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JD Vance prepares to be the first millennial vice president
NEW YORK (AP) — As he prepares to become the nation’s first millennial vice president, JD Vance is already the presumptive heir to the “Make America Great Again” movement.
Vance hasn’t been assigned a specific portfolio in the White House like some of his predecessors. While he has long-standing areas of interest, from tech and disaster relief to immigration, people close to the former Ohio senator say he sees his role as doing whatever is needed to best help President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration accomplish his agenda. He is also expected to be a liaison to Capitol Hill, leveraging relationships he built during his two years in the Senate.
“I would say JD’s the guy that will plug any hole or be as beneficial to the administration and be as beneficial to President Trump as possible,” said Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, a friend and ally.
Moreno said Vance would also continue the role he played during the campaign as Trump’s chief messenger, defending him on television and jousting with reporters.
“His most important job is to be out there and be President Trump’s pit bull,” said Moreno. When Trump needs somebody to defend him or his policies, he added, “JD’s going to be the guy that leads the troops to have President Trump’s back.”
It has been an astounding eight years for the 40-year-old “Hillbilly Elegy” author, who has transformed himself from a former venture capitalist and harsh Trump critic. Vance will be a critical part not just of Trump’s return to the White House but the future of his political movement. With Trump prevented by the Constitution from running in 2028, Vance is a natural successor.
But first, he needs to stay in Trump’s good graces.
Vance overcame a rocky start
Trump’s decision to tap Vance as his No. 2 landed with a thud at first.
Vance faced a barrage of criticism over his past remarks deriding women who weren’t parents as “childless cat ladies” and for suggesting those without biological children should not be in positions of power. Headlines panned him as the least popular vice presidential candidate in modern history.
But Vance soon delivered a widely praised performance during the vice presidential debate and established himself as a top Trump surrogate, someone who regularly answered reporters’ questions and sat for interviews with outlets of all stripes. He once appeared on three Sunday shows in a single day.
Vance’s willingness to wade into sometimes hostile territory earned Trump’s praise.
“He is a feisty guy, isn’t he?” Trump said during his victory speech the night of the election, describing how he had instructed Vance to “go into the enemy camp.” While some Republicans might have resisted going on CNN or speaking with The New York Times, Trump said, Vance “really looks forward to it, and then he just goes in and absolutely obliterates them.”
Vance, he added, “turned out to be a good choice. I took a little heat at the beginning, but he was — I knew the brain was a good one, about as good as it gets.”
A cautionary tale
Things didn’t go so well for Trump’s last vice president.
Mike Pence, who was unfailingly loyal to his boss, ended his term fleeing from a violent mob on Jan. 6, 2021, after he refused to go along with Trump’s scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump would not forgive Pence, blaming him for their loss, and turned legions of his supporters against his second-in-command. Pence would end his own bid for the 2024 nomination months before the first votes were cast after struggling to raise money or draw significant crowds.
“Pence and Trump started off on this same footing, with the same high expectations, and had a great working relationship,” said Devin O’Malley, the vice president’s former press secretary and senior adviser to his campaign. O’Malley stressed that he did not expect things to end up the same way for Vance, whom he said “appears to be hitting all the marks to be successful in the role.”
While Trump and Pence were always said to be close before their split, they had very different personalities. Trump picked Pence, someone he barely knew, in part to assuage evangelical Christians alarmed over Trump’s behavior and to win over other Republicans skeptical of his outsider candidacy.
Aides have long described Trump and Vance as real friends who enjoy each other’s company. The two speak almost every day on the phone, in person or by text.
Unlike Pence, Vance is also ideologically aligned with Trump on major issues ranging from trade to the use of U.S. forces overseas. He is close to Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and has developed strong relationships with incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles, senior adviser Stephen Miller and others.
He also has ties to the new generation of tech billionaires ascendant in Trump’s orbit, including Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, who once employed Vance and backed his rise in politics.
While 2028 is years away, Vance for now is seen by many as the natural torchbearer for the MAGA movement, even as other Republicans with national ambitions circle nearby.
Senior Trump adviser Jason Miller called him “the future of the Republican Party and this movement that President Trump has started.”
“I really see him as being the person to be the flag bearer going forward, following President Trump,” he said at a recent gathering of business leaders.
