Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, beat Rep. Joseph Crowley in the Democratic primary in New York. Crowley was the fourth-ranked Democrat in the House. [Pajiba]
Sharon Stone looks like a Home Ec teacher in 1992. [Go Fug Yourself]
Russell Crowe will play Roger Ailes. I’m not into it. [LaineyGossip]
I haven’t covered Heather Locklear because it’s a sad mess. [Dlisted]
Timothee Chalamet is going to break my heart all over again. [Buzzfeed]
What was the theme of this reality star’s birthday party? [Reality Tea]
It’s a bad day for unions in America. [Jezebel]
A lot is happening in this season’s men’s collections. [OMG Blog]
Jeremy Irons is going to be in Watchmen. [Looper]
Rihanna looks sophisticated in a LBD. [Tom & Lorenzo]
So proud of her. Slowly but surely, the face of the establishment (old, male, generally white) is changing. She reflects the young, minority population that is missing in politics. Go Alexandria!
Everything that is going on, change is still afoot, its partly why the ruling class is trying to breath their last breath while taking us down with them.
Well done you
So happy Ocasio-Cortez won. It’s a grand day in NYC!
I went to bed excited that she was leading in the polls but also nervous because Crowley is well-liked. I woke up and cried when I heard she won. She ran a GREAT campaign and deserved to win IMO.
Shows that the Dems will need more than just a good personality to retain seats. Love that she is so progressive AND a woman of color. Oh, and if the fact that she self-identifies as a socialist scares the piss out of some on the Right, well that’s just icing on the cake. 🙂
This is how we move forward.
Absolutely, Kitten! I hope this is a wakeup call to Shumer and Polesi that playing politics by the old rules is only going to get them, and those that do the same, booted from their positions.
Hell yes, Marty. Time for Dems to be better and yeah, I’m looking right at Pelosi and Schumer.
I don’t know a lot about her campaign, but the ads that I have seen were very issues focused (in addition to personal narrative). I think the Dems can learn a lot from that. She stressed “kitchen table issues” in a way that was really of the times.
That is actually what has been happening in other places where Democrats have been winning. Stress local issues and local impact. Tip O’Neill always stressed that: “all politics is local.” That’s why I get impatient when I hear people complaining that there’s no strong, central message coming out of Democrats. Candidates have to appeal to the people of their district. What works in one may not work in another.
I saw a clip of that…Brian What-is-name on 2300 hour at MSNBC and he called her extreme left..which is hilarious and shows how extreme right the centre ground has moved..plus the multi millionaire news readers are beneficiaries of the tax plan,,,..there was a picture I saw recently of the Republican Platform in the 1950’s and that would be considered progressive today…As a Brit/European this platform is not anywhere near left and I am sad that this far right nonsense is taking hold and establishment in the USA …I had hoped it would lead the way …The blaming of ‘the other’ engendering fear and allowing some truly horrible things to happen..
I am so happy for her and wish that she is successful in Nov..wouldn’t it be truly wonderful .?…I would love to see her becoming a leader that would move people back and she is talented and erudite enough to become more famous in the future…
US politics is so very conservative. Here in Australia, Bernie Sanders’ politics would fall smack bang into the centre or centre-left category without question. Not in any way anything but mainstream here. Many countries the US has historically considered allies embrace democratic socialist norms: Australia, NZ, the UK (with a true Labour government), Scandinavian countries. The wider the gap in opportunities, the more problems a country has.
@Addie it’s very true that US politics is very on the right of the spectrum: it was drilled home when I read a study/article a few years ago that said that if Obama (derided by the US right as a “Communist”) was in the UK he and his policies would have slotted right into the David Cameron led Conservative Party. I was surprised, but when I went through the policies and manifestos it was absolutely correct.
It is also what happens when the youth show up to vote. Millennials have the potential to overthrow the old guard but they need to root out the cynicism and apathy. They sometimes stop after one defeat (aka Bernie) and then sulk on it. No matter how many times you are defeated, get back out there and VOTE. Cynicism & romanticism is killing the power they have, in actuality they have way more power than the boomers if they utilized it.
I love her. She’s one of the candidates I supported and I literally cried when she won. THIS is what we need. More women and more women of color.
