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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 12h

This is all exhausting and futile. It’s about finding a “who” that has credible anti-establishment vibes and can reach people who don’t care about politics via short-form video. There’s no way to spreadsheet or substack our way into an answer here.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13h

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

The Democratic Party doesn’t need to move left or right, it needs to get bigger, our columnist Ezra Klein writes. “That is the spirit it needs to embrace. Not moderation. Not progressivism. But, in the older political sense of the term, representation.”

Opinion | This Is the Way You Beat Trump — and Trumpism

Democrats do not just need to win more people. They also need to win more places.

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JL @jlwastooshort.bsky.social · 11h

this is one of those things where, you know, I'm certainly willing to be persuaded but I'd want to see more demonstration of how the causation (that the article seems to be strongly trying to imply) is actually working.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 11h

woof

In the months after Harris’ loss, much was made over the demographic shifts in the party. Young voters, Hispanic voters and Black voters — all central to the Democratic coalition — had moved substantially to the right. But Priorities’ post-election polling revealed an equally staggering swing: Between 2020 and 2024, people who consumed at least three hours of YouTube a day had moved 10 points toward Trump — a bigger swing than Black voters, Black men, young voters and a slew of other categories that were dominating headlines.

“The driver of behavior in ‘24 was so much more about your media consumption,” Butterfield said.

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brr @brr.bsky.social · 11h

yeah less about youtube influencing them and more Harris losing the kind of voters who rely on it for news

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Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social · 12h

NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 11h

bari, you fucked up, you were supposed to make Trump look good

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 12h

Q: Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?"

Trump: "No. I think they haven't gone far enough”

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brr @brr.bsky.social · 12h

yeah good thing is zohran understands coalition building better than online leftists

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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 12h

NBC Poll shows a near-exact split on transgender issues, and some movement towards transgender people since 2023:
45% We have gone too far in accepting transgender people
44% We have not gone far enough in ending discrimination against transgender people
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 13h

and this literally isn't true! take, e.g., Labour, or AUS Labor, or NZ Labour, or the Danish Social Democrats, or the German SDP, or, or, or, or --

anon @fastbreconomics.bsky.social · 13h

his thesis is literally "moderation has never been tried", it's incredible

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brr @brr.bsky.social · 13h

I hope Zohran listens to everybody from moderates to leftists, who voted for him in the primary and the general

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brr @brr.bsky.social · 15h

this is why people were willing to vote for trump again cause he built a massive advantage on economy from 2017 to 2020

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ElectionCord @electioncord.com · 16h

This is a pretty crazy trend in recent months. On the new @nbcnews.com poll, they asked participants what party was better at handling certain issues. Republicans had a 21% advantage in 2023, but now? Just a 1% advantage, which is pretty fascinating.

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brr @brr.bsky.social · 20h

that’s probably people who don’t like either term but still favor one or the other

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Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 20h

“Which should the Democratic Party do more right now? Take economic policy positions that have more…”

Responses (among Democrats):

Socialism and socialist ideas — 22%
Capitalism and capitalist ideas — 5%
Mix of both — 60%
Neither — 13%

Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 20h

CBS/YouGov poll

President Trump approval
Disapprove 59%
Approve 41%

10/29-10/31

www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...

Trump deportation program divides Americans along party lines, most feel ICE shouldn't wear masks, poll finds

A majority of Americans think Trump's policies are bringing migrant crossings at U.S-Mexico border down.

www.cbsnews.com

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 21h

Axios is asking Fuentes for comment?

"Why are conservatives always bending the knee to crazy people?"

This picture explains it better than anything else.

I wonder where Fuentes would be if he were allowed on Spotify and YouTube.

Conspiratorial racist populism is what the right-wing masses want. It's that simple.

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Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 21h

Do you have a positive or negative feeling about ...

Capitalism +16
JD Vance -6
The United States Supreme Court -7
The Republican Party -9
Zohran Mamdani -10
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) -11
Donald Trump -12
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -14
The Democratic Party -25
Socialism -31

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carter’s highlight page @30thstate.bsky.social · 1d

An Air Canada flight right now

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brr @brr.bsky.social · 1d

is there one for new jersey

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

Democrats: Important to pick the precise dollar amount of minimum wage increase that’s most popular lest everyone get mad at us

Republicans: hahah yes, a Gatsby party at the president’s luxury resort at the exact moment benefits expire for millions!!

Voters: I like you roughly the same amount

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)

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brr @brr.bsky.social · 2d

aren't they considered a bad pollster?

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brr @brr.bsky.social · 2d

@purrtah.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Centrist Democrats see a rare opportunity in Utah House race

Former Rep. Ben McAdams has yet to announce his candidacy in the redrawn Utah House district.

www.politico.com

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brr @brr.bsky.social · 2d

probably a signal of the broader reactionary wave

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com.web.brid.gy · 4d

Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Luther’ Departs Hot 100, Leaving No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years

The SZA-assisted hit topped the _Billboard_ Hot 100 songs chart for 13 weeks, but its potential successors in the genre were either nixed following rule changes or appear below Number 40

www.rollingstone.com

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brr @brr.bsky.social · 2d

I think Mamdani will win zoomers by a lot. but there's some weird stuff happening in the New York voter registration. this from june

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Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 2d

Oh boy.

Graham Platner’s national finance director has resigned

"In a Friday morning post on the networking site LinkedIn, Holmes said that he feels his “professional standards” are “no longer fully aligned with those” of Platner’s campaign."

#mepolitics

www.bangordailynews.com/2025/10/31/p...

Graham Platner's national finance director has resigned

Graham Platner's campaign faces further turbulence as his national finance director resigns amid controversy and departures.

www.bangordailynews.com

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brr @brr.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t think it will happen but I wish it would

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: “…BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD “CRAZY,” THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE “NUCLEAR OPTION,” GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: “…BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD “CRAZY,” THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE “NUCLEAR OPTION,” GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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