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🇻🇦🇺🇸🇭🇷 Midwest diaspora. Grad Student. Handballer 🤾‍♂️

Denver, CO
Joined January 2019
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My newest: American trucking is changing. Thirty years of trends are done. What comes next is anyone’s guess. I don’t feel good about it.
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Very convenient that the objectives were extremely paired down compared to what was stated, are what we accomplished, and are only now coming to light through a “leaked document”
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Remember the vibecession lol
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Dem controlled states are where all of the tech is
Businesses can’t and won’t invest in Dem controlled states and there’s (temporarily) a lot of those for now Iowa was broadly considered to be as safe as it got for investment and look what happened there
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I’m going to register as a Republican for the next round of elections just so I can vote blue anyways and mess up the data
One thing that clearly died tonight was the notion that independent voters in Colorado would support an independent candidate. They just straight-up Dem voters.
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Pray tell what long term policies did the Trump admin implement and how popular were they?
Actual results aside, it does not seem healthy for a country to swing to radically every two years. Horrendous for any long-term policy.
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This will be the most impactful election for housing production in over 60 years
Decision Desk HQ projects Nithya Raman wins the CA Los Angeles Mayor Nonpartisan General Election #DecisionMade: 7:49 PM EST Follow live results here: votes.decisiondeskhq.com/rac…
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Kurt Shaffer retweeted
President Trump's diesel fuel deal with Russia has faltered as multiple tankers have turned away from the US - FT One loaded tanker sailing from St. Petersburg changed its destination to Brazil, while two others are indicating they are open for orders.
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I will say, the America First weirdos are somehow way better at politics than the DSA. It’s frightening
Our work as DSA’s National Political Committee has just become harder in some tangible ways: we now have to convince the working people of the United States that a Democratic majority will not do the things it they hope it will, and that only WE can save ourselves.
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The average data center creates less than 200 permanent jobs
Texas was poised to dominate the next phase of American industrialization. Moratorium on datacenter build-out is such an incredible own goal. BILLIONS that were to be invested in Texas are being reconsidered this morning.
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Curtis Yarvis is intellectual castration. His consumers are the mental eunuchs of the modern day
Want a really brutal midterm wakeup? Link in reply
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I've been saying it for years, this place is a silo, like most text-based social platforms. there is no "repeal the 19th" cohort. there is no "100 million deportations" cohort. there is no "everyone hates Indian Americans" cohort. people on this website have been "yes and"ing themselves into fake golden ages and meme wars and none of it is real. None of it.
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There is one holy grail which can fix this. It's called "governing well" and is outlawed within a 20 mile radius of Washington, DC's borders.
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Last night was a generational elimination of this type of guy's political power. You're 40, buddy
I would say we just need a little brutal honesty around here for a while.
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We do not need to nationalize the railroads. We need to restrict the rail companies from owning both railways and rail cabotage
A new poll shows significant support for nationalization of health care, railroads, and artificial intelligence among Democratic voters. Public ownership can be part of a winning pitch for addressing the cost-of-living crisis. jacobin.com/2026/10/national…
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I am actually surprised about the corruption thing. It's good to see Americans care about this
National exit (sample: 79,668) -- Importance of issues to your vote: GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION Crucial/Major - 90% Minor/No factor - 10% COST OF LIVING Crucial/Major - 89% Minor/No factor - 11% IRAN WAR Crucial/Major - 74% Minor/No factor - 26% IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT Crucial/Major - 73% Minor/No factor - 27% AI & DATA CENTERS Crucial/Major - 56% Minor/No factor - 44%
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The market is absolutely doomed under the Democrats - you've been warned 🫵
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Trump literally promised $5,000 checks if Republicans win
We brought in a gazillion foreigners who will vote for whoever gives foreigners free shit, registered them to vote, and you’ll never guess what happened next
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The Democratic party might infer something from the respective strength of their senate candidates to determine a new policy agenda. The strongest battleground senate candidate: Talarico. The weakest: El Sayed.
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The first post-social media election also happened to be the first election in years where moderates in both parties overperformed. You should take this question seriously.
does anyone have a rough estimate of the number of ballots swung via chatgpt/claude conversations? had to be a meaningful % of voters using right
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98% White counties in Appalachia have swung 30 points to the left, GOP grifter class on here really fighting an amazing battle trying to claim election results are due to immigration lmao
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