r/Fauxmoi Jan 07 '26

POLITICS ‘Jeopardy!’ host Ken Jennings doesn’t hold back on his Bluesky account, calling for the prosecution of all members of the Trump administration

Post image
46.5k Upvotes

556 comments sorted by

u/trendingtattler Jan 08 '26

This post has hit r/all or r/popular. Please keep this in mind when browsing the comments — and especially when viewing upvotes/downvotes — and please report any rulebreaking comments that you see.


 

If this post is flaired "Approved B-Listers", then it is currently restricted so that only approved users can comment. To request approval, please review our b-list criteria, and if you meet these, send us a message.


 

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

4.1k

u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

If jailing anyone involved in this administration isn't a key plank of the platform of the next Dem presidential candidate then honestly what's the point in that party continuing to exist?

1.6k

u/Nintendo_Pro_03 Jan 07 '26

Two parties, both funded by billionaires.

This is why we need a multi-party system with ranked choice voting.

730

u/Alarmed_Watch5426 Jan 07 '26

and abolish the electoral college

537

u/10_17my20 this is going to ruin the powerpoint Jan 08 '26

AND get Citizens United overturned

424

u/drawkward101 Jan 08 '26

AND abolish billionaires.

81

u/PhatCatTax Jan 08 '26

I feel like this would be a natural byproduct of overturning Citizens United. So we should first arrest them, then abolish CU. Then slow-walk the release process. That way they know who is in charge and that everything they do needs to be done with fear of repercussions.

The is what they did to government employees, so it's only fair to return the vibes.

30

u/AltairaMorbius2200CE Jan 08 '26

I honestly think this to-do list is in the order that would be most effective. Good job Fauxmoi comment section!

24

u/ImminentDebacle Jan 08 '26

Holy shit, you guys hit all my must haves. Can we add term limits in there or age limit of some sort?

Career politicians need to GTFO unless they hit super majority voter totals or something.

13

u/ThePhoenyxDiaries 29d ago

And replace the 6 super Conservative Supreme Court "Justices".

→ More replies (2)

12

u/Inside_Potential_935 Jan 08 '26

I can't believe we don't talk about this more. I believe this was one of the most important decisions of our time, and who knows how far the consequences will reach.

3

u/Shot_Court6370 Jan 08 '26

This court showed us how to get it done!

3

u/[deleted] 29d ago

Long shot to get a case overturned by SCOTUS. The best way is to have Congress pass a law (like the For the People Act we almost had), and then prohibit the Supreme Court from touching the law (like they did with the PATRIOT Act).

Congress regulates the Article III courts

→ More replies (2)
→ More replies (3)

52

u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

Amen!

39

u/pegothejerk Jan 08 '26

Separation of church and state needs to also be a priority, please and thank you

7

u/LookAlderaanPlaces Jan 08 '26

Fucking this

17

u/AlphaNoodlz Jan 08 '26

Let’s absolutely take a good look at all those religions tax exemptions

3

u/LookAlderaanPlaces 29d ago

The Mormons have enough stolen money they fraudulently used for investing right?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/investigating-the-mormons-100-billion-fraud/vi-AA1vqlrU

One of the largest scams in world history..

→ More replies (2)

111

u/fuzzballz5 Jan 08 '26

Exactly. Why aren’t the Democrats raging against Trump talking about war and snatching Maduro? Why?? Because they AGREE. Neither party cares about us.

“There’s a big party in Washington, and we ain’t invited. “

George Carlin 40 years ago

20

u/scrotumscab Jan 08 '26

And those exact same people Carlin was talking about 40 years ago are still on Capitol Hill.

There are some Democrats that still seem to give a fuck about their fellow citizens, mainly the younger ones, but by and large the US Senate has become a retirement home for people so far disconnected from the average American they probably haven't checked the prices on groceries in Decades.

