John Minter

UNCC, Computer Science graduate. Retired journalist, formerly Fayetteville (Observer) Times, Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Post.

[John Minter @minter01]

Well, fellas. It looks like we are going to have to do the 20th Century all over again. #Election2024 #DonaldTrump #KamalaHarris

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

A Post analysis of 50 hours of televised football, basketball and hockey games found that betting references have become a ubiquitous part of the viewing experience. https://t.co/qRV0zxLiP9

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Iran launched attacks against U.S. military bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan in response to the latest round of U.S. strikes, Iranian state media said, with the escalating exchange raising fears of a return to all-out war in the region. https://t.co/zjciLDd1JK

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Exclusive: Senate Democrats are calling for an increase in the federal tax corporations pay when they repurchase their own shares.

The tax is currently at 1 percent of the share repurchases, but Democrats want to increase it to 4 percent. https://t.co/acLqjelJBH

[Susan Rice @AmbassadorRice]

Congrats to the @UCLAWBB seniors who are graduating today. Thank you for all the joy you have given us.

In your honor, I am sharing a little Ode I wrote after your National Championship victory.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Oil and gas executives have warned the White House that gas prices could surge in coming months as fuel inventories that have mitigated price rises so far are rapidly depleting. https://t.co/y1RtaQxXNl

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: President Trump said U.S. forces will hit Iran “very hard tonight” after Iran launched waves of attacks against U.S. bases across the Middle East on Thursday. https://t.co/zjciLDd1JK

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Only weeks into his role as Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh may be forced by inflation to raise interest rates, defying President Trump. https://t.co/VOG3qbsyi2

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Fifty-five percent of D.C. registered voters said the city is headed on the wrong track, a Washington Post-Schar School poll found.

Nearly 80% of D.C. voters oppose Trump’s actions focused on the District in general. https://t.co/OiJzgUxFga

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The global economy — tested by years of war, pandemic and trade tension — is fraying as fallout from the U.S.-led war on Iran dents prospects for growth, the World Bank said in a new forecast. https://t.co/3OBKA4e9m8

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

New York City roared in celebration after the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, making a record-breaking comeback from 29 points down and moving closer to what would be their first championship since 1973. Read more: https://t.co/5C5r071pOw

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Elon Musk’s Starlink told some U.S. customers last month it was raising prices. “Once they have rural customers on their service with no meaningful alternatives, they’re free to raise prices at will,” said one customer in Nebraska. https://t.co/F41drCyQaI

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The man accused of assassinating a former speaker of the Minnesota House and her husband in what authorities have described as an act of targeted political violence is expected to plead guilty to related charges in federal court. https://t.co/twO2NwEabX

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room has come from New York to D.C. and features more than 3 million pages of files. The exhibit is expected to appear in five or six states before the end of the year, said organizer David Garrett. https://t.co/uOWMi0hutP

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

ZETEO: “A Marine who served with Graham Platner in Iraq and got matching tattoos: ‘No, we did not purposely get hateful fucking shit because we’re racist people. We got matching tattoos because we were in our 20s, drunk in Croatia, and that’s it.’” https://t.co/CRtF3EC3KR

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

It seems this basic fact has to be repeated every few days: Donald Trump and his pals in Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE launched an illegal war against Iran in mid-2025, and that war is now A YEAR OLD. There have been LULLS but NO CEASEFIRES, and it's likely to go on for years.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The House rejected a last-minute attempt to extend a warrantless-surveillance law, as Democrats protest President Trump’s decision to temporarily place Bill Pulte, a mortgage agency director and MAGA loyalist, atop the U.S. intelligence community. https://t.co/7KjJJhVVjv

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Elderly people on privatized Medicare plans were routinely denied coverage for long-term hospital care and inpatient rehab by a trio of for-profit insurers that dominate the program, according to a government watchdog report. https://t.co/QFdaUZTJtx

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: President Trump said that he “cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran” after progress on a potential peace deal, reversing his plan to attack the country on Thursday night. https://t.co/zjciLDd1JK

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: President Trump says he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to serve as the next director of national intelligence. https://t.co/YZUS1GfYTS

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

THAT WAS THE POINT OF HIM SAYING IT, IDIOTS