Exactly one month ago, I wrote that I was late putting up Top Comments because I was watching the Princess Bride Reunion fundraiser for Wisconsin Dems. Today I am squeeking in just on time after spending the BEST 2.5 hours watching cast members from five Star Trek series plus Stacey Abrams, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro and Andrew Yang in #TrekTheVote, a fundraiser for the Biden Victory Campaign.
I was expecting fun. I was expecting all the Trekkie feels. And I got all of that, watching with Mr. Brillig and K1. I was NOT expecting three brilliant panels on women, climate change, and social justice. I was not expecting to be brought to tears by these passionate, outspoken actors. And I was NOT expecting to discover Stacey Abrams is a badass Trekkie. Dayyum.
The 6-8:30pm Eastern time was problematic for west coasters, and I hope it’s made available for viewing again. But please take a look at the #TrekTheVote hashtag to get a feel for tonight’s energy, and bring your fandom discussions to the comments!
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From Youffraita:
modesttraveller has a truly diary-worthy comment about how financial analysts are almost giddy at the prospect of a blue wave blowout. From Dartagnan’s Donald Trump has lost the financial markets--thanks to Mitch McConnell.
From sockpuppet:
This is Kossack Madisonian reacting to the Lincoln Project Don Winslow campaign video for Pennsylvania, featuring Bruce Springsteen. Beautifully expressed reaction. We can all relate. From Angela Marx’s The Lincoln Project has had a lot of good videos out. But Don Winslow is a genius. He got Bruce.
We had two highlights:
From their diary New Zealand goes to the polls and Jacinda Ardern is surging towards a significant victory, smelly pirate highlighted this comment by Concinnity.
Historian4Justice highlighted this comment by ProgressivePenguin from his diary True Confession of a Third Party Voter (in 2016).
And from yours truly, brillig:
From Joan McCarter’s 128,000 Georgians wait hours to be the first to make their 2020 votes count comes this stark top comment from PatsyBailey.
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