Also, look to the governor’s race in Georgia. A black woman, Stacey Abrams could use some love. It is truly historical and this needs to happen.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was interviewed today on Morning Joe. She is the real deal. She worked hard and connected with her constituents.
Crowley initially ‘won’ the seat through party shenanigans and has spent the past 20 years manoeuvring himself into position to become the House Speaker should Democrats become the majority. He had the audacity to send a subordinate to a debate with Ocasio-Cortez rather than show up himself.
His graceful concession does not hide the fact he was defeated by a better candidate. One who was attuned to the constituency being served rather than garnering influence from colleagues in pursuit of personal goals.
Well done Alexandria!
I honestly hope Heather Locklear gets the help that she obviously needs. I understand why it hasn’t been covered here except with links. It’s very sad.
It’s just so sad about Heather. And with the blind items about her and Charlie Sheen’s shenanigans (which are totally feasible given his history), she has some major shit to overcome. One of the hardest things is to forgive oneself for asinine errors in judgment and actions, that hurt oneself and others especially if it goes on over decades of time. I really truly hope she can overcome this. I don’t think she’s mentally ill (curable) or has a personality disorder (uncurable) the way Charlie Sheen does so I think there is hope for her. Just my opinion.
I noticed too, there hasn’t been anything on this site about Heather. Another site said she should be living the life of every day is Friday. She has been spiraling downward for some time. This wasn’t the first time suicide was mentioned. Poor lady. At one time, she was so popular. Married to Tommy Lee when he was cool and Richie Sambora. Hope rehab works this time, but the problem sounds more mental than physical to me.
I’m very sad about Heather and hope she gets the help she needs. I remember her from early in her career when she was on Dynasty. Despite the characters she played, she always seemed so sweet in real life. I know someone who ran into her once and said she was kind and gracious. Get well, Heather.
I’m sad for Locklear. I have always liked her, she seems like a genuinely nice person. I hope she gets her act together.
I’m happy she won, but also anxious about her ability to win in November.
But I’m deeply anxious about November regardless.
I am nervous about November because I know there will be election tampering again. We need to come out in bigger numbers to vote than ever before.
Tate – push for mandatory paper backup for machines and hand recounts of the paper ballots. We know how to keep those counts honest. It’s the machines that are vulnerable and have been showing signs of hacking since 2004. Paper ballots, properly guarded and counted with bipartisan eagle eyes on all involved, will be safe from local, national, and international meddlers. Machines without backup will be very vulnerable to meddling and they don’t have to be hooked up to the net for that to happen.
I haven’t trusted our vote counts since 2004, when machines popped up everywhere. They were not recountable because no paper backup. Obama won in 2008 only because people were so mad at the Republicans that even racists voted for him – he outran the hackers. Hillary almost did the same, the margin giving Trump the electoral votes was 75,000. People – that’s within machine error! Even with all the meddling, she got 3 million more votes than Putin’s choice. Imagine what a properly counted vote with all the deliberately disenfranchised voters might have been.
Sort of how I feel. She’s a good candidate, but all this tells me is that nothing is sure in November. I’m looking to it with grim determination.
That district is pretty much all blue, so she has a great chance of winning.
Exactly. I’m very confident that she will win.
(hope I didn’t jinx it!)
Aud -That was my first thought also. How will this affect the ability of the Democrats to defeat any Trump-supporting Republican in November? We can’t afford to lose a single Democratic seat because of the urgency of the National situation and the weird behavior of most Republicans.
But consider that a Democrat has held that seat for a long time and she won the Democratic nomination for good reason. Those Democrats who voted for her in the primary will vote in November. And more than Democrats, hopefully. Her campaign video was pretty powerful, she sounds like the kind of candidate who has been edging past incumbent Republicans in heavily Republican areas in special elections for the past year or so. She’s going to be out there talking with people non-stop about issues that matter to them.
That SCOTUS union ruling is, uh, certainly a thing. Interestingly, it doesn’t seem to make police and firefighter union exceptions. *scratches head, is thankful I do not live in America*
Unions in America are a double-edged sword. It’s difficult to know how to feel about this.
Agreed. We need them, but they can be very problematic.
Same.
Wish my medic BF was in a union (they don’t have them for private ambulance companies) but at the same time when I see what the police unions and public transit unions do in my city, I can’t help but think they are all corrupt to some degree.
