John Carter
@jcarter5.bsky.social
Husband, grandfather, care giver, educator, 26.2 x 5, RPCV.
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The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
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Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee. n.pr/49cmd6E
Capitol riot 'does not happen' without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress
Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee.
n.pr
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee. n.pr/49cmd6E
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ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
January 1, 2026 at 3:00 AM
ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
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What are we doing?
NYT - Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/cl...
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:23 AM
What are we doing?
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Now imagine those words spoken by Special Counsel Smith in a criminal trial.
Damning proof of criminal guilt.
Damning proof of criminal guilt.
Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
December 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Now imagine those words spoken by Special Counsel Smith in a criminal trial.
Damning proof of criminal guilt.
Damning proof of criminal guilt.
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This looks like something you'd see in a museum about fascism after 100 million people have died to defeat it
January 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This looks like something you'd see in a museum about fascism after 100 million people have died to defeat it
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“The revolution conquers the folk and public life, it stamps its mark on culture, the economy, politics, and private life. It would be naive to believe that art could be spared this …”
— Joseph Goebbels, 1933
Photo by Jacquelyn Martin
— Joseph Goebbels, 1933
Photo by Jacquelyn Martin
December 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
“The revolution conquers the folk and public life, it stamps its mark on culture, the economy, politics, and private life. It would be naive to believe that art could be spared this …”
— Joseph Goebbels, 1933
Photo by Jacquelyn Martin
— Joseph Goebbels, 1933
Photo by Jacquelyn Martin
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Smith: I think who should be accountable for this is Donald Trump. These records exist because, in the case of the senators, Donald Trump directed his co-conspirators to call these people to further delay the proceedings. He chose to do that.
December 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Smith: I think who should be accountable for this is Donald Trump. These records exist because, in the case of the senators, Donald Trump directed his co-conspirators to call these people to further delay the proceedings. He chose to do that.
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Jennifer and I mourn the loss of CALFIRE Riverside County Fire Department Apparatus Engineer Daniel Cook. We offer our most sincere condolences during this difficult time.
In honor of Engineer Cook, I’ve ordered flags at the State Capitol to be flown at half-staff.
In honor of Engineer Cook, I’ve ordered flags at the State Capitol to be flown at half-staff.
January 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Jennifer and I mourn the loss of CALFIRE Riverside County Fire Department Apparatus Engineer Daniel Cook. We offer our most sincere condolences during this difficult time.
In honor of Engineer Cook, I’ve ordered flags at the State Capitol to be flown at half-staff.
In honor of Engineer Cook, I’ve ordered flags at the State Capitol to be flown at half-staff.
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The Washington Post is wrong. We need Medicare for All.
December 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Washington Post is wrong. We need Medicare for All.
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These daycare rumors are similar to "election fraud" rumors in 2020 — people went to their mailboxes, the polls, or online databases searching for evidence of fraud, often misintepreting what they saw/found, & then sharing it online where it got picked up by a "voter fraud" amplification machine.
December 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
These daycare rumors are similar to "election fraud" rumors in 2020 — people went to their mailboxes, the polls, or online databases searching for evidence of fraud, often misintepreting what they saw/found, & then sharing it online where it got picked up by a "voter fraud" amplification machine.
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Next stage: their political apparatus jumps in, using interviews and hearings designed not to get to the bottom of the rumors, but to generate more sound bytes, video clips, and other "evidence" to strengthen their frames: bsky.app/profile/poli...
Comer wants Walz to appear before Congress amid Minnesota fraud allegations
Comer wants Walz to appear before Congress amid Minnesota fraud allegations
The House Oversight Committee is ramping up its investigation spotlighting alleged benefits fraud in Minnesota.
dlvr.it
December 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Next stage: their political apparatus jumps in, using interviews and hearings designed not to get to the bottom of the rumors, but to generate more sound bytes, video clips, and other "evidence" to strengthen their frames: bsky.app/profile/poli...
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The rumors about daycare centers are extremely "fit" for virality: having both novelty & familiarity (drawing on anti-immigrant tropes of criminality & exploitation); making emotional/identity appeals; are *participatory* in that ppl can create their own “evidence” by investigating local centers.
