Ellen_musk_ox

Heteronormativity

Some of that is due to patriarchal values (women can’t harm men) which lowers reporting and those receiving reports not taking them seriously.

Some of it is due to disparity between it being committed by women for the first reason.

There are crimes that are wildly disparate by gender. Baby napping for instance is almost exclusively committed by women. And even when u find a case committed by a male, it’s nearly universal that a woman put him up to it. It seems to be correlated to post partum depression.

Mmmmm… I haven’t read the article but I suspect it’s not true when factoring the Harding administration and inflation.

Might need to exclude Musk, but I bet it’s not far off.

The saving grace is that our federal government relies HEAVILY on state workers and agencies.

A lot of states can simply say no, or “yeah, we’ll get around to it.”

Go out and be the change you wanna see! 😂

This could be you!

Conservatives have been wanting and trying to dismantle the SS since its inception.

I’m not that concerned just yet. There’s a reason it’s called the third rail of politics.

If I had to bet on the future outcome, they’ll raise the contribution cap to around $300k, maybe cut benefits a bit, fixing the solvency problem for at least a generation or two.

I’d also bet on an immigration deal in a future administration. Getting more workers/contributors into the system.

It honestly wouldn’t shock me if the Trump admin pivoted to amnesty just like Reagan. He’s a lame duck from day one. He’s not beholden to anything from the campaign trail. If he’s gotta choose the adoration of his voter base vs the donor base, he’ll choose the wealthy. He hates being excluded from the elites. You can’t buy class. But you can be invited to their parties, their clubs, their scene. His working class base has nothing left to offer him.

• Couldn’t care less

“but was dismayed to learn of Trump’s plans to declare a national emergency and use the military to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants”>

What?!? You mean the author had no idea about this “plan” DT wouldn’t shut up about for the past 9 years?

I think our media is problematic

John Ludd and the saboteurs are calling

There’s been a lot of speculation claiming exactly that. I think it’s a stretch.

But, if your actions are causing people to make that type of speculation, a normal person would at least take some time for self reflection.

Whether true or not, it’s a bad look.

Whatever legacy Biden hoped to leave is irrevocably trashed IMHO.