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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 1h

Rightwing “Real Clear” has done more reporting on Leonard Leo than NYT, Wapo, Mother Jones, ProPublica or Vox combined. livenews.realclearpolitics.com/stream/?topi...

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 4h

Thousands of Brazilian students took to the streets a few days ago to protest right wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro after he won 2 million more votes than the incumbent, President Lula, in the first round of the election. Claims of US election interference abound. 1/

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 1h

Why wont DC reporters report relevant facts?

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 1h

Fvck DC legacy media. No one will report that trump legal chief heading this shit in Mark Paoletta, Leonard Leo consiglieri. Leo is the guy who picked all six far right Catholics in Supreme Court, the Opus Dei guy who picked Kevin Roberts to run Heritage…etc www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...

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More Than 500 Trees to Be Cut Down at D.C. Golf Course That Trump Wants to Redo (Gift Article)

The National Park Service notified a court of the plan as part of continuing litigation over the president’s proposal to create a “champion-level” course.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 13h

Making measles great again. Project 2025. Slow eugenics. God’s will. www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet#...

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Destroy everything. The problem is what comes next? Evangelical nationals, Leonard Leo Catholic Integralists and the Tech bro Nerd Reich all agree and work together on destruction. But they violently disagree w each other re who ends up on top, who rules, and what to build in the aftermath.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Alito, Leonard Leo, Thomas Aquinas & Carl Schmitt all agree on Unitary Executive Theory. “the rule of one man is more useful than the rule of many" (De Regno, Ch. 3). Aquinas "The Führer protects the law." – Der Führer schützt das Recht (1934). Schmitt washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/24/u...

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The Unitary Executive Theory in All of Its Historical Perversity

The unitary executive theory rests on a misinformed reading of the Constitution and the Founders’ understanding of presidential power.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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As pro-Trump rulings boost Justice Alito’s stature, retirement speculation swirls

Alito’s seniority has given him the opportunity to write some of the court’s most consequential - and controversial - opinions.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Leonard Leo went to Cornell. And Sam Alito, a Leo Supreme Court justice, cites Matthew Hale in reversing Row, who believed rape could not happen in marriage. He also executed “witches.” Not clear what Leo, Hale or Alito thought of frats. We know what they think of women.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

No analogy is perfect. There are always ifs, buts and exceptions.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Exactly Brown v Education 1954.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Theyve got numbers & votes. 💯 But in Holy War on democracy, Evangelicals are infantry. The generals are MAGA Catholic. Vought followed Opus Dei run, written & funded Project 2025 & was overseen by Leonard Leo capo Mark Paoletta. Hegseth damage can be easily undone. medium.com/@thcarter123...

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Doug Wilson vs Leonard Leo

Evangelical Christian Nationalism or MAGA Catholic Integralists.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The issue w Dominionists, unlike Leonard Leo Catholics, is Dominionists have very few positions of any real power. Evangelical Nationalists are mistly noise and what damage they have done can be easily overturned. medium.com/@thcarter123...

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Doug Wilson vs Leonard Leo

Evangelical Christian Nationalism or MAGA Catholic Integralists.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They work together but have very different end goals. They dont even like each other. Evangelicals got media attention but no serious game. Lots of folks betting on the Nerd Reich. But no one has better long game than Catholic Christofascists.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It is not religious bigotry to oppose pedophile priests, nor is it anti Catholic bigotry to oppose Leonard Leo Catholic Christofascists on the Supreme Court.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Please remind me again how its the Evangelicals destroying our democracy. Evangelicals are loud, dramatic, mostly a distraction. The Leonard Leo Catholic Six are termites, in the dark quietly, efficiently destroying the foundations of democracy. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.com

With Trump’s praise, a new book and retirement buzz, eyes are on Justice Alito

Samuel A. Alito Jr., who has often been in the shadow of other conservative justices, has taken on new prominence as a champion for the president’s policies.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Lee Shapiro, close friend & documentary filmmaker & Jim Lindelof were murdered by Russians in Afghanistan 39 years ago today. Congress voted unanimously that they be awarded US Medal of Freedom. Reagan refused. Memorial in DC Congressional Cemetery. www.csmonitor.com/1987/1028/oe...

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Religious Liberty means the right of white conservative Christians to discriminate against glbtq and non whites and for US taxpayers to subsidize it. This all goes back to 1983 Bob Jones U losing tax free status over Bible based racial discrimination. washingtonstand.com/article/reli...

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Religious Liberty Cases Are Front and Center in SCOTUS’s Fall Term

Religious freedom hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court will decide this fall whether governments can bar religious families in schools from public funding

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

French kids riot energy. We need some of that 1789 French Revolution commitment and determination here.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Vice President JD Vance should be asked about his relationship with Curtis Yarvin every single day. Yarvin has a lot more influence than some leftwing streamer.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The only thing original about the Leonard Leo Supreme Court is Catholic Integralism. 250 years of opposing Catholic monarchy, but these guys are bringing it back. newrepublic.com/article/2163... newrepublic.com/article/2163...

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Samuel Alito’s Tortured Attempts to Explain Himself

In the midst of his will-he-or-won’t-he retirement tour, the justice is at great pains to make his view of originalism make a lick of sense.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

How about the rat infestation Barrie Seid fueled when he gave Leonard Leo $1.6 billion. They are everywhere now. www.axios.com/local/chicag...

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Chicago billionaire accused of fueling Lincoln Park rat problem

Chicago billionaire accused of fueling Lincoln Park rat infestation

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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A new study shows that state abortion bans lead to higher insurance costs in those states. Increased birth rates with more pregnancy-related complications, and more emergencies and infant and maternal deaths, generate costs that are passed on to families. Black and Hispanic women are most affected.

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Research suggests women living in states with abortion bans bear higher health insurance costs • Stateline

New preliminary research from the University of Michigan shows women living in states with post-Dobbs abortion bans may be more likely to shoulder costs for employer-sponsored health insurance premium...

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For no reason. Just a deeply beautiful, underrated song and singer-songwriter. youtu.be/YWdZWujNtHU?...

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“When you walk on” Eliza Gilkyson with Chris Gage

YouTube video by Casey Gage

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Monday, having coffee by the Heritage Foundation, a reporter asked me what is the single best article on Leonard Leo ever written? Easy! @jaymichaelson.bsky.social It is quoted in books by Kathrine Stewart, Craig Unger, Andrew Seidel. www.thedailybeast.com/the-secrets-... archive.ph/6ow1B

thedailybeast.com

The Secretive Puppetmaster Behind Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

A Catholic fundamentalist who controls a network of right-wing groups funded by dark money has put three justices on the court. He’s about to get a fourth.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“Alberta Separatists Wooing Trump Officials May Not Be Treason, But It’s Close” *** Political scientist warned six months ago that U.S. interference was already underway. He now fears a Trump-style attack on the legitimacy of Alberta’s Oct. 19 referendum” 10/4/26 … 1/ share.google/I0wNeJRt7Q8l...

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Alberta separatists US contacts are foreign interference: Bratt

Duane Bratt says Alberta separatists’ U.S. contacts are foreign interference, not treason, and warns of a post-referendum backlash.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Benedictine is a very far right Catholic, celebrating people like Leonard Leo. Becket Fund is a Leonard Leo front group. Did you know that Catholic Integralism was born in 1789 French Revolution, to reestablish the perfect Catholic society & monarchy? media.benedictine.edu/book-answers...

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Book Answers Catholic Political Split With a Bold Third Way

Haun insists that the American freedom of religion allow robust Catholic exercise.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Could use an update after 8 years, but still the best, most comprehensive drone look at the Leonard Leo forest ever published. How his extremist Catholic legal theology informs his politics. Jay Michaelson - Daily Beast July 2018 www.thedailybeast.com/the-secrets-... archive.ph/6ow1B

thedailybeast.com

The Secretive Puppetmaster Behind Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

A Catholic fundamentalist who controls a network of right-wing groups funded by dark money has put three justices on the court. He’s about to get a fourth.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Note - Becket Fund, of Hobby Lobby and various anti glbtq cases before the Leonard Leo Catholic six SCOTUS, is a Leo funded and directed affiliated “front” group. I was Becket Fund media/PR director 20 years ago. Inside the belly of the beast. I left over Becket Fund’s insane anti glbt work.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dobbs ✅ Hobby Lobby ✅ now GLBTQ. Leonard Leo “figured out 20 years ago that conservatives had lost the culture war. Abortion, gay rights, contraception—conservatives didn’t have a chance if public opinion prevailed. So [Leo] needed to stack the courts.” Daily Beast 2019. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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One Vulnerable Group Is Again in the Supreme Court’s Crosshairs More Than Others

Across those cases, a troubling pattern emerges.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Leonard Leo spent 35 years & $600 million picking, vetting & installing 6 extremist Catholics on SCOTUS. All that time and money and not one Evangelical in Fed Soc pipeline found qualified? Who decided Dobbs? Gutted voting rights? Expanded gun laws? Gave immunity to trump? Not one Evangelical.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Why has there never been a big takeout in any US media on DC’s MAGA Catholic “mafia.” Who are they? What are their jobs? What do they believe? We know everything there is to know about Evangelicals. Nothing about Leonard Leo Catholics. www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2109...

washingtonexaminer.com

New York Times columnist, chief Washington correspondent warn Catholic ‘mafia’ has infiltrated the Supreme Court

Never let it be said the right-wing has a stranglehold on conspiracy theories. The New York Times’ chief Washington correspondent, Carl Hulse, sincerely

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Leonard Leo - faith is his most important possession. Alito - pet issue is “religious liberty” under assault. Two rightwing religious liberty outfits quote, both celebrating a string of victories at SCOTUS. Not one report anywhere, EVER on DC MAGA Catholic mafia. abcnews.com/Politics/thr...

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Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new book

A new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Every lifelong Catholic I’ve ever met is “I think we’re supposed to give this food to poor people” & every adult convert is like ‘the Archon of Constantinople’s epistle on the Pentacostine rites of the eucharist clearly states women shouldnt have driver’s licenses www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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