Trump thanked John Roberts on his way out of the state of the union because he sees John Roberts more clearly than Roberts sees himself www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A bozo company that crashed its own satellites is supposed to keep airplanes from crashing? We spent YEARS taking off our shoes & being felt up by TSA agents to make flying "safe" and now we're just going to undermine safety with crudy software

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

USAID is an important component of US foreign policy to preserve peace and address global issues (like preventing the spread of pandemics) through international cooperation.

The NOAA? They don't want folks warned about hurricanes & flooding? Like "Behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life." www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/p...

Some “observations” are merely confessions of people disconnected from thoughtful compassionate community

Pisses me off that we’re stardust with the gift of conscious existence and having to spend our time on all this bullshit.

*please tell me this email went to John Roberts*

"This is the dismantling not just of entire federal agencies, but of an entire architecture of democratic self-governance, by a man who believes we will not be able to name it quickly enough to stop it" Thank you @dahlialithwick.bsky.social, @mjsdc.bsky.social for naming it slate.com/news-and-pol...

What is it called when an erratic billionaire, whom nobody elected, rampages through the federal government, purging civil servants, seizing functional control over trillions of dollars, and attempting to destroy entire agencies—all in violation of the law? This is a coup. slate.com/news-and-pol...

This is what democracy looks like! We're out at Tillis' Raleigh office! @bullcityindivisi.bsky.social @democracyoutloud.bsky.social @indivisible.org @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social

Raleigh has a smattering of snow! In honor thereof, let us now remember Raleigh's snowmageddon. ❄️ Story from @ncrabbithole.com www.ncrabbithole.com/p/raleigh-nc...

Happy Yule from my Uncle Bill 🎄 Who doesn't love a festive cephalopod?

Some of those that work forces... "D.C. officer is found guilty of leaking to Proud Boys leader before Jan. 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol" www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

“Customer appreciation weekend” is madness

Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole. www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/p...

Public confidence in the judiciary is necessary if America is to be “a government of laws, not of men.” Impropriety by Justices severely damages public faith in the rule of law and should not be tolerated.

Saying the quiet part out loud: Overriding the veto of SB382 was "critical to making sure North Carolina continues to be able to do what it can to deliver victories for Republicans up and down the ticket" - N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore, speaking to Steve Bannon #NCPOL #NC

🚨There is a five alarm fire happening in NC right now. In a truly outlandish move, Jefferson Griffin has now taken his attack on voters one step further. 🧵

A a moral response is required to meet the moral outrage of the moment. That response is "at the very least impolite. I don’t want to hear a word about “friends from across the aisle” when those “friends” are trying to banish 20 million people." Says @elienyc.bsky.social

A total of 2,382 North Carolina voters saw their ballots rejected this year because they arrived in the three days after the election. Before a law passed in 2023, those votes would have been counted as part of a “grace period.”

The NC constitution. It has to mean something. “Sec. 2. Sovereignty of the people. All political power is vested in and derived from the people; all government of right originates from the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.”

We have an opportunity to help secure #EqualRights if we can get Biden to instruct the US Archivist to certify and publish the #EqualRightsAmendment My mama & I have advocated for the #ERA for over 50 years now - this is us at the NCGA in 1972 & again in 2019:

GOP lost the races for governor, LG, AG in North Carolina. so their new law: —strips governor of the authority to appoint election boards —strips governor of authority over Highway Authority —strips lieutenant governor of energy role —strips AG of their ability to oppose legislature ... and more!!!

If you're in North Carolina (or even if you're not!) @ncrabbithole.com is a great for little gems like story. www.ncrabbithole.com/p/tony-hawk-...

I just love that there's a dude whose whole social media thing is sharing happy dances. If humanity ever has to justify its existences to some alien intelligence, this dude is definitely evidence that humans are not a mistake.

When I lecture about New Deal banking reforms, I note that some of the key measures — like Glass Steagall — were repealed by the right with disastrous results like the 2008 financial meltdown, but ha ha, no one will ever be stupid enough to kill FDIC and bring back the old bank runs.

