Contemporary American politics is a shameful spectacle. And we’re going to keep getting heaping helpings of it until the day we die.

Last night, Oprah Winfrey told women assembled at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris that if they “don’t show up tomorrow, it is entirely possible that we will not have the opportunity to ever cast a ballot again.” On the same day, Trump booster Elon Musk told Joe Rogan that if “Trump doesn’t win, this is the last election.”