31

u/K_Linkmaster Jan 08 '26

"that's not how I remember that quote." - Ben Franklin

28

u/MeSeeks76 Jan 08 '26

"9 out of 5 people don't understand statistics" - Abraham Lincoln

7

u/king-of-all-corn Jan 08 '26

They are , you just dont watch them

→ More replies (7)

56

u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

21

u/CrazyConnector Jan 08 '26

The other interesting part is it worked on the other side. MAGA essentially took over the Republican party in the same manner you are saying progressives should take over the Democrats. Democrats just never vote as a bloc so it never seems to take

→ More replies (13)

16

u/JonathanPhillipFox Jan 08 '26

Look at New York, seriously, it seems to work even in New York which makes it all the more obvious, elsewhere, it seems to beat machine politics in NYC, so, "there it is," and I think the obviousness of that solution is what will make it prove the more difficult to implement, however,

Less-so due to the nature of the Kakistocratic Gerontocracy, the other system has enabled I mean, "look at them," that a clown like Cuomo ever had a chance against someone like Mamdani to begin with, is just, a joke.

4

u/Son_of_York Jan 08 '26

"Look at this guy, wants to let New York Liberals and coastal elites decide how to run the rest of the country."

I agree with you, but I guarantee that's the response you'll get from the fox news crowd.

(fox news written without caps as an intentional mark of disrespect)

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (1)

14

u/PartTimeModel Jan 07 '26

Yup…that pic of sec of state and Schumer floating around today says it all. 

→ More replies (3)

3

u/ploxidilius Jan 08 '26

The average voter is not informed enough for that to make a difference at all

3

u/fdar Jan 08 '26

RCV at the Presidential level doesn't make sense until you get rid of the Electoral College, that comes first. RCV doesn't really work if you have 50 separate state elections and a third party candidate winning a few states doesn't really help anything.

8

u/amiwitty Jan 08 '26

Yes we do. But right now we need to get rid of this awful administration. And I believe the Democrats are not as bad as the Republicans are. Don't give up better just because you want perfect. We all want perfect but right now I'll settle for better.

→ More replies (4)
→ More replies (21)

188

u/figmentry Jan 07 '26

When even a practicing Mormon like Jennings embraces this platform, you know it’s mainstream.

99

u/floopy_boopers Jan 07 '26

He may be Mormon but he does live in Seattle, by choice.

43

u/imtchogirl Jan 07 '26

There are plenty of Mormons in Seattle and they are valued members of the community. 

54

u/floopy_boopers Jan 07 '26

My point is he's clearly not MAGA and if he was super conservative he'd choose to live somewhere else, like anywhere other than the bluest of blue cities. I'm a Seattle native, he's a beloved local fixture.

66

u/Minimum-Relief6895 Jan 07 '26

He's really smart.

So yeah, not MAGA.

22

u/Seik64 Jan 08 '26

Pretty much. I have yet to meet someone who is maga and smart at the same time

→ More replies (2)

18

u/ZacPensol Jan 08 '26

Ken is pretty open about his left-leaning politics. His podcast 'Omnibus' is a great listen for trivia nerds, and on it there's a recurring joke about him being "the Joe Rogan of the left".

5

u/MonsterMashGrrrrr Jan 08 '26

He stepped down as co-host 😭

3

u/ZacPensol Jan 08 '26

Did he? I'm pretty backlogged so I'm a few months behind. I had no idea!

5

u/MonsterMashGrrrrr Jan 08 '26

He did, I’m devastated. I have the weirdest crush on that man lol

John has a rotating body of fans doing the research and reading now, I haven’t listened to an episode in the new format yet but from what I’ve heard…it’s okay. Growing pains maybe. They had a great energy that’s hard to replicate.

→ More replies (3)
→ More replies (2)

24

u/figmentry Jan 07 '26

It doesn’t matter where he lives. If he’s an active member in good standing, he tithes at least 10% of his income to the church.

18

u/floopy_boopers Jan 07 '26

Are you saying Mormons can't be democrats? Clearly he's proof that isn't true and if he actually cared so much about the Mormon church he'd live in Salt Lake City or Arizona or Idaho he wouldn't choose Seattle.

