Carter
@cartermrh.bsky.social
Environmental scientist. Substitute Teacher. Subtle like a foghorn. He/Him.
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has anyone responded to this point yet?
ie, that the reactionary centrist strategy has chaterstrophocally failed in the UK
i've made it, @michaelhobbes.bsky.social , @jamellebouie.net & others have
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/appeasement
ie, that the reactionary centrist strategy has chaterstrophocally failed in the UK
i've made it, @michaelhobbes.bsky.social , @jamellebouie.net & others have
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/appeasement
Apeasement Isn't Working
Reactionary centrism has both failed & cannot learn from it's mistakes.
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
has anyone responded to this point yet?
ie, that the reactionary centrist strategy has chaterstrophocally failed in the UK
i've made it, @michaelhobbes.bsky.social , @jamellebouie.net & others have
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/appeasement
ie, that the reactionary centrist strategy has chaterstrophocally failed in the UK
i've made it, @michaelhobbes.bsky.social , @jamellebouie.net & others have
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/appeasement
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By turning it into a cultural issue rather than a material one with only one cogent side
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
By turning it into a cultural issue rather than a material one with only one cogent side
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"Memo to Democrats: This Is a War and Not a Moment for Peacetime Generals."
The absurd culture of the Senate has produced a Democratic caucus of wimpy pushovers, writes @ryanlcooper.com:
zeteo.com/p/centrist-s...
The absurd culture of the Senate has produced a Democratic caucus of wimpy pushovers, writes @ryanlcooper.com:
zeteo.com/p/centrist-s...
Memo to Democrats: This Is a War and Not a Moment for Peacetime Generals.
The absurd culture of the Senate has produced a Democratic caucus of wimpy pushovers.
zeteo.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Memo to Democrats: This Is a War and Not a Moment for Peacetime Generals."
The absurd culture of the Senate has produced a Democratic caucus of wimpy pushovers, writes @ryanlcooper.com:
zeteo.com/p/centrist-s...
The absurd culture of the Senate has produced a Democratic caucus of wimpy pushovers, writes @ryanlcooper.com:
zeteo.com/p/centrist-s...
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The GOP is petrified of Zohran Mamdani because they know once democratic socialism works here, as it has in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, they will never be elected again.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The GOP is petrified of Zohran Mamdani because they know once democratic socialism works here, as it has in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, they will never be elected again.
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AI and Crypto data centers need to be the first ones to lose power in a brown out.
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
AI and Crypto data centers need to be the first ones to lose power in a brown out.
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I’m Jewish. I lived in New York for a decade. I am very, very concerned about antisemitism.
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.
I know where my allegiance lies.
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.
I know where my allegiance lies.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I’m Jewish. I lived in New York for a decade. I am very, very concerned about antisemitism.
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.
I know where my allegiance lies.
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.
I know where my allegiance lies.
God bless the Koreans for making my phone, on-budget nuclear reactors, and this sick burn.
November 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
God bless the Koreans for making my phone, on-budget nuclear reactors, and this sick burn.
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I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
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Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218.
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218.
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
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Through various accounts, we've been warning that the failure to hold these criminals accountable since Bush decided to torture people was a slide into fascism. Here we are, all while they aim the military at their own people. Wake up!
More illegal boat strikes by the US, this time killing 14 (with one survivor) in four separate attacks off eastern Mexican coast. Once again, no evidence or legal justification provided. Bears repeating that these strikes are illegal, immoral, and ineffective
U.S. Military Kills 14 More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Through various accounts, we've been warning that the failure to hold these criminals accountable since Bush decided to torture people was a slide into fascism. Here we are, all while they aim the military at their own people. Wake up!
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The Fred Trump treatment. Give him a fake job while Miller draws up missile strike plans on fishermen.
October 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Fred Trump treatment. Give him a fake job while Miller draws up missile strike plans on fishermen.
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The founders were so wary of unilateral taxation the constitution requires all taxes originate in the people’s chamber.
Does the constitution allow Congress to delegate to POTUS the power to unilaterally change income tax rates?
