The (Trump) nominees, of whom there seems to be an endless and endlessly appalling supply, continued to make hay, topping the Attention-Whore Index for the third straight time with 37 percent, trailed by the ubiquitous Elon Musk (24.7 percent). Joe Biden’s magnanimity (at least if you happen to be his wayward son) got him 12.1 percent and third place—especially impressive given that the contestants who immediately followed him, Justin Sun and Yoon Suk Yeol, were no slouches: the former spent millions on a banana; the latter declared martial law late one night and called it off before lunchtime the next day.
This week’s competitors in a moment. But first:
