Another one bites the dust

Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned today. Her tenure has been plagued by multiple scandals, an investigation into allegations that the secretary was engaged in an extramarital affair with a member of her security team and accusations of inappropriate behavior, like drinking on the job.

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— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) April 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

What am I missing here?

The death of American integrity

Over the course of the past twenty-five years or so, we Americans have borne witness again and again to once respected institutions covering up child molestation and protecting the perpetrators.  The Catholic Church, Penn State, Michigan State University, and now our Secretary of Labor, when he was Miami's top federal prosecutor, have all erred on the side of  money and not on the side of children.

For those not aware, in 2007 Alex Acosta (our current Labor Secretary) issued a more than lenient sentence (13 months) to billionaire Jeffrey Epstein who was facing life imprisonment for numerous instances of sex with underage girls (some still in middle school) as well as being suspected of sex trafficking girls from overseas.  Nobody seems to know why Acosta cut such a pathetic deal (a good guess would be something to do with the billions of dollars Epstein is worth plus the many notable men--including Donald Trump and Bill Clinton--who may have been involved with Epstein's perversions but as of yet have remained anonymous), but two of his victims are now suing to have the plea overturned.

Can someone explain to me what I am missing here?  We are talking the rape of children, and yet what does it say about America when the real estate holdings of the Church or the athletic programs of universities or the comfort of a billionaire all supersede the lifetime trauma of a child?  The punishments issued in all of these cases are a mere piddling compared to what the children have suffered.

Have we become that desensitized to the power of money?

Because if we have, it's not a slippery slope we are descending.  We have already struck rock bottom.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

You want fries with that, asshole?

Alas, too little of the important green goes to workers...

Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor, Andrew Puzder, withdrew from his nomination yesterday in light of reports saying anywhere from 4 to 12 republican senators would not vote to confirm him.  While Liberals and workers' rights groups have rightfully been quick to celebrate this victory (and let's face it, there probably aren't going to be many) as neither Puzder nor Trump are friends of working folks, it's important to note that republicans turned on Puzder not because of his company's (Hardee's and Carl's Jr.) documented records of stealing wages from its workers and sexual harassment, but because of reports of his physically abusing one of his ex-wives and his hiring of an undocumented immigrant to be his housekeeper.

For all the CEOs out there, this means that you can fuck over all your workers as much as you want as long as you don't get caught hiring an illegal or abusing your wife.

For the rest of us, as far as republicans are concerned we can get paid slave wages and our families can starve as long as we keep electing republicans.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee