Here we fixed this for you, @wsj.com We see you trying to help JD pretend he doesn’t have to wear this war when he runs for president. Nope.

There is a new NC Blue Ribbon Commission to study public ed. Do we really need to have a new study when we already know what to do = pass a budget that fully funds public schools, fund Leandro, pay our teachers better, and implement the recommendations from previous studies! #nced #ncpublicschools

The first action of this new Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education should be getting NC off the bottom of the barrel in public education funding and public education effort. It's obvious, critical step to take before discussing other remedies. https://ow.ly/n30m50Yslgj

One in four people in Wake County rely on Medicare or Medicaid for health care, and about a third of that covers kids. DHHS is projected to run out of money this spring. At some point the NC legislature has to stop kicking the can and actually deal with this.

I’ve been covering abortion access since 2015, and I’ve never experienced the kind of fervor that I witnessed outside a clinic in North Carolina: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The day after an election, county boards are usually open and voters who cast provisional ballots have a chance to cure. Yet today, Rockingham county BoE is closed. And they’ve not released any provisional ballot list for ballot cure. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Luis Duque was driving his parter, Oscar, to work Wednesday when ICE agents stopped them and took Oscar.

Side note:Chris Schulte had been working on mounting a run against Congressman Greg Murphy (3rd District). Chris had been traveling around the district. When NC Republicans redrew our congressional districts it forced Chris to change his plans. Gerrymandering causes trouble for voters & candidates.

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Last night, I was notified that another person has died in ICE custody. That’s 39 people who have died on ICE’s watch during Trump’s second term. We cannot grow numb to this. There must be immediate oversight and accountability.

At the Munich Security Conference, Lindsey Graham tossed f-bombs at Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredericksen, referring to her as "little lady," implying she could not stand against Trump’s Greenland lust. "Frederiksen simply responded: 'When you’re done with that, the meeting can continue.'"

From the first American revolution to the second one: "An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot." --Thomas Paine Like The First Amendment Troop staging "ResistDance" at the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Memorial to honor Renee Good and Alex Pretti. 🦅 🇺🇸

What’s it like to celebrate your 12th birthday in an immigrant detention center? No cake. No presents. No party. Kamilla’s parents told me they planned to buy their daughter a pack of M&Ms — among the only sweets available in the commissary — and pray they get out soon. Please read their story:

Here's what happened this week in North Carolina politics. [February 13, 2026] They killed legal assistance to low-income people in our state and then gambled our money on crypto. Go Eunice! Go Mystique! ⛸️

Eleven years ago today on February 10, 2015, three young Muslims--23 year old Deah Barakat, 21 year old Yusor Abu-Salha, and 19 year old Razan Abu-Salha--were shot to death in their home, in what came to be known as the Chapel Hill Shooting. Thinking of their loved ones today.

North Carolina has a very serious problem with political corruption. The biggest single example of a blatant scam on our state's taxpayers is probably the private school voucher scheme. Once you find out how this system works, it'll blow your mind that this is legal. 🤯

Kenneth Walker III is the Super Bowl MVP, Go Deacs

The guy who’s running for Senate in N.C. bows to Trump.

To have their vote counted this year, over 70,000 North Carolinians need to verify or correct their registration. There are 3 easy ways laid out in an article we'll put in the comments. Here's a searchable database to see if you're on the list: bit.ly/3Zm2ugh #ncpol #vote

So, first of all, of course it was Trump. But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.

Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist

This is in small-town Minnesota. This is not in one of those demonic blue cities that the GOP talk about. This is pretty goddam rural. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

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

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

In Columbia Heights, Minneapolis, ICE goons smashed out the family’s car window, abducting two individuals. The wife of one of the men pleaded with the goons for mercy while cradling their baby. 1/27/26

"You raise your voice, I erase your voice." ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights. Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

The senseless murder of Alex Pretti is finally showing everyday folks that the Trump regime is beyond any redemption. And in an anti-religious age, it's sparked a quest for a new American morality It's beyond politics now. This is about good vs. evil My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/minn...

This is all I want to see Democrats doing from now on.

History will remember where Christians stood in this moment. Our children will ask us what we did when fascism came to America wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross. zachwlambert.substack.com/p/you-cannot...

Stop carrying DHS statements uncritically, with the ring of “official government statements.”

Feel that Maga's gargantuan 2nd amendment hypocrisy is being underplayed. Dems should defund ICE and call GOP's bluff by going for gun control.

Prayers for Alex, his family and our nation.

I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street

upcoming deadlines for March 3 #ncpol primary as of Jan 23: 14 days, regular voter registration deadline Feb 6; 20 days, early voting starts Feb 12 25 days, absentee request deadline Feb 17 36 days, early voting ends Feb 28 39 days, primary day and absentee return deadline

I tracked down the woman in Raleigh’s most infamous snow picture youtu.be/IM-xrdiGPZ8

NEWS: Pentagon ordered active-duty soldiers with a military police unit in NC to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar told @ms.now Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg

Some of the most important battles of the Civil Rights era took place over access to high-quality schools. Today it’s all the more urgent that Democrats re-prioritize K-12 education—including with their own voters. A special MLK Day edition of my newsletter👇

New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for. My story:

New in PN: Trump's despotism extends to DC golf courses "The withdrawal of opportunities for public recreation goes hand in hand with Trump’s larger program of dismantling public services and core components of the welfare state."

NEW: I spoke with this bishop, who offered more context for his (entirely unprepared!) remarks. Turns out other bishops (e.g., in MN) agree with him, and he recalled the moment he told local priests to get their wills in order. “There was a little gasp,” he said. religionnews.com/2026/01/15/t...

crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours. please keep sharing with your networks.

Keep thinking about this. The peace prize—so many examples of Trump following the Putin playbook. www.patriots.com/news/russian...

Here's what happened this week in North Carolina politics. Shout out to the Aggies for driving to Raleigh to shame our State Board of Elections to their face. Aggie Pride! ❤️

He looks like a 79-year-old Make-A-Wish kid

It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.

North Carolina x Kyrsten Sinema: alienation of affection suit complaint edition. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Witness. Part of the Christian call of faithfulness is to stand in witness to the brutality, inhumanity, domination, sin, and evil of the empires of this age. Because, before good news, the news can be very, very bad. Very bad indeed. Witness to the Bad News open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

www.siembranc.org thankful for groups like Siembra NC