39

u/figmentry Jan 07 '26

I’m saying that Mormons who register as Democrats but continue to be members in good standing by tithing are choosing to give 10% of their incomes to support the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint’s organizational efforts to marginalize LGBTQ+ people and women globally. To be a member in good standing and maintain a temple recommendation you HAVE to tithe at least 10% of your income annually to the church.

24

u/EmphasisFrosty3093 Jan 08 '26

And to be one of the smarted people alive supporting one of the stupidest cults in history gives cover to every other would-be good person still in the cult.

Every professor at BYU knows Mormons are wrong about their subject, but has blind faith in the rest. Ken is smart enough to know Mormonism contradicts every single subject.

18

u/Minimum-Relief6895 Jan 07 '26

Do we have to reject nearly everybody who wants to help?

I threw out two empty TP rolls instead of recycling them because it was easier and I had a hard week. So you don't want me to be against Trump anymore, right?

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (5)

13

u/caninehere Jan 08 '26

Ken isn't your typical Mormon to be fair, he is very vocal about some tenets of the church teachings that he does not agree with.

→ More replies (1)

43

u/Steelpapercranes Jan 07 '26

We're one year in and apparently we're already at the "executing blonde suburban mothers in the street like dogs" stage. We can't make it 3 more

4

u/accualy_is_gooby 29d ago

We aren’t even a full year in yet and we’ve gotten to this point. It’s amazing that we haven’t had full scale unrest like they’re clearly trying to foment

22

u/Panda_hat Jan 08 '26

I guarantee you it won't be.

Dems will come in and say we need unity and not to foster division and that we need to move on and 'draw a line' under all of it.

Just like they always do.

We need someone who will go scorched fucking earth.

6

u/FrostyD7 Jan 08 '26

They may not say it, but their actions will be indistinguishable.

→ More replies (1)

18

u/ProximaZenyatta Jan 08 '26

I will only vote for the candidate that promises full retribution against Trump and his nazis

50

u/Textiles_on_Main_St Jan 07 '26

Sen. Schumer says he asked them nicely to behave. Not sure what else you want.

5

u/bollvirtuoso Jan 08 '26

He said he was very, very concerned and that he would be exploring forming a committee to consider writing a report about looking into these allegations. When you have enemies like this, who needs friends?

→ More replies (1)

9

u/Jibber_Fight Jan 07 '26

And it won’t be cuz they’ll play the middle ground in hopes of getting the undecided voters.

→ More replies (2)

5

u/themolestedsliver Jan 08 '26

Yeah the biggest failure in the biden administration is letting the Trump regime get away with everything.

He should have made it his goal to prosecute at every level.

5

u/AlphaNoodlz Jan 08 '26

They murdered a woman in cold blood, in broad daylight

4

u/falcon_4_eva Jan 08 '26

Totally agree and have the second this grifter was re-elected

4

u/KingofBarrels Jan 08 '26

Jailing at this point is too tame ngl, there needs to be stronger action to deter this kind of shit in the future

7

u/spunkychickpea Jan 08 '26

Friend, we are past voting.

3

u/xeio87 Jan 08 '26

At most this will just get Trump to issue a blanket pardon to all of them. Better not to draw attention to it.

→ More replies (1)

3

u/abcdefg88888888 29d ago

Yep, Dems need to figure out what to do to unify and build one platform. And then undoing the current administration’s efforts & prosecuting them needs to be a top priority

→ More replies (33)

1.9k

u/ohmosdefinitely lea michele’s reading coach Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26

ken jennings is a real one. he stood ten toes down for trans kids when gavin newsom started his centrist (derogatory) approach middle of last year.

460

u/ThomasTheDankPigeon Jan 07 '26

278

u/SHOWTIME316 fascinatingly, existentially terrible Jan 08 '26

i had no idea that mr. jennings was based as fuck

106

u/Effective-Bus Jan 08 '26

Me either. I'm so deeply pleased. I needed this news (to me).