I would love to see the ERA passed in my lifetime. I think it says a lot about America that we STILL don't have constitutional equality of rights that cannot be denied or abridged on account of sex.

Moral Mondays return to Raleigh as faith leaders, activists protest ‘legislative coup’ ncnewsline.com/2024/12/10/m... via @kingdollar.bsky.social #ncpol #MoralMondays

there are 3 pieces out today or resurfacing today that are deeply relevant for trans people and that i sincerely hope cis people read. links in the next few posts. it’s grim at the moment. trans people need help. it takes a lot to bowl me over but some days the bear eats you.🧵

Last night, hundreds of advocates from across NC delivered a moral mandate to the #NCGA challenging #SB382, a cynical anti-democratic power grab masked as “Hurricane Relief”. Western NC deserves far better 📣📣 Call/text/email lawmakers and demand they uphold the Governor’s veto ➡️ demnc.co/sb382 ✨📝

I've read a number of smart national columnists, podcasters & the like on this site saying (incorrectly) that the lame duck session bill in NC (the one that alters who controls the levers of power in a bill that was ostensibly about Helene relief) is now law. It's not. (1/3)

Yes, everything is horrible but I'm taking a minute to appreciate humans on buesky I've been listening to Lou Reed sing this some 30 years, never knew what PR shoes were. I love learning new things (big & small).

The North Carolina General Assembly’s GOP supermajority just approved a hugely corrupt power grab, seizing authority from the governor and the courts to prevent any meaningful check on legislative abuses. Authoritarian stuff. A very dark day for democracy in NC. amp.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

North Carolina GOP legislators elected from gerrymandered districts vote to take away power from Democratic Gov. elected in state-wide election. #ncpol #democracy #VotingRights #NC

🚨🚨NEW🚨🚨 Republican leaders in North Carolina's state legislature are preparing to vacate the recent election for the state supreme court duly won by Justice Allison Riggs, thwart the voters' will, and call for a new election. Official announcement coming soon. And more...

Good day from the North Carolina Senate, where Republicans are expected to override Gov. Cooper’s veto of SB 382, the bill that takes powers away. #ncpol

bookmarking this gem

Happy thanksgiving from North Carolina, where the turkeys are wild & sassy🦃 (And no, we aren't eating this bird. I don't like turkey, plus I think if we tried hunting these turkeys they might hunt us back)

Kinda feel like an oligarch trying to shut down an anti-corruption agency should be phrased that way

Lack of photo ID led to 1,670 ballots rejected in NC

Advocates condemn legislature’s power shifting legislation as ‘anti-democratic policy violence’ ncnewsline.com/2024/11/25/a... #ncga #ncpol #ncgov #ncleg #powergrab

Genevieve Hadid, a Syrian Palestinian Christian mom who’s been a U.S. citizen since the 1990s, tries to report voter intimidation she experienced in Union County and receives a confusing response from the State Board of Elections - via Charlotte Observer www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

This is such an insult to farmers, and the children & grandchildren of farmers. And everyone who eats food, really. www.cnn.com/2024/11/22/p...

For those who aren't in North Carolina: Phil Berger has an incredible amount of political power in NC. Undermining trust in the electoral process is a deliberate tactic.

“You are a top leader of our state government. What you say matters,” Karen Brinson Bell, the board’s executive director, wrote state Senate leader Phil Berger. “When you tell your fellow citizens that an election is being conducted fraudulently, they listen.” #NCPol

Gaetz withdrawing is good news, but it's still terrifying that a well-known exploiter of young women and girls was seriously considered for *Attorney General* www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

Imagine what it would be like if nobody was above the law?

One thing I think people talking about the threat of authoritarian creep have gotten, if not exactly wrong, not quite right either is to frame discussion in terms of various European precedents. Those are relevant to be sure, but we also have an American precedent - namely the South before 1965.

In North Carolina, the GOP-controlled state legislature is pushing through a bill to take power from Democratic AG & Governor, and give the GOP ore control over elections. 🧵 www.wral.com/story/nc-hou... #NCPol