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This Election Will Not Look Surprising in History

Daring Fireball / 04 November 2026 / 15h ago

Culture Index

Score Breakdown

Relevance

3/25

Freshness

24/25

Authority

18/20

Brand Signal

18/15

Depth

6/15

5-Axis Cultural Radar

This striking map from Apple News tells the story of the magnitude of the shift since 2024. The late Lindsey Graham, on Twitter back in May 2016 (punctuation sic ): If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it. The wheels of history grind slowly, but they do grind. By the time of his death, Graham was amongst the lickspittlest of Trump’s GOP toadies. Graham’s idiot sist

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