- true story! Jeri Ryan was previously married to 2004 Republican senate candidate Jack Ryan during the senate campaign, the Tribune got their custody records unsealed and it turns out Jack was a huge sex creep, leading him to withdraw Obama trounced Alan Keyes and the rest is history
- a sexy borg played by an actress who coincidentally played a key role in the political ascent of Barack Obama, no less
- importantly, for political nerds of a certain age, this also brought us the @johnrogers.bsky.social Crazification Factor