The mayor is an elected official, the governor can’t just fire him. The fact the US DOJ was investigating and probably going to prosecute likely led to any state investigation being ended, due to federal investigations taking precedence.
I’d say just don’t engage with it at all.
If someone talks about it, pretend ignorance. Like total ignorance of any aspect of the stories.
Or, if someone mentions it, just say you don’t give bigots money.
Editing to expand: by pirating you are perpetuating the cultural impact. The majority of people pay for access to this media, and by engaging with it you make it more costly for other people to skip it.
Got kids? Percy Jackson (and the other Rick Riordan written) series are great. Older kids? Get them reading chuck wendig or Margaret Killjoy.
Introduce yourself to Kafka and Marquez and Butler and Morrison and so many other great great writers who make JK Rowling look like the utter hack she is.
But you’d possibly be making life better for people in general, depending on which politicians you chose to destroy (and in what way you destroyed them.)
Same. The headline is journalistic malpractice at best. Joss was murdered by a homophobic terrorist.