A new generation takes power
When he is sworn in on Monday, Vance will make history as the first millennial to serve in the role and the first vice president in nearly two decades with young children.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., recently traveled with Vance to North Carolina to meet with victims of Hurricane Helene. She suggested his relative youth on the national stage gave Vance certain advantages including a comfort with social media and different communication style.
“I think because he is younger he has a boldness that – with the exception of President Trump – as you age, your boldness I think becomes shade by lessons learned over the years,” Capito said.
People close to Vance like to stress that he is a regular person — “about as normal a guy as there’s ever been in politics,” Moreno said — with a working-class background.
“He’ll wear sweatshirts. He roots for sports teams… He’s a guy’s guy. He’s a bro’s bro,” said Terry Schilling, president of American Principles Project, who has been advising Vance informally on cultural and family issues since he started running for the Senate. “He’ll have a beer with you. He’ll watch a football game with you. He’ll tease you, he’ll rib you. He’s also going to work hard and be serious when he needs to.”
Indeed, after his beloved Ohio State clinched a spot in the national football championship game, Vance took to social media to bemoan his dilemma. The Buckeyes play Notre Dame for the title in Atlanta on Monday night, hours after he and Trump are set to be sworn into office.
“Hopefully everyone is cool with me skipping the inauguration so I can go to the national title game,” Vance joked on X, sharing a mock comic strip featuring two red buttons — “Attend your own inauguration” and “Go watch the Buckeyes win a national title” — and a sweating superhero torn between them.
It was the kind of quip relatable to any sports fan and the latest burnishing of his regular-guy persona.
But Vance is scheduled to stay in Washington — even if he’ll be checking his phone at the Liberty Ball.
JD Vance, the best-selling author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” is making waves in the political world as he prepares to potentially become the first millennial vice president. At just 37 years old, Vance has quickly risen to prominence as a conservative voice and has been rumored to be a potential running mate for several Republican presidential candidates.Vance’s unique background as a self-described “hillbilly” from Ohio has resonated with many Americans, and his no-nonsense approach to politics has garnered him a large following. His views on issues such as immigration, trade, and the economy have been praised by conservatives and criticized by liberals, making him a polarizing figure in the political landscape.
As Vance continues to build his political resume and gain support from key players in the Republican party, many are speculating that he could be a formidable contender for the vice presidential nomination in the next election. With his youth, fresh perspective, and strong conservative values, Vance could be the perfect choice to appeal to younger voters and help lead the country in a new direction.
Only time will tell if JD Vance will indeed become the first millennial vice president, but one thing is for certain – he is a rising star in the political world and one to watch in the coming years.
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#Vance #prepares #millennial #vice #presidentThe Older I Get As A Millennial, The More I Yearn For The Toxic Culture Of My Childhood
Lately, something has been bothering me. It’s been bothering me a lot. I grew up in a very WASP-y, hoity-toity neighborhood. My childhood was one of private schools, hearing people ask which beach club (or country club) we belonged to, and having friends who owned their yachts.
At one point, I was expected to finish college and get a Master’s from Princeton. I walked away from all that because the toxicity it bred in me was horrific. I lay a lot of the blame for my sexual abuse, drug use, and my eventual trafficking squarely on the people who surrounded me.
When I ran off, I found more genuine people in the NYC projects. I found my friends living in abandoned warehouses, I met convicted felons who showed me more kindness than anyone at my college did, and some of my closest friends are active gutter punks.
Recently, I caught myself ordering unsettling amounts of eggs benedict and walking into a Vineyard Vines. I even ordered The WASP Cookbook.
So, what’s the problem? Ever since I had a nervous breakdown at my college, ran away, and got trafficked, I made a point of making sure I walked away from the “prep life” I was on track to eventually succumb to. I never wanted to go back.
I want to point all of this out because I genuinely hate the type of people I grew up with — with a handful of exceptions who know who they are. Hate is a strong word, which is why I am using it. I can’t stand the sight of my former classmates or anyone who looks like them.
Lately, though, I find my millennial self nostalgic for the toxic culture of my childhood.
I find myself wanting to hang out on a yacht or speedboat. I want to occasionally see a golf course, or have a personal cabana on the beach club. At times, I even wonder if people around me even have a horseback riding area.