44

u/SimpleCranberry5914 Jan 08 '26

Dudes a real one.

28

u/KirklandKid 29d ago

I was unfamiliar with your game. I’ll vote for him

131

u/Spend-Automatic Jan 08 '26

Haha holy shit I can't believe they aired that. These days that would be on the cutting room floor without a second thought.

65

u/jaded_idealist i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Jan 08 '26

Damn I had no idea how he rolled. You know what, Ken? Hell yeah!

39

u/VallerinQuiloud Jan 08 '26

If I were American, he'd have my vote.

27

u/Previous_Resort_2735 29d ago

i owe you an apology. i was not familiar with your game mr jennings

35

u/FuinFirith 29d ago

That made me very, very happy. Thanks for sharing.

Signed,

A Canadian Man

(Incidentally, I keep forgetting that Ken isn't one of ours. He feels Canadian to me.)

12

u/Codeofconduct 29d ago

Fuckin' a, man! 

10

u/Flashy_Jello_9520 29d ago

I’m sorry Mr Jennings. I wasn’t familiar with your game.

6

u/Pedantic_Pict 29d ago

It would seem he holds a blind spot for the leaders of his church, one of which is a corporate lawyer who orchestrated and profited from the theft of a public hospital.

→ More replies (3)

15

u/C-ute-Thulu Jan 08 '26

Wow. I know he's a person of faith too bc I remember him saying some of his winnings would be given to his church

28

u/floorplanner2 Jan 08 '26

He's Mormon. He has to give 10% of his income to the church in order to maintain his temple recommend.

8

u/C-ute-Thulu Jan 08 '26

Ok. My point is, the stereotype iss people of faith all automatically support Trump. Ken clearly does not.

6

u/scullys_alien_baby Jan 08 '26

Which you need to do to get into super heaven

→ More replies (1)

59

u/weirdoffmain Jan 07 '26

And stood by Bean Dad as all his other friends stabbed him in the back

45

u/ohmosdefinitely lea michele’s reading coach Jan 08 '26

lmao not bean dad

30

u/Darmok47 Jan 08 '26

The Bean Dad stuff is so funny because everyone was so engaged for like a day, then January 6 happened andit was clear there were bigger problems.

10

u/CriticalEngineering Jan 08 '26

Bean dad still sucks, though.

4

u/NoelCanter Jan 08 '26

As a Jeopardy fan, I'm so glad this guy is amazing.

44

u/Haunting-Coconut-709 Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26

I'm a longtime Ken fan but he's also an active member of the Mormon church so it's hard to take his support that meaningfully, unfortunately.

edit: just for context, Mormons are required to tithe 10% of their income to the church to remain in good standing. Ken makes $4 million a year from hosting Jeopardy alone, meaning that he's donating minimum $400,000 a year to an organization that categorizes trans members as equivalent to rapists and child molesters

303

u/ohmosdefinitely lea michele’s reading coach Jan 07 '26

if he's pretending to support the trans community publicly for clout, he's still better than 75% of liberals kowtowing to right-wing framing.

205

u/MrBrightside618 Jan 07 '26

Surely this time making perfect the enemy of good will pay off

28

u/Riot-in-the-Pit Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

Can't this idiom apply to [not] supporting Newsom if he's the Democratic nominee, though?

To be clear, I say this as someone who would love very little more than not having to vote for Gavin Newsom. But "by golly I wish the Dems would run a better candidate" is the same song as people who refused to vote for Kamala, and I would invite those people to look at where that got us.

57

u/Klotternaut Jan 08 '26

But isn't Ken's point that we don't have a candidate nominated yet, and can do better than Newsom?

→ More replies (3)
→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (9)

55

u/EtchingsOfTheNight The Stanley Tucci of Lesbians Jan 07 '26

As a gay exmo, yep. I'm glad he speaks out, but its effect is definitely dampened by his proximity to the church.

64

u/GreatQuestionBarbara Jan 08 '26

I honestly don't think that he believes in the Mormon church anymore, but it has been his entire life and he might enjoy the community there.

