Ted McCarthy

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It's incredible watching the New York Times having to describe ethnic cleansing without ever using the phrase.

lol okay

It's hard to think of anything that might more enrage & motivate young voters (or really, anyone who likes live music) If this can piss off Kid Rock, it can also piss off 99% of voters

Democrats nationwide need to set up booths at concerts from now until Nov to make ppl understand the GOP is the why they're getting f***ed by fees, & sign them up to vote nytimes.com/2026/03/17/opi…

Today's a good day to be pissed about ICE, but let us not forget that American health care is *also* deeply fucked Thank you, @AnthemBCBS

What Epstein files?

....is he promising us socialism?

The best opening line in any physics textbook: States of Matter by David L. Goodstein ✍️

Seeing that @shakeshack now charges $.50 to add whipped cream to a milkshake truly feels like the logical end point of capitalism

I didn't read this expecting to agree, but here we are — these are some really great points from @ericschmidt and @AndrewSorota nytimes.com/2025/11/11/opi…

I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly. A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here. U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.

hope other artists follow her lead ♥️

*1930's, of course 🫠🫠

Well it's a good thing these descriptions of 1903's Germany don't remind me of the current US political situation, at all

Crowd: “She’s disabled! She needs a wheelchair!” ICE: “Yeah she’s disabled now because she fucked around!”

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year. Republicans in Washington did this. This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

Agentic AI, she says, may just be “dramatically increased surveillance in a trenchcoat.” economist.com/by-invitation/…

Agentic AI, she says, will require effectively root access to our OS’ — whether Apple, Android, or Microsoft — which will give these companies great power to dictate behavior and access to all other app installed on those platforms.

Got to see Meredith Whittaker (Signal President / overall badass) speak at Publix in Berlin last night