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ABCUWN: always be coming up with nonsense

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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 3h
oh it’s just something people online do when a politician is doing something that makes it seem like they might be running for prez. Dave Weigel does it a lot although sometimes it’s said as a joke though. like if you saw Beshear campaigning for a candidate in Georgia, that might elicit a “Folks…”
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 7h
I like what Ossoff has been saying too, but I think this idea is hard to square away with many of his votes giving legitimacy to right wing framing. The most notable being his vote on the Laken Riley Act. The rhetoric’s a good start, but it feels a bit empty from him for the reasons I mentioned.
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
bruh what are they gonna do what Harris inevitably tacks to the left (especially on Israel) if/when she decides to run for prez? khive disavowing kamala will be a sight to see
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
this is so funny 🤣 love your Georgia commentary. I feel like people outside of the state have forgotten that Warnock was the real star in 2020.
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I literally want Hashmi to start acting classes ASAP because she’s awesome but kind of juiceless. But I think that type of skill can be learned
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think it started with a frequent use of her first name, then her full name, and then the city where she lives. That’s when she correctly noped out because I do think an address might’ve been coming down the creep’s pipeline
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
love to see it and I semi-doubt this was intentional but I’m very 👀 when I see this post starting with “Folks…”
Screenshot of an Abdul El-Sayed post on Instagram indicating that AOC will be joining him for a day on the campaign trail
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
hmmm gonna be sus if I go to Minnesota and meet someone with the name Neuse Riverhag but I guess it’s probably a common name up there
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
two equally likely scenarios: Talarico getting bottom surgery or Talarico getting the nasty flu that has currently taken down 3 of my coworkers recently and deciding “what if I tried not being a superspreader while I feel like shit” the world may never know!
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think it’s also fine to hit her on it in Maine where the Maine legislature has term limits. but yeah, I really do not support term limits and there’s really no upside to them
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
a system and set of parties that makes one go “yeesh I’m glad the US has primaries so I can vote for the Democratic candidate I actually like”
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
that and the “arsonist” line were good hits. my theory is that the debates help Troy at least in the way that it gets him small donor cash and boosts the morale of the base by showing that Troy knows his stuff and that Collins isn’t invincible
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
yeah that same poll was a 2024 recall and had him & benson with the same vote share percentage. I think he’s making similar moves as Talarico to shore up support, but it’s hard for me to tell if this isn’t just another “maybe this year, Dems lose support with Black voters” the media salivates over
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
oh I really doubt it. NYC DSA has had many setbacks in the last 10 years, but they just had an extremely successful summer. if anything, a lot of the theory of change is that some people wanted more DSA legislators before taking on the executive.
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think if we get Prez AOC, favorable city council, governor, and AG, zohran’s gonna be moving in a way where even a tangential reference to rockefeller republicans will look deeply unserious
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
one thing I’ve liked about Jackson’s debates is that he’s really knowledgable about Maine topics and he’s also like “so we all see Susan Collins is just a huge fraud, right? like we all have eyes and are seeing this shit?” especially re: her bipartisan shtick
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 09/10/2026
My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

"Today in Marble Hill, ICE agents fired multiple shots at a man in his vehicle while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat.
ICE's already unwelcome presence in our city has been growing more escalatory and dangerous by the day. Today's shooting is a grave development that requires a swift and immediate response to protect the safety of all New Yorkers.
First, we must have a full and independent investigation of this incident.
"There must also be a full and immediate release of all body camera footage of the incident.
In addition, the Target Corporation must stop offering their Bronx properties as private staging sites for ICE, in compliance with requests from New York officials. Target opening up large, active retail parking lots for paramilitary activity is unacceptable and places the entire community at risk.
ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency.
It does not belong in New York City and it should not exist in the United States of America. Abolish ICE.”
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I‘m ready to put her photo in my home in 2029 like they did with FDR
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I do think he’d be a good VP! I kinda think Ossoff is sorta dumb although he is a good attack dog. a sharp tongued mildly dim white moderate VP with a once in a generation star candidate with a megawatt smile as the top of the ticket, where have I heard that one before 🤔
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
another way in which Hasan is the true left Joe Rogan is that he does clearly want Dems to win
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
but no, they don’t want that because they’re a nasty piece of shit racist who believes in collective punishment for the Somali population and probably most POC.
