Because, of course they did. An unhealthy public, already enjoying gratuitous violence & toxicity as entertainment celebrates a mean-spirited extreme Asperberger's case for terminating staff on a reality show (so, he thinks that's his forte), and does it as--president!

The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.

I never liked how they went around punching people--I mean, it's not that I disliked how they punched people; I don't think you should punch people--but then again... if you think someone is a fascist... you shouldn't--ah-- put him -- or her-- in the White House, ah, even if you pretend to like him--or her? Mando‬ ‪@carlatteniese.

The Problem with love in human society and relationships is that it is not taught in a universal manner; its explanation (or lack thereof) is relegated to religion, poetry, commercial and literary drama, song, culture, politics & empire, estate & dynasty, business (marriage for non-love reasons) and dysfunctional parentage. Love is a practice to be learned and mastered, like an art--and an emotional connection that should--first and foremost--depend on shared values, equanimity, physical and intellectual connection and the fostering of the well-being of partners.

The department released the reading nine days later than originally scheduled due to the government shutdown.