These people make failing up into an art form. Like every person surrounding Trump has been fired or lost election due to gross incompetence. And yet here they are, being offered far more influence and power than the positions they were previously judged unable to handle. What could go wrong?

And, unlike Hillary, will have actually done them.

I’m not American, so I don’t fully understand how all of this works but... it seems like many of the people he’s appointing cross the line from “non-establishment loose cannon” to “clear security risk.” Is there any way they are refused security clearance to enter the White House or have access to the level of info…

There is no way Ivanka will let him live at Trump Tower once he’s inaugurated. Mar-A-Lago, maybe, but not Trump Tower. Once he’s actually president, his primary residence needs to be locked down like a fortress. If Trump Tower is his primary residence, the Secret Service can, and will, set up checkpoints at either end…

Sounds a lot like the widely mythologized Reagan (http://www.salon.com/2015/12/28/behind_the_ronald_reagan_myth_no_one_had_ever_entered_the_white_house_so_grossly_ill_informed/). I knew a political strategist who claimed the White House staff had to present policy information to Reagan in cartoon form to keep his…

Particularly since everything I’ve seen suggests he’s only planning to travel to states where he won. That is the opposite of unification.

I guess it depends on the university. And they didn’t actually fire him, just force him into early retirement. But there was absolutely no way for him to keep his job, despite the accusations being utter bullshit. Although looking into it, I see one of the accusers apparently hasn’t published since then (this is,…

I’m sure Trump will be very supportive of veterans who didn’t get captured.

Unfortunately, I can’t remember where I read it (WaPo?), but one of the articles about what a gong show the transition has been claimed that the day after winning, Trump announced his plans to go on a victory tour of rallies, and his staff and advisors unanimously told him, no, that’s a stupid idea, that’s not how…

Yikes. I’ve had bad friends before, but never “need to hire security” level bad.

I’m so torn on how universities deal with harassment complaints. On the one hand, obviously people shouldn’t be able to get away with harassing people. Obviously. But on the other hand, it is true that the process in many Canadian universities means that you say sexual harassment, and that person gets fired, very…

Definitely not when you have tenure.

Her poor daughter. It’s clear that, in addition to the normal difficulties of growing up trans, she had to deal with a mother who was going to be abusive regardless of her gender identity. This lady is using the courts to try to get in one last year of being a controlling monster and vicarious pleasure at making…

That is very believable

Yes, absolutely. Do not give Trump any policy ideas that revolve around building things. That, and white supremacy, are literally the only things he understands. Internment camps hit both his areas of competency - don’t let him learn about them.

Yeah, I feel like taking a shower after watching that. Mental health treatment should not be televised. How is that even something that needs to be said, particularly to a guy who at one point received actual medical training?

I think it means that he has discovered, through experience, that no woman is willing to have a child with him without being forced to do so by a court order.

That is the problem when people become evangelical about anything - you have people who decide this one thing is the best choice for everyone, because it worked for them or someone they know. The director of a sexual health clinic I used to use thought absolutely everyone should be on Depo Provera. They should not.

Man, it took me so many years to convince doctors of all stripes that I’m in a totally committed, monogamous, long-term, non-married relationship. We’ve been together for 14 years and still, every time I go get a pap done or whatever, they’re just “are you sure? are you sure?” Same reason the people at the sexual…

Hoping you have access to the help you need, and your recovery goes well.