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Lifelong Democrats for Zohran #ImWithHim 🌊🌊🌊 @vodkasnowflake.bsky.social · 3d

brutal lol

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 3d

absolutely brutal

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 4d

oh man Gaza is actually going to decide primaries next year

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 4d

43% of Democrats (52% of 18-29 voters) say foreign policy and Israel will play a role in their vote in the 2026 primaries. (81% say the economy and healthcare, of course.)

80% want to reduce support for Israel
74% want an arms embargo
72% say it's a genocide
65% want sanctions

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4d

71% of Democratic voters say they'd favor a 2028 presidential candidate who has previously "voted to withhold weapons from Israel."

55% say they would prefer congressional candidates who supported the “Block the Bombs Act,” co-sponsored curriculum by just a quarter of House Democrats.

Democrats' view of American support for Israel
•More likely to vote for them Less likely to vote for them No difference
If you learned that your Member of Congress voted against sending billions of dollars of taxpayer-funded weapons to Israel, would that make you..?
57%
9%
34%
If you learned that your Member of Congress sponsored the Block the Bombs Act, would that make you...?
55%
13%
32%
Based on a survey of 1,221 registered voters who said they typically vote in Democratic primaries, conducted Sept. 11-24. MoE for total sample +3 pts.
Chart: Marta Biino/Semafor • Source: Middle East Understanding Policy Project/YouGov
SEMAFOR

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season of the simp @yakuzajohn.bsky.social · 4d

live Schumer react

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4d

Insane numbers.

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 4d

43% of Democrats (52% of 18-29 voters) say foreign policy and Israel will play a role in their vote in the 2026 primaries. (81% say the economy and healthcare, of course.)

80% want to reduce support for Israel
74% want an arms embargo
72% say it's a genocide
65% want sanctions

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 4d

Full poll from @theimeu.bsky.social and @genzforchange.org:

www.imeupolicyproject.org/polls/democr...

National Poll: Supermajority of Democrats Support Same Sanctions Against Israel That Brought Down Apartheid in South Africa — IMEU Policy Project

www.imeupolicyproject.org

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 4d

43% of Democrats (52% of 18-29 voters) say foreign policy and Israel will play a role in their vote in the 2026 primaries. (81% say the economy and healthcare, of course.)

80% want to reduce support for Israel
74% want an arms embargo
72% say it's a genocide
65% want sanctions

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 5d

POLLS: Who do Americans blame for the gov't shutdown?*

WASH POST
47% blame Trump/GOP
30% blame Dems

MARIST
38% blame GOP
27% blame Dems

NYT/SIENA
26% blame Trump/GOP
19% blame Dems

MORNING CONSULT
45% blame GOP
32% blame Dems

[*all taken b/w late Sept & Oct 1]

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Early polls show Trump and GOP taking more blame than Democrats for shutdown

The national surveys taken in the final days of September and the first day of the shutdown find that voters are more inclined to blame Trump and his party. But many are uncertain.

www.nbcnews.com

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 6d

Hey!!

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 6d

Video: bsky.app/profile/razz...

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 6d

Zohran Mamdani calling it a genocide on The View and getting applause.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 6d

Zohran Mamdani calling it a genocide on The View and getting applause.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6d

The size of the divide between the average American liberal and the average American liberal pundit on one of the defining questions of foreign policy today really can't be overstated.

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 6d

An insane question just now on The View calling Zohran “inflammatory” for naming Israel as an apartheid state, resulted in the audience applauding Zohran for calling the horrors in Gaza a genocide.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6d

Zohran is being inflammatory for saying something Jimmy Carter said twenty years ago

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 6d

An insane question just now on The View calling Zohran “inflammatory” for naming Israel as an apartheid state, resulted in the audience applauding Zohran for calling the horrors in Gaza a genocide.

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 6d

The elite/public divide on this is legit insane making

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 6d

An insane question just now on The View calling Zohran “inflammatory” for naming Israel as an apartheid state, resulted in the audience applauding Zohran for calling the horrors in Gaza a genocide.

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 6d

An insane question just now on The View calling Zohran “inflammatory” for naming Israel as an apartheid state, resulted in the audience applauding Zohran for calling the horrors in Gaza a genocide.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.

Today they attacked two journalists.

We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork

ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of

www.amny.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

Our first ad of the general election starts airing tomorrow: “Things Can Change.”

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 7d

Zohran's issues page: Lists each bold idea with brief, easy-to-understand language and links to videos and graphics.

Sherrill's issues page: Walls of text for each issue that link to PDFs with even MORE walls of text that no voter is going to bother reading.

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David Morales @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social · 7d

Our campaign isn’t taking corporate cash, it’s powered by the support of working people! If everyone watching this video gives just $5 — we would surpass our goals and show the strength of our people powered movement.

Chip in here: secure.actblue.com/donate/david...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8d

It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.

Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.

But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 8d

Support for more economic/military aid to Israel:

All reg voters -11

Dem -54
GOP +51
Ind -32

Harris -55
Trump +43
Didn't vote -37

18-29 -45
30-44 -37
45-64 +2
65+ +16

White -3
Black -30
Hispanic -36

College -24
No college -4

Midwest -16
Northeast -18
South +5
West -27

Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 8d

Support for Israel in the U.S. Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 9d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 8d

Cuomo = Trump

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 8d

Here's Cuomo's spokesperson retweeting a MAGA influencer who posed for a photo with Cuomo and declared that she "Can't let zohran the terrorist Mamdani win."

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 8d

Here's Cuomo's spokesperson retweeting a MAGA influencer who posed for a photo with Cuomo and declared that she "Can't let zohran the terrorist Mamdani win."

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