negative story I write about her or her family with information that he may, or may not have provided during our conversations. (I DO have other sources still.)

In fact I learned yesterday that CSSD cleaned out Levi's accounts, and took all of the money that he had in there earmarked for the building of that house for his mother.

If I had to guess I would imagine that SOMEBODY notified the department about the Johnston GoFundMe account and tried to make sure that the money would not reach their lawyer. However the lawyer money was paid so instead they simply got the money for Sherry's house.

Just more dirty tricks my friends.

So let me take a minute to explain what I don't think a lot of people understand about Levi's case.

It may seem to simply be a child custody case, but in fact it is a 1st Amendment case.

Let me explain what I mean by that.

You see ever since Levi and Bristol split up, she and her mother have used Tripp, and other tactics, to keep Levi quiet about the things that he saw while living with them, and while dating her.

In my opinion Sherry Johnston's drug conviction was just one of those tactics. (Trust me, how she came to be arrested and the length of her conviction were HIGHLY unusual.)

When Levi hooked up with Rex and Tank (And remember that was just an attempt to get his son back in his life as well.) he started to tell the media those very stories, but at some point his handlers were compromised and once again Levi became afraid to speak freely.

(For instance do you remember when Levi supposedly apologized publicly to the Palins for the things he said in the media? Yeah? Well he never did that, in fact he only found out about it AFTER it had been published. But he was too intimidated by what they might do to correct that story.)

If you have been paying attention, EVERY time Levi came off of his leash, even to simply explain that he did NOT owe the amount of child support that was being reported in the media, he has suffered consequences. Which most of the time resulted in a loss of contact with his son.

After awhile you become afraid to even say your name to a reporter, much less tell your story.

To put that into perspective that would be like if YOU were constantly afraid that if you talked about your child, your ex, or some seemingly innocuous part of your life, with ANYBODY, that it might show up in a tabloid or blog somewhere and you would suddenly have no contact with your child or you would be viciously attacked in the press.

So when Levi came to me, after exhausting all other possibilities, you have understand how desperate he had become.

I gave him the money for his lawyer with no strings attached, but Levi felt it was only right to answer some of my questions, and so he did. Even though at the time he worried about the backlash, I assured him that nothing would be reported until AFTER the custody case was decided.

And I kept my word.

I must explain in my defense that I carefully laid this whole thing out for Levi and explained how he would be safe from retaliation if he were only to avoid a couple of missteps.

One of those missteps was to ever put trust into any deal from Bristol or her attorneys, or to believe that they would ever keep their side of any bargain.

Unfortunately I was not able to attend Levi's hearings with him and not everything went the way it was supposed to. For that reason we now find ourselves where we are today.

Today's hearing was closed so I will not be told what happened, and therefore cannot share it here.

I can tell you that Levi and Sunny have been under assault for this entire week, and that is most likely why Sunny has deleted her Facebook page.

I don't know what comes next for Levi and Sunny but I do know that I have no intention of being silenced.

In the meantime those who are helping to destroy this young couple's life seem to be largely untouched by any such drama.

Courtesy of Bristol's blog:

Dakota and I have a dilemma probably biweekly. He thinks clean shaven looks the best. 

But, I disagree! I like him scruffy. 

He says if I’m right – and people agree with me more – he’ll keep it scruffy. 

If I’m wrong – he can shave whenever. 

HELP ME OUT! Vote which look is best!

Yes while Levi and Sunny fight to keep their family together and pay their bills those with the means simply get to debate the importance of grooming.

Must be nice.

As promised this is my Monday post about the Johnston's Go Fund Me page.

So there is a slim possibly at this point that there are some of you who do not know that on Friday Levi and Sunny started a Go Fund Me account.

In just over an hour they had raised a $1,000.

By the end of the day Alaska time they had met their initial goal of $5,000.

So with the urging of myself and a whole lot of IMers they raised the amount to the one that I had suggested earlier, $10,000. And by the time yesterday was over they had met that goal as well.

News of the account has now been covered by TMZ, Raw Story, International Business Times, and the Washington Post.

There is still quite a bit of misinformation in the comment section of those sites, but I noticed some stalwart IMers waded in to correct the record. (Thanks for that by the way.)

Today Sunny withdrew some of that money to pay off the lawyers, and is preparing to take out more soon to pay off a number of other debts.

As you can imagine both she and Levi and extraordinarily grateful and touched by the outpouring of support and goodwill.

