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Kaivan Shroff

@kaivanshroff.bsky.social
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Democratic commentator, attorney & non-profit advisor. Previously @ Everytown, Hillary For America, The Jed Foundation, Forbes NY Business Council. JD/MBA/MPP.

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Aug 13, 2026 “Of course, she’d done nothing. Senator Bernie Sanders had simply underperformed primary expectations in the state, and his angry supporters took it out on her. Some of the thousands of emails and messages Lange received even targeted her grandson.” ~ by @kaivanshroff.bsky.social
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Democrats’ Progressive Influencer Problem
Candidates seem happy to benefit from toxic online supporters—right up until the toxicity becomes politically inconvenient.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 15/09/2026
Macklemore said “Free Palestine” onstage. Days later, he was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour. Sheeran says he’s “apolitical.” But when billionaire Robert Kraft demanded Macklemore be removed, Sheeran complied. He didn’t stay out of politics. @kaivanshroff.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/ed-sheeran...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/08/2026
Why have many left-leaning candidates been slow and apparently hesitant to denounce rudeness, undue aggression, and even deranged behavior from their online supporters? New from @kaivanshroff.bsky.social:
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Democrats’ Progressive Influencer Problem
Candidates seem happy to benefit from toxic online supporters—right up until the toxicity becomes politically inconvenient.
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Maudi63 @maudi63.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🚨 Must read article from @kaivanshroff.bsky.social .👇 www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
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Democrats’ Progressive Influencer Problem
Candidates seem happy to benefit from toxic online supporters—right up until the toxicity becomes politically inconvenient.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
MS NOW host Mika Brzezinski calls out Pete Hegseth for “overcompensating” for something in his life that’s “not the right size.”
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“You can bet that at some point the communities consistently told they’re not viable for a seat at the table will stop showing up to do the grassroots work that could deliver the very swing districts these debates center around.” My take on “electability.” www.thedailybeast.com/james-talari...
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James Talarico, Jasmine Crockett and Democrats’ Dangerous Focus on ‘Electability’
When Democrats treat white male identity as the baseline from which all others deviate, they are not merely navigating bias—they are enforcing it.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
“Clinton lives in the real world, not on the internet, and her renewed presence can help tether Democrats to a more pragmatic outlook.” Republicans have dragged Hillary Clinton back into to the spotlight at a time when Dems desperately need her voice. www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-...
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Republicans Dragged Hillary Clinton Back Into the Spotlight. They’re Going to Regret It
They have inadvertently re-platformed one of the Democratic Party’s most battle-tested figures—and the gloves are off.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Hillary Clinton deserves so much better. True of the last 4 decades, too.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
People have been cynically trying to pit Alysa Liu and Eileen Gu against each other. They actually knew each other growing up. Here they are together as kids:
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Just disgusting how Jake Tapper smeared this guy.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The face of a rich and powerful evil man finally being held accountable. Trump next.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Hasan Piker: “Old enough to count, old enough to mount?” Wow. Someone just sent me this. Absolutely vile stuff. Let’s be real, this guy would have just as willingly become a far right influencer if that’s where opportunity led him.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Amid reports of him concealing his health issues, 79-year-old Trump can’t stay awake at his fake “Board of Peace” meeting. But I’m guessing media won’t give this the Biden treatment.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/02/2026
"Her deceptions are so apparent and ill conceived they don’t even appear designed to persuade at all." A complete cynic? Or a nutty true believer? @kaivanshroff.bsky.social on Tricia McLaughlin: lnk.thebulwark.com/4coTKgX
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Does DHS Flack Tricia McLaughlin Believe Her Own Lies?
She knows what her real audience wants to hear from her.
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Scott Michael Powers @scottfist.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
What she does isn't unique in the administration. The same observation, excellently made here by @kaivanshroff.bsky.social, applies to any of them, Leavitt, Bondi, etc. What they say makes so much more sense when you assume they're not trying to persuade; they're trying to please. Please the boss.
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Feb 11, 2026 Read this from @kaivanshroff.bsky.social on DHS‘ ‘gaslighting spokesperson Tricia from Ohio‘ - Rep Goldman “McLaughlin struck me as easily flustered and poorly prepared, and—more concerning—her claims were often inaccurate in ways that required no specialized knowledge to identify.”
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Does DHS Flack Tricia McLaughlin Believe Her Own Lies?
She knows what her real audience wants to hear from her.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/02/2026
"Fact-checking does not fail because it is too weak; rather, it fails because it is aimed at persuasion on individual points of fact." ICYMI @kaivanshroff.bsky.social on Tricia McLaughlin: lnk.thebulwark.com/4coTKgX
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Does DHS Flack Tricia McLaughlin Believe Her Own Lies?
She knows what her real audience wants to hear from her.
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Paul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
⚡️Body Cams for ICE. Trump Wants To Take Over Elections. With @kaivanshroff.bsky.social. Dems Eat Their Own in TX. Clintons to Testify on Epstein. Elon’s GROK Loves Porn. Jill Biden’s Ex Charged w Murder. @indyamericans.bsky.social 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Judge's SCATHING opinion re. ICE/Liam Ramos' case. Appropriate. "The case has its genesis in ill-conceived & incompetently implemented govt pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children..." "The rule of law be damned" @kaivanshroff.bsky.social #Pinks
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MS NOW @ms.now · 26/01/2026
OPINION by @kaivanshroff.bsky.social: “In one of his signature 2 a.m. social media rants, Trump proposed a different maxim: If you don’t like the poll, sue.” READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Opinion | Americans are down on Trump — so he’s threatening to sue over his bad poll numbers again
Kaivan Shroff: The president can’t persuade the public he’s doing a good job. So he’s reaching for something else: coercion.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Alex Pretti’s hospital colleagues hold a moment of silence in his honor 💔
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
DISGUSTING. Disgraced former NYC Mayor Eric Adams threatens woman: “I’m not mayor anymore…you’re gonna see the Brooklyn in me.”
