Jeff Jackson
@jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social
Dad, Soldier, Attorney General for North Carolina
Update: The Agriculture Department just told the court it will use its entire emergency fund over the next month to make 50% payments to every SNAP recipient.
My office is still reviewing the order to see what else we can do to help, but we all need to give extra support our local food pantries.
My office is still reviewing the order to see what else we can do to help, but we all need to give extra support our local food pantries.
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Update: The Agriculture Department just told the court it will use its entire emergency fund over the next month to make 50% payments to every SNAP recipient.
My office is still reviewing the order to see what else we can do to help, but we all need to give extra support our local food pantries.
My office is still reviewing the order to see what else we can do to help, but we all need to give extra support our local food pantries.
Great news: In the lawsuit we filed, a federal court just ruled that the Agriculture Department acted unlawfully by refusing to use its emergency fund to make SNAP payments. It has until Monday to deliver a plan to pay benefits.
This is a major step toward making sure 16m kids don’t go hungry.
This is a major step toward making sure 16m kids don’t go hungry.
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Great news: In the lawsuit we filed, a federal court just ruled that the Agriculture Department acted unlawfully by refusing to use its emergency fund to make SNAP payments. It has until Monday to deliver a plan to pay benefits.
This is a major step toward making sure 16m kids don’t go hungry.
This is a major step toward making sure 16m kids don’t go hungry.
Breaking: SNAP benefits are getting shut off next week for 16 million kids - including 600,000 in NC - because the USDA is refusing to use its $6b emergency fund.
They’re playing shutdown politics in a way that will cause a major hunger crisis - so I’m taking them to court to stop them.
They’re playing shutdown politics in a way that will cause a major hunger crisis - so I’m taking them to court to stop them.
October 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Breaking: SNAP benefits are getting shut off next week for 16 million kids - including 600,000 in NC - because the USDA is refusing to use its $6b emergency fund.
They’re playing shutdown politics in a way that will cause a major hunger crisis - so I’m taking them to court to stop them.
They’re playing shutdown politics in a way that will cause a major hunger crisis - so I’m taking them to court to stop them.
I’ve been in touch with law enforcement in Brunswick County and offered our office’s full support as they investigate last night’s shooting in Southport.
The investigation is ongoing, but here’s what we know now:
- Three people were killed and several others injured around 9:30 pm last night.
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The investigation is ongoing, but here’s what we know now:
- Three people were killed and several others injured around 9:30 pm last night.
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September 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I’ve been in touch with law enforcement in Brunswick County and offered our office’s full support as they investigate last night’s shooting in Southport.
The investigation is ongoing, but here’s what we know now:
- Three people were killed and several others injured around 9:30 pm last night.
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The investigation is ongoing, but here’s what we know now:
- Three people were killed and several others injured around 9:30 pm last night.
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This morning I joined a thousand people at UNC’s football stadium for a 9/11 stair climb led by UNC’s ROTC, where I was once a cadet.
Together we climbed roughly 2,000 steps in remembrance of the firefighters who ascended the towers that day.
My thanks to everyone who joined us for a great event.
Together we climbed roughly 2,000 steps in remembrance of the firefighters who ascended the towers that day.
My thanks to everyone who joined us for a great event.
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This morning I joined a thousand people at UNC’s football stadium for a 9/11 stair climb led by UNC’s ROTC, where I was once a cadet.
Together we climbed roughly 2,000 steps in remembrance of the firefighters who ascended the towers that day.
My thanks to everyone who joined us for a great event.
Together we climbed roughly 2,000 steps in remembrance of the firefighters who ascended the towers that day.
My thanks to everyone who joined us for a great event.
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is despicable.
This cannot be the direction we’re going as a country. This downward spiral of violence must stop.
My prayers are with Charlie - for his life, his family, and his friends.
This cannot be the direction we’re going as a country. This downward spiral of violence must stop.
My prayers are with Charlie - for his life, his family, and his friends.
September 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is despicable.
This cannot be the direction we’re going as a country. This downward spiral of violence must stop.
My prayers are with Charlie - for his life, his family, and his friends.
This cannot be the direction we’re going as a country. This downward spiral of violence must stop.
My prayers are with Charlie - for his life, his family, and his friends.
Breaking: Complete victory for western NC and AmeriCorps. The federal government has abandoned its unlawful attempt to defund the program.
We sued because the executive branch broke the law - and it knew it would lose. Great news for recovery efforts in western NC.
We sued because the executive branch broke the law - and it knew it would lose. Great news for recovery efforts in western NC.
August 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Breaking: Complete victory for western NC and AmeriCorps. The federal government has abandoned its unlawful attempt to defund the program.
We sued because the executive branch broke the law - and it knew it would lose. Great news for recovery efforts in western NC.