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ok this is also insane even it I accept the premise (I don’t)??? the stat they’re using indicates that 77% of Somali voters voted D, which is an overwhelming majority. If 23% is all it takes for schadenfreude at a group’s expense, then this person wants basically everyone’s head bashed in
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I work on a new SaaS product so there’s just a lot of shenanigans that go on which is to be expected. But this image gets a ton of laugh emojis every time because it’s so perfect (and terrible) 😎
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I actually frequently use this as a reaction image at work whenever we think we maybe accidentally messed something up for a client but it turns out we didn’t
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think it’s important otherwise but I think it’s electorally good in that it makes the volunteer and small donor base fired up. so second order really
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think at least in this case, it’s good for Troy to get some jabs in to drum up small dollar donations and remind people that Susan Collins isn’t invincible. good for the cash and the morale
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
one of the college YDSAs made a public insta post that is the much less charitable version of this series of events, so I think it’s already out there
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I truly would love to hire Brad to talk to my family members who I can’t align with on Israel. His age, voice, experience, and just general skills would help so much.
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I notice this most with Twitter, but it really breeds conspiracism and flattening of nuance, which leads to really antisocial behavior. And conspiracism inherently leads to antisemitism, islamophobia, and transphobia (in the ways in which they share characteristice). it’s very worrying!
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the only question is whether he believes rape doesn’t exist or if he believes rape exists and he’s extremely pro-rape. I think it’s the latter personally
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I guess I just don’t even think this moves any votes or makes the base more excited to vote. Even Third Way said recently this tactic is a loser tactic. She also had a homophobic ad about Lindsay Graham a few months ago so I’m not convinced that she and her orbit aren’t just ideological bigots
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
She also released a homophobic ad about Lindsay Graham when he was her opponent. I don’t understand who she thinks enjoys her edgelord bigot shit where these ads will convince someone to vote for her when she’s the Dem nominee, so I assume she just is an edgelord bigot
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
😬 maybe racism. I do think racism against south asians has gotten extremely bad recently among the right
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A theme I’ve noticed is that Black republicans tend to perform worse because Black voters are no more likely to vote for them (which I think R leadership keeps thinking will happen) and republicans are so racist that a good chunk of them won’t vote for the candidate. also John James is just bad lol
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I just saw this and I’d sarcastically ask if this makes Michael Tracey happy but he’s so depraved that I actually know it does. He’s really a sick fuck
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
she should’ve tried having the last name Sununu 😤
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
but truly this is the dumbest description of socialism I’ve ever heard. it’s so much more off base than the usual “socialism is when the government takes all your money” pablum
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
how does he know about my support for open borders and desire for kids of all genders to be able to play sports 👀
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
but that’s what you’re doing?
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ah yeah, fair. I think with Ukraine, there have been so many leftwing people that were like “actually that was totally idiotic of me and I was wrong” pretty quickly after the fact that I wasn’t sure if that was a real pattern with her but I guess now I see that it is
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I only saw this on Bluesky so definitely not verified but ever since I saw this photo of Zohran maybe being in the Judaic Cultural Society in high school, I’ve considered him to be an honorary addition to the tribe lol
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
also of course some people are just pro-rape
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
honestly I think people are very hesitant to admit something they enjoyed on an individual level has a serious structural problem. I was in a sorority and really enjoyed it but I’m extremely pro-abolishing the whole Greek system.
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I do of course think we should make it a lot more economically viable to have children. I just don’t think there’s anything that could be done to ever have birth rates as high as they were even 30 years ago.
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I also am a big believer that the cat‘s out of the bag in terms of women having a taste of economic freedom and not having children being more socially acceptable. My partner and I don’t have any interest in having kids, and I don’t think any amount of money would change my mind.
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this had the same energy as “the aristocrats!”
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this is really harrowing because I do not think the Juniper of 2 years ago (or maybe even 1 year ago) would’ve ever posted or believed something like this. maybe I’m wrong, but I’ve seen a lot of posters I used to at least find value in completely deteriorate
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
certainly it is deeply antisemitic and you know that. This is miles away from anything at all in Zohran’s statement, the original topic that folks were discussing. Is it enjoyable for you to make light of the ongoing genocide and rising antisemitism? All this screenshot makes me is terribly sad.
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ok this is another sign to me that Twitter is ruining people and is an antisemitic echo chamber because I know Juniper was not this hateful and cruel 2 years ago I’m actually shocked by how unbelievably horrendous and genocidal her logic is here
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Ariel @ari-el222.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I wouldn’t be surprised if that, relative affluence mitigating the increase in cost of goods, and some amount of insulation from the admin by virtue of living in a blue state is all contributing.
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