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A “Power Lesbian” With Ties To Bezos Kills Her Dad … Maybe Because Of Trump?
There is a lot, and I mean a lot, to unpack on this Corey Burke situation. To briefly summarize: she classified herself as a “power lesbian” (I don’t know what that means), and she was married to a prominent transgender author and activist, who I believe writes a newsletter about trans issues in red-leaning states. However, they lived in Washington State (not red-leaning), and/or Corey Burke lived there with her dad Tim. To add just one more wrinkle to this situation, Burke worked for Blue Origin, which is the phallus rocket company founded by Amazon God Jeff Bezos.
On Election Night, Corey apparently murdered her father with an ice “axe” (I think that means an ice pick) because he wouldn’t turn off the lights. But — A HA! — perhaps the real reason, as she told cops on the scene, was that she was “so frustrated” that Trump had just won a second term.
Right here, in this insane true crime case, you have a few issues floating around:
- Ideology and politics
- Gender roles
- Somehow the second-richest guy in the world factors in?
- Mental health
