Joann Bristol
@jbristol.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
April 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
www.newsobserver.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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We'll say it again: No, 150-year-olds are not collecting Social Security benefits. #SOTU www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits
Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation.
www.wired.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We'll say it again: No, 150-year-olds are not collecting Social Security benefits. #SOTU www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Let me translate two things this libertarian light nincompoop is saying: Personal liberties means doing whatever the fuck I want. Free markets means doing whatever the fuck I want. He’s an adult toddler.
February 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Let me translate two things this libertarian light nincompoop is saying: Personal liberties means doing whatever the fuck I want. Free markets means doing whatever the fuck I want. He’s an adult toddler.
shambolic
/shăm-bŏl′ĭk/
adjective
Disorderly or chaotic.
Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged.
(British slang) disorderly or chaotic.
#RachelMaddow #favoritewords
@maddow.msnbc.com
/shăm-bŏl′ĭk/
adjective
Disorderly or chaotic.
Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged.
(British slang) disorderly or chaotic.
#RachelMaddow #favoritewords
@maddow.msnbc.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
shambolic
/shăm-bŏl′ĭk/
adjective
Disorderly or chaotic.
Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged.
(British slang) disorderly or chaotic.
#RachelMaddow #favoritewords
@maddow.msnbc.com
/shăm-bŏl′ĭk/
adjective
Disorderly or chaotic.
Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged.
(British slang) disorderly or chaotic.
#RachelMaddow #favoritewords
@maddow.msnbc.com
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Governor Mills doesn’t suffer fools lightly, and it appears she has even less tolerance for bullies. (And as a former attorney general, she knows what she’s talking about.)
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Governor Mills doesn’t suffer fools lightly, and it appears she has even less tolerance for bullies. (And as a former attorney general, she knows what she’s talking about.)
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Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
The US Government Is Not a Startup
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
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From @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“In Trump’s first term, we were told: Don’t normalize him. In his second, the task is different: Don’t believe him,” our columnist Ezra Klein says.
“In Trump’s first term, we were told: Don’t normalize him. In his second, the task is different: Don’t believe him,” our columnist Ezra Klein says.
Opinion | Don’t Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
From @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“In Trump’s first term, we were told: Don’t normalize him. In his second, the task is different: Don’t believe him,” our columnist Ezra Klein says.
“In Trump’s first term, we were told: Don’t normalize him. In his second, the task is different: Don’t believe him,” our columnist Ezra Klein says.
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RALEIGH, NC!
What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do
No one wants things to fall apart, to see dreams die, to have the spit hit the fan, to get punched in the gut by bad news.
What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do
No one wants things to fall apart, to see dreams die, to have the spit hit the fan, to get punched in the gut by bad news.
November 14, 2024 at 5:40 AM
RALEIGH, NC!
What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do
No one wants things to fall apart, to see dreams die, to have the spit hit the fan, to get punched in the gut by bad news.
What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do
No one wants things to fall apart, to see dreams die, to have the spit hit the fan, to get punched in the gut by bad news.
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Trump said he’d drain the Washington swamp. But he appointed more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls to his first admin than any admin in history.
What's he planning for his second term? Appointing more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls to his admin. Hello?
What's he planning for his second term? Appointing more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls to his admin. Hello?
November 13, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Trump said he’d drain the Washington swamp. But he appointed more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls to his first admin than any admin in history.
What's he planning for his second term? Appointing more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls to his admin. Hello?
What's he planning for his second term? Appointing more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls to his admin. Hello?