Kaivan Shroff
@kaivanshroff.bsky.social
Democratic commentator, attorney & non-profit advisor. Previously @ Everytown, Hillary For America, The Jed Foundation, Forbes NY Business Council. JD/MBA/MPP.
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Kaivan Shroff
@kaivanshroff.bsky.social
· Jun 29
Trying to be active here but still haven’t found most of my mutuals from Twitter/Threads.
Say hi so I can follow please!
Say hi so I can follow please!
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Former DFA Press Secretary @kaivanshroff.bsky.social writes for @msnbc.com on one lesson the Left should learn:
"Charlie Kirk’s legacy wasn’t just his words — it was the infrastructure he built. $85 million. 10,000 chapters. A youth movement that flipped the next generation red."
"Charlie Kirk’s legacy wasn’t just his words — it was the infrastructure he built. $85 million. 10,000 chapters. A youth movement that flipped the next generation red."
Opinion | The one lesson Democrats should learn from Charlie Kirk’s legacy
Democrats don’t have anything similar to Turning Point USA in either function or scale.
www.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Former DFA Press Secretary @kaivanshroff.bsky.social writes for @msnbc.com on one lesson the Left should learn:
"Charlie Kirk’s legacy wasn’t just his words — it was the infrastructure he built. $85 million. 10,000 chapters. A youth movement that flipped the next generation red."
"Charlie Kirk’s legacy wasn’t just his words — it was the infrastructure he built. $85 million. 10,000 chapters. A youth movement that flipped the next generation red."
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"Usha Vance Is Not a Victim. She’s a Villain"
The second lady deserves to be held accountable for what she’s chosen to represent and the role she has willingly played in an admin whose values run counter to her very existence, writes @kaivanshroff.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/usha-vance...
The second lady deserves to be held accountable for what she’s chosen to represent and the role she has willingly played in an admin whose values run counter to her very existence, writes @kaivanshroff.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/usha-vance...
Usha Vance Is Not a Victim. She’s a Villain
The second lady deserves to be held accountable for what she’s chosen to represent and the role she has willingly played in an admin whose values run counter to her very existence.
zeteo.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Usha Vance Is Not a Victim. She’s a Villain"
The second lady deserves to be held accountable for what she’s chosen to represent and the role she has willingly played in an admin whose values run counter to her very existence, writes @kaivanshroff.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/usha-vance...
The second lady deserves to be held accountable for what she’s chosen to represent and the role she has willingly played in an admin whose values run counter to her very existence, writes @kaivanshroff.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/usha-vance...
Trump hosts Gatsby themed Halloween party for his millionaire buddies as Americans across the country go hungry.
Very on brand for him.
Very on brand for him.
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Trump hosts Gatsby themed Halloween party for his millionaire buddies as Americans across the country go hungry.
Very on brand for him.
Very on brand for him.
People are giving Trick-or-Treaters *food items* because of the Trump-Vance shutdown.
File that under things that didn’t happen when Biden was president.
File that under things that didn’t happen when Biden was president.
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
People are giving Trick-or-Treaters *food items* because of the Trump-Vance shutdown.
File that under things that didn’t happen when Biden was president.
File that under things that didn’t happen when Biden was president.
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"A congressional district is not an audience, and a House seat is not a platform; the job of an elected official is about much more than messaging." @kaivanshroff.bsky.social on influencers and politicians:
Twilight of the Democratic Influencer Candidates
Online celebs keep trying to turn big followings into viable congressional campaigns. Democrats should stay wary.
www.thebulwark.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"A congressional district is not an audience, and a House seat is not a platform; the job of an elected official is about much more than messaging." @kaivanshroff.bsky.social on influencers and politicians:
MUST WATCH: Trump’s former National Security Advisor — now UN Ambassador — is DESTROYED at General Assembly
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
MUST WATCH: Trump’s former National Security Advisor — now UN Ambassador — is DESTROYED at General Assembly
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Via @kaivanshroff.bsky.social on Oct 29, 2025
Stephen Miller’s wife, Katie Miller — now desperate for media attention — absolutely implodes on Piers Morgan’s show.
Stephen Miller’s wife, Katie Miller — now desperate for media attention — absolutely implodes on Piers Morgan’s show.
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Via @kaivanshroff.bsky.social on Oct 29, 2025
Stephen Miller’s wife, Katie Miller — now desperate for media attention — absolutely implodes on Piers Morgan’s show.
Stephen Miller’s wife, Katie Miller — now desperate for media attention — absolutely implodes on Piers Morgan’s show.
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BOOM! She took him down a country road.
Wow.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
BOOM! She took him down a country road.
So anyways, here’s Trump mocking the Prime Minister of India’s accent…
Cc: Usha Vance
Cc: Usha Vance
October 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
So anyways, here’s Trump mocking the Prime Minister of India’s accent…
Cc: Usha Vance
Cc: Usha Vance
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That’s my congresswoman
Wow.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
October 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
That’s my congresswoman
Wow.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
October 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wow.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
Trump absolutely CRATERING with young voters in latest Economist/YouGov poll:
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Trump absolutely CRATERING with young voters in latest Economist/YouGov poll:
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is my shocked face
October 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This is my shocked face
NEW: Platner’s close friend who he just brought in to help salvage his campaign is leaving after one week on the job.
“Kevin Brown, a longtime friend of Platner's who started as campaign manager last week, is leaving his role.”
www.axios.com/2025/10/27/g...
“Kevin Brown, a longtime friend of Platner's who started as campaign manager last week, is leaving his role.”
www.axios.com/2025/10/27/g...
