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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 5h

As others have said, I think there’s racism in play. But I think a bigger factor is that people find it very hard to admit they were wrong, especially when they’ve compromised themselves as much as they have to support Trump.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 16h

I’m a Yankees fan, and agreed.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wrote this in response to another post today, but speaking as a NYer who's lived in both NYC and the HV, I looked at the Marist results and said, "Yeah, that tracks." She's a mod, machine pol from western NY and she's going to win by mid teens. Pretty much dead-on for NYS.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I was an I-banker in M&A for the dotcom bubble and hoo boy does this feel the same. And vibes aside, there are plenty of parallels in the underlying fundamentals.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Okay, so in re: Marist, speaking as a NYer who's lived in both NYC and the HV, I don't find Hochul +11 odd at all, nor does it bother me as a progressive. She's a mod, establishment machine pol from western NY. We have a decent number of Republicans upstate and on LI. It's still double digits.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What's this in regard to, the Marist poll for NYS Gov this morning?

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Gotta be honest: I fell for the spin when the narrative first came out. But in the weeks since, you and others have really convinced me of the fact that it was a hit piece, and he’s actually been doing good, necessary work.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Then, there's this: bsky.app/profile/poll...

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I mean, we've seen a number of polls with equivalent numbers (or better) recently, so it doesn't matter *that* much, but FWIW: bsky.app/profile/john...

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My theory is that every time a political ad comes on in TX, it simply reminds people a) there's an election in 4 weeks and b) how much they hate Paxton.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yeah... I want to see the bank statements.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I am coming to loathe RBH and her cronies SO much.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So, you're saying Nixon +2 and Andrews +5...? 😁

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Don't you mean the miss was in favor of Dems? (The polls showed closer races than actually occurred.) Or am I misreading?

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

IMO, they simply slot him into Veleno's spot. No reason to break up the Laba line, which has been really good and a tone-setter. That said, I doubt he gets the PK time, especially not in his first few games as a pro.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Can't wait to watch the Nets this year. I have held the faith for a long time that Tsai and (to a greater extent, as my guess is that the new owner was a big reason they went all in on the Clean Sweep) Marks know what they're doing. This season, we *begin* to see if I was correct...

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Senator Dr. John Brown stan account, Esq., PhD, MD, JD, LCSW @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There should be hearings about this stuff. I mean this.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don't believe in past lives, but if I did I'd be 100 percent sure that at least two of my previous ones involved dying on a barricade in Paris.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"One true, simple declarative sentence." Oh, I get it, you mean BORING writing. (Not that purple prose is the answer, either, but my God, do I find Hemingway tedious.)

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's always amazed me that *this* is what's inferred from the fact that rich people like them. When in fact rich people like 'em because they lower taxes on companies and the highest earners (which disproportionately benefit the non-rich) and eliminate regulations (which same again).

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yep. Just on the cost front, $90 is a single tank of gas for most people in the current environment.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I found it very hard to get into (in large part because I don't love horror), but I kept with it due to the number of folks singing its praises, and by the second half of the season, I was very much glad that I did. Excellent, unique show.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Completely ignoring the lesson of the Magyar election in Hungary. SMDH

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yeah, had the same thought. All the never trumper & dem establishment types who insist “SCOTUS must remain at 9 always and forever!” (Despite the fact that constitution says nothing about it, and the number did in fact change several times prior to the last 100 years would finally have to cave.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If it makes you feel any better I was a Browns fan through it all – the Drive, the Fumble, the move to Baltimore (after which, the Ravens of course finally won) and subsequent reincarnation – only to disavow them entirely the moment they traded for that PoS, Watson.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mamdani unfortunately had to support Hochul this year. Next time around...

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New low, high, and (obviously) net disapprove this morning. Keep it up, Donnie!

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I feel this so much. Yeah, it was great to vote for Zohran and Brad Lander in their respective primaries, but man, wouldn't it be great to be responsible for some portion of sticking the knife into Ken Paxton in the general...

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

These are memes absolute table stakes, IMO.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did/do none of Frank Miller's qualify? Or were they all outside the Marvel universe?

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yeah, I work as a fractional (i.e. outsourced) CFO to a bunch of tech startups and: a) my clients use it for coding and summarizing long zoom chats; b) I use it in Excel; and c) we both use it for search/summary. That's it. None of us use it for *anything* else that I'm aware of.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I don't listen to death metal or modern hip-hop (the old school stuff still kicks ass, IMO), either. I wonder whether they'd make a similar such judgment re: those genres...

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Alas, poor Yorick! I fuckin' knew him, Horatio.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's really windy out there today!

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'd say Aniston is the more famous *figure,* but J.Lo is the more famous *Jennifer,* due to the fact that there are likely a fair amount of people who know the former as "the woman who played Rachel" while anyone who knows the latter will know her specifically as a Jennifer.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

She's up in 2030 and almost certainly will be primaried. Speaking as a NYer, I'm pretty sure this is her last term in office.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This might also explain why my cohort (Gen-X) is so consistently disappointing. I grew up with liberal parents in Brooklyn, but a more common experience would be to grow up in like suburban KC, with Reagan Republican parents and a political identity formed in the (relatively) calm, prosperous '90s.

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James E. Graham @jamesegraham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It was also in the field almost completely pre-bribery scandal.

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