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A democratic group of senators has introduced the No Troops in Our Streets Act, to apply limits on the Trump administration’s ability to deploy the National Guard into American communities, while injecting $1 billion in new resources for state and local law enforcement to fight crime. #NCDems
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
IHRA #OutlawNitroSeries happening today and Saturday at the Galot Motorspeedy in #DunnNC. Day 1 was yesterday and packed full of some of the best drag racers.
Tickets still available at ihra.com/events/2025-06…#racingn#IHRAR#DragRacingng i#NorthCarolinana
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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We’re making progress but we know we still have a lot of hard work ahead of us. I want to thank Commissioner Paul Tine and Team DMV for how hard they are working to build a DMV that works for you. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
NC DMV says wait times at license offices are half what they were 2 months ago
Commissioner credits new law that lets more people do business online and says additional improvements are on the way.
www.newsobserver.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Much has been said in the media about why the #DemocraticParty had such a successful #ElectionDay yesterday, but in #NorthCarolina credit for the night's results falls a lot on the organizational skills of the @ncdemocrats.bsky.social Chair #AndersonClayton @abreezeclayton.bsky.social #NCDems
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Three incumbent Mayors in #NC on track to be reelected #DurhamNC, #FayettevilleNC and #MorrisvilleNC, nationwide we have #Democrats winning Virginia and New Jersey Governorship and a 34 year old unknown Muslim winning Mayor of New York City. #NCDems are making a difference
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
#NCDHHS and #AnnaStein First Lady of NC announced the creation of the #NCFACTS teams, helping those being released from prison suffering from #mentalhealth issues with professionals on staff to help with a wide variety of issues.
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Election day is Tues Nov 4th, just a few days away & we are endorsing #MorrisvilleNC Mayor TJ Cawley who has shown he is focused on the needs of all citizens, not just some. His leadership has moved #Morrisville forward & he deserves your #vote this Tuesday. #TJCawley #MayorTJ #vote on #ElectionDay
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Today #RREPS held an expungment clinic with the help of South Light Mental Health, Healing Transitions, & many other organizations offering the hundreds of people who showed up a large variety of resources. #expungment #homeless
October 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
#JDVance landed in #TelAviv aboard #AF2 98-0001 this morning to try to save the failed peace plan #Trump brokered, he held a press conference in #KiryatGat providing no information giving hope for reviving peace in the region.
October 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#Trump on #shutdown, "The Democrats are getting killed, and we're going to have a list on Friday, closing up some of the most egregious programs, and we're closing them up. We’re not closing up Republican programs, because we think they work... And they’re never going to open again."
October 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
@ncgovernor.bsky.social #JoshStein & NC DHHS Sec'y Dev Sangvai announced the amount of medical debt relieved to date through the state’s Medical Debt Relief Program is $6.5 Billion. This marks benefits 2.5 million people across the state by giving them a clean slate from burdensome medical debt.
October 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
RFK Jr now linking circumcision with autism -
"there's two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism" - likely because they were given Tylenol
October 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today President Trump signed documents recognizing a day to honor Christopher Columbus.
October 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#DurhamNC elections for #Mayor happening now, @progressivenews.de has endorsed the current Mayor of Bull City #LeonardoWilliams for his positive impact on the growth and improvements in #Durham, but whoever you like please go #vote before the polls close. #NCDems
October 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#GoRaleighNC bus 2503 involved in an accident on Purse Dr about noon, near the #Walmart, w/ bus driver not understanding where dump truck was going, no serious injuries, several people examined by #WakeCountyEMS w/ #GarnerPolice & #GarnerFire on the scene. Road has reopened.
October 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#RaleighPolice Chief Rico Boyce speaking with the media today announcing the arrest of former RPD Officer Tremale Cogdell on sexual charges. Stressing the community trust means everything and that Cogdell's arrest does not define who RPD is. #rpd @raleighgov.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Andrew Cuomo, candidate for Mayor of New York, in a move to distance himself from the #President, today said he would not accept an endorsement from #Trump, saying "I don't think we need to inject President Trump into this election" #NewYork #Mayor #AndrewCuomo #endorsement
October 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today, following requests from Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, the National Park Service announced it will reopen portions of the Grand Canyon’s North Rim for the first time since the Dragon Bravo Fire devastated the area earlier this summer.
September 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
On Wednesday Governor Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social will join Fujifilm Biotechnologies at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the global company’s new biomanufacturing facility in Holly Springs.
September 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Around Wake County - Friday Sept 19 is the final #nascar #regional #race of the season at Wake County Speedway gates open at 6pm with lots of family fun. If you haven't been this year you don't want to miss it. Tix available at the gate or on the website wcspeedway.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
#Trump today was asked about taking down trans flags along 14th Street, trump said he would support that but they would claim First Amendment rights.
“I would have no problem with it,”.

Also, saying ”we’ve got to save St Louis, we think Chicago will be next and we’ll get to St Louis.”
September 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Asked before he left for the weekend in the Northeast about #Russian #drones violating #Polish airspace, #Trump replied: "It could have been a mistake. It could have been a mistake, but regardless I'm not happy about anything having to do with that situation."
September 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) was scheduled to appear in #RaleighNC for the @ncdemocrats.bsky.social but postponed the visit after the assassination of #CharlieKirk, no new date has been announced. #NCDems
September 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
#BREAKING POTUS said he was moving Space Command to Alabama in part because Colorado has mail-in voting, which he said means the state has “automatically crooked elections.”

He also said that work on missile defense would occur at the new site. “We’re going to be having a Golden Dome."
September 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Donald Trump doesn't get it" Arizona Senator Mark Kelly telling the Veterans Townhall meeting in #RaleighNC today w/ NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson with nearly 300 people in attendance. Kelly was in North Carolina helping Roy Cooper's bid for Senate.
August 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM