What the hell happened to JD Vance?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:After reading today's WaPo article about his texts with his former friend from law school who is trans, I feel even worse for Usha. Apparently this is not the guy she married, but now she has three young kids with him and probably still loves him. I noticed the part where he was texting that she was worried she wouldn't get a S Ct clerkship offer because she's so apolitical and didn't have any idelogical strings. Poor thing just wanted to be a super rich IP lawyer or maybe transition into a nice spot in academia at YLS or HLS or a judicial appointment on the Fed Circuit eventually .... and here she is at the center of the culture wars. I wonder if they are having "discussions" about whether the oldest kid is preparing for First Communion.

Elite law school students don't always pair and marry for love, especially not the politics-bound.

You’re really wrong. I went to YLS and my spouse went to HlS and I know lots and lots of elite law school students including Supreme Court clerks. I don’t know anyone that didn’t marry for love. Of course some of us made bad decisions regardless and intellectual accomplishments are sometimes part of love. But no one is marrying for the political/professional connections. And if you went to YlS, you don’t need to. It’s people who didn’t go to elite schools that need to marry for the connections.

+1 (though I didn't go to YLS)

The notion that an appreciable number of couples are marrying because some professor told them to is delusional

Washington is full of sexless sham marriages and IVF babies. Many status obsessed striver JDs, MDs, and MBAs do not marry for love.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:After reading today's WaPo article about his texts with his former friend from law school who is trans, I feel even worse for Usha. Apparently this is not the guy she married, but now she has three young kids with him and probably still loves him. I noticed the part where he was texting that she was worried she wouldn't get a S Ct clerkship offer because she's so apolitical and didn't have any idelogical strings. Poor thing just wanted to be a super rich IP lawyer or maybe transition into a nice spot in academia at YLS or HLS or a judicial appointment on the Fed Circuit eventually .... and here she is at the center of the culture wars. I wonder if they are having "discussions" about whether the oldest kid is preparing for First Communion.

Elite law school students don't always pair and marry for love, especially not the politics-bound.

You’re really wrong. I went to YLS and my spouse went to HlS and I know lots and lots of elite law school students including Supreme Court clerks. I don’t know anyone that didn’t marry for love. Of course some of us made bad decisions regardless and intellectual accomplishments are sometimes part of love. But no one is marrying for the political/professional connections. And if you went to YlS, you don’t need to. It’s people who didn’t go to elite schools that need to marry for the connections.

+1 (though I didn't go to YLS)

The notion that an appreciable number of couples are marrying because some professor told them to is delusional

Washington is full of sexless sham marriages and IVF babies. Many status obsessed striver JDs, MDs, and MBAs do not marry for love.

I don’t believe this. There are some striver couples that found their partners with whom they share values, sure. But calculated sham marriages, I don’t buy it. They may not make good choices because their values are all screwed up, but they are doing the best they can with what they know.

Lots of IVF is true, but that is more to do with starting families late and having lots of resources.

Life is not a bad movie

[Anonymous]

Remember when Simone Biles took a mental health break? JD had something provocative to say about that. What is wrong with him?!!!!

“Senator JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, is drawing renewed scrutiny over his past remarks that the American gymnast Simone Biles, who won another Olympic all-around gold medal on Thursday, showed weakness when she withdrew from the previous Games because of a mental health issue.

Mr. Vance, during an appearance on Fox News in 2021, questioned why Ms. Biles was receiving acclaim for stepping away from the competition at the Tokyo games.

‘I think it reflects pretty poorly on our sort of therapeutic society that we try to praise people, not for moments of strength, not for moments of heroism, but for their weakest moments,’ Mr. Vance, who was running for the Senate, said at the time.”

He also said:

In it, Mr. Vance says that the public’s empathy toward Ms. Biles, who is now 27, was emblematic of what was wrong with the country.

“But instead, what our press has done, I think, has turned this into this weird therapeutic moment,” he said.



https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/us/politics/jd-vance-simone-biles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Remember when Simone Biles took a mental health break? JD had something provocative to say about that. What is wrong with him?!!!!

“Senator JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, is drawing renewed scrutiny over his past remarks that the American gymnast Simone Biles, who won another Olympic all-around gold medal on Thursday, showed weakness when she withdrew from the previous Games because of a mental health issue.

Mr. Vance, during an appearance on Fox News in 2021, questioned why Ms. Biles was receiving acclaim for stepping away from the competition at the Tokyo games.

‘I think it reflects pretty poorly on our sort of therapeutic society that we try to praise people, not for moments of strength, not for moments of heroism, but for their weakest moments,’ Mr. Vance, who was running for the Senate, said at the time.”

He also said:

In it, Mr. Vance says that the public’s empathy toward Ms. Biles, who is now 27, was emblematic of what was wrong with the country.

“But instead, what our press has done, I think, has turned this into this weird therapeutic moment,” he said.



https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/us/politics/jd-vance-simone-biles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Remember how we used to say everything Trump touches dies? JD Vance may be Trump’s true heir in this sense. He is going to take Trump down with him.

Simone Biles is a sublime athlete and gold medalist and JD will be in the dustbin of history soon, I hope. 🤞

I’m almost beginning to feel sorry for him at this point. Almost. 😁

[Anonymous]

Talking about lawyers, I never met a Yale law graduate who was a nice person. Stanford law gang rise up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember when Simone Biles took a mental health break? JD had something provocative to say about that. What is wrong with him?!!!!

“Senator JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, is drawing renewed scrutiny over his past remarks that the American gymnast Simone Biles, who won another Olympic all-around gold medal on Thursday, showed weakness when she withdrew from the previous Games because of a mental health issue.

Mr. Vance, during an appearance on Fox News in 2021, questioned why Ms. Biles was receiving acclaim for stepping away from the competition at the Tokyo games.

‘I think it reflects pretty poorly on our sort of therapeutic society that we try to praise people, not for moments of strength, not for moments of heroism, but for their weakest moments,’ Mr. Vance, who was running for the Senate, said at the time.”

He also said:

In it, Mr. Vance says that the public’s empathy toward Ms. Biles, who is now 27, was emblematic of what was wrong with the country.

“But instead, what our press has done, I think, has turned this into this weird therapeutic moment,” he said.



https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/us/politics/jd-vance-simone-biles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Remember how we used to say everything Trump touches dies? JD Vance may be Trump’s true heir in this sense. He is going to take Trump down with him.

Simone Biles is a sublime athlete and gold medalist and JD will be in the dustbin of history soon, I hope. 🤞

I’m almost beginning to feel sorry for him at this point. Almost. 😁

Let's wait to get cocky. Don't forget how confident we felt going into 2016. We are underdogs in the polls, no matter how insane it is to write out those words.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:After reading today's WaPo article about his texts with his former friend from law school who is trans, I feel even worse for Usha. Apparently this is not the guy she married, but now she has three young kids with him and probably still loves him. I noticed the part where he was texting that she was worried she wouldn't get a S Ct clerkship offer because she's so apolitical and didn't have any idelogical strings. Poor thing just wanted to be a super rich IP lawyer or maybe transition into a nice spot in academia at YLS or HLS or a judicial appointment on the Fed Circuit eventually .... and here she is at the center of the culture wars. I wonder if they are having "discussions" about whether the oldest kid is preparing for First Communion.

Elite law school students don't always pair and marry for love, especially not the politics-bound.

You’re really wrong. I went to YLS and my spouse went to HlS and I know lots and lots of elite law school students including Supreme Court clerks. I don’t know anyone that didn’t marry for love. Of course some of us made bad decisions regardless and intellectual accomplishments are sometimes part of love. But no one is marrying for the political/professional connections. And if you went to YlS, you don’t need to. It’s people who didn’t go to elite schools that need to marry for the connections.

+1 (though I didn't go to YLS)

The notion that an appreciable number of couples are marrying because some professor told them to is delusional

Washington is full of sexless sham marriages and IVF babies. Many status obsessed striver JDs, MDs, and MBAs do not marry for love.

I don’t believe this. There are some striver couples that found their partners with whom they share values, sure. But calculated sham marriages, I don’t buy it. They may not make good choices because their values are all screwed up, but they are doing the best they can with what they know.

Lots of IVF is true, but that is more to do with starting families late and having lots of resources.

Life is not a bad movie

IVF is also used by strivers in sexless marriages. And women married to closeted gay men.

[Anonymous]

Yale has had a famous reputation in the (closeted) gay/bi male community going back a century. Movies like The Good Shepherd and American Psycho make references to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He was a public affairs spox based in Cherry Hill, North Carolina. No combat and no danger to his life during a war, unless you count the twinkies and Mountain Dew he was wolfing down at his desk.

