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@chicyph80.bsky.social
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Sports loving (Go Blue!), Vodka consuming, trying to survive the next 4 years. Lover of Chicago, Democracy, and my fellow LGBTQ brothers & sisters
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chicyph80.bsky.social
Be sure to save this for the elections in 33 days.

Just a phenomenal resource for the many, many races on the ballot.
taniel.bsky.social
NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall!

I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.

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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...
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chicyph80.bsky.social
I am just so angry that national outlets are barely covering any of this. It’s insanity.
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Just checked NYT and not a single mention on the front page about Chicago, Portland, or ICE kidnappings.

The media in this country are basically just state-sponsored propaganda at this point….
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www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washin...

This is something I've been thinking a lot about....nothing Bezos is doing with WaPo particularly makes sense.

Buying up something to literally kill it seems like a terrible, terrible investment strategy. I don't get it.
chicyph80.bsky.social
1000%. I compare it to Biden on the Afghan withdrawal and Gaza. Those were two issues that he unfortunately just never recovered from with many.

The dye was cast. The debt ceiling in the spring was that moment for Schumer.
chicyph80.bsky.social
I will say this, people can be angry at Schumer for whatever they see fit but I applaud him on the Senate candidate recruitment side of things. He is leaving zero stones unturned!
chicyph80.bsky.social
Touch the stove, America....🤷‍♂️
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Said "Reasons" 😂😂😜
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So, I think the ONLY risk with that is you risk make the Governor's race a national race but otherwise I agree because that may just be inevitable 🤷‍♂️
chicyph80.bsky.social
Probably our best shot at keeping Vivek out of the governor's mansion in Columbus.

My general feeling is simple: if the voters of Ohio elect him, they get the government they voted for 🤷‍♂️
ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Tim Ryan has told his inner circle to start working on putting an Ohio gubernatorial campaign plan together, though he still hasn’t decided whether to enter the race, according to the Democrat’s communications adviser. This comes as Ramaswamy clears the GOP field.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
Tim Ryan inches closer toward Ohio governor race, but won’t yet commit
The Democratic ex-congressman has told his inner circle to put a campaign plan together, but he hasn't yet decided whether to enter the governor's race.
www.cleveland.com
chicyph80.bsky.social
Yea, don't get me wrong. Lessons learned are important. It just seems like people want to rehash the Biden stuff over and over again. And I'm like y'all, it is what it is at this point.

I'm not sure what else there is to say except to agree with people 🤷‍♂️
chicyph80.bsky.social
I see you're watching this one for....the plot. 😂
chicyph80.bsky.social
But I also acknowledge I am not in the majority with this thinking. Many people seem to default to wanting to rehash things.

Anyways, just an interesting observation.
chicyph80.bsky.social
This is not a knock on you at all my friend. I just find it interesting how people think revisionist thinking / wishing things were different is helpful.

I just find it incredibly unhelpful to me personally. I'd rather focus on our current reality than wish things were different.
chicyph80.bsky.social
The goal post moving in 3 weeks is going to be something else.....

My only concern is if we lose VA AG because Jay Jones is a moron and then that becomes the story.
chicyph80.bsky.social
Thinking of you and sending you strength during these difficult times lol 😂
chicyph80.bsky.social
But Erza Klein has told me we need to get along with these people....
chicyph80.bsky.social
Just an absolute shit hole of a weekend for sports fans from Michigan…
chicyph80.bsky.social
Should clarify, I rarely PUBICLY disagree with large accounts.
chicyph80.bsky.social
If I'm honest, I rarely even disagree with large accounts. It's just not worth all of the blowback most times.....
chicyph80.bsky.social
God this has been an absolute shit hole of a sports weekend for people from Michigan.....
chicyph80.bsky.social
We're playing terrible defense it would appear.....
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Tackling thus far has been super subpar...
chicyph80.bsky.social
Unrelated @nickbaumgardner.bsky.social but were you surprised at all that Penn State didn’t let Franklin finish the season?
chicyph80.bsky.social
100% agree. Even with a decent-ish following on here, I look at a few things as my responsibility:

- To make clear which of my posts are opinions and which are facts

- Being truthful

- Being kind

- Trying to uplift

I hate how much incentive there is to doom, shit on people, etc.
chicyph80.bsky.social
Exactly. Like, we get it, things are tough. And I'm not asking people to be sunshine and rainbows 24/7 but IMHO if you have a large following, you have obligation not to pull people into the pit of misery.