Nate Hashem
@nhashem.bsky.social
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I thank Doll for its thoughts, and will share among YIMBY-aligned associates.
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I thank Doll for its thoughts, and will share among YIMBY-aligned associates.
This all sounds good! But is predicated on certain sequencing, which is why YIMBY has issues with some left-wing groups. They want reassurances on something like the Public Land Bank (or other social/public housing) first. But that will cause private developer coalition split even earlier, right?
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This all sounds good! But is predicated on certain sequencing, which is why YIMBY has issues with some left-wing groups. They want reassurances on something like the Public Land Bank (or other social/public housing) first. But that will cause private developer coalition split even earlier, right?
Is this because if YIMBY policies actually result in the amount of housing supply lowering prices, developers will defect since it means "lower prices" = "less profit"? Or another reason for defection?
November 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Is this because if YIMBY policies actually result in the amount of housing supply lowering prices, developers will defect since it means "lower prices" = "less profit"? Or another reason for defection?
It's just different than the Mueller Report or Zelenskygate, where Dems got jazzed up to get some political "smoking gun" revelation. Trump jazzed up *his own base* on this. You can't give your kids Mountain Dew to drink all evening, and then abruptly tell them to go to bed.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It's just different than the Mueller Report or Zelenskygate, where Dems got jazzed up to get some political "smoking gun" revelation. Trump jazzed up *his own base* on this. You can't give your kids Mountain Dew to drink all evening, and then abruptly tell them to go to bed.
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But it forces Trump to either release files that may cause a drip-drip of political poison. "Bubba" jokes and the like.
Or Trump dithers, doesn't release files, or heavily redacts them - thus confirming to the realigned crank wing of his base that he's full of shit.
Or Trump dithers, doesn't release files, or heavily redacts them - thus confirming to the realigned crank wing of his base that he's full of shit.
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
But it forces Trump to either release files that may cause a drip-drip of political poison. "Bubba" jokes and the like.
Or Trump dithers, doesn't release files, or heavily redacts them - thus confirming to the realigned crank wing of his base that he's full of shit.
Or Trump dithers, doesn't release files, or heavily redacts them - thus confirming to the realigned crank wing of his base that he's full of shit.
If he stonewalls releasing files, then he's "the same as every other politician." Protecting the politically powerful and connected.
This is why the Dems are pressing it, they don't expect there be some invoice from Epstein to Trump, billing him $3.5M for a harem of teenage girls and adrenachrome.
This is why the Dems are pressing it, they don't expect there be some invoice from Epstein to Trump, billing him $3.5M for a harem of teenage girls and adrenachrome.
November 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
If he stonewalls releasing files, then he's "the same as every other politician." Protecting the politically powerful and connected.
This is why the Dems are pressing it, they don't expect there be some invoice from Epstein to Trump, billing him $3.5M for a harem of teenage girls and adrenachrome.
This is why the Dems are pressing it, they don't expect there be some invoice from Epstein to Trump, billing him $3.5M for a harem of teenage girls and adrenachrome.
He's now a regular Dem voter and stopped listening to Alex Jones years ago. But that's the thing, Trump caused this alignment of conspiracy cranks to all vote R, including some who never used to vote at all.
And Epstein is the literal personification of their suspicion of "how things really are."
And Epstein is the literal personification of their suspicion of "how things really are."
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
He's now a regular Dem voter and stopped listening to Alex Jones years ago. But that's the thing, Trump caused this alignment of conspiracy cranks to all vote R, including some who never used to vote at all.
And Epstein is the literal personification of their suspicion of "how things really are."
And Epstein is the literal personification of their suspicion of "how things really are."
The key here is that like 15% of the US has long believed the "deep state run by a cabal of (((pedophiles)))", but they were roughly split among partisan affiliation (if any), so they canceled out, and were politically invisible. I had a coworker who loved Alex Jones in the 00s and voted for Obama.
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The key here is that like 15% of the US has long believed the "deep state run by a cabal of (((pedophiles)))", but they were roughly split among partisan affiliation (if any), so they canceled out, and were politically invisible. I had a coworker who loved Alex Jones in the 00s and voted for Obama.
Sending up a bat signal for @armanddomalewski.bsky.social and @samd.bsky.social.
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Sending up a bat signal for @armanddomalewski.bsky.social and @samd.bsky.social.
We basically have three flavors of Hitler bands in this country (West, North and South), but it's clear the South is the worst one.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
We basically have three flavors of Hitler bands in this country (West, North and South), but it's clear the South is the worst one.
The entire YA internet ecosystem basically became this, over and over again:
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The entire YA internet ecosystem basically became this, over and over again:
As @golikehellmachine.com has been saying: you can root for her to do some damage to Trump (and I think she will do some), but I don't think we owe her any embrace, and I don't think she's looking for that anyway.