Can someone who knows more about the marines explain how he got this kind of assignment during war time? I know lots of people who served in that time and they were all deployed repeatedly unless they had some rare specificskillset needed state side. How did a HS grad with no particular skills or connections land this very safe posting? Just total luck of the draw? Or do the marines save those spots for the ones who aren’t as physically fit? I’m not surprised he did well in the role of PR, but very surprised they were assigning a young fresh recruit to this role (when it seems like a good place to put folks who need a break from deployment or are pregnant or with minor service related disabilities).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Talking about lawyers, I never met a Yale law graduate who was a nice person. Stanford law gang rise up

That’s ok. I’ve met quite a few. They were nice people going into YLS and they’ve remained nice people. Some of them even use their legal skills for nice things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After reading today's WaPo article about his texts with his former friend from law school who is trans, I feel even worse for Usha. Apparently this is not the guy she married, but now she has three young kids with him and probably still loves him. I noticed the part where he was texting that she was worried she wouldn't get a S Ct clerkship offer because she's so apolitical and didn't have any idelogical strings. Poor thing just wanted to be a super rich IP lawyer or maybe transition into a nice spot in academia at YLS or HLS or a judicial appointment on the Fed Circuit eventually .... and here she is at the center of the culture wars. I wonder if they are having "discussions" about whether the oldest kid is preparing for First Communion.

Elite law school students don't always pair and marry for love, especially not the politics-bound.

You’re really wrong. I went to YLS and my spouse went to HlS and I know lots and lots of elite law school students including Supreme Court clerks. I don’t know anyone that didn’t marry for love. Of course some of us made bad decisions regardless and intellectual accomplishments are sometimes part of love. But no one is marrying for the political/professional connections. And if you went to YlS, you don’t need to. It’s people who didn’t go to elite schools that need to marry for the connections.

+1 (though I didn't go to YLS)

The notion that an appreciable number of couples are marrying because some professor told them to is delusional

Perhaps. But there are non-zero numbers of promising students with excellent grades and test scores who, for various reasons, have had underwhelming social lives. It’s not delusional to imagine professors facilitating social activities for their students— who then may go on to marry their YLS peers after having limited experiences with partnerships and dating. So maybe “steered” in each other’s direction rather than “told them to”?

[Anonymous]

Very few Republicans have actually read this demonic creep’s memoir.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like Vance's Philadelphia rally had some weird energy.

"There was one kind of diversity in this small but weirdly intense crowd. Every type of white man that gets a hasty "swipe left" on his dating profile was in attendance: 'Roided out dudes with bad tribal tattoos. Older men radiating "bitter divorce" energy. Men with
enormous beards that have never known the touch of a trimmer. Skinny fascists wearing expensive suits, despite the oppressive heat.
Glowering loners staring at the two women under 40 like cats watching birds out a window."

https://www.salon.com/2024/08/07/bringing-back-the-joy-kamala-harris-rally-blow
s-away-jd-vances-weird-appearance-across-town/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like Vance's Philadelphia rally had some weird energy.

"There was one kind of diversity in this small but weirdly intense crowd. Every type of white man that gets a hasty "swipe left" on his dating profile was in attendance: 'Roided out dudes with bad tribal tattoos. Older men radiating "bitter divorce" energy. Men with
enormous beards that have never known the touch of a trimmer. Skinny fascists wearing expensive suits, despite the oppressive heat.
Glowering loners staring at the two women under 40 like cats watching birds out a window."

https://www.salon.com/2024/08/07/bringing-back-the-joy-kamala-harris-rally-blows-away-jd-vances-weird-appearance-across-town/

Broke the link on that last post: https://www.salon.com/2024/08/07/bringing-back-the-joy-kamala-harris-rally-blows-away-jd-vances-weird-appearance-across-town/

[Anonymous]

"JD Vance Just Blurbed a Book Arguing That Progressives Are Subhuman

In a normal political environment, there would be little need to pay attention to a new book by the far-right provocateur Jack Posobiec, who is probably best known for promoting the conspiracy theory that Democrats ran a satanic child abuse ring beneath a popular
Washington pizzeria. But “Unhumans,” an anti-democratic screed that Posobiec co-wrote with the professional ghostwriter Joshua Lisec, comes with endorsements from some of the most influential people in
Republican politics, including, most significantly, vice-presidential candidate JD Vance.

The word “fascist” gets thrown around a lot in politics, but it’s hard to find a more apt one for “Unhumans,” which came out last
month. The book argues that leftists don’t deserve the status of human beings — that they are, as the title says, unhumans — and that they are waging a shadow war against all that is good and decent, which will end in apocalyptic slaughter if they are not stopped. “As they are opposed to humanity itself, they place themselves outside of the category completely, in an entirely new misery-driven subdivision, the unhuman,” write Posobiec and Lisec.

As they tell it, modern progressivism is just the latest incarnation of an ancient evil dating back to the late Roman Republic and continuing through the French Revolution and Communism to today. Often, they write, “great men of means” are required to crush this scourge. The contempt for democracy in “Unhumans” is not subtle. “Our study of history has brought us to this conclusion: Democracy has never worked to protect innocents from the unhumans,” write
Posobiec and Lisec."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/opinion/jd-vance-fascism-unhumans.html