Tom Carter
@thcarter123.bsky.social
“Tom Carter has been the source of a wealth of material & insight [on Leonard Leo]” Gareth Gore, Opus
“Much of what we know about [Leonard] Leo is through the work of Tom Carter, who has tirelessly sought to raise the alarm” Lisa Graves, Without Precedent
“Much of what we know about [Leonard] Leo is through the work of Tom Carter, who has tirelessly sought to raise the alarm” Lisa Graves, Without Precedent
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Tom Carter
@thcarter123.bsky.social
· Dec 29
A decade of failing to persuade the New York Times to pay attention to Leonard Leo
First published April 4, 2024 on my Medium page. I’m reprinting my Leonard Leo columns on Substack. As of Sept. 2025 The New York Times has never done a critical look at Leonard Leo.
thcarter123.substack.com
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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A Catholic organization honoring Tom Homan is a moral disgrace. A Catholic bishop imparting his blessing on a man responsible for such wanton destruction and desolation is a profound scandal.
My latest for @ncronline.bsky.social.
My latest for @ncronline.bsky.social.
Fringe MAGA Catholic group crowns US border czar Tom Homan 'Protector of America'
In their latest act of sacrilege, the nationalist group is honoring a ferocious advocate and architect of the first Trump administration's family separation policy and the main animator of the aggress...
www.ncronline.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:31 PM
A Catholic organization honoring Tom Homan is a moral disgrace. A Catholic bishop imparting his blessing on a man responsible for such wanton destruction and desolation is a profound scandal.
My latest for @ncronline.bsky.social.
My latest for @ncronline.bsky.social.
Ive always like this picture of my longboard and my feet in Lo de Marcos, Nayarit. Fun wave. A waist to shoulder high left, and a brutal beach slam if you didnt exit early enough.
January 28, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Ive always like this picture of my longboard and my feet in Lo de Marcos, Nayarit. Fun wave. A waist to shoulder high left, and a brutal beach slam if you didnt exit early enough.
Opus Dei had enormous influence in fascist Chile & Spain & trump admin. Enormous influence of Leonard Leo/Opus Dei Catholics in MAGA trump world. Supremes, Heritage & Project 2025, JD & almost 40% of trump cabinet. Tom Homan, ICE Gestapo
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
Militarized Masculinity from Pinochet's Chile to Trump's America
And how to reimagine male bravery and valor as expressions of empathy and care
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Opus Dei had enormous influence in fascist Chile & Spain & trump admin. Enormous influence of Leonard Leo/Opus Dei Catholics in MAGA trump world. Supremes, Heritage & Project 2025, JD & almost 40% of trump cabinet. Tom Homan, ICE Gestapo
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
@jtgrosso.bsky.social
Is doing some good work @ncronline.bsky.social
He called JD a moral stain. Yesterday challenged Catholics on trump vs Gospel.
www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
Is doing some good work @ncronline.bsky.social
He called JD a moral stain. Yesterday challenged Catholics on trump vs Gospel.
www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
Catholics must decide if they serve Donald Trump or the Gospel
Jesus famously proclaimed, "No one can serve two masters." As the country continues to reel from the shooting of Alex Pretti, Catholics are making it clear who they are choosing to serve. It isn't alw...
www.ncronline.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:36 PM
@jtgrosso.bsky.social
Is doing some good work @ncronline.bsky.social
He called JD a moral stain. Yesterday challenged Catholics on trump vs Gospel.
www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
Is doing some good work @ncronline.bsky.social
He called JD a moral stain. Yesterday challenged Catholics on trump vs Gospel.
www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
Decide?
Leonard Leo, six far right Catholic extremists on Supreme Court, Opus Dei Heritage, JD, almost 40% of trump cabinet MAGA Catholic.
None of this happened w/o MAGA Catholics.
Why did NCR stop reporting on Team Leonard Leo 11/2024?
@ncronline.bsky.social
www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
Leonard Leo, six far right Catholic extremists on Supreme Court, Opus Dei Heritage, JD, almost 40% of trump cabinet MAGA Catholic.