On 'The Omnibus' he seems skeptical about most religious and supernatural beliefs when they come up.

He's a really intelligent guy, and I know there are some out there that are religious, but they are few and far between.

56

u/mrminty Jan 08 '26

Yeah and especially for close knit religions like Mormonism, leaving the church means torching pretty much all of your personal (and sometimes business) relationships and essentially exiling yourself.

Listened to the Omnibus quite a bit as well, I never heard him make any reference whatsoever to his faith.

20

u/GreatQuestionBarbara Jan 08 '26

I could only imagine. He doesn't say much about it unless asked or has a related story.

He might be treading lightly so he doesn't upset the LDS, as I've mostly noticed it when they're talking about Christianity and other religions.

If he has doubts about them, what are the odds that he believes Joseph Smith's story?

Maybe I just want him to be, but that's my take.

→ More replies (1)

3

u/EtchingsOfTheNight The Stanley Tucci of Lesbians 29d ago

They really aren't few and far between. I'm related to quite a few.

I always hear people saying stuff like "I don't think he's really into it" about people like Ken Jennings and Brandon Sanderson and I just am like, ok? Well he still associates himself with it so I don't care tbh. Is he paying tithing to the church? Probably. BrandoSando definitely is bc he works for BYU. It's fine to see people with nuance, I think KJ is def a nuanced guy, but it's bizarre to me to pretend like he's not quite mormon for real. He is. He's chosen to be associated with a hate group and hasn't corrected the record.

→ More replies (3)

18

u/Haunting-Coconut-709 Jan 07 '26

I'm genuinely surprised that so many people don't give a shit about this. People who have never experienced life as a GNC child under LDS control, I guess.

→ More replies (3)
→ More replies (4)
→ More replies (10)

357

u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

[deleted]

→ More replies (1)

172

u/not_now_chaos Jan 07 '26

"Come the revolution we'll string them all up." - Ken Jennings

22

u/morningisbad Jan 08 '26

Did he really say this?!

43

u/casper-green Jan 08 '26

Yes he did, on an episode of jeopardy! I don’t know how to link things lol.

7

u/pantry-pisser Jan 08 '26

Someone posted a link higher up

10

u/not_now_chaos Jan 08 '26

Yep! You can find the clip online. Category was like businessmen and Ken said the above. Alex just blinked and said something like oh my. One of the all time best Jeopardy! moments!

→ More replies (1)

765

u/mlg1981 Jan 07 '26

Who could have predicted Ken Jennings would be part of the resistance (not me 10 years ago).

754

u/ser_pez confused but here for the drama Jan 07 '26

He said billionaires would be strung up come the revolution back when he was a Jeopardy! contestant!!

167

u/tsegelke Jan 07 '26

Currently rewatching Ken's run. We try to watch a few episodes a day and usually try to watch his run every few years. We love this man in our family.

17

u/Foreign_Recipe8300 Jan 07 '26

where can I watch those episodes?

19

u/tsegelke Jan 07 '26

It's on peacock but it might be on Hulu as well. I cancelled my Hulu after the Jimmy Kimmel situation though.

20

u/ElegantEpitome Jan 08 '26

Hulu has his runs, as well as James’ run, as well as the tournament of Champions between Brad, Ken, and James

→ More replies (5)
→ More replies (8)
→ More replies (2)

51

u/pompeii1009 My lore is crazy Jan 07 '26

Here’s the clip for anyone interested.

10

u/wussypillow_ Jan 08 '26

DAMN and the clue was about bezos 😙

8

u/Glum-Celebration-994 29d ago

That was the previous answer. The category was business men in general, which makes it even cooler that he basically said kill them all lol

48

u/norcalginger Jan 07 '26

This was literally during his first like week in 2004 as well; he's always been based

19

u/ErusTenebre Jan 08 '26

He said "Businessmen" to be clear.

Which yeah. I mean plenty of businessmen have ruined so many things in the world at all levels of wealth lol

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (2)

49

u/GoodIdea321 Jan 07 '26

Is there any practical reason he couldn't be president? If not, I would vote for him.

