Another day, another way in which the run-up to this year's election feels less like an actual political process taking place in the United States in the year 2016 and more like, I dunno, a sentient Monty Python sketch that was funny at first but then rapidly got way out of hand.
The latest: A naked, none-too-flattering statue of real estate tycoon and presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared this morning at Jane Warner Plaza in the Castro; according to the Washington Post, similar statues appeared in public spaces in New York, Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Seattle.