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Ali Mortell
@alimortell.bsky.social
Job: Data
Likes: Unions
Location: Van, Down by the River
i still do not know who olivia nuzzy is
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Zohran's relentless disciplined campaign was truly impressive - he brought every message/issue back to the cost of living and built a model for what bringing attention to a positive affordability message can look like

Proud to have Blue Rose do ad testing for the Zohran IE!

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Ali Mortell on X: ".@ZohranKMamdani ran a phenomenal, authentic campaign focused on affordability. Blue Rose Research is proud to have partnered with @MiddleSeatCo on ad testing and to support their work in helping build the momentum for a more affordable New York. LFG 🌹 https://t.co/0HLenkSSrv" / X
.@ZohranKMamdani ran a phenomenal, authentic campaign focused on affordability. Blue Rose Research is proud to have partnered with @MiddleSeatCo on ad testing and to support their work in helping build the momentum for a more affordable New York. LFG 🌹 https://t.co/0HLenkSSrv
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November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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And it worked! Voters understood that he was focused on their wallets, and saw him as more in line with their top priorities than national democrats. He dodged the "crowding out" problem that dilutes Democratic focus on pocketbook issues.
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
.@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ran a phenomenal, authentic campaign focused on affordability.

Blue Rose Research is proud to have partnered with Middle Seat on ad testing and to support their work in helping build the momentum for a more affordable New York. LFG 🌹

middleseat.co/case-study/z...
Zohran Mamdani IE | Middle Seat
Middle Seat’s in-house paid media team partnered with New Yorkers for Lower Costs to produce and run $1.7 million in high-impact TV and digital ads supporting Zohran Mamdani.
middleseat.co
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
mikie sherrill playing bruce springsteen to walk out to give her victory speech 😍
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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For the record: I'm not tired of winning.
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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socialism
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Populism is a rhetorical style that goes after elites (including corporations, billionaires, etc), and it's extremely effective.

Bernie/AOC/Mamdani are left wing populists on the economy and health care. It's quite popular and other Democrats should emulate it!
why are people on the left using "populist" in a positive way now, you shouldn't want your politicians to be populists, "populism" isn't good
October 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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I don't care about the East wing demolition. I do wonder if there will ever be an opposition party politician who will say if you put me in power I will demolish whatever he creates.
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If we have to call populism "angry centrism" to get them to do it, then ok.
October 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Gentle reminder that polls don't gauge what is ethical or just. A poll about how "most Americans" feel about trans healthcare is simply a way to understand how effective media and religious campaigns have been in their transphobia.
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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If you don’t already, I highly recommend following Ken Klippenstein to stay informed on U.S. National Security, and the attacks against American Citixens.

Also, if you haven’t already, reading Project Esther is a MUST. It’s the follow up to Project 2025.

open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp...
"No Kings" Protest (and Arrests) Begin
NSPM-7 is already being used to detain protesters over speech
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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This administration has been, by far, the most censorial administration in my lifetime. They're punishing people for speech about Palestine, about Charlie Kirk, about ICE, about the President. It's been nonstop attacks on speech.
Mike Johnson: "The last time I checked, Americans have more freedom right now to express themselves and speak their minds after Republicans took over ... it is the Republicans who restored your right to share and speak your mind."
October 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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California has now banned algorithmic price fixing.

The state has outlawed the practice of landlords colluding to raise prices using rental software and AI.

This is a huge victory for renters in the biggest state in the country.
October 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Right-wing figures like Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes, and MTG have all been running to the left on foreign policy and are a mixed bag of semi-left wing opinions.

All of them have followings made up of normal people who could easily swing left if the left tried to organize them.
October 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...
USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel
A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
June 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
June 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Here's the thing: even if Musk's relationship with Trump inevitably sours -- as every relationship both men have ever had has done-- Musk still has billions in federal contracts. His influence over the government isn't going away if they get into a Twitter feud. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The optical illusion of Elon Musk’s fading influence
The billionaire pledged to step back from DOGE, but his days of benefiting from Trump are far from over.
www.motherjones.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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new blog series about Survey Statistics
June 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"It's complicated" is DC-speak for "I don't know."
May 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Today, a little bit about the state of Democratic tech companies, and attempting to pull some details out of the gigantic chart published by Higher Ground Labs
open.substack.com/pub/cauldron...
May 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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New post: "Struggles with surveying nonvoters and young voters"

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/05/16/s...
Struggles with surveying nonvoters and young voters | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
May 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM