For actor and comedian Adam Conover, that Tuesday night in November—a work night for most—felt like “New Year’s.” He spent the evening in Los Angeles, party hopping between Marissa Roy’s party, Nithya Raman’s party, a DSA after-party in a warehouse, and Little Secret, a venue known for sexy events supporting leftist politics. Especially as the night wore on, he reported, “people were having some trashy, wholesome fun.” Wholesome in the sense of civic pride, and trashy in the sense that everyone was suddenly smoking cigarettes inside on sticky floors.