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I now count Talarico, Andrews and Turek (unsure about the latter) among red state Democratic Senate candidates that have said good things about Buttigieg. I feel like he's playing the long game for 2028 by getting in their good books in case they win.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 7h

Old: Iran pulls an October Surprise on Trump by attacking before the midterms New: Trump pulls an October Surprise on himself by attacking before the midterms www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

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Trump Might Order Another Iran Strike Before the Midterms

Pentagon planners are crafting options though no final decision has been made.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 7h

So you hate canpakes?

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 10h

This Harry Enten tweet from 2018 is a permanent memory in my head.

Tweet from Harry Enten (@ForecasterEnten):

Most people: Who cares about polling? People who think they're informed but not: You can't trust polling. People who are somewhat informed: Nice new generic ballot poll. Junkies who have no lives: WE GOT A VERMONT POLL PEOPLE.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 10h

I love how that one poll showing Scott behind has led to a flood of Vermont polls

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Political Poll Bot @pollresults.org · 11h

Fort Bend County, TX Talarico (D) +18 Hinojosa (D) +11 2024 vote: Harris (D) +2 TSU 1200 LV thetexan.news/elections/20...

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Political Poll Bot @pollresults.org · 16h

Iowa US Senate Oct 1 - 4, 2026 Josh Turek (D) 48% (+4.4%) Ashley Hinson (R) 43.6% Don't know 6.2% Thomas Laehn (L) 2.2% Suffolk University (A-) 500 LV View Poll

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

They took their sweet time with South Carolina

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Is there anywhere I can read more about this?

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Political Poll Bot @pollresults.org · 06/10/2026

Maine US Senate Oct 1 - 4, 2026 Troy Jackson (D) 51% (+4.0%) Susan Collins (R) 47% Don't know 1% Someone else 1% Marist University (A-) 1505 RV View Poll

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Took me a minute to figure out whether there was one cat or two

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Why does it seem all of a sudden that everybody's talking about the 2028 presidential election? When the midterms are less than a month away?

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There was talk of Gabriel Rufián leading a broad left wing alliance but now it feels like they just forgot about that plan.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As we know it takes a whole hour between arriving at the airport and reaching security.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'M NOT ARRIVING TO THE AIRPORT TWO AND A HALF HOURS IN ADVANCE, YOU TOOLS

Timeline that the airline recommends for a flight

10:00: Arrive at the airport
11:00: Security check
11:50: Gate
12:00: Gate closes
12:30: Plane departs

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Not really, she's pretty moderate

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm looking it up and it seems Spanish and Mexican horchata are made from different ingredients. Still, I had no idea it was such a big thing in Mexico.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wait, Latin Americans drink horchata? I thought it was just a Spanish thing.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Didn't know there were any rural Kentucky Democrats left.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wait is that the male equivalent of starting an OnlyFans?

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The more my back account drains the more tempting it is for me to become a right wing grifter.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In 2022 and 2024 Democrats performed much better in competitive districts than nationwide, it might well be the same this time around.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think what would be very interesting is if they got a sample of voters from like the fifty most competitive districts and asked respondents to choose between the named candidates in their district. That would tell us a lot more than a simple generic ballot would.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I remember in 2018 there was a poll of Iowa, I think from Monmouth (RIP), and since all four congressional districts were competitive they basically decided to poll each of them simultaneously. It's a shame that sort of thing isn't done more often.

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Political Poll Bot @pollresults.org · 03/10/2026

High quality (NYT "Select Pollsters") Texas Senate polls since September 1: Talarico +6 Talarico +2 Talarico +6 Talarico +1 Talarico +6 Talarico +3

Texas Senate polls

NYT/Siena Talarico +6
Beach Research Fox News Talarico +2
Marist University Talarico +6
Emerson College Talarico +1
ReconMR/Siena Talarico +6
Mason Dixon Talarico +3

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Political Poll Bot @pollresults.org · 03/10/2026

NYT Senate Poll Drop (October 3, 2026) Alaska: Peltola (D) +7 Iowa: Hinson (R) +1 Kansas: Hamilton (D) / Marshall (R) Tied Ohio: Brown (D) +3 Texas: Talarico (D) +6

NYT Polls

Iowa: Hinson (R) +1
Ohio: Brown (D) +3
Alaska: Peltola (D) +7
Texas: Talarico (D) +6
Kansas: Hamilton (D) / Marshall (R) Tied

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm sticking with Regrexit

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026

Political Profile: Abdul El-Sayed theonion.com/political-profile-abdu…

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sam Blowback endorsing Hamilton would be pretty funny

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Rare case of Republicans doing better with likely voters than with registered voters.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If Seth Bodnar were smart he'd look toward the Lib Dems for inspiration.

Lib Dem style leaflet of the Montana Senate race, complete with a bar chart, reading:

It's a two horse race in Montana this November
ONLY INDEPENDENT SETH BODNARCAN BEAT REPUBLICANS HERE

Kurt Alme 44%
Seth Bodnar 32%
Alani Bankhead 14% (Can't win here!)

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If Ken Paxton of all people is saying this, it's pretty dire.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The air pressure forces the molecules to go tiny

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Solid argument there sir, consider the libs extremely owned.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I only took one trip around, and it took about an hour. I think the most exciting part was intentionally not knowing which way around it was going for about two thirds of the trip.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I did it. It was as boring as you'd expect.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mélenchon would be centre right in Europe

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The dangerous side of me really wants to see him announce that he's cancelling the midterms, just to see the massive thunderstorm of excrement that will immediately rain down on him if he does.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Are you implying that Lost Weekend wasn't a genre change?

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Be careful, you're giving us ideas

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Literally the most adorable guy in existence. He deserved the world.

Billie Sutton sitting in the middle of a lush and expansive green landscape, tipping his cowboy hat and in general just being cute.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Eight years later, this election result still hurts.

Wikipedia infobox for the 2018 South Dakota gubernatorial election, which Kristi Noem won with 50.97 percent of the vote to Billie Sutton's 47.60 percent.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm still absolutely stumped about that one

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wait I remember what it was, I had twenty different kinds of hot sauce and I used a random number generator to decide which one to use everytime I wanted to have some.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Found it. Although I lost the post that I was going to reply to with this image so I'll just post it here.

Tweet from ACAB Rees-Mogg (@jelly_pack):

"Died of Covid-19 or died WITH Covid-19?" I snort condescendingly before dying *with* my head coincidentally separated from my body by a guillotine.

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Nick 🐋 @njmt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm searching through the results of the word "COVID" in my photo library, and they just keep getting better and better. This was from a university building.

Whiteboard with several things written on it:

- "Beware! Presence of asbestos, nuclear waste and COVID" with most of it rubbed out so it looks like it says "Beware! COVID"

- "CORONAVIRUS IS FROM [illegible]"

- "#TEAMBIMINI"

- Some sort of circuitry diagram with messy and unreadable handwriting next to it

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