In fact Sunny sent me this message today to share with all of you:

We just want to say thank you, and to share with you that around this time last year we had been forced to sell everything we could think of just to make ends meet, and Levi was away working on the slope while I had a brand new baby to care for and no real place to call home (I don't know if that's too much information, but it's true.) 

But life has really turned around since then... I'm still surprised we reached our goal so quickly.

This, what you have done, will take a lot of pressure off of us. We are already planning to use any money that is not needed immediately for lawyer fees, or to pay outstanding debts, to pay down some of the back child support that Levi still owes.

Like most families we have a number of plans for our future and hope to become successful enough to one day give back to others like all of you have given to us.

Maybe we can help other fathers fighting for their kids. Or help children who cannot afford a good education.Things of that nature.

We have already started to pay it forward by giving away everything for free at our garage sale this weekend. So you all have already inspired us a lot. 

It feels good to know there are people on our side when so many out there have such a terrible image of who Levi is because of the Palin's misinformation for so many years. 

It's good to know that some people do their homework and can look past a negative headline, instead of immediately jumping to a false conclusion based on lies put forward by those trying to destroy Levi's reputation and credibility. 

Let me just remind you that standing up for yourself against the Palins here in Alaska is no easy feat, and it is infinitely worse when you live in the same small town. So you may judge Levi and Sunny however you wish, but I know the courage that it took to make their situation public and to stand up for their family, knowing the kinds of repercussions coming their way.

Remember the Palins never let a slight go unchallenged, and if payback is a bitch, well you know what she looks like.

P.S. I thought I would take a moment to say that what you guys have done for these two young people is something for which all of you should be extremely proud.

I know that I am both proud of you, and humbled by the response.

Kind of hard to call ourselves the Immoral Minority when there are so many selfless and inspiring people hanging out here isn't it?  

Now let's see if you were all serious about wanting to help Levi and Sunny.

Here is the link to their new Go Fund Me page.

And here is the description of why they are asking for the money:

Hello everyone we are Levi and Sunny Johnston of Wasilla, Alaska. As we are sure many of you are aware we have been engaged in a long and rather protracted legal battle to retain custody of Levi's son Tripp. The good news is that it appears the custody situation is settled. The bad news is that we still owe many thousands of dollars in legal fees. 

 Unlike some we are not able to raise money through fundraising e-mails or SuperPACS and are instead asking for your help in paying these bills and allowing us to get back to the important job of raising our family. 

 Though feeling somewhat overwhelmed it had never occurred to us to ask for money using Go Fund Me, but after so many generous people reached out to us and offered their help we decided to swallow our pride and take them up on their extremely kind offers. 

 Anything that you can give would be much appreciated. And every dime will go toward attorney fees and the outstanding debts that we accrued during this long and very difficult legal battle.

Like I explained before, Levi and Sunny are very proud people, so this is not coming easy for them.

However I know that they are really struggling to pay the $1,700 child support payments, their attorney fees, their new mortgage, and to keep their children clothed and fed.

And as I mentioned earlier Bristol is simply not going to stop trying to nickel and dime Levi to death despite now having the custody situation resolved by the court.

I told Levi way back in the beginning that she would never stop trying to get him back in her life, break up his marriage, or at the very least shut him up for good.

Remember this is finally YOUR chance to do your part to stop the Palins from crushing yet another Alaskan family under their heel like they have done so many times before.

Make no mistake the custody situation is decided, so every filing that happens after the final papers were signed is all about making sure that Levi can never tell any truths that the Palins do not want told.

Period.

Now stand back, because the trolls they are a coming.

Bristol Palin's ex on her mothering skills: "She's the worst mom EVER! I'd be f**ckin' devastated if I had a kid with her."

Okay so that clip was from 2012, and in response Levi Johnston decided that he had finally had all he could take and wanted to try one more time to get his son back into his life.

So as you all know his initial attempts hit a brick wall called Bristol Palin, who at that time had all of the power, all of the money, and no reason whatsoever to give him his rights as a father.

Ultimately that led Levi to my door, and what happened next I detailed in this post.

Now let me point out that even at that time Levi was adamant about taking the high road and not attacking Bristol. And in fact he never once said that she was a bad mother.

However as we talked about all that had happened up until that point it was pretty clear that she was certainly not going to be nominated for mother of the year.

Nor was it likely that she was going to give up control without a serious, costly battle.

Courtesy of a Johnston family confidant.

Yep, a costly battle indeed.