If not, why tariffs? They were ~90% of revenue when it was written.
Does the constitution allow Congress to delegate to POTUS the power to unilaterally change income tax rates?
If not, why tariffs? They were ~90% of revenue when it was written.
October 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The founders were so wary of unilateral taxation the constitution requires all taxes originate in the people’s chamber.
Does the constitution allow Congress to delegate to POTUS the power to unilaterally change income tax rates?
If not, why tariffs? They were ~90% of revenue when it was written.
Does the constitution allow Congress to delegate to POTUS the power to unilaterally change income tax rates?
If not, why tariffs? They were ~90% of revenue when it was written.
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New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
October 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
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This is impeachable. No gray area.
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is impeachable. No gray area.
Just for the record, I don't even like playing as germany in ww2 games and all my planned tattoos are shipwreck-themed.
It doesn’t “resemble” a Nazi symbol. It *is* a Nazi symbol (which he is reportedly to have acknowledged by telling people “This is my Totenkopf”). Worse, it isn’t just any Nazi symbol, it is the one used by the SS officers running the concentration camps.
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Just for the record, I don't even like playing as germany in ww2 games and all my planned tattoos are shipwreck-themed.
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I’ve seen the skeet about this principle. I concur. Seeing a preteen develop up close the last year or so has added a lot to my perspective on how adults behave. These people are truly just small humans having big emotions they cannot process because they have permissive emotionally absent parents.
The president has the maturity of a toddler and he has surrounded himself with other kiddies.
people.com/karoline-lea...
people.com/karoline-lea...
Karoline Leavitt Blasts Reporter by Posting Screenshot of His Private Texts. Now Her Bizarre Reply Is Going Viral
Karoline Leavitt is going viral for posting a private text exchange where she bashes White House correspondent S.V. Dáte.
people.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’ve seen the skeet about this principle. I concur. Seeing a preteen develop up close the last year or so has added a lot to my perspective on how adults behave. These people are truly just small humans having big emotions they cannot process because they have permissive emotionally absent parents.
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This didn't get coverage outside of Politico and MSNBC, but it looks promising WRT shutdown:
"Eleven House Republicans signed onto a letter Tuesday calling for Speaker Mike Johnson to make a deal on the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, saying that their districts will suffer without them."
"Eleven House Republicans signed onto a letter Tuesday calling for Speaker Mike Johnson to make a deal on the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, saying that their districts will suffer without them."
October 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This didn't get coverage outside of Politico and MSNBC, but it looks promising WRT shutdown:
"Eleven House Republicans signed onto a letter Tuesday calling for Speaker Mike Johnson to make a deal on the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, saying that their districts will suffer without them."
"Eleven House Republicans signed onto a letter Tuesday calling for Speaker Mike Johnson to make a deal on the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, saying that their districts will suffer without them."
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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there are good & worthwhile historical & legal arguments for why the unitary executive is nonsense but to my mind the most straightforward argument is that it makes no logical sense that the president has absolute removal power over the people whose job it is to keep the executive branch accountable
The Inspector General system is basically broken now. Most IGs have been fired, most positions remain vacant. Those who remain or would take the job pose no risk to holding the regime accountable.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
there are good & worthwhile historical & legal arguments for why the unitary executive is nonsense but to my mind the most straightforward argument is that it makes no logical sense that the president has absolute removal power over the people whose job it is to keep the executive branch accountable
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Keynesianism is like Ozempic in that it's something that works but makes people mad because they want moral hazard to be involved
There’s a certain kind of person who thinks Keynesian stimulus is “putting off” a necessary correction and I’m always amazed how many of them there are.
What if MAGA did the Great Leap Forward?
April 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Keynesianism is like Ozempic in that it's something that works but makes people mad because they want moral hazard to be involved
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a lazy cynical affect is one of the worst things you can do to yourself as a reporter or analyst, it will corrode not only your work but your soul.
October 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
a lazy cynical affect is one of the worst things you can do to yourself as a reporter or analyst, it will corrode not only your work but your soul.
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