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Don’t look away. This is a photo of one of Donald Trump’s ICE agents murdering an American citizen.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/01/2026
There is no question that Ramaswamy is right about the principle: American citizenship does not come in tiers, and racial bigotry should be condemned, full stop. The problem is he's a phony and a hypocrite. ICYMI @kaivanshroff.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3L3RH6Z
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When It Comes to Race, Vivek Ramaswamy Is No Moral Leader
The Ohio gubernatorial candidate’s political marriage of convenience with MAGA racists lasted until it became inconvenient.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Bystanders say ICE shot a woman who was driving away from them in the face. She was killed. Reminder these are largely unvetted thugs and abusers who have no business being in law enforcement. Another murder brought to you by Donald Trump.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Gonna leave this right here.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
NEW from me: Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham. Take that, elites! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Private jets and ‘Bari pitches’: Inside Weiss’ chaotic CBS Evening News reboot
EXCLUSIVE: The new CBS News editor-in-chief has chartered private flights for her armed security detail, made last-minute logistical changes and fired off ‘Bari Pitches.’ Weiss is once again accused o...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/12/2025
There is no question that Ramaswamy is right about the principle: American citizenship does not come in tiers, and racial bigotry should be condemned, full stop. The problem is he's a phony and a hypocrite. @kaivanshroff.bsky.social on Vivek Ramaswamy: lnk.thebulwark.com/3L3RH6Z
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When It Comes to Race, Vivek Ramaswamy Is No Moral Leader
The Ohio gubernatorial candidate’s political marriage of convenience with MAGA racists lasted until it became inconvenient.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Here’s what Charlie Kirk thought about you, Nicki Minaj. “I don’t think that’s a good role model for 18-year-old Black girls.”
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
NEW: I was just on a call with @rokhanna.bsky.social — who says just 2.5 gigabytes out of a total of 300 gigabytes of the Epstein Files — have been released by the DOJ.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Wow. Conservative NYTimes columnist David Brooks — who last month wrote scathing piece attacking Democrats over their effort to release the Epstein files — is in the files (photographed here at Epstein’s estate). He did not disclose his relationship with Epstein in the article.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Erika Kirk refuses to condemn Trump’s calls for political violence, blames parents for going to Pilates instead. (Yes — you read that correctly.)
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
The man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers has been identified 43-year-old Ahmed Al Ahmed. A hero.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Pete Hegseth’s acting Chief of Staff Ricky Buria appears to have taken a page from his boss’s book — appearing totally drunk in this interview with Matt Gaetz. Follow me here for more.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
To be clear, it was a **Trump appointed judge** that initially found the new Texas map to be racially biased. Thats how compromised this Supreme Court is.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.” They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Okay thanks for the encouragement!
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I have respect for Abby Phillip, but the Scott Jennings show has run its course. Enough.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/11/2025
"Dems seem more comfortable hitting marginalized groups with collateral damage if doing so makes it possible for them to land more effective blows against their Republican opponents." It may not in fact be politically expedient. New from @kaivanshroff.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/why-are-de...
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Why Are Democrats Teasing Homophobia in New Attacks on MAGA?
The strategy demeans an important constituency of the party without providing an obvious political gain.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Unhinged.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I feel like Gen-Z may not know that Republicans had an actual pedophile as Speaker of the House until 2007. Let’s remind them.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
NEW: Found in the Epstein email dump… A disgusting comment about women being lower IQ than men from former Harvard University President Larry Summers. (I graduated from the Law School and Kennedy School in 2022 — and can guarantee you some of the women faculty still experience nonsense like this.)
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
BREAKING: ADELITA GRIJALVA is now a member of Congress. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
It’s a BUT HER EMAILS kind of day.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Anyone heard from J.D. Vance today? Hmm.
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Dream for America @dreamforamerica.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Former DFA Press Secretary @kaivanshroff.bsky.social writes for @msnbc.com on one lesson the Left should learn: "Charlie Kirk’s legacy wasn’t just his words — it was the infrastructure he built. $85 million. 10,000 chapters. A youth movement that flipped the next generation red."
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Opinion | The one lesson Democrats should learn from Charlie Kirk’s legacy
Democrats don’t have anything similar to Turning Point USA in either function or scale.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 04/11/2025
"Usha Vance Is Not a Victim. She’s a Villain" The second lady deserves to be held accountable for what she’s chosen to represent and the role she has willingly played in an admin whose values run counter to her very existence, writes @kaivanshroff.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/usha-vance...
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Usha Vance Is Not a Victim. She’s a Villain
The second lady deserves to be held accountable for what she’s chosen to represent and the role she has willingly played in an admin whose values run counter to her very existence.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Trump hosts Gatsby themed Halloween party for his millionaire buddies as Americans across the country go hungry. Very on brand for him.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
People are giving Trick-or-Treaters *food items* because of the Trump-Vance shutdown. File that under things that didn’t happen when Biden was president.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/10/2025
"A congressional district is not an audience, and a House seat is not a platform; the job of an elected official is about much more than messaging." @kaivanshroff.bsky.social on influencers and politicians:
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Twilight of the Democratic Influencer Candidates
Online celebs keep trying to turn big followings into viable congressional campaigns. Democrats should stay wary.
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