We begin here:
YES, I hear myself screaming into the void. And I suspect that if you follow this Substack, you might scream similarly. How is anything about the 2026 election even remotely close? How could any sane person not vote to save democracy and decency from obvious authoritarian-nationalist-kleptocratic self-destruction? How is this even a subject for debate?
Especially because, thanks to Trump and RFK, “explosive diarrhea” is now a thing that is trending. Maybe too on the nose, eh?
Paraphrasing Dante Hicks:
Or, of course:
Honestly, it says something that American politics is best encapsulated in memes.
Me being me, I do intend to bring some light to this heat: to provide an account that provides some understanding, and thus some comfort. But, since I intend to scream pointlessly and with unbleeped cuss-words into the void for few minutes first, which I hope will be cathartic for you and me both, I’m going to put this one behind a paywall. I hope you’ll join me. “For the price of a cup of coffee,” as they say.
