Durhamite_andy
@durhamite-andy.bsky.social
Just a political junkie in NC.
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If folks take one thing from today's story, let this be it: the damage is already done. There's now little incentive for candidates to concede defeat in future elections and ample opportunity to wrongly challenge voters who followed all rules at the time of an election. #ncpol
May 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
If folks take one thing from today's story, let this be it: the damage is already done. There's now little incentive for candidates to concede defeat in future elections and ample opportunity to wrongly challenge voters who followed all rules at the time of an election. #ncpol
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Join me this Wednesday at 6:30PM for my telephone town hall!
Tune in to hear me discuss important issues that matter most to the residents of the Fourth District. Dial in to join the conversation at 833-408-1993.
Tune in to hear me discuss important issues that matter most to the residents of the Fourth District. Dial in to join the conversation at 833-408-1993.
February 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Join me this Wednesday at 6:30PM for my telephone town hall!
Tune in to hear me discuss important issues that matter most to the residents of the Fourth District. Dial in to join the conversation at 833-408-1993.
Tune in to hear me discuss important issues that matter most to the residents of the Fourth District. Dial in to join the conversation at 833-408-1993.
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
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"Musk isn't going to obey the law, so who cares."
"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."
"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."
I'm blocking these people on sight now.
Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.
"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."
"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."
I'm blocking these people on sight now.
Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.
February 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"Musk isn't going to obey the law, so who cares."
"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."
"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."
I'm blocking these people on sight now.
Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.
"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."
"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."
I'm blocking these people on sight now.
Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.
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This quote might be the most perfect distillation of where elected Republican officials are right now. Wow.
Thom Tillis says Trump and Musk can have a little bit of unconstitutional behavior, as a treat www.notus.org/congress/tru...
February 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This quote might be the most perfect distillation of where elected Republican officials are right now. Wow.
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Thom Tillis says Trump and Musk can have a little bit of unconstitutional behavior, as a treat www.notus.org/congress/tru...
February 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Thom Tillis says Trump and Musk can have a little bit of unconstitutional behavior, as a treat www.notus.org/congress/tru...
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This is a hair-on-fire situation (gift link)
Musk allies (not official government employees, apparently) seek access to "the sensitive systems control the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to households, businesses and more nationwide."
wapo.st/4jH7XYa
Musk allies (not official government employees, apparently) seek access to "the sensitive systems control the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to households, businesses and more nationwide."
wapo.st/4jH7XYa
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
wapo.st
January 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is a hair-on-fire situation (gift link)
Musk allies (not official government employees, apparently) seek access to "the sensitive systems control the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to households, businesses and more nationwide."
wapo.st/4jH7XYa
Musk allies (not official government employees, apparently) seek access to "the sensitive systems control the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to households, businesses and more nationwide."
wapo.st/4jH7XYa
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NEW from @wunc.org's Rusty Jacobs: We now know who's funding Judge Jefferson Griffin's legal challenge to the Supreme Court election results. One is a fellow GOP judge on the Court of Appeals: www.wunc.org/politics/202... #ncpol
Fellow GOP judge is a top donor in Jefferson Griffin's legal fight
Contributors to Jefferson Griffin's legal expense fund include a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, which could end up handling Griffin's lawsuit to invalidate more than 65,000 ballots in h...
www.wunc.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NEW from @wunc.org's Rusty Jacobs: We now know who's funding Judge Jefferson Griffin's legal challenge to the Supreme Court election results. One is a fellow GOP judge on the Court of Appeals: www.wunc.org/politics/202... #ncpol
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Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
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January 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
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NEW
Senator Thom Tillis personally assured Danielle Hegseth that if she signed a sworn-statement about her former brother-in-law’s conduct that it would carry weight and could lead him, Murkowski, and Collins to vote NO on Pete Hegseth’s nomination.
He then became the 50th century to vote YES.
Senator Thom Tillis personally assured Danielle Hegseth that if she signed a sworn-statement about her former brother-in-law’s conduct that it would carry weight and could lead him, Murkowski, and Collins to vote NO on Pete Hegseth’s nomination.
He then became the 50th century to vote YES.
Exclusive | Tillis Assured Hegseth’s Former Sister-in-Law Her Testimony Could Convince GOP Senators to Vote No
North Carolina senator provided pivotal 50th ‘yes’ vote to confirm Hegseth as Defense Secretary.
bit.ly
January 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NEW
Senator Thom Tillis personally assured Danielle Hegseth that if she signed a sworn-statement about her former brother-in-law’s conduct that it would carry weight and could lead him, Murkowski, and Collins to vote NO on Pete Hegseth’s nomination.
He then became the 50th century to vote YES.
Senator Thom Tillis personally assured Danielle Hegseth that if she signed a sworn-statement about her former brother-in-law’s conduct that it would carry weight and could lead him, Murkowski, and Collins to vote NO on Pete Hegseth’s nomination.
He then became the 50th century to vote YES.
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Under threats from President Trump the NYT writes a headline that paints him in the best of light. Colombia reportedly accepted the deportees after *its* demands were met
Under threats from President Trump that included steep tariffs, President Gustavo Petro of Colombia relented and will allow U.S. military planes to fly deportees into the country, after turning two transports back in response to what he called inhumane treatment.
