I’m a huge fan of Ray Porter as a narrator. Can’t say enough good things about his work. I’ll plug Brian Troxell here too, but only because he was my college roommate and I’m a supportive fellow.

So, so many time.

Seriously though, Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff, Bradley Whitford, Janel Moloney, all so generous with their time. Joshua Malina, I’d been a fan of even before The West Wing (SportsNight was too good for TV). Man, it’s time for a West Wing rewatch.

Follow them here on Bluesky too @ppfa.org

Besides, you should be doing it anyhow, regardless of your relationship status. Go ahead and help destigmatize visits to PP for reproductive health care.

Do it even if you’re in a committed, long-term, monogamous relationship. Yes, even if you’re a man. Even if you’re married and aren’t seeing someone outside your marriage. Even if you’re celibate. Do it anyway. It lets PP fund other reproductive health care, especially for those who can’t afford it.

I’m just pleased that the author used the correct, but often misstated, “champing at the bit.”

Able Archer ‘83 was arguably the closest we’ve ever been to nuclear war (yes, even closer than the Cuban Missile Crisis).

I don’t make the rules…

Some states do, in fact, require a special election to fill the vacancy, but it is not constitutionally required, and Florida is not one of them.

This is consistent with laws in some other states as well, and is consistent with the 17th Amendment, which authorized direct election of Senators by a state’s electorate (prior to that amendment, Senators were elected by state legislatures.

Florida law gives the Governor the ability to appoint a replacement to serve until the next general election, which would be November 2026, at which point, the winner would serve the remaining two years of Rubio’s term. Rubio was reelected in 2022 to a six year term, to face reelection in 2028.

For reference, I’m old enough to have watched Nixon’s Oval Office address announcing his resignation, but not old enough to have understood the context.

Good authors borrow. Great authors steal.

This is my nomenclature of choice now. 😉🤣