You’re fun, Arn.

Theory:

Me:

I think, like a ton of people, you and I are still trying to sort out what happened and why. And what might have happened. Which is tough.

Uhhhmm...hello, I was already making a ton of money doing this influencer stuff before Mom killed my career.

Also tough to clean after using on food:

John Bolton has a reedy voice like Shapiro.

Stepping back and looking at it like a cold math problem:

He has all the charm of John Bolton.

Technology is changing the world!

When I take video or photos with my Android phone, it has a trash button.

He’s literally every super annoying kid you knew in middle school. 

Andrew Neil does the Lord’s work.

Cool! When do I start?

It’s a created need market. It’s marketing.

I cannot speak to Liz Warren and her level of integrity. I really can’t. Personally, I was disappointed in her not running in 2016, in deference to Hillary. Prior to that, I had been a big fan of her for calling out Hillary’s political expedience on the Bill Moyers show.

Alternative point of view. It’s not a perfect storm. It was just the tipping point. The structure was weak, and the bridge finally collapsed.

The honest list is far more complex and would require a long historical perspective, going back to Newt Gingrich, Reagan, Bill Clinton, Citizens United; and even further, Southern Strategy, etc.

Why do you suppose he did that? Comey.

Or the writers of Splinter!