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regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · Apr 15

i dont endorse any of my skeets except for the good ones. you’ll know which ones those are

regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 2h

this looks like some nice work, basically understandable by anyone familiar with very rudimentary real analysis and linear algebra

arxiv.org/abs/2508.18475

regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 1d

it seems likely that substantial bulk of trump’s enduring popularity this term comes exclusively from his immigration policy, which is disturbing

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 1d

A nationwide search for "Observe And Report-type dudes." A whole new parallel armed force made up of guys who have described themselves as "a pretty serious DUI guy" in conversation. A qualification exam where the only task is getting upset and driving your truck into another truck. A new age.

Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 1d

New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST

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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 2d

I mean this is just fucking beyond parody that we've gone from sob stories about the price of milk to wellness posting about why unemployment is good for your mental health

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regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 2d

short of a sort of post WWII annihilation bringing this to a halt, this will be a battle of attrition measured in generations, not years

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regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 2d

i need you all to understand this doesn’t end when (if?) trump is pushed out of the white house. the sickness lies deeper—it lies in the body politic itself. trump is just the embodiment of that greater evil. even if he leaves that sickness still remains.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 3d

I think it’s sick how the President is both physically and symbolically destroying every single icon of America. This is great. I like how things are going. I love living through national decline.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 2d

I do think there’s kinda a bite bigger than bite thing going on though. I think the median voter likes racism (theoretical) but is put off by racism (actual).

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 2d

I really think people are underestimating the degree to which 21st century politics are going to be apocalyptically bad; we are collectively sliding towards mass ethnic cleansing being the norm in the Western World, out of no reason but pure fucking spite and empty nostalgia.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

Tory policy is to revoke permanent residence (ILR) for everybody who does not earn £38k - deporting most nurses who have ILR

This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"

NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt

No govt since Idi Amin has done this

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 3d

Harvard is the 'best case scenario' for US research pedagogy (at least, financially). They have a $57bn endowment. I think the takeaway here is that the days of most PhD programs in the US are numbered

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regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 3d

i never would have guessed RETVRN TO TRADITION (the 1950s?) would include two $20 billion bailouts to uh argentina and destruction of the historic east wing of the white house for trump’s personal ballroom all on the taxpayer’s dime

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3d

DOJ WHISTLEBLOWER: “I wouldn’t be abiding by my oath if I stayed silent right now.” He says Trumps DOJ wanted him to lie (about Kilmar being a gang member & a terrorist…)— and then fired him when he wouldn’t.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

these are a different set of republican racist texts than the previous set of republican racist and nazi texts

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d

So the dealbreaker is admitting you’re a Nazi

www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

Republicans set to reject Trump nominee Ingrassia after offensive texts

His confirmation to lead the Office of Special Counsel was already set to be rocky after previous allegations of sexual harassment.

www.semafor.com

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regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 3d

people still think “beating inflation” means deflation?

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 4d

it’s a pretty good newsletter so far, even if i do need eye bleach after reading it

≥ What's the Tea?
Trump kept trying to get his 'Project 2025' architect laid!
Over the weekend, Zeteo's newest political reporter, Swin Suebsaeng, sent me the latest scoop he's got from inside the weird Trump administration and, well, wait for it:
By mid-2024, Donald Trump and Project 2025 architect Russell Vought were talking on the phone fairly regularly. But it often wasn't about policy. Trump - when he had downtime from campaigning and plotting his fascist presidency - appeared preoccupied with getting the recently divorced Vought laid, two knowledgeable sources tell me. Trump spoke to Vought, a self-described Christian nationalist who's now one of the
president's most hardline enforcers, about the
"gorgeous" and "beautiful ladies" who roam
Trump's club, Mar-a-Lago, so often that it
"weirded out" some of his advisers, in one source's words. Trump offered to be Vought's wingman. And Trump spoke crudely of all the
"pussy" that Vought would surely get as the president's favorite "bachelor."
OK, now I need to go take a shower. Ugh!

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regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 4d

turns out protest is for old people and young people are regime loyalists

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 4d

Protest participants (at least in DC) continued to be middle aged. The mean age was 46 years old and the median was 44. It was charming to see all these middle aged folks in costume to push back against autocracy, but I wonder what it will take for young people to re-engage and take a stand?

regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 4d

i cannot imagine participating in the BLM protests in 2020 but not participating now

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 4d

Most participants reported having participated in a demonstration or protest before (14% reported this was their first protest ever): 60% attended the first Women's March in 2017, 55% attended No Kings 1 in June, and 39% participated in a protest in the summer of 2020 after George Floyd was murdered

regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 4d

currently losing it over Altkath being a real thing which is somehow not chud-coded

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4d

Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Apr 10

In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.

StatesmanJournal.com
SERVING SALEM, KEIZER
AND THE MID-VALLEY
"If you don't say anything, you're accepting it."
Mari Jensen, McMinnville resident
OUT OF MY
LOUR
WALLET
CHOICES
LIMIT GOVERNMENT
Oregon Taxpayers United
FREEDOM
gat
TIMOTHY J. GONZALEZ | Statesman Journal
Alan Grosso (center) of Happy Valley joins in chanting under the window of the speaker of the House on Wednesday during the Salem Tea Party protest at the Capitol.
Protesters slam Fed spending
Hundreds gather at Salem Tea Party to rally against bailouts, state-level taxes
BY DENNIS THOMPSON JR.
Statesman Journal
Hundreds of people uneasy over the future of their country gathered on the state Capitol steps on Wednesday to protest federal spending and state-level taxation.
Oregon State Police estimated more
SCRAP THE CODE
than 1,000 people attended the Salem Tea Party protest, which ran from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizers placed attendance at more than 2,000 people.
The rally was passionate but peace-ful, although many people carried handmade signs bearing stark and angry messages. A fake wooden pitchfork read "Politicians take note. We the people are about to revolt." Anoth er sign read "200+ years to build the Republic, 3 mos. to destroy it."
Many attendees said they were motivated to protest by the billions in stimulus spending and bailouts that have been doled out in recent months.
Willy Lowman of Falls City wears a label on his head that reads "Scrap the Code" at the tea party protest.
West Salem resident Steve Albin said he
came to protest federal bailouts of banks and automakers.
"They need to fail. That's what capitalism is all about," said Albin, who had a tea bag dangling from the brim
See Protest, 2A
Inside
Protesters take part in Tea Party events across the nation, Page 2A
Supporters to push for immigration reform, Page 2A
• ONLINE: See photo galleries and a video from the protest at StatesmanJournal.com.

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regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 4d

i live here. this is where i read skeets

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 5d

exhibit a of “has never been a reporter” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

Now in a position of power at the network, Ms.
Weiss is the one concerned about leaks. She has complained that her comments at private CBS meetings keep turning up in media reports, asking if the company can identify the leakers, according to three people familiar with her remarks.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4d

BREAKING: Live munitions from a Trump-Vance “military demo” flew over I-5 and struck a CHP vehicle. The White House wanted the highway open—but Gov. Newsom shut it down for safety. That decision likely prevented injuries or worse.

We have obtained these photos:

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regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 4d

it seems unlikely things will go “back to normal” within some our lifetimes without a crisis that affects every part of american life

regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 4d

arguably americans today are more evil than germans in 1932. moreover, plenty of germans didn’t even know the holocaust was happening, but every american alive today has access, in the exquisite detail, to everything ICE is doing.

regime critic @mbcarr.bsky.social · 4d

why do you all still subscribe to this? send it the way the WaPo is going.

YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 5d

*crickets*