Tex Carter
@texcarter.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather to some wonderful people and a friend for others. Spent my life with Kay living all around the world doing construction. Mom told me I have to love everybody ‘cause Jesus did, so I do. Registered independent in a red state.
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p... Sharing Dan Rather’s Sunday morning ‘Reason to Smile’ in case he’s not already in your feed. Will be humming this one all day today. And trust your favorite team wins heroically in today’s Copa Mundial.
“Ode to Joy”
A Reason To Smile
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Call your Senators and tell them to VOTE NO on this creep’s confirmation. ☎️ Capitol switchboard 202-224-3121 Todd Blanche is a scourge on our judicial system. He’s not just a threat to women and children, he’s a threat to our nation.
Kay and I made it to Willie Nelson’s show last night in Clearwater. It was moving to see this iconic performer, at 93 years young, bring his musical and cultural legacy to the stage once again. I suspect most can guess what song was being sung with this backdrop on the projection screen.
One more sunset to mark the end of another day in our lives. Ready for tomorrow and the days after.
🌿💖🤎 may the beauty of this moment, bring you joy 🤎💖🤎
Justice Elena Kagan Isn't Mincing Words, About The Voting Rights Act........
A rare "superbloom" is occurring in Death Valley National Park, the best in a decade, transforming the desert with carpets of gold, purple, and white flowers. Driven by record winter rainfall, the bloom which peaked in low elevations in March, will move to higher elevations through June.
The Marvelous Spatuletail, found in just one valley in northern Peru and is one of the rarest hummingbirds on Earth. [📹Alex Fine] Original post
Kay and Tex. Relaxing at Toccoa Falls in northern Georgia.
Sunset in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Listening to my retired USCG Commander neighbor play ‘Taps’ as he does every sunset.
As a baseball fan of many years, I’ve never seen anything like this before. I love it. Normalize giving your fellow humans hugs.
How much should we worry about being an insolvent nation, increasing our debt AND our subsidies to those occupying the top of the pyramid? Informative article from Fortune, no paywall. Offers some first-step advice to recovering. fortune.com/2026/03/23/u...
The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it | Fortune
The Government Accountability Office can't even verify the books. Here's what Congress must do.
fortune.com
Half hour after sunset, the sea has soaked up the sun and sends it back. A marvelous exchange of warm color.
The most shocking thing about SCOTUS' tariffs case is that 3 Justices would have let Trump use a statute that doesn’t mention tariffs to impose ones that are unrestricted. Fortunately, the other 6 said no. Here’s the background you need to understand the decision: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
“‘I am begging my fellow politicians, my fellow Americans to realize that right now in this country we are not fighting over policy or political party,’ Pritzker said. ‘We are fighting over whether we are going to be a civilization rooted in empathy and kindness—or one rooted in cruelty and rage.’”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce 'Land of Hope and Dreams' U.S. Tour - Rolling Stone
Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” “Together, we are America”
We just saw the video by the woman in pink. It clearly shows Pretti using a phone camera as multiple ICErs took down a woman, Pretti approached with his phone, got caught up in the scuffle, was flipped down by a couple of ICErs, struggled and was shot dead as the woman got away. No gun visible.