Always very torn about unions.
I think the “we need them, but they can be problematic” thing would apply to lots of institutions if you think about it, democracy itself included (democracy gave you Trump, after all, lower no. of votes than Clinton notwithstanding). So I think it’s interesting that this kind of judgment is applied so much more readily to unions than to other stuff. I agree with Aang below that anti-Union propaganda in the US (and not only there, of course) has been successful.
I do think that while they’re not perfect or above the ordinary ills of human nature, strong unions are very necessary in the US and elsewhere to fight the slide into mass casual, insecure work we’re seeing right now.
@MarDelSur – Agree 100%
If people were to look at reputable stats and studies on unions, the results are that they raise the benefits and income not only of their members but also raise the standard of market wages overall for non-member workers.
Like any institution (ie. democracy), there’s problems, but if people aren’t active and engage in the process to solve problems and put checks on corruption then you have problematic institutions or worse NO unions at all. There’s going to be more attacks on unions (next private employee unions), then US unions will be on it’s last leg,
There is corruption everywhere and it has to be dealt with. But unions are essential as a counterweight to the power of the corporations and other employers.
My brother was prejudiced against unions for god-only-knows reasons and refused to join when his workplace unionized. Well, he’s just not a joiner. But his wages rose enough so his coworkers with families didn’t need food stamps and he got health insurance only because of the Union. His employer was being subsidized by the US taxpayers. Nobody working a full time job should have to rely on food stamps.
Republicans have been trying to kill unions for generations. I’m positive they want a return to the days of company towns, Pinkertons, and 60 hour work weeks with no overtime pay. The propaganda against unions has been very successful in the U.S.and the average worker doesn’t know what know what they owe to organized labour. “What force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one?”
And with Kennedy retiring, we will be getting another conservative Justice. The shit just keeps piling up
I just saw that. This is an illegitimate court with one stolen seat, now another up for grabs, appointed by a puppet installed by a foreign power. It is the end of the republic, and I’m not even exaggerating. Oligarchy here we come.
Kennedy didn’t announce he was retiring? ooops…just saw the headline. f*ck us.
Yeah I came to the Links thread to panic with fellow Celebitches. F*ck us.
Important Info RE: Overturn of Roe V Wade
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/3k8qew/a-state-by-state-look-at-what-will-happen-if-roe-v-wade-is-overturned
Moments like this I’m glad I live in a hard-core blue state and moved here to get out of a red state. Handmaids Tale is becoming more relevant day by day.
I can’t believe that Maine is one of the protected states but Massachusetts is not.
PA isn’t either, despite having Philadelphia pulling it blue in every election except 2016. I am literally sick with horror at what’s to come, and I am beyond livid at every single person who sat out 2016.
My Canadian friend has suggested this is a cultural civil war in the US What if, instead of the last civil war where we fought to stay together, in this one we amicably and without violence, agree to break up? Could it be that we’re just two or three different countries now that don’t agree anymore?
I know that sounds crazy but what if there was a Northeastern, US; Southern, US; Midwestern, US; West Coast, US. We would be friendly and trade, etc but would have different laws that suited the different people. We can have gay marriage and access to abortion in the north and the south can refuse those things. That way we all don’t have to suffer. We can finally have sensible gun laws and healthcare for everyone in the northeast as we wouldn’t all be joined on a federal level.
I know it’s impossible really but wouldn’t we all be relieved if we didn’t have to live under the other’s ideas anymore.
We are headed for a cultural revolution. I can’t see it being anything else within the next several years.
@Susannah
The problem with that is which US subdivision would take the most the weapons and military? That’s really important because there most certainly will be a grab for it. It will be most important for there to be a clear winner in the divide US scenario, and that will be who gets the military and arms advantage.
So regardless if a state like California has such a huge and successful economy that can certainly thrive without the rest of the states sucking off it’s teats, if lesser earning states can defend their selves militarily, they can utilizes means that have been ruled unconstitutional like slavery to speed and enrich their own economy.
Although the economic landscape is different from black slavery days, they would definitely take away all civil rights protections and overtly oppress and discriminate against poc, women, muslims, non-christians, etc. And they’d be weaponized.
