Statement from the [Jimmy] Carter Center

Coming Through Wake County NC … #peacewalk #Buddist #Monks #Namaste #2300miles

A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”

Until the people responsible for this malevolent con man change parties or DO SOMETHING they need to be held responsible. Ignorance can be forgiven but only if the harm it's done has been realized and responded to.

Democracy defenders looking to meet you! Say Hi 👋, Vet, F&R. Ty!💙 @blueyintexas.bsky.social @sent4rmabove.bsky.social @becky906.bsky.social @wdstckdr.bsky.social @mike-lowe.bsky.social @creativeelegance.bsky.social @bdub55.bsky.social @columbojones2.bsky.social @antifascistwizard.bsky.social 🚫Adds

Five years ago today, we named specific Coloradans who stoked election rigging claims and tried to overthrow the election. “What those Coloradans did, leading up to today’s insurrection, is on them. Whether the rest of us on Colorado remember what they did, is on us.” This aired Jan 6, 2021.

Whether it's Elon Musk creating sexually explicit pictures of children with AI or Barack Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference, leaders on both sides have presented the public with disturbing tableaux.

On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy that day is nowhere to be found. Republicans are refusing to install it, even though Congress passed a law requiring it. 1/2

"Billionaire cash steers the agenda, military and police power set the boundaries, and religious messaging sells it as virtue, all while taxpayers fund the very system that excludes them…" Thom Hartmann among the most intelligent and ethical leaders we have.

Let's not be diverted from the Epstein files Epstein emails show that Jeffrey Epstein was helping Russia blackmail Donald Trump.

Venezuela is mentioned in Project 2025 18 times...

I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price. You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue. And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.

Anastasio Hernández Rojas, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, was "beaten to death" by U.S. Border Patrol agents near San Diego in 2010. It happened under the watch of Rodney Scott, the man now heading the entire agency in the Trump administration.

I love Robert De Niro.

NYT is part of the problem. The headline should read "Republicans refuse to vote to extend the ACA subsidies".

And a Democratic party that enabled them and blamed the greatest patriots in our nation. Ralph Nader and Bernie are STILL being scapegoated

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

Ok I had to look this up and…true! www.miaminewtimes.com/news/marco-r...

The function of AI must not be to make the wealthiest people on Earth — Musk, Bezos, Ellison, Zuckerberg, Gates — even richer. This revolutionary technology must benefit ALL of humanity, not just the privileged few who own it.

My statement on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela.

This matters. Something else to distract from. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Continuous practice is not separate from faith in practice. We are not just sitting on our meditation cushion like so much old laundry. We have to have faith that the dharma will restore sanity and goodness, seeing that our whole life, can be a medium for practice, not just the time in the zendo.

It's already on. 20 officials from U.S. finance, energy and defense sectors, tentative plan: travel to VZ in March, meet with new government including new president, finance minister, energy minister, economy minister, head of central bank and Caracas stock exchange." www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

What President Trump is doing in Venezuela is illegal, dangerous, and outside the bounds of his constitutional authority. My full statement:

JACK SMITH: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election, prevent the peaceful transfer of power, retained classified docs, obstructed justice… I’d charge an ex president again regardless of party.”

A man for the masses. Mamdani is America's Mayor and he will show in NYC what respect for workers and citizens looks like.

Sorry for limited skeets; frozen fingers! Large Chicago crowd has hit the streets in protest of the U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro.

The FIFA Peace Prize Winner has now bombed: •Iran •Iraq •Nigeria •Somalia •Syria •Venezuela •Yemen •Armed Netanyahu to bomb Palestine, Iran, Syria, Lebanon. This is the “pro peace” President. Alas, I remember when the FIFA Peace prize meant something.

International law won't constrain Trump's thirst for oil. But every solar panel that goes up makes crude reserves that much less valuable billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...

Wrote a thing: The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....

The Epstein files must be worse than any of us imagined

Visceral and inspiring read from @talkingpointsmemo.com 👇🏻

'Every woman knows what I’m talking about.' Yes, we do, sadly. Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social. www.guernicamag.com/rebecca-soln...

Trump abandoned his duty to defend the Constitution on January 6. It was a profound betrayal of American democracy. And Republicans, MAGA, and right-wing media have tried to erase one of the most treacherous acts in US history.

Great article about the sleaziest criminal President and his whorrible family—Trump-First governance, pay-to-play scams, self-dealing, insider trading, profits over people and national interest in both foreign and domestic policy. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Mamdani: I promise you this. If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree, I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn alongside you, and never, not for a second, hide from you

2025 took a toll on the world’s journalists. "Worldwide, the 126 media industry people killed in 2025 by early December matched the number of deaths in all of 2024.... The [CPJ] estimates there are at least 323 journalists imprisoned worldwide." www.courthousenews.com/a-rough-year...

One last fucked up 2025 scoop—FEMA has begun issuing termination notices to CORE staff (appointed under the Stafford Act, ordinarily extended for 2 years) effective Jan 2, agency sources tell me. Sr leadership was asked if they could be given more notice but Acting Administrator Karen Evans said no.

Fighting fascism: It's good for society and your health.

It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people. sign.moveon.org/petitions/sc...

It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people. sign.moveon.org/petitions/sc...

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: 🇦🇺 0 🇨🇦 0 🇩🇰 0 🇫🇮 0 🇫🇷 0 🇩🇪 0 🇮🇸 0 🇮🇪 0 🇮🇹 0 🇯🇵 0 🇳🇱 0 🇳🇴 0 🇵🇹 0 🇪🇸 0 🇸🇪 0 🇬🇧 0 🇺🇸 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

Ellisons make money on war and delight in dividing people and countries. Having Flynn on continues to reveal they have purchased the station for propaganda that serves them. This man should've been tried for treason years ago. Erik Prince should be serving life for murder.