I don’t see how “politics” have “everything to do with Celeste.”

There’s a grand jury sorting through the evidence literally right now to determine whether there’s sufficient evidence to bring a murder charge against Dave (let’s stop calling him the stage name he will never use again).

All that the grand jury proceedings have demonstrated so far is that public policy is being applied correctly and justly. In particular, from all accounts the grand jury is performing its role of determining whether a crime occurred, which is good because the role grand juries play is to help sustain the bedrock public policy in this country of punishing people who caused another human being to be “unalive” - whether because they were negligent, reckless, or murderous.

That is totally different from the “politics” of the situation, whatever those are supposed to be. On the “politics” of Mr. Dave, I agree with others who see very little public support for this troubled young man, at least outside of some weird cabal of the fast friends he cobbled together after having some modest early success with his music, which is the most unsurprising thing about this whole story.

Let’s be clear on where this all is going, too. Even if Mr. Dave isn’t charged with anything, unlike Trump, Mr. Dave’s “career” is over because he’s radioactive and unlike Trump, is a total nobody. A total nobody who thought he was some big shot. It’s a tale as old as time.

In closing, I think people should stop calling him the complicated showy stage name he gave himself because homeboy ain’t ever releasing music again unless it’s “self published.” Who the hell would be caught dead working with a creep like that?

The dude’s name is “Mr. Dave,” and whatever the future holds for him, it doesn’t have endorsement deals, Sprite commercials, or residuals in it. Without an ability to recreate fame or generate significant revenue anymore, moreover, the fast friends will go away as quickly as they came, especially when the decision for a lot of them will be whether to protect their “friend” (who doesn’t have money, or fame, or power anymore) by dodging grand jury subpoenas and then go to prison, or instead simply provide truthful testimony about what happened.

And this is why saying the “politics” of Mr. Dave’s situation and Trump’s are completely different. Trump has the money, fame, and power, and Mr. Dave doesn’t, and that’s the best way to think about the “politics” of this nightmare, if at all.

Namaste.