UGRAD ’22 @ GVSU (MI, US) | International Relations Graduate (with Distinction) | Poet & Writer | Disability Advocate | Interests: Literature & Geopolitics
Allendale, MI
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Here is my written piece, published in @TFT_ where I talk about recent legislations concerning PWDs in Pakistan, and ground conditions in society. Also, I compare them with the outside world and hope for a bright tomorrow. @Razarumi
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In October, brands quietly raise the prices of their products and then, in November, offer a flat 50 percent off. People happily empty their bank accounts, feeling that they've acted smart, while brands smile at their foolishness.
President Trump in 2026:
“It’s an honor to be with you. It’s an honor to be your friend. And the relationship between China and the USA is going to be better than ever before. He also called Xi a great leader.
Place: Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China (during Trump’s state visit 2026).
When NVIDIA, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are going down in price, it means people are selling in panic. This helps in bringing these stocks to their best prices, where you should buy them. In the stock market, buying a stock at an attractive price, where the opportunity for growth remains the highest, is the smartest strategy.
Most people, when arguing, have one goal in mind: that is, to defeat the other person. As a result, we hardly have healthy, respectful dialogues nowadays.
But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.
Says JD Vance.
He knows that the road to his presidency is closed for eternity. McCain was a good person, but Bush’s presidency faded his chances of becoming a president in 2008.
One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.
So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."
Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.
There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.
But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.
Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:
1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel
Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)
In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.
The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.
If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.
But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.
I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.
The people of the US voted for Republicans in 2024 because they pledged more jobs, lower inflation, less involvement in foreign conflicts, and increased spending on the American public. They couldn’t live up to most of their promises, and Trump launched a war against Iran that burned billions of US dollars and pushed oil prices up. The public, in midterms, took revenge at the ballot box and gave Democrats a majority in both houses of Congress. The 2028 presidential election will likely be won by the Democrats.
#Midterms26
Recently, the House of Representatives initiated efforts to hold the Trump administration accountable for its military campaign in Iran. However, these resolutions were blocked in the Senate, where Republicans held a clear majority. If Democrats win a majority in the Senate, the next two years could become difficult for the Trump administration, as it would face greater congressional scrutiny and potentially more consequential impeachment proceedings. The House of Representatives, all 435 seats of which are up for grabs, is also likely to be won by Democrats. But it’s the 35 Senate seats that will be more consequential.
MJ.
#Midterms2026 #ElectionDay2026
If you were contesting an election,
I would happily vote for you.
When sad, give them a read,
The poems I wrote for you.
MJ.
#Midterms2026 #ElectionDay
Most people watch US midterm elections to find out who wins the lower house and who commands a majority in the Senate. But for someone living in the developing world, the most significant thing should be to witness how ordinary Americans exercise their power by casting their votes. There are primaries where voters from each party decide who will run for Congress, debates between candidates where they present their future plans, public mobilisation and awareness campaigns, and all this eventually leads to election day, when everyone exercises their civic duty. Because the system is well established, there are institutional safeguards to hold the administration accountable.
At our university prior to election day, students advocated for participation in the voting. One student, who was a very good friend, was working to register eligible students for voting. It was a tremendous experience to witness people raising awareness and exercising their right to vote. The United States’s political system keeps voters engaged, allowing them to freely participate in the democratic process.
Somewhere in the world, someone sitting alone
Is thinking about nothing but you at this hour.
They can’t make wealth, have no material worth,
But they can win hearts; my words have that power.
MJ. 🌷
October and February are best months for writing. Every day you find some new ideas. October is the month of fall, while February hints about early spring.
When I think of the United States, I remember:
Our host family in Grand Rapids, who were very kind to us.
That friend who called me every weekend to play a game, enjoy new food, or go for sledding when it was snowing. She was extremely kind.
My professor of Mideastern politics at GVSU who, as I’m blind, walked me to the next destination after class. He was a superb human being.
Or that bus driver who asked me to wait for a second so he could bring the bus very close to the sidewalk, so I could easily step inside.
Or that Christian guy living next door who would come every Sunday to give me a cookie. Once I didn't have breakfast and was feeling hungry, and didn't have anything to eat in my apartment. He arrived, and I asked him to give me two cookies, and he was so happy about it.
All those people were superb.
I forgot one. A classmate who always gave a compliment. If I got a haircut, wore a new shirt, or trimmed my mustache, she not only noticed it but told me that I was looking nice. She was purely a remarkable human.
Hemingway's The Old Man And The Sea, Steinbeck's The Pearl, Tolstoy's How Much Land Does A Man Need, Dostoyevsky's White Nights—what else can you read in one go?
Speaking of China, have you ever wondered why some of the world calls tea tea (or a variant like ‘te’ or ‘thee’), and the rest call it ‘cha’ (‘chai’ in our case), or some variant thereof? That’s because in Mandarin and inland dialects, the Chinese character for this drink is pronounced ‘cha’, and it is from these regions that the Silk Route brought chai overland to Persia, India, and the Middle East. The name stuck. But in the coastal Fujian province, while the character remained the same, it was pronounced ‘te’, and since the tea leaves reached Europe largely through seaborne trade carried on by the Dutch East India Company, we get the French ‘thé’, the German ‘tee’, and the English ‘tea’.
Loved reading it, @ZarrarKhuhro
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