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Calvin San

@Calvin_San_

MA Student @UBCPoliSci | Fellow @ubcSPPGA & @IDRC_Myanmar | State-society relations, ethnic politics, SE Asia | Retweets =/= endorsement

British Columbia, Canada Katılım Şubat 2019
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Sebastian Strangio
Sebastian Strangio@sstrangio·
Think this is right. It's also a way of resolving the apparently contradictory claims that Harris was both too centrist and too radical. In truth, American centrism frequently adopts outre positions on identity issues, in part to compensate for its lack of a robust economic message.
Jacob Shell@JacobAShell

I feel like there's this massive disconnect among the Democrats btwn what the wonk class is saying (tone down the weird unpleasant id-pol from 2010s) and the reality of the coalition being built on NGO patronage networks which use weird 2010s idpol as their entire raison d'etre.

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UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews
UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews@RapporteurUn·
The junta's response to Cyclone Mocha and Typhoon Yagi demonstrate its willingness to weaponize aid in the midst of natural disasters. The world must work with the National Unity Govt., ethnic organizations and civil society groups to reach those in desperate need.
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Morgan Michaels
Morgan Michaels@morgmichaels·
Clear view of the grim situation in Myanmar. Armed struggle has its side effects: More poverty, more drugs & criminal enterprising, factionalism, and the wholesale militarization of communities. A regime change will not magically reverse these trends. aspistrategist.org.au/myanmars-despe…
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n0kx
n0kx@n0kx_·
@btts_matt @piersmorgan Where is Houthis mentioned? Where exactly are the strikes taking place? When are they taking place? None of that mentioned.
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Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan@piersmorgan·
If you don’t consider this to be classified info about imminent war plans, it *may* be that you’re too partisan to recognise the truth when it slaps you around your tribal chops. If this had happened on Biden’s watch, Republicans would have rightly gone berserk.
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Angelo Carusone
Angelo Carusone@GoAngelo·
1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed. Put simply: right-wing has narrative dominance. My org (@mmfa) did this study and been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
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Truth Media
Truth Media@combat_matrix·
@T42andU4me @CTVNews You are delusional if you think Ford is calling any shots without approval from above
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Leong Wai Kit
Leong Wai Kit@LeongWaiKitCNA·
1/2 #Myanmar army rolls out private security service law aiming to complement security of country Law allows foreign companies, foreigners to function in Myanmar Powers include ability to carry arms, make arrests, right to self-defence
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Calvin San@Calvin_San_·
@MaxwellACameron On the other hand, I worry that Trump’s delusions of grandeur have been legitimated further - that Canada is truly responsible for border insecurity as claimed by MAGA.
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Calvin San@Calvin_San_·
@ChiefTeef8 @TayborSnapping It’s the framing. People on the fence will be okay with left-wing economic policies more than “the promise of America”, “new chapter” or whichever patronizing narrative conjured by the Dems. People care about rising living costs, and asking them to move past this is tone deaf.
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Ranthony
Ranthony@ChiefTeef8·
@TayborSnapping Biden just has thr most left wing presidency in history, bailed out union pensions, walked a picket line, forgive billions in loans, daca, child tax credit. It did nothing. 44% of the electorate said dems were too left wing and only 32% said trump was too far right. Leftism lost
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Taybor Pepper
Taybor Pepper@TayborSnapping·
I’m unironically getting pushed further to the left after this election cycle. The DNC has bungled 2 election cycles against trump, and they’re not learning. If you’re not growing, you’re dying. They can’t keep running the same playbook and expecting election outcomes to change.
Bernie Sanders@BernieSanders

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.

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Calvin San@Calvin_San_·
@harrisonjaime Typical Liberal and Corporatist narcissism. “There’s nothing wrong with our strategy or messaging. It’s just these people that voted against their own interests! Let’s court more neocon hacks”
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Jaime Harrison
Jaime Harrison@harrisonjaime·
This is straight up BS… Biden was the most-pro worker President of my life time- saved Union pensions, created millions of good paying jobs and even marched in a picket line and some of MVP’s plans would have fundamentally transformed the quality of life and closed the racial wealth gap for working people across this country. From the child tax credits, to 25k for a down payment for a house to Medicare covering the cost of senior health care in their homes. There are a lot of post election takes and this one ain’t a good one.
Bernie Sanders@BernieSanders

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.

