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Zeeshan Aleem
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Political columnist and editor @MSNBC Daily.
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/Grok is this true?
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Deal has been reached, I’m told by multiple sources, and Kaine has announced his support
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
zeeshanaleem.bsky.social
lol
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
zeeshanaleem.bsky.social
While I fully support the idea of allowing people to apologize for the past and evolve, there is good reason to be skeptical in this case, as @zakcheneyrice.bsky.social has observed:

nymag.com/intelligence...
Richard Hanania’s Chilling Normality
The revealing case of the anti-woke crusader.
nymag.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
zeeshanaleem.bsky.social
Also read the article I wrote to get a window into how quickly he changed his tune. It's elsewhere in my responses.
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
zeeshanaleem.bsky.social
That has nothing to do with the posted material lol.
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
zeeshanaleem.bsky.social
Also I just remembered that i wrote about this whole episode lol www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Pete Buttigieg's scramble to find a position on Israel reflects a new 2028 litmus test
The former transportation secretary took flak for being evasive on the issue. His clarifications reflect a new 2028 litmus test.
www.msnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Buttigieg is a weathervane who isn't devoted to the issue in any direction, which enabled him in a matter of days to go from the meaningless pablum Democrats are used to issuing on I/P (his PSA interview) to committing to POLITICO that he'd recognize Palestine + restrict aid + not sign a new MOU.
In the days that followed, Buttigieg was criticized by fellow Democratic public officials and liberals online. As a man who aspires to higher office, Buttigieg seemed to understand where the wind was blowing. He sought to clarify and update his public-facing positions in a subsequent interview with Politico. Yes, he would indeed have supported Bernie Sanders’s resolutions to restrict aid. Yes, he would in fact recognize the State of Palestine. No, the US should not pass another 10-year military aid package for a country that doesn’t change its behavior.
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I don't agree, and this is just one example that popped up on my feed just now. bsky.app/profile/dipl...
diplomatofnight.com Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4d
Buttigieg is a weathervane who isn't devoted to the issue in any direction, which enabled him in a matter of days to go from the meaningless pablum Democrats are used to issuing on I/P (his PSA interview) to committing to POLITICO that he'd recognize Palestine + restrict aid + not sign a new MOU.
In the days that followed, Buttigieg was criticized by fellow Democratic public officials and liberals online. As a man who aspires to higher office, Buttigieg seemed to understand where the wind was blowing. He sought to clarify and update his public-facing positions in a subsequent interview with Politico. Yes, he would indeed have supported Bernie Sanders’s resolutions to restrict aid. Yes, he would in fact recognize the State of Palestine. No, the US should not pass another 10-year military aid package for a country that doesn’t change its behavior.
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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jwmason.bsky.social
Abundance types get very worked up about left Nimbys, anti-gentrification activists, etc. But this is deeply misleading when it comes to the actual politics of housing, at least in New York. Opposition to new housing comes overwhelmingly from the Right.
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM