Left Brain
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Left Brain
@LeftBrainStream
Political & elections analysis, progressive perspective, all smart discussion encouraged. Substack: https://t.co/VgQTrLWF8l
United States Joined Mayıs 2017
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Big Oil loves this stupid war. They're going to hate me as governor.
NewsWire@NewsWire_US
U.S. Gas Prices Spike 21.2% in March — Largest Monthly Increase Since at Least 1967
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I don't know why it's so hard for people to understand the concept of knowing the evil people are evil and expecting the "good" people to be good.
Neera Tanden🌻@neeratanden
Gotta say, I have also been wondering why there are no shame chants at Trump staff.
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Voter: you’re taking money from the Israel lobby
Slotkin: you mean Jews?!
Which one of these statements is more antisemitic, truly?
Adam Wren@adamwren
A tense moment here with Slotkin and a questioner in Ohio:
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I’m gonna be completely honest, I have NO idea how any kind of alliance between progressive Dems and (allegedly) anti-Zionist, populist right-wingers would turn out or if it would accomplish anything substantive. Open to finding out.
Ro Khanna@RoKhanna
Thank you for reaching out and for your kind words. Your voice against this war in Iran and for the survivors of the Epstein class has made a difference. It was courageous. As you know my politics are about creating prosperity for left out Americans who have been shafted and tackling the massive economic divide. I call it a New Economic Patriotism. I am willing to work with people of good will from both parties or no party to advance that vision, understanding we will certainly have serious disagreements on many individual issues and our general view of the role government can play. Spirited debate is what this nation is about. Look forward to a dialogue on how to stop the militarism of foreign wars of choice, hold the Epstein class accountable, and actually deliver for the millions of working class Americans who built our nation. I am game.
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Then go start your own party instead of endlessly trying to destroy the Democratic Party from within like a cancer
Progressive Victory@ProgressiveVic
Ayo the dnc aint shit
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Serious question, what will this do? Will the DNC publicly decry candidates taking money from SuperPACs?
Elizabeth Warren@ewarren
NEWS: The DNC passed a resolution to denounce dark money in Democratic primaries. It’s an important step in the fight to get big money out of politics. We’re already seen AIPAC, crypto and AI industries flood our elections with millions in obscure ads—and we must push back.
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Here's the thing. I agree with this, but many voters obviously don't. So you either tell those voters to go f themselves, or you try to win them over, it's that simple.
Benjamin Ze’ev 📚🎻🏺@ArchaeoBenjamin
The time for candidates to earn my vote is in the PRIMARIES. When it's November & the choice is between a Democrat I'm to the left of vs Project 2025 & a Rapist Pedophile, that is NOT the time to be whining about how the Democratic candidate needs to "earn" us defeating fascism.
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@ContraPoints Why the reflexive deflection towards sexism? Why? Why???
Yes I’d be mad if any MALE streamer coddled Obama Jfc
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Would you guys be this mad, for this many years, if [male leftist streamer] talked to Obama?
Domhnall (Cogito)@CogitoEdu
You had a war criminal in your house
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Look at the language used here. It’s not that voters literally could not stomach voting for a party cheering on genocide, it’s that they “wanted to punish Kamala”. It’s nothing the candidate did, it’s the voters who were scheming for her to lose. It’s very telling.
mike birnigglia@MikeBirnigglia
Leftists truly make me sick because at least republicans have the balls to admit they wanted democrats to lose. Yall spent 6 straight months saying how you wanted to teach Dems a lesson an punish Kamala and now the world is shit and you guys are like "whaaa? We have no power"
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This was actually the most insane, on-the-nose, “we are LITERALLY and deliberately ignoring our voters” moment from the very heart of the Dem party.
But they still won’t accept it’s their fault they lost lol.
BreakThrough News@BTnewsroom
DNC attendees cover their ears as the names of dead Palestinian children are read as they leave the convention
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"A conservative who plays nice with me is better than a leftist wanting me to be better" genuinely is the Dem party ethos
Bobby Fakename, Esq.@BobFakeNameEsq
Joe Walsh isn't trying to inject the party with failed ideas. He's voting against Trump. He's not demanding bullshit purity tests and telling his massive audience how much Dems suck every day. By nearly every measure he is a better Democrat than Hasan Piker or any other leftist.
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@cosmepolitics Funnily enough, if you voted for Clinton or Biden in the primaries, this IS your fault
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I voted for Clinton in 2016.
I voted for Biden in 2020.
I voted for Harris in 2024.
I live in South Carolina.
How is this my fault.
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simon@s1m0nbl
Because you just want your own authoritarian and have no idea about American politics or how any sort of democracy works as a government, no you can’t just arrest political opponents. You have to accept your responsibility for helping repubs win. Go on
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This guy's running a good campaign and it will be cataclysmic if he wins.
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed@AbdulElSayed
This movement won’t back down. Let’s win this.
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I'm going to take a gamble that with Democratic voters shifting wildly towards an anti-Israel stance, and where people are used to being smeared as antisemitic for condemning genocide, Hasan won't be the boogeyman for the Party that zionists and centrists want you to think.
Hasanabi productions (meme account)@HasanabiProd
Hasan Piker has now seen a 180% increase in searches since the beginning of 2026
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@bibles4booze In 2028 all progressives running need to have a firm pact of support with each other
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Concerned he will run a Warren type campaign when we really need that lane to collapse into the AOC lane
CSPAN@cspan
Rep. @RoKhanna (D-CA) considering running for president in 2028: "I believe I offer two things…one is I represent the economic future…secondly, I fundamentally believe, because of my grandfather, that we need to move on from the colonial model of the world."
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So far we've got the opinions of The Republican Party, and a guy who loves neoliberalism.
Speaking for everyone else, this was a correct and sensible statement and an overall a cool moment.
neoliberal_hack 🌐@neoliberal_hack
This is fucking insane
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Hard to believe that a rushed agreement made under the threat of civilization annihilation doesn't seem to be holding together for more than 24 hours.
Iran News 24@IRanMediaco
BREAKING: Iranian military source: "No oil tanker or ship belonging to the enemies will pass through the Strait of Hormuz before 'Israel' commits to a ceasefire in Lebanon"
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Really want to know who is paying these guys to sabotage Dems running on actually doing something lol
Terry Lee Watkins Jr. 王瑞民💜💙@TerryWatkinsJr1
Guys..... enabling this into our politics is a disaster waiting to happen.
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