None of this happened w/o MAGA Catholics.
Why did NCR stop reporting on Team Leonard Leo 11/2024?
@ncronline.bsky.social
www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
Catholics must decide if they serve Donald Trump or the Gospel
Jesus famously proclaimed, "No one can serve two masters." As the country continues to reel from the shooting of Alex Pretti, Catholics are making it clear who they are choosing to serve. It isn't alw...
www.ncronline.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Decide?
Leonard Leo, six far right Catholic extremists on Supreme Court, Opus Dei Heritage, JD, almost 40% of trump cabinet MAGA Catholic.
None of this happened w/o MAGA Catholics.
Why did NCR stop reporting on Team Leonard Leo 11/2024?
@ncronline.bsky.social
www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
Leonard Leo, six far right Catholic extremists on Supreme Court, Opus Dei Heritage, JD, almost 40% of trump cabinet MAGA Catholic.
None of this happened w/o MAGA Catholics.
Why did NCR stop reporting on Team Leonard Leo 11/2024?
@ncronline.bsky.social
www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
What is behind the so called trump pivot on ICE and Minneapolis?
Melania’s seriously pissed off about her movie being overshadowed.
This sounds right to me.
archive.ph/LYrnx
Melania’s seriously pissed off about her movie being overshadowed.
This sounds right to me.
archive.ph/LYrnx
archive.ph
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 PM
What is behind the so called trump pivot on ICE and Minneapolis?
Melania’s seriously pissed off about her movie being overshadowed.
This sounds right to me.
archive.ph/LYrnx
Melania’s seriously pissed off about her movie being overshadowed.
This sounds right to me.
archive.ph/LYrnx
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Read the piece in post I share below. Former Wapo editor Sally Buzbee said they just didn’t know this would happen before Trump took office in his second term. Although Project 2025 told us all. My staff at @mississippifreepress.org knew and reported it:
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
January 28, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Read the piece in post I share below. Former Wapo editor Sally Buzbee said they just didn’t know this would happen before Trump took office in his second term. Although Project 2025 told us all. My staff at @mississippifreepress.org knew and reported it:
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
H/T @donnerkay.bsky.social
Important piece from 2024 re what was expected.
MSM just blew it. Anyone w a lick of sense knew what was coning.
Big shot award winning newsrooms either knew and failed to report or didnt know. Hard to say which is worse.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Important piece from 2024 re what was expected.
MSM just blew it. Anyone w a lick of sense knew what was coning.
Big shot award winning newsrooms either knew and failed to report or didnt know. Hard to say which is worse.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Immigrant Advocates ‘Preparing for Disaster’ as Trump Returns
Mississippi immigrants’-rights advocates say they are “preparing for disaster” ahead of Trump’s return and his promise of mass deportations.
www.mississippifreepress.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
H/T @donnerkay.bsky.social
Important piece from 2024 re what was expected.
MSM just blew it. Anyone w a lick of sense knew what was coning.
Big shot award winning newsrooms either knew and failed to report or didnt know. Hard to say which is worse.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Important piece from 2024 re what was expected.
MSM just blew it. Anyone w a lick of sense knew what was coning.
Big shot award winning newsrooms either knew and failed to report or didnt know. Hard to say which is worse.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
That Melania movie cost Bezos $75 million. Gotta find that money somewhere. Next up? Wapo newsroom.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/t...
Amazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:10 PM
That Melania movie cost Bezos $75 million. Gotta find that money somewhere. Next up? Wapo newsroom.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/t...
The Height of Close-Combat Weaponry Is on This Woman’s Doorstep
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
How legacy media fell for Trump’s fake “pivot” in Minnesota
No, Trump did not "change course."
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Most notably, [trump admin] repudiates the legal principle that informed the Nuremberg trials: that military force cannot be justified on the basis of national self-interest alone.
theconversation.com/how-trumps-g...
theconversation.com/how-trumps-g...
