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If anyone is surprised by this, you haven’t been paying attention. Donald Trump has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. That happens most presidential-election years, by the way. The winner of the election is almost always the Person of the Year. If Hillary had won, she would probably be Person of the Year, but as it is, she was #2 on the shortlist. The shortlist also included (in descending order): The Hackers, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the CRISPR Pioneers (cancer researchers/doctors) and Beyonce. Personally, I would have f—king loved it if Beyonce was the Person of the Year. Wouldn’t that have been amazing? (You can read Beyonce’s write-up here – it was written by Melissa Harris-Perry.)

As for the selection of Donald Trump… it is what it is. You can read Time’s write-up here. I only skimmed a few paragraphs. It’s not that I’m boycotting the news these days, it’s just that I have a really low tolerance for the narrative re-write on Donald Trump. I tried watching Hardball last night and I almost broke my TV because all of the white guys were still trying to push this idea of “maybe he won’t be that bad.” WAKE UP. He will be that bad. And worse. So, yeah, I’m not reading Time Magazine’s POTY article. Establishment Washington and establishment media are working together to normalize a fascist.

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