Unfortunately, I'm Locked In

I'm cynical but I love mess. Notes on Kamala Harris, weird white liberals, Gaza, and VP picks.

Vice President Kamala Harris holding her first campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

I’ve been a news junkie since I was a kid, especially when it came to politics. Maybe this started in the mid-90s when I was barely sentient and remember my parents watching coverage of the OJ Simpson trial (my godmother was on the jury, so they were extra invested). I was pretty plugged into the Iraq War, and at 13, I was absolutely convinced that “Megalomanic” by Incubus alone could dismantle the Bush Administration. Then there were the Obama years (exciting until the sheen wore off)… and then 2016 happened (we all know what happened there)… and then I was a reporter at Jezebel primarily covering politics, and I became all too familiar with the Trump administration’s most despicable players and the intricacies of the 2020 presidential elections. Now that I’m not getting paid to know the ins and outs of Donald Trump Jr’s life, I enjoyed the relative serenity that came with not obsessing over the happenings of Washington, DC. And considering how frustrated I’ve been with the Biden Administration in the last year and the appearance of another Trump victory on the horizon, I wanted nothing more than to be put in a medically induced coma until December 2024.

But then The Debate happened, and overnight I regressed back to the old me; news sites clogging all my browser tabs, CNN on in the background, and following a bunch of lefty politics dorks on Twitter.

When Biden dropped out and Vice President Kamala Harris became the de facto Democratic nominee… it was a wrap. It was also a wrap for my sanity. I’m not immune to political theater. I’m locked in to another season of This Country Is A Nightmarish Shitshow, Roll That Beautiful Bean Footage. 

Anyway, here are some immediate thoughts I have on everything.