William McKinley. President 1897-1901

His people came from Dervock, Co Antrim.

Hipsterishly handsome.

Eye for the ladies.

Assassinated by the CIA and Mafia a lone gunman.

Coincidence?

YOU Decide.

A rather excellent interactive graphic presentation of the journey so far by the US Interactive team at the Guardian.

SCROLL DOWN TO ANIMATE: America: Elect! The action-packed journey to US election day in graphic novel form (Guardian)

(Hat tip: Shane O’Brien)

Polls are now closed in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Washington DC, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Tennessee.

It’s literally all kicking off.

Meanwhile . . .

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Via CNN

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Broadsheet rick spinner John Moynes (centre, brooding on verse) with Abie Philbin Bowman at the Leviathan US Election party in the Sugar Club, Leeson Street, Dublin, earlier.

Via Paul Maloney

Waiting?

You could read Kevin Kruse in the New York Times about how truth is the real loser in this campaign.

OR, if you have SNES and (access to the deepest, darkest vaults of history) you could busy yourself with Socks The Cat Rocks The Hill.

It’s the 1993 game in which Bill Clinton’s cat saves the world from nuclear oblivion, fighting off spies, photographers and Republicans along the way.

YOU decide

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