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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 43m

Yeah I agree. I mean this is dire straits right now.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 45m

That is what Swalwell claims yes. Don't have much to say about it.

Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 46m

Ed Koch was famous for this but sure.

I don't really think that's what I would call building a working class coalition though. I was more impressed and interested in the DSA's ground game in NYC.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 47m

I mean to be honest if it is genuinely impossible than that really calls into question very basic tenants of democracy.

And suggests the political system as a whole is worth fundamentally questioning.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 51m

Not zero but yes I think it is possible.

Having such compromised senior advisors though is a serious red flag.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 54m

The handshake and kissing babies game is one of the most well worn tropes in American politics.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 56m

I wish him the best of luck. He's going to need it.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 57m

Many?

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 58m

If this guy wants to shake up NYC, he's not going to do it with a smile at the billionaire class which seems to be his plan.

He's doing it by naming the enemies and revving people up to get the power take them on. This isn't some fun media spinning game.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

If that guy actually wanted to shake up New York in a positive direction, this is 100% not the optimal strategy.

If you want to put a slightly different sheen on things as they are...well he's doing great at that.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

My eyes always glaze over in these pieces about the long arc of their backgrounds. It's a story with beats. Maybe its true and maybe it is not.

But you can't fake who are the people you are surrounding yourself with.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

People are rightfully wondering why he is spending so much time courting billionaires and the elite and its pretty clear that's what he cares about.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

To be honest ignoring the fluff, that profile convinced me this guy is going to be a massive letdown.

All his advisors seem to be big money people.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

Wait so one of Zohran's senior aides is a former Uber person?

WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH UBER CLAIMING EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICS?

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 2h

eric did an excellent job with this

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

What Zohran Mamdani Knows About Power

The thirty-three-year-old socialist is rewriting the rules of New York politics. Can he transform the city as mayor?

www.newyorker.com

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 1h

How Mark Bray, author of the book on antifa, was targeted with death threats:

— Trump signs EO designating antifa as terrorists
— DHS memo warns about "antifa-aligned" individuals
— Far-right trolls target Bray on X
— TPUSA treasurer launches petition against Bray

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

Interesting observation.

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We, not Me @emwhitley.bsky.social · 1h

The realization is gradual. First one part, then another, then you see how those parts work together. One day, your brain drops the blanket and you see it all.

Great thread by Senate Gabe with input by Sarah Kenzidor (who has been writing about these people for years).

Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 4h

I still am having a hard time processing that the conspiracy theories were all true and there actually was a small cabal of child rapists running the United States of America.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 2h

Indeed. Maggie Haberman's mother was one of the main Rubenstein publicists handling Epstein, Trump, Kushner...all of whom received years of puff pieces at the NYT. One would think this would be a conflict of interest in hiring her to cover the Trump campaign/presidency, but the interest was coverup.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

This was a recurring and bizarre pattern that maybe I will consider exploring another time.

Virtually no one gets fired on the Hill. And if you do something compromising you tend to move up.

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Susan of Hell @susanoftexas.bsky.social · 1h

Courts have protected the perpetrators for a very, very long time. It’s not hard to see it as a men’s club protecting themselves from prosecution for an act they have committed in the past. There is a long history of the dehumanization of women and children and denial of their rights.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

Oh also the one time a staffer actually broke this faux pas sorta (they were tweeting in their personal capacity about something and it got reported on Fox News), literally nothing happened to them and in fact they actually got promoted within a year to a high position in the Biden administration!

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

I know haha, what a tragedy!

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

Amusingly, I found this to literally almost never be the case.

Beyond Project Vertias's antics of framing Hill staff, its mostly a closed loop. And the long time staffers say all sorts of wild stuff openly at the bars around Capitol Hill and no one reports it or cares.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

It's basically a proxy way of telling everyone that if they say something stupid to the wrong person in the wrong place, they could embarrass themselves and their employer and never work in this town again.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 2h

Good enough for me.

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