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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 44m

And after all Trump has walloped rural America these past 2 years, where are s the enthusiasm to vote for him supposed to come from?

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 2h

Before we get to “… then what”, we have to win first. So I wouldn’t count any chickens just yet. But even if the Dems win control of Congress, they’ll still be an opposition party. That means their job is to *oppose* — and that’s exactly what I hope they do. It’s long past time someone did.

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 4h

And sometimes those polling surprises can be good ones. Not sure anyone had Biden winning AND Georgia getting 2 Democratic senators out of the 2020 election.

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Joseph Galbo @josephgalbo.bsky.social · 21h

I hope everyone understands that this is probably the most tasteful version of a whalefall popcorn bucket you could create and that the designs they didn't approve are likely nightmare enducing.

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Joseph Galbo @josephgalbo.bsky.social · 22h

We can still create wonders

Amc theaters Instagram post showing the whalefall popcorn bucket which is a whale and a diver. You eat the pop corn out the back of the whale.

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 7h

No idea, but that’s as good an explanation as I’ve heard

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 8h

Democrats better get it through their heads that the job of an opposition party is to *oppose*

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Nick (derogatory) 🎃 @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 22h

Yes, the rumors are true. The leaked silhouette of this year's Super Bowl halftime performer is me.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 17h

If people could stop preemptively throwing in the towel on this Clinton-Biden-Harris state in a +10 Dem environment that would be swell

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 19h

If there's no decline to endlessly analyze, what would Yglesias do with himself?

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

(That would’ve been one that allowed his personality to shape perceptions more, like Reagan did. But who knows?)

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Those are really good questions. I wish I knew! It’s difficult to untangle Obama’s two terms from the rise of social media; would things have turned out differently if we’d remained in a mostly TV-dominated media landscape? 🤷‍♂️

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

(Damn autocorrect! I meant “here’s what I wonder”)

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Here’s what you wonder: if a lot of people voted for and supported Obama less b/c of his policies and more *because he was Barack Obama* — it was a mix of feeling, aspiration and identification with him, in the same way Trump’s voters are attached to him personally.

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That had a huge impact not only on Congress, but also on state legislative seats across the country. Those 2010 and 2014 elections turned out to be so much more pivotal than we realized at the time. (I’m leaving aside the racial backlash to his presidency, but that’s obviously important too)

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m not sure the tide actually turned all that much. I think he assembled a voting coalition in which a large enough part of it only turned out when he was on the ballot — he was such a once-in-a-generation political talent. But when he wasn’t on the ballot, enough of those voters stayed home.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"comparison is the thief of joy" is such a good observation, whoever came up with it was much more insightful than me and I'm very jealous

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Released 65yrs ago today. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961)

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Excellent quote. This article also pairs well with Backlash Presidents, which takes on the historical and institutional dimensions of this problem but shares the same basic conviction.

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I do too, but I also remember there’s another side to this coin. I remember the rapturous crowds at Obama’s rallies in 2008, the adoring media coverage (which, tbf, was in large part due to the historic nature of his candidacy). Trump is basically the bizarro Obama of the right.

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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The world premiere of Blazing Saddles (1974) took place at Pickwick Drive-In Theater, Burbank, CA. All 250 invited guests, including Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, watched Mel Brooks' beloved film on horseback.

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yeah, when you have 330M+ people spread across a country as geographically big and culturally diverse as the U.S., barring extraordinary moments like 9/11, I’m not sure there’s anything we all have in common other than the economy. (And this goes all the way back to Reagan!)

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No matter how bleak things may seem, just remember that in the 1960s the US Coast Guard received reems of earnest letters begging them to save those poor castaways on Gilligan's Island.

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Plus, she is now (finally!) stepping up her ad game — I see them run several times on ESPN’ CFB games yesterday. There’s still plenty of ballgame left here.

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yeah, I hope I don’t sound like I’m sugarcoating things; I’m definitely concerned about KLB. Jackson has the best political ad team I’ve ever seen run a statewide campaign in GA, and unlimited $$$. Still, I haven’t seen anything in reliable polls that warrants “it’s all over” pessimism.

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Casey Common @caseycommon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Jackson Browne’s Running on Empty is not yacht rock.

Norman Rockwell’s Freedom of Speech painting

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think Chait actually believes this. But this is The Narrative™ about Rufo, so they can’t deviate from it.

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What polling of GA governor have you seen (beyond the one that came out yesterday)? I agree that election will be closer, but I’m increasingly optimistic for KLB’s chances (oddly enough, I know)

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What is also very important is that I think generally dems are going to break a lot of supermajorities in states and take a lot of state houses. Government at the state level is about to really change.

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Other than statistical noise, where would the forces that might lift his approval materialize from? The uncertainty due to his tariffs and Iran war will likely be with us for the rest of his term like a big wet blanket on the economy, keeping inflation ⬆️ and hiring ⬇️ for the foreseeable future.

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I honestly find the OP worth following, which I why I was so dismayed to see that thread. I do not get the point — especially when we’re as close as we are to actually turning this thing around — to declaring the whole mission hopeless before it’s even begun. Have some f’ing faith!

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 04/10/2026

The norms we miss aren’t gone, they’re waiting for us at the ballot box.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In 1947 10yr old Richard Allen of San Francisco spent a week at the movies and will forever be my hero.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

He's so persuasive...

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thats because he’s their alpha and their omega… do they even have a reason to exist without him?

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Also, I’d be *really* skeptical of this level of ticket splitting here in Georgia. Not saying there won’t be some, but this much… let’s just say I’m skeptical.

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Her ads have been running on all the SEC football games today on ESPN, for what it’s worth

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I want Angie Nixon to win because it means I can go to bed early, fully content in the secure knowledge that the GOP is having a cataclysmic night. Otherwise, I'll be staying up until, like, 2:00 AM on a school night.

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tmbhmltn.bsky.social @tmbhmltn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We were all prepared for dumb ppl trust AI too when it tells them false things much but we never really considered what if dumb ppl trust AI … and it tells them the truth?

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Magyar government is also *in power now*.

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Pat Sajak’s #1 Fan @flickityflarn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When Trump finally leaves the scene, the NYT are gonna be like that character in Return of the Jedi, who cries when Luke kills the monster under Jabba the Hut’s lair.

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 03/10/2026

These feel like parallel universe numbers. A few observations: *Siena/NYT is one of the highest quality pollsters. *Talarico at 51% *GOP Hundreds of millions having NO IMPACT in #TXSen *Candidate quality (Ds have it in all 5 races; the GOP doesn't) *Kansas!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

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Senate Races in Republican States Tilt Toward Democrats, Polls Find (Gift Article)

Democrats are performing strongly in five reliably Republican states where they are trying to flip Senate seats to win control of the chamber, new New York Times/Siena polls found.

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