It’s fucking surreal going from talking to someone every single day, knowing every little detail about their life, sharing random thoughts and making them part of your routine, to suddenly being complete strangers again. Someone who once knew everything about your day becomes someone you can’t even text anymore. How does a person go from being your everyday to being nobody you can reach?
BREAKING: Democratic socialist Nithya Raman unseats Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, NBC News projects, another win for the left in a major city. https://t.co/Vh0w73XTIr
Decision Desk HQ projects Nithya Raman wins the CA Los Angeles Mayor Nonpartisan General Election
#DecisionMade: 7:49 PM EST
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I’ll say it now:
Nithya Raman is able to squeak in there b/c there’s an underlying default resentment towards Black women in power—and that anti-Black woman rears its head when a Black woman isn’t the “perfect” person y’all want her to be. This is a major factor with Karen Bass.
BREAKING: Polymarket projects Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman has defeated incumbent Karen Bass to become the next Mayor of Los Angeles — 99% chance.