Tristan Acker-Vasquez

San Bernardinan, @SEIU1000 Steward, writer @thejooseboxx, member of @WCA909. All pronouns welcome. This is @Tanjint 's Politics Feed.

[Tristan Acker-Vasquez @Wiggism]

My new EP The Localist out now!

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[Moira Donegan @MoiraDonegan]

I don’t actually think you have to be a centrist to believe that rape is real and bad but apparently that’s what we’re settling on.

[mopar @moparscape_acc]

I just got fired from Apple. I was the guy responsible for making sure that when you start typing a name into iMessage, no contacts show up

[jos @josiahhughes]

this is the review every airbnb owner loves to get. honestly, come back any time.
🫶

[Tristan Acker-Vasquez @Wiggism]

Well the online left has made edgelordy abuse of the uncool standard practice so this is kind of the bed you made idk

[Isi Breen @isaiah_bb]

Going after the campaign staff seems to be the new thing, and I can only imagine it’s going to get worse.

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

The most successful candidate switches in Senate/Gov races tended to have one trait no one likes today: backroom deal among power brokers.
From Torch in ‘02 to getting John Warner in ‘78, bosses decided.
Then there was Todd Akin.
My @NOTUSreports column
https://t.co/WKzgMGhRUY

[Tristan Acker-Vasquez @Wiggism]

People got called HR ladies when they called out the Dirtbag left culture 5 years ago + with the advent of the Chapo bros

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

Scoop by @MikeElk: Rep. Summer Lee barred Platner recruiter Daniel Moraff “from her 2022 congressional campaign after receiving at least three complaints of sexual misconduct.”

https://t.co/xaTOHwe0Hw

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

The key to winning votes is to be more moderate on cultural issues, something both “establishment” and “left” Dems are in denial about.

But there’s an unfortunate sub-set of the left that views being interpersonally shitty to women as a kind of substitute for policy moderation.

[Daniel Trubman @dmtrubman]

Shoutout to NYC leftists for being so chill about Mamdani abandoning his push to zero out bus fare revenue.

One major perk of your base being hopelessly in love with you is that you can quietly drop your worst campaign promises without anyone actually caring.

[Lou Anon @LouAnonAnon]

Same shit, different day

[liz 🇵🇸 @lizatliz]

I just wish Elizabeth Warren had won the 2020 election

[Amanda Litman @amandalitman]

Also, FWIW: Moraff is not the only one using that madlibs style approach to candidate recruitment!! He's just the only one who bragged about it to the WSJ and then had it blow up in his face.

Our way is harder -- but I'd argue worth the time.

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

Everyone wants to be Zohran but no one tries at all. He would say "I'm too busy working on affordability to look at polls" which is the correct answer.

[Justin @jdabre11]

Genuinely how they were moving in Maine

[Tristan Acker-Vasquez @Wiggism]

….because they have two strikes, how the fuck else would this go?

[ettingermentum @ettingermentum]

Yeah between this and Fetterman this segment of the left is going to be playing on a two strike count for the foreseeable future

[Erin "Skeleton Factory" Ryan @morninggloria]

How was I supposed to know that smoke indicated fire? Smoke by itself is fine. Smoke means nothing. Everybody who warned me about the smoke possibly being indicative of a fire is a smooth-groined hall monitor.

[Natasha Sarin @NatashaRSarin]

"Policymakers would do well to offer a vision of government that all constituents think is worth paying into, rather than racing to the bottom with tax cuts for all, which...will ultimately undermine our capacity to build the society we deserve."

https://t.co/nlGMkm46If

[RednBlackSalamander @9mmballpoint]

Lol what?? My rent in the early 2010s was unusually cheap because our landlord was illegally listing a storage room as an extra bedroom, and even then, it never got down anywhere near $300.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

I hope they literally fill the room with smoke when the Council of 600 meet to decide on a nominee.

[Jane Coaston 🏔️ @janecoaston]

notably, those "signifiers" seem largely based on projection. (also, the "liberal neighbors" are often women for some weird reason)

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Yes but note that this is not even remotely unique to the Platner situation, there’s a whole movement pulling a bait-and-switch on frustrated Dems — telling them the left is the true fighters against Trump while dedicating no resources are energy to winning races against MAGA.