The awakening for this Gen Xer has been a journey. When I thought I was a liberal, I understood the basics. Republicans were evil and Democrats were less evil. I believed that if we just voted in “a good person” for the presidency, we’d finally have a government that works for the people. I also understood third party candidates never won. Those people would either never make it past the primaries or be villainized as the reason we ended up with a Republican president. Only in 2025 did I wake up.

There are undercurrents that interrogate the authenticity and effectiveness of the Target Boycott. Walmart is just as worthy a candidate for a national boycott, perhaps even more so. However, while a national boycott of Walmart and other mega retail-stores is needed, it could expose more gaps than we are prepared to fill. The outrage is selective on purpose—Target is the perfect mark.

The last major asset from the fame and fortune accumulated thus far from my celebrity as a television actor and Public Speaker... SOLD. I just can’t keep up under the reigning regime, nor do I desire to. I desire to maintain a creative and spiritual practice — to turn the privileges I hold into power, not just to wield for my own ambitions, but to create a lasting, positive impact on the world. My overall objective has always been to live life on my own terms and support others in being able to do the same.