We rather like unions on this side of the Atlantic, they prevent us having no rights. Anyway, now Kennedy is retiring say goodbye to Roe v Wade.
Sorry for your loss.
We are all screwed and I am so depressed. Trump’s MAGA was a promise to return to a pre-FDR nation where only rich white men had rights and we’re rapidly returning to that day. Wins like Alexandria’s are great, I just hope it’s not too little, too late.
I thought that was esp interesting when Mitt Romeny ran and he had an even harder stances on unions and yet here in nyc all those firefighter, cop communities were still in full support of him..
Her win made me excited & hopeful last night. Nothing against Crowley personally; however, we need some new blood to kick a$$ and stir things up in a GOOD way.
Nice to have that little glimmer of hope instead of depression for a change.
Crowley was a machine pol whose sell-by date was long past. He only retained his position because the party backed him and no one else. It certainly did not back Ocasio-Cortez. I’m sure her win is sending a whistling-past-the-graveyard shudder through the party today. At least, I hope so.
I’m way too stupid right now for the Pajiba article. I like that site…but damn, that article left me scratching my head. I need a nap!
I was watching the NY elections on Twitter since I’m on the West Coast. What surprised me most was how quickly everything was counted, everything was done by 9:00pm my time. Does NY not have mail-in or absentee ballots? It took 3 days to call the SF mayoral race because of mail-in ballots.
SF mayor race had 250,000 voters, this race had only 27,000 total voting. Calif is being slowed downed by mail in voting which is a great thing, just need to streamline or get people to mail their ballots in before Election Day.
NY state does not have mail in ballots which really surprises me. More than 50% of California voters use mail in now and it definitely brings voter participation numbers up. Good article about it
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/voting-by-mail-is-growing-and-should-grow-more.html
SF has ranked choice voting. It would take that long to determine who won because of the convoluted rules. It’s not because of mail in ballots. They’ve had mailed in ballots for years and they were able to call a winner the next morning.
When I was reading an article on Russell Crowe playing Roger Ailes. It mentioned something I forgot. Megyn Kelly asked some pointed questions to Trump during the debate about how he treats and disrespects women. He was furious about that, railed about it to Ailes and then on twitter said that Kelly was asked those questions suggesting she was angry and hormonal, “bleeding from…wherever”
How did this guy get elected again? I know this is the question for the ages but still, it’s astonishing that I forgot that because it’s not even the worst thing this guy said before people actually voted for him to be POTUS.
I’ll never forget that, Susannah. There were SO many times Trump was moronic during the gazillion debates. I watched them all & couldn’t believe how offensive and stupid he was. And here we are.
And an Ailes movie? No thanks. I wouldn’t even watch it if they paid me.
Justice Kennedy is retiring. Trump gets to fill another SCOTUS seat and I’m legit in tears over it.
Me too. This thread is so positive with Ocasio-Cortez’s win. I don’t want to take anything away from that but…I’m so scared.
We’ve been saying things will get worse before they get better. Get ready, guys.
This was some other really great news-judge ordered children to be reunited with parents-
“Sabraw, a George W. Bush appointee, also ordered that children younger than 5 years old must be reunited with parents within 14 days and that all parents must be allowed to speak to their children within 10 days if they’ve not already been in contact.
The court also prohibited, absent a waiver, the deportation of parents without their children, and it said that in the future children can only be separated from a parent if that parent poses a threat to the child. If a parent is released from Department of Homeland Security custody, the child must be released to them.
About 2,300 children had been separated from parents since May.
“The court has saved these families from a nightmare. This is a huge victory,” Lee Gelernt, who argued the case and is the American Civil Liberties Union’s deputy director of the Immigrants’ Rights Project, told ABC News.”
Kennedy voted with the liberals on abortion and gay rights. I’m hoping this nominee can be delayed until after the election or that a few female Repub senators will push back on a nominee that will allow Roe vs Wade to be overturned. IDK, it’s a bad bad week but I’ve got to believe that we will overtake the house and senate in a wave and that no will dare sit home and not VOTE.
I feel sick, really physically ill. I think I will now have to send my trans child out of the country for grad school and hope they can make a life somewhere they will be safe. I am terrified right now.
