Butterflies and Wheels – Discussing all the things

The NY Times editorial board has a piece explaining how opponents of Trump should do what Peter Magyar did to expel the monster.
But they draw the usual tactful [aka terrified] veil over one of the larger items.
The second lesson may be harder for Democrats — and center-left parties in Europe — to absorb. Mr. Magyar, who identifies as center right, won partly by avoiding the social progressivism that dominates elite left-leaning circles and alienates many voters...

He doesn’t get it.
No, feminism is not “about equality” you bonehead. It’s about the fact that we don’t have it, and guess what, you’re a shining example of not getting it.
It’s about the fact that humans have always extrapolated from sexual dimorphism to women are inferior. It’s about the fact that male animals tend to police female animals so as not to be tricked into wasting resources on some other male animal’s offspring...

JD Vance tells the pope to stick to his own job.
JD Vance has weighed in on Donald Trump’s feud with Pope Leo, effectively telling the pontiff to stay in his lane after the head of the Catholic church criticized the White House over the Iran war.
“It would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality, to stick to matters of what’s going on in the Catholic church and let the president of the United States stick to dictating American public policy,” the vice-president – a Catholic convert...

The Beeb reports:
A nurse from south London who was suspended over an alleged breach of a transgender patient’s confidentiality has won a settlement against the NHS trust she works for.
Jennifer Melle from Croydon, was removed from duty after speaking publicly to the media about receiving a warning for using the wrong pronouns....