John Carney
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John Carney
@carney
Raised in New York City’s most liberal neighborhood. Conservative by the grace of God. Ask me for my Signal #.
Among all the lost causes. Katılım Mart 2007
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@carney @SenThomTillis This is EXACTLY why I follow you Mr. Carney, outstanding content ! 🫡👊🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Someone on @SenThomTillis staff needs to tell him what happens if Warsh is not confirmed by May 15.
Powell is done as chairman of the Fed board on May 15. If Warsh isn’t confirmed, Trump can pick Miran, Bowman, Waller or any governor to fill the vacant spot.
No Senate confirmation needed.
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@thejefflutz @SenThomTillis Grok gets stuff wrong. It's wrong on this.
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John Carney retweetledi
The most popular comments from the liberal New York Times readership on my conversation with Ross Douthat illustrate my point as well as anything said in the interview itself.
It's just a bunch of people claiming that because White Americans continue to do reasonably well overall in terms of jobs/finances/status etc. that there couldn't be discrimination or racism against them.
Or other people talking about conditions in America decades or even centuries ago rather than dealing with the reality of what is going on today.
None of these people would claim that anti-Semitism doesn't exist because Jews, on average, are doing well financially and professionally.
None of these people would claim that anti-Asian racism doesn't exist because Asian Americans on average, are doing well financially and professionally.
But they think they can make this same claim about White Americans without offering any contrary evidence or disputing the evidence I offer in this interview or in my book.
And that, my friends, is a textbook example of anti-White racism.
Jeremy Carl@realJeremyCarl
1/ Shortly after my U.S. Senate hearing, I sat down with Ross Douthat from the New York Times to discuss my work on anti-White discrimination and to talk about issues around White identity. Ross asked tough but fair questions, and it was a good conversation (linked below)
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My understanding of how this part of the business works—which might be dated—is that the affiliates don't typically pay cash to CBS. Instead, CBS gets some of the advertising time—but it has to tell those ads.
Declining radio ad revenue made that a very tricky business.
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@philosopherjstr No argument there. But “informed by classically liberal principles” is not the same as a fall embrace of liberal universalism.
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@carney It also ignores that the model of republican government adopted via the constitution is clearly informed by classically liberal principles (e.g., representative government, separation of powers, individual interests/rights inviolable by the legislature, etc).
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It’s amazing that leftists persist in trying to convince people that a revolution led by wealthy landholders (many slave owners) and the New England capitalist merchant class was a “radical leftist” movement.
The revolutionary generation made George Washington the first president and John Adams the second president.
Samuel Hammond 🦉@hamandcheese
The lengths American conservatives go to retcon the American Revolution as anything other than a radical leftist anti-colonial movement is astounding. "Ah, you see, we were actually restoring an even *more* ancien regime"
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I just don’t think that statements about “all men” having rights granted by God should be regarded as particularly evincing liberal universalism.
That is particularly true when it preceded by a statement about “one people” deciding its own fate. That’s nationalism and particularism.
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@carney ‘just as easily’ is doing a lot of rhetorical heavy lifting there.
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@philosopherjstr It could just as easily be seen as a codification of Catholic reaction.
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@carney “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Is this not a codification of liberal universalism?
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@GregNoleFan You are underestimating how much easier it is for banks to gather and use data today than it was a decade or two ago.
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The banks are pulling a fast one on the administration. At least for the biggest banks, this would be a trivial exercise given all the data they already have. If given enough time, it is completely reasonable.
And they absolutely can track immigration/citizenship status for all NEW accounts.
Andrew Ackerman@amacker
New: Wall Street and community banks told the Trump administration that investigating millions of existing customers for immigration status wasn't practical. The White House is watering down its plans. washingtonpost.com/business/2026/…
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@StevenTDennis @SenThomTillis In other words, if I were Tillis, I’d want to know what happens if I continue to block Warsh. From what I’ve heard from Tillis, I suspect he thinks Powell remains as chair. That’s an error.
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@StevenTDennis @SenThomTillis It might not. But I see no indication that Tillis understands that on May 15th, Powell’s term expires regardless of whether Warsh is confirmed. And that the expiration means Trump gets to appoint, without Senate approval, any sitting governor as chairman pro tempore.
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Does Powell think core inflation would be 1.5 or 1 percent without tariffs? That’s nuts.
FactPost@factpostnews
Jerome Powell: "If you look at total core inflation, it's about 3%. Some big chunk of that, around 1/2 or 3/4, is actually tariffs."
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Wow. Congrats @GreenPlusAnE
Washington Post Opinions@PostOpinions
"The fastest-growing age cohort is people 65 and older," George F. Will writes. Because of their powerful incentive to vote, the political class has a permanent incentive to intensify the elderly’s incentive by enriching those benefits. wapo.st/4lEcvj9
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John Carney retweetledi
Read this. Every word. My only quibble is I don’t think it’s fair to say seeking conservatives would be like DEI for conservatives. Rather it would be like the civil rights act. Eliminating actual discrimination is not the same as affirmative action.
Brian Fitzpatrick@btfitzpat
Is it really possible to get more conservatives in academia? I have some bad news: it is going to be difficult. lawliberty.org/diversifying-t…
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I don’t think Trump will go this way but there is a colorable argument that any attempt by Powell to extend his chairmanship beyond May 15 is itself grounds for removal.
Remember: there’s no “for cause” protection for the chair in the statute.
Bruce Rodney@BruceR0dney
@NEWSMAX Powell just gave @realDonaldTrump cause for his removal. Powell has no consitutional or statue authority to extend his term. Powell is a threat to Fed Independence. Powell has got to go.
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@greg_ip And cars are far more fuel efficient today so each gallon buys you more miles driven. Adjusted for inflation and MPG, the equivalent of $4 in 2008 is even higher than $6.
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If gasoline hits $4 now, that's still a third less than the $6 it hit in 2008 in today's dollars ($4 in nominal dollars then).
Patrick De Haan@GasBuddyGuy
@greg_ip I’d argue it may be lower. For Americans half of it is speed of price increase, the other gut punch is when we hit $4, something only seen for 157 days since 2009, and how long it sticks
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Very good analysis.
I just hope the GOP doesn’t react to this by becoming budget balancing chaperones (tax collectors for the welfare state, as we used to say), allowing the Democrats to seize the mantle of being the tax cut party.
Charles C. W. Cooke@charlescwcooke
Democrats spent years lying to their voters about the tax system, and then something awful happened: their voters believed them. nationalreview.com/2026/03/the-de…
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Might be flying to Minneapolis on Saturday (from NYC). Is this going to be a TSA nightmare? How early do I have to show up at the airport?
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