I’ve started to miss the look of marble hallways, old wood columns, and the Princetonite-chic look of so many of the things I was once used to. I miss brunches that have lighter fare and watching people have martini dinners by the sea.
No lie, I yearn for it — and the pep-pep, rah-rah of the prep school spirit. And, for the love of all that’s holy, I can’t figure out why I’m yearning for a world that made it so clear they don’t want me to be a part of it.
Antonio Guillem via ShutterstockIn reality, I know I don’t want to go back to that type of life.
For someone who ran away from these people because they were so fake and so cruel, wanting to go back to those ways is alarming, and supports how nostalgia is a social emotion. When I asked my mother what was happening to me, she had something that made a little bit of sense.
She said, “We tend to crave what we grew up with because it’s a source of comfort as we age. It’s why I decorated the house in red and gold and why you do the same in your home.”
Is this what it is? To a point, I might be able to see it, but there’s a problem. While I no longer have the knee-jerk hate reaction I once did with the look of old money, I don’t fully see why this is happening now and not earlier when my dad died.
My dad, much like myself, hated the pretension of living in an upper-class neighborhood. My mom only recently started to embrace it. And me? Well, I moved to a more sane/civilized/honest area and have been able to work on healing trauma and rejection hurt from the past 30 years by making authentic connections with others to heal old wounds.
While I grew up with it, my home life was not entirely part of that world. It was just what I was surrounded by, another aspect of biculturalism. I was the weird kid with a Romanian accent for the first four years of schooling. After that, I was the weird kid with odd clothes. So it’s not entirely my past, you know what I mean?
I know that if I went back to my childhood, I’d go back to being miserable, and I also know that no one in those circles would want me.
SynthEx via ShutterstockI dress too weirdly for them. It’s a society that prides itself on conformity, and I never had the time or impetus to fit in. It’s a time when I don’t have the answers and can’t explain them.
Feeling the call to all the old money ways I was exposed to is messing with me on a visceral level. I’m happy when I’m in a warehouse. I’m happy when I get to see graffiti art being made, or when my friends and I have raunchy talks. It’s what I ran to.
Why do I want something I’ve run away from? Moreover, why would I want it when I have every reason to associate it with pain? I see navy blue sweaters and immediately assume the people wearing them hate me! That’s Pavlovian.
I’m not used to being unable to introspect my feelings or come up with a reason why this could be happening. It feels strange. This is left field for me.
I don’t know what this means. Part of me wonders if I can even try to work my way back into that life. I’m not sure whether that’s even feasible, all things considered. I’m still a pariah by the nature of my past.
Maybe in another life, I’ll feel ready to go back. I’ll give it the ol’ college try, finally get my degree, and smile politely without having any clue who wants to be around me. Who knows? Perhaps I’ll like it now that I’m older.
Maybe then, I’ll be ready to acclimate to the culture I was surrounded by in my hometown and the surrounding areas. Maybe it was just an age thing or just a part of me being the awkward goth in the neighborhood. Maybe I had to grow jaded or make money of my own before revisiting and re-narrating my history as a starting point for healing.
Eh, probably not. I still have no idea why I find myself missing it. But wow, it is weird and Saudade-filled. Am I the only one who gets this way about places and people you know aren’t good?
Ossiana Tepfenhart is a writer whose work has been featured in Yahoo, BRIDES, Your Daily Dish, Newtheory Magazine, and others.
As a millennial, I find myself reflecting more and more on the toxic culture of my childhood and feeling a strange sense of nostalgia for it. Growing up in the 90s and early 2000s, there were certain aspects of our culture that now seem problematic and harmful, but at the time, they felt normal and even enjoyable.One aspect that comes to mind is the obsession with thinness and dieting. I remember being bombarded with images of stick-thin models and celebrities, and feeling pressure to constantly monitor my own weight and appearance. While I now understand the damaging effects of this kind of messaging, there was a certain sense of camaraderie among my peers as we all struggled together to meet unrealistic beauty standards.
Similarly, I find myself missing the competitive and cutthroat nature of school and extracurricular activities. Back then, it felt exhilarating to push myself to the limit and constantly strive for perfection. Now, as an adult, I see the toll that this kind of pressure can take on mental health and well-being, but there is a part of me that misses the thrill of the chase.
