Politics As (Un)Usual
"Have you ever heard of Broad City ?" my youngest son, J, asked me yesterday. "It's trending on Twitter ." I had never heard of Broad City and asked J what it was and why it was trending. Apparently, it's a show on Comedy Central . It was announced that during Broad City's new season, Donald Trump's name will be treated as an obscenity, bleeping it whenever his name comes up. I immediately loved this. I've never been a Trump fan, especially since he decided to enter politics, and most especially since he won the presidential election. I've written about my love (or, rather, lack thereof) of Trump in several posts here ( "It's Been an Atrocious Election Year..." , "Politics Make Me Sick" , and "Donald Trump as What?" , for starters). If, after reading those posts, there's any doubt about how I feel about our current regime (oops, president ), you might need to reread the posts. In her book Plan B: ...