further reading, see the Great Molasses Flood

nclocal.org/2026/06/03/j... #ncpol

The man who headed Trump's invasions of US cities joined the US and European far-right in Portugal to preach "remigration"—a plan to expel all minorities and immigrants.

This story is absolutely incredible indyweek.com/news/inside-...

It’s always striking how the decline in alcohol consumption is covered as a business problem instead of a win for public health.

the trump official — who led the siege & occupation of Minneapolis — admitting to having an ongoing dialogue/rapport with Martin Sellner, a straight-up Nazi who influenced the Christchurch shooter, while speaking at a conference about remigration (read: ethnic cleansing) is a pretty big deal!

BREAKING: The rookie federal prosecutor and former GOP committeeman who brought the James Comey seashells photo case to the grand jury has stepped away from the prosecution. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

The new aliens.gov website is awful in a few ways but also more specifically claims that ICE has arrested 700 US citizens??? And is generally speaking a huge mess full of flim-flammery. from @regret.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social

"The jerk store called, they're running out of you!" www.instagram.com/reels/DH2NCC...

A Rabbit Hole investigation: Thom Tillis has been trying to make the phrase “stupid on stilts” into a catchphrase for more than a year now. www.ncrabbithole.com/p/thom-tilli...

uh, really? “There is zero tolerance in our agency for staff who behave inappropriately with offenders in our custody,” said Adult Correction Secretary Leslie Dismukes. Rather than being fired, Mathes was allowed to retire, effective June 1, Acree said. www.citizen-times.com/story/news/c...

News: SCOTUS rules that the Mississippi Supreme Court was unreasonable when it determined that counsel for Terry Pitchford, a Black man on death row, waived their opportunity to rebut a prosecutor's "race-neutral" reasons for peremptory strikes of Black jurors. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

"Small towns in Western North Carolina experienced the highest rates of population loss. Chimney Rock Village experienced the largest percentage loss with 10.6%, Old Fort lost 2.8%, and Marshall lost 2.4% of their population between 2024 and 2025." carolinademography.cpc.unc.edu/2026/05/27/u...

The people detained by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office include a restaurant employee reporting information on a possible burglary, a mom who reported a theft and asked for help with her son, and a crime victim who was in a minor fender bender while taking his son to school.

Reporters @thecity.nyc spent months acquiring & analyzing every habeas petition filed by immigrants around NYC We identified 430 street arrests, far outnumbering courthouse arrests 93% targeted Latinos Latinos make up 66% of the undocumented population projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...

Something crazy happened to @micahloewinger.bsky.social this week while preparing the final episode of his deep dive investigation into FEMA.

"What I love about Costco is that it is the perfect expression of how skateboarders can turn even the blandest form of American architecture — the big box parking lot — into a thriving community space." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/b...

"nobody wants to work anymore" oh wow maybe cause it's illegal??

"North Carolina Medicaid opened an investigation into the chain after The Times shared its findings."

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“I actually did better during the pandemic, because there was awareness about running a small business, and the city and the government developed programs to help support us. But this is an invisible issue.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

State Lawmakers Revive Push to Exempt Campus Discipline from Public Records Law www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

If you've seen me lately and I've been singing "Dancing Queen" to myself, this is why. indyweek.com/news/cary-vi...

wow

Over 45,000 habeas corpus cases have flooded federal courts across the U.S., arguing that the rights of people detained by ICE are being violated. Analysis by The Marshall Project and The Midwest Newsroom found that habeas corpus filings in four Midwestern states have been overwhelmingly successful.

Last I checked, this prison had a nearly 70% CO vacancy rate wlos.com/news/local/c...

people has a strong headline game

the "never heard of" disparity here www.carolinajournal.com/polls/may-20...

What a difference 2 years makes. In 2024, Caleb Rudow couldn't get a minute on stage when Tim Walz came to town ⬇️* In 2026, Jamie Ager has Pete Buttiegieg coming to his place ⬇️⬇️ #nc11 #ncpol *clip from June 2025 piece in @theassemblync.bsky.social www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...

NORTH CAROLINA — A state covered through its purple-state fights and the storms that keep hitting its coast.

meanwhile, asheville: “Bullshit!” one resident repeatedly shouted amid the general consternation. “This is not democracy!” yelled another. “Your constituents don’t want this,” added a third. www.bpr.org/politics-gov...

When it formed in 2021, many saw NC's Juvenile Sentence Review Board as a real pathway to freedom for juvenile lifers and others sentenced to long prison terms for crimes they were convicted of committing as teens. It turns out, most were denied. for @boltsmag.org boltsmag.org/north-caroli...

“Three sources said the staffer told them Edwards would often pressure her to take shots of liquor when they went out together.” www.axios.com/2026/05/13/c...

North Carolina's last governor started reviewing sentences of people condemned to die in prison for crimes they committed as children. But that pathway to freedom has closed as politics in the state is now once again dominated by tough-on-crime rhetoric and harsh punishment.

This is a follow-up to this important story we published last year from Phill Smith, an incarcerated writer in North Carolina, on the path to freedom that had been opened for juvenile lifers there: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...

NEW at Bolts: Governor Cooper in North Carolina set up a process to review juvenile lifers for clemency, though he declined many of their applications. His successor earlier this year rejected most of the applications, closing the process. New reporting from @jacobbiba.bsky.social:

“I’m disappointed in that Ethics has not been fair in the media, and that the media is guilty of being tabloid media and just spreading gossip, unfounded and often in conflict, but I very look forward to cooperating with the Ethics investigation” -Edwards #nc11 #ncpol www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/p...

While NC was a leader in 287(g) participation during the first Trump admin, there's been limited expansion in the state since January 2025, relative to NC's neighboring states.

👀 Another interesting 287(g) cancelation today: the Albemarle District Jail in Albemarle County, NC. It's one of the 135 leftover agreements that were signed during the first Trump admin. In this case, on March 19th, 2020. Notably, 14 of NC's 29 active agreements were signed in that first term.

still a classic media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...

ICE agents are walking around with a list of 20 million people to detain in their pockets because of this Palantir database: www.404media.co/ice-agents-h...

The same year this logo debuted, the tourists also launched... their own brand of wine.

WHAT!?!?

Now the coroner determined she had a heart attack bc of plaque in her arteries. Before she was seduced by MAHA she had low to normal cholesterol. She died because she followed the dietary advice of RFK Jr.

And saturated fat in every form. I’ve been throwing away so much food containing beef tallow, beef brains, beef organs 2/3

A rant/thread about MAHA’s threat to public health based on personal experience: My mom died unexpectedly this week. At 79 she was robust and vibrant; at first we thought it was a post-COVID complication. She also didn’t get COVID boosters bc MAHA. She also ate copious amounts of beef tallow 1/3