Trump's behavior wasn't the first to normalize abusers in public, but it gave them many more cards to play.

I saw a lot of abusers find their network, find their cover, get their shot to go after victims with impunity since this all went wild. Trump's made society so much worse.

They couldn't have chosen better! DakhaBrakha makes the kind of music that gets you asking where it came from. It really breaks the ice, helps show Ukraine's distinct culture.

Here are the (co)sponsors of the House bill:

Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Call them and thank them.

Here's how the Senate version of the bill starts. It's wildly overdue, and we have to remind some Senators to show some spine.

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

This is rapidly becoming a "Weekend at Bernie's" administration. Flatter the old narcissist, a billionaire can do what he wants to the country.

Details on the collection and donation links here
x.com/YPetrenko88/...

"The system self-selects for individuals who are more likely to act in concert with it... if we wonder why there is a seemingly high degree of narcissism and sociopathy among the ultra wealthy and those in positions of great power, it's because these qualities are rewarded in extractive capitalism."

"...His ability to hold power derived not from legitimacy of character but from strategic positioning.... He was trusted to maintain confidentiality... not because he was trustworthy in absolute terms, but because in this network, mutual vulnerability creates mutual silence."

Ethics out the window.

This is haunting. What it's describing is an amorphous, jet-setting oligarchy that is as unlike a human village as can be. Any idea of human rights or liberty, or stewardship of land is minimized in the hierarchy of information and manipulation.