It’s part of American values. Part of patriarchy. Churches always hid sexual crimes. What happened isn’t anything different, so their reaction is the same - make excuses and shrug.

From model to victim. The food chain.

Do trans women keep placing number 1 during competition?

I think a part of that is being attached to things, to material possessions, to experiences. There’s nothing wrong with it of course, we are in charge of creating our own meaning, but attachment influences behavior and decreases our options.

A possible challenge is that some men struggle to cut their salary because their job title, salary, lifestyle is a big part of their identity. Take that away and who are they?

By slowing down. Downsizing. Simplifying. Changing the environment. Maybe therapy. Maybe a support group. Maybe cutting your salary by 25%. But it sounds like you have a kid, so your options are limited - I wouldn’t recommend alcohol, gambling etc.

Trump gets the us economy to play with instead of jail. This tracks.

In an authoritarian regime, popularity isn’t important. Vance will do whatever he’s told.

That’s not a long term solution. We’ll get “Just Dance” Vance, who will continue the project and continue dancing through 2028. The d’s need to get their shit together, and so far my expectations are buried underground.

Has politics always been this awful or am I tuning in because it’s so especially bad?

What’s 2k going to do? It’s a short term fix. How about we have a long term solution?

I’m talking about someone else. They haven’t won anything yet.

Isn’t there someone running, who if wins, will vote against releasing the pedo files? I can’t recall his name, but perhaps that’s what the r’s are waiting for?

I think there’s evidence that they were more than just bffs.

… they didn’t know what they were getting into? Project 2025 was available and Vance, the running vp, was a cowriter. Not to mention what trump said… can we stop making excuses for the voters?

Absolutely. They still have more temper tantrums left in them. And it will get worse before it gets better. I hope to live long enough to at least see universal healthcare.

Is the monies partially spent?

Logic agrees with you, reality may not. They’ll focus on mamdani and try to spin another story why adelita cannot be sworn in.

Yes. I also see Mamdani as hope for the us. That’s why billionaires are against him. That’s why the current admin is against him. He will inspire other young people to get involved with politics.

Mixed media art and I write.

Yup. It frees up my time to create instead of consume.