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Sohrab Ahmari

Sohrab Ahmari

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US Editor, UnHerd. Writing my next book, on the triumph for normal, for HarperCollins.

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Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 11h

The Democrats complete their vision quest.

HILARIOUS Ryan Zickgraf on the various liberal tribes emerging from 2024 defeat, each bearing a white paper that's supposed to save the party.

The Democrats’ vision quest is complete

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 11h

"How do you change a party whose 21st-century structure and ecosystem — donors, NGOs, media, universities, consultants — thrive on staying exactly the same? That’s something none of the Democrats’ blueprints sufficiently addresses."

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The Democrats’ vision quest is complete

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 11h

The Democrats complete their vision quest.

HILARIOUS Ryan Zickgraf on the various liberal tribes emerging from 2024 defeat, each bearing a white paper that's supposed to save the party.

The Democrats’ vision quest is complete

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 23h

"There's no Groyper faculty senate that can vote to condemn anti-Semitism in the same way that leaders of the University of Michigan decided to take a step back from DEI."

Read @hananiarichard.bsky.social on why Groyperism is stronger and more dangerous than woke.

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It’s the Groypers’ America now

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Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 2d

It's the Groypers' America now.

We're just living in it.

@hananiarichard.bsky.social for UnHerd.

You must read this.

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It’s the Groypers’ America now

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Hyperbole Police!

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 2d

This is good. The author knows whereof he speaks and on this subject his perspective is a useful one. Things have gotten very very weird and nasty among the GOP’s new self-designated vanguard (have you heard this?) and this is the generation that will age-into sr positions in a potential Vance admin

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 2d

It's the Groypers' America now.

We're just living in it.

@hananiarichard.bsky.social for UnHerd.

You must read this.

unherd.com/2025/11/its-...

It’s the Groypers’ America now

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 2d

It's the Groypers' America now.

We're just living in it.

@hananiarichard.bsky.social for UnHerd.

You must read this.

unherd.com/2025/11/its-...

It’s the Groypers’ America now

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely. If a whole public hysteria, sweeping up left and right, is based on factitious hooey, it's our job to interrogate that.

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 4d

Video once killed the radio star; now, soon there may be no stars left at all — only infinite streams of AI-generated slop. Whatever.

You must read Ryan Zickgraf's elegy for MTV. unherd.com/2025/10/good...

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 4d

Like many others in the media, I took for granted the veracity of Virginia Giuffre’s allegations about Epstein running a sprawling trafficking network.

But editing this piece by Michael Tracey has made me realize there is A LOT to be skeptical about.

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Should we believe Virginia Giuffre?

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Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 4d

"If he is to succeed, Mamdani’s allies must confront his weaknesses.

His main mistake in the last days of the race has been to show he still bears the influence of the fringier elements of the Democratic Socialists of America."

unherd.com/2025/10/can-...

Can Zohran Mamdani govern like a grownup?

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 4d

Can Mamdani pursue social-democratic reform while ditching the fringier aspects of his political origins on issues like policing and prostitution?

Asks @jhvassallo.bsky.social for UnHerd. unherd.com/2025/10/can-...

Can Zohran Mamdani govern like a grown-up?

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 8d

Morten Høi Jensen - Climbing ‘The Magic Mountain’ today

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Climbing ‘The Magic Mountain’ today

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Paul Ehrlich @paulehrlich.bsky.social · 6d

Climbing ‘The Magic Mountain’ today—Thomas Mann’s novel is an antidote to nihilism

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Climbing ‘The Magic Mountain’ today

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dutchbellbeaker.bsky.social @dutchbellbeaker.bsky.social · 4d

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Can Zohran Mamdani govern like a grownup?

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 4d

"If he is to succeed, Mamdani’s allies must confront his weaknesses.

His main mistake in the last days of the race has been to show he still bears the influence of the fringier elements of the Democratic Socialists of America."

unherd.com/2025/10/can-...

Can Zohran Mamdani govern like a grownup?

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 4d

To succeed, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social needs to marry progressive economics to sound law and order and a city that is safe and welcoming for families.

A powerful essay (all the more so because it comes from the Left).

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Can Zohran Mamdani govern like a grownup?

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 4d

Can Zohran Mamdani govern like a grownup?

Justin Vassallo @jhvassallo.bsky.social gently reminds the (likely) NYC mayor that social-democratic reform must go hand-in-hand with social trust, a pro-family environment and law and order.

unherd.com/2025/10/can-...

Can Zohran Mamdani govern like a grownup?

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 4d

MTV goes in December.

As it fades, so does the cultural influence of Gen X.

One of the best essays we've published since we launched UnHerd US, by Ryan Zickgraf.

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Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 5d

UnHerd US is hosting an in-person debate on the mayoral election, and you're invited.

Debating FOR Zohran: Lindsey Boylan and Ross Barkan.

AGAINST him: Miranda Devine and Caroline Downey

Free drinks and amazing high-up panaroma of Manhattan included with your tix. club.unherd.com/event/this-h...

LIVE FROM NEW YORK: This house fears Mayor Mamdani - UnHerd Club

If the polls are to be believed, Zohran Mamdani—a self-described democratic socialist—is poised to become the next mayor of New York City. His history as a police abolitionist, calls for wealth redist...

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Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 6d

How Miami hawks hijacked Trump's Latin America policy.

Must-read by @rojasrjuand.bsky.social

unherd.com/2025/10/how-...

How Miami hawks hijacked Trump’s foreign policy

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 9d

"The Catholic position on immigration doesn’t lend itself well to simplistic 'pro' or 'anti' posturing."

Please read this, by Prof. Ed Feser, on why the Church must strike a more balanced approach to borders.

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The Catholic fight over immigration

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 9d

"A healthy society doesn’t eliminate every vice, but it draws lines. It understands that some freedoms corrode the conditions that make freedom meaningful."

MUST READ:
@sunraysunray.bsky.social for UnHerd, on the case for banning unherd.com/2025/10/make...

Make Sports Sacred Again

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Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 9d

"When you turn the entire emotional economy of sport into a betting market, moral rot is just a cost of doing business."

@sunraysunray.bsky.social makes the case for restricting online sports betting. Exclusively for UnHerd. unherd.com/2025/10/make...

Make Sports Sacred Again

Sohrab Ahmari @sohrabahmari.bsky.social · 9d

More than 100 years since it was published, Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain remains a powerful antidote to political nihilism and mindless reaction. unherd.com/2025/10/clim...

Climbing ‘The Magic Mountain’ today