Aaron Strauss
@aaronstrauss.bsky.social
Using science to elect Dems. Dad x2; kidney donor; baker; goalkeeper
We all need a little hope right now and this story helped--read what happened when a student ran against his former civics teacher for a county seat: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Virginia Teen Narrowly Defeats His Former Civics Teacher in County Election
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
We all need a little hope right now and this story helped--read what happened when a student ran against his former civics teacher for a county seat: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
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See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Ellis: "Requiring the government to comply with its obligations under the Constitution, in particular the Fourth Amendment, is simply not a harm."
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ellis: "Requiring the government to comply with its obligations under the Constitution, in particular the Fourth Amendment, is simply not a harm."
Read this article on Sudan and what Trump, and (slightly more likely) @nba.com and Disney can do to stanch the bloodshed.
Genocide is genocide, no matter how politically salient.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Genocide is genocide, no matter how politically salient.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Read this article on Sudan and what Trump, and (slightly more likely) @nba.com and Disney can do to stanch the bloodshed.
Genocide is genocide, no matter how politically salient.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Genocide is genocide, no matter how politically salient.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Very curious how much this pivot affects MTG's perennial underperformance.
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Very curious how much this pivot affects MTG's perennial underperformance.
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It is striking to me that so many of these arguments revolve around the President having inherent powers over foreign affairs, like it is just an established fact. It doesn't say that in the Constitution. Where did this idea come from? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Live Updates: Key Justices Show Early Skepticism of Trump’s Tariff Power
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It is striking to me that so many of these arguments revolve around the President having inherent powers over foreign affairs, like it is just an established fact. It doesn't say that in the Constitution. Where did this idea come from? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
The most powerful tool a campaign has is the candidate. And despite academics charts showing low ticket-splitting, a focused candidate *can* differentiate them from the party. Mamdani focused on costs and voters listened.
www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/how...
www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/how...
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The most powerful tool a campaign has is the candidate. And despite academics charts showing low ticket-splitting, a focused candidate *can* differentiate them from the party. Mamdani focused on costs and voters listened.
www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/how...
www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/how...
@searchlightinst.bsky.social ran the poll and candidates CAN determine how voters view them, even in an era of low ticket-splitting and nationalized discourse.
If any chart gives you hope about 2028 when we'll have to run against populism, it should be this one on Mamdani's success:
If any chart gives you hope about 2028 when we'll have to run against populism, it should be this one on Mamdani's success:
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
@searchlightinst.bsky.social ran the poll and candidates CAN determine how voters view them, even in an era of low ticket-splitting and nationalized discourse.
If any chart gives you hope about 2028 when we'll have to run against populism, it should be this one on Mamdani's success:
If any chart gives you hope about 2028 when we'll have to run against populism, it should be this one on Mamdani's success:
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New, from me: DHS says immigration enforcement employees like ICE are facing unprecedented threats and 1000% increase in assaults. But the data does not add up. Look at the details, and we see state agents using excessive force, and then lying about it.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
Who's Threatening Who?
The Trump administration says immigration enforcement are being assaulted; the details tell a different story
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New, from me: DHS says immigration enforcement employees like ICE are facing unprecedented threats and 1000% increase in assaults. But the data does not add up. Look at the details, and we see state agents using excessive force, and then lying about it.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
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So much big news in local elections.
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
So much big news in local elections.
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AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
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California National Guard actually being utilized to help, rather than hurt, their communities
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
California National Guard actually being utilized to help, rather than hurt, their communities
Just another Kavanaugh Stop:
In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Just another Kavanaugh Stop:
With the needs in Gaza so acute, two friends are traveling to Jordan (with humanconcern.org) to help feed starving kids. Please join me in donating:
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Gaza Ceasefire Emergency Appeal w/ Shaista Ahmed | LaunchGood | LaunchGood
Gaza Ceasefire Emergency Appeal
Time is now!
www.launchgood.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
With the needs in Gaza so acute, two friends are traveling to Jordan (with humanconcern.org) to help feed starving kids. Please join me in donating:
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
Jesse Eisenberg might have 500 million friends (in a movie) but he's definitely getting one more when is donating his kidney to a stranger! You can too: nkdo.org
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Jesse Eisenberg Is Donating a Kidney to A Stranger
"It's virtually risk-free and so necessary," the 42-year-old actor shared during an appearance on Today.
www.vanityfair.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Jesse Eisenberg might have 500 million friends (in a movie) but he's definitely getting one more when is donating his kidney to a stranger! You can too: nkdo.org
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
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Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
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Lots of wrong information coming from the Trump administration on SNAP "running out of money November 1" and the SNAP contingency fund.
The truth is:
1) It *can* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
2) It actually *must* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
Let's dig in.
The truth is:
1) It *can* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
2) It actually *must* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
Let's dig in.
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Lots of wrong information coming from the Trump administration on SNAP "running out of money November 1" and the SNAP contingency fund.
The truth is:
1) It *can* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
2) It actually *must* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
Let's dig in.
The truth is:
1) It *can* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
2) It actually *must* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
Let's dig in.
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BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.
I'm a fan of @davekarpf.bsky.social and normally love his work, but this is just factually incorrect -- as demonstrated by Jacobin of all places.
A year ago, the Leftist critique of Harris was that she didn't talk about economic populism nearly enough!
A year ago, the Leftist critique of Harris was that she didn't talk about economic populism nearly enough!
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm a fan of @davekarpf.bsky.social and normally love his work, but this is just factually incorrect -- as demonstrated by Jacobin of all places.
A year ago, the Leftist critique of Harris was that she didn't talk about economic populism nearly enough!
A year ago, the Leftist critique of Harris was that she didn't talk about economic populism nearly enough!
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Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
There was an old man you could gaze
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
My name is Pagliacci, Clown of Clowns. Look on my works, ye doctors; I despair.
October 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
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Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
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One thing about shutdowns is that the submerged state becomes a lot more visible when the tide goes out
October 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
One thing about shutdowns is that the submerged state becomes a lot more visible when the tide goes out