Con Flambers

@themagicconch19.bsky.social

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Tempered optimist. Wisconsin politics and other things. Certified EMT. Opinions are mine and mine alone. He/him Blog doing deep dives on politics and history here - https://delving-deeper.ghost.io.

A picture of Squidward from SpongeBob looking alarmed, with his eyes bulging and his mouth shrunk, with a caption above him saying, "when I'm in a niche subcultural region of the United States competition and my opponent is..." It then shows a picture of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
A screenshot of a notepad document that reads, "Some things I expect to hear at the Dem debate for governor of Wisconsin (7/28/26): -Barnes mentioning that he's the son of a public school teacher and a third shift factory worker -Hong saying, "We make better possible" -Crowley talking about how he had to work with whoever he could as county executive of Milwaukee County -Hong being attacked for having bad polls against Tiffany -Barnes mentioning he's the best candidate against Tiffany -Hong talking about socialism/being asked about socialism -Another Democrat bringing up Hong's past comments about wanting to abolish the police and prisons -Hong mentioning her campaign's organizing efforts/500,000 door goal -Crowley being asked about why he came back to the race after leaving"
The Wojak meme of the guy with his mouth wide open in shock and excitement.
A picture of Ron Johnson, Wisconsin's senior senator.
A picture of BlueSky's trending tab, showing the following topics trending: 1. AI Regulations 2. Jimothy 3. Spain 4. Troy Jackson 5. Argentina
The "Freedom of Speech" painting by Norman Rockwell, which has become an internet meme. A man is standing up at a town hall to speak his opinion as other seated attendees look on.
2016 US Senate election of Ron Johnson versus Russ Feingold, where Ron Johnson won 50.17% of the vote to Russ Feingold's 46.81% of the vote. Johnson won 1,479,471 votes to Feingold's 1,380,335 votes.
An excerpt from my blog Delving Deeper which reads, "But even if Musk and Trump do part ways, that won't change the fact that Musk represents perhaps the greatest threat to democracy not just in the United States, but in the world over. His website is regularly used by fascists to spread lies and misinformation - it played a critical role in feeding xenophobic riots by fascists in the UK last summer. Musk might seem just like an annoying loser, and he may well be that, but annoying losers paired with ungodly sums of money can still pose a formidable threat."
The Norman Rockwell "Freedom of Speech" painting from the 1940s that has become an internet meme. A guy stands up at a town meeting to speak his mind.
An image with a subway sandwich in the background, with the text, "Dudes be like, 'Subway sucks,' my brother in Christ you made the sandwich."
Pablo Picasso's 1937 painting "Guernica," which depicts the aftermath of German bombing of a Basque village. The painting shows a harrowing, grotesque scene of chaos: dismembered bodies, frightened animals, and screaming, distraught people. It is one of the most famous paintings ever.
A screenshot from the polling website FiftyPlusOne showing Trump at 60.0% disapproval to 36.5% approval as of May 21st, 2026.
The "Freedom of Speech" Norman Rockwell painting from the 1940s that has become an internet meme.
The orthopedic surgeon Dr. Park "The Shark" from season 2 of The Pitt.
The meme shows a geographic outline of the US stabbing itself. The US has a stupid expression on its face as it stabs itself with two swords, it is also covered in blood. An outline of China looks on studiously, while an outline Europe looks on in shock and concern.
A picture of Derrick Van Orden, a guy with a ball cap with an American flag on it, and who has a white beard, with some other dude on the grounds of the Capitol during January 6th, 2021.
A screenshot of a Google sheet that says, "Wisconsin benchmarks spreadsheet."
A table showing presidential election results for Elm Grove, Wisconsin. The table reads: Elm Grove, Wisconsin Dem% Rep % Dem margin 2012 31.6 67.7 -36.1 2016 39.9 53.4 -13.5 2020 47.6 50.5 -2.9 2024 49.7 48.6 1.1
A table of presidential election results from Brookfield and Waukesha, Wisconsin. The table reads: Brookfield, Wisconsin Waukesha, Wisconsin Dem % Rep % Dem margin Dem % Rep % Dem margin 2016 37.0 56.5 -19.5 2016 40.8 51.1 -10.3 2020 45.0 53.5 -8.5 2020 46.2 51.6 -5.4 2024 46.1 51.4 -5.3 2024 46.2 52.0 -5.8
Sean Penn as the villainous and cruel Colonel Lockjaw in the movie One Battle After Another.
