Putting Women Back Where They Belong; Voting At 16 July 18, 2025July 17, 2025 Could this time be different? Why Trump Can’t Make Epstein Go Away This Time — Psychology Explains the Backlash I’m counting zero chickens, but this is certainly cause for hope. Whereas THIS is cause for alarm: From Epstein’s Island to Musk’s Baby Farm — How the Right Redefined Masculinity as Control, by Thom Hartmann. Underneath the memes, podcasts, and tradwife fantasies lies a dangerous agenda: train young men to reject equality, fear women’s power, and embrace authoritarianism disguised as masculinity . . . Rape culture isn’t just at the top; it’s everywhere, especially in the digital spaces young men inhabit. This isn’t just a parental issue, it’s a cultural emergency. This content is shaping how an entire generation understands sex, power, and consent. And Trump’s “best friend” Epstein was an avatar of that twisted worldview. . . . White women are expected to go “back to the kitchen and bedroom,” producing more white babies in a panic about the “browning” of America. This fixation on race and reproduction mirrors the same “Great Replacement Theory” rhetoric promoted on Fox “News” and other rightwing outlets that fed the Charlottesville rally and inspired mass murderers in Las Vegas, Buffalo, and El Paso. From Trump saying, “If Hillary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?” to telling Esquire Magazine that “arm candy” is essential for a successful businessman (“You know, it doesn’t really matter what [the media] write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass”) to sarcastically calling Kamala Harris “a beautiful woman,” our president has long made clear his thoughts on the role of women. . . . Much more here, worth reading in full. They don’t seem to be kidding around. BONUS! The UK Plans to Lower the Voting Age to 16. Here’s What to Know. You heard it here first: Sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds may not be as wise as 80-year-olds . . . but they have a whole lot more at stake. Elections today will impact their lives for the next 70+ years. Giving them the right – and responsibility – to vote is the best civics lesson I can think of. A reason to get involved, debates the issues, then have their say. They can handle it, just as they can handle driving. Young voters may come to regret some of their early votes as they get older, just as young drivers have more than their share of accidents. But allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote will injure NO ONE — and only add a shot of youthful vitality to our shared democracy. Lowering the voting age will help Democrats win. That’s because our views on climate, equality, reproductive freedom, and sensible gun safety, to name just four – and on democracy itself, to name a fifth – have strong appeal to the young. Read on for more on how this might actually play out in the U.S.