I seem to remember reponds of Grindr usage spiking during the Republican National Convention. It can’t all be just Lindsay Graham, can it? I’ve read that some of those misogynist red pill types are turning to femboys for affection because they just can’t bring themselves to have a healthy relationship with a woman. I don’t get it.
Neither an American nor a lawyer, but my reading of this is the judge was pointing out that the additional evidence that came to light involved additional victims, while the plea deal only covered charges involving the “first” victim, and so the plea deal would not be affected by bringing additional charges.
I had no idea about that “culture”. I read that article and a Harpers article that was linked to and it’s left me a bit speechless. It’s all so freaking odd. And sad.
Hey, I could have invited you all to dinner, since I now have a working oven that heats evenly (that should have been my big hint to go ahead and replace the element).
In Trump enabler news, NC State Senate leader Phil Berger hasn’t been having a good month. He’s now demanding a hand recount after the primary.
It’ll never occur to them that the combination of getting their cues on how to behave from “manosphere” influencer bros AND advocating deplorable policies that harm women is exactly what makes them undesirable. Has GOT to be something wrong with the women.
Oh well, may they inflict on themselves the Death Grip.
Plenty of wankers using skin mags back in the day.
I blame the parents. Women are allowed to actually live without a husband or father now. But nobody thought to teach the cretins that meant women no longer had to settle for hopeless losers
Given the incel community appears… less than forceful, aside from a few psychopaths who take out their rage through gun violence, I’m hoping they become extinct.
It is bad enough for teenage girls and young women already, without - to paraphrase - “toxic non-masculinity”, to deal with men and boys who feel that the world owes them sex & a relationship, despite the fact they (the males) are not up to the task.
As a proofreader for three court reporters taking hearings in federal court, I AM familiar with how hearings usually go, and this was frikkin extraordinary.
This story is particularly delightful to me, after being subjected to months of ads suggesting that Sam Page is a murdering rapist, or raping murder, who is insufficiently loyal to Trump - with the latter being the far more serious offense. For months, it was like he was every other ad I saw…..and I don’t even live in or particularly close to that district.
Then Berger lost by TWO votes on Election Day, after spending something like 10 million to try and save his seat. IIRC, his opponent Sam Page spent something like 50K.
Now, it’s not like Page is some sort of liberal, he’s a typical Trump Republican asshole even if his opposition found one clip of him saying that he didn’t Trump’s deportation goals were realistic.
But -if the victory holds- it throws a big wrench into the Republican plan to turn the state into a Handmaid’s Tale type dystopia, as Berger was spearheading that effort.
However, apparently Berger’s son is on the State Supreme Court, so I expect more shenanigans.