I cried tears of joy this morning and now I’m sitting at my desk with tears of despair rolling down my face. One step closer to an authoritarian state. Hug and kiss your child as much as you can.
As Susan Simpson said “There was already very little that the GOP was willing to openly oppose Trump on.
But now, until they get that SCOTUS seat filled, there’s probably no behavior from Trump, no matter how authoritarian or damaging, that Senate Republicans won’t find a way to tolerate and excuse.”
Hugs to you, aang.
I’m applying for medical school in the fall, and I’ve been sitting here for two hours since I read the news seriously considering what this means for the direction of my career. If Roe v. Wade falls, there needs to be doctors in my state willing and able to do what must be done, even illegally. I can’t be that person to just let a woman die if it comes down to that.
That’s some seriously heavy shit to think about, Veronica. Every day is just more of the same…
I can’t imagine that our country will ever be the same after all this.
aang, check MastersPortal to look for programs. There are even some taught in all English. Norway, Netherlands, Sweden. Many are low or almost no cost, even to people who are not citizens of the EU country.
I am really scared of what is happening. A chill ran through my body when I read about Kennedy retiring. The recent SCOTUS decisions have been so horrible, I can only imagine what is to come.
You know Trump will nominate an absolute monster.
You know, Tiffany, I struggle so much on how to prioritize my outrage at this administration. Some days, I wonder if I’m being too sensitive, too emotional, too easily manipulated by the perpetual news cycle of doom and gloom. I’m an emotional, empathetic person but I also REALLY try to be rational over reactive.
But this one..this one is really, REALLY bad.
Yes, exactly Kitten. I don’t want to overreact and I try not to get distracted by the small battles…but, dang there are a lot of seriously troubling things going on.
I’m going to a shelter this afternoon to meet a potential furry housemate, and I am looking forward to that more than ever now. I need the goodness to fortify myself for the battles ahead.
Aw yay, Tiffany 🙂 I hope you find the perfect furry friend. My cats are so therapeutic for me in Trump America.
@Tiffany, all I can think about is going home to pet my dogs tonight.
I hate to say it but welcome to the absolute terror and indignities us minorities, Muslims, Immigrants and non-White LGBTQ people have been going through since the election of Trump, his policies and the Sessions war on POCs. No matter how much we tried to convey our daily fears for children of color, vocal Liberals were like “But Pence will be worse!!!” so just suffer through Trump. It’s sad how history has to always repeat itself.
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”
@Original T.C. it’s not that we haven’t all been experiencing wave of terror after wave of terror on our own behalves and on behalf of all decent people in this country since (before) election day, it’s that this has such lasting implications for us all. If you haven’t noticed anyone speaking up, you clearly haven’t been paying attention.
I am furious with anyone I know who voted for this administration. Granted I only know one person but i don’t know how i’ll ever speak to them again.
Luckily I never wanted to get married because as a gay person, that window will soon be closed.
I’m so with you. It’s a battle of Good Vs Evil and I have no room for people who suport evil in my life.
Me too, and those people who voted for third parties because “Hillary and Trump are exactly the same” You screwed all of us with that one!
I just feel sick. And outraged. I am beyond angry with every single person who treated 2016 as a joke, who didn’t seem to recognize the utter power behind the office of the president.
I have had a growing splitting headache since I heard and I feel like I am on the verge of a panic attack. What are we going to do?
I don’t feel Kennedy is a moderate, his votes lately have all been in right wing lockstep. But, yeah, Trump is about to appoint the justice that will overturn Roe v Wade. Get thee to a blue state if you can. In NY we’ll be protected from this, but, Jesus, this is going to be a horror.
I dunno. Trump may talk against abortion now, but i’m sure he has paid for quite a few. He may not be so agreeable to closing off that option for himself.
Depends also on how long it takes to get a nominee actually on the Court. If the Dem/Repub ratio shifts in the Senate before the vote…. But I imagine McConnell will be working overtime to get his nominee through before January, when winners in the November election will take office. He won’t claim he has to wait until after the election to see what “the people” want, as he did for Obama’s nominee for almost a year (hey Mitch, “the people” already told you what they wanted when they voted for Obama having a four-year term rather than a three-year term).
Abortion will always be a safe option for men like Trump and their mistresses. He doesn’t care.
