I only visit this hellscape now to try to figure out which of my friends have gone where the sky is blue. If you moved like me, please lmk so we can reconnect!
Also, he's actually this good irl, he sang in the backseat of my car aka projected straight into my ear & it's just that genuine. The whole team took themselves seriously & worked hard to put on a great show; clean, tight af, professional.
Woman: I’m opting out of sex and relationships with men
Man: why are you punishing me personally?
Woman: I’m protecting myself by literally doing nothing to you at all.
Man: this is an unconscionable attack
Woman: ok
Man: whore
I lost a whole section of my bio/legal family over a decade ago when they defended my abuser as I saved myself & my children from him. I never looked back. Again in 2016 with "friends." Round 3 is in progress now, & I will protect my peace at all costs.
The thing about leopards is eventually they will eat you too.
Your favorite local restaurant closing because the nice family who owns it getting deported. You thought they were some of the “good ones.” The price of produce skyrocketing even before the camps are built as immigrants flee. Your daughter dying of sepsis because the lawyers feel it’s too risky to perform that D&C.
No more FAFSA for your kids college because you didn’t know that was part of the Department of Education. Veterans having their benefits cut because they rolled back the PACT Act as too expensive. That factory in town that was going to build chips and employ your kids never breaking ground because of the repeal of the CHIPs act. The bridge that was going to cut your commute in half being canceled because of the repeal of the Infrastructure Act.
That sweet government job that you’ve loved because you can work 8 hours a day and fish on the weekends has been slated for a MAGA Schedule F slot because it controls funding for contracts that will go to Republican donors, so you’re fired without cause or any union protections.
You’ll blame Biden or the local Democrats probably. But it will be fine because Elon promised it would be uncomfortable at first but it will get better. You were just so sure it would be uncomfortable for…you know…”those people.” Not you.
But that’s leopards for you. They eat whatever is available.
Someone from France wrote me this morning to say when she woke she prayed, “[my] sleep be gentle,” for she knew what I was about to wake up to. This morning all I can think of are the most marginalized, disenfranchised, and underserved who shall bear the brunt. I have no words.
The morning after the 2016 election, Margo Price arrived at NPR’s Tiny Desk in tears. Her song “All American Made” hit harder that day. She closed with “About To Find Out,” revealing an “Icky Trump” shirt— in a mix of protest and catharsis. — Bob Boilen, NPR, Nov 28, 2016