jcarmichael.bsky.social

jcarmichael.bsky.social

@jcarmichael.bsky.social

Observations and comments, mostly political. Always considered myself centrist: social liberal and fiscal conservative. But it seems the country shifts to the right and I don't.

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Elon Musk can whine and threaten me all he wants, but I'm still going to call out his bullying and abuse of power.

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A diver stumbles across a whale shark trapped in a commercial fishing line in a marine sanctuary that bans fishing, while the giant lies still while the rope is cut. The footage also shows the scale of a whale shark vs a human. [📹 Smithsonian Channel] Original post

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Tommy Tuberville pledged in 2020 to donate his Senate salary to Alabama veterans & families. An investigation found no evidence he did. The pledge is worth roughly $1 million. Asked about it, he had staff remove him, then called the media socialists and communists. www.huffpost.com/entry/tommy-...

huffpost.com‘Get Him Out!’ Trump Ally Freaks Out Over Question About Broken Promise To VeteransSen. Tommy Tuberville reportedly ousted a reporter who asked him about a pledge he made to veterans and their families back in 2020.

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Sen. Slotkin: “I'm not going to be intimidated out of standing up for the rule of law.” Caption: For nearly a year, Trump has targeted Senator Slotkin for one reason: she defended the Constitution & called out his corruption.

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An 8-year-old girl and her mom were driving when they witnessed bikers crash. The mom, a nurse, rushed to help treat the injured. A year later, the girl set up a lemonade stand. This was the bikers' way of saying thank you. Original post

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Meta gave $1M to Trump's inauguration fund — and Mark Zuckerberg himsef has helped bankroll Trump's ballroom. Now Trump's DOJ has halted a years-long criminal investigation into allegedly enabling and profiting from illegal drug sales on its platforms. Funny how that works, huh?

commondreams.org'What Meta's Money Is Buying': DOJ Halts Probe of Facebook Owner That Has Given Trump Millions | Common DreamsBillionaire Mark Zuckerberg's company was facing a criminal investigation for allegedly enabling and profiting from the

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In 2025, a majority of S&P 500 CEOs made more in 1 day than the median US worker made the entire year. Meanwhile, the median US worker would need to work 43,154 years to earn what Trump made in 2025 thanks to his crypto scams & various grifts. When I say the system is broken, this is what I mean.

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scheduled post Robby & Lorien - the BAEs "The interspecies that many of us dream of witnessing here in the waters around Mo’orea. It was just as incredible as it looks. We kept the original audio so you can hear the Humpbacks and Rough-toothed dolphins communicating."

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California’s billionaires have a combined net worth of $2.4 trillion. Under Prop 40, their net worth would fall to…just under $2.3 trillion. What amounts to a rounding error for them would allow millions of their fellow Californians to afford healthcare. Vote yes on Prop 40.

theguardian.comThe ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire taxTech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and