Terrifyingly bipartisan guest list revealed for this year's Politicon

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published 10 September 2019

This political convention just looks like a melee waiting to happen.

Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, fresh off the job. Former Democratic Sen. Al Franken, fresh off a New Yorker profile about how sad he is now. Clay Aiken, for some reason. All this and more is on the docket for this year's Politicon, which announced its wide-ranging, brawl-guaranteeing lineup on Tuesday.

Politicon, now in its fifth year, brands itself as an "unconventional political convention," though unconventional is perhaps too soft a term. Sure, former FBI Director James Comey has made the morning (and evening, and late night) show rounds, but now he'll appear on the same stage as Sanders, who spread misinformation about his firing. And Jordan Peterson, a men's rights advocate who, as far as we know, only eats beef, will for some reason give an uncontested keynote.

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That poster, while headache-inducing, tells barely half the story. Find the whole lineup — including a bevvy of poorly cropped headshots — here.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.