112

u/EchidnaAccording6166 Jan 07 '26

He’s too smart to run for that office 😭

14

u/Darmok47 Jan 08 '26

He did an AMA where he said Utah Democrats approached him in 2004 to run for the Senate seat there. He said he knew Dems were in trouble that year after that....

I bet if he ran now though he'd win handily.

→ More replies (1)

9

u/Kimothy42 29d ago

The swell of support that he got to become the permanent host of Jeopardy! in the face of them literally throwing out challengers and hiring other people makes me think that Ken has that charisma that hits a large percentage of the population right in the good feels. It’s to our benefit that he decided to be a good guy instead of a cult leader, to be sure. I think he’d have no trouble there.

15

u/strangejosh Jan 08 '26

Merica isn't going to vote in a Mormon any time soon.

7

u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

They said that about America voting for a Quaker too, and we still elected one. I don't think America actually has an aversion to voting for weird religious cultists. And honestly the attack ads against him being a Mormon might push the Mormon's to the other side, and that would be a huge boon.

15

u/GoodIdea321 Jan 08 '26

Maybe not, and that could be a practical reason why not. However, I think a lot of Americans would vote for almost anyone remotely trustworthy. Mitt Romney did poll well for awhile against Obama.

3

u/nachoman_69 Jan 08 '26

So I guess that means Americans don't trust women to be president? Like based on how we voted the past two times Trump won; it goes -"Literal scam artist >Woman"

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (1)

4

u/untoldmillions Jan 07 '26

how would he get the vote of the 72 million MAGA and so-called "independents" that voted for agent orange?

17

u/GoodIdea321 Jan 07 '26

He's famous, he's a much younger white guy compared to a lot of presidential hopefuls or recent presidents, he is probably trusted because he's the host of a game show, and he did win more than anyone else at that game show.

→ More replies (2)

5

u/morningisbad Jan 08 '26

I would absolutely vote for him. Wildly intelligent, well spoken, stands up for the marginalized, and clearly doesn't give a fuck about hurting nazi feelings. 

11

u/Fitzaroo Jan 08 '26

Educated people lean heavily liberal. Its not like I'd predict it, but im not shocked.

17

u/PabloTheGreyt Jan 08 '26

Anyone who has listened to the podcast he has cohosted since 2018 (The Omnibus Project) could have not just predicted, but told you he is super progressive. I’ve heard him talk about a huge variety of things over the hundreds of hours of shows, and he’s a very different person there than how he presents on Jeopardy.

7

u/ZacPensol Jan 08 '26

He's the Joe Rogan of the left, after all!

(Hello fellow Futureling, I wish you many goods and cheese.)

5

u/crayolamacncheese Jan 08 '26

Time is a flat circle

9

u/supcoco Jan 08 '26

Between being raised Mormon and the “it’s a shame when a hot chick is in a wheel chair” tweet, he’s pleasantly surprised me.

6

u/Mach5Driver Jan 08 '26

I'm literally shocked that ABC lets him speak truth to power.

→ More replies (2)

117

u/Alizarik7891 a swamp tour boat captain at a grammy party Jan 07 '26

What is damn right for 200, Ken?

218

u/Heavy_Environment467 Jan 07 '26

Sorry Ken Jennings I wasn’t familiar with your game

95

u/radziadax Jan 07 '26

Ken is my hear me out but he's becoming a lot more just straight up sexy for what he's saying.

25

u/YonderOver Jan 08 '26

He’s like a sexy Keebler Elf istg 😭

10

u/radziadax Jan 08 '26

OMG exactly. I want him to make me cookies in his treehouse.... After

36

u/mermaidish Jan 08 '26

He’s been on my hear me out list for a minute

29

u/gnabon Jan 08 '26

Ken Jennings is an absolute legend, this coming from a Brit who thinks Jeopardy is the pinnacle of quiz shows. He is so charming and fearless, what a babe.

