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Nick Rafter

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ 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/

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The Double Standard Dogging Democrats Republicans Face No Accountability Because Voters Don't Know Or Want To Stop Them

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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07.08.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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All It Takes Is A White Man, Apparently Brocasters Fawn Over Elizabeth Warren/Kamala Harris' Words From A Dude's Mouth

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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31.07.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Right Concedes The Climate Is Changing, But With A Catch MAGA Scapegoats Are Immigrants, Jews, And A Sinister Plot To Manipulate Weather

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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The dude getting all the pussy and saying whatever he wants is the one exploding the federal deficit, funding all the wars, and protecting Epstein’s clients. Did you not think some of that pussy you love Trump for getting wasn’t on Epstein’s island? open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...

14.07.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Swipes The Dude Bros' Man Card They Backed Trump To Look Like Alpha Men, He Made Them Look Like Beta Clowns

Trump 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...

14.07.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For Dems to message effectively, they would have to make men feel superior to women. Not sure that’s what you want but if it is, then you’re right

12.07.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yea because Trump made them feel like men, and Democrats made them feel emasculated. Thats not really messaging, it’s policy and culture

12.07.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

These men actually had nice things to say about Hakeem and Chuck.

12.07.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Men In Brownsville Told Me Notes From A Poor Black Nabe That Moved 20 Points To Trump From 2016 and 2024

In 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€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Epstein Hoax And MAGA's Humiliation It Would Be Fun To Watch Them Get Conned, If It Wasn't Also So Sad And Dangerous

Trump used the Epstein Hoax to con voters into giving him and his party the power to protect himself and destroy millions of lives.
Read here:
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10.07.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Makes Mamdani's College Admissions Story Newsworthy? It's Not About Zohran, It's About The Hypocrisy And Disingenousness Of The Left

Leftists are widely seen as smug, arrogant, and hypocritical, and the media believes Mamdani's "scandal" reinforces that stereotype.
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07.07.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MAGA Is A Movement Of Sociopaths They Think They Can Get Away With It Because America Will Let Them

MAGA Is A Movement Of Sociopaths
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03.07.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zohran Mamdani Muddles A Message Mayoral Hopeful's Gaza Flub Shines A Light On The Left's Most Serious Problem

Mamdani tried to explain the phrase "Globalize The Intifada" in a way other than the violent, anti-Semitic meaning it’s taken on. It didn’t work, highlighting a problem with progressive messaging.
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18.06.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why New York Elects Terrible Politicians Most Voters Don't Care And Think They'll Be Living Somewhere Else Next Election

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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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While 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leftists, Come Get Your Boy (And Girl) You Can't Be Champions Of The Working Class While Mocking Working People

These are your working class champions? open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...

12.06.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Need To Talk About Optics open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...

10.06.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are 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.
Subscribe now. nickrafter.substack.com

05.06.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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None Of This Is Helping Palestinians Progressive Activists' Reputation For Clout Chasing Is Killing Another Cause

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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23.05.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bernie Still Doesn't Get Why He Lost open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...

20.05.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Month Out, Is Mamdani Hitting A Wall? A Dynamic Candidate Alone Can't Fix the Damage NYC Leftists Did to Their Reputation

[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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17.05.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Democrats Cannot 'Win' Zoomer Men Republicans Can Only Lose Them Like They Did Millennials Two Decades Ago

Like most generations before them, [Zoomer men] came out of the gate leaning conservative because the conservative worldviewβ€”power, individualism, and wealth over equality, collectivism, and sacrificeβ€”is better suited to the male ethos.

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14.05.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bernie's Fox News Flameout Even 'Working Class Champions' Cannot Tame The Right Wing Propaganda Machine

Bernie's Fox News Flameout: Progressives' biggest Achilles' heel is their obliviousness to the importance of optics

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12.05.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An American In Rome Why Cardinals Ended A Centuries-Long Custom And Made Bob From Chicago Pope

An American In Rome
Why Cardinals Ended A Centuries-Long Custom And Made Bob From Chicago Pope
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09.05.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leftists Just Don't Get The 'Working Class' The Voters Progressives And Socialists Desparately Want Are Just Not That Into Them

Leftists Just Don't Get The 'Working Class' open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...

07.05.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming 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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06.05.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

Go down under for results and analysis.

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04.05.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s Springtime For Liberals In Canada open.substack.com/pub/nickraft...

01.05.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HISTORY YOU NEVER KNEW: The Other Popes In The Room Francis Is Not The First Pontiff Buried in Historic Rome Basilica

Pope 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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