From the attempts to assassinate Trump to everything about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2024 was dominated by turbulence and acrimony. Politically speaking, 2024 has been a long and exhausting year. A tumultuous presidential race exacerbated the country’s deep political divisions as threats of violence loomed over the election. Fears about the economy and the state of democracy intensified. Politicians promoted conspiracy theories about the weather , about immigrants , about the election’s being “