Fumbleweed

People that live under the same roof have to have some core values. In this case, I believe that one of ours as a country would be that we do not celebrate the murder of innocent people. When Bin laden was killed, there was celebration, but he was not innocent. He was responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans. Charlie Kirk never killed anyone or even came close. Celebrating the death of someone we disagree with, but is otherwise innocent really means you're too far gone and should no longer be in a position of influence over other people.

I would take Nix over Dak this week

Perception is reality. You know that. You've got to do more than just claim it's not true. You have to start denouncing. Otherwise, the label will continue to stick.

What I think the left fails to understand on some level is that if they are still looking to win elections, they need to get off of this hill. If this is a hill they're willing to die on, then they're absolutely going to die.

Yes. Once you are 21 years old, I think no one should interfere with however you wish to live your life (short of harming others and/or doing things that raise the risk of harming others significantly). But, targeting kids in the stages of identify formation with things based on an agenda is a terrible thing.

Montana is a fantastic place. Spent two weeks there this summer in the Glacier area and then further south. Also drove through coming out of North Dakota and spent a night at Great Falls. Man, what a beautiful place. Arizona is great, too. Not knocking that state. I just didn't want anyone to think Montana shouldn't be in the top five who hasn't been there because it is terrific. For me, I find that all the states are pretty much great in their own way. Except for Mississippi. That would be the one state I would have difficulty saying nice things about.

30 years now providing counseling/therapy in a school setting, so take this for what it's worth. Transgenderism is so blended now with social contagion that those immersed in it are very often deeply confused about who they really are. I blame the left for a lot of that as the affirming of gender fluidity has been horribly harmful. Kids are struggling with identity issues in their early adolescent years and the transgender label is a desperate play for identity in most of the contagion kids. Yes, there are and have always been true transgender children, but the number has grown in the past 10-15 years because of the push and constant affirmation from the left. Most kids claiming to be transgender aren't truly transgender, but are deeply confused and need support- the vast majority have trauma in their past to deal with and that comes first before looking at the gender-related issues. What I hope the left and right and everyone in between can always agree on is that kindness is always the answer to so much of what ills the world. Be kind. To everyone. But, you don't have to further mix up an already mixed-up kid to be kind to them. When the trauma is addressed and processed, most times the contagion kids looking for some sort of identity abandon the idea of gender fluidity. I have a great deal of experience with this. And, occasionally they don't because, again, there are kids out there who are legit in regards to transgenderism. As for the shooting yesterday, transgenderism is not the lead story in all of that, but it's not a non-story either. There are a lot of people we're not giving help to because we don't want them to feel as if they need it when they really, really do.