Nick Arizti
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I mostly use social media for following news and learning from smart people, but am trying to engage more.
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Accidental IT professional with bio background
Lacrosse coach
I mostly use social media for following news and learning from smart people, but am trying to engage more.
he/him
this thread cuts through platner's bs excuses pretty effectively
OK, I listened to the last 20 minutes of the episode (the whole section about the tattoo).
Here's what i heard: 1/
Here's what i heard: 1/
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
this thread cuts through platner's bs excuses pretty effectively
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Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
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The thing to make it about was the lawless authoritarianism. Just like last week’s elections were.
They were never going to get ACA subsidies, which is part of why it was a mistake to insist this was only about ACA subsidies and nothing else.
Sincere question: does anybody have any evidence that the GOP/WH would have eventually folded and extended the ACA subsidies if the shutdown continued?
I haven’t seen any. The President didn’t seem to feeling any pressure. No GOP Senator AFAIK expressed any concern. (Some Reps did)
I haven’t seen any. The President didn’t seem to feeling any pressure. No GOP Senator AFAIK expressed any concern. (Some Reps did)
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The thing to make it about was the lawless authoritarianism. Just like last week’s elections were.
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
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I thought the shutdown was the fight, did I get that wrong
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I thought the shutdown was the fight, did I get that wrong
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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Always blew my mind that our wet bitch Dems immediately would get up there and be like "I'm working across the aisle" it's like no man, we won, the people want these ideas so get on board and I will protect you from the people trying to fuck that up for all of us
Holy shit. Neither Cuomo nor Sliwa would have went after Trump, maybe ever but Zohran is doing it as soon as he has the office.
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Always blew my mind that our wet bitch Dems immediately would get up there and be like "I'm working across the aisle" it's like no man, we won, the people want these ideas so get on board and I will protect you from the people trying to fuck that up for all of us
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i hope to see enterprising democrats announce their intent to retire schumer and gillibrand over the next two years.
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
i hope to see enterprising democrats announce their intent to retire schumer and gillibrand over the next two years.
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and we don't have to settle for shitty candidates a year out from the midterms. we can hold out for better. we can always hold out for better
Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
and we don't have to settle for shitty candidates a year out from the midterms. we can hold out for better. we can always hold out for better
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What we know so far, 9:30pm
—Dems flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani up
—Dems seem to flip 2 statewide offices in GA
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincy.
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—PA: Dem justices up big
—Maine anti-mail vote measure down
—Krasner wins
—Dems flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani up
—Dems seem to flip 2 statewide offices in GA
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincy.
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—PA: Dem justices up big
—Maine anti-mail vote measure down
—Krasner wins
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
What we know so far, 9:30pm
—Dems flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani up
—Dems seem to flip 2 statewide offices in GA
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincy.
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—PA: Dem justices up big
—Maine anti-mail vote measure down
—Krasner wins
—Dems flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani up
—Dems seem to flip 2 statewide offices in GA
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincy.
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—PA: Dem justices up big
—Maine anti-mail vote measure down
—Krasner wins
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Really disheartening that the Democratic Party doesn't seem to understand that there is no such thing as "voters in the middle."
There are cross-pressured voters and you reach them by wedging, not by pandering to some non-existent median voter.
There are cross-pressured voters and you reach them by wedging, not by pandering to some non-existent median voter.
Ultimately their argument is that base-mobilization doesn't work, and the only way to win elections is to appeal to swing voters by talking about "kitchen table issues."
Dems just need "a more appealing agenda, set of priorities, and message."
Literally zero awareness that it is not 1993 anymore.
Dems just need "a more appealing agenda, set of priorities, and message."
Literally zero awareness that it is not 1993 anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Really disheartening that the Democratic Party doesn't seem to understand that there is no such thing as "voters in the middle."
There are cross-pressured voters and you reach them by wedging, not by pandering to some non-existent median voter.
There are cross-pressured voters and you reach them by wedging, not by pandering to some non-existent median voter.
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you’re frightened. i understand. i’m frightened, too. you’re frightened & flailing. you’re reckless because you’re frightened & desperate.
but if you demand we grab onto the first thing we see—from nazi tattoo man to amoral anti trans bigot to pro life big tent guy—what world are you fighting for?
but if you demand we grab onto the first thing we see—from nazi tattoo man to amoral anti trans bigot to pro life big tent guy—what world are you fighting for?
October 22, 2025 at 6:44 AM
you’re frightened. i understand. i’m frightened, too. you’re frightened & flailing. you’re reckless because you’re frightened & desperate.
but if you demand we grab onto the first thing we see—from nazi tattoo man to amoral anti trans bigot to pro life big tent guy—what world are you fighting for?
but if you demand we grab onto the first thing we see—from nazi tattoo man to amoral anti trans bigot to pro life big tent guy—what world are you fighting for?
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you know it is not at all difficult to acknowledge the legitimate concerns about the tattoo and still make a case for the candidate. but this would require maturity, a perspective outside ones own and a willingness to lose a little face, which means it won’t happen.
“Let him among you who is without a Nazi tattoo cast the first stone.” -The Bible
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
you know it is not at all difficult to acknowledge the legitimate concerns about the tattoo and still make a case for the candidate. but this would require maturity, a perspective outside ones own and a willingness to lose a little face, which means it won’t happen.
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But secondly, I actually thought it was interesting to see the range of demands and what motivated people to come out on Saturday
Like some people's signs said abolish ICE, some said leave queer kids alone, some said stop funding genocide, some said stop stealing medical research funding, etc etc
Like some people's signs said abolish ICE, some said leave queer kids alone, some said stop funding genocide, some said stop stealing medical research funding, etc etc
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
But secondly, I actually thought it was interesting to see the range of demands and what motivated people to come out on Saturday
Like some people's signs said abolish ICE, some said leave queer kids alone, some said stop funding genocide, some said stop stealing medical research funding, etc etc
Like some people's signs said abolish ICE, some said leave queer kids alone, some said stop funding genocide, some said stop stealing medical research funding, etc etc
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Dems, I bet of you, STOP VOTING FOR TRUMP JUDGES JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
By a vote of 66-32, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Harold D. Mooty III to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Dems, I bet of you, STOP VOTING FOR TRUMP JUDGES JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
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You have to be willing to walk away from these guys if they let you down, just as a matter of basic self respect. It's not a fandom. You're hiring them to do a job or not.
I liked the Platner ads too but I think there's a difference between "guy who had some bad reddit posts a decade ago" and "ex-Blackwater merc who still has a Nazi tattoo." Sucks bigtime that he's the only one taking positions and talking policy I like, but them's the breaks!
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You have to be willing to walk away from these guys if they let you down, just as a matter of basic self respect. It's not a fandom. You're hiring them to do a job or not.
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there's plenty of time to build backing for an alternative candidate for those who think Mills is too old or too cautious - if Platner has the courage to drop out soon rather than lingering like a bad smell. the primary is next June!
October 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
there's plenty of time to build backing for an alternative candidate for those who think Mills is too old or too cautious - if Platner has the courage to drop out soon rather than lingering like a bad smell. the primary is next June!
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Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country
On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.
19thnews.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
god damn it, i promised myself that i wouldn't throw away money on other states' senate campaigns anymore.
these motherfuckers are going to force me to donate to platner for the maine democratic primary
these motherfuckers are going to force me to donate to platner for the maine democratic primary
🚨 The DSCC — led by Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Kelly, Adam Schiff, and Lisa Blunt Rochester — has formed a joint fundraising committee with Janet Mills.
Mills, running against Graham Platner in the Maine Democratic Senate primary, would become the oldest freshman (79) ever elected, to a 6-year term.
Mills, running against Graham Platner in the Maine Democratic Senate primary, would become the oldest freshman (79) ever elected, to a 6-year term.
October 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
god damn it, i promised myself that i wouldn't throw away money on other states' senate campaigns anymore.
these motherfuckers are going to force me to donate to platner for the maine democratic primary
these motherfuckers are going to force me to donate to platner for the maine democratic primary
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I wrote about the defining cultural product of our era: Jimmy Fallon's Wordle TV show
Jimmy Fallon’s Wordle Show Just Makes Sense
But why is it a game show? There are so many better options.
www.theringer.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I wrote about the defining cultural product of our era: Jimmy Fallon's Wordle TV show
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Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.
October 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.
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Texas has invaded Illinois and Dick Durbin can’t be assed.
Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”
October 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Texas has invaded Illinois and Dick Durbin can’t be assed.