Collin Rhys Thrower
@crthrower.bsky.social
Public Servant | WA 27th LD | Policy Analyst | Aspiring Democracy Scholar | MA in Political Science | Writer | Eagle Scout | Policy Wonk and All Around Nerd
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reading takes about TN-07 and it is increasingly clear to me that most of Centrist Twitter™ wants to do politics without politicians at all and believes that a sheet containing five rigorously tested bullet points would outperform pretty much any candidate
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
reading takes about TN-07 and it is increasingly clear to me that most of Centrist Twitter™ wants to do politics without politicians at all and believes that a sheet containing five rigorously tested bullet points would outperform pretty much any candidate
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I think about this tweet a lot
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I think about this tweet a lot
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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This is beyond horrific.
ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing that responsibility miserably. Mr. Ge’s loved ones and the American people need answers immediately. www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing that responsibility miserably. Mr. Ge’s loved ones and the American people need answers immediately. www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is beyond horrific.
ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing that responsibility miserably. Mr. Ge’s loved ones and the American people need answers immediately. www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
ICE is responsible for the well-being of people in immigration detention and it is failing that responsibility miserably. Mr. Ge’s loved ones and the American people need answers immediately. www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Then you have nothing.
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Then you have nothing.
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People are saying there's no upside to this deal. Wait a second. Isn't the end of Chuck Schumer's political career an upside?
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
People are saying there's no upside to this deal. Wait a second. Isn't the end of Chuck Schumer's political career an upside?
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Trump and Hegseth booed mercilessly for 2 minutes straight tonight by Washington Commanders fans.
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Trump and Hegseth booed mercilessly for 2 minutes straight tonight by Washington Commanders fans.
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
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Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
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If you take one glimpse at Jeffries this should be obvious, but Nancy Pelosi is one of the most effective Democrats of the last few decades and she was one of the very, very few to understood that the purpose of gaining political power was to actually use it.
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you take one glimpse at Jeffries this should be obvious, but Nancy Pelosi is one of the most effective Democrats of the last few decades and she was one of the very, very few to understood that the purpose of gaining political power was to actually use it.
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I’ve seen a lot of coverage over a poll saying Dems are “too focused” on climate change and LGBTQ issue. But voters say the Republican Party is not focused enough on jobs and affordability — issues much more predictive of voting — and far too much on immigration.
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Are Democrats "talking too much" about left-wing issues?
The data mostly do not justify the conclusions people are drawing
open.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’ve seen a lot of coverage over a poll saying Dems are “too focused” on climate change and LGBTQ issue. But voters say the Republican Party is not focused enough on jobs and affordability — issues much more predictive of voting — and far too much on immigration.
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Looking at grad degrees again - considering research proposals and how to achieve answers (and apply and see where I could get in and what's possible). Wanting to make good on my desire to be a democracy scholar. Any advice #AcademicSky?
October 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Looking at grad degrees again - considering research proposals and how to achieve answers (and apply and see where I could get in and what's possible). Wanting to make good on my desire to be a democracy scholar. Any advice #AcademicSky?
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what ezra doesn't seem willing to accept is that charlie kirk was part of a political movement that does not think that "we are going to have to live here with each other" and is fact very interested in the elimination and/or subjugation of many, many people
"All I can say for me in the work I do is that I want to create a space that takes our disagreements seriously, that takes the stakes of them seriously, the consequences for people seriously, but does so without deepening our divisions irreparably. We are going to have to live here with each other"
September 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
what ezra doesn't seem willing to accept is that charlie kirk was part of a political movement that does not think that "we are going to have to live here with each other" and is fact very interested in the elimination and/or subjugation of many, many people
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this quote, if we take Ezra's defense of his previous column seriously, reduces to "Donald Trump is doing politics the right way."
bsky.app/profile/ezra...
bsky.app/profile/ezra...
"Much of what I would describe as Kirk's worst moments were now just standard fair MAGA Republicanism. And the leader of MAGA Republicanism is the President of the United States...we are going to have to live here with each other believing what we believe. Disagreeing in the ways we disagree."
September 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
this quote, if we take Ezra's defense of his previous column seriously, reduces to "Donald Trump is doing politics the right way."
bsky.app/profile/ezra...
bsky.app/profile/ezra...
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Today in the Chicago area ICE shot & killed someone and threw Kat Abughazaleh candidate for Congress, on the ground.
We’re peacefully protesting for our neighbors. What does ICE do?
Pick us up and throw us on the ground. No arrest, no identification, no process.
Pick us up and throw us on the ground. No arrest, no identification, no process.
September 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Today in the Chicago area ICE shot & killed someone and threw Kat Abughazaleh candidate for Congress, on the ground.
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[clenches preemptively]
Seattle's long in-person public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan has officially kicked off.
First comments were from @ceceliablack.bsky.social: "As you're going through this Comp Plan, I would really hope you ask yourself what you would do if you were disabled tomorrow and you couldn't drive."
First comments were from @ceceliablack.bsky.social: "As you're going through this Comp Plan, I would really hope you ask yourself what you would do if you were disabled tomorrow and you couldn't drive."
September 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
[clenches preemptively]
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My latest newsletter is a response to @jerusalem.bsky.social on the politics of immigration, and why ticky-tack policy solutions won't save Democrats.
Policy Can't Solve a Propaganda Problem
On immigration and everything else, pundits are missing the point
stringinamaze.net
September 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My latest newsletter is a response to @jerusalem.bsky.social on the politics of immigration, and why ticky-tack policy solutions won't save Democrats.
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to more than 27 years in prison after Supreme Court panel convicts him of attempting coup.
September 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to more than 27 years in prison after Supreme Court panel convicts him of attempting coup.
Social media has long since been the problem, and the tech-bro-ification of the economy certainly adds to that. Since being politically conscious, Silicon Valley way it went from the new fad of, ostensibly, liberal democrats, to the biggest grifters of all.
THE PROBLEM IS SOCIAL MEDIA.
Social media rewards violent, hate-filled, even genocidal rhetoric.
This is how Charlie Kirk became a national political figure.
In the wake of his death, social media has become a place for tens of thousands of far-right extremists to call for mass violence.
Social media rewards violent, hate-filled, even genocidal rhetoric.
This is how Charlie Kirk became a national political figure.
In the wake of his death, social media has become a place for tens of thousands of far-right extremists to call for mass violence.
September 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Social media has long since been the problem, and the tech-bro-ification of the economy certainly adds to that. Since being politically conscious, Silicon Valley way it went from the new fad of, ostensibly, liberal democrats, to the biggest grifters of all.
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Also, if Ezra Klein believed in politics defined by vigorous debate with your opponents, he could come here on Bluesky and confront critics who engage with his ideas.
But he won’t do that, because what he actually believes in is a politics where everyone worships Ezra Klein for his profundity.
But he won’t do that, because what he actually believes in is a politics where everyone worships Ezra Klein for his profundity.
September 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Also, if Ezra Klein believed in politics defined by vigorous debate with your opponents, he could come here on Bluesky and confront critics who engage with his ideas.
But he won’t do that, because what he actually believes in is a politics where everyone worships Ezra Klein for his profundity.
But he won’t do that, because what he actually believes in is a politics where everyone worships Ezra Klein for his profundity.
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Ezra Klein is really out here making it seem like whiteness is some intellectually crippling shit.
September 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ezra Klein is really out here making it seem like whiteness is some intellectually crippling shit.