Chintan Patel
@itschintanhere.bsky.social
Executive Director, Indian American Impact. Views my own.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
For anyone disappointed about federal votes tonight and looking to support state-level AZ Democrats take power and fight to lower cost of living and against R extremism, please contribute here:
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Seriously, make it make sense...
Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them.
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Seriously, make it make sense...
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BIG WIN IN VIRGINIA! 🎉 Congratulations to @senatorhashmi.bsky.social on her groundbreaking victory as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia — becoming the first Muslim and South Asian American ever elected statewide in the Commonwealth.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
BIG WIN IN VIRGINIA! 🎉 Congratulations to @senatorhashmi.bsky.social on her groundbreaking victory as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia — becoming the first Muslim and South Asian American ever elected statewide in the Commonwealth.
💯 this
I’m enjoying the games and the drama, but I honestly believe if I was a real fan of either of these teams I’d be dead from a coronary.
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
💯 this
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It was wonderful to join @suhasforvirginia.bsky.social, Senator Srinivasan, Delegate Singh, @atoosareaser.bsky.social, & constituents from across NOVA for the Diwali Day of Action Canvass. Many thanks to AAPI Victory Fund & @iaimpact.org for bringing us together!
October 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It was wonderful to join @suhasforvirginia.bsky.social, Senator Srinivasan, Delegate Singh, @atoosareaser.bsky.social, & constituents from across NOVA for the Diwali Day of Action Canvass. Many thanks to AAPI Victory Fund & @iaimpact.org for bringing us together!
The vile racism and hate being directed at Indian and South Asian Americans is unacceptable. We must stand united against this hate from the MAGA movement.
October 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The vile racism and hate being directed at Indian and South Asian Americans is unacceptable. We must stand united against this hate from the MAGA movement.
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Today is a great day to vote early, Virginia! Satellite voting locations have opened across the state. Make a plan to vote by visiting iwillvote.com/va
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Today is a great day to vote early, Virginia! Satellite voting locations have opened across the state. Make a plan to vote by visiting iwillvote.com/va
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absolutely shameful that the university has embraced the administration’s demand that it discriminate against its students. this is the board of visitors telling UVA students that if they aren’t white and cisgendered then they don’t belong.
The University of Virginia has capitulated to Trump on transgender and race (affirmative action) issues.
The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
absolutely shameful that the university has embraced the administration’s demand that it discriminate against its students. this is the board of visitors telling UVA students that if they aren’t white and cisgendered then they don’t belong.
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Jayapal: It is a strange and bizarre time when we literally have a president thinking about plating the ballroom in gold—while he’s thrown 15 million Americans off healthcare, fired over 150,000 federal workers, and is threatening to fire even more if we go into a shutdown.
September 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Jayapal: It is a strange and bizarre time when we literally have a president thinking about plating the ballroom in gold—while he’s thrown 15 million Americans off healthcare, fired over 150,000 federal workers, and is threatening to fire even more if we go into a shutdown.
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Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
September 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
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Trump’s attacks on immigrants are morally horrifying, bad for our economy, unconstitutional, and hurt our national security.
At every single level, these cruel and illegal policies are harming our country. We can and must do better.
At every single level, these cruel and illegal policies are harming our country. We can and must do better.
September 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trump’s attacks on immigrants are morally horrifying, bad for our economy, unconstitutional, and hurt our national security.
At every single level, these cruel and illegal policies are harming our country. We can and must do better.
At every single level, these cruel and illegal policies are harming our country. We can and must do better.
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It's hard to prove anything electorally. But I think the @adambonica.bsky.social plan for the Democratic Party is electorally superior to abundance, fighting oligarchy and Third Way-ism and still could include the best policy ideas from the first two. data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-democr...
The Democrats' Path Forward: Become the Anti-Corruption Party
But to reform the system they first need to reform the Democratic Party.
data4democracy.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It's hard to prove anything electorally. But I think the @adambonica.bsky.social plan for the Democratic Party is electorally superior to abundance, fighting oligarchy and Third Way-ism and still could include the best policy ideas from the first two. data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-democr...
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H1B fee increase will hurt the very voters that Trump claims to represent.
Hospitals, already poorly staffed in rural counties, will feel the brunt.
Turns out a few finance bros making sweeping changes to immigration policy isn’t a good idea.
Hat tip: @nickmark.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
Hospitals, already poorly staffed in rural counties, will feel the brunt.
