Gary Carter
@gcarter1956.bsky.social
Advocate of liberal democracy, cat & dog lover, educator, humanist, public school advocate, UNC @ Chapel Hill supporter, and life-long resident of North Carolina
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Crime wave explodes!
December 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Crime wave explodes!
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This pretty much tells you everything you need to know about America.
December 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This pretty much tells you everything you need to know about America.
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Do people get it yet that these psychopaths are bombing random civilians all over the place?
December 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Do people get it yet that these psychopaths are bombing random civilians all over the place?
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How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign.
New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign.
New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
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Thea guys are the most whiny, entitled bunch of toffs since the court of Louis XVI
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Thea guys are the most whiny, entitled bunch of toffs since the court of Louis XVI
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I don't recall a time when saying Merry Christmas was ever banned under Biden or Obama. How strange.
December 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I don't recall a time when saying Merry Christmas was ever banned under Biden or Obama. How strange.
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This is excellent. Do read.
A year-end special from me:
The 25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin, in ranking order. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
The 25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin, in ranking order. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin
The worst of the worst, ranked 1-25.
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This is excellent. Do read.
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With ZERO fucks given to the health and welfare of working class families, children and future generations, everything the fascist authoritarian Trump regime does is to enrich the coffers of the pedophile führer and his fellow greed-driven billionaire buds. EVERY FUCKING THING.
December 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
With ZERO fucks given to the health and welfare of working class families, children and future generations, everything the fascist authoritarian Trump regime does is to enrich the coffers of the pedophile führer and his fellow greed-driven billionaire buds. EVERY FUCKING THING.
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The GOP-controlled North Carolina legislature has pushed through law after law shrinking the powers of the state’s governor since 2016 — always a Democrat in that time frame.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors
For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it fina...
www.propublica.org
December 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The GOP-controlled North Carolina legislature has pushed through law after law shrinking the powers of the state’s governor since 2016 — always a Democrat in that time frame.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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Still up. Glad I posted here and not YouTube. This is what Bari Weiss and CBS tried to hide from us.
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Still up. Glad I posted here and not YouTube. This is what Bari Weiss and CBS tried to hide from us.
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
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Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
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I like the suggestion here that a mob boss ("patrimonial" if you must) regime is particularly vulnerable to charges of corruption. It's singing @adambonica.bsky.social's tune.
"One Word Describes Trump" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I missed this on its first trip around, then saw it on the "most popular with readers" list for 2025. Recommended, despite the cheesy headline.
Especially valuable if you have ever compared him to a mob boss.
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I missed this on its first trip around, then saw it on the "most popular with readers" list for 2025. Recommended, despite the cheesy headline.
Especially valuable if you have ever compared him to a mob boss.
[Gift link]
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
www.theatlantic.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I like the suggestion here that a mob boss ("patrimonial" if you must) regime is particularly vulnerable to charges of corruption. It's singing @adambonica.bsky.social's tune.
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TRUMP’S CLAIM ABOUT NIGERIA COLLAPSES UNDER THE FACTS:
From 2020 to 2025, more Muslims were killed in religiously targeted attacks than Christians, and most of the violence wasn’t even religious. These conflicts are driven by ethnic, economic, and criminal forces.
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From 2020 to 2025, more Muslims were killed in religiously targeted attacks than Christians, and most of the violence wasn’t even religious. These conflicts are driven by ethnic, economic, and criminal forces.
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December 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
TRUMP’S CLAIM ABOUT NIGERIA COLLAPSES UNDER THE FACTS:
From 2020 to 2025, more Muslims were killed in religiously targeted attacks than Christians, and most of the violence wasn’t even religious. These conflicts are driven by ethnic, economic, and criminal forces.
🧵
From 2020 to 2025, more Muslims were killed in religiously targeted attacks than Christians, and most of the violence wasn’t even religious. These conflicts are driven by ethnic, economic, and criminal forces.
🧵
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Thanks to Republicans American children know what a pedophile is, know what an active shooter is, know what hate is…
December 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Thanks to Republicans American children know what a pedophile is, know what an active shooter is, know what hate is…
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“Empathy and compassion are evolved states of being… Over my years in politics and business, I have found one thing to be universally true: The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.”
JB Pritzker
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#KindnessMatters
JB Pritzker
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
@jbpritzker.bsky.social
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#KindnessMatters
May 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM
“Empathy and compassion are evolved states of being… Over my years in politics and business, I have found one thing to be universally true: The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.”
JB Pritzker
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
@jbpritzker.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/ifin...
#KindnessMatters
JB Pritzker
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
@jbpritzker.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/ifin...
#KindnessMatters
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I think the more persistent issue is how many people think Trump is awful, but delight in it because he hates the people they hate, and they would rather see people they hate being angry than repudiate a depraved person.
You’d be surprised about how many Trump voters think he is a terrible human being and president, but believe they will be better off with his tax/economic agenda.
December 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I think the more persistent issue is how many people think Trump is awful, but delight in it because he hates the people they hate, and they would rather see people they hate being angry than repudiate a depraved person.
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Politicians introduced 96 bills targeting transgender student athletes in 2025.
That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.
That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.
December 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Politicians introduced 96 bills targeting transgender student athletes in 2025.
That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.
That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.
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CNN’s Daniel Dale Counts Down Donald Trump’s ‘Top 25 Lies of 2025’ Mediaite
www.mediaite.com
CNN’s Daniel Dale Counts Down Donald Trump’s ‘Top 25 Lies of 2025’
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December 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
CNN’s Daniel Dale Counts Down Donald Trump’s ‘Top 25 Lies of 2025’ Mediaite
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Conservatives regularly appropriate (steal) liberal ideas, accomplishments, heroes & heroic achievements as their own. They also often go further, simultaneously attributing their own evil practices to liberals--a combined process known as "envious reversal" per British psychoanalyst Melanie Klein:
Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship www.ms.now/opinion/marc...
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Conservatives regularly appropriate (steal) liberal ideas, accomplishments, heroes & heroic achievements as their own. They also often go further, simultaneously attributing their own evil practices to liberals--a combined process known as "envious reversal" per British psychoanalyst Melanie Klein:
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Analysis: Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025
Analysis: Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025 | CNN Politics
It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be.
www.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Analysis: Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025
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This should be the first thing Trump is impeached for. Easy to prove and easy for the public to understand.
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This should be the first thing Trump is impeached for. Easy to prove and easy for the public to understand.
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James Talarico, doing his thing. 🙌💪👏✊️👇
December 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
James Talarico, doing his thing. 🙌💪👏✊️👇