Nikhil Gupta

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Nikhil Gupta

Nikhil Gupta

@notjeromepowell

Katılım Ağustos 2021
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Nikhil Gupta
Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@OriginalBad @ImNotOwned @TylerDinucci Not really - giving off the record speeches to large banks after the financial crises meant she was basically unelectable. The fact that her opponents were Sanders and Trump masked that basic fact.
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Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@ImNotOwned @TylerDinucci But my sense is that they liked her personally and overindexing on IQ prevented them from seeing what was happening in 2015.
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Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@ImNotOwned @TylerDinucci Obama destroyed so much by clearing the field for Clinton, and still have no idea why it happened, only speculation.
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Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@bdquinn I actually have a lot more sympathy for Israel's historical position than I once did, but it feels like a dysfunctional country run by crazy people. All these high level conversations seem to elide that point.
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Sir Humphrey 🇺🇦
Israeli political leaders have been pretty delusional about what their problem is. It's not merely an unfavorable flow of social media that can be corrected with a snappy influencer campaign.
Aidan McLaughlin@aidnmclaughlin

The Israeli government is apparently not happy with Brad Parscale’s influence operation to prevent young conservatives from turning against Israel: “We have paid him lots of money. But what did he do with it? Things have only gotten worse.” time.com/article/2026/0…

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Nikhil Gupta
Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@dilanesper The 2020 primary revealed just how much Bernie 2016 was soaking up protest votes against Hillary. I think because of his close the primary was to Covid it got completely memory holed
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Dilan Esper
Dilan Esper@dilanesper·
Carville is a very good political strategist and analyst, but he is also very loyal to the Clintons. Loyalty is admirable, but of course you can't tell this historical story without talking about all the things Hillary Clinton messed up, and how they led to the Sanders situation.
Shannon Watts@shannonrwatts

“‘Bernie Sanders is the reason that Donald Trump is president,’ Carville said. He argued that the Vermont Independent’s lengthy primary challenge to Clinton swayed voters in battleground states, weakening her prospects in the general election.” thehill.com/homenews/campa…

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Nikhil Gupta
Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@NickyFrank30 Im not sure if there was a shift, but Mamdani seems to being showing his leftist true colors more lately. I assumed that he was growing - lots of politicians start from an ideological corner - but I feel we got what was on the tin.
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Nikhil Gupta
Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@PEWilliams_ I remember my first time playing buck hunter while drinking high life. From the subway you can truly visit anywhere in the world
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Basil🧡
Basil🧡@LinkofSunshine·
I just want to upzone Bushwick before I die. Please I’ll do anything I just want to see Bushwick upzoned
Basil🧡 tweet media
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Nikhil Gupta
Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@NickyFrank30 Basically how we got Biden in 2020. The only one too old to bother chasing the left.
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NickFrank40
NickFrank40@NickyFrank30·
Bernie is going to anoint his 2028 choice in about a year, maybe less, and once he does, anyone who tries to bridge the gap between traditional Democrats and his faction is going to be McMorrowed. There are 10 million or so people just sitting around waiting for Grandpa to tell them who to vote for in 2028.
Benjy Sarlin@BenjySarlin

One cautionary tale for Jon Ossoff 2028: Mallory McMorrow's flameout in Michigan. Rising viral star in 2024. Ran as unifying pick between a leftist and a centrist. Couldn't finesse the big divide (Israel) and voters/donors sorted to clearer contrasts. vox.com/politics/49471…

