Carter Dougherty
@carterd.bsky.social
I fight Wall Street and monopolies. I also write - bylines in NYT, The Atlantic, WashMonthly et al. I study 🇩🇪 history, which is disturbingly relevant.
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Seen at DCA ... cc @jfallows.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Seen at DCA ... cc @jfallows.bsky.social
Breaking: Elon Musk makes in-kind contribution to Mamdani campaign
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Breaking: Elon Musk makes in-kind contribution to Mamdani campaign
From the estimable @jfallows.bsky.social ...
November 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
From the estimable @jfallows.bsky.social ...
After praising Indivisible, we get this line: 2/3
October 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
After praising Indivisible, we get this line: 2/3
Despite all the evidence hitherto, Harris though the plutocrats would side with democracy and not autocracy.
September 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Despite all the evidence hitherto, Harris though the plutocrats would side with democracy and not autocracy.
And Nimbee gets escorted out!
September 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
And Nimbee gets escorted out!
This woman proudly and loudly agreed with Nimbee! 2/2
September 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This woman proudly and loudly agreed with Nimbee! 2/2
Hey look, it’s @thenimbee.bsky.social coming to make sure there’s no more building on University Ave. 1/2
September 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Hey look, it’s @thenimbee.bsky.social coming to make sure there’s no more building on University Ave. 1/2
Well, that's a relief.
August 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Well, that's a relief.
Does this make for a sub-optimal outcome for the prosecutors?
Lettuce celebrate!
Lettuce celebrate!
August 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Does this make for a sub-optimal outcome for the prosecutors?
Lettuce celebrate!
Lettuce celebrate!
Translation from German ...
Europe groveling before Trump: "Please be careful so that you don't slip where I've been drooling before you."
Europe groveling before Trump: "Please be careful so that you don't slip where I've been drooling before you."
July 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Translation from German ...
Europe groveling before Trump: "Please be careful so that you don't slip where I've been drooling before you."
Europe groveling before Trump: "Please be careful so that you don't slip where I've been drooling before you."
If you have your knickers in a knot about Zohran Mamdani's idea for muncipal grocery stores, calm down and read this little paragraph:
July 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If you have your knickers in a knot about Zohran Mamdani's idea for muncipal grocery stores, calm down and read this little paragraph:
Whoever wrote this: You are awesome!
June 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Whoever wrote this: You are awesome!
Right-wing media can't decide on their line:
Is LA a shithole or did big-man Trump shut down the shitshow?
Laughable.
Is LA a shithole or did big-man Trump shut down the shitshow?
Laughable.
June 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Right-wing media can't decide on their line:
Is LA a shithole or did big-man Trump shut down the shitshow?
Laughable.
Is LA a shithole or did big-man Trump shut down the shitshow?
Laughable.
Trump is such a patriot he doesn't know the difference between V-E day and raising the flag on Iwo Jima.
This mistake = F on your exam, Donny
This mistake = F on your exam, Donny
May 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Trump is such a patriot he doesn't know the difference between V-E day and raising the flag on Iwo Jima.
This mistake = F on your exam, Donny
This mistake = F on your exam, Donny
Somebody tell little Marco that Germany also once surveilled (and banned) the Communist Party. It has a legally prescribed and very careful process for screening out extremist parties.
Not the American way, but you know what: Germany is not the United States!
Not the American way, but you know what: Germany is not the United States!
May 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Somebody tell little Marco that Germany also once surveilled (and banned) the Communist Party. It has a legally prescribed and very careful process for screening out extremist parties.
Not the American way, but you know what: Germany is not the United States!
Not the American way, but you know what: Germany is not the United States!
The headline in the Financial Times, which much of the world outside the United States, especially in Europe, will see.
Tell me again how this guy's faux-swagger makes us look tough and respected?
Tell me again how this guy's faux-swagger makes us look tough and respected?
April 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The headline in the Financial Times, which much of the world outside the United States, especially in Europe, will see.
Tell me again how this guy's faux-swagger makes us look tough and respected?
Tell me again how this guy's faux-swagger makes us look tough and respected?
"generalized failure of courage"
Also known as COWARDICE: Republicans, Wall Street, corporate America. Elites in general.
Also known as COWARDICE: Republicans, Wall Street, corporate America. Elites in general.
April 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"generalized failure of courage"
Also known as COWARDICE: Republicans, Wall Street, corporate America. Elites in general.
Also known as COWARDICE: Republicans, Wall Street, corporate America. Elites in general.
The idea that #Bitcoin is some sorta safe haven was always bonkers. When more people have more money to play with, it goes up. But when the economic outlook darkens, as it is, it goes down. Because it means less money to gamble with.
April 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The idea that #Bitcoin is some sorta safe haven was always bonkers. When more people have more money to play with, it goes up. But when the economic outlook darkens, as it is, it goes down. Because it means less money to gamble with.
This phrase could be the slogan of our own American popular front: from center-right to far left.
April 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This phrase could be the slogan of our own American popular front: from center-right to far left.
Looks like we have to consider that the nation's CEOs are dumb or willfully blind ...
They didn't expect tantrums from Trump?! They expected careful, strategic thinking form Trump?!
Speechless.
They didn't expect tantrums from Trump?! They expected careful, strategic thinking form Trump?!
Speechless.
March 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Looks like we have to consider that the nation's CEOs are dumb or willfully blind ...
They didn't expect tantrums from Trump?! They expected careful, strategic thinking form Trump?!
Speechless.
They didn't expect tantrums from Trump?! They expected careful, strategic thinking form Trump?!
Speechless.