Aatif
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NYC law stylist | Previously HLS Yale | twitter.com/aaiqbal | mindly.social/@aaiqbal
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i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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One thing I have marveled at is the way that crowds have been disciplined in capturing immigration enforcement’s lack of discipline.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
One thing I have marveled at is the way that crowds have been disciplined in capturing immigration enforcement’s lack of discipline.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Trump says we are preparing to invade Nigeria. Apparently that’s what voters said they wanted in the exit polls. Trump: “We’re going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria’s not gonna be happy about. Guns-a-blazin!”
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Trump says we are preparing to invade Nigeria. Apparently that’s what voters said they wanted in the exit polls. Trump: “We’re going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria’s not gonna be happy about. Guns-a-blazin!”
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I'm firmly in the "issuing a correction on a previous post of mine" territory here, but this is also about 100x more gracious than anything Andrew Cuomo has said or done in the last 24 hours.
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I am no fan of Ackman, but this is how to respond to loss with some level of grace and we should let him rather than constantly dunk
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I'm firmly in the "issuing a correction on a previous post of mine" territory here, but this is also about 100x more gracious than anything Andrew Cuomo has said or done in the last 24 hours.
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I was taught growing up that decent people don’t cope in public like this but I guess it’s a different era
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I was taught growing up that decent people don’t cope in public like this but I guess it’s a different era
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Gore Vidal said “It’s not enough that I succeed, others must fail.” That’s how I feel about the disgraceful gutter-bigot campaign run against Mamdani and the do-you-need-to-borrow-an-Ativan freakout about him. These people spectacularly undignified.
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Gore Vidal said “It’s not enough that I succeed, others must fail.” That’s how I feel about the disgraceful gutter-bigot campaign run against Mamdani and the do-you-need-to-borrow-an-Ativan freakout about him. These people spectacularly undignified.
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been having a chuckle about this. looking on that subreddit, the mods are constantly running searches for and deleting posts that mention mamdani. the posters have been saying things like "the frontrunner for mayor" and so on to evade getting banned lol
The Reddit community r/Democrats has a conspicuous absence of any news about Zohran Mamdani today. But that's by design.
The moderators have rules that ban people from talking about democratic socialists.
www.reddit.com/r/democrats/
The moderators have rules that ban people from talking about democratic socialists.
www.reddit.com/r/democrats/
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
been having a chuckle about this. looking on that subreddit, the mods are constantly running searches for and deleting posts that mention mamdani. the posters have been saying things like "the frontrunner for mayor" and so on to evade getting banned lol
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It’s worth emphasizing once again how much of the opposition to Mamdani was simple, gutter racism.
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It’s worth emphasizing once again how much of the opposition to Mamdani was simple, gutter racism.
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“Picked at random”
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“Picked at random”
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Abbott's joke about putting a tariff on people makes sense if you read it in the context of hoping to be able to own people again.
They’ve all gone mad.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott: “After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC.”
November 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Abbott's joke about putting a tariff on people makes sense if you read it in the context of hoping to be able to own people again.
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This is fairly good advice for dealing with ANY lawless violent gang
November 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is fairly good advice for dealing with ANY lawless violent gang
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Republicans are terrified Mamdani is going to do a good job.
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Republicans are terrified Mamdani is going to do a good job.
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You really have to hand it to the people who came up with the concept of “cancel culture” — it’s a tremendously flexible tool usable by everybody. Why, here it is being used to explain why an organization nominally about values can’t reject overt antisemites.
Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts stands by Tucker Carlson after the former Fox News host release his controversial interview with Nick Fuentes.
"The Heritage Foundation didn't become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people" x.com/KevinRoberts...
"The Heritage Foundation didn't become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people" x.com/KevinRoberts...
October 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
You really have to hand it to the people who came up with the concept of “cancel culture” — it’s a tremendously flexible tool usable by everybody. Why, here it is being used to explain why an organization nominally about values can’t reject overt antisemites.
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American Right: WE HATE TRANS, GAYS, MUSLIMS, BLACKS, PROGRESSIVES, POORS, MEXICANS, DEMOCRATS, WHALES, THE ENVIRONMENT, LAWYERS, UNIVERSITIES, AND EVERYTHING ON TV
American Right-Wing Jews: Whooo! Yeah! You tell them!
American Right: BUT ESPECIALLY JEWS!
American Right-Wing Jews:
American Right-Wing Jews: Whooo! Yeah! You tell them!
American Right: BUT ESPECIALLY JEWS!
American Right-Wing Jews:
a man in a blue tank top is saying `` well i never '' while holding his chest .
ALT: a man in a blue tank top is saying `` well i never '' while holding his chest .
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October 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
American Right: WE HATE TRANS, GAYS, MUSLIMS, BLACKS, PROGRESSIVES, POORS, MEXICANS, DEMOCRATS, WHALES, THE ENVIRONMENT, LAWYERS, UNIVERSITIES, AND EVERYTHING ON TV
American Right-Wing Jews: Whooo! Yeah! You tell them!
American Right: BUT ESPECIALLY JEWS!
American Right-Wing Jews:
American Right-Wing Jews: Whooo! Yeah! You tell them!
American Right: BUT ESPECIALLY JEWS!
American Right-Wing Jews:
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I still have friends ("friends") I follow on instagram for some reason who claim the real anti-Semites are college protesters and Zohran Mamdani.
The Jewish right discovering in real time that the Trumpist right, and the open bigotries it has unleashed upon the US body politic, is not in fact going to spare Jews, is quite a trip.
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I still have friends ("friends") I follow on instagram for some reason who claim the real anti-Semites are college protesters and Zohran Mamdani.
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Always told liberals Bill Maher was a racist piece of shit, especially against Muslims and Arabs, and we were ignored for years.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Bill Maher Slams Mamdani And Endorses Cuomo But Admits 'Maybe He Was A Little Too Handsy'
The "Real Time" host also said Zohran Mamdani was born in a country "where they kill homosexuals" and brought up the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
www.yahoo.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Always told liberals Bill Maher was a racist piece of shit, especially against Muslims and Arabs, and we were ignored for years.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Let me just be clear here: there NEVER WAS A JEW EXCLUSION ZONE. The idea is absurd, a figment of Trump’s imagination. Did not happen. Did. Not. Happen.
October 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Let me just be clear here: there NEVER WAS A JEW EXCLUSION ZONE. The idea is absurd, a figment of Trump’s imagination. Did not happen. Did. Not. Happen.
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Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...
ucop.edu
October 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...
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This document is … insane? Incredible?
In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus.
It is un-American
In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus.
It is un-American
Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...
ucop.edu
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This document is … insane? Incredible?
In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus.
It is un-American
In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus.
It is un-American