Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - "... an advent calendar of racism"

Tim Onion, CEO at "The Onion," tweeted ⁠"the October surprise is an advent calendar of racism."⁠ Pretty well sums up the final few days of the month, no? To close out the month we had the breathtaking parade of white nationalism and "bro-tastic" (not my term; that came from ⁠hyper-partisan Megyn Kelly⁠) speeches from Madison Square Garden. The response from Puerto Rican voices was ⁠loud, swift and severe. ⁠ Then, a day later, ⁠enter Ryan Girdusky on the set of CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip."⁠ the off-the-cuff, surely "in the chamber" swipe he made at Mehdi Hasan was grotesque. Inferring Hasan - I suppose because he's Arab - could be part of Hezbollah or Hamas, was "on brand" racist. Within the "big tent" on the left are a lot of dissatisfied pro-Palestinian voices - chief among them, Senator Bernie Sanders. Earlier this week ⁠he took to social media to air his grievances⁠ with Biden/Harris on that crucial issue, but also to reason with others like him who somehow think "sitting it out" this election cycle is somehow going to send the right message.