So after two years of the back and forth filings which were designed to drain Levi's financial resources (Sorry Bristol I screwed that up for you didn't I?), finally both parties came to an agreement and everything appeared to be settled.

Note that I said, "appeared to be settled."

It was around then that some misleading stories were leaked to the press saying that Levi owed over $80,000 in child support.

So Levi tried to set the record straight. Twice.

Now notice that there was still no attack on Bristol in those posts and articles.

However they resulted in this: 

Life & Style Weekly has exclusively learned that Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin’s son Tripp, 7, has been actively trying to have a fling with her. 

“He’s been texting Bristol, asking her to hook up again. He actually wrote, ‘Come cuddle me,’ and ‘Come lay that sexy a-- down right up tight next to me and watch a movie with me,” a source reveals.

For the record what's written is not exactly accurate. But it did hurt.

Ultimately Levi and Sunny's relationship grew stronger, and today they are doing very well.  Very well indeed.

So surely, I thought, now Levi would want to release me from my promise and let me do my thing.

But nope. Still wanted to be the good guy.

Pissing me off here buddy.

So I made a deal, once I revealed our friendship I would not post anything directed at Bristol specifically, and focus instead on the bigger story about his time with the Palin family and what he saw, IF Bristol did not go after either me, him, or Sunny directly.

I can't say that either he nor Sunny agreed to that, but then again it was not up for discussion. 

After some initial rumblings I even let Bristol know of my intentions.

As you now know that was not how things were going to work out.

Which brings us to this post today.

Like I said earlier I received a lot of interesting information from the Johnstons, their friends, and their family members over the last two years.

Much of it Sunny and Levi did not want to ever see on the internet.

However this is my blog, and ultimately my decision.

I thought I made myself pretty clear.

You may remember that I wrote a post where I cautioned Bristol against going after the Johnstons for talking to me.

Yeah well some people simply cannot take a hint.

Remember this?

Here is the rest that I originally was not going to post.

And trust me this attitude is nothing new.

I also learned during my many talks with Levi and Sunny that when Levi first talked about the new love in his life, and expressed a desire to have her meet his son, that Bristol responded by threatening to get a restraining order against Sunny to keep her away from Tripp.

And this happened even though Sunny was working as a pre-school teacher.

It didn't matter. All that mattered was that Bristol still had the power to keep Levi from seeing his son, and if he did not kiss her ass and do what she wanted she would make sure that never happened.

And it has been pretty much downhill from there. 

So without going into too much detail, after my last post on this topic there was a deal offered to Levi if he could get me to shut up.

Levi really wanted to pursue that deal and asked me if I could cool it.

Believe me when I say that I in no way wanted to play ball with Bristol and her new husband. (Oh yeah, Dakota is now officially a player in this little melodrama as well. In fact if you check Court View you can see that it was his lawyer, Kimberlee Colbo, who submitted the latest filings.) But this is their life after all and so I do not feel I have the right to stand in the way of any kind of arrangement which might make their situation better.

So I grudgingly agreed. Temporarily. (For those who were wondering why I was not posting about the Johnstons, well now you know.)

Since you are reading this it should be pretty obvious that the deal fell through. (Actually I am of the opinion that there was no real deal on the table and that those were simply attempts to delay the inevitable.)

Not only that but due to some strong arm tactics I am now released from my earlier promise to keep certain things quiet.

In other words kids, somebody better put the Maytag repairman on speed dial because there are some appliances which will desperately require his services any minute now.

P.S. By the way those texts up top are nothing compared to what's coming.

Levi and Sunny Johnston: What the tabloids DON'T tell you.

So before we jump into any of the reams of information that Levi and Sunny shared with me over the last two and a half years, I thought I would clear up a couple of misconceptions.

First off they are both much better looking in person than they appear in photographs.

(No I am not kidding.)

Secondly they are deeply in love and committed to their marriage, despite numerous attempts to tear them apart.

Thirdly they are great parents.

That last one is kind of a big deal to me, as I often judge people by how they are with children.

Sunny is a devoted and doting mom, and Levi is a giant marshmallow around his daughters.

Even on Levi's first visit to my house, when he was sizing me up and trying to be all tough and stoic, around his little girl (There was only one at the time) he was a big puddle of mush.

Which in my world is the sign of a real man.

It might also interest you to know that Levi is not the barely coherent Jethro Bodine caricature that we have been led to believe that he was.

In fact he is quite articulate and intelligent, in his own way.

