14 Movies and Shows to Help You Stop Doomscrolling Election Results
Even after the exhausting, galling news cycle of the past four years, the election news cycle has risen to a class all its own. Donald Trump has already begun fundraising off the notion—read: lie—that an election that has not even been decided has been stolen for Joe Biden. Russian state media is apparently eagerly waiting for violence to erupt. And MAGA-crazed twerps have flooded a vote-counting site. (Imagine this writer screaming into a pillow here.)
For months since the pandemic began, many of us have been melting our brains by doomscrolling relentlessly throughout the day and night—and in the presidential race, we’ve now found our Olympics. After all, until this thing is over, what is there to do but impotently refresh Twitter and eat our way through our local grocery store’s snack aisle? But every now and again, maybe—just perhaps—it would be good to take a break. If it’s time for a distraction, try one of these movies and shows, all of which just hit their respective streaming platforms.