Ron DeSantis, who won the GOP nomination in Florida's gubernatorial race, went on Fox News to issue a dire warning not to "monkey this up" by voting for Andrew Gillum, the black mayor of Tallahassee who is running against DeSantis.

What? Excuse me?That Republican dog whistle is more like a megaphone lately.

GOP nominee for #FLGov Ron DeSantis just said Florida shouldn't "monkey this up" by electing Andrew Gillum.

What. The. Holy. Balls.#WednesdayWisdom #TakeItBackpic.twitter.com/tUlyFQBUSs

— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) August 29, 2018

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John Oliver's Brexit bit provides much-needed perspective on the UK-EU referendum: while acknowledging the real problems with the EU, Oliver points out that on the one hand, the Leave side's core arguments are a mishmash of unvarnished, deranged racism and deceptive number-fudging; while the Remain side provides a lot of good to outweigh the bad of EU membership. Read the rest