Some deranged weirdo in my replies saying that he proudly voted for Trump in 2016, then Green in 2020 and 2024. He punctuates his post with, "Come at me #BlueMaga IDGAF about your hateful, unprincipled, binary thinking cult of LOSERS"
A Wikipedia screenshot of the 2025 supreme court election in Wisconsin, showing Wisconsin's 72 counties and which candidate won each. Liberal candidate Susan Crawford got 55.02% of the vote to Musk-backed conservative Brad Schimel's 44.92%, or 1,301,137 votes to 1,062,330 votes.
A screenshot from Wikipedia showing Democrat Abigail Spanberger's victory in the 2025 Virginia governor's race. It shows her receiving 57.58% of the vote to Republican Winsome Earle-Sears' 42.2%. She received 1,976,857 votes to Sears' 1,449,586 votes. A total walloping.
The guy standing up in the Norman Rockwell painting, "Freedom of Speech." It's a meme.
A headline from CNN the reads, "Analysis suggests US was responsible for deadly strike on Iranian elementary school."
A closed ballot dropbox from 2022 with a quote from Sojourner Truth on it. The quote reads, "Truth is powerful and will prevail."
A goat with a brown coat standing on a tree stump, being distinctly goatish.
A screenshot of Paul Dano as The Riddler from The Batman (2022). In large yellow text is the caption, "Does he know?"
An endorsement list for Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign, screenshotted from Wikipedia. It includes Orvaul Faubus, the former segregationist governor of Arkansas, and Bernie Sanders, the then-mayor of Burlington, Vermont. It also includes Casey Kasem, Harold Washington, and Paul Wellstone.
Norman Rockwell's famous "Freedom of Speech" painting from the 1940s, where a guy is standing up to voice an unpopular opinion. It is now an internet meme in the 2020s.
A screenshot from the FEC website showing fundraising totals for various Senate candidates. Jon Ossoff, a Democratic senator from Georgia, has raised almost $64 million, far more than any other senator or Senate candidate. Cory Booker is in a distant 2nd at just over $30 million.
A screenshot of Judge Fred Biery's signature at the end of his decision, ordering the release of Liam Ramos and his father. Attached is a picture of Liam Ramos being arrested by ICE, clad in his now-iconic bunny hat. The picture is credited to a bystander, and 2 Bible verses are shown below the picture - Matthew 19:14, John 11:35. The verses not actually directly quoted, just alluded to, so it is left to the reader to look them up for themself.
A meme of a man laughing and smiling in the first frame, with the caption, "Minnesota Republicans when Tim Walz drops out of the Minnesota governor's race." In the second, he looks to be in a mixture of despair and shock. The caption for this frame reads, "Minnesota Republicans when they realize they're now running against Amy Klobuchar."
A screenshot from the game Old School RuneScape. A player in ranged gear with a ranged prayer activated has just defeated the level 702 boss Tztok-Jad. The player had only 7 hp left, and so he was on the cusp of dying before he triumphed.
A man blowing a very large, light green bubble with bubblegum. The bubble is easily over twice the size of his head. You can see the reflectio of the room in the bubble.
A screenshot from Wikipedia of Susan Crawford's victory over Brad Schimel in April 2025. It shows the election map of Wisconsin's 72 counties, with green being counties Crawford won, and brown being the counties Schimel won. Crawford got 1,301,137 votes to Schimel's 1,062,330 votes, or 55.02% of the vote to 44.92% of the vote.
A screenshot of a graph of two trendlines, a purple one showing Trump's disapproval, and a green one showing his approval. The purple line has steadily gone upward over time, and the green one has steadily gone down. For the data point of November 12th, the disapprove rating reads at 56.3%, and the approve reading reads at 39.9%.
The meme of the Pokemon Pikachu looking shocked, with mouth agape in utter shock.
A black and white portrait of Chester A. Arthur, James Garfield's Vice President who later became the President after Garfield was assassinated. His mutton chops are robust in this picture, as he stares intently off to the side.
The screaming Wojak meme. His mouth is agape, in a look of shock and outrage.
A LUCAS 3 CPR machine. It has a yellow backboard to place behind the patient, along with a big suction cup connected to a plunger-like device that hangs over the patient. At the top of it is a user interface to adjust its settings for compressions. It also has straps on the sides of it to secure a patient's hands to.
A screenshot of an editorial in the Bezos-controlled Washington Post titled, yes, really, "In defense of the White House ballroom." The article was published by the editorial board.
