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Brian Karem

Andrew Yang won't go away: Is that good?

Joe Biden, Andrew Yang and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)
Longtime White House correspondent Brian Karem writes a weekly column for Salon.

The dark side of human nature is live-streaming in Technicolor, playing on every wide-screen TV and on full display in theaters across the United States this summer. It may be a Gothic horror show, but the only thing worse than being on this dark thrill ride is not being on it. 

Hunter S. Thompson, a fellow Kentuckian who understood the appeal of Wild Turkey 101, as well as truly bizarre and rare hallucinogens, understood the allure of dark rides. He'd be right at home with the political darkness we've endured the last five years or so.

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