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This will sound sacrilegious to some, but I think Ken Jennings is an even better Jeopardy host than Alex Trebek (may he rest in playful puzzledom). He’s the GOAT of the game! Ok, we’ve seen some impressive competition in recent years, but Ken is still the player with the most consecutive wins (74) and the highest winnings total for regular, non-tournament games ($2,520,700). Ken has walked the walk, which means his head is so stuffed full of knowledge that he can easily banter about clues on the fly. I’m still not over the anecdote of a contestant guessing “Who is Gainsborough?” and Ken responding, “Sorry, it’s Gainsborough’s great rival.” He had 18th century portrait painting trivia at the ready! (And yes, I had to look up “Gainsborough’s rival” to confirm those details.)
What’s also been fun with Ken’s tenure as host, if a bit more unexpected, is his edge. Sometimes it’s sly and self-deprecating, like when he lamented “I learned I’m not even NPR-hot” after Ari Shapiro filmed clues for a category. Other times, Ken’s edge comes out in pointed political commentary that seems at odds with a man whose face looks like the human personification of Wonder Bread. Luckily for us, it was this charged version of Ken who showed up on Bluesky last week. He bluntly said that whichever 2028 presidential hopeful campaigns on the promise to prosecute this current regime at every level, that is the candidate he will be voting for. I’ll take “Amen to That!” for $1 kabillion.
Ken Jennings is already looking forward to 2028.
After four long years, Americans will finally get to choose their next president — and Ken’s hoping that whoever wins will make it a priority to prosecute the former administration.
Ken called for legal action yesterday in a viral Bluesky post, writing that the candidate who will “prosecute the former regime at every level” will have his vote in 2028.
“America is always like ‘ok but the NEXT regime change will work,’ like when I ‘cut out carbs’ briefly every January,” the Jeopardy! host said in another post.
He also said that he was on a “blockin’” and “mutin’” spree as critics came for his posts, which included several reposts about the Minnesota ICE shooting that left 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good dead. “I’ve been a-blockin and a-mutin all afternoon,” Ken wrote in part.
People were surprised to see this side of Ken, but they were loving every minute of it.
“ken jennings is a real one,” read one Reddit comment with almost 2,000 likes.
Another person wondered, “Who could have predicted Ken Jennings would be part of the resistance (not me 10 years ago).”
“What is damn right for 200, Ken,” another person joked, while someone else said Ken is “becoming a lot more just straight up sexy for what he’s saying.”
“And this is a dude who faces real pressure to not make any sort of political statements,” one person added. Another agreed, “This is really cool. Restores some faith in humanity seeing those with a platform actually use it for good.”
While one more added, “THANK YOU KEN, THANK YOU!”
I don’t know, Ken, I think you might have to walk back that statement of not being “NPR-hot.” Not hot? The man is on fire! He’s intelligent, more so than our “more geniuser” president. Ken knows that there are basic facts that can’t be both-sided, and he has no energy — KENERGY! — left to pussyfoot around that in the hopes of appealing to a larger audience. There’s no time for that when our government is killing civilians (and calling them f–king bitches as they do it). And so help me dog, if the democrats approach the next presidential election with a kumbaya spirit of just trying to bring everyone together and move forward, I WILL pull my hair out. (This is a powerful statement if you know just how vain I am about my hair.) People have committed crimes; they need to be held accountable, and that action has to start on day one of the next administration.
So hell yeah, I cosign what Ken says here. About democratic party priorities, and about the carb-cutting lie we tell ourselves each January. The only place where I differ with Ken, is in taking it for granted that we’ll for certain have a presidential election by 2028.
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
— Ken Jennings (@kenjennings.bsky.social) January 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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We watched his entire championship run and I’ve crushed on him ever since. (But face like wonder bread is still so accurate!😂) Thank you, Ken!
One of the reasons we’re in this current 🇺🇸 political hell is because of the BS gentlemen agreements Dem POTUS’ ALWAYS held regarding criminal Republican administration which have ALWAYS been lawless EVERY 58 YEARS OF MY LIFE!😠
👆👆👆Sometimes your posts just say all that needs saying and the rest of us can go home.
Imagine that. Intelligent, well-educated people like Ken realize these people are criminals.
Because he’s actually smart unlike reactionary authoritarian dumb-*ss MAGAs, the people who think in slogans and obey the lizard brain.
I love him as a jeopardy host. I’m surprised by how much I do. I think its because he is so interested in how the contestants bet for daily doubles and their final jeopardy wagers (which is how he won so many games, yes he got a ton of answers right but he was very very good at that final jeopardy wager which involves a lot of strategic thinking.) he’s a bit self-deprecating, just enough to seem humble, and he seems to enjoy himself and there’s a big element of “isn’t this fun that I get to do this.” Alex Trebek had that element too – where he clearly just thought it was super fun and lucky that his job was hosting Jeopardy – which is why I think so many Trebek fans appreciate Jennings.
Jeopardy super champ Amy (I can’t remember her last name) broke it down pretty well re: Jeopardy champs and their politics. She said that she doesnt know if all champs are liberal but what she knows is that they all believe in facts. They all believe that the grass is green because that’s a fact. And its hard to discuss politics today because so many on the right are coming at this from a place of “facts dont exist.”
Schneider. And ooh, I like what she said. Facts.
Ken has def grown on me. When I visit my dad we catch up on jeopardy episodes and my dad loves him. I support his message.
I love how the Jeopardy contestants represent America’s melting pot—and how Ken Jennings is so welcoming. He brings out the best in each individual. Another good man from the state of Washington who I admire is Rick Steves.
Both role models give us hope in our winter of discontent.
I second the Rick Steves admiration! I live in his area. He has led No Kings rallies and just saved a community resource center from closing. Like Ken, he uses his position and privilege to do good.
Yep, this is where I am.
I wonder how best to relate this to Democrats, because it sure as eff doesn’t seem like they’re paying attention. Some of that I honestly take to be that they truly are just the other side of the Republican coin – like my senator, Amy Klobuchar, merrily centristing her way through her job – and other times I think they’re just wonky, ineffectual nerds who don’t want to rock the boat. So get out of the boat and let someone bolder get into it.
I want prosecutions, to the fullest extent of the law for all of these monsters, but especially the organizers and funders.
Amen @Betsy. I’d even go a step further and say that I want candidates who are willing to design and build a whole new boat.
Even better said, DeeSea!! Yes! Let’s design a boat that limits CEO pay and taxes billionaires out of existence (some Twitter wag said they could get to $999,999,999 and then a trophy that says, “congratulations, you’ve won capitalism!”) and prioritizes schools and makes universal healthcare a thing, that creates civilian governing bodies over police forces and creates a national database so that bad apples are forced out of the barrel and not into another barrel.
I want forward thinking and fresh creation.
Go off, Ken! So glad to see him take a stance and hope it doesn’t have any backlash from his corporate overlords.
My family loves jeopardy and watches every night.
We should all be glad he’s not being censored by the network/studio. When that happens we’re fucked.
Wow, he said it all in a nutshell. I too love Jennings as host. He is just superb and obviously knowledgeable. Love his humour and wit as well, which contributes to his being a great host. As a game show host, I think he’s just in a league by himself.