Kakistocracy and the Crisis of Democratic Engagement:
A Reflection on Obama’s Remarks Welcome to the dystopian sitcom we’re all trapped in, where the government is run by the least qualified people in the room and the rest of us are the studio audience trying not to scream during the laugh track. This is kakistocracy—the art of elevating the absolute worst to positions […]
THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL
A Legislative Trojan Horse Built from Glitter, Grift, and Gall Imagine if someone tried to solve a house fire by throwing glitter on it—then charged you for the glitter, blamed you for the fire, and passed a law banning hoses. That’s what this bill feels like. Officially, it’s titled something like The American Families and […]
Historical Amnesia Is Not a Strategy
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”Yeah, that quote’s been floating around like a ghost with a grievance. But the problem isn’t just forgetting the past—it’s rewriting it. Worse, we’re grading kids on how well they memorize the edited script. History, they say, is written by the victors. These days, it’s […]
Liberal Wyoming Medical Care
Wyoming is undeniably conservative and deeply Republican – it has been since before statehood. But here’s the thing: our wild west, frontier history fostered not just the “rugged individualism” of modern conservatism, but also a culture of communal cooperation that laid the groundwork for progressive ideals. That’s why we live up to both our nicknames […]
How Billionaires Manufacture Crime
The actions of billionaires aren’t just morally questionable—they’re a direct line to rising crime rates in modern societies. By dismantling social support systems and modeling anti-social behavior, the ultra-wealthy create conditions where crime becomes less a choice and more a survival strategy. First, let’s talk about the playbook. Billionaires wield their power in both politics […]
Boundaries vs. Rules: How to Protect Your Peace When Everything’s on Fire
Welcome to America in 2025, where the economy is one missed paycheck away from cannibalism, basic rights are evaporating faster than ice caps, and the news cycle is a relentless doom scroll of “What fresh hell is this?” When the people in power are treating democracy like a piñata stuffed with civil liberties, it’s easy […]
White Refugees, Blacklisted Realities: The Afrikaner Exodus and Trump’s Selective Empathy
In a move that redefines “selective empathy” with the kind of finesse one normally reserves for hitting a mosquito with a sledgehammer, President Trump has declared 49 white South African Afrikaners as refugees, citing “race-based persecution.” And in case you’re wondering, yes, he did it while ignoring, say, every other crisis on the planet where […]
The Bucket Is Real: Adult Self-Care Without the Sugar-Coating (or the Gaslighting)
Most adults I know aren’t striving for enlightenment. They’re just trying to survive a Tuesday without detonating in a blaze of cortisol and unspoken resentment. Between remote work, collapsing ecosystems, and whatever fresh existential Chernobyl the news is serving up, we’ve become eerily good at white-knuckled endurance—and disastrously bad at actually replenishing ourselves. So let’s […]
Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum: The Religious Liberty Commission and the Bureaucratization of Theocracy
What In The Blessed Hell Is This? On May 1, 2025, Donald Trump—yes, still—signed an executive order to create the Religious Liberty Commission (RLC), a federally funded altar to Christian nationalism disguised as a government office. If that sentence made your frontal lobe twitch, hold onto your communion wafers—it gets worse. The RLC is framed […]
The Rise of Skeptical Hedonism: How Emotional Survivalism Broke American Politics
By Dr. Jess | Cult of Brighter Days Psychological Arsonist (also licensed) Picture this: You wake up in a world where every institution is a slot machine rigged by a drunken god, every news cycle is a psychological assault, and the concept of “future” feels like a scam pulled by a motivational speaker with dead […]