One man's commentary on politics, culture and society <br/><br/><a href="https://nickrafter.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">nickrafter.substack.com</a>
Here's A Wild Thought
Claim This Podcastby Nick Rafter
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One man's commentary on politics, culture and society <br/><br/><a href="https://nickrafter.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">nickrafter.substack.com</a>
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Recent Episodes
January 29, 2026
HERE'S A WILD THOUGHT EPISODE 11: MAGA Meets It's Match In Minnesota, Plus Mamdani's First Month
<p>In this episode, the <a target="_blank" href="https://nickrafter.substack.com/p/its-maybe-the-end-of-maga-as-we-know?r=62nik">continued fall</a> of MAGA and Trump faces his Waterloo in Minneapolis. </p><p>I analyze the shift in immigration politics back to the Democrats and how they can best navigate the issue, knowing that there’s still some support for Trump’s mass-deportation ideas and that the politics have shifted against them before. What is the best way to message a plan to get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement if the agency no longer has the credibility to continue to exist?</p><p>Also, I look at the first month of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s term, and how he managed to successfully manage a snowstorm, something that has befallen predecessors, and the even bigger crisis he now faces that could jeopardize his ambitious agenda. </p><p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Nick Rafter Writes at <a href="https://nickrafter.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">nickrafter.substack.com/subscribe</a>
November 3, 2025
HERE'S A WILD THOUGHT EP. 10: 2025 Election Preview And Thoughts On Ending The Filibuster
<p>Election Day is tomorrow, and I have predictions!</p><p>In this episode of Here’s A Wild Thought, I outline my predictions for the premier races of this off-year election, including Mayor of New York City and select competitive City Council races; New Jersey Governor; Virginia Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General and Proposition 50 in California, which would allow the state to redraw their Congressional lines to eliminate several Republican districts in retaliation for mid-decade redistricting targeting Democrats in Texas, Missouri and North Carolina. </p><p>I also lay out my reasoning as to why Republicans need to get rid of the filibuster. It just needs to go, and it’s better they do it than the Democrats. </p><p>Also, if you aren’t a paid subscriber to Nick Rafter Writes, November is a great time to subscribe! In celebration of reaching 100 paid subscribers, I am offering a 20 percent discount to all new subscribers until November 30. </p><p>You can click <a target="_blank" href="https://nickrafter.substack.com/onehundredsubscriber.">here</a> to redeem your subscription now. </p><p>Don’t forget, my debut novel <strong>LOWER THAN THE ANGELS</strong> is on sale now at Amazon.com. You can get it <a target="_blank" href="https://a.co/d/eFqIXZh">here</a>.</p><p><p>Nick Rafter Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Nick Rafter Writes at <a href="https://nickrafter.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">nickrafter.substack.com/subscribe</a>
March 10, 2025
Here's A Wild Though Ep 9: Democrats Got Snared In A NIMBY Trap They Set
<p>This weekend, New York Times reporter Ezra Klein published an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwjxVRfUV_4">op-ed video </a>identifying one of the significant problems Democrats face nationwide—their reputation for being unable to effectively govern the parts of the country where they have control, the “blue states.”</p><p>He points to housing and infrastructure as the top issues and the inability of blue states to build infrastructure on time and at cost and manage the housing and affordability crisis. Klein details issues like environmental views and regulations aimed at protecting or empowering poor communities and communities of color and how they lead to delays, cost overruns, or nothing being built.</p><p>There has been a lot of discussion about why cities like my own, New York, can’t or won’t build housing. The truth is we don’t build housing because nobody wants it, and in a democracy, when there’s a consensus among the public, the government follows. Liberals don’t want to build housing, and conservatives don’t want to build housing. They each have their own “don’t build housing” solutions to the crisis, which they explore but go nowhere with. The right wants to end rent control or deport immigrants to reduce demand and increase supply. The Left wants to build only social housing to take power away from landlords whom they claim, without much concrete evidence, are artificially reducing supply to keep prices up (No one asks why they only do this here and not in, say, Texas, where this isn’t an issue). </p><p>In this video, I explore the ugly truth about our inability to build infrastructure and housing and why we were able to last century. I also detail why places like New York City are so bad at building housing and why there is probably no democratic answer to this problem. It will have to be done despite not having the general public's support.</p><p>Take a look. </p><p><p>Nick Rafter Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Nick Rafter Writes at <a href="https://nickrafter.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">nickrafter.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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