Turns out a few finance bros making sweeping changes to immigration policy isn’t a good idea.
Hat tip: @nickmark.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
H1B fee increase will hurt the very voters that Trump claims to represent.
Hospitals, already poorly staffed in rural counties, will feel the brunt.
Turns out a few finance bros making sweeping changes to immigration policy isn’t a good idea.
Hat tip: @nickmark.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
Hospitals, already poorly staffed in rural counties, will feel the brunt.
Turns out a few finance bros making sweeping changes to immigration policy isn’t a good idea.
Hat tip: @nickmark.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
There is a class of Democrats who have completely given up on being able to persuade voters on (checks notes) very popular positions.
I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!
![Issue 1
November 7, 2023
Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety(1]
Results
Choice
Votes
%
& Yes
2,227,384
56.78%
No
1,695,480
43.22%
Total votes
3,922,864
100.00%](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gouysuoxatjdb5bjcqe4sfh7/bafkreielbywjkgthjrsgp5s7na3nxbcn3wrdpwegj7vtrqswh6goqydgra@jpeg)
September 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
There is a class of Democrats who have completely given up on being able to persuade voters on (checks notes) very popular positions.
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I had a blast kicking off early voting with @abigailspanberger.com and @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social in Fairfax this afternoon. Virginians are fired up to elect Democrats up and down the ballot this year!
September 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I had a blast kicking off early voting with @abigailspanberger.com and @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social in Fairfax this afternoon. Virginians are fired up to elect Democrats up and down the ballot this year!
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How important is immigration? Here are charts of the population by age in 2000 (pink) and 2024 (purple) with:
1. Everyone
2. No immigrants
3. No immigrants and no children of immigrants
Look how the age distribution shifts.
www.pbump.net/o/another-vi...
1. Everyone
2. No immigrants
3. No immigrants and no children of immigrants
Look how the age distribution shifts.
www.pbump.net/o/another-vi...
September 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
How important is immigration? Here are charts of the population by age in 2000 (pink) and 2024 (purple) with:
1. Everyone
2. No immigrants
3. No immigrants and no children of immigrants
Look how the age distribution shifts.
www.pbump.net/o/another-vi...
1. Everyone
2. No immigrants
3. No immigrants and no children of immigrants
Look how the age distribution shifts.
www.pbump.net/o/another-vi...
Political violence has no place in our country.
And neither should guns.
And neither should guns.
September 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Political violence has no place in our country.
And neither should guns.
And neither should guns.
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We’re thrilled to endorse @drtinashahnj.bsky.social for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th District! 🎉
If elected, Dr. Shah would become the first South Asian ever to represent NJ in Congress—a historic milestone in a state with one of the largest South Asian populations in the country.
If elected, Dr. Shah would become the first South Asian ever to represent NJ in Congress—a historic milestone in a state with one of the largest South Asian populations in the country.
July 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We’re thrilled to endorse @drtinashahnj.bsky.social for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th District! 🎉
If elected, Dr. Shah would become the first South Asian ever to represent NJ in Congress—a historic milestone in a state with one of the largest South Asian populations in the country.
If elected, Dr. Shah would become the first South Asian ever to represent NJ in Congress—a historic milestone in a state with one of the largest South Asian populations in the country.
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Donald Trump's "Big Ugly Bill" will take health care away from millions of Americans.
As a doctor, I know just how devastating the ripple effects of this bill will be — from shuttered rural hospitals to seniors losing the nursing home care they rely on.
As a doctor, I know just how devastating the ripple effects of this bill will be — from shuttered rural hospitals to seniors losing the nursing home care they rely on.
July 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Donald Trump's "Big Ugly Bill" will take health care away from millions of Americans.
As a doctor, I know just how devastating the ripple effects of this bill will be — from shuttered rural hospitals to seniors losing the nursing home care they rely on.
As a doctor, I know just how devastating the ripple effects of this bill will be — from shuttered rural hospitals to seniors losing the nursing home care they rely on.
Pour one out for the so-called deficit hawks folks.
July 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Pour one out for the so-called deficit hawks folks.
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really sums up the media’s coverage of the Trump presidency
June 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
really sums up the media’s coverage of the Trump presidency
Senator Hashmi is the fighter we need for our families. Onwards to November! Let's go win!!
I am honored to be our Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor.
June 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Senator Hashmi is the fighter we need for our families. Onwards to November! Let's go win!!
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The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.
June 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.