Colombia Agrees to Accept Deportation Flights After Trump Threatens Tariffs
The country’s leader, Gustavo Petro, backed down after a clash with President Trump, which started when Mr. Petro turned back U.S. military planes carrying deportees.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Under threats from President Trump the NYT writes a headline that paints him in the best of light. Colombia reportedly accepted the deportees after *its* demands were met
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this is gonna be the way things work over the next few years- the admin getting like 1% of what it wants and losing almost every negotiation while the lapdog press spins every loss as a huge historic win, it's literally the modi model
Let me get this straight. Petro calls for dignified transit. Trump threatens tariffs. Petro smacks Trump in a post threatening his own higher tariffs. And Trump agrees to what Petro asked for. And yet NYT is calling this *Petro* backing down?
January 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
this is gonna be the way things work over the next few years- the admin getting like 1% of what it wants and losing almost every negotiation while the lapdog press spins every loss as a huge historic win, it's literally the modi model
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Who are the 5,009 voters Griffin wants removed from Supreme Court vote count? They're residents in 4 of the bluest NC counties (Buncombe, Durham, Forsyth & Guilford). And the ballots being challenged come from 5x more Democrats than Republicans.
STORY--> andersonalerts.substack.com/p/nc-supreme...
STORY--> andersonalerts.substack.com/p/nc-supreme...
Democrats nearly five times likelier than Republicans to have ballots tossed out in key Supreme Court election dispute
Griffin has asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to prioritize removing ballots from a group of military and overseas voters who are disproportionately registered Democrats.
andersonalerts.substack.com
January 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Who are the 5,009 voters Griffin wants removed from Supreme Court vote count? They're residents in 4 of the bluest NC counties (Buncombe, Durham, Forsyth & Guilford). And the ballots being challenged come from 5x more Democrats than Republicans.
STORY--> andersonalerts.substack.com/p/nc-supreme...
STORY--> andersonalerts.substack.com/p/nc-supreme...
RIP to a local legend.
Durham leaders remember local civil rights icon Dr. Lavonia Allison: soduwelikelocal.news/in-memoriam-... #durhamnc
[In Memoriam] Durham's Dr. Lavonia Allison: "No Shrinking Violet"
In her lifetime, she helped boost Black voter participation and elected officials, and brought federal attention to racial inequities in schools.
soduwelikelocal.news
January 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
RIP to a local legend.
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My website just went live. There you can donate to my campaign, sign up for updates, and see links to all my social media profiles. #NCPol www.voteanitaearls.com
ReElect Justice Earls
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January 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My website just went live. There you can donate to my campaign, sign up for updates, and see links to all my social media profiles. #NCPol www.voteanitaearls.com
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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north carolina republicans about to make “democrats cannot legally win elections that might deprive of us of power” a principle of state constitutional law
#BREAKING: The North Carolina Supreme Court blocks certification of the Supreme Court election, will hear Jefferson Griffin's protest later this month. #ncpol #Election2024
January 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
north carolina republicans about to make “democrats cannot legally win elections that might deprive of us of power” a principle of state constitutional law
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More than two months after the November election, one NC race yet to certified. And Republicans are hoping the conservative majority NC Supreme Court will step in to overturn the election. That effort got a major boost on Monday after a Trump-appointed judge punted the issue back to the NC SupCo.
Federal judge sends election dispute back to state Supreme Court
With a Friday certification date approaching, Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs' apparent victory over Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin may be decided by her GOP colleagues.
andersonalerts.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
More than two months after the November election, one NC race yet to certified. And Republicans are hoping the conservative majority NC Supreme Court will step in to overturn the election. That effort got a major boost on Monday after a Trump-appointed judge punted the issue back to the NC SupCo.
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Republican judicial candidate Jefferson Griffin is getting the audience he wanted for his claim that 60,000 ballots should be invalidated in his electoral loss to Democrat Allison Riggs.
www.wunc.org/2025-01-06/n...
www.wunc.org/2025-01-06/n...
Federal judge punts disputed judicial race back to North Carolina's conservative state Supreme Court
Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin is getting what he wanted: To have the heavily conservative state Supreme Court decide whether to invalidate more than 60,000 ballots and possibly reverse his el...
www.wunc.org
January 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Republican judicial candidate Jefferson Griffin is getting the audience he wanted for his claim that 60,000 ballots should be invalidated in his electoral loss to Democrat Allison Riggs.
www.wunc.org/2025-01-06/n...
www.wunc.org/2025-01-06/n...
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If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
December 12, 2024 at 1:40 PM
If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
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The people of western North Carolina are desperate for help from their state government. Yet, the legislative Republicans just enacted a power grab, not hurricane relief. To use folks’ incredible need for aid as a cloak for their political pettiness is frankly despicable.
December 12, 2024 at 12:07 AM
The people of western North Carolina are desperate for help from their state government. Yet, the legislative Republicans just enacted a power grab, not hurricane relief. To use folks’ incredible need for aid as a cloak for their political pettiness is frankly despicable.
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My new rule: If you're out here saying Dems must do something, you must specify *which* Dems you mean.
Do you mean elected officials/candidates & if so, at which level of office (b/c Dems in DC aren't gonna be able to *do* much)? Do you mean activists? Donors? Randos online? Be specific.
Do you mean elected officials/candidates & if so, at which level of office (b/c Dems in DC aren't gonna be able to *do* much)? Do you mean activists? Donors? Randos online? Be specific.
November 18, 2024 at 2:54 PM
My new rule: If you're out here saying Dems must do something, you must specify *which* Dems you mean.
Do you mean elected officials/candidates & if so, at which level of office (b/c Dems in DC aren't gonna be able to *do* much)? Do you mean activists? Donors? Randos online? Be specific.
Do you mean elected officials/candidates & if so, at which level of office (b/c Dems in DC aren't gonna be able to *do* much)? Do you mean activists? Donors? Randos online? Be specific.
