Oh man, I am in tears. If we ever needed evidence that the Internet has destroyed democracy, this has to be up there.
While I've been living in Portugal for the past 4 years, I still have a tiny home in California and vote in their elections. The governor and senator primary election information has come my way. Now realize that people have to lobby for enough signatures to be put on the ballot as a candidate. And these are some of the total nut jobs that have invaded the "Official Voter Information Guide" as published by the state with taxpayer money...
https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/
You always had the nut job trans person named "Starchild" who would run for city assembly in San Francisco. But I don't ever remember seeing quite the clown show like this for state-level candidates. It's almost like it was made up by
The Onion.
Some samples... it's no wonder why Americans are shooting the crap out of each other when everyone has literally lost their