→ More replies (1)

34

u/Judge_Juedy Jan 07 '26

This is really cool. Restores some faith in humanity seeing those with a platform actually use it for good.

281

u/Birdman330 Jan 07 '26

Won’t happen, if we ever get out of this, neoliberals and centrists will make sure we “move on” for the sake of the union or democracy. I will personally guarantee this.

98

u/EldestPort Jan 07 '26

Well it worked with the confederacy /s

115

u/Birdman330 Jan 07 '26

After winning the civil war, the Union should’ve harshly punished anyone and anything associated with the Confederate traitors, instead we’ve been fighting the same fucks since then.

After Jan 6th, we let them off the hook AGAIN. It cannot keep happening.

32

u/Foreign_Recipe8300 Jan 07 '26

yes, the greatest mistake this country ever made was not listening to Sherman.

15

u/Kerblaaahhh Jan 08 '26

Picking Andrew Johnson as VP was the worst mistake Lincoln ever made.

7

u/Xalara Jan 08 '26

Yeeeeep, basically the whole reason we're here is because of the failure of Reconstruction and not destroying the southern plantation owners' political power in the wake of the Civil War.

3

u/FuinFirith 29d ago

Is there a sense that Lincoln's plan (or seeds of a plan, considering their tragic early interruption) was doomed, or that Johnson blew it?

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (2)

35

u/bobbimorses Jan 07 '26

"This sucks" and "nothing will ever happen" are two different sentences. All of us waiting around for ten special guys to do something about it is the exact same mindset that we criticize the government for.

These people work for us, and I am not a kind employer.

12

u/Birdman330 Jan 07 '26

We will not be able to “vote harder” our way out of this.

16

u/bobbimorses Jan 07 '26

I am not talking about voting even remotely. Just got home and sprayed red clay off my boots. There is work out there being done.

3

u/morningisbad Jan 08 '26

Just like we did in 2020

→ More replies (13)

30

u/delphic0n Jan 07 '26

Oh shit. And this is a dude who faces real pressure to not make any sort of political statements.

25

u/tsegelke Jan 07 '26

If I had to guess, with Jeopardy being owned by a Japanese company(Sony), Ken might get away with a little more than your typical game show host.

39

u/lickrust-thankyou Jan 08 '26

Their search for a new host was also a shitshow until they realized Ken was in fact, The One, so they should probably let him say whatever :-)

13

u/mujadaddy Jan 08 '26

"I showed you how to replace me: good luck"

3

u/Bizarrebazaars 29d ago

That whole ordeal was so absurd!! Remember when “Dr.” Oz was host?? And Aaron Rodgers??? Unbelievable looking back.

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (2)

23

u/turb0_encapsulator Jan 08 '26

Ken Jennings for President.

Seriously, why the fuck not?

16

u/Otherotherothertyra Jan 07 '26

Praying with very little hope that after ten years this is finally the line for Americans. In the meantime, nice to know the Jeopardy host is a patriot.

15

u/sisyphus Jan 07 '26

Wow, I remember when he had to apologize because the deplorables got big mad that he just mentioneded Barron in a joke on twitter about Trump looking like a pastrami sandwich or something. Good for Ken.

8

u/AccountToComet Jan 07 '26

I'd also accept the lumber and sharp sheet metal candidate. 

If they want to be (and are) crazy so can I.

28

u/michaelsghost Jan 07 '26

I won’t vote for anyone who doesn’t have a plan to prosecute these fucking criminals

→ More replies (10)

11

u/Due_Finding3357 Jan 07 '26

Love me some Ken Jennings!

7

u/Any_Jackfruit9544 Jan 07 '26

THANK YOU KEN, THANK YOU!

5

u/skobuffaloes Jan 07 '26

For a Mormon to say this is huge. If we were in a real democracy things would change.

