Joe Biden has said farewell, but I guess David Waldman, Greg Dworkin and the rest of us will stick around out of some sort of morbid curiosity. Joe took the opportunity to warn us about what Ike warned us about, and look at how well we headed that warning. Biden also sounded the alarm on the threat of oligarchy. Of course, he probably should have added the threat of illiteracy. Oligarchies suck, but apparently not if they are run by a bro. Not as many people see Joe Biden as a bro as they used to. Definitely not as many bros as who see Trump as a bro. 

For instance, Trump said that if Israel and Hamas didn’t quit fighting, he’d go over there and kick somebody’s ass. Worked like a charm. Middle East peace is locked in for the next thousand years or more, unless somebody screws up.

If California doesn’t shape up, Jim Jordan will take their 2028 Olympics and give it to Cleveland.

Elon Musk used his chic oligarchic charm to free an Italian from Iranians.

Meanwhile, in the Gop it isn’t possible to be too dumb or drunk, but it is possible to be too macho if it shrivels the machismo of the incoming boss.