While Levi is not what you would consider an intellectual in the strictest sense of the word, he is an incredibly capable young man.

For instance right now Levi is building a house for his mother to live in.

Now I can quote Shakespeare and argue philosophy with the best of them, but if I built my mother a house the odds are good that the roof would cave in and crush her the minute she closed the door behind her.

I have also gone fishing with Levi, and the guy knows everything about fishing in Alaska.

Everything.

In fact he almost lives in the woods, hunting and fishing, when he is not working 12 hour days to support his family.

(Before you get any ideas I have already locked up Levi as my go to guy in the case of a Zombie Apocalypse.)

So let's start from the beginning.

As I am sure most of you know I had formed a friendship with Levi Johnston's sister and mother way back in 2009.

I had interviewed them, given them advice, and even managed Sadie's blog for a time.

I had at one point also hired Tank Jones to work for me at the same time that he was supposedly managing Levi's "career."

However I had only met Levi twice. Once at his mother's sentencing, and once at Sadie's graduation.

Both times he was polite but a little standoffish.

And why not? Literally everybody had told him I was to be avoided at all cost. (Except for his mom and his sister of course.)

In 2012 I had sent a friend request to Levi's wife Sunny, and she accepted.

I used that connection to send her links to articles that mentioned Levi or to keep her up to date on the things going on in the Palin's lives which might affect her and Levi, and of course Tripp. 

Through that connection I heard about the manipulations and barrage of abuse that Levi often suffered while trying to get time with his son. (Contrary to what you might have read in the tabloids, Levi NEVER stopped trying to spend time with his son.)

As you can imagine it irritated me and I offered to help multiple times.

At first Levi simply could not bring himself to accept help. (We Alaska men are known for our stoicism. Though typically Alaskan women refer to that as stubbornness.)

Late in 2013 things came to a head, and Levi wanted to take Bristol back to court and fight for a real custody deal. (Up to this point they really did not have one, and she used access to his son to manipulate Levi and keep him in line.)

However they no longer had an attorney, and nowhere near enough money to go up against the Palins in court.

But I did.

So after two and a half years there is something I need to finally share with all of you.

Meet my friends Levi and Sunny Johnston.

About two and a half years ago they came to my house looking for a little help, and what happened next I will be sharing with you over the next several days, weeks, and possibly months.

You may think you know them, and you may think you know what they have been through, but trust me when I say you do not even know the half of it.

It looks like Levi and Sunny Johnston have found a cause worth supporting.

Courtesy of Sunny Johnston's Facebook page:  

Sunny Johnston 

Thank you for the T-shirts! 

Levi and I support The Fathers Rights Movement 110%

Neither Sunny nor Levi are particularity political people, but clearly this is a cause that they feel strongly about.

And considering how long and hard Levi fought to get joint custody of his son that is not hard to understand.

At this point one has to wonder if Bristol Palin is ASKING to be mocked?

B.F.F. ❤️🐢

A photo posted by Bristol Palin (@bsmp2) on Apr 8, 2016 at 8:35am PDT

Bristol of course is a grown woman, chronologically at least, so she can do what she wants on social media. But encouraging Tripp to participate in her desperate attempts to emulate the Kardashians is just pathetic.

By the way Sunny Johnston sometimes shares pictures of Tripp as well, however hers are more along these lines.

Just pointing out the difference.

P.S. And before you ask me what is up with the Johnston-Palin hyphenated name, I have no idea.

So it appears that Bristol Palin is using her recent Instagram photo of Dakota Meyer with her baby to give the impression that the drama is over. Wanna bet?

too cute not to share

A photo posted by Bristol Palin (@bsmp2) on Mar 24, 2016 at 11:40am PDT

Courtesy of Inquisitr:

Bristol Palin has photographic proof that she’s amicably co-parenting with her ex-fiancé Dakota Meyer. 

The oldest daughter of Sarah Palin posted an Instagram pic of her ex holding their daughter, Sailor Grace. Bristol even captioned the pic, “Too cute not to share.” The new photo shows that things have calmed down between the once bitter exes. 

That same reconciliation theme shows up over at ET Online, People magazine, and US Weekly to name but a few.

Of course this fits a well known pattern with the Palin family.

Make nice in public, and plunge the knife even deeper under the cover of darkness.

I have been watching this play out for years with Levi and his family, as well as other former friends and acquaintances up here in Alaska.

