In the hot mess that is U.S. politics, it’s sometimes difficult to decide which is the less-awful choice in a system dominated by two remarkably repulsive political parties. Should you pick the nativist, economically illiterate authoritarians or the antisemitic, economically illiterate totalitarians? New evidence about the deteriorated mental condition of former president Joe Biden — a situation covered-up by top Democrats and dismissed by the brand-name press — suggest that, as bad as President Donald Trump is, his election was a necessary break from an unsustainable situation.