Excerpt from my article that reads, "But I am not naive. Sometimes, a conversation can be more like talking to a brick wall. I had one particularly combative voter around my age who I spoke with for about 5 minutes, and during that time it was an unrelenting flurry of swears and Fox News talking points. Among other things, he insisted that "Obamacare did way more to fucking hurt women's rights than anything Trump did." Paraphrased slightly, swearing very much accurate. He also asked me several times why the Democrats put "lies and bullshit" into their ads. A favorite refrain of his throughout this was that "I know the truth!" as he basically quoted Trump and Fox word-for-word to me. Truth is lies, freedom is slavery, war is peace. This man was truly lost in the sauce. But it also drives home this obvious point: lots of voters like Trump. It's not that they're being misled so much as they're clearly seeing what he does and agreeing with it. If their capacity for independent thought goes by the wayside, that's fine - the leader will take care of it."
A screenshot from Wikipedia of the 2025 Wisconsin supreme court race, showing Susan Crawford's 55.02% winning of the vote to Brad Schimel's 44.92%, winning 1,301,137 votes to Schimel's 1,062,330. This was an election Elon Musk spent some $50 million on and lost BIG LEAGUE.
The classic post from Twitter user @LinkofSunshine that says, "People on twitter will really be like, 'you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a Walmart' and then not firebomb a Walmart
A screenshot of the Rotten Tomatoes' page for the Damien Chazelle movie Babylon, featuring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt. It has a 57% of reviews being positive from critics, and a 52% reviews being positive from audiences - both are considered "rotten" under the Rotten Tomatoes' scoring system.
The meme of the shocked Wojak. He is in shock, with his mouth agape.
A picture of me blowing a giant bubble with bubblegum. The bubble is grayish but translucent, and is about 1.5x the size of my head.
A poster for the new Amazon remake of War of the Worlds. It mostly just features Ice Cube with a grave expression on his face, apparently to remind us that yes, he is indeed in this movie. There are some smaller black and white images in the background, only one of which appears to feature an actual Martian. The poster looks like it was made over 20 years ago by a teenager messing around in Photo Shop who thought it'd be funny if there was a War of the Worlds movie with Ice Cube in it.
A map, taken from Wikpedia, of Democratic governor Tony Evers' 2022 election victory over Republican Tim Michels. He won 51.15% of the vote to Michels' 47.75%, winning 1,358,744 votes to Michels 1,268,535 votes, or a margin of about 90,000 votes. The counties that Evers won are colored in varying shades of blue, darker blue meaning a higher margin of victory, and the counties that Michels won are colored in varying shades of red, darker red meaning a higher margin of victory.
A lie-ridden statement from the official Department of Homeland Security X account responding to a post from Brad Lander saying, "DISGUSTING. First, NYC comptroller Brad Lander assaulted our brave law enforcement. Now he is comparing them to 'secret police.' Our officers verbally identify themselves, wear vests that say ICE/ERO or Homeland Security, and are flanked by vehicles that also the say name of the department. This despicable rhetoric about our brave law enforcement from sanctuary politicians has contributed to a 700% increase in assaults against them."
A hand-sewn patch showing JD Vance's face in a hideous caricature in reference to the memes of his face that have percolated the internet in recent months.
North Korean propaganda lady getting ready to spout some regime-friendly lies.
A map showing what the electoral map would look like if Kamala Harris won the popular vote by 16 points - the amount she won union voters by in the 2024 election. She wins 417 electoral votes to Trump's 121, and wins the following Trump-won states: Nevada, Texas, Florida, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Iowa, and Alaska.
A screenshot from Wikipedia of the 2022 Arizona attorney general race's results map, where Democratic candidate Kris Mayes won by less than 300 votes. She won 1,254,809 votes to Republican candidate Abraham Hamadeh's 1,254,529 votes, or a margin of 0.01% - Mayes getting 49.94% to Hamadeh's 49.93%.
A map of then-Governor Tommy Thompson's 1998 landslide victory map, in which he won all by 5 counties in Wisconsin. The margin was 59.7% to 38.7%, 1,047,716 votes to Democratic candidate Ed Garvey's 679,553 votes.
A screenshot from Wikipedia of Wisconsin's 2018 gubernatorial race. The map shows precinct-level results of who won each precinct, with Evers-won precincts in blue and Walker-won precincts in red. The final margin was Democratic candidate Tony Evers winning 49.5% to incumbent Scott Walker's 48.4%, or 1,324,307 votes to 1,295,080 votes.
A screenshot of a New York Times' election results map showing the shifts in Wisconsin's 2025 supreme court race compared to the 2024 presidential race last November. Every single county has a blue arrow of varying sizes, some extremely large.
The very unsettling 2nd presidential portrait of Donald Trump.