Mike Gehrke
@mikegehrke.bsky.social
Look, I'll level with you. This is a prank that sort of backfired, and I'd like to bail out right now.
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Chocolatiers? On Naboo?
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Chocolatiers? On Naboo?
Are we sure Count Dooku wasn't from a family of chocolatiers? It would explain a lot. Can someone check?
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Are we sure Count Dooku wasn't from a family of chocolatiers? It would explain a lot. Can someone check?
This is like the opening crawl from Attack of The Clones when you are so bored by the fourth line you know you should leave right then but you think that there's no way that the plot could be *that* ridiculous and then 40 minutes in you realize it's much worse. After that, it's all sunk costs.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This is like the opening crawl from Attack of The Clones when you are so bored by the fourth line you know you should leave right then but you think that there's no way that the plot could be *that* ridiculous and then 40 minutes in you realize it's much worse. After that, it's all sunk costs.
"Relax, the country survived the corruption and graft that was just as bad in the 1880s" isn't actually reassuring to those of us who don't want to go back there, or to the folks over the next century who tried to male it illegal to do all those things again.
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Relax, the country survived the corruption and graft that was just as bad in the 1880s" isn't actually reassuring to those of us who don't want to go back there, or to the folks over the next century who tried to male it illegal to do all those things again.
I think that phrase means something different than what you think it means
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I think that phrase means something different than what you think it means
Happy Nigel Tufnel Day to my friends who celebrate
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Happy Nigel Tufnel Day to my friends who celebrate
This is Jim Matheson erasure!
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is Jim Matheson erasure!
No kings, but all I'm saying is let's think about this
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
No kings, but all I'm saying is let's think about this
If red states can engage in random redistricting, I think Virginia should be able to reclaim our colonial grant. Sea to shining sea, west and northwest.
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If red states can engage in random redistricting, I think Virginia should be able to reclaim our colonial grant. Sea to shining sea, west and northwest.
Pitchers and catchers report in 100 days.
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Pitchers and catchers report in 100 days.
That should clear up a few things...
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
That should clear up a few things...
If you don't know what "other" means here, you've never staffed a Honk-n-wave
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you don't know what "other" means here, you've never staffed a Honk-n-wave
Bringing back some off-year classics
IYKYK
IYKYK
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Bringing back some off-year classics
IYKYK
IYKYK
As a recovering pollster, an eye-opening data point in the AAPOR report is the finding that public pollsters mostly did not adjust their assumtions about turnout within a state between 2020 and 2024.
That seems really bad! Do they understand there are voters out there and not just respondents?
That seems really bad! Do they understand there are voters out there and not just respondents?
October 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
As a recovering pollster, an eye-opening data point in the AAPOR report is the finding that public pollsters mostly did not adjust their assumtions about turnout within a state between 2020 and 2024.
That seems really bad! Do they understand there are voters out there and not just respondents?
That seems really bad! Do they understand there are voters out there and not just respondents?
Stand up. Keep fighting. Don't forget.
10-25-02
10-25-02
October 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Stand up. Keep fighting. Don't forget.
10-25-02
10-25-02
This needs to be framed.
October 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This needs to be framed.
It must be possible to raise money from Democrats without crapping all over Democrats.
October 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It must be possible to raise money from Democrats without crapping all over Democrats.
I still think it's strange to open Politico Playbook and see "retribution" covered in the administration accomplishments like it was a policy thing.
October 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I still think it's strange to open Politico Playbook and see "retribution" covered in the administration accomplishments like it was a policy thing.
They're so close to figuring it out...
October 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
They're so close to figuring it out...
Pitchers and catchers report in 133 days.
September 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Pitchers and catchers report in 133 days.
Accusing jazz musicians of engaging in woke DEI might be about the highest compliment you could pay.
September 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Accusing jazz musicians of engaging in woke DEI might be about the highest compliment you could pay.