Aaron Schwartzbaum
@aaron_schwa
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Eurasia fellow and podcast host at @FPRI. Russia, Ukraine, Geopolitics. Puns at @punnyinphilly. Poster collector, #NUFC fan. RTs =/= Russia Todays
Philadelphia, PA
Joined July 2015
(state boundaries are gerrymanders that are wildly out of step with modern, urbanized reality)
NEW: A Governor Stefanik Could Save New York by Removing Zohran Mamdani. People haven’t really yet focused on it yet, but because of a provision in the New York state constitution, a Governor Stefanik would have the power not only to help protect the state from the worst of
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intersectionalism is academically valid and so often terrible for politics
NEW: The Sierra Club embraced social justice. Then it tore itself apart.
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used to hate this building for its mordor vibes, then realized a building was making me feel a way and that it's pretty cool
The most architecturally cool building built in the U.S. in the 21st century, and I’m tired of pretending otherwise.
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patience wearing thin for people from places like iowa tweeting pictures from 9/11 into my feed and suggesting that new yorkers have forgotten
They forgot.
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⛔️ trump is authoritarian ✅ trump's corruption makes your life worse
👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead. IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained. IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
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my view on #njelections is that every time i see 'monmouth', i think to myself 'mais non, c'est mon bouche'
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well said *squints, double checks* sohrab ahmari
Because the richest man in the world (and the owner of this site) spreads electoral bullshit nonstop, I want to tell you about my voting experience at my precinct in East Midtown Manhattan: - There's voter registry, and if you're not on it, you have to provide ID with proof of
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que sharaa, sharaa
Trump will meet with the Syrian president at the White House on Monday, Leavitt confirms
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was excited to have @EmmaMAshford stop by The Continent to talk about her new book!* *not sorry for the title https://t.co/GH4ZkXaQOo
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seeing a lot of 9/11 commentary from people who also don't think new yorkers are real americans
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i don't have any cogent political analysis so here's a limerick about @ZohranKMamdani there once was a guy they called zohran he said "for NY mayor ill gohran" they tried to dismiss him and said 'socialism' but the proved the naysayers sohran
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dems don't need to run on his platform, they need to be authentic and scrappy again
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slogans for 2028: "clean the bastards up" "make government work" this is a great, great example of #2
Putting out sidewalk tables and chairs for your business is easy: fill out a free form, learn the rules like keeping sidewalks accessible, and you’re good to go. No permit or free required. We want San Francisco’s businesses to bring our streets to life—just follow a few simple
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can you imagine if NYC had a socialist mayor who cast himself as a man of the people and communicated directly with citizens? would be wholly unprecedented.
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thinking with great trepidation about what NYC would be like if it were socialist. we might even see things like city control of the transit system, public housing, and subsidized healthcare programs.
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Senator Ed Mahkey
A new @UMassAmherst/@WCVB poll shows Sen. Ed Markey with a wide a lead over Rep. Seth Moulton. #mapoli
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regardless of your answer -- how do you answer this badly?
Hakeem Jeffries says Zohran Mamdani is not the future of the Democratic Party. JAKE TAPPER: Do you see Mamdani as the future of the Democratic Party? JEFFRIES: No. I think the future of the Democratic Party is going to fall, as far as we're concerned, relative to the House
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this is a dumb and opaque thread, per aaron data
BREAKING: Cuomo holds significantly more support inside of NYC than Mamdani, per Kalshi data.
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certain leftists (not wrongly) emphasize the importance lived experience in understanding political systems. unless of course that lived experience was negative, in a socialist system.
The Chernobyl HBO series is blatant anti-Soviet propaganda but god it’s so well made that I can’t help but watch
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