Rajan Narang
@rdnarang.bsky.social
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Rajan Narang
@rdnarang.bsky.social
· Apr 6
As the crowd at #HandsOff Boston files into City Hall Plaza, someone got up on a barrier waving the flag, and folks started singing the Star Spangled Banner.
This too is America.
This too is America.
Convinced that defeating the other side on displays of proud patriotism is necessary.
It’s completely correct to disagree with historical (and recent!) decisions this country’s made. But we’re fighting for its ideals, and in that fight, we get to define what patriotism means to us
It’s completely correct to disagree with historical (and recent!) decisions this country’s made. But we’re fighting for its ideals, and in that fight, we get to define what patriotism means to us
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Now I'm a dummy but it really feels to me like there has to be an entire relatively broad-based winning politics based around being in opposition to *just this one sliver* of what the Trump administration is doing right here www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Now I'm a dummy but it really feels to me like there has to be an entire relatively broad-based winning politics based around being in opposition to *just this one sliver* of what the Trump administration is doing right here www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
When you’ve lost noted WeWork enthusiast Masayoshi Son……
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
When you’ve lost noted WeWork enthusiast Masayoshi Son……
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Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
In the still of the night, Utah comes through!
Just now: The plaintiffs who were arguing that Utah GOP's congressional map is illegal won in court.
The judge orders one of the two maps submitted by the plaintiffs ('map 1') be used.
The ruling, if it stands, guarantees that Democrats will pick up a congressional seat in Utah next year.
The judge orders one of the two maps submitted by the plaintiffs ('map 1') be used.
The ruling, if it stands, guarantees that Democrats will pick up a congressional seat in Utah next year.
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
In the still of the night, Utah comes through!
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
This is absolutely Mamdani's not-so-secret secret power: he knows who he is and what he believes and he wants to help ALL of us. So you can't trip him up with a trick question; you can't get a fake note out of him. BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE AND HE'S DONE THE READING AND HE'S HERE FOR US.
100 percent. I think he benefits from what most great orators benefit from: he knows himself—and more importantly, he talks to (and understands) what moves people. And, as far as I can tell, he believes what he’s saying.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
every day a new failure. can't believe our big dumb president ruined pasta. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 AM
every day a new failure. can't believe our big dumb president ruined pasta. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
I hope someone's tracking all this private prison revenue so we know exactly how much to fine these companies and pay in reparations.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I hope someone's tracking all this private prison revenue so we know exactly how much to fine these companies and pay in reparations.
We're in a battle for democracy against fascism. But we're also in a battle for democracy against crypto's attempt to purchase us wholesale, and our allies aren't necessarily the same between the two fights. It's going to be a hard slog.
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
We're in a battle for democracy against fascism. But we're also in a battle for democracy against crypto's attempt to purchase us wholesale, and our allies aren't necessarily the same between the two fights. It's going to be a hard slog.
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fellas is it normal for a funding bill to waive the sovereign immunity of the united states government in the context of when senators are targets of federal investigation
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
fellas is it normal for a funding bill to waive the sovereign immunity of the united states government in the context of when senators are targets of federal investigation
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New evidence on how ICE is affecting student learning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New evidence on how ICE is affecting student learning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
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Even without popular former Rep. Mary Peltola in the race, a new poll shows Democrat Tom Begich could narrowly win Alaska’s 2026 governor’s race under ranked-choice voting, edging out three leading Republicans. buff.ly/p3iKyjM
Poll: Democrats have a good shot in Alaska’s governor’s – even if it isn’t Peltola on the ballot - The Alaska Current
Democrats could win the race for Alaska's governor in 2026, even if they're not running one of the state’s most-liked politicians in former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola.
thealaskacurrent.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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The Cave Caucus thinks getting this vote was a big deal. Huh???
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Cave Caucus thinks getting this vote was a big deal. Huh???
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Your man couldn’t even find an image of the cover of the book he was pretending to listen to
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Your man couldn’t even find an image of the cover of the book he was pretending to listen to
Don’t tell me House Dems can’t get Lauren Boebert’s vote on CBD gummies
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Don’t tell me House Dems can’t get Lauren Boebert’s vote on CBD gummies
That feels like it might be a vote on which to throw Rand Paul a bone even if you don't much like hemp products.
He's enough of a wacko that it probably doesn't matter, but you do want him to keep jamming Republican leadership from time to time, because that's way more important than hemp stuff
He's enough of a wacko that it probably doesn't matter, but you do want him to keep jamming Republican leadership from time to time, because that's way more important than hemp stuff
The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
That feels like it might be a vote on which to throw Rand Paul a bone even if you don't much like hemp products.
He's enough of a wacko that it probably doesn't matter, but you do want him to keep jamming Republican leadership from time to time, because that's way more important than hemp stuff
He's enough of a wacko that it probably doesn't matter, but you do want him to keep jamming Republican leadership from time to time, because that's way more important than hemp stuff
"People of faith across the country have stood up for 'these least' in the past few months, often with admirable tenacity and courage, but we need to do more. The Gospel mandates it, to say nothing of history and economic reality." www.americamagazine.org/editorials/2...
The editors: Safe borders do not require terror tactics from ICE
When did the notion that we should protect our borders and regulate immigration devolve into a determination to unleash anonymous masked agents pulling people from cars, and to publicly celebrate the ...
www.americamagazine.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"People of faith across the country have stood up for 'these least' in the past few months, often with admirable tenacity and courage, but we need to do more. The Gospel mandates it, to say nothing of history and economic reality." www.americamagazine.org/editorials/2...
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These people are unbelievably pathetic and they know it on at least some level
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
These people are unbelievably pathetic and they know it on at least some level
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
Gonna need Netflix to deliver better content before they start talking this big talk!
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Gonna need Netflix to deliver better content before they start talking this big talk!
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Reality show where a different member of the Democratic caucus is locked in a room with Bill Kristol for 24 hours
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Reality show where a different member of the Democratic caucus is locked in a room with Bill Kristol for 24 hours
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I pray I'm never such a bad boss that my life resembles an Arrested Development bit
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I pray I'm never such a bad boss that my life resembles an Arrested Development bit