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Gillian K
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*reading the post, preparing myself to be pissed at the second half*

*gets to second half*
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
Can't even count the number of times I said this when people complained about Schumer or whoever not endorsing Mamdani.
By not endorsing ZOHRAN MAMDANI, they actually helped him win the election. It was a strategy that worked.
Just sayin. 😎
Even my 18-year-old daughter last night said that everybody is allowed to lib out for 24 hours LOL
It's frankly a huge compliment LOL
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serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
I can be a sore winner too
Well, the Sixers lost in a squeaker but we swept the PA statewide judicial elections and retention races.
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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Scorching hot start for the Sixers, who have dropped 15 points on 6 shots in the first 3 minutes of play in Chicago.

Tyrese Maxey (6 pts on 2 shots) and Joel Embiid (4) lead the way for the Sixers, who have already made a trio of 3s. Timeout Chicago.
Tonight's election/Sixers watch set-up
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
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"beware: extremely charismatic and lovable guy might secretly be steered by an outstandingly competent and cool woman. surely this is the last thing you want"

also if they were white and right wing you'd call them a power couple lol
[the NY Post scrambling to make a last-ditch scandal:]

"umm, uhhh, his aloof wife Rama Duwaji secretly ran the campaign"
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⁉️ Want commonsense gun reforms?
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Be sure to vote in Tuesday's General Election. Polls are open from 7am to 8pm.
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The combined wealth of the 10 richest people in America jumped $698 billion over the past year.

This figure was supercharged by Donald Trump’s tax giveaways to his fellow billionaires.

www.thedailybeast.com/wealth-of-am...
Wealth of America’s Richest Billionaires Rockets Under Trump
“The rise of a new American oligarchy” is underway, according to an Oxfam study.
www.thedailybeast.com
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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i genuinely cannot stand actual european elites condescendingly explaining american public opinion to americans. reminds me of when some british lady IRL tried to tell me she understood southerners better than i ever could, a southerner who lives in the south.
The educated liberal big city US folks outraged at Trump's renovation of Lincoln bathroom really need to scroll some Facebook of their less established relatives and friends to see what kind of aesthetic resonates with Trump's target audience.