How Trump’s Greenland threats amount to an implicit rejection of the legal principles of Nuremberg
The claim that national security can justify territorial acquisition marks a sharp break from the principles the US championed after World War II.
theconversation.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Most notably, [trump admin] repudiates the legal principle that informed the Nuremberg trials: that military force cannot be justified on the basis of national self-interest alone.
theconversation.com/how-trumps-g...
theconversation.com/how-trumps-g...
Let’s name the political journalists who failed journalism 101, their readers and democracy. I’ll start. David Corn (Mother Jones), Robert Draper, Carl Hulse (NYT), Ian Millhiser (Vox), Jack Jenkins (RNS), Andy Kroll (ProPublica).
www.readtpa.com/p/this-is-li...
www.readtpa.com/p/this-is-li...
This is Literally the Job
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don't know what Republicans are going to do.
www.readtpa.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Let’s name the political journalists who failed journalism 101, their readers and democracy. I’ll start. David Corn (Mother Jones), Robert Draper, Carl Hulse (NYT), Ian Millhiser (Vox), Jack Jenkins (RNS), Andy Kroll (ProPublica).
www.readtpa.com/p/this-is-li...
www.readtpa.com/p/this-is-li...
Post liberal in today’s US politics is almost entirely the realm of extreme far right Catholics. Vermeule, Deneen and Catholic Integralists who would replace US freedom’s w Christofacism - think Opus Dei Franco Spain.
lawliberty.org/book-review/...
lawliberty.org/book-review/...
The Despair of Postliberalism – Samuel Gregg
It exacerbates the very problems it laments.
lawliberty.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Post liberal in today’s US politics is almost entirely the realm of extreme far right Catholics. Vermeule, Deneen and Catholic Integralists who would replace US freedom’s w Christofacism - think Opus Dei Franco Spain.
lawliberty.org/book-review/...
lawliberty.org/book-review/...
WorldView: After 80-year bond, Germans find breaking up with the U.S. is hard to do
s2.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:18 PM
John Allen the well respected dean of Vatican correspondents who died recently, co wrote a book w “silence speaks loudly” Bishop Barron, a MAGA Catholic. Allen’s funeral mass was held in the Opus Dei basilica in Rome, presided over by an Opus Dei priest.
open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
Bishop Barron Silent Again After ICE Kills Catholic in His Own Backyard
It’s happened again: a Minnesotan is dead at the hands of immigration agents, and once again, Bishop Robert Barron is nowhere to be found.
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:11 AM
John Allen the well respected dean of Vatican correspondents who died recently, co wrote a book w “silence speaks loudly” Bishop Barron, a MAGA Catholic. Allen’s funeral mass was held in the Opus Dei basilica in Rome, presided over by an Opus Dei priest.
open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
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Your reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Your reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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I made this thread into a shareable web page. Link: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
Only ONE of the THREE judges on the case—a Trump appointee “unanimously rated unqualified by the ABA Standing Committee” for bias & other issues—said there was probable cause to charge Don Lemon. But DOJ official Harmeet Dhillon deceptively declared on X that the “COURT” sees such probable cause 1/
January 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I made this thread into a shareable web page. Link: skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
What to know about Tom Homan? He wouldn’t have a fvcking job if @davidcorn.bsky.social @motherjones.com had done their job 15 years ago, when they decided Leonard Leo wasnt worth investigating.
Google MJ archives, yourself.
Nothing on Leo until way too late.
link.motherjones.com/view/5eb4777...
Google MJ archives, yourself.
Nothing on Leo until way too late.
link.motherjones.com/view/5eb4777...
January 27, 2026
link.motherjones.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:31 PM
What to know about Tom Homan? He wouldn’t have a fvcking job if @davidcorn.bsky.social @motherjones.com had done their job 15 years ago, when they decided Leonard Leo wasnt worth investigating.
Google MJ archives, yourself.
Nothing on Leo until way too late.
link.motherjones.com/view/5eb4777...
Google MJ archives, yourself.
Nothing on Leo until way too late.
link.motherjones.com/view/5eb4777...