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This is why we have to coordinate to boycott big business & withhold our labor. In my household we've made it a goal to pay cash as much as possible (to starve big banks on credit card interest & Visa/MC on processing fees), to buy used/thrift/shop small biz/trade with neighbors whenever possible.

Some warnings from Spain that flu is collapsing care at overtaxed ERs. Our vax isn’t a good match this year, and our immunity is low because of repeated covid infections, so please wear N95s this holiday season. For everyone, but infants and seniors in particular, flu can be fatal.

Wake up babe new recession indicator just dropped

SATURDAY Dec 13 2PM 16th St NW & H St NW Surround The White House Deliver the People’s Indictment of Donald Trump: A Unified Declaration of Illegitmacy TRUMP MUST GO NOW! Sign up & spread the word: bit.ly/DCD13

Tomorrow, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (made up primarily of vaccine skeptics appointed by RFK Jr) will be voting on whether to continue recommending the Hep B vaccine for newborns. This will likely be contentious. You can follow updates tomorrow with the ACIP feed.

Masks are our last, first, and best line of defense, and it would really benefit y’all to get used to the idea of wearing them more because soon they might be the only tool we have left.

I think the fact that a special election generated basically midterm level turnout and a Trump +22 district is now only Rep+8 should absolutely be a pants shitting moment for elected Republicans across the country. It would be one thing if turnout was low but it definately wasn't!

an actual lefty candidate managed a 13 point shift left from 2024 on midterm-level turnout in fucking Tennessee we are going to win

A +14 shift to the Dems in a very red district applied nationwide next year means a solidly blue House and a chance to retake the Senate against an extremely unfavorable map.

I don't have Long COVID, but a household member does. We can't find a medical office that will honor our request for everyone we interact with during the appt to wear a mask (including receptionist, nurse or medical assistant, physician or provider). He masks but 2-way masking is safer. #MedSky

This #GivingTuesday if you'd like to support a local Mask Bloc run by mostly neurospicy, disabled & chronically ill volunteers -- and help vulnerable community members in Charlotte, NC to #MaskUp #WearAMask -- consider a tax-deductible gift to CLT Mask Bloc: opencollective.com/charlotte-ma...

GOP US House Rep Chuck Edwards owns 7 McDonald's restaurants in Western North Carolina (Hendersonville, Brevard & Canton areas). So @lesboyd.bsky.social and other WNC residents picketed & called for a boycott this weekend -- they're refusing to fund their own oppression. No $ for oligarchs. #ncpol

A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself. Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.

Justice @anitaearls.bsky.social is one of only two Democrats on North Carolina's State Supreme Court, and she's running for re-election in 2026. We must keep her voice & her views on the highest court in our state. Donate or join her team of campaign volunteers at earls4justice.com #ncpol

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hey so if you’re not feeling well, please don’t go into work. if you have to, wear a mask. tbh wear a mask either way—it’s four days after thanksgiving. covid incubation time tends to be ~3-5 days. it’s peak get infected if you aren’t already time. test for it. get paxlovid. prevent it. mask up.

All I know is, if we all join together to make one very important Christmas wish, maybe it will come true

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Candidate filing opens up Monday for NC's 2026 elections. Well be voting for US House & Senate seats, State House & Senate seats, a State Supreme Court seat, at least 3 other appellate Judge seats statewide, plus local elections + another voter ID ballot measure. #ncpol

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Spectrum internet outages in Charlotte, Raleigh, San Antonio, Orlando, DFW, Los Angeles, Bay Area, St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Cleveland. This is frustrating

Gift 🎁 link. Research demonstrates that vaccines can reduce the risk of cancer, dementia & heart conditions, as well as risk of acute disease. Have you been vaccinated against HPV, shingles, hepatitis B, flu, covid, RSV, meningitis, & pneumonia? If you're eligible, get them now. wapo.st/4p7cDsj

There's 2 in my house; we cooked a 3 lb turkey breast roast. I'll eat the leftover turkey, rolls & collards til they're gone, spouse will eat the stuffing & mashed potatoes with fresh cooked proteins. Hate to waste food but the mac & cheese was best when it was hot & fresh, neither of us wants it.

How about impeachment, removal from office & prosecution for war crimes? That's the type of vigorous oversight Hegseth deserves.

There is no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccines to deaths in children. There is evidence that COVID causes serious harm — including long COVID, MIS-C, cardiac complications & diabetes. This administration’s actions are dangerous, and the damage to the public and children may be irreversible

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes. If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

And it is SO much more resource-intensive to evaluate AI content than human-generated content, too.

Instead of spending money on crap you don't need today, how about spending it to help save democracy? Dems have been MASSIVELY overperforming in Special Elections. There's ~30 MORE coming up! 12/02: TN-07 12/09: 5 more in FL, GA & IA! KEEP IT GOING. #Blue25 secure.actblue.com/donate/speci...

We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com

I often say that protesting and boycotting is a privilege. Those of us who can should do for those who can’t.

Effectively there is no *one* person performing the duties of President of the United States right now. We are in an interregnum with an occupied throne.

My quote of the day It is always easier to have somebody to blame, but immigrants are not the cause of the country's economic woes. Pramila Jayapal

This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.

a movement which originally purported to be against the “deep state” and unelected bureaucrats has created an executive where a handful of unelected bureaucrats with secret schemes hold all the power while they take advantage of a mentally degenerating president.

Thankful for the chance to give thanks in our cluttered, messy, lived-in home today. Dinner = turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, mac & cheese, collard greens, yeast rolls, deviled eggs (which aren't for me), cherry pie with vanilla ice cream. #HappyThanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #TurkeyDay

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It's time to impeach Trump's cabinet secretaries, in reverse order of public approval rating. Congress can and should remove Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, and RFK Jr. #WideAwake

Since the prices of meat are seemingly only going to continue to get higher, here's a stock-up tip for the post-Thanksgiving turkey sales:

I recall the media having a field day accusing Biden of putting our troops in harms way during their withdrawal from Afghanistan. Let’s see if they offer the same courtesy to Trump for his disaster in DC.

Today's shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., was horrific. It also has triggered a wide array of unverified rumors, allegations and theories. We're all making sense of this together. But best to share information with care.

I’m trying to think of a situation where I had less sympathy for someone’s complaints and I’m having a hard time coming up with one

A summary of commentary on immigration raids in NC: A recent poll found the number of North Carolina residents who say the state is on the “wrong track” has risen by 20 points since Trump’s election, said Reuters. #ncpol theweek.com/politics/rep...

This is fantastic reporting on Siembra’s work here in Charlotte. Other groups were active as well (especially Carolina Migrant Network). The resistance to and resilience against CBP’s assault wasn’t about meemaws with guns but this kind of organizing as well as organic responses from the community.

For the Charlotte community #ncpol #CLT #Charlotte

A Thanksgiving miracle

An enterprising Democrat in WV would pin this on the governor who allowed his NG to be mobilized by Trump for no good reason.

Mystery why so many kids are struggling with mental health when we're doing the "let it rip" strategy for Covid transmission in schools

National Guard soldiers didn't sign up to be deployed as local police indefinitely as part of someone else's political stunt. They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.