Austyn McCarty

Founder and contributor of On the Mind.

[Austyn McCarty @OnTheMind_Aus]

"America is great because America is good. If America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." - Alexis de Tocqueville

[Sam Stein @samstein]

This is a post-Bannon Trump mind you. He is who he is. Always has been. Bannon didn’t make the man who wanted to execute the Central Park five

[Austyn McCarty @OnTheMind_Aus]

I'll never understand his popularity. https://t.co/mhRwn8xAfA

[Ben Shapiro @benshapiro]

There are lots of reasons for media to smash what Trump said yesterday. His vulgarity is not one of them. These are the same people who cheered Joe "Big F***ing Deal" Biden.

[Jeryl Bier @JerylBier]

Here's @realDonaldTrump on Africa in 2013: "if anything it's worse than I say" https://t.co/n1bRczyr00

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

@BillyMoses @CNN I wasn’t on cnn tonight

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

OK, here is a summary:
- The president is claiming he's not going to visit a top ally because he's unhappy about a real estate decision by the Obama admin
- The decision was actually made by the Bush admin
- The decision was made for anti-terror reasons
- It is midnight

[Josh Gad @joshgad]

If Barack Obama used the word shithole publicly in describing any country, he would have immediately faced an impeachment hearing the next day. Why have we allowed ourselves to settle for this insanity? This cannot and should not be accepted as normal. GOP, when is it too much?

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

I cannot but hate Trumpism "because it deprives our republican example of its just influence in the world," "causes the real friends of freedom to doubt our sincerity," and leads us to insist "there is no right principle of action but self-interest."
--A. Lincoln, Oct. 16, 1854

[Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell]

They literally just laid off thousands of employees. Like, literally. You have done nothing but line the pockets of everyone who works on the top floors. Everyone below has been left behind. https://t.co/EhpsZNcfYv

[Austyn McCarty @OnTheMind_Aus]

The part where he conveniently doesn't mention layoffs. I didn't miss that part. https://t.co/gpr6c93ANr

[U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell @SenMcConnell]

Well over 100 companies have announced intentions to deliver special bonuses, pay increases, or other benefits to employees as a result of the #TaxCutsandJobsAct. It is a shame that none of our Democratic colleagues – in the House or the Senate – voted for #TaxReform.

Not one.

[Austyn McCarty @OnTheMind_Aus]

I didn't hear about the Norway thing until now. Holy blatant racism, Batman. https://t.co/NXRRnFyepg

[Mindy Finn @mindyfinn]

What other reminder do we need of the President's innate racism than his comments today deriding immigrants from Haiti and African nations while wanting to welcome more from predominantly white Norway?

[Austyn McCarty @OnTheMind_Aus]

Let me shut down the right wing talking point here: you can feel the same way. Sure, I disagree with them, that's fine. He should not be representing America like this. Full stop. Unacceptable.

[Austyn McCarty @OnTheMind_Aus]

Guess we shouldn't hold the current president accountable since the last one failed. https://t.co/IPUH6EmCYg

[Ben Shapiro @benshapiro]

Whoever was president in 2016 sure blew it https://t.co/l6oiKq0FMQ

[Rev. Dr. Stacey Simpson Duke @revdrduke]

A few things to note:
1 - "more than 20 years ago" - this is said repeatedly and is meant to minimize what happened

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Dear Secretary Zinke, California like Florida, has hundreds of miles of beautiful coastline and a governor who wants to keep it that way. Or is that not enough for blue states? https://t.co/vQ5Qtl8Xik

[Philip Rucker @PhilipRucker]

Trump’s line agreeing (momentarily) with Sen. Feinstein on a clean DACA bill — “Yeah, I would like to do it” — is missing from official White House transcript https://t.co/pwd21lqJDx?amp=1

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

I'm re-tweeting this thread for the daytime crowd because I'm tired of people celebrating James Franco. https://t.co/X5u72V8kx4

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Literal muck raking https://t.co/8Nra7GvvpQ

[Austyn McCarty @OnTheMind_Aus]

Peoria, Illinois. Be careful what you put out there! https://t.co/KxtyFqQC9B

[Austyn McCarty @OnTheMind_Aus]

There is nothing he can say that will surprise me. Not anymore. It's still weird. https://t.co/rL09P1p04T

[BuzzFeed News @BuzzFeedNews]

"Oh, are you happy you voted for me. You are so lucky that I gave you that privilege," President Trump tells farmers in Nashville.

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

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