Shaz
@demsocdems.bsky.social
25. Just a Random dude on ET. Am for good things which always falls under the label of liberal, socialist, progressive, or social democratic. Pakistani-American. Houston, TX
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Nassau County was a Republican landslide up and down the ballot literally concurrently with Mikie Sherrill landsliding it so hard in suburban North Jersey that Democrats broke through in a bunch of places where they haven't been viable since Watergate, there's simply something wrong with them
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Nassau County was a Republican landslide up and down the ballot literally concurrently with Mikie Sherrill landsliding it so hard in suburban North Jersey that Democrats broke through in a bunch of places where they haven't been viable since Watergate, there's simply something wrong with them
Cant believe they’re so worried they actually got Trump (or someone else) to post about it on his twitter account.
Takes away any chance of it flipping, but man they’re scared.
Takes away any chance of it flipping, but man they’re scared.
Republicans hitting the all caps Panic button in TN-7
Fitting that the swampiest of all would call on them to “swamp the vote”
Fitting that the swampiest of all would call on them to “swamp the vote”
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Cant believe they’re so worried they actually got Trump (or someone else) to post about it on his twitter account.
Takes away any chance of it flipping, but man they’re scared.
Takes away any chance of it flipping, but man they’re scared.
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"I'm listening to X" is thought termination 99 times out of 100
i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
No, I do not “pick on” trans people, I have never done anything like this. And frankly, I think the willingness of some people to completely invent accusations of transphobia in the desperate search for a cudgel against ideological opponents suggests they don’t really care about transphobia
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"I'm listening to X" is thought termination 99 times out of 100
Feel like I couldve chosen a shoe and pant that had more of a contrast with each other.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Feel like I couldve chosen a shoe and pant that had more of a contrast with each other.
Two of these are actually quite valid complaints against leftists, and would say it regardless of the situation.
How to tell if you have morphed into a liberal:
- he is playing 4D chess!
- he has to be nice to reactionaries to accomplish his goals
- if you’re so smart why don’t you run a communist and win
- ok well where is the revolution if that’s your strategy
- real socialism will never happen here
- he is playing 4D chess!
- he has to be nice to reactionaries to accomplish his goals
- if you’re so smart why don’t you run a communist and win
- ok well where is the revolution if that’s your strategy
- real socialism will never happen here
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Two of these are actually quite valid complaints against leftists, and would say it regardless of the situation.
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I think Yglesias's version is worse strategically because the fact that there is a larger base of committed liberals in the US than the UK means he is less often arguing 80/20 positions and more arguing 60/40 or 50/50 positions where he posits that the liberals don't count
the issue here is that both the Labour government in power and @mattyglesias.bsky.social on here basically come to the idea that government should not do any policy proposal that does not qualify as a 80/20 issue on the merits
Perhaps I’m sanewashing popularism, but the idea is that you take positions that are at least not considered radical by consensus for the sake of winning elections so that you can govern well.
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I think Yglesias's version is worse strategically because the fact that there is a larger base of committed liberals in the US than the UK means he is less often arguing 80/20 positions and more arguing 60/40 or 50/50 positions where he posits that the liberals don't count
Corresponding Senate Map.
2024 Prez: 18-13 Trump
2024 Sen: 17-16 Allred
2020 Prez: 17-16 Biden
2016 Prez: 17-14 Trump
2024 Prez: 18-13 Trump
2024 Sen: 17-16 Allred
2020 Prez: 17-16 Biden
2016 Prez: 17-14 Trump
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Corresponding Senate Map.
2024 Prez: 18-13 Trump
2024 Sen: 17-16 Allred
2020 Prez: 17-16 Biden
2016 Prez: 17-14 Trump
2024 Prez: 18-13 Trump
2024 Sen: 17-16 Allred
2020 Prez: 17-16 Biden
2016 Prez: 17-14 Trump
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This bit from Baldwin's essay The Price of the Ticket is deeply moving to me, but in particular the third paragraph.
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This bit from Baldwin's essay The Price of the Ticket is deeply moving to me, but in particular the third paragraph.
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And another thing: I'm mad. Please put it in the newspaper that I got mad. I am not ashamed of my emotions, which I believe are a normal and human reaction to events, and I welcome a frank and open discussion of why I feel that way, and possible paths forward.
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
And another thing: I'm mad. Please put it in the newspaper that I got mad. I am not ashamed of my emotions, which I believe are a normal and human reaction to events, and I welcome a frank and open discussion of why I feel that way, and possible paths forward.
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I am hearing that with her resignation Marjorie Taylor Greene is receiving the enlightenment of Democratic Socialism and unhesitatingly joined her local DSA chapter. She has accepted Zohran Mamdani as the leader of New America. Truly there is no ideology but Socialism, and Zohran is her inspiration!
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I am hearing that with her resignation Marjorie Taylor Greene is receiving the enlightenment of Democratic Socialism and unhesitatingly joined her local DSA chapter. She has accepted Zohran Mamdani as the leader of New America. Truly there is no ideology but Socialism, and Zohran is her inspiration!
Well, thank you Ryan Lizza and RFK for teaching me what Felching is. Never needed to know that information, but thanks anyway, I guess.
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Well, thank you Ryan Lizza and RFK for teaching me what Felching is. Never needed to know that information, but thanks anyway, I guess.
Cannot believe someone is dumping oppo on Chi to influence the DSA Endorsement vote lol
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Cannot believe someone is dumping oppo on Chi to influence the DSA Endorsement vote lol
Made a TX State House Map that I believe follows the County Line Rule.
2024 Prez Shading.
Insets below.
