Hi,
Today is the day sexual assaulter and alleged rapist Donald Trump officially became president (again).
I was in a meeting for three hours this morning, so I am going to summarise what happened by sharing my friend’s text messages:
So there you go.
Welcome to American hell — which includes all of America’s rich white tech bros, some of whom decided to engage in fascist salutes.
You know, Hitler shit.
Musk did this twice, by the way:
Of course while a genocide was perfectly acceptable, 2025 is apparently the year we start extending nazis some grace:
To mark this horrible day there’s a new t-shirt on the Webworm store featuring the man Trump picked to lead US health policy — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Any profits I make for this will be going to Mutual Aid LA for LA fire relief, and Rainbow Youth in New Zealand.
In case you’re unfamiliar, RFK Jr. attempted to block the Covid-19 vaccine, denies the link between HIV and AIDS, claims vaccines cause autism, planted a dead bear cub in Central Park, and discovered he had a dead worm in his brain.
Webworm’s resident artist Jess Johnson wanted to commemorate today’s craziness on a t-shirt, writing:
“Dearest Worms! God has revealed to us our new overlord. Let him lead us in the purification of our great nation. The weakling David Farrier, devoid of worms and stripped of his power, simps for us now.”
It ships worldwide and comes in white, pink, blue and grey.
Again — any profits I make for this will be going to Mutual Aid LA and Rainbow Youth New Zealand.
I feel… discombobulated. How do you feel?
David.
Hi - it's Tuesday morning, I still feel in a kind of shock over all this.
Thanks for the outpouring of comments here. I read through, and I feel a lot more sane - but also incredibly sad that we all have to deal with this in the first place.
This year is going to be - unusual. In America, and also far beyond as other countries (including New Zealand) embrace this MAGA anti-woke "free speech" stance on things.
For those with values, for those who care, for those that aren't insane entitled assholes: it's going to be a really fucking testing time.
Thanks for being here.
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