Lyz Lenz wrote this right after the election. I agree with her statement about Trump voters' motivations.

Dingus of the week: Matt Yglesias:

If your response to a loss is to become more inhumane, what were you really in this for?

Do not compound your loss with cowardice. We didn’t lose because we were wrong. We lost because Americans, this time, just loved money more than their fellow humans. (Or at least the promise of money.

America may be ready to take back its shitty ex, circling that drain once again, hoping this time it doesn’t end in some felonies and the mass deaths of people during a worldwide pandemic. Girl, he didn’t change. He got worse.