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Armand Domalewski
Armand Domalewski@ArmandDoma·
i feel like i totally missed the boat on Platner rizz. the way his consultants compared him to Obama...like what? he seemed charming enough not remotely in Obama leagues...
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NickFrank40
NickFrank40@NickyFrank30·
Parents went to Florida and refuse to fly into West Palm Beach anymore because they renamed the airport for Trump, so they went 30 mins out of their way to Orlando.
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constans
constans@constans·
You can point to Bill’s love for McDonald’s, but that was totally natural for him. He didn’t run around in a Carhartt jacket.
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Nikhil Gupta
Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@JBSDC Good piece. Biden running for re election after the debate and the idea that platner should be a senator were 2 out of the 3 times I felt gaslit as a democrat.
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Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@NickyFrank30 I wonder if the Platner fuck up is big enough for the fellow travelers like Chris Hayes to take a long walk around town listening to dust in the wind and do some thinking
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Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@JHWeissmann They want to win elections so that they have the power to hire all their friends. The part where you have to govern the country is not part of the project.
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Jordan Weissmann
Jordan Weissmann@JHWeissmann·
I don't know. Maybe DSA types are going to try and square it all by dipping back into MMT — claim we don't have to worry about deficits as long as we do price controls and antitrust, or whatever.
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Jordan Weissmann
Jordan Weissmann@JHWeissmann·
The fact that leftist candidates are talking about how nobody but billionaires should have to pay more taxes while Elizabeth Warren is saying we're gonna have to eliminate the payroll tax cap to fund Social Security is some serious cognitive dissonance.
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Nikhil Gupta
Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@JBSDC I also think this episode made clear the role of financial interest. Grinding out as many hard left members of deep blue seats does not matter for national power, but effects of livelihoods.
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Justin Slaughter
I’ll have more thoughts on Platnerdammerung and its appalling end later, but I think the macro political significance of it is everyone realizing he was part of a coherent and focused faction that is oriented not at beating the GOP but taking control of the Democratic Party.
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Skillet McTavish
Skillet McTavish@SMcTavishESQ·
@3YearLetterman Kidding aside - hes 100% right. Fahrenheit describes the human experience of weather in a much better way.
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Three Year Letterman
Three Year Letterman@3YearLetterman·
The replies are unreal
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 🇺🇸@creation247

Fahrenheit is superior to Celsius and I’m tired of pretending this is a debate. Fahrenheit feels like temperature was designed by an human being who walks outside, feels the air, and says, “Yeah, that makes sense.” Zero is freezing. 100 is brutally hot. 70 is comfortable. 80 is warm. The numbers feel like what they are describing. Celsius feels like it was designed by a committee of people who hate joy and want every conversation about the weather to sound like a chemistry lab. “It’s 22 degrees outside.” What does that even mean to a normal person? Am I wearing shorts? Am I grabbing a jacket? Nobody knows. You need a conversion chart and a government employee standing next to you explaining the vibes. Fahrenheit gives you range. That’s the point. It gives you more numbers for the temperatures human beings actually live in. You can feel the difference between 68, 72, 76, and 80. Those numbers matter. Fahrenheit lets you describe the world with more precision without having to break into decimals like a lunatic. And here’s the other thing... Celsius is connected to the metric cult energy that came out of the French Revolution. And the French Revolution was evil. Both of the Revolution were to rip out tradition, faith, monarchy, hierarchy, the Church, the calendar, the clock, and anything that reminded man he was not God. CELSIUS IS INHERENTLY EVIL So yes, Celsius may be useful if you’re boiling water in a lab. Congratulations. But Fahrenheit is for living LIFE because Fahrenheit is for walking outside and instantly knowing what kind of day you’re about to have. 100 means hot. 70 means beautiful. Zero means don’t go outside unless you have a death wish. That’s a real system.

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Nikhil Gupta
Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@constans It was the right call and someone else could have screwed that up.
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constans@constans·
@notjeromepowell Even Obamacare he is strategy was “let Congress get together and work it put by consensus”
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constans@constans·
Obama is temperamentally non-confrontational and sees himself as a consensus builder. He might even argue that he’s the most popular Democrat and lost popular politician in the country BECAUSE of that
David Weigel@daveweigel

Part of the story of Bernie’s long insurgency is that Obama, who could wield big influence in primaries, doesn’t like wading in with public endorsements. You’re a center left Obama Dem. Bernie endorsed your opponent. You counter him with… who?

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Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@constans I feel like many times in the domestic sphere it worked out (Obamacare!). But in foreign policy and choosing a successor it didn't.
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Nikhil Gupta@notjeromepowell·
@constans Obama does have a one person decision by committee style that did feel more appropriate to a university campus.
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