Even the music and pop culture of my childhood, with its emphasis on rebellion and pushing boundaries, now seems tame compared to the sanitized and politically correct media of today. There was a certain rawness and authenticity to the art and entertainment of that time that I find myself yearning for in a world that feels increasingly sanitized and curated.
Of course, I recognize that the toxic culture of my childhood had its drawbacks and harms, and I am grateful for the progress we have made in terms of social justice and mental health awareness. But there is a part of me that can’t help but long for the simpler, if more toxic, times of my youth. Perhaps it is just a symptom of getting older and feeling nostalgic for a time when things seemed more straightforward and clear-cut. Or perhaps it is a recognition that, despite its flaws, there was a certain freedom and excitement in the toxic culture of my childhood that I miss in today’s more sanitized world.
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#Older #Millennial #Yearn #Toxic #Culture #ChildhoodGen Z Begs for Return of Outdated Millennial Staple, Internet Agrees
A woman has urged for the return of a millennial hair staple, the side part, sparking a lively discussion online.
Alexis Cushman (@lexicushmann), 20. from Florida, shared a video of herself styling her hair to the side, which garnered over 1.3 million likes and more than 10.8 million views on the app.
“I think the side part went out of style and was more in style earlier in the 2000s,” Cushman said in the clip. “I think a lot of people have moved to the middle part lately and I always see people with side parts being told to switch to a middle part to follow the trend.
“I love when people play with their hair and flip it around; it gives more volume and body to the hair, and I think it looks great on everyone!” Cushman told Newsweek.
Alexis Cushman addresses the camera. The social-media influencer told Newsweek why she has called for the return of the once-extremely popular hairstyle.
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Side parts have long been a defining hairstyle, particularly popular among millennials during the early 2000s. Known for their ability to soften facial features and create a polished look, side parts gained widespread appeal through their association with celebrities and iconic styles of the time.
“Can we bring back side parts? I’m sick of everyone acting like they’re weird,” Cushman wrote as the text overlaying the video.
The side part’s popularity began to wane in recent years as younger generations, particularly on TikTok, championed the middle part. Many Gen Z users have deemed side parts outdated, with some claiming they make a person look older or less stylish. The shift to middle parts has been tied to the platform’s influence in reshaping beauty norms.
However, recent fashion and beauty trends suggest the side part may be making a comeback. Designers and hairstylists have begun embracing the look once more, with runway shows and celebrity appearances featuring updated takes on the classic side part.
The social-media reaction to Lexi’s video was divided, with some users critiquing her attempt at a side part.
“Sooo close that right there is a middle part flipped over not side part but actual side parts are very rarely cute unless it has a ton of volume and rlly [really] done up and curled,” posted one viewer.
“This is more of a middle part with a hair flip not a side part,” commented Naomi.
“When I say this discourse is ONLY online … I’ve never changed to fit trends and no one has ever said a word to me and I get compliments on my style all the time,” added Sydney.
“Literally who says they [are] weird people still do side parts,” wrote Amyah.
Many users said: “Do what you want.”
“I still see negative comments surrounding the side part and think it should make a comeback this year! Because of the negative comments on the side part still, I just made a little video saying let’s bring it back! It’s cute and fun!” Cushman concluded.
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Gen Z has spoken, and they want the return of a beloved millennial staple: the humble CD player. In a recent social media campaign, members of Gen Z have been pleading for the revival of the outdated technology, citing nostalgia and a desire to disconnect from the digital world.The campaign, which has gained traction on platforms like TikTok and Twitter, has sparked a wave of support from millennials and even some older generations who fondly remember the days of burning mix CDs and carefully organizing their music collections.
Many users have expressed frustration with the streaming services and the constant connectivity that comes with digital music consumption. They long for the simplicity and tactile experience of popping in a CD, flipping through the booklet, and pressing play.
Some have even gone as far as digging out their old CD collections and dusting off their old CD players, relishing in the analog sound and the physicality of music that they feel is missing from today’s digital age.
The overwhelming support for the return of the CD player has led to calls for music companies to consider bringing back the technology, at least in a limited capacity for those who still appreciate the nostalgia and charm of physical media.
Whether or not the CD player will make a comeback remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: Gen Z’s plea for the return of this outdated millennial staple has struck a chord with internet users across generations.
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