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
As @golikehellmachine.com has been saying: you can root for her to do some damage to Trump (and I think she will do some), but I don't think we owe her any embrace, and I don't think she's looking for that anyway.
If I had to make an analogy, her behavior is similar to corporate/government "whistleblowers." Motivated by a combination of principles but also petty grievances and ego blows. "You didn't treat me as Important, and I'm going to make sure you regret that."
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If I had to make an analogy, her behavior is similar to corporate/government "whistleblowers." Motivated by a combination of principles but also petty grievances and ego blows. "You didn't treat me as Important, and I'm going to make sure you regret that."
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Where Do Democrats Win White Voters?
For decades, column after column has been written on how diverse America has become. From John Judis and Ruy Teixeira’s 2002 book, The Emerging Democratic Majority, to the 2020 election postmortems…
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November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Isn't it true the south doesn't have any "blue enclaves" of white voters though? Look at the southern states in this map of white voting patterns, some of them are pure red. Something like only 18% of white voters in Alabama of Mississippi vote for Dem. In GA and TX, at least it's closer to 30%.
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Isn't it true the south doesn't have any "blue enclaves" of white voters though? Look at the southern states in this map of white voting patterns, some of them are pure red. Something like only 18% of white voters in Alabama of Mississippi vote for Dem. In GA and TX, at least it's closer to 30%.
Usually followed by said father educating them "the value of a man in his broom," even as he attended night classes to get a degree and a better job. The pol always seems vaguely *annoyed* at this turn in his life, as if to say: "OK I'm PMC, but I wish I wasn't, it's really my dad's fault."
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Usually followed by said father educating them "the value of a man in his broom," even as he attended night classes to get a degree and a better job. The pol always seems vaguely *annoyed* at this turn in his life, as if to say: "OK I'm PMC, but I wish I wasn't, it's really my dad's fault."
I cannot tell you how hard I roll my eyes every time a pol thinks they have a "PMC stench" they can "mask" with something like:
"I grew up in a working class community of janitors like my dad. Everyone on our block was a janitor. That's why jobs were hard to get - too many janitors applying."
"I grew up in a working class community of janitors like my dad. Everyone on our block was a janitor. That's why jobs were hard to get - too many janitors applying."
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I cannot tell you how hard I roll my eyes every time a pol thinks they have a "PMC stench" they can "mask" with something like:
"I grew up in a working class community of janitors like my dad. Everyone on our block was a janitor. That's why jobs were hard to get - too many janitors applying."
"I grew up in a working class community of janitors like my dad. Everyone on our block was a janitor. That's why jobs were hard to get - too many janitors applying."
4/ Had another point about "crime" being such a tough issue because it's often shapes second-order narratives, but voters also take it seriously enough to tell pollsters they consider it "an important issue." But I gotta think that through a bit so I'll end the thread here.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
4/ Had another point about "crime" being such a tough issue because it's often shapes second-order narratives, but voters also take it seriously enough to tell pollsters they consider it "an important issue." But I gotta think that through a bit so I'll end the thread here.
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3/ re: Epstein files, if you were the kind of low trust voter who is deeply skeptical of "slimy deep state politicians" and liked Trump because "he didn't act like one," then his reaction to Epstein files just looks like another "DC cover-up scandal" that made you hate "politics" in the first place.
November 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
3/ re: Epstein files, if you were the kind of low trust voter who is deeply skeptical of "slimy deep state politicians" and liked Trump because "he didn't act like one," then his reaction to Epstein files just looks like another "DC cover-up scandal" that made you hate "politics" in the first place.
2/ But something like the Qatar jet or Epstein files, IMO feed a negative sense against Trump/GOP. Few voters are going to say "I care most about free planes from Qatar." But it can matter as kind of a second-order narrative about whether a voter sees something favorably/unfavorably.
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
2/ But something like the Qatar jet or Epstein files, IMO feed a negative sense against Trump/GOP. Few voters are going to say "I care most about free planes from Qatar." But it can matter as kind of a second-order narrative about whether a voter sees something favorably/unfavorably.
1/ We need a term for this, where an issue gets high media salience and tarnishes a party brand on a second-order level, but few voters will cite it as a first-order concern.
Like any polling contact with voters kicks their brain into Serious Issues mode: jobs, inflation, taxes, healthcare, etc.
Like any polling contact with voters kicks their brain into Serious Issues mode: jobs, inflation, taxes, healthcare, etc.
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
1/ We need a term for this, where an issue gets high media salience and tarnishes a party brand on a second-order level, but few voters will cite it as a first-order concern.
Like any polling contact with voters kicks their brain into Serious Issues mode: jobs, inflation, taxes, healthcare, etc.
Like any polling contact with voters kicks their brain into Serious Issues mode: jobs, inflation, taxes, healthcare, etc.
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