With the Sussexes lying (relatively) low, Donald Trump’s compulsive attention-grubbing turning into a kind of white noise, and George Santos—where is George Santos?—gone M.I.A., an opening has presented itself for someone else to dominate this competition. And Elon Musk has charged right through it. His unasked-for medical opinion on what might have caused Bronny James’s health scare helped vault him into the top spot last week, with 33.3 percent of your votes. The ubiquitous Barbie was second, at 22.4 percent, followed closely by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—another one to watch—at 16.4 percent, and, at 14.4 percent, Ron DeSantis, who’s clearly learned from the Sussexes that doing every single thing wrong can bring its own rewards, at least attention-wise.
The nominees in this week’s edition of the Attention-Whore Index Poll are …
