Jeffrey Long
@jeffreylong.bsky.social
Proud Political Centrist, Christ Follower (by way of the Unitas Fratrum).
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1. Advent - „Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen“
YouTube video by Moravian Brass
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November 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Rep. Don Bacon: "We saw that WSJ article yesterday that many people around the president are hoping to make billions of dollars—these are all billionaires in their own right—from an agreement from Russia, if they get a favorable agreement with Ukraine. That alarms me tremendously."
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Rep. Don Bacon: "We saw that WSJ article yesterday that many people around the president are hoping to make billions of dollars—these are all billionaires in their own right—from an agreement from Russia, if they get a favorable agreement with Ukraine. That alarms me tremendously."
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Speaker Hall and Senator Berger made the time to gerrymander our state but couldn’t find the time to protect people’s health care or pass a budget that pays our teachers, law enforcement, or state employees.
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Speaker Hall and Senator Berger made the time to gerrymander our state but couldn’t find the time to protect people’s health care or pass a budget that pays our teachers, law enforcement, or state employees.
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North Carolina - Senate Polling:
🔵 Cooper: 48%
🔴 Brown: 38%
🔵 Cooper: 47%
🔴 Whatley: 39%
Harper Polling / Nov 10, 2025
🔵 Cooper: 48%
🔴 Brown: 38%
🔵 Cooper: 47%
🔴 Whatley: 39%
Harper Polling / Nov 10, 2025
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
North Carolina - Senate Polling:
🔵 Cooper: 48%
🔴 Brown: 38%
🔵 Cooper: 47%
🔴 Whatley: 39%
Harper Polling / Nov 10, 2025
🔵 Cooper: 48%
🔴 Brown: 38%
🔵 Cooper: 47%
🔴 Whatley: 39%
Harper Polling / Nov 10, 2025
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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.
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More than 1.4 million North Carolinians – children, disabled people, and seniors – rely on SNAP benefits to afford the rising cost of groceries. USDA’s refusal to deploy emergency funds to make sure families do not go hungry is unacceptable.
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
More than 1.4 million North Carolinians – children, disabled people, and seniors – rely on SNAP benefits to afford the rising cost of groceries. USDA’s refusal to deploy emergency funds to make sure families do not go hungry is unacceptable.
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Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.
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North Carolina Republicans are saying the quiet part out loud. Openly admitting to drawing a congressional map for Donald Trump.
It’s not just politics — it’s corruption. North Carolinians deserve free and fair elections, not gerrymandered districts.
It’s not just politics — it’s corruption. North Carolinians deserve free and fair elections, not gerrymandered districts.
October 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
North Carolina Republicans are saying the quiet part out loud. Openly admitting to drawing a congressional map for Donald Trump.
It’s not just politics — it’s corruption. North Carolinians deserve free and fair elections, not gerrymandered districts.
It’s not just politics — it’s corruption. North Carolinians deserve free and fair elections, not gerrymandered districts.
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After my time as Attorney General and Governor, I didn't expect my public service to take me to Washington. Since we launched this campaign, a lot of folks have asked me: why run for the Senate?
You can read my answer here: www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
You can read my answer here: www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
Roy Cooper: DC has left hardworking families behind. I’m running to change that | Opinion
Roy Cooper: Washington is broke. We can’t keep sending insiders to fix problems they created. North Carolina deserves a senator who works to make life affordable. | Opinion
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October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
After my time as Attorney General and Governor, I didn't expect my public service to take me to Washington. Since we launched this campaign, a lot of folks have asked me: why run for the Senate?
You can read my answer here: www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
You can read my answer here: www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
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Private payrolls saw their biggest decline in two-and-a-half years during September, a further sign of labor market weakening that compounds the data blackout accompanying the U.S. government shutdown.
Private payrolls declined in September by 32,000 in key ADP report coming amid shutdown data blackout
Private payrolls saw their biggest decline in two-and-a-half years during September, ADP said.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Private payrolls saw their biggest decline in two-and-a-half years during September, a further sign of labor market weakening that compounds the data blackout accompanying the U.S. government shutdown.
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"Do you think the government should increase taxes on the wealthiest to strengthen the country's social and safety net programs?"
Yes: 73%
No: 26%
Beacon/Shaw / Sep 9, 2025
Yes: 73%
No: 26%
Beacon/Shaw / Sep 9, 2025
September 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Do you think the government should increase taxes on the wealthiest to strengthen the country's social and safety net programs?"
