Danniyal Ahmed
@danniyal.bsky.social
Senior federal policy attorney at the Giffords Law Center. Former congressional staffer. This is a personal account and most definitely does not reflect the views of my employer.
Maybe I’m just influenced by his height but Trossard gives Cazorla as a winger vibes
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Maybe I’m just influenced by his height but Trossard gives Cazorla as a winger vibes
Jamelle made the same point www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrRBqKJg/
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jamelle made the same point www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrRBqKJg/
Mamdani won and so he’s both famous and powerful now. Trump doesn’t have allegiances, he’s just drawn to celebrity. To him Mamdani’s in the club now. Doesn’t matter that Mamdani insulted him left and right to get there.
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Mamdani won and so he’s both famous and powerful now. Trump doesn’t have allegiances, he’s just drawn to celebrity. To him Mamdani’s in the club now. Doesn’t matter that Mamdani insulted him left and right to get there.
Anyone who knows an ounce about politics can see clearly: if senate democrats, particularly Chuck Schumer, thought ending the shutdown was the wrong move, they could have scuttled Shaheen’s negotiations. One statement a week ago, condemning the emerging deal would have ended it. They wanted this.
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Anyone who knows an ounce about politics can see clearly: if senate democrats, particularly Chuck Schumer, thought ending the shutdown was the wrong move, they could have scuttled Shaheen’s negotiations. One statement a week ago, condemning the emerging deal would have ended it. They wanted this.
Cortez Masto and Rosen also tanked the nomination of Adeel Mangi to the 3rd Circuit last year over islamophobic slanders. That seat is now held by Trump’s personal attorney, Emil Bove.
Under Schumer's leadership, eight Democrats (Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Kaine, King, Rosen, & Shaheen) joined the Republicans in moving forward a bill to reopen the government without ACA subsidies—Dems' stated key aim—or any other real concessions from the status before the shutdown.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Cortez Masto and Rosen also tanked the nomination of Adeel Mangi to the 3rd Circuit last year over islamophobic slanders. That seat is now held by Trump’s personal attorney, Emil Bove.
I have dedicated my life and career to a party that constantly fails me.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I have dedicated my life and career to a party that constantly fails me.
Very Spursy from United
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Very Spursy from United
Watched A House of Dynamite tonight and now I’m lying awake in bed thinking about how the fate of humanity during a nuclear crisis rests in the absolute worst hands.
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Watched A House of Dynamite tonight and now I’m lying awake in bed thinking about how the fate of humanity during a nuclear crisis rests in the absolute worst hands.
It really is wild that less than a day ago I was in a booth filling in bubbles and hours later those choices reflected who governs the city I live in. Kinda think this democracy thing may be underrrated.
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It really is wild that less than a day ago I was in a booth filling in bubbles and hours later those choices reflected who governs the city I live in. Kinda think this democracy thing may be underrrated.
Up and down the ballot, in state after state Republicans based their campaigns on demonizing trans people. It failed every time. “Moderation” on the civil rights of trans people would have you compromise your values for an ineffective electoral strategy. www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-stunning...
"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
As election results poured in on Tuesday night, it became clear that Democrats were winning nationwide against anti-trans opponents.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Up and down the ballot, in state after state Republicans based their campaigns on demonizing trans people. It failed every time. “Moderation” on the civil rights of trans people would have you compromise your values for an ineffective electoral strategy. www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-stunning...
All elections are pretty much thermostatic now. This is the interesting question - is the degree of the backlash indicative of anything? Are there through lines that can be harnessed to improve the country?
So, a predictable pattern is that off-year elections move against the party in the White House.
I'm eager to see an analysis of how the 2025 move against the party in the White House compares to 2021, 2017, 2013, 2009...
I'm eager to see an analysis of how the 2025 move against the party in the White House compares to 2021, 2017, 2013, 2009...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
All elections are pretty much thermostatic now. This is the interesting question - is the degree of the backlash indicative of anything? Are there through lines that can be harnessed to improve the country?
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
I genuinely lost hope that someone who looks like me, and is unapologetically Muslim could have a place in public life these days. So grateful to be proven wrong by Zohran and NYC 😁
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I genuinely lost hope that someone who looks like me, and is unapologetically Muslim could have a place in public life these days. So grateful to be proven wrong by Zohran and NYC 😁
Tell your friends you love them while you can
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Tell your friends you love them while you can
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The obsession with white male conservatives as a beacon of authenticity means that the left is desperate for a guy who looks like John Fetterman and votes like Bernie Sanders. But the guys who look like John Fetterman vote like John Fetterman.
October 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The obsession with white male conservatives as a beacon of authenticity means that the left is desperate for a guy who looks like John Fetterman and votes like Bernie Sanders. But the guys who look like John Fetterman vote like John Fetterman.
HE’S JUST SO GOOD AT THIS!!!
Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."
October 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
HE’S JUST SO GOOD AT THIS!!!
A real pity Amazon canceled the Wheel of Time series.
October 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A real pity Amazon canceled the Wheel of Time series.
I have never read anything as emotionally resonant with my own immigrant experience than this memoir by a butch lesbian hijabi. www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...
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October 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I have never read anything as emotionally resonant with my own immigrant experience than this memoir by a butch lesbian hijabi. www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...
Shame is the most powerful emotion. It can convince a person to bury themselves.
October 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Shame is the most powerful emotion. It can convince a person to bury themselves.
These people want to be popular. They want to be the locus of culture. And they will burn everything to the ground because they’re not.
The Charlie Kirk memorial special that Sinclair was going to broadcast instead of Kimmel (before deciding not to) has just 71,000 views on YouTube:
September 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
These people want to be popular. They want to be the locus of culture. And they will burn everything to the ground because they’re not.
The logical extension of this type of thinking: if only straight (presumably white) men can effectively message to men, then only straight (presumably white) men are competitive politicians. There’s absolutely no reason why the logic stops at consultants.
This is going around over there btw with lots of agreement from guys like this.
September 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The logical extension of this type of thinking: if only straight (presumably white) men can effectively message to men, then only straight (presumably white) men are competitive politicians. There’s absolutely no reason why the logic stops at consultants.
One side does not believe I should be a part of the body politic. In fact, it’s not limited to me. They have lists of peoples they want excluded and subjugated. Living together necessarily requires forcing them to relinquish that project.
"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 9:02 PM
One side does not believe I should be a part of the body politic. In fact, it’s not limited to me. They have lists of peoples they want excluded and subjugated. Living together necessarily requires forcing them to relinquish that project.
Does the axiom “never tweet” apply here as well?
July 2, 2023 at 5:34 PM
Does the axiom “never tweet” apply here as well?