Matthew (Matteo) Carter
@matthaeus.bsky.social
VA politics | Latin & Greek | piano music for the left hand alone | prosodic rigor | rhapsodic vigor | CP kid | #NoMVP
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Cuomo's campaign is a conspiracy against the voters of NYC, to trick well-meaning liberals into electing a corrupt conservative. Ackman and his allies worked with the media to oust Claudine Gay from Harvard, and they're doing the same thing for electing Cuomo (inevitability narrative)
This guy has given $250,000 to elect Cuomo mayor.
Cuomo is just going to be a stooge of the Trump administration.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Cuomo is just going to be a stooge of the Trump administration.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Bill Ackman Backs Harvard Losing Tax-Exempt Status, Calls for Board Overhaul
The billionaire investor said it’s time for a change in leadership at the Ivy League school.
www.wsj.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cuomo's campaign is a conspiracy against the voters of NYC, to trick well-meaning liberals into electing a corrupt conservative. Ackman and his allies worked with the media to oust Claudine Gay from Harvard, and they're doing the same thing for electing Cuomo (inevitability narrative)
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virginia is practically the epicenter of trump's attacks on the federal government and if warner can't credibly perform opposition to the president then i think he's toast. the real question is whether there is a virginia democrat ambitious enough to throw caution to the wind and go after him.
May 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
virginia is practically the epicenter of trump's attacks on the federal government and if warner can't credibly perform opposition to the president then i think he's toast. the real question is whether there is a virginia democrat ambitious enough to throw caution to the wind and go after him.
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warner is probably terrified of facing youngkin in a general (which, he shouldn't be) but i think he ought to be more worried about a primary challenge fueled by an absolutely furious virginia democratic electorate
Mark Warner on Republicans: "I do think we're getting close to them stepping up, but the problem is going to be, how much structural damage is going to be done before my Republican friends find their voice and voice publicly what they're already saying privately?"
May 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
warner is probably terrified of facing youngkin in a general (which, he shouldn't be) but i think he ought to be more worried about a primary challenge fueled by an absolutely furious virginia democratic electorate
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cats are a lingering dagger in the heart of our human tendency to self-mythologize.
a constant reminder that our way was not the only way. we didn't need to focus on toil. on legacy. we didn't need hierarchies.
cats don't build societies. they haunt them.
anyway, lol look at this silly goose.
a constant reminder that our way was not the only way. we didn't need to focus on toil. on legacy. we didn't need hierarchies.
cats don't build societies. they haunt them.
anyway, lol look at this silly goose.
May 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
cats are a lingering dagger in the heart of our human tendency to self-mythologize.
a constant reminder that our way was not the only way. we didn't need to focus on toil. on legacy. we didn't need hierarchies.
cats don't build societies. they haunt them.
anyway, lol look at this silly goose.
a constant reminder that our way was not the only way. we didn't need to focus on toil. on legacy. we didn't need hierarchies.
cats don't build societies. they haunt them.
anyway, lol look at this silly goose.
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the walking dead certainly had its moments in the 36 years it was on the air, but tbh i have never been able to get past the fact that, in a series premised on the collapse of civilization and the reimagining of society, we always somehow kept going back to a guy making boring cop speeches in a barn
May 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
the walking dead certainly had its moments in the 36 years it was on the air, but tbh i have never been able to get past the fact that, in a series premised on the collapse of civilization and the reimagining of society, we always somehow kept going back to a guy making boring cop speeches in a barn
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don't see why everyone is so mad about this catGPT thing. like, you go on there, type in CAT or something, and they send you a cat to live with you. true, it doesn't generate new cats, it has to send you cats that already exist. but that seems okay! people are so dramatic.
May 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
don't see why everyone is so mad about this catGPT thing. like, you go on there, type in CAT or something, and they send you a cat to live with you. true, it doesn't generate new cats, it has to send you cats that already exist. but that seems okay! people are so dramatic.
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I just think it's important to hammer home that the national climate assessment is congressionally mandated. Trump is killing a thing he has zero authority to kill.
April 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I just think it's important to hammer home that the national climate assessment is congressionally mandated. Trump is killing a thing he has zero authority to kill.
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Busta Rhymes we once again should have heeded your wisdom
April 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Busta Rhymes we once again should have heeded your wisdom
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"Abolish ICE" and "defund the police" are both reasonable and correct on the merits but were absolutely neutered by centrists smearing them as radical activist overreach.
"ICE is a rogue federal agency operating with impunity-destabilizing families, terrorizing neighborhoods, and eroding the very principles of justice it claims to defend. What happened yesterday ... is not an accident-it is the deliberate outcome of a system sliding deeper into authoritarianism."
Providence City Councilor Justin Roias: “Yesterday, ICE tased & detained a Providence resident with a pregnant U.S. citizen wife & a green card interview that same day.”
April 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"Abolish ICE" and "defund the police" are both reasonable and correct on the merits but were absolutely neutered by centrists smearing them as radical activist overreach.
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lol the fact that this can apply to ANYONE LMAO
They are gonna give him the boot, he’s gonna have one margarita, and then spill all the tea to some man in a biker gang at Applebee’s.
April 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
lol the fact that this can apply to ANYONE LMAO
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
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roughly every five years, harsh bangs come back. roughly every 8 years, moustaches come back. rarely, but sometimes, they coincide. we are in this moment. we have entered the singularity.
April 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
roughly every five years, harsh bangs come back. roughly every 8 years, moustaches come back. rarely, but sometimes, they coincide. we are in this moment. we have entered the singularity.
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the spice girls in famous works of art: thread
April 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
the spice girls in famous works of art: thread
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UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off.
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
My detained client was scheduled for a bond hearing this AM in a MA immigration court. He wasn't brought in, and he and his case have disappeared.
I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"
It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"
It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
April 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off.
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
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that Noem video reinforces my belief that there is a streak of sexualized sadism on the US right that goes back to lynching imagery but began in its most recent form with the enthusiasm for torture during the Bush years.
March 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
that Noem video reinforces my belief that there is a streak of sexualized sadism on the US right that goes back to lynching imagery but began in its most recent form with the enthusiasm for torture during the Bush years.
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Timeline cleanse 🌞
March 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Timeline cleanse 🌞
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Virginia Governor @GlennYoungkin (R) hearing it from the people
March 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Virginia Governor @GlennYoungkin (R) hearing it from the people
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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"I don't care what the judges think" should be grounds for impeachment for any public official, but especially for key actors in the national security system.
Homan: "We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."
March 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"I don't care what the judges think" should be grounds for impeachment for any public official, but especially for key actors in the national security system.
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Chancleta is starting a podcast, but instead of blandly agreeing with far-right influencers he will pretend to want them to pet his belly and will then bite them
March 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Chancleta is starting a podcast, but instead of blandly agreeing with far-right influencers he will pretend to want them to pet his belly and will then bite them
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i find this notion that public spending is illegitimate bizarre as a matter of economics but totally legible as a statement of moral economy. and as per any strict system of morality, the punishment is part of the appeal. they are punishing the american people for believing in the public good.
March 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
i find this notion that public spending is illegitimate bizarre as a matter of economics but totally legible as a statement of moral economy. and as per any strict system of morality, the punishment is part of the appeal. they are punishing the american people for believing in the public good.
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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you have failed to amuse Chancleta with your conversation, joke, and/or anecdote. there will be consequences.
March 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
you have failed to amuse Chancleta with your conversation, joke, and/or anecdote. there will be consequences.
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today's leaders are not meeting the moment. it is time for a change. it is time for Chancleta.
March 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
today's leaders are not meeting the moment. it is time for a change. it is time for Chancleta.