Yes: 73%
No: 26%
Beacon/Shaw / Sep 9, 2025
Yes: 73%
No: 26%
Beacon/Shaw / Sep 9, 2025
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Pain. Sadly, it’s gonna take Trump voters feeling real personal pain for them to ever finally move off of him. And bcuz of Trump’s ignorance & incompetence, real economic pain is here. And it’s only gonna get worse. My end of week rant.👇 socialcontractwithjoewalsh.substack.com/p/here-comes...
Here Comes the Pain
Watch now | Some Americans will only get it when they feel the consequences
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September 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Pain. Sadly, it’s gonna take Trump voters feeling real personal pain for them to ever finally move off of him. And bcuz of Trump’s ignorance & incompetence, real economic pain is here. And it’s only gonna get worse. My end of week rant.👇 socialcontractwithjoewalsh.substack.com/p/here-comes...
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BRUTAL JOBS REPORT: Just 22,000 jobs added in August. Unemployment rises to 4.3%. Broader jobless rate jumps to 8.1%. Slowest 4-month growth since 2020. Plus, downward revisions for June and July of -21,000. Yikes.
September 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
BRUTAL JOBS REPORT: Just 22,000 jobs added in August. Unemployment rises to 4.3%. Broader jobless rate jumps to 8.1%. Slowest 4-month growth since 2020. Plus, downward revisions for June and July of -21,000. Yikes.
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If the GOP is cool with going to the “war department” then you know they just have no independent thought left. Just betas
September 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If the GOP is cool with going to the “war department” then you know they just have no independent thought left. Just betas
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APOLLO: “.. Will We See a Repeat of 2021 and the 1970s? .. There is upside pressure on inflation and inflation expectations .. The risks are rising that we could see another ‘inflation mountain’ emerge over the coming months.”
August 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
APOLLO: “.. Will We See a Repeat of 2021 and the 1970s? .. There is upside pressure on inflation and inflation expectations .. The risks are rising that we could see another ‘inflation mountain’ emerge over the coming months.”
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These are public employees who decided to leave rather than accept jobs where they actually did nothing. Remember that the next time they tell you that government employees are lazy and inefficient.
Exclusive: The Justice Department gave some senior career attorneys a choice: They could either quit or go to a new Sanctuary Cities Enforcement working group.
Six months later, all of those attorneys have left DOJ. “The assignment was a sham,” one said.
Six months later, all of those attorneys have left DOJ. “The assignment was a sham,” one said.
DOJ reassigned top attorneys. They quit after feeling sidelined.
People familiar with the Sanctuary Cities Enforcement working group compared it to New York City’s infamous “rubber rooms” for teachers, saying they got the impression that the real goal was to force ...
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August 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
These are public employees who decided to leave rather than accept jobs where they actually did nothing. Remember that the next time they tell you that government employees are lazy and inefficient.
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And I was planning a quiet evening ... paulkrugman.substack.com/p/an-emergen...
An Emergency non-Emergency Post
Holy tariff mess, Batman
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August 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
And I was planning a quiet evening ... paulkrugman.substack.com/p/an-emergen...
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Lithium batteries in personal electronic devices can overheat and catch fire, a risk that worries pilots, flight attendants, baggage handlers and airline executives.
Recent Spate Of Lithium Battery Fires On Planes Concerns Aviation Pros
Lithium batteries in personal electronic devices can overheat and catch fire, a risk that worries pilots, flight attendants, baggage handlers and airline executives.
www.forbes.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Lithium batteries in personal electronic devices can overheat and catch fire, a risk that worries pilots, flight attendants, baggage handlers and airline executives.
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Here's my sermon from Sunday. You'll find out who the Red Strings were, hear new students being cheered as they arrive on the campus of Rice University, and, at the end of this post, see a photo of Dr. John Lewis Johnson, who hoped for a better future that he didn’t see at the end of his life. ⚓️
Rahab, Red Strings, and Rice Owls
Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, Houston, TexasThe Reverend Neil Alan Willard, M.Div.Proper 15, August 17, 2025 Jesus, Savior, may I know your love and make it known. Amen. I’ve described in the p…
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August 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Here's my sermon from Sunday. You'll find out who the Red Strings were, hear new students being cheered as they arrive on the campus of Rice University, and, at the end of this post, see a photo of Dr. John Lewis Johnson, who hoped for a better future that he didn’t see at the end of his life. ⚓️
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FOX REPORTER: “The way it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. It seemed like Putin came in and steamrolled, got right into what he wanted to say, got his photo next to the president, then left.”
August 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
FOX REPORTER: “The way it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. It seemed like Putin came in and steamrolled, got right into what he wanted to say, got his photo next to the president, then left.”