WTF MTP, NYT, SCOTUS, & AI?
It's only Monday, but I woke up to a whole lot of bullshittery that needs to be rectified quickly
Did you also start this week with a primal scream? Then we’re on the same page.
Today began with SCOTUS pissing everyone off by continuing to treat traitorous sundowning bankrupt adjudicated rapist criminal Donald Trump like he’s a regular person who wasn’t actually caught on tape committing election fraud ahead of his failed insurrection.
SCOTUS ruled unanimously (!!!) that Trump—who was arrested FOUR! TIMES! LAST! YEAR! and is talking about selling off his properties to finance paying the judgment against the woman he RAPED and couldn’t stop defaming—can remain on the ballot in Colorado. He can also whine about his immunity case and essentially delay his Jan 6th trial, but also he can’t do anything about those other 91 felonies he’s still facing.
While some might say that the liberal justices were only following the Constitution, I would posit that maybe the current abnormal circumstances should allow for some wiggle room when it comes to interpretation. John Hancock never could have imagined a sitting President selling government secrets to foreign enemies or bullying a Secretary of State to falsify election results to remain in power or [name one of the endless examples of Trump’s criming that would have put any one of us away for life].
*INSERT PRIMAL SCREAM BREAK*
Then there’s the zero help from the MSM which continues to be a major problem in this very important election year.
Kristen “Not An Improvement Over Chuck Todd” Welker used the word “allegedly” when talking about Trump’s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election on Sunday’s Meet the Press, which is more like Meet the Depressed after watching this once prestigious Sunday show in such a Trumpified tailspin.
ALLEGEDLY. OMFG, Kristen, I just cannot with you.
*INSERT SECOND PRIMAL SCREAM BREAK*
Welker is so bad at this job, in that she never gives Joe Biden any slack. It’s not hard to talk about the Biden administration’s achievements, but since Joe Biden is 81, none of them matter to most of MSNBC.
This brings us to the New York Times fully embracing its status as the leading digital fishwrap still behind a paywall.
I’ve submitted letters to the NYT that they ignore, so consider this an open letter telling them to get all the way fucking bent. Joe Biden is hugely popular with Democrats who are united behind him and VP Harris and plan to show up in huge numbers in November. Black women in particular are leading the charge, as was made clear on a Zoom strategy call I was on last week.
There was also this shit in my email this morning. This is why we wake up exhausted in 2024.
Fuck off, Ken, no one has time for this. You’re really questioning the dignity of this administration after Trump turned the White House into the Monkey House at the Bronx Zoo (with a 24-hour pharmacy).
Reminder: I’m still looking for a job in politics and I always write truthful things, as you’ve hopefully seen for yourself here.
*INSERT ANOTHER PRIMAL SCREAM*
*TAKES DEEP CLEANSING BREATH*
You might be aware of how hard I’m trying to get my rock and roll love story The Sound of Settling repped by an agent and optioned by a producer. The reviews continue to be amazing and I’ve sold 547 books. I can move product! I’m an untapped goldmine! I’ll never give up!
That’s why I used Query Tracker—the industry standard to find an agent— on Friday and submitted a query as per the agent’s specifications. My query letter starts with a blurb from Cameron Crowe and also mentions Dave Grohl, as well as my sales and raves from readers. You’d think that would be enough to at least pique someone’s curiosity enough to check out the book, but nah. I’ve gotten great rejections and meh rejections, but now it’s clear that I’m getting AI-generated rejections as well.
I’m used to getting those from jobs I’ve applied to—from Gannett News Service to Anthropologie, there are just “better candidates” out there based on what can be scanned from my CV—but to know that a human never saw my submission is both infuriating and troubling.
If I submit to an agent on Friday, I shouldn’t hear back so early on a Monday morning. The email was sent at 5:43 am my time. Come on, now.
If you read that in the voice of Joshua, the computer from WarGames, you’re my people.
“I read your pages with interest”? No you fucking didn’t, Robo-assistant.
It’s disheartening, because what are indie authors looking to get a traditional deal supposed to do? Self-promotion is exhausting and I know it’s annoying for anyone who checks my socials on the regular. I also know in my bones that I have a commercial hit here. But it’s hard not to feel defeated when I can’t even get a human to look at what I’ve accomplished by myself already.
So I’m asking for your help in helping the Yes Person find me, and it’s something you already do all the time: a simple sharing of a link.
Please share The Sound of Settling on your socials and tag me. If you can’t afford to buy it—and I’m super close to finally fixing all the issues from IngramSpark so I can get it into libraries—you can post the link and say it’s on your TBR list just based on the reviews and word-of-mouth. Which is hopefully true!
Everyone loves an overnight success story, especially when that overnight has been like fifteen years long. Right? Right? 😩
I can’t primal scream anymore, my friends. I have to sing with Low Bar Chorale tomorrow night. So, here’s a little reminder as to why my book is so rad, as the kids used to say.
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