Scoop: Graham Platner's campaign manager and longtime friend quits
Kevin Brown had started as the Maine Senate contender's campaign manager just last week.
www.axios.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
NEW: Platner’s close friend who he just brought in to help salvage his campaign is leaving after one week on the job.
“Kevin Brown, a longtime friend of Platner's who started as campaign manager last week, is leaving his role.”
www.axios.com/2025/10/27/g...
“Kevin Brown, a longtime friend of Platner's who started as campaign manager last week, is leaving his role.”
www.axios.com/2025/10/27/g...
Scary.
After Bari Weiss’s takeover of CBS, Margaret Brennan sounds like a Newsmax host in this interview with Hakeem Jeffries.
After Bari Weiss’s takeover of CBS, Margaret Brennan sounds like a Newsmax host in this interview with Hakeem Jeffries.
October 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Scary.
After Bari Weiss’s takeover of CBS, Margaret Brennan sounds like a Newsmax host in this interview with Hakeem Jeffries.
After Bari Weiss’s takeover of CBS, Margaret Brennan sounds like a Newsmax host in this interview with Hakeem Jeffries.
CNN confirms that multiple sources suggest Graham Platner knew his tattoo was a Nazi symbol years prior to launching his campaign — and is now blatantly lying about it.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
CNN confirms that multiple sources suggest Graham Platner knew his tattoo was a Nazi symbol years prior to launching his campaign — and is now blatantly lying about it.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
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NEW: ‘It’s a Hatchet Job!’: Watch Our Heated Debate on Whether Senate Candidate Graham Platner Should Step Down
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social hosts a debate between Cenk Uygur and @kaivanshroff.bsky.social.
Watch the full debate now: zeteo.com/p/debate-gra...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social hosts a debate between Cenk Uygur and @kaivanshroff.bsky.social.
Watch the full debate now: zeteo.com/p/debate-gra...
‘It’s a Hatchet Job!’: Watch Our Heated Debate on Whether Senate Candidate Graham Platner Should Step Down
Should the Democratic candidate's 'Nazi tattoo' and history of incendiary remarks disqualify him from the Maine Senate primary race? Mehdi hosts a debate between Cenk Uygur and Kaivan Shroff.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NEW: ‘It’s a Hatchet Job!’: Watch Our Heated Debate on Whether Senate Candidate Graham Platner Should Step Down
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social hosts a debate between Cenk Uygur and @kaivanshroff.bsky.social.
Watch the full debate now: zeteo.com/p/debate-gra...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social hosts a debate between Cenk Uygur and @kaivanshroff.bsky.social.
Watch the full debate now: zeteo.com/p/debate-gra...
Graham Platner’s former political director (who resigned over his Reddit posts), weighs in on his tattoo:
“He’s not an idiot, he’s a military history buff. Maybe he didn’t know when he got it, but he got it years ago and he should have had it covered up because he knows damn well what it means.”
“He’s not an idiot, he’s a military history buff. Maybe he didn’t know when he got it, but he got it years ago and he should have had it covered up because he knows damn well what it means.”
October 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Graham Platner’s former political director (who resigned over his Reddit posts), weighs in on his tattoo:
“He’s not an idiot, he’s a military history buff. Maybe he didn’t know when he got it, but he got it years ago and he should have had it covered up because he knows damn well what it means.”
“He’s not an idiot, he’s a military history buff. Maybe he didn’t know when he got it, but he got it years ago and he should have had it covered up because he knows damn well what it means.”
BREAKING: new racist Republican groupchat has been leaked to Politico featuring texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.
Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.
Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.
October 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
BREAKING: new racist Republican groupchat has been leaked to Politico featuring texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.
Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.
Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.
NYTimes put the No Kings 2.0 — the largest single day protest in U.S. History — on page 23.
“The Spritzes and Spaghettis that Slurped up the Streets of Italy” is on page 8.
“The Spritzes and Spaghettis that Slurped up the Streets of Italy” is on page 8.
October 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
NYTimes put the No Kings 2.0 — the largest single day protest in U.S. History — on page 23.
“The Spritzes and Spaghettis that Slurped up the Streets of Italy” is on page 8.
“The Spritzes and Spaghettis that Slurped up the Streets of Italy” is on page 8.
Points for creativity.
October 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Points for creativity.
IMPORTANT.
NYPD says that NYC had “more than 100,000 people across all five boroughs peacefully exercising their first amendment rights and the NYPD made zero protest-related arrests.”
NYPD says that NYC had “more than 100,000 people across all five boroughs peacefully exercising their first amendment rights and the NYPD made zero protest-related arrests.”
October 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
IMPORTANT.
NYPD says that NYC had “more than 100,000 people across all five boroughs peacefully exercising their first amendment rights and the NYPD made zero protest-related arrests.”
NYPD says that NYC had “more than 100,000 people across all five boroughs peacefully exercising their first amendment rights and the NYPD made zero protest-related arrests.”
“The fact that this was the largest anti-Trump demonstration day in history shows that our movement and our power is growing, despite his best efforts to silence us.”
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No Kings 2.0 Becomes the Largest anti-Trump Demonstration Day Ever
Thousands of marches. Millions of patriots. One message: No Kings.
open.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“The fact that this was the largest anti-Trump demonstration day in history shows that our movement and our power is growing, despite his best efforts to silence us.”
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Loved this conversation with @swingleft.bsky.social Executive Director Yasmin Radjy.
Check out the full episode here: youtu.be/6c0sji5nseQ?...
Check out the full episode here: youtu.be/6c0sji5nseQ?...
October 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Loved this conversation with @swingleft.bsky.social Executive Director Yasmin Radjy.
Check out the full episode here: youtu.be/6c0sji5nseQ?...
Check out the full episode here: youtu.be/6c0sji5nseQ?...