Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@zackbeauchamp I think a lot about how different US discourse around left-wing parties would be if Americans followed the German Greens as closely as they do UK Labour (Obviously there are good reasons they don’t) — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @DLeonhardt: Early in the pandemic, many people thought the death toll in lower-income countries would be much worse than in the U.S. an… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Summing up: To succeed where Obama failed in repealing AUMF warpowers, Biden will need to solve the Gitmo detainee relocation problem that tripped up Obama for years, and overcome the infamously terrible politics around preempting blame for terrorism. Not impossible. Not easy! — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Hurdle #3 is easier: Afghanistan and other existing deployments. Beyond a big Congressional contingent that will want to write in big showy provisions allowing force against Iran, there’s no appetite for expanding these. Can tailor warpowers to how they exist. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

The ISIS hurdle doesn’t apply anymore. But the politics of terrorism are, frankly, terrible in America. If the Caliphate of Tulum emerges tomorrow and Biden lacks warpowers to immediately send the 7th Fleet, voters will severely punish him – and Congress, if it wrote those rules. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Hurdle #2: ISIS and offshoots. This is what sunk Obama’s c.2014 repeal effort. He was ramping up a military campaign in a conflict nobody understood or whose trajectory they could predict. So no one wanted to be blame-able for constraining it by writing new warpowers. DOA. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I **really** doubt that the politics around Gitmo have changed. In January, the GOP mad a big issue of Gitmo prisoners getting vaccinated based on medical need. The Pentagon acquiesced, withholding vaccinations from the detainees https://t.co/tAPZKiyVlO — PolitiTweet.org

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Obama tried to relocate/release all Gitmo detainees so he could close it, and got pretty far. But he couldn’t move the last few dozen without Congressional acquiescence – e.g., to put them in mainland federal prisons – but Congress blocked him with big bipartisan majorities. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

The first and maybe hardest is Guantanamo. The 2001 AUMF is, sort of absurdly, the legal basis for holding detainees there. There are still 40 at Gitmo, and the US can’t detain them without a legal framework, however flimsy. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

As Biden pledges to repeal (!!!) the AUMFs that have undergirded the forever war and executive warpowers since 2001, worth considering the three big hurdles that stymied Obama when he tried the same thing c. 2013-15. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @nktpnd: This is a big deal. https://t.co/ER71CU2mk6 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

there actually is a carve-out for middle-aged italian american men kissing inappropriately at parties, but only if its your brother and if its the only way to convey that you know he betrayed the family and must have him killed as a result — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Anyone else having trouble accessing @NotionStatus ? — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @evanchill: On Sunday, the authorities in Myanmar launched their most violent crackdown to date. Our latest visual investigation shows h… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

https://t.co/yPwKKOXDPm https://t.co/4o5YsI9Jmh — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Magazine internships 2006-2008 I was ordered to fetch a lot of coffee and worse. A senior editor at Vanity Fair regularly had interns book her personal travel for her, ship luggage, etc. Another had interns ferry a blood sample she took herself (!!!) to a doctor across town. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

If you'd asked me a month ago, I'd have said I felt good about "vaccine passports," enabling vaccinated people to safely travel, do stuff, reenter life. But after reporting this, on the ethical and political implications, my feelings are a lot more mixed. https://t.co/yPwKKOXDPm — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @EmmaMAshford: Oh my goodness, this chart. 😬 https://t.co/fkTdwXto3y https://t.co/bpv6rMHKDe — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @Max_Fisher: https://t.co/BBrt972vrJ — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @CaseyNewton: A+ from @kevinroose https://t.co/pH1bbdLCqs https://t.co/wYElWE8vzO — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @gadyepstein: Shocking visualization of the rapid and recent sudden decline in birth rate in Xinjiang, per China’s own data (source link… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidSantoro1: I've just donated to support Mike Elleman’s family. Mike was a great guy & he will be missed. Please donate if you ca… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @evelyndouek: Before you scoff, remember that a tiny prompt if people tried to RT an article they hadn't read led to FORTY PERCENT MORE… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I’m not naming them because it honestly doesn’t matter who sent it. Our information architecture incentivizes this behavior, if it wasn’t them somebody else would’ve done it, and another will tomorrow. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

There's a false, viral tweet about covid that gets RT'd into my feed every few hours. Been debunked by multiple outlets, flagged by Facebook as misinformation, yet people keep falling for it because it's outrage bait and it was sent by a big name account. 25K RTs and climbing. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

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Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @JonasKaiser: 🚨Out now: Fighting Zika With Honey: An Analysis of YouTube’s Video Recommendations on Brazilian YouTube in #IJoC's special… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @dylanmatt: The best was when thousands of people who absolutely did not predict Jan 6 got to lecture the world about how unsurprising a… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @Vinncent: 🇺🇸🇺🇸 "The greatest state in the greatest country in the world has been without power. We have food lines, gas lines, and peop… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Neil_Irwin: "I have napped in hammocks, and I have spoken to people trying to survive on food stamps. The experiences did not seem simi… — PolitiTweet.org