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political enterprise editor @usatoday Brooklyn townie. Come for the coverage of democracy, stay for the tweets about pizza

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What Zohran Mamdani's favorite rappers shows about his politics usatoday.com/story/news/poli…

Nas, Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G. Politics and the rap choices of NYC Mayor Mamdani

Mamdani chooses uber-capitalists Biggie, Nas and Jay-Z among his five favorite rappers. Is it a pivot to center?

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Ben Jacobs
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Speaking at the Freedom Fry in South Carolina, the introductory speaker tells the room of Republican loyalists "I don't know how you feel about tariffs, I don't know how you feel about the war. But there's not single one of you here is who is an Islamist-loving Communist."
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Sludge
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NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/mu…

Musk-Linked Dark Money Network Funded the Group Behind Cornel West’s Ballot Push

People Over Party raised $7.7 million in 2024, all of it from the nonprofit behind the Fair Election Fund, which in turn got every dollar from a Musk-funded dark money group.

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Two former South Carolina governors, Republican David Beasley and Democrat Jim Hodges, have endorsed Democrat Dr. Annie Andrews in the state’s U.S. Senate race: “We may have served as your governor from different political parties. But we agree South Carolina deserves better than more of the same political fighting”
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Mike Nellis
@MikeNellis14h
Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.
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Jonathan Martin
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#closingmessage PORT HURON, Michigan, Oct 25 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Sunday escalated his invective against Norway, calling it a "shit house country" and ‌saying Norwegian immigrants were not welcome in the United States because the Nobel committee, based in the capital Oslo, had not awarded him a Peace Prize.
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Ukraine's war with Russia? 🤨
Politics & Poll Tracker 📡
@PollTracker2024Oct 22
AP: Kansas Senator Roger Marshall says the Ukraine war, not the Iran war, has caused high diesel prices Roger Marshall said Wednesday that Ukraine’s war with Russia — and not the U.S. war with Iran — was to blame for high diesel prices that have imperiled his party’s control of Congress in the midterm elections. The answer, delivered during a debate with Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton. apnews.com/article/senate-ka…

Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall says the Ukraine war, not the Iran war, has caused high diesel prices

Kansas Republican Sen. Roger Marshall says Ukraine’s war with Russia — and not the U.S. war with Iran — has caused high diesel prices.

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On his main feed Bo French has been mostly careful to do tweets about the Texas oil and gas industry. Presumably a lot of folks have been asking him to keep it tight. But in the replies, he’s back to doing interracial cuck fear again
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Nicole@nicolegelinasOct 21
Adjacent and implicit to the "training" argument is people doing serious cycling training/exercise don't want to stop or yield for pedestrians, as it interrupts their training.
Streetsblog New York City
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We met up with cycling advocate and lawyer Steve Vaccaro in Central Park to hear about why he's helping with a legal battle to block NYC's proposed 15 mph speed limit along the Central Park Drives.
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Blinder & Watson (2016) found that there is superior economic performance under Democratic Party presidents thanks to fewer wars and energy shocks, which they seem to characterize as dumb luck or something but IMO reflects a genuine pattern. slowboring.com/p/republican-…

Republican war-mongering is their worst economic policy

A repeated pattern of failure

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Nate Silver
@NateSilver538Oct 21
Trump approval starting to look like a dead ringer for Bush's second term.
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not really clear why the public should obligated to provide a velodrome
Streetsblog New York City
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We met up with cycling advocate and lawyer Steve Vaccaro in Central Park to hear about why he's helping with a legal battle to block NYC's proposed 15 mph speed limit along the Central Park Drives.
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Someone needs to start an airline that won't wake you up to foist their crappy food on you.
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CNN: New York US House polling (Among Jewish voters) 🟦2018: D+40 🟦2022: D+49 🟦2026: D+13 (36 pt swing to the GOP)
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Matt Tardio
@angertabOct 13
Following Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers: Scott Ritter's views fell 43% Rick Sanchez's views fell 39% Max Blumenthal's views fell 37% Ben Swann's views fell a 18%
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Matt Tardio
@angertabOct 13
Following Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers: Tucker Carlson's views dropped 71% Douglas Macgregor's views dropped 62% TCN views dropped 34%
Matt Tardio
@angertabOct 13
Following Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers: Scott Ritter's views fell 43% Rick Sanchez's views fell 39% Max Blumenthal's views fell 37% Ben Swann's views fell a 18%
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Neil Stone
@DrNeilStoneOct 12
Mentions of the word "Fauci" on X have fallen off a cliff since the data centres in Russia were hit Makes you wonder...
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tyson brody@tysonbrodyOct 8
BREAKING: Roger Marshall stiffed a local Kansas business who baked cookies for his campaign, refusing to pay a $678 bill - a bill larger than debts for which Roger Marshall had patients sued, arrested, and jailed, which ran as low as $114.49!
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Holly Pretsky@hollypretOct 8
Two federal agents are going door to door near the crime scene “trying to get evidence.” Darializa Avila Chevalier and state Sen. Gustavo Rivera are following them to tell people they don’t have to answer or speak with the agents.
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Spectrum News NY1
@NY1Oct 9
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the ICE agents who authorities say shot a man in Marble Hill Thursday afternoon were wearing construction vests and masks, and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at least one of them was carrying a long gun.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside City Hall to call out Mayor Zohran Mamdani for what they see as his betrayal of the movement. "Mayor Mamdani, you can't hide we charge you with genocide" was a chant that just rang out.
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Aaron Blake
@AaronBlakeOct 7
Mike Rogers on Trump's tariffs in Nov. 2025 vs. his new ad
Mike Rogers
@MikeRogersForMIOct 7
Prices are too high and Canada is not our enemy. We need to end the tariff war — now. In the Senate, I’ll bring both parties together to lower costs and put Michigan families first.
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