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Alex Nikos

Alex Nikos

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“Stories are not meant to be realistic, they're supposed to be believable”.

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Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 14h

I think part of it could also be the fact that he showed up after Mamdani won the primary, so they might be more worried of backlash if they're too oppositional

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

When Tish James walks into a courthouse tomorrow — the target of a political prosecution demanded by a President obsessed with revenge — she does not walk in alone.

New York has her back.

Grateful to Governor Hochul for bringing us together tonight.

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 1d

She's just not a lock for the primary as many say she is, that's all

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, within single digits. That's not nearly as popular as many say it is, it's actually pretty mediocre

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 1d

It was also her first time running for reelection, she's been there for 30 years and she's now very unpopular, she can definetly lose

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 1d

That would be a best case scenario

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 1d

Larry Hogan in MD could've been It /j

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 1d

I think he's just racist and bitter that he's losing

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 1d

She's not that popular, I think her popularity has always been exaggerated

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 1d

I think the NY Dem establishment has spent so much time in power that they've become too out of touch not just politically but socially, they just don't know how to do politics anymore and their weakness has caught up to them

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 1d

That will probably depend on the political environment, she's in the weakest position she's ever been and she's very unpopular; she could win, but she might not, we just don't know

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 2d

That poll is an outlier, the average is D+3, that could change though

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 2d

It's like having “no position on slavery” in the 1850s

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 2d

It's a shame we (afaik) haven't had any polling on the primary, just to see how representative it is

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine if then Collins also has tattoos like that

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

“It is important to demonstrate that authoritarian gains are not permanent. That liberal society has the will to undo their grotesqueries.
Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...

We Will Tear Down the Trump Palace Ballroom and Casino

Thinking like a dissident movement.

www.thebulwark.com

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 2d

Also the fact that so far Platner has been the only one to end up like this is a good sign imo

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 2d

I think the Dem Tea Party will still happen, but it won't be the same way as with the GOP, a lot more people like Zohran and a lot less like Platner. It would still have the same impact though, primary enough people that the party is forced to move left.

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 2d

It's 1k, it's in spanish

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 3d

Nazi tat affair useful because anyone doing bizarre prevarications atm re how its totally normal to have a Nazi tattoo, good actually, not a big deal that'd matter in an election, if anything its cringe you care, etc etc, has revealed you never need to take their politics opinions seriously again.

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 3d

Its 1k, but it's in spanish so it says mil

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 3d

He thinks he owns the country

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah it's in spanish

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 3d

Alex Nikos @alexnikos.bsky.social · 3d

Mostly same, though there have been some people on Twitter that have disappointed me tbh