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I'm here for fun. Once was a political and public interest communications pro. Now doing content related things in technology.

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Dem nominee faces bipartisan calls to quit over racist, misogynistic social media posts Va. Dem candidate Sef Casim faces bipartisan pressure to drop out after old posts using racial slurs and misogynistic language surfaced online.

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Y’all want to see a cautionary tale of exactly what Black Folks have been trying to warn y’all of for years?

This guy Sef Casim ran as a young progressive candidate against a BW and all the usual suspects lined up behind him.

After he won the caucus/primary a bunch

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11.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 223 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 25

Yeah, you're right. I'm sure you have a long history of picking winners and understanding voters. The proof is your astronomical success at taking over the party.

11.03.2026 10:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think you're funny, too.

11.03.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a move, not intended to pass but to create ads to run against Republicans, because it has no chance of passing. You really don't understand this? These kinds of forced votes happen all the time, with the proposer not intending to pass. Sometimes even Republicans do it.

11.03.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He's a star. You're just one of a tiny number of people who thinks he isn't.

11.03.2026 03:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

That poor small brained child blocked me. But he sure does know things from the online Internet thingy.

11.03.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not surprised that you are. You really should go back to the kiddie playground.

11.03.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you not know what rumors are? Do you not know about news stories that are not real? Do you not know about the general dishonesty in media in the last 20 years? Do you not understand how Biden opponents might have created the story? Lot of things you could use some help on.

11.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's pretty widely rumored. It's never proven. And you would have to believe that someone with political savvy would make themselves a lame duck on day one and take themselves out of the running for a desired job.

11.03.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Biden never did that. This proves you're as susceptible as anyone.

10.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@henrythedog.bsky.social I think would have the answer

10.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm amazed at the constant online assertions that large numbers of voters know about all of platner's issues. I think it's a small fraction

10.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Almost nobody knows about the tattoo - it shows this is a very online analysis. Let the campaign ads begin.

10.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't wait to see if he tries any of his quack therapies. Rotator cuffs are brutal. The pain could also force him back into addiction. That would also be interesting.

10.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"You're an interesting person."
"I wish you peace."

10.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In addition to their center-right to right preferences, they deeply resent someone whose success they did not make.

10.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

We need him to be wobbling, falling and getting lost to break through, and he's just not there yet

09.03.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Get back to me when you show me the size of the safety net in the 1950s.

09.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think tax design is really interesting and complex and there's a ton out there written on it. I think we need a mix of progressive and broad-based taxes as well as selected specific taxes. There is no silver bullet

09.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No, it isn't at all. Taxing only the super wealthy will never work because they have unbelievable flexibility for redeployment of their assets and therefore avoidance. There's also the issue of the variability of incomes of the super wealthy which leads to huge variability of tax revenue.

09.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cory, I was once a fan. This is a bad proposal politically and policy-wise.

09.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is his attempt to find a lane to run for president. He was very disappointing at that in 2020. I don't think he has learned anything unfortunately. But we have several much better options waiting.

09.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Doesn't this guy have the potential to be much more popular than stephen miller ever could be. So it's actually worse.

08.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really lost a lot of respect for Snyder in the last few years. Posting idiotic stuff like this from Toronto.

08.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 233 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 7

Still very wrong to not understand the relative importance of factors. Without inflation, the uniform anti incumbent swing would not have been around eight points. Easily Would have been a winnable race by an incumbent, even an old one, especially with good jobs and employment numbers.

08.03.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Guy there blames Biden as a larger factor than inflation. Which is ridiculous, especially given how confidently he says it. Guess he never wondered why incumbents all across the globe lost.

07.03.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And I'm going to get mystical here. There is a level of understanding of human consciousness that humans will never be able to reach. Let alone any machines human can create.

07.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No I think you're missing the subtext. It's about the ennui, the dissatisfaction with materialism and conformity, The yearning for some kind of authentic life. But not knowing what that might be

07.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It indicates not only inexperience with politics but inexperience with life in general. Inexperience with jobs, with negotiating an organizational structure, inexperience with personal relationships etc

07.03.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0