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Basel Hamdan retweeted
Mamdani getting elected and spending a year on extremely popular projects helped Dems everywhere imo.
He was supposed to be on the new Mount Rushmore of scary liberals. Saw him on lots of attack mailers. Didn't scare people at all.
When I sat down w Mamdani during the 2025 primary he said his model was Bernie in Burlington - the "ooh, scary socialist" mayor who capitalizes on all the attention he gets and makes civic improvements so it stops being scary. And so far that's clearly worked. semafor.com/article/06/12/20โฆ
Basel Hamdan retweeted
Scott Colom, a Black Democrat, has flipped Forrest Countyโnamed for Ku Klux Klan founding grand wizard Nathan Bedford Forrestโby a 54%-44% margin.
Trump won it 58%-40% in 2024.
It's the county where the KKK murdered civil rights worker Vernon Dahmer.
mississippifreepress.org/scoโฆ
Basel Hamdan retweeted
In January, as Trump threatened to attack Iran to compel it to capitulate, I told a senior Trump official that Iran won't surrender and that their calculation is that they don't need to win the war against the US; they just need to destroy Trump's presidency.
They just did.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
Here are the numbers from Kent, which is one of the most populous counties in Michigan.
The results are clear and the opposite of the conventional narrative.
People did split their tickets, but they did so to vote AGAINST Mike Rogers. El-Sayed beat the straight-ticket margin.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid tells Israelis not to despair about the U.S. election because Democratic leadership is still pro-Israel in spite of its base.
ืืฉืื ืืืื ืืงืื ืืจืก - ืขืืืืืช, ืืื ืชืืื ืืช
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ืืืืืงืจืืื ืืงืื ืืืืื ืืช ืฉื ื ืืืชืื. ืื ืื ืืืืจ? ืื ืืืืจ ืฉืืฉ ืฆืืจื ืืืืฃ ืืื ืืืืืช ืืชืืื ืืช ืขืืืื ืืืงืื ืคืื ืืงื ืฉื ืคืืืืืืงืืื. ืืื ืงื ืืฆืขืืง ืฉ"ืืืจืืงื ืืืืื", ืื ืื ืืื ืืืืื ืื ืฆืจืื ืืขืืื. ืื ืจืง ืื ื ืืื. ืืืฉ ืื.
ืืช ืืืช ืื ืืืจืื ืืืืื ืืืื ื'ืคืจืืก. ืืช ืืกื ืื ืื ืื ืฆ'ืืง ืฉืืืจ. ืฉื ืืื ืืืืืื ืฉืื, ืฉื ืืื ืืฆืืืขื ืืฉื ื ืขื ืืฉืจืื ืื ืืฉืจืื ืืกืืขื ืฉืืื ืืฆืืืข ืืืจืช. ืื ืืืืืง ืกืื ืืื ืืืืื ืฉืืฉืจืื ืืืืจื ืืืขืช ืืขืืื ืืืชื, ืื ืื ืื ื ืกืืื ืขื ืื ืืืจ.
ืืื ืฉืืื ืฉืืืจืขืื ืืื ืื-ืืฉืจืืื ืืืืช ืื ืืืจืื ืืื. ืืืื ืฉื ืงืืืืช ืงืืฆืื ืืื ืืืชืจ, ืืื ืื ืืืจื ืืืืืจืืช ืืืืืจ ืืืขืฉืจืื ืืืืืฉื ืืืจื ืงืื ืืจืก ืืชืื 435.
ืื ืืกื ืื ื ืืกืคื ืืื ืงืืืืช ืืืื ืขืืื ืื ืืืฉืจืื ืืื ืื ืืืจื ืืืืื ืืืืจืื ืืืจืขืื ืืงืฉื ืืืงืืฆืื ื ืฉืคืืขื ื ืืื ื ืื ืืืืข ื-10% ืืืืจื ืืกื ืื.
ืืืขืื ืืืืืชืืช ืืื ืื ืืงืืฆืื ืื.
ืืคื ื ืฉื ืชืืื 11 ืกื ืืืจืื ืืฆืืืขื ืืืืืื ืืช ืืฉืืืื ืื ืฉืง ืืืฉืจืื. ืืคื ื ืฉื ื ืืืกืคืจ ืขืื ื-27, ืืืคืจืื ืืื ืืืจ 40. ืื ื ืืจื, ืืื ืจืืื ืื ืืืืช ืฉืื ืืื ืืืชื ื. ืืืง ืืื ืืฉืื ืืื ืืืืจืฃ ืฉื 2023 ืขื ืกืจื ืฆืืื ืขื ืืืฉ. ืืฉืจืื ืืฉืืื ืืื, ืืื ืืืื ืื ืืช ืืืฉืืืืช ืืืกืืจืืืืช ืฉืื ื. ืคืืฉืชื ืืืขื ืืช ืืืื ืืื ื ืืืืจ ืืื, ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืจ ืืืชื, ืืคืฉืจ ืืืกืืืจ, ืืคืฉืจ ืืฉื ืืช ืืช ืืืืื.
ืืื ืฉืื ืืืื ืื ื ืื ืืฉืจืื. ืื ื ืื ืฉืจืื ืงืืฆืื ืืื ืฉืืืืจืื ืืืจืื ืืืืจืคืื. ืื ื ืื ืืืืืืช ืืชื ืืืื, ืื ื ืื ืืืฉืื ืฉืื ืื ืืืื ืื, ืื ืืขืืงืจ ื ืื ื ืชื ืืื, ืืืืื ืชื ืื ืืืจ ืฉืงืฉืืจ ืืืื ืืื ืจืขืื.
ืื ืื ืขืืฉืื?
ืืืืจืื ืืืื ืฉืขืื ืืฉืืืื ื ืฉืืขืื ืฉื ื ืื ืฉืืจ ื-2015, ืืฉื ืชื ืืื ื ืกืข ืื ืืื ืืงืื ืืจืก ื ืื ืืืืื. ืืืจืชื ืืช ืื ืื, ืื ื ืืืืจ ืืช ืื ืืืื: ืืฉืจืื ืื ืืืืจืช ืฆื ืืืืจืืงื. ืขืืืืื ืขื ืืืื.
ืืฉ ืืชืืจืื ืืืืืื. ืืฉ ืืืืืช ืืืงืื ืฉืจืืฆืื ืฉื ืืืฉื. ืืฉ ืืจืื ืืกืฃ ืงืืืจื ืืืืจืื ื ืฉืืืื ืืช ืืงืืคืืื ื ืืื ื. ืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืื ื ืืืคืืื ืืืชืืจืื ืืืืืื ืืื, ืื ืื ื ืฆืจืืืื ืืืคื ืื ืืืชืืจืื ืืืื ืืื.
ืืืืงืืจ ืืจืืฉืื ืืืืฉืื ืืืื ืฉื ื ืฆืืื ืืืืฉืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืืช ืื ืืืืช ืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืงืื ืืจืก, ืืฆื ืฉืชื ืืืคืืืืช. ืื ืจืง ืื ืืื ืืื ืื ืืืงืฉืื, ืืืืจ, ืืกืคืื ืืงืืจืช, ืืืกืืืจ ืืช ืืขืืืืืช, ืืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืืฉ.
ืืืจื ืืืฉืื ืืืื ืฆืจืื ืืฆืืช ืืืกืข ืืืจื"ื, ืืืืจ ืขื ืืืฉืืื, ื ืฆืืืื ืืงืืืืื, ืชืงืฉืืจืช ืืื ืจืืื ืืืืฉืช. ืืืืืข ืืืืจืืงื ืฉืืขืืจ ืืคืืืืืืงื. ืืืืจ ืขื ืงืืืืืช ืืืืืืืช, ืื ืจืขืืืช ืืื, ืืื ืื ืจืง ืืืชื.
ืื ืขื ืื ืืืืื ืืืกืคื ืื, ืขื ืื ืกืืืช ืฉื ืืคืจื-ืืืจืืงื ืืืช, ืขื ืืืืื ืืืืกืืื ืืฆืขืืจืื ืฉื ืืฉื ืืืชื ื. ืื ืฆืจืืืื ืืืืืจ ืืฉืจืื ืืืจืช, ืื ืฉื ื ืชื ืืื ืืื ืืืืจ.
ืืช ืืืืจืื ืฉืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ื ืฆืจืื ืืืืง. ืืช ืืืจืขืื ืืงืฉื ืฆืจืื ืืืืื. ืืื ืืืืื ืขืฉืจื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืฉืืืื ืืฆื ืฉืื ื. ืืช ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ื. ืืืชื ืื ืื ื ืฆืจืืืื ืืืืืืจ.
