Need an election boost? Watch the "Real Housewives" 2016 election party episode.

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Support our nonprofit journalism]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     March 6, 2024 Up until last fall, I had never really consumed much reality television. This mild rejection had little to do with elitism and more intimidation; the genre always seemed too large and foreign for me to pick up. Now don't ask me how it happened, but in a few short months, I have made something of a religion out of devouring the original The Real Housewives of New York City. (Please reach out to me directly if you are a fan and want to talk about anything. Tom's cheating. Bethenny's return. Sonja's farting. Anything.) And a few days ago, I watched the episode featuring [Carole Radziwill's 2016 election party](. "The election is three days away," Radziwill, a diehard Democrat, says. Though she seems confident that Hillary will win, Radziwill is also anxious. We viewers, of course, know that her anxiety was justified. Nearly eight years later, as the [last-remaining challenge to Trump's second presidential nomination quits](, the episode makes for a surreal watch. Not simply because it forces you to recall all the cruelty and unhinged events that happened since Radziwill's ill-fated party. Watching the episode in 2024 is a small reminder that, like Radziwill, many of us once thought that the unthinkable could never happen. How naive and downright foolish does that seem now? So, I urge anyone who doesn't believe that a [Florida man facing 91 criminal counts]( can claw his way back to the White House to watch. —Inae Oh Advertisement [House Bookshop Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Nikki Haley Suspends Campaign, Withholds Endorsing Florida Man Facing 91 Felony Counts]( But she appeared to offer Donald Trump the chance to secure her support soon enough. BY JULIANNE MCSHANE SPONSORED CONTENT BY HEIFER INTERNATIONAL   Triple Your Impact With Heifer International! Your impact never goes unnoticed. That’s why Heifer International has a special matching gift opportunity for you. For a limited time, each donation you give will be matched, TRIPLING your impact! Your gift will make THREE times the difference and change THREE times the lives of families in need. [Triple your gift here.]( [Trending] [Kyrsten Sinema didn't fail—she could only be failed]( BY TIM MURPHY   ["A shimmering stunt": The problem with US airdrops of food into Gaza]( BY ISABELA DIAS   [Study: Fossil fuels hastening the arrival of ice-free Arctic summers]( BY HELENA HORTON   [Dartmouth basketball players vote to become the first unionized college sports team]( BY SOPHIE HAYSSEN Advertisement [House Donations Ad]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [From radical activist to Senate obstructionist: The metamorphosis of Kyrsten Sinema]( Her rise was a political fairy tale—and nightmare. BY TIM MURPHY MOTHER JONES MEMBERSHIP UPDATE   An important update on our finances We’re falling behind our online fundraising goals—and we can’t sustain coming up short on [donations]( month after month. It is [impossibly hard]( in the news business right now, and the [crisis]( facing journalism and democracy isn’t going away anytime soon. Neither is Mother Jones. Which is exactly why, despite the challenges we face, we just took a big gulp and [joined forces]( with the Center for Investigative Reporting, which creates the amazing podcast and public radio show [Reveal]( and other investigative projects. It’s going to be hard making it all work, and we simply can’t afford to fall behind our fundraising targets month after month. If you can part with even just a few bucks, [please support Mother Jones and investigative journalism with an urgently needed donation today](. And thank you so much to everyone who recently has. We’re grateful. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Donate Monthly]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755