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Super Bowl season is like the holidays — a celebration shared by people more accustomed to arguing than sitting down together. Meanwhile, advertisers fret that running any ads at all could be read as a statement one way or the other. It’s a normal thing to want a break from arguing. It needed recruits, and it needed a compliant public. To sports fans. A Senate investigation revealed that the military dumped tens of millions of dollars into the NFL and other leagues for PR help. “Consider the display put on at Super Bowl 50,” recalls writer Stephen Beale for The American Conservative: “A flyover by the Blue Angels fighter jets, and 50 representatives of all military branches singing ‘America the Beautiful’ against a backdrop of a giant flag.” Some even speculate that the NFL’s national anthem rules were bought by that Pentagon money. Despite this thoroughly political staging, it was only Kaepernick and his supporters who were attacked for “bringing politics” into football. (In fact, it was veteran Nate Boyer who advised Kaepernick to take a knee in the first place.) That’s no comfort to the beleaguered football fan (or their friend who just watches for the commercials).

David Ermold returned to the Rowan County courthouse Wednesday, nearly two years after Clerk Kim Davis refused to give him a marriage license because he was gay. This time he's seeking Davis' job. David Ermold, the English teacher whose bid to capture the office won national attention, failed to survive a four-person Democratic primary, while Davis, who refused Ermold and his partner a marriage license in 2015 while citing “God’s authority,” had no opposition as a Republican. “David Ermold never had local support and had no clue what the clerk does on a daily basis.” Davis said in an interview at her office Wednesday morning that “the people have spoken, and they have spoken loudly.” She said their message is they wanted the election to be about who would make the best clerk. Morehead Mayor Jim Tom Trent said Ermold lost only because he ran against a better-known and more experienced politician who sought the same office four years ago — and came within 23 votes of defeating Davis in that primary. “They have no more clue what Americans want than David Ermold has about running the clerk’s office,” he said. But Republicans who support Davis are just as eager to cast their ballots for her in the fall. As she sat in the Coffee Tree Books/Fuzzy Duck Coffee Shop, where Ermold announced his campaign, she said she supports Davis “100 percent, because I am a Christian, too.” Morehead City Councilman Tom Carew said that Ermold worked hard — and his message resonated in Morehead, one of Kentucky’s first cities to adopt a fairness ordinance. Several Rowan County voters, like retired accountant Steve Schafer, 77, who was enjoying a drink at the Fuzzy Duck, said they just want the controversy to go away. Support strong local journalism by subscribing today: www.courier-journal.com/andreww

David Ermold returned to the Rowan County courthouse Wednesday, nearly two years after Clerk Kim Davis refused to give him a marriage license because he was gay. This time he's seeking Davis' job. It was about local politics and a seasoned candidate who defeated one who was lesser known. David Ermold, the English teacher whose bid to capture the office won national attention, failed to survive a four-person Democratic primary, while Davis, who refused Ermold and his partner a marriage license in 2015 while citing “God’s authority,” had no opposition as a Republican. Morehead Mayor Jim Tom Trent said Ermold lost only because he ran against a better-known and more experienced politician who sought the same office four years ago — and came within 23 votes of defeating Davis in that primary. Trent said Caudill was an overwhelming favorite and the “fact that David received nearly 1,000 votes in an Eastern Kentucky town running as an openly gay man says a lot about where our community has come from since the controversy a few years ago. “They have no more clue what Americans want than David Ermold has about running the clerk’s office,” he said. But Republicans who support Davis are just as eager to cast their ballots for her in the fall. As she sat in the Coffee Tree Books/Fuzzy Duck Coffee Shop, where Ermold announced his campaign, she said she supports Davis “100 percent, because I am a Christian, too.” Morehead City Councilman Tom Carew said that Ermold worked hard — and his message resonated in Morehead, one of Kentucky’s first cities to adopt a fairness ordinance. More: Gay man loses bid to challenge Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who denied same-sex marriages More: Amy Schumer, Susan Sarandon give cash to Kentucky clerk Kim Davis' would-be opponent Follow Andrew Wolfson on Twitter: @adwolfson

“Saturday Night Live” opened its penultimate episode of the 43rd season with a special message for and from mothers on the eve of Mother’s Day instead of its usual political satire. Cast members introduced their mothers to the audience, standing side by side on stage. Kenan Thompson’s mother noted that she likes the show, “except for all of the political stuff.” “We get it!” she said. After Mikey Day reminded his mother he was in a production of “The Crucible,” she replied that such a story is “a lot like the witch hunt against President Trump.” Luke Nell’s mother followed suit, advising him “enough with the Trump jokes.” It didn’t seem to matter that he reminded her he doesn’t write them, as she continued, “And why doesn’t ‘SNL’ ever talk about crooked Hillary! ?” “I’m so new here, please do not do this to me,” he replied. Chris Redd asked his mother not to do it to him, either, but she had bigger fish to fry than issues over politics. “Jesus isn’t president, Mom,” he pointed out. “And that’s the problem!” she said. Colin Jost’s mother said she thinks Alec Baldwin does a great Trump impression but thinks it is too mean. And Melissa McCarthy popped by as the “world’s proudest stepmom.” Meanwhile, the political talk was mostly contained to “Weekend Update,” with Jost talking about Trump helping secure the prisoners from North Korea, saying that he was having a good week because he didn’t even say “Wait, I thought they were Americans” when greeting them and that although Trump claimed to have the highest 3 a.m. ratings over such an event, the actual highest ratings at that time came on election night “from liberals hoping they were being pranked.” “Sure, this is a decent week for Trump,” conceded Che.