And according to Radar Online that is exactly what's been happening:  

Palin had previously asked a judge to edit her visitation schedule with Meyer so she could spend her first Mother’s Day with her daughter, born in December 2015. But in court documents filed on March 14, Meyer hit back and said he wasn’t backing down.

Meyer’s attorneys asked the judge to set visitation for Mother’s day from 9 a.m. To 6 p.m., noting that “Ms. Palin originally had proposed visitation on that day … and that proposal was relied upon by Mr. Meyer in making his travel plans” from Kentucky to Alaska.

“That will still provide Ms. Palin time with Sailor on Mother’s Day, but will also allow Mr. Meyer, who is traveling across the country to see his daughter, to spend time with her that day as well,” they claim. 

“There is no valid reason to deprive Mr. Meyer of visitation with Sailor that day simply because it states on the calendar that it is Mother’s Day,” the documents continue. “Mr. Meyer cannot change his work and travel plans, which have already been made to move the visitation that was planned and ordered for that day … and it would be unreasonable at this juncture to expect him to do so.

Oh yeah, everything is all peachy keen alright. 

You know if Dakota and his representatives have any doubts about how this will play out going forward I encourage them to reach out to Levi and Sunny Johnston.

I am sure they have plenty they would like to share.

Taking a break from politics to show images of parenting done right.

Image courtesy of Facebook.

Courtesy of Sunny Johnston's Facebook page:  

So much fun 🐣🐣🐣(early Easter because it's our week with Tripp)

Look, nobody is pimping any products or taunting out of state parents, just a father making memories with his children. 

And it only cost him a little over $100,000 to win that opportunity.

So for those of you wondering when the Daily Mail would finally post those Bristol Palin Hawaii vacation photos, wonder no longer.

Courtesy of the Daily Mail: 

Bristol Palin traded the cold Alaska weather for some fun in the sun with her sisters and her two-month-old daughter Sailor Grace during a much-needed family vacation. 

The 25-year-old left her custody battles with former partners Levi Johnston and Dakota Meyer behind and enjoyed a girls' getaway in Hawaii with her sisters Willow, 21, and Piper, 14, over the weekend. 

Bristol took to Instagram to share photos of them frolicking in the surf and a picture of what was presumably Sailor's first dip in a swimming pool. 

So yeah I think it's pretty clear that the Daily Mail has now replaced Radar Online as the go to source for Palin propaganda.

Though to be honest I have no idea how this helps Bristol sell her image as the poor hard working single mom.

I was raised by a single mother and do you know how many times we went to Hawaii?

That would be the same number of times we went to Florida, California, New York or even freaking Washington state.

Never, not once, nada.

 But do you know what? Vacations are not the tool by which somebody measures good parenting.

Courtesy of Sunny Johnston's Facebook page.

That would be the quality of the time you spend together, not the location in which that time is spent.

Wait, so suddenly Bristol Palin thinks Levi Johnston is a "great dad?"

 Posted with the caption "This daddy makes it to every school event!" on Sunny Johnston's Facebook page

So this showed up on ET Online yesterday:

"Levi is a great dad," Palin told ET in a statement. "We have a great co-parenting relationship and Tripp loves him." 

Palin's rep, David Martin, explained that his client and Johnston, also 25, are currently awaiting the court's decision to "wrap up this case." 

"Child support in Alaska is calculated based on a mathematical formula in the Civil Rules. The parties are not allowed to use a different formula or forgive or excuse nonpayment," Martin said. "They are also not allowed to demand or accelerate payments. The court is charged with figuring out the amount of past child support as well as the future child support obligations."

(By the way this David Martin dude is the same guy now in charge of Bristol's Instagram account and the one that her mother clearly hired in order to gain some semblance of control over her daughter. )

Soooo, Bristol's official statement is that Levi is a "great dad."  Isn't THAT interesting?

Especially since she has spent the last seven years trying to convince the world that he is a deadbeat dad and a rapist.

And let's not forget this contrived scene from "Life's a Tripp."

I actually know some of the behind the scenes info on this episode and the facts are that Levi was contacted only about two hours before he was supposed to show up, and Rex Butler, his lawyer at the time, told him not to go as it was clearly a set up.

I don't typically agree with Rex, but this was a good call on his part as the entire episode was framed to paint Levi as a loser and a man-child who was not an active participant in his son's life.

I would remind everybody that the entire reason that Levi hired Rex Butler, and agreed to all of those magazine and television interviews, was to fight for joint custody of his son.

That is all he has ever wanted, and that is what he has spent the last seven years fighting for.

