Soooo much has changed with NC State Board of Elections in the past year, since Republicans in the NCGA made us the only state in the nation where the Auditor runs elections. Check this out. It explains exactly how we got here, and the developing consequences. #ncpol substack.com/home/post/p-...

The Carolina Journal is usually pretty bad at writing accurate headlines, so here, I fixed it. REPUBLICAN TARIFF POLICIES KILL OVER 7,000 MANUFACTURING JOBS IN NORTH CAROLINA IN 2025. #ncpol www.carolinajournal.com/nc-loses-720...

I’m like scooby-doo If he wore shoes And he gave money to the enemy -corook youtu.be/GYjuq359VRs?...

Republicans take control of the State Board of Elections, and within months, students are walking miles to exercise their right to vote after their on-campus voting sites were eliminated. Shocking. #ncpol smokymountainnews.com/news/item/40...

Phil Berger needs to do his job and pass a budget. #ncpol youtu.be/W_pAfnNWcog?...

Last year, Republicans pushed to let our $142B state pension fund gamble on crypto. Fast forward to today. The fund is now down $33M since September. Pensions aren't Vegas. What NC teachers and state employees need now, more than ever, is stability. #ncpol

Remember *two weeks ago* when Duke Energy told us their system was incapable of handling the load from a snow storm? Today: $5 billion in profits for Duke Energy, higher bills for you and me, and what does this state have to show in terms of energy resiliency? #ncpol www.wral.com/news/local/d...

Leader Reives will be the featured speaker at the March 5 Wake Dem Forum! If you’ve heard him speak, you already know how good this is gonna be. Bonus? It’s just two days after the primary! If you’re a Democrat in Wake Co. (or nearby) you'll wanna be here. #ncpol 🎟️ wakedemforum.org/robert-reive...

Thanks to the abject failures of Donald Trump and Republicans in the NC State Legislature who still haven't passed a budget, your line at the DMV is about to get even longer (again). #ncpol batchbrief.substack.com/p/the-batch-...

The Republican-led General Assembly is expected to give $675 million to private schools next fiscal year through the voucher program. NC ranks 50th in funding per student, but lawmakers are trying to hand over even more of the budget with no oversight. #ncpol #FundOurSchools

Crime is down in NC, but the NCGOP wants fear ruling your mind, not facts. It’s Willie Horton all over again. Scare voters about “crime” while GOP officials rack up indictments. This tactic isn’t new, and it always leads somewhere awful. #ncpol

Six million snowflakes in their safe space.

Next time any NC Republican tells you they’re the party of “public safety” and “tough on crime,” remind them that the Republican legislature is has created a catastrophe in our prisons due to their underfunding of our justice system. #ncpol

January was the worst month for job cut announcements since the Great Recession. That's the Trump and NCGOP Economy for you. #ncpol www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/e...

In a state as rural as NC, there is no question that Trump’s failures, especially the tariffs, and state Republican’s failures, especially the lack of a budget, will only harm more and more rural working-class people. These numbers will only get worse. #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...

Go check your name, your parents name, your friends, family, anyone you care about. In 2026, we’re going to need every voter. Check here if your NC voter registration is incomplete. #ncpol www.ncsbe.gov/registration...

Localities are forced to raise property taxes because Berger and state Republicans have spent 15 years failing to fund local governments. Now, they want to fully kill their ability to draw revenue, which will only make government worse at every level. #ncpol bergerpress.medium.com/senator-berg...

So, where do NC republicans, especially the State Board of Elections, stand on this? I thought “states rights” was a foundational Republican tenet? On top of everything else, we must keep an eye here. Nothing matters if we don’t have free elections in 26. #ncpol www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

The combination of state and federal tax breaks will give the richest 1 percent of North Carolinians — households with average incomes near $2 million — a combined $4.9 billion in tax breaks annually. #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...

Every time, and everywhere the NC Republican’s tax policy has been tried, it has failed. It is failing North Carolina right now. It’s no longer a question of “if” we’ll go over the fiscal cliff. Now, it’s how far will they allow us to fall? carolinaforward.org/blog/nc-repu...

Duke Energy asking customers to conserve power is peak corporate audacity. For years, the NC legislature has protected Duke’s profits while grid modernization, resilience, and clean energy were delayed, weakened, or killed outright. So, now you pay more $$$ for worse and worse service. #ncpol

Now that’s how you make an ad people will watch.

The Raleigh Dome has fallen!

The more I see stuff like the this from Thom Tillis, the more I'm convinced he's running for president in 2028. #ncpol

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

Federal agents arrested the former CNN anchor Don Lemon on Thursday on charges that he violated federal law during a Jan. 18 protest against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, his lawyer said. The case had been rejected last week by a magistrate judge. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

#MeltTheICE #AbolishICE

Shame on Tillis for voting to confirm her in the first place. We all knew she was incompetent from the jump. He did too, & he went along with his party anyways. Glad he’s part of the resistance (late, now that he’s retiring) but he deserves no praise for joining reality with the rest of us. #ncpol

Great, but he gets less than half credit. Noem's incompetence is nothing new. Tillis should have NEVER confirmed her in 2025 to begin with. #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

But you voted for Republicans in 2024 because of the economy, right? www.ft.com/content/79eb...

Today is day 212 of North Carolina Republican's complete and utter failure to do their most basic constitutional duty - passing a state budget. #ncpol

NC college students are suing the State Board of Elections. Why? Because Republicans seized control of the board, stacked it with partisan hacks, pointlessly stripped voting from campuses and NOW we'll waste more taxpayer $$$ defending this bullshit. #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

Wake Co. school enrollment barely changed over a decade (+~2.5%) but county funding more than doubled (+~108%). Why? Because the state keeps shifting costs onto counties. Now, Republicans want to cap property taxes, which will make everything worse. #ncpol batchbrief.substack.com/p/the-batch-...

Many counties are posting graphics with their March 3 primary early voting schedule, images attached for 4 counties adjacent to Wake: Durham (8 sites); Chatham (5 sites); Franklin and Johnston (4 sites each). Sites open Feb 12-28. #ncpol

If government officials want trust, their actions and words have to match the reality we all can clearly see on the ground. James Baldwin (referencing an Ike Turner song) said it best: I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do. www.thenation.com/article/cult...