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Publisher, The Downballot. davidnir (at) the-downballot (dot) com Find me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/davidn…
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    Jan 21, 2025
    You can now find me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/davidn…
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    Oct 4, 2020
    Donald Trump is now shooting people on Fifth Avenue
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    Sep 24, 2019
    If there *is* an impeachment inquiry, and Dems do hold hearings, can we please, please, PLEASE have only congressional staff attorneys ask questions of witnesses?
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    May 24, 2019
    So Trump just tweeted the fake Pelosi video. I never ever want to hear another fucking word about civility from Sarah Sanders or the media
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    Jun 27, 2019
    If Merrick Garland had been on the Supreme Court, today we would have had a 5-4 ruling against partisan gerrymandering. Never forget.
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    Nov 13, 2022
    Why GA matters—immensely: 1) 51 seats is always better than 50–takes power from Sinema/Manchin, extra vote in case of absences, don’t need VP to break ties, etc. 2) Warnock is an amazing senator 3) Black representation matters, period 4) 2024 map is very tough for Dems
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    Jan 23, 2021
    At this point, Schumer would be well within his rights to tell McConnell that the 2001 deal is now off the table and say that Democrats will instead, by limiting the filibuster, pass an organizing resolution that gives them the majority on committees
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    Nov 28, 2018
    My god. This is just so typical of the @nytimes. Pelosi won *more* votes and had *fewer* "nos" than Ryan in 2015, but Ryan won "overwhelming support" while Pelosi had "significant defections"
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    Oct 8, 2024
    A chilling example of why "exceptions" to abortion bans are unworkable: A pregnant Florida woman with terminal brain cancer was not eligible for an abortion under state law because it "would not have saved her life, only extended it"
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    Oct 12, 2020
    BE ON ALERT: Republicans in California have set up fake ballot drop boxes that they’re promoting on social media. Whatever your state, before you use a drop box, confirm with your local election office that it’s legitimate
    Unofficial ballot drop boxes popping up throughout the state worry elections officials
    From ocregister.com
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    Dec 4, 2020
    Another reason #GASen runoffs are so important: To fire Louis DeJoy, Biden needs to fill 3 vacancies on the USPS board of governors. To do *that*, Dems need to win the Senate
    wsj.com
    Democrats Push to Fill Postal-Service Board Seats to Stymie DeJoy, Reverse Cuts
    Replacing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy isn’t as simple a matter as Democrats would like, even with President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    Nov 14, 2018
    Man this is making me angry. You have Chuck Schumer, who's constitutionally incapable of standing up to Trump and is determined to sell us out to Facebook, waltzing to another term, while Nancy Pelosi, who passed freakin' Obamacare, is getting challenged huffingtonpost.com/entry/nancy-pe…
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    Nov 12, 2021
    Here's a good test of whether Trump can still exert executive privilege: He should pardon Steve Bannon right now and see how that goes
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    David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com
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    May 25, 2022
    Nothing but thoughts & prayers from Republicans as far as the eye can see