[A few "new normal" incidents not necessarily coronavirus-related]

By artappraiser on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 9:41pm |

Seeing Mike Pence have to swear in a Democrat senator while a bisexual woman in a purple wig and zebra print coat holds the Bible is EXTREMELY pleasing to me pic.twitter.com/nsnKKPVVei
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) December 2, 2020

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https://twitter.com/sbstryker/status/1334220370950275072?s=20

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Bring back manly men. pic.twitter.com/Y3XqXX4qaY
— Harry Styles. (@Harry_Styles) December 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 9:43pm

An explosive debate has roiled Denmark after a professor was fired from its top art academy for drowning a bust of a former king: https://t.co/V2Aw0aeY6i pic.twitter.com/b1sSFZ5Hke
— Artnet (@artnet) December 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 9:44pm

I wrote about Trump's video. https://t.co/R8nz9Og0mf
— Philip Bump (@pbump) December 3, 2020

excerpt:

[...] Since polls closed Nov. 3, Trump’s public response to his loss has been one of exasperation, the spoiled child suddenly told that he can’t do something he wants to do. Some part of this is political, an effort to lash out at President-elect Joe Biden and to impose an emotional cost on Democrats broadly. But there’s obviously something deeper and more psychological at play, a darker shadow of refusal and frustration and fury that can’t as easily be countered with simple rationality.

For all of the reporting about how Trump understands that he lost the race and is discussing a potential run in 2024, the speech released Wednesday did not convey any calculated assessment of the situation. It was a cri de coeur which, given the season, begs comparisons to the Festivus airing of grievances from George Costanza’s father on “Seinfeld” — another older Queens man unable to gracefully accept the nature of the world around him.

Introducing that comparison, though, risks diminishing the danger of Trump’s commentary.[....]

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 9:53pm

It’s wonderful to witness people becoming who they are. Congratulations, Elliot. https://t.co/6vdKuH2slV
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) December 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 11:04pm

The community keeps them highly focused on violence.

Meanwhile state-by- state figures of women killed by men in 2018 (sure it's up this year)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/327462/women-murdered-by-men-united-...

Around the world it's 6 women killed by men per hour, with over 40% of women suffering physical and/or sexual abuse from partners in the Mideast, 1/3 in North America.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/violence-against-women-femicide-c...

I found the list of transgender people killed, but it didn't include circumstances, vs run-ins with the law etc.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 1:56am

Southwest Airlines on Thursday said it could furlough more than 6,800 employees — about 12% of its staff — because of a "lack of meaningful progress" in cost-cutting negotiations with labor unions.https://t.co/Jts7JTQ86v
— NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) December 3, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 6:01pm

Fact: New York City swung towards Trump by 7.6 points between '16 and '20, far more than any state in the nation.

The rest of the state swung against Trump by 5.1 points.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 3, 2020

edit to add Yglesias' comment just tweeted:

Time for the media to get out of the bubble and talk to some Trump voters in New York City. https://t.co/sjDrElrqVY
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 3, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 6:21pm

NYC vote:Trump gained from 2016 via minorities other than whites.. Pro-Trump swing by borough, '16-'20:

The Borough breakdown https://t.co/FsFgN3Khsk
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 3, 2020

Won't be surprised if our next mayor is a Republican or an Independent.

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 7:24pm

and pack away that old stereotype about Staten Island whites:

And what's even wilder: Staten Island is the only NYC borough that *didn't* swing towards Trump between '16 and '20.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 3, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 7:33pm

Wherein an immigrant conservative political operative retweets a white Southern Catholic socialist attacking the Democratic House majority leader's stance on COVID aid, due to lame-duck populist Trump, because 2020.

More horseshoes flying around now than a blacksmith's shop. pic.twitter.com/6l2sRlnBR1
— Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 9:05pm

thread:

When I was a kid in the 80s, it seemed like Republican culture was all about working hard, believing in Jesus, staying married, going to church...Now, it seems like Republican culture is all about obsessing over conspiracy theories and race war.

What the heck happened, guys???
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) December 5, 2020

edit to add top reply because it's fabulous::

Having grown up in a Republican family, and community, a generation earlier, the simplest version of what happened was:
1) Rush Limbaugh
2) Fox News
Theme of both of them: YOU’RE the real victim! LOOK at what “they” are doing to you! It’s all rigged! Be ANGRY. And be AFRAID.
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 10:11pm

OH I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE?

The real lede is that median Hispanic wealth hit an all time record in 2019 while median white wealth has not fully recovered from the Great Recession.

This is part of why the trajectory of America feels very different to woke college grads than working class minorities. https://t.co/6iv8QDzDDJ
— Karl Smith (@karlbykarlsmith) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 11:49pm

^ the mysterious constant approval rating hovering around 40% splained right there?

was:

the 33% kookarookoo conservatives that will approve of Vlad the Impaler as long as he/she is not a Democrat or liberal, who have always been in our polls for decades

plus

7% comprised of immigrant people, many Hispanic, who were very happy with their pocketbook situation and didn't find a lot of liberal rhetoric about socialism and such and preferences for certain minority groups over others very enticing

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 12:00am

Aweng Ade-Chuol and her wife, Alexus, spoke to ELLE UK about their first year of marriage, the pandemic, and mental health https://t.co/I10iJv5sfu
— The Cut (@TheCut) December 6, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 9:27pm

[A few "new normal" incidents not necessarily coronavirus-related]

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