We sued because the executive branch broke the law - and it knew it would lose. Great news for recovery efforts in western NC.
Hey FEMA - we need to talk about the $200m you owe us.
This is a big deal:
This is a big deal:
August 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hey FEMA - we need to talk about the $200m you owe us.
This is a big deal:
This is a big deal:
The NYTimes joined me for a day at the office, sitting in on meetings and watching our work to fight threats like fentanyl and consumer scams. We talked about why the Attorney General must be a nonpartisan shield for the people - and why I don't do outrage politics: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...
The Secret to One Swing State Democrat’s Rise? Wonky TikTok Videos.
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August 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The NYTimes joined me for a day at the office, sitting in on meetings and watching our work to fight threats like fentanyl and consumer scams. We talked about why the Attorney General must be a nonpartisan shield for the people - and why I don't do outrage politics: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...
Robocalls are out of control. North Carolina gets 200 million a month.
Most are illegal scams.
I'm upgrading our tactics to hit back harder, as 37 companies are finding out today.
Here’s how:
Most are illegal scams.
I'm upgrading our tactics to hit back harder, as 37 companies are finding out today.
Here’s how:
August 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Robocalls are out of control. North Carolina gets 200 million a month.
Most are illegal scams.
I'm upgrading our tactics to hit back harder, as 37 companies are finding out today.
Here’s how:
Most are illegal scams.
I'm upgrading our tactics to hit back harder, as 37 companies are finding out today.
Here’s how:
Breaking: The court just ruled that FEMA can’t spend NC’s $200m in disaster preparedness money elsewhere while our lawsuit against them plays out.
FEMA broke the law when it cut these funds for our water and sewer systems. We’re going to keep fighting to make sure this funding is restored.
FEMA broke the law when it cut these funds for our water and sewer systems. We’re going to keep fighting to make sure this funding is restored.
August 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Breaking: The court just ruled that FEMA can’t spend NC’s $200m in disaster preparedness money elsewhere while our lawsuit against them plays out.
FEMA broke the law when it cut these funds for our water and sewer systems. We’re going to keep fighting to make sure this funding is restored.
FEMA broke the law when it cut these funds for our water and sewer systems. We’re going to keep fighting to make sure this funding is restored.
A federal agency - which controls an enormous amount of money - is breaking the law to hide its decisions from you and avoid accountability.
Hey OMB, see you in court.
Hey OMB, see you in court.
July 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A federal agency - which controls an enormous amount of money - is breaking the law to hide its decisions from you and avoid accountability.
Hey OMB, see you in court.
Hey OMB, see you in court.
Breaking: The Department of Education has reversed course and is releasing all frozen funds – $6.8b nationally, $165m for North Carolina – after we filed suit last week.
This ends weeks of uncertainty. Our schools can now plan and hire for a strong year ahead.
This ends weeks of uncertainty. Our schools can now plan and hire for a strong year ahead.
July 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Breaking: The Department of Education has reversed course and is releasing all frozen funds – $6.8b nationally, $165m for North Carolina – after we filed suit last week.
This ends weeks of uncertainty. Our schools can now plan and hire for a strong year ahead.
This ends weeks of uncertainty. Our schools can now plan and hire for a strong year ahead.
Good news:
The Ed Department says it's giving states the after-school funding it unlawfully froze.
That’s about $36m of the $165m in education funding they froze for NC.
We'll see them in court for the rest.
The Ed Department says it's giving states the after-school funding it unlawfully froze.
That’s about $36m of the $165m in education funding they froze for NC.
We'll see them in court for the rest.
July 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Good news:
The Ed Department says it's giving states the after-school funding it unlawfully froze.
That’s about $36m of the $165m in education funding they froze for NC.
We'll see them in court for the rest.
The Ed Department says it's giving states the after-school funding it unlawfully froze.
That’s about $36m of the $165m in education funding they froze for NC.
We'll see them in court for the rest.
My thanks to the 10 Republican senators who just asked the federal government to unfreeze billions in education funding.
They echo the case I’m making in court: that Congress created these programs, approved the plans, and now the funds must go to the students.
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
They echo the case I’m making in court: that Congress created these programs, approved the plans, and now the funds must go to the students.
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
GOP senators urge Trump administration to reverse $6 billion education funding freeze
The letter, led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is a rare rebuke by GOP senators of the Trump administration's education policies.
abcnews.go.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My thanks to the 10 Republican senators who just asked the federal government to unfreeze billions in education funding.
They echo the case I’m making in court: that Congress created these programs, approved the plans, and now the funds must go to the students.
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
They echo the case I’m making in court: that Congress created these programs, approved the plans, and now the funds must go to the students.
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
Breaking: We just filed suit to protect $165m in education funding in NC and prevent the layoff of roughly 1,000 educators right before the school year starts.
