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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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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 1d

3 weeks to go until Election Day 2025 and wanted to share a really cool Election Night chart that my pal @admcrlsn.bsky.social worked on. He did one of these last fall & I suggested he do one again. So here you go!

Almost to the finish line folks! ✊

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 29m

I mean, my general take is we don't know what they're going to do. And just in general I don't tend to freakout about shit I can't control. Seems like a huge waste of energy IMHO 🤷‍♂️

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 1h

People freaking out about the SCOTUS VRA case

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 1h

Yep, seems like it's going to be a good day to log off from here.

A LOTTTT of y'all should do the same.

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 3h

Lmao let ‘em waste their money…

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 3h

I think the moving of the goalposts in 3 weeks by the media is going to be studied for years to come…..

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 3h

He’s known for a banger or two a year and boy is this one….

a man with a beard is smiling while holding a cell phone in his hand .

ALT: a man with a beard is smiling while holding a cell phone in his hand .

media.tenor.com

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 3h

Yea this ain’t it…..

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 4h

The obsession with some to blame “Dem leadership” at every turn is legit a sickness….

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 4h

Was coming here to say the same thing

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 14h

Exactly! There is zero incentive for Dems to vote with and for any of this. The White House is just gonna do whatever they want anyway. Shut down the government until the midterms for all I care.

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 14h

I do question is that’s going to be enough for primary voters tbh.

For the general, I agree but I’m not convinced that’s gonna be enough for the primary.

People aren’t going to want normalcy. They’re going to want revenge.

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 14h

What I mean by that is, I think Dem primary voters are going to demand scalps but I also don’t necessarily think that’s going to be a winning message for Indies & normies.

It’s honestly quite the conundrum!

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 14h

I’ve commented this a few times now but I genuinely think the most interesting storyline in 2028 is to be how Dem candidates run with this during the primary while also threading the needle in the general?

I think it’s going to potentially be much more difficult than people currently think.

T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 16h

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 18h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 16h

Whatever is the worst case scenario is very likely what this court is up to.

I didn’t think that a year ago but certainly do now….

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 16h

Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine 😢

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 17h

Talk about stepping in it…..yikes!

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 19h

For the record, I blame this 1000% on the press in this country.

This number should be so, so much higher.

Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 23h

"Is Trump too old to be president?"

Yes: 45%
No: 45%

YouGov / Oct 13, 2025

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 22h

But I was told by Ezra Klein and others that I should befriend these people because reasons….

Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 22h

How were they radicalized? Oh wait, we know exactly how.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 23h

Ooof D'Angelo & Diane Keaton in the same week. We really lost some good ones the last few days.....

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 1d

I mean I hear you AND he always gets a pass for his age because.....of very specific reasons.

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 1d

From my count, it was 8-6 to deny this.

Elections have consequences. (In our favor with this one)

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 1d

and the double standard around age and Bernie is just....very revealing....

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 1d

Mills also was one of the first to stand up to Trump in this new administration. 🤷‍♂️

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 1d

I assume you'd have that same concerns if Bernie ran for re-election correct?

MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 1d

My God....SCOTUS actually did something good?!

Meet the Press @meetthepress.com · 1d

The conspiracy theorist had asked the justices to immediately intervene, warning that the ownership of his Infowars website could be transferred to the satirical news site The Onion.

Supreme Court turns away Alex Jones' attempt to block $1.5B defamation judgment

The conspiracy theorist had asked the justices to immediately intervene, warning that the ownership of his Infowars website could be transferred to the satirical news site The Onion.

nbcnews.to

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