ืืืืืืจ ืืืชื ืื ืืืื ืื ื ืจืง ืืืื. ืื ืื ื ืฉืง ืืฆื"ื, ืฉืืชืืฃ ืคืขืืื ืืืืืขืื ื, ืืืืืง ืืืืืืื ืืืืืื ืฉืื ื (ืืื, ืื ืืจืื ื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืกืื ืืกืืืข ืืื).
ืขืฉืื ื ืืช ืื ืืืจ ืืขืืจ.
ื-2022 ืืชืืชื ืขื ืื ืฉืื ืืืืื ืขื "ืืฆืืจืช ืืจืืฉืืื" ืืื ืืืื ืจืคืืืืืงื ื ืืื. ืื ืื ืงืกื, ืื ืขืืืื. ืืืจืืงื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืืื. ืืื ืืืื ืฉืืืฉืื ืืืืืจ ืืืืจ ืืืชื.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
hopefully the next round of political analysis can concern itself less with whether americans are prepared to elect muslims and more with why the people paid to interpret the electorate seem so unwilling to accept that they already have
Basel Hamdan retweeted
Here is the clip of CNN asking Talarico if he will stand up to Abdul. This network is insane
Basel Hamdan retweeted
"By casting far more ballots than expected by strategists in either party, Black voters are fundamentally shifting the midterm landscape, nudging swing states left and making red states suddenly competitive." politico.com/news/magazine/2โฆ
Basel Hamdan retweeted
The Haley Stevens: two parts anti-Muslim bigotry, one part cynical invocation of Black voters, one part instrumentalization of Jewish voters. The most disgusting cocktail ever served.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
Pro-Israel Democrat Haley Stevens has endorsed Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers and is appearing with him at an event in Detroit, helping Trump's bid to retain control of the Senate.
Let's be clear about what this is and what it isn't.
This is not something fundamentally new.
Rather, it is a more open manifestation of a reality that has existed for a long time: Centrist Democrats have always been more comfortable with even the most pro-war, neocon Republicans than they have been with progressive Democrats who question American militancy and blind support for Israel.
Everyone in DC knows the personal proximity between figures like Jake Sullivan and Lindsey Graham, for instance. (Read Akbar Shahid's book if you're not in the know)
Even before October 7, the Biden team treated progressives with disdain on foreign policy and expected them to blindly follow Biden, just as Biden blindly followed Israel. To be fair, some progressive shops also fell for the line that any criticism of Biden would ultimately help Trump and, as a result, engaged in a lot of self-defeating self-censorship.
The silver lining of Haley Stevens taking off the mask of centrist Democrats may be that the reckoning within the party, deferred for so long, may finally happen.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
If you have any tips or info related to Haley Stevens, please feel welcome to text me on Signal: premthakker.35
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Basel Hamdan retweeted
If one more person compares the situation in MI with the Uncommitted movement I'm gonna lose it.
Uncommitted was a primary play. By this point in the cycle the Uncommitted leaders were literally running anti-Trump ads.
Stop twisting history to justify your own shitty behavior.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
In 2016, a friend confronted Ted Cruz over his anti-Muslim rhetoric. He said not to worry, this is what happens in elections and he had Muslim friends.
He knows what heโs doing. Telling Americans that electing a Muslim could get them killed is calculated, dangerous incitement.
Sen. @tedcruz (R-TX) says that if U.S. Sen. candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) is elected into the Senate and is placed in the Senate Intelligence Committee, "there is a very real risk that Americans will die as a result."
Basel Hamdan retweeted
If Netanyahu manages to lose, still far from certain, but if, Trump should move quickly to an Iran deal. Pin the war on Netanyahu. Start a reset in the Mid East. It would be the best thing for Trump politically and the best thing for the world. Rarely do these things align.
Basel Hamdan retweeted
Explosive story many years in the making, now out in Vanity Fair by Matthew Cole (who will be on Breaking Points next week, and publishing soon in @DropSiteNews):
Saudi Arabia and the UAE set up multi-billion slush funds for Jared Kushner to use.
Iran-Contra 2 here (except with Iran-Contra, at least the US got some hostages released. Not clear what we got out of this one.)