Unfortunately it’s not just Roe that’s at state. It’s corporation formally taking over our country and your vote as a citizen meaning nothing. The justices will allow corporations to run the country while the Evangelicals set social policy.
The time to fear was when we had White Supremacists and Neo-Nazis parading in our streets and being supported by the US President. By the time children of color started getting locked up in cages, my passport was updated and an emergency bag packed.
Of course he’s paid for abortions but he’ll have no qualms making it illegal for everyone else.
Justices can be impeached (I just learned that). If Trump’s win is found illegitimate his Justice picks can be impeached. I hate that so much is riding on Mueller and we have no idea what’s going on. (I’m glad he’s keeping everything tight with no leaks, but at the same time I WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON! lol)
I read the news about the judge yesterday as I was walking out of my job and I sat at my car crying for 10 minutes, I can now understand the nihilistic spirit that is going on with our kids, I wonder what can I do and I am drowning on fear and impotence. As an immigrant, gay woman I feel that all is turning dark and terrifying. I know that judge is a republican, bit on the lighter side, I fear and worry for our sisters and daughters, can’t find hope today.
Fantastic! Suddenly I feel hopeful!
I have some news about the Supreme Court…
Ha. I was gonna say something but didn’t feel like ruining her brief moment of joy.
I really wish…White Walkers were real and would invade us immediately.
I mean, if we’re going down at least we can drag all of these mother f*ckers with us.
I’m trying to send out positive vibes but my marriage is vulnerable to the hatred of the right. Kennedy is an a..hole for retiring now. He knows what’s at stake. Moderate my ass.
Seriously. F*CK. HIM.
I don’t know about that. The man is 81 years old and the future of the supreme court is not his responsibility. He has served his country long enough. The future of the supreme court is the responsibility of all of us. Every election matters. Every single one. Dems were not united in 2016… maybe the midterms will be better… maybe 2020 even better than that. To the justice that played a key role in the Obergefell decision- writing the majority opinion… I have a hard time saying F*ck him. I think he deserves more respect than that.
Nah, f*ck him. He’s been in the judiciary long enough to recognize a breakdown in checks and balances when he sees it. Unless he’s seriously ill, his actions are calculated.
I’m here for Sharon Stone’s look. 60-year-old realness.
Yes! Well done. And well done everyone who voted for her!
The AP Politics headline read, “Crowley Defeated by Young Challenger”
Geez. I’m glad Twitter is making mincemeat of that headline.
The Kennedy retirement is depressing as HELL. We are all required to wake up and hit the streets. We cannot allow another far-right lunatic to be crammed through the confirmation process.
I’m feeling so helpless right now. I have no idea how to make my voice heard. I don’t want to live in the Handmaid’s Tale.
I feel so beaten down. I really do.
I know the high will be temporary, but damn I feel so good about this win 🙂 Here’s a good piece on her from earlier in the month, for those not already familiar
https://theintercept.com/2018/06/12/watch-glenn-greenwald-interviews-democratic-primary-challenger-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-of-new-york/
Could someone please fill me in on the Heather Locklear/Charlie Sheen connection?
Nevermind. I found it online. I so hope this is not true.
Is it too late for states to put a recall vote on the November election?
I don’t know if it’s possible to recall a senator, but I do think a house representative can be recalled. At least in California they can. If it is possible, and if it can be put on the November ballot (best scenario), then states with republican senators who are NOT up for re-election and where there’s a high purple electorate probability, should be threatened and indeed call for a Recall if that senator votes to run through another Trump Supreme Court judge.
Viva Ocasio-Cortez! She is the GOAT!
Thanks, Celebitchy, for talking about this. The Democrats need all the exposure they can get. Vote!
Great news. Democrats need more people like her.
Had dental implant surgery yesterday, cannot BEAR to try to process any politics today. Reality will return soon enough.
Heather Locklear absolutely breaks my heart.
OTOH, MY Steve Carell absolutely breaks my heart, but in the best way. Not only does he have “Beautiful Boy” coming out in October, but another movie based on a true story, “Welcome To Marwen” coming out in November that looks amazing. I’m so proud of his thoughtful career choices. I’m so grateful that his humor and his heart exists in this terribly dark world. I’m not trying to be breezy or funny, he gives me LIFE.