So if Bristol is now finally putting out a statement saying that Levi is not a deadbeat dad, but rather a "great" one, that is only because he finally beat her and she is essentially waving the white flag of surrender. 

Happy belated birthday Tripp Johnston. Update!

Courtesy of Sunny's Facebook page.

We were so caught up in the strangeness of Bristol's most recent delivery that we forgot about the one that happened on December 27th seven years ago.

Actually considering some of the conspiracy theories surrounding THAT one it almost makes this one pale by comparison.

Personally I think that Tripp's future is much brighter now that all of that custody stuff has been worked out and he knows for a fact that he will remain in Alaska, and that his dad, Sunny, and his sisters will always be in his life.

Stability is key to raising well adjusted kids, and let's face it this little guy has enough working against him already.

Update: Willow's contribution.

There are other ways for getting the message out.

So sometime after the Johnstons removed that post about custody yesterday the image above showed on Sunny's Facebook page.

Gee, I have no idea who that could be talking about.

Speaking of people she might, or might not, be talking about, did anybody see Bristol's latest pregnancy selfie?

32 weeks with my babe girl 💕

You know I'm just NEVER going to understand how THAT is supposed to be Bristol about to give birth, and THIS is supposed to be Bristol without a bun in the oven.

September 2010.

By the way apparently Radar Online was on top of things yesterday as well and managed to write up a post BEFORE the Facebook editing took place.

Oops, it looks like the cat is now out of the bag.

Levi and Sunny Johnston release statement on Facebook about child custody situation. Update!

Courtesy of Levi's Facebook page:

Recently there have been a few articles written about our ongoing custody situation. 

In light of that, though we had hoped to keep all of this private, we have decided to set the record straight. 

Because we are not interested in providing fodder for the tabloids we will keep our remarks focused only on the facts, and post them here on Facebook. 

No we do not yet have a final legal custody agreement with Bristol Palin. 

Yes it looks like we are headed back to court yet again, hopefully for the last time. 

Reports of the amount owed for child support are grossly over inflated, but yes we are still paying on what we owe every single month. 

We are only requesting joint custody and a reasonable child support agreement. We think this is fair, and believe it is in Tripp's best interests to have equal time with both parents, as well as with siblings on both sides of the family. 

We have no wish to turn this into a public spectacle however we also do not want to be misrepresented and will correct misinformation as needed. 

 It is our hope that all of this will be resolved shortly as we have spent quite a lot of time, and quite a lot of money, with still no end in sight. 

Hopefully this answered a few of your questions, and will keep the tabloids from manufacturing their own drama for the sake of magazine sales and internet clicks. 

Sincerely 

Levi and Sunny Johnston 

I would imagine that this is in response to that Daily Mail article from last week declaring that there was a custody agreement in place, and the Radar Online article from today saying just the opposite.

Personally I see this as a positive step for Levi and Sunny in taking back the narrative and refusing to allow certain media outlets to fill in their silence with rumors and innuendo of their own.

Update: The post was taken down both on Levi and Sunny's Facebook pages.

Things that make you go "Hmmm." 

Did Sunny Johnston respond to Bristol's most recent Instagram post?

So this went up about seven hours ago on Sunny's Facebook page.

Hmm, now where have I heard some person from a rich family bragging about being self made?

Oh THAT'S right! It was in the post right below this one.

Now of course I have no proof that Sunny is directing this at Bristol, however there HAVE been a couple of other posts that seem to indicate that she is tired of Bristol's shit.

This one for instance.

And just possibly this one as well.

Oooh, now THAT will leave a mark!

I mean perhaps I'm completely off base here. After all I'm really just guessing.

Aren't I?

(Insert evil laugh here.)

However to be serious for a moment if ANYBODY has the right to call bullshit on Bristol Palin's mythological victimhood, it is the wife of Levi Johnston.

Amirite?

Well it looks like the Johnston family is having a pretty good weekend.

From left to right, Breeze, Indy, Tripp, and some kid I don't know.

Out on some lake or river it looks like. Nice boat back there behind them too.

Damn that Indy is one cute baby isn't she?

Courtesy of Sonny's Facebook page.

Here is Tripp with his "evil stepmother."

When I was out fishing yesterday I asked around a little about Todd, from people who claim to have actually seen them quite often, and was told that nobody has seen hide nor hair of him for quite some time.

I also heard that Sarah has been MIA recently as well.

Things that make you go "Hmmm."