2024 Prez: 86-64 Trump
2024 Sen: 79-71 Allred
2022 Gov: 76-74 Beto
2020 Prez: 79-71 Biden
2020 Sen: 79-71 Cornyn
2018 Sen: 79-71 Beto
2024 Prez Shading.
Insets below.
2024 Prez: 86-64 Trump
2024 Sen: 79-71 Allred
2022 Gov: 76-74 Beto
2020 Prez: 79-71 Biden
2020 Sen: 79-71 Cornyn
2018 Sen: 79-71 Beto
November 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Made a TX State House Map that I believe follows the County Line Rule.
2024 Prez Shading.
Insets below.
2024 Prez: 86-64 Trump
2024 Sen: 79-71 Allred
2022 Gov: 76-74 Beto
2020 Prez: 79-71 Biden
2020 Sen: 79-71 Cornyn
2018 Sen: 79-71 Beto
2024 Prez Shading.
Insets below.
2024 Prez: 86-64 Trump
2024 Sen: 79-71 Allred
2022 Gov: 76-74 Beto
2020 Prez: 79-71 Biden
2020 Sen: 79-71 Cornyn
2018 Sen: 79-71 Beto
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i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
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alright, well, okay, maybe this one is real
House Democratic super PAC drops $1 million on Tennessee special election
House Democratic super PAC drops $1 million on Tennessee special election
House Majority PAC is wading into a deep-red special election, signaling Democrats’ continued optimism about their recent overperformance.
dlvr.it
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
alright, well, okay, maybe this one is real
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the most likely result of anything that happens is nothing. if you are worried that zohran found common ground with trump or thrilled that trump is going to "help" you should turn off your phone.
but if you are in line to tell a show tunes joke or post a meme of marx with laser eyes, stay in line.
but if you are in line to tell a show tunes joke or post a meme of marx with laser eyes, stay in line.
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
the most likely result of anything that happens is nothing. if you are worried that zohran found common ground with trump or thrilled that trump is going to "help" you should turn off your phone.
but if you are in line to tell a show tunes joke or post a meme of marx with laser eyes, stay in line.
but if you are in line to tell a show tunes joke or post a meme of marx with laser eyes, stay in line.
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remember 'only Andrew Cuomo can handle Trump'
trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
remember 'only Andrew Cuomo can handle Trump'
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The 2025 NJ Governor Election, a contest between NJ-11 Rep Mikie Sherrill, & 2021 runner up. Frm assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli saw Dems hold the governorship for the third consecutive contest in their third best Dem performance for an NJ Gov Race since the 1973 Watergate landslide
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The 2025 NJ Governor Election, a contest between NJ-11 Rep Mikie Sherrill, & 2021 runner up. Frm assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli saw Dems hold the governorship for the third consecutive contest in their third best Dem performance for an NJ Gov Race since the 1973 Watergate landslide
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The 2025 NJ Governor's race in the 2012-2022 NJ-03, an incredibly close loss for Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill against former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli in this Burlington/Ocean Centered district maintains the streak for the district to have voted for only 3 Democrats since it's constitution:
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The 2025 NJ Governor's race in the 2012-2022 NJ-03, an incredibly close loss for Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill against former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli in this Burlington/Ocean Centered district maintains the streak for the district to have voted for only 3 Democrats since it's constitution:
Pacific Pritzker
it's so funny how Tom Steyer loves Bernie
you could make a fanfic out of this
you could make a fanfic out of this
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Pacific Pritzker
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we may in fact be entering the era of incumbent disadvantage
the internet has supercharged thermostatic backlash because it is biased towards negativity - negativity gets clicks
right now this is helping us because it’s turning Trump deeply unpopular, but it will hit his Dem successor too
the internet has supercharged thermostatic backlash because it is biased towards negativity - negativity gets clicks
right now this is helping us because it’s turning Trump deeply unpopular, but it will hit his Dem successor too
I think the story of the last century or so of politics is that sustained backlashes against parties are basically extinct. We went from the Democrats being shut out of power for decades after the Civil War to Watergate only keeping Republicans out of the White House for four years
Lots of interesting stuff here, including Newsom being weirdly popular among young voters www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-covid-...
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
we may in fact be entering the era of incumbent disadvantage
the internet has supercharged thermostatic backlash because it is biased towards negativity - negativity gets clicks
right now this is helping us because it’s turning Trump deeply unpopular, but it will hit his Dem successor too
the internet has supercharged thermostatic backlash because it is biased towards negativity - negativity gets clicks
right now this is helping us because it’s turning Trump deeply unpopular, but it will hit his Dem successor too
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it's crazy how "economy voters" are just democratic super-soldiers now
they were D+33! in NJ
they were D+33! in NJ
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
it's crazy how "economy voters" are just democratic super-soldiers now
they were D+33! in NJ
they were D+33! in NJ
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I feel like the “material conditions are fake” takes have to contend with the reality that tariffs are the most unpopular thing Republicans have ever done, it appears to have damaged Trump’s approvals even more than January 6th.
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I feel like the “material conditions are fake” takes have to contend with the reality that tariffs are the most unpopular thing Republicans have ever done, it appears to have damaged Trump’s approvals even more than January 6th.
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No strong opinion either way on Chi running, (I personally lean against endorsement but it's not my chapter), but what a crazy moment in history to be able to read "NYC mayor elect to attend a DSA forum, as a member, to advocate for one policy over another"
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
No strong opinion either way on Chi running, (I personally lean against endorsement but it's not my chapter), but what a crazy moment in history to be able to read "NYC mayor elect to attend a DSA forum, as a member, to advocate for one policy over another"
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