Nick Carper

Shameless political junkie. Heavy metal aficionado. @raysbaseball and @steelers fan.

[Nick Carper @ncarper]

"We don't take an oath to a king, or queen, or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator ...we take an oath to the Constitution ... and we're willing to die to protect it".

- General Mark Milley (2023)

[Nick Carper @ncarper]

I believe this direct quote from an armed agent of the state harassing an innocent person sums up the problem perfectly:

"You know we have cameras in that town. You can't get a breath of fresh air in or out of that place without us knowing, correct?"

[Nick Carper @ncarper]

Everyone is arguing about this like it's a numbers game. But it is more a question of whether or not the state *should* (as a matter of principle) have a running list of where everyone is traveling at all times. And if that's compatible with a free society.

[Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson]

This CNN interview with this antifa guy targeting Flock cameras is actually super revealing. He says he was radicalized by news coverage of the license plate readers that led him to believe that "for every crime that these cameras solve, there‘s 10 issues with them."

It's more like thousands of crimes being solved for a handful of issues (which result in cops being fired so they can't do it again). Misleading coverage driving radicalization, once again

[Nick Carper @ncarper]

My favorite genre of Tweet is people sharing the exact same kind of attack ad that every candidate faces every cycle and people being like "Oh MAN! They GOT HIM! How is he gonna overcome THIS ONE?!?!?!"

[Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer]

There’s a strong “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this” element to large US tech companies discovering that the modern information environment is chaotic, low trust, driven by whim, does not reward truth-finding, is not self-correcting, given to faddish obsessions, etc

[Jerusalem @JerusalemDemsas]

As someone who loves wearables and gadgets, the Meta recording glasses are an abomination and people should be ashamed to have released this into the world. (h/t @verge).

https://t.co/zRnBPdSIrq

[Nick Carper @ncarper]

People are dunking on this but honestly this is just how we roll in St. Pete. This counts as business casual here.

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

I thought this photo was edited but it turns out it’s actually real.

[Sarah Rumpf 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦 @rumpfshaker]

Hasan Piker is not a thing in Florida politics, even in progressive circles. It’s not surprising at all a state rep from Jacksonville hadn’t interacted with him or paid him any attention. Nixon is being honest and smart to respond with “don’t know him, let’s talk about Florida.”

[Nick Carper @ncarper]

This guy has run for office FIVE times since 2018. His results are...

2018 : 18.6% (3rd)
2020: 30.1% (two-way)
2022: 25.1% (3rd)
2022: 29.2% (two-way) (yes, that's twice in a year)
2026: 13.9% (3rd)

[Elijah Manley @iElijahManley]

Just so y’all know: I had absolutely no idea that I was going to be running against DWS until late May, right before qualifying. Prior to that, I was running against an indicted Democrat and we felt confident we would win in that scenario.

Much of my voters ended up in the DWS column post-redistricting. There’s a lot of unfair framing on here from people who don’t understand or know Broward County, but let’s correct the record.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

One of the funny things about this is even the most hackish maga pundits can’t even fake umbrage about this on Trump’s behalf, they have to reserve their pretend outrage is about defending Harp’s honor.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Academia is cooked and it’s a shame.

[Nick Carper @ncarper]

What it's like

[Rumper 💜 @PurpleHeartMan]

Being a democrat in florida must suck

[Jorge Bonilla @BonillaJL]

"I REJECT SOCIALISM:" Florida Democrat gubernatorial nominee David Jolly distances himself from the DSA member at the top of his ticket, Senate Democrat nominee Angie Nixon

[Molly @FSUmollz]

ESPN starting to feel like this

[Nick Carper @ncarper]

Why are we like this?

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

UMass Amherst/WCVB poll | 8/5-8/12

Massachusetts ballot Question 3: Replace party primaries with top-two primary?

✅Yes 51%
❌No 32%

Link to poll: https://t.co/EUUHUScBkn

[Matt Dixon @Mdixon55]

None of this, at any layer, makes any sense

[Nick Carper @ncarper]

@rowanfornow FL Dem here. Vindman's campaign came across as a grift for consultants who shopped around a state needy for a candidate and had him carpetbag from Arizona. He was perceived as entitled, offputting. Was openly rude toward Nixon. Never did the work. No clue what his $ was spent on

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Two kinds of moderate Democrats, those who are worry that leftist vibes will lose elections and those who doubt the progressive NGO borg's ideas can actually solve problems.

https://t.co/Jn30iza2lB

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Ed Case is not a well-known national figure, but I think it's interesting that the clearest case of a moderate Dem who is moderate out of sincere conviction brushed off a challenge from the left where many more progressive members fell.

https://t.co/Jn30iza2lB

[Project Liberal @ProjectLiberal]

JD Vance uses the language of communists because he has the same goal as them.

[Jaron Zhou @ZhouJaron]

I say this every time Florida votes, but having 94% of the vote counted 2 hours after poll closing is the efficiency every state should aim for.