I’m Josh Slocum for Wokespy and Welcome to the week in Woke. We’ve got three for you this week-let’s go.
1.
When a would-be assassin nearly killed President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania Saturday, July 13, his survival looked like a miracle – because it was. You’ve probably already seen this incredible photograph that caught the bullet that nearly killed the 45th president, in mid-air, just a microsecond before it clipped his ear.
At just the exact right moment, Trump turned his head away from the crowd in front, allowing the bullet to graze his ear.
Serious questions are being asked across the political spectrum. How did the shooter manage to get onto an empty rooftop with a clear line of sight? How did the Secret Service not notice him?
But what caused Trump to turn his head? It was this chart:
The chart says it all. When Trump cracked down on the problem during his administration starting in late 2019, the number of border jumpers dropped precipitously. And then Biden took office, and the bars on the chart reached up like Manhattan skyscrapers.
The Twitter/X user who posted the chart injected a bit of much-needed humor into what has been an awful weekend for Americans.
Others took a similar approach with absurd silliness like this:
And the laughs just keep on coming.
Especially in times of woe, laughter is often the best (or only) medicine. But there’s always that one party pooper.
2.
The Netflixification of reality continues.
A new documentary set to be released later this year claims Abraham Lincoln was a gay man who had “steamy gay sex sessions” with male partners.
Lover of Men, which has a scheduled release date of Friday, September 6, claims to “examine the intimate life of America’s most consequential president” by lying about him.
A two-minute trailer details the background to the film with interviewees from different sides of the political spectrum praising the Civil War president.
Later, it discusses Lincoln’s relationship with Joshua Speed – a lifelong close friend whom the then-president repeatedly offered roles to during his four-year tenure. In addition, the trailer highlights Lincoln’s relationship with Captain David Derickson of the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry, with the two allegedly sharing a bed during the Civil War.
Concluding, the trailer notes Lincoln’s “insistence on equality” and explores hypothetical opinions on the rights of gay people in the 21st century.
According to the film’s synopsis, “Lover of Men widens its lens into the history of human sexual fluidity and focuses on the profound differences between sexual mores of the nineteenth century and those we hold today. The film fills in an important missing piece of American history and challenges the audience to consider why we hold such a limited view of human sexuality.”
When the film’s trailer was shared on social media, many questioned why the documentary makers sought to make “everything gay”.
Others took a more lighthearted view of the documentary.
Ba-dum Tish!
3.
Duke University says that if you show up on time, take care with details, and believe in individual initiative, you’re a racist. Bet you didn’t know that.
As part of its “Critical Race Theory” series, the medical school aims to “catalyze anti-racist practice through education” and create an “anti-racist workforce.”
The document, which has been approved by the school claimed traditional expectations such as arriving for work on time and well-dressed were aspects of “white supremacy culture.”
“White supremacy culture is the idea (ideology) that White people and the ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions of white people are superior to People of Color and their ideas, thoughts, beliefs and actions,” according to the report.
After claiming that the United States is rigged in favor of people “solely because they are White,” the document continued to say that “white supremacy culture” is “power hoarding” at the expense of minorities.
You’ve gotta hear this quote, and you’ve gotta hear it my patented vocal technique, MommyTone.
“In the workplace, white supremacy culture explicitly and implicitly privileges whiteness and discriminates against non-Western and non-white professionalism standards related to dress code, speech, work style, and timeliness,” “Some identifiable characteristics of this culture includes perfectionism, belief that there’s only one right way, power hoarding, individualism, sense of urgency and defensiveness.”
Let’s see what Twitter/X has to say.
Others questioned how the practice would work should a patient arrive on time for surgery.
That’s you caught up for the week. If you liked this, you might like my weekly show Disaffected. Look for it Sundays at nine eastern on Rumble, Youtube, and X. See you next week!
