When Halligan secured the indictment there was this wave of bizarrely laudatory coverage - this novice accomplished a legal feat the experts thought impossible and indicted Trump’s enemies! Anyway it’s funny that it turns out she did it by doing everything wrong.

North Carolina and surrounding states, have you seen this truck? A missing boy’s body was found on the side of the road along with his mangled bike The driver of this truck left the scene but left behind broken pieces and paint from this truck #NCpol #BOLOTruck m.youtube.com/watch?v=JShi...

For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.

Trump’s War on Carolina Christmas

NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about. DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom. Tonight, at Law Dork:

LOL when your “autopen” outrage comes back to bite you. 🤡 @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum...

This is the kind of coverage you want voters to see when they’re in line at the grocery checkout. 🤡 @peoplemag.bsky.social @democrats-judiciary.house.gov @jamespmanley.bsky.social people.com/ghislaine-ma...

Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.

How she was bullied to protect Dershowitz

SNL’s cold open was great. Enjoy! #Pinks #ProudBlue #SNL youtu.be/hkF1R0oe8OA?...

This is #SNL video that is being removed from sites It aired last night, went viral and #NBC was subject of #Trumps rant to fire #SethMeyer. Several 🔗 are now unavailable but this is a clip I’d saved. “Trump running out of excuses” #SaturdayNightLive #cdnpoli #USApoli

No kings!

Epstein was convicted in 2008. This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power. There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.

The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason. Unprecedentedly corrupt.

The presidency is a side gig for Trump‘s grift.

Border Patrol and ICE are currently arresting and stealing our community members off the streets in Charlotte. Donald Trump is single-handedly responsible for this heinous actions. PLEASE report any activity you see. And know that our party stand with ALL immigrant communities.

“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

TN-7 Candidate @aftynbehn.bsky.social : "If you’re not OK with the chaos at our federal government, are upset with the cost of living & inflation, then I'm your candidate… I’ve never taken corporate PAC money, which is important- because are you fighting for the people or your donors?"

RE: TN-7…

I'm sorry could you repeat? The use of the seal on the merch generates income for a trump llc? Trump llc? Seriously? A trump llc.

In the Obama White House we were so careful to follow the rules, including about use of the seal (which is regulated by statute), that we ran a legal process just to see if we could use the seal for fun on our White House softball team tee shirts! No joke. The team was called STOTUS.

I'm sorry, I'm still having a hard time getting over that the owner of the NY Times is in the Epstein files thing and they haven't even acknowledged this in any reporting.

The economic sense is so extremely in favour of renewables now, Pakistan is even paying Qatar penalties to rather NOT deliver the fossil gas that Pakistan already placed orders for, because their Solar PV and batteries make much more sense. It saves them money to cancel their gas imports and pay!

Leo Vanegas, the American citizen that Miller's goons arrested w/o a warrant at a home site twice, is the kind of home builder without which you can't build new homes. Stephen Miller is the problem. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage: “Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers” “Church members flee as federal agents arrive” “Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee” “Border Patrol questions people at Walmart” “Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”

NBC don’t you dare…

Brian Krassenstein A Charlotte man was stopped twice by ICE. The first group checked his ID and let him go. Minutes later, another set of agents rolled up, smashed his window, dragged him out, and assaulted him He was a U.S. citizen…

Man films Border Patrol agents smashing his car window in Charlotte Willy Aceituno, a Honduran-born U.S. citizen, was stopped twice by Border Patrol agents in Charlotte, North Carolina. During the second encounter, they forced him from his vehicle after breaking the window and threw him to the gr

Buy gift cards! you can order your cake when he is able to reopen. #Charlotte

'Don't Cross the Picket Line': No Kings Alliance Backs Starbucks Boycott During Workers Strike #ncpol www.commondreams.org/news/starbuc...

Trump's gestapo is already assaulting US citizens in Charlotte and they just rolled into town here's the archived version: archive.ph/fqXad

This regime terrorizes children, they don't protect them. #ncpol #CLT

During the Revolutionary War, Charlotte became known as a "Hornets' nest of rebellion" for resisting British General Cornwallis' attempts to occupy the city, forcing him to retreat. The NBA's Charlotte Hornets get their nickname from our history. I hope we live up to it against ICE/CBP. #CLT #ncpol

This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power. The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.

Literally exactly what the Founders worried about. Exactly.

Can’t believe I’m about to repost a statement from any campus Republicans but in kind of an extraordinary move, the Women of the Boston University Campus Republicans have disaffiliated from BUCR until the president who called ICE on the car wash workers steps down and apologizes, per student paper

Charlotte - buy gift cards for Manolo’s bakery, which is having to close temporarily because 🧊 is terrorizing his customers. Voted best cake shop in USAToday - the gift cards might help keep him afloat until you can pick up your cake. #ncpol manolosbakery.com

President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents. n.pr/4oJel3b

We're now at the RE-PARDONS stage of this presidency www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte. ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018. We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:

Quick response after the tunnel fracas between an officer and South Carolina players

Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.

Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump is lying about her interactions with him — and posted their text exchanges today about the Epstein files. A sitting member of Congress just posted her messages with the president of the United States.

After Republicans refused to extend ACA subsidies, 4 Michigan insurers are dropping out of the ACA marketplace altogether. That’s 200,000 Michiganders who just lost their plans.

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This stuff is so crazy. Trump is now just letting his allies that helped him nearly overthrow the government take turns stealing taxpayer money. Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...

This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms: ✅He personally directs criminal investigations. ✅He is targeting opponents. ✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents. Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