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Noah Berlatsky On Graham Platner, Abdul El-Sayed, Zohran Mamdani, And More!

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My friend Noah Berlatsky from the Everything is Horrible newsletter joins me to discuss, well, everything mentioned in the subject line, plus some related bonus topics. He also has choice words about the New York Times’ latest regularly scheduled column that suggests Democrats become West Wing Republicans so they can win elections.

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Everything Is Horrible
Graham Platner Is Not Going to Be Senator
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post in which I argued that, while I found Graham Platner an appealing candidate for Senate in Maine, his lack of experience made me cautious…
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9 months ago · 290 likes · 23 comments · Noah Berlatsky
Everything Is Horrible
Platner vs. Stratton
Both the Maine Democratic Senate primary and the Illinois Democratic Senate primary feature a progressive running against a centrist. If you read progressive media or social media, though, it’s likely that you’re read one or more profiles of Maine progressive candidate…
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5 months ago · 52 likes · 7 comments · Noah Berlatsky
Everything Is Horrible
Jews Like Mamdani
Progressives are often suspicious of polls. They don’t like polls which show that people trust Trump on immigration (though those numbers have fallen); they don’t like polls that suggest that people like cops; they don’t like polls that suggest that Joe Manchin was in fact the only Democrat who could have won West Virginia b…
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a year ago · 107 likes · 4 comments · Noah Berlatsky

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