Gas has topped $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022. The president’s approval rating just fell below 40%. The war in Iran is entering its sixth week, with thousands dead and no end in sight. The strait of Hormuz is blockaded, food prices are climbing and US households are staring down hundreds of dollars in added living expenses. So naturally, the Democratic party has found something truly urgent to focus on: a Twitch streamer. The latest intraparty panic was triggered by Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive running in Michigan’s competitive Democratic Senate primary, who announced that Hasan Piker would...