I would have faith in better outcomes going forward if I felt that people actually were learning lessons and getting more informed. I'm not sure they are, but maybe pain will be the teacher we need to cut the shit and make obviously responsible choices next year and beyond.

2016 was a picnic compared to last year's election. It changed my entire outlook on American society. But it's also water under the bridge, and we have to do our best to move forward. I still find a lot of joy in my little corner of the world even if our politics is an exploding clown car.

From Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir, probably one of the most visceral depictions of grief and trauma I've recently read.

She's now in grief and positive platitudes can't help, speaking from experience. The urge to quickly push ppl to be okay is so damaging w trauma and grief and I hope people give her the space and time to feel and deal with this pain in her way. I hope she has a strong and loving circle around her.

Her love- and partner of 14 years- committed suicide- it's a completely soul altering event and she will never, ever be the same again. Time is now before his death, and after his death. Her life has irreversibly changed for the worse. She will not be okay, and it's okay and healthy to accept that.

The executive order was one of multiple first-day Trump directives aimed at overhauling the federal workforce of 2.3 million — including a hiring freeze, a strict return-to-office mandate, an update of hiring rules and changes designed to bring more accountability to career senior executives.