Comment on Some Thoughts Ahead of the Republican Convention

Donald Trump will be serving a second presidential term, and with both chambers of Congress likely under Republican leadership—though the House is still to be decided— the future of education in the U. S. could starkly change. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Trump has pledged to dismantle the Department of Education, cut federal funding for schools teaching critical race theory, and bar transgender female athletes from participating in school sports.

The day after Election Day, predominantly Black recipients received racist, trollish text messages telling them they had been “selected” to “pick cotton at the nearest plantation.” The messages were sent from varying numbers and area codes, and sent to recipients in at least eight states, including Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Virginia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Ohio, and Alabama.

This article is part of The D. C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Sarah McBride took the stage in Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday night, making history as the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. By the time the week ended, the battered Democratic Party’s support for trans rights was shakier than ever, as two of McBride’s future Democratic colleagues’ waffling on the issue was splashed across The New York Times. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Such is the seesaw facing a party that wrongly thought they had cracked a code and built an intersectional coalition that would deliver the White House to Kamala Harris, perhaps defend their slim majority in the Senate, and maybe even claw back the third slice of the governing trifecta, the unruly House of Representatives.

It's always, always projection with these clowns. Elon Musk is calling anyone else a propaganda puppet? Via Rolling Stone: Jimmy Kimmel is getting a lot of heat from Republicans following Donald Trump‘s election victory. Elon Musk referred to the late-night host as an “insufferable nonsense propaganda puppet” on X following the election results, leading Kimmel to respond on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. During his monologue, Kimmel recounted how he had shared his thoughts on the election on his show and how he was “going to miss democracy.” “I heard from a lot of people about it, but none more prominent than the richest man in the world,” he told the audience.

To the 'men' tweeting out, "Your body my choice," you haven't thought this out very well. My gun, my choice. Your balls, my fist. Some of the 'men' are even advocating for rape, and women are not amused. All of this follows Trump's presidential victory. One little feller tweeted, "Make Project 2025 Real Again!" following this post on this shithole site called Xitter (I am not calling it X ever). The admitted virgin white nationalist Nick Fuentes posted this: Your body, my choice.

Article III could use some tweaking.