What makes an election rumor go viral? Look at these 10 factors
A guide for journalists and news organizations assessing voting- and election-related rumors in the weeks leading up to the 2022 midterms.
www.niemanlab.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The rumors about daycare centers are extremely "fit" for virality: having both novelty & familiarity (drawing on anti-immigrant tropes of criminality & exploitation); making emotional/identity appeals; are *participatory* in that ppl can create their own “evidence” by investigating local centers.
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"While Dems are likely to retake the House, they’ll need everything to go right to win both chambers. But if it happens, a year from now we’ll be talking about Trump's full lame-duckification & what it means for 2028. That’s a nice note on which to end a year in which hope was in such short supply."
How Dems can win the Senate in 2026
So you're saying there's a chance ...
www.publicnotice.co
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"While Dems are likely to retake the House, they’ll need everything to go right to win both chambers. But if it happens, a year from now we’ll be talking about Trump's full lame-duckification & what it means for 2028. That’s a nice note on which to end a year in which hope was in such short supply."
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What a relief to see 2025 in the rear-view mirror. Count me among those optimistic that 2026, America’s 250th anniversary year, will be the opportunity to prove that most Americans won’t let a depraved and malignant despot destroy our beloved country and end our democratic project.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
What a relief to see 2025 in the rear-view mirror. Count me among those optimistic that 2026, America’s 250th anniversary year, will be the opportunity to prove that most Americans won’t let a depraved and malignant despot destroy our beloved country and end our democratic project.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
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Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page
The richest 500 individuals in the world added a record $2.2tn to their wealth in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight billionaires accounting for a quarter of the gains.
The gains increased their collective net worth to $11.9tn, bolstered by billionaire Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory and booming markets in cryptocurrencies, equities and metals. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
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3/ "Donald Trump was making statements that were endangering witnesses, intimidating witnesses, endangering members of my staff, endangering court staff."
- Jack Smith sworn deposition
- Jack Smith sworn deposition
December 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
3/ "Donald Trump was making statements that were endangering witnesses, intimidating witnesses, endangering members of my staff, endangering court staff."
- Jack Smith sworn deposition
- Jack Smith sworn deposition
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I don’t know about you, but I don’t trust one thing reported by the Trump regime. Nothing.
They could tell me the sky is blue and I’m gonna have to walk out and verify it for myself.
They could tell me the sky is blue and I’m gonna have to walk out and verify it for myself.
December 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I don’t know about you, but I don’t trust one thing reported by the Trump regime. Nothing.
They could tell me the sky is blue and I’m gonna have to walk out and verify it for myself.
They could tell me the sky is blue and I’m gonna have to walk out and verify it for myself.
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unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
December 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
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Please read this & speak out.
Understand how relatively modest US investments in health systems and commodities can stem an unspeakable burden of suffering.
Understand how relatively modest US investments in health systems and commodities can stem an unspeakable burden of suffering.
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.
Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Please read this & speak out.
Understand how relatively modest US investments in health systems and commodities can stem an unspeakable burden of suffering.
Understand how relatively modest US investments in health systems and commodities can stem an unspeakable burden of suffering.
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We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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"Please be kind enough to explain when and where and under what authority you gained access to this material.”
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"
December 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Please be kind enough to explain when and where and under what authority you gained access to this material.”
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"
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I can’t wait to see Trump’s name ripped off the Kennedy Center and Volodymyr Zelensky telling us what he really thinks of Donald Trump. A few events need to happen first.
December 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I can’t wait to see Trump’s name ripped off the Kennedy Center and Volodymyr Zelensky telling us what he really thinks of Donald Trump. A few events need to happen first.
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Another one from much warmer times, recording 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow' in North Carolina. A welcome reminder that spring will always come again.
I hope you’re staying bundled up out there and enjoying time with loved ones.
Video: Alexei Mejouev
I hope you’re staying bundled up out there and enjoying time with loved ones.
Video: Alexei Mejouev
December 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Another one from much warmer times, recording 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow' in North Carolina. A welcome reminder that spring will always come again.
I hope you’re staying bundled up out there and enjoying time with loved ones.
Video: Alexei Mejouev
I hope you’re staying bundled up out there and enjoying time with loved ones.
Video: Alexei Mejouev