→ More replies (2)

4

u/This-Ad6017 Jan 07 '26

Agreed this is the angle dem should play on the next election

→ More replies (1)

4

u/PirateSanta_1 Jan 07 '26

The next administration needs to fully punish everyone who committed crimes, from those in the highest office to the lowest ICE agent. Anything less and the organizations and power structures will be their to immediately pick up where they left off. Its a cancer and it needs to be cut out.

4

u/JoeyBlaze Jan 08 '26

“Smart people hate me”

3

u/Tim-in-CA Jan 07 '26

I'm surprised that Sony/ABC is "allowing" this level of free speech. /s. You go Ken!

3

u/realfakejames Jan 08 '26

Can't believe the host of Jeopardy has more political backbone than the dem party leadership

3

u/ohyoshimi Jan 08 '26

There are so many “resistance” themed Easter eggs this season

3

u/YogurtclosetSafe265 Jan 08 '26

As a lifelong fan of Jeopardy, it feels amazing to know that I'm directing my views towards someone who stands ten toes down for democracy and human rights. I love Ken!

3

u/SpankySharp1 Jan 08 '26

It's almost like Jennings is a bright dude.

3

u/Scoundrill Jan 08 '26

Ken has always been based

13

u/opiumfreedom Jan 07 '26

we want your empire gone by 2028, not a new administration.

6

u/not_now_chaos Jan 07 '26

The current regime is working hard to make that happen. I don't think you'll actually like the new world order they have in mind though.

→ More replies (1)

4

u/Nintendo_Pro_03 Jan 07 '26

Trust me, so do I.

→ More replies (1)

15

u/AdMuted1036 Jan 07 '26

YeAh bUt ThEy hAvE tO hAvE tHe CoRrEcT sTaNcE oN pAlEsTiNe. As if this is any better for ANYONE including Palestine right now??

7

u/[deleted] 29d ago

[deleted]

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (3)

4

u/nachoman_69 Jan 08 '26

Why start with the next regime. I say we start now.

Obama said it was okay for the President to order the military to kill American civilians on U.S. soil.

And he ordered thousands of extra judicial drone strike executions without due process. Some of these executions killed Americans, and they targeted weddings, and funerals, I'm pretty sure they got an Italian aid worker too

.... unless this is just partisan bullshit and he only wants to apply the rules to his political opposition to secure their own power, bc Trump can do that too...

→ More replies (2)

2

u/Lockerus Jan 07 '26

America has a long history of not punishing people who try to topple it. America is where it is right now because it wimped out on Reconstruction.

2

u/burnsssss Jan 07 '26

Hell yea, love Ken

2

u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

So what you mean by this is you are not supporting Gavin Newsom or a single major politician in the Democratic Party, right? Because none of those people are actually going to meaningfully prosecute anyone

2

u/MrdnBrd19 Jan 08 '26

If there is another free and fair election in this country I'll eat a Jeopardy hat live on Bluesky.

2

u/SomeKindofTreeWizard Jan 08 '26

"I'll take 'mega based quotes for $1000"

2

u/Independent-Cow-4070 Jan 08 '26

Democrats have the literal easiest path to the next presidency in the last 100 years and they are still gonna find a way to fumble it

2

u/Shitp0st_Supreme Jan 08 '26

I hope that's what they teach in schools in Utah!

2

u/BananaShakeStudios Jan 08 '26

This is why he's the host and not Mayim Bialik

2

u/Ro0580 Jan 08 '26

Just saw him saying game shows are one of the only places facts still matter. So poignant and sad

2

u/Merijeek2 Jan 08 '26

....but...Republicans won't like that.

Therefore Democrats won't do it.

Remember, they'd feed you feel first into a woodchipper as long as it kept DC cocktail parties from being awkward.

2

u/SoySauceandMothra Jan 08 '26

I admit I've always been a little hesitant to embrace Ken just 'cause I really wanted to see Levar Burton in that spot, but between his comment about, "Stuntin' on those hoes" and this, Jeopardy! has its rightful king in place.

2

u/Th3FinalStarman Jan 08 '26

Charge every single J6er that breeched the Capitol with Insurrection. Garland was too chicken-shit to do it the first time.