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Calvin San@Calvin_San_·
@AndyStumpf77 @ShadowDocket @johnpavlovitz The people didn’t vote for policy. They judged the incumbent harshly (typical) and and turned down a party that has largely ignored the bread and butter language of anxious, rural and blue collar Americans. All this talk about hope and the “promise of America” is too abstract.
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Andy Stumpf
Andy Stumpf@AndyStumpf77·
My opinion, and that’s all it’s good for, is that people felt that they were choosing between the lesser of two evils. I don’t think they found it persuasive, I think they ignored it for policies that aligned with the direction of the country they feel is best. I think many in our country feel that the pendulum of policies has swung far enough and needed correction.
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John Pavlovitz
John Pavlovitz@johnpavlovitz·
Really not trying to stoke conspiracy, but is it really feasible that Dem enthusiasm at near Obama levels, an insurrection, the fall of Roe, Trump’s SCOTUS immunity deal, and Project 2025–really yielded 15 million fewer Blue voters? Help it make sense.
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Lewis Goodall
Lewis Goodall@lewis_goodall·
For those waking up in US, bewildered in Europe, what happened? Have been on air for last 12 hours pouring over the data Here it is There's no silver lining for Democrats. Trump won everywhere. He's going to win the popular vote. He did better across the demographics. He grew his coalition, better with black voters, Latinos, young voters. The US become less racially divided by party. Harris underperformed Biden virtually everywhere. Trump improved on his 2020 margin in 2,367 counties. His margin decreased in only 240 counties.
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Calvin San@Calvin_San_·
@accessjames @drushe1983 @lewis_goodall An economic crisis in 2020 pushed people to turn on Trump. Biden is losing in 2024 because people see higher grocery prices under (not saying it’s because of) his administration. That is the extent of voters’ ability to examine policy: using absolute numbers in front of them.
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James Wallbank
James Wallbank@accessjames·
@Calvin_San_ @drushe1983 @lewis_goodall The notion that Trump's economic policies will advantage the US economy does not bear scrutiny. My point is not so much about what voters' priorities are, but about their ability or willingness to examine claims made about the effects of policies.
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Calvin San@Calvin_San_·
@accessjames @drushe1983 @lewis_goodall Not what this particular vote suggests. That has almost always been the case. Voters care more about economic performance than any other morally and culturally divisive issue.
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James Wallbank
James Wallbank@accessjames·
@drushe1983 @lewis_goodall That may be true—but what this vote suggests is that the mass of a population simply cannot make the logical connection between policy and result. They've voted for policies that'll result in reduced security and tougher economic conditions for ordinary Americans. Just watch.
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Ryan Grim
Ryan Grim@ryangrim·
CNN analyst says Democrats should have listened to Bernie Sanders when he said the focus should be “on bread and butter issues.” “A lot of people attacked him for that, saying, well, are you saying cultural politics don’t matter? He wasn’t saying that.”
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Andrew Nachemson
Andrew Nachemson@ANachemson·
In the last few years: - The Philippines elected the son of a 20 year dictator they staged a mass uprising to overthrow - Indonesia elected a former general who served a brutally violent military dictatorship - The US elected the man who tried to steal the previous election
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Calvin San@Calvin_San_·
It’s long overdue to acknowledge that whatever in-roads being made by the Democrat Party has not worked as effectively as the Republicans within the last decade. The burden of responsibility is on the left to reorient their entire outlook of voting demographics.
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Calvin San@Calvin_San_·
It’s easier to point fingers at other racial groups, that one has abandoned the other. But this will be the death of coalition-building for those who wish to see MAGA right-wing populism gone. Make no mistake, there is no larger disjointed movement than America’s left.
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Calvin San@Calvin_San_·
A lot of people look at the racial composition of Harris & Trump voters. Race is a factor; that is not a debate. Yet, we are stuck on absolute numbers. White men and women skew towards Trump, and Black men and black women skew towards Harris. But that is not the entire story.
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