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Breaking: We just filed suit to protect $165m in education funding in NC and prevent the layoff of roughly 1,000 educators right before the school year starts.
July 4th bike ride with Avery.
She says, "In the 1980's, did they have brakes on their bikes or did they have to stop with their feet?"
I said, "We had brakes."
Her: "How do you know?"
Me: "Because I was alive then."
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She says, "In the 1980's, did they have brakes on their bikes or did they have to stop with their feet?"
I said, "We had brakes."
Her: "How do you know?"
Me: "Because I was alive then."
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July 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
July 4th bike ride with Avery.
She says, "In the 1980's, did they have brakes on their bikes or did they have to stop with their feet?"
I said, "We had brakes."
Her: "How do you know?"
Me: "Because I was alive then."
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She says, "In the 1980's, did they have brakes on their bikes or did they have to stop with their feet?"
I said, "We had brakes."
Her: "How do you know?"
Me: "Because I was alive then."
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Because we took action to defend the Constitution, North Carolinians still have their 14th Amendment right to citizenship. While this case has been sent back to a lower court for review, our position remains unchanged. The 14th Amendment is clear, and we will defend it. apnews.com/live/supreme...
Live updates: Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but leaves fate of birthright citizenship unclear
The Supreme Court ruled that individual judges cannot grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left the fate of birthright citizenship unclear under an order by President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Because we took action to defend the Constitution, North Carolinians still have their 14th Amendment right to citizenship. While this case has been sent back to a lower court for review, our position remains unchanged. The 14th Amendment is clear, and we will defend it. apnews.com/live/supreme...
Heads up: Buried in a 1,000-page bill is a section that would freeze every state’s ability to enforce A.I. laws for the next 10 years.
That means no new protections from A.I. scams, deepfakes, or impersonation.
Bad idea.
That means no new protections from A.I. scams, deepfakes, or impersonation.
Bad idea.
June 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Heads up: Buried in a 1,000-page bill is a section that would freeze every state’s ability to enforce A.I. laws for the next 10 years.
That means no new protections from A.I. scams, deepfakes, or impersonation.
Bad idea.
That means no new protections from A.I. scams, deepfakes, or impersonation.
Bad idea.
A major texting app has become a digital pipeline for trafficking fentanyl:
May 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A major texting app has become a digital pipeline for trafficking fentanyl:
Breaking: NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin just conceded the election - six months, and three rounds of vote tallies, after he lost.
Our office led the legal defense of this election, pushing back against an effort to throw out tens of thousands of lawful votes.
Our office led the legal defense of this election, pushing back against an effort to throw out tens of thousands of lawful votes.
May 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Breaking: NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin just conceded the election - six months, and three rounds of vote tallies, after he lost.
Our office led the legal defense of this election, pushing back against an effort to throw out tens of thousands of lawful votes.
Our office led the legal defense of this election, pushing back against an effort to throw out tens of thousands of lawful votes.
We do a wide variety of things at NCDOJ, but restoring the eyesight of blind cockatoos isn’t on the list.
Full credit to the vets at NCSU for helping this bird see again, and to the overworked editors at the N&O who sometimes put the wrong photo with the headline. Cheers to you both.
Full credit to the vets at NCSU for helping this bird see again, and to the overworked editors at the N&O who sometimes put the wrong photo with the headline. Cheers to you both.
April 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We do a wide variety of things at NCDOJ, but restoring the eyesight of blind cockatoos isn’t on the list.
Full credit to the vets at NCSU for helping this bird see again, and to the overworked editors at the N&O who sometimes put the wrong photo with the headline. Cheers to you both.
Full credit to the vets at NCSU for helping this bird see again, and to the overworked editors at the N&O who sometimes put the wrong photo with the headline. Cheers to you both.
Big win: A judge just ruled that Google's ad technology business is an illegal monopoly. Democratic and Republican AGs, including us, sued Google for illegally using its power to drive out competitors, forcing other websites to create paywalls to make revenue, and ultimately harming you, the user.
Breaking News: Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled.
Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge Says
The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Big win: A judge just ruled that Google's ad technology business is an illegal monopoly. Democratic and Republican AGs, including us, sued Google for illegally using its power to drive out competitors, forcing other websites to create paywalls to make revenue, and ultimately harming you, the user.
We’re taking Ticketmaster to court for using its monopoly power to overcharge you, and here’s our case:
April 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We’re taking Ticketmaster to court for using its monopoly power to overcharge you, and here’s our case:
With Marisa at the inaugural ball - rescheduled from January due to weather, but worth the wait. Grateful to have her by my side, always.
April 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
With Marisa at the inaugural ball - rescheduled from January due to weather, but worth the wait. Grateful to have her by my side, always.