Democrats can't get away with what Republicans can, but in the Trump 2.0 era, they don't seem to care anymore.
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πΊπΈπ³οΈβπ Bronx-born, Queens-raised son of a Brooklyn dad and Manhattan mom who met in Staten Island. Aspiring Author, Realtor, AvGeek, Europhile, the best political strategist Democrats never had. https://nickrafter.substack.com/
Democrats can't get away with what Republicans can, but in the Trump 2.0 era, they don't seem to care anymore.
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All It Takes Is A White Man, Apparently
The Manosphere embraces Elizabeth Warren's message when it comes from Jon Ossoff. Read now: Free for all. Read, Like, Share and Subscribe:
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A look at the new insane, and dangerous, scapegoats the Right has created to explain a changing climate. open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...
16.07.2025 14:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The dude getting all the pussy and saying whatever he wants is the one exploding the federal deficit, funding all the wars, and protecting Epsteinβs clients. Did you not think some of that pussy you love Trump for getting wasnβt on Epsteinβs island? open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...
14.07.2025 13:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Trump Swipes The Dude Bros' Man Card
In which I express my schadenfreude in watching the manosphere realize they get conned by Don open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...
Some fun things coming this week related to the manosphere's pathetic buyer's remorse regarding Trump and the real causes of unaffordability in New York City. nickrafter.substack.com
13.07.2025 15:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0For Dems to message effectively, they would have to make men feel superior to women. Not sure thatβs what you want but if it is, then youβre right
12.07.2025 21:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yea because Trump made them feel like men, and Democrats made them feel emasculated. Thats not really messaging, itβs policy and culture
12.07.2025 16:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0These men actually had nice things to say about Hakeem and Chuck.
12.07.2025 16:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0In May and June, I worked with about three dozen people who were on housing assistance in the poor Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville and met several Trump supporters, all men of color, in the community that usually gives Assad margins to Democrats. Take a read: open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...
12.07.2025 14:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Trump used the Epstein Hoax to con voters into giving him and his party the power to protect himself and destroy millions of lives.
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Leftists are widely seen as smug, arrogant, and hypocritical, and the media believes Mamdani's "scandal" reinforces that stereotype.
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MAGA Is A Movement Of Sociopaths
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Mamdani tried to explain the phrase "Globalize The Intifada" in a way other than the violent, anti-Semitic meaning itβs taken on. It didnβt work, highlighting a problem with progressive messaging.
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It's a common refrain, that New York keeps electing shitty politicians. I explore why ahead of what I believe will be another example of that this year. open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...
16.06.2025 14:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0While man bun and cat lady mocked this woman, MAGA is trying to find her and reach out to her. open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...
12.06.2025 13:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0These are your working class champions? open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...
12.06.2025 13:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We Need To Talk About Optics open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...
10.06.2025 13:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Are you ready for some discourse?
Tomorrow, I will explain how the focus on liberals being bad at "messaging" misses the point that "messaging" alone doesn't persuade voters; lived experiences are more persuasive.
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I think most Americans have just tapped out of this debate. As a result, the debate has been controlled solely by the most radical elements, driven by the amount of attention, good and bad, they get on social media.
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Bernie Still Doesn't Get Why He Lost open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...
20.05.2025 13:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0[Mamdani] is being hobbled by the entire progressive faction of New York City politics - a faction repeatedly discredited and dismissed by the New York City electorate since 2021, and one that has never had much citywide pull.
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Like most generations before them, [Zoomer men] came out of the gate leaning conservative because the conservative worldviewβpower, individualism, and wealth over equality, collectivism, and sacrificeβis better suited to the male ethos.
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Bernie's Fox News Flameout: Progressives' biggest Achilles' heel is their obliviousness to the importance of optics
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An American In Rome
Why Cardinals Ended A Centuries-Long Custom And Made Bob From Chicago Pope
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Leftists Just Don't Get The 'Working Class' open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...
07.05.2025 14:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Coming Tomorrow:
Sean O'Brien's tweet last month attacking Bernie/AOC shows how leftists are still delusional about why they can't win working-class support. I explain why, referencing an iconic episode of The Simpsons.
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Australia joined Canada in defeating its right-wing party and its leader in its first national election in the Trump 2.0 era.
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Itβs Springtime For Liberals In Canada open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...
01.05.2025 18:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Pope Francis was buried at Santa Maria Maggiore alongside seven other popes, including the pope who excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I, the pope who introduced the Nativity scene, and the Pope who made it acceptable to drink coffee.
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