READING WITHOUT WEEPING: The Tomahawk Choppers just won the World Series (against the Liars and Cheaters), Virginia voters have elected a Trump-backed Republican, and even with more than 4,500 votes as yet uncounted, Cathy Murillo appears to have been decisively pushed off her perch as Santa Barbara’s first Latina mayor. Voters have replaced her with grumpy old white guy Randy Rowse, making him the first XY chromosomal candidate to be legally* elected to the exalted post in 40 years.
Gott im Himmel!
Is Mercury now frozen in a perpetual state of right-wing retrograde? Is it time for all good progressives to pack their bags and move to Vermont?