gwfrink3
@gwfrink.bsky.social
Activist, writer of fiction, N.C. mainstream daily newspaper journalist for a couple of decades once, web/programming geek, very happily married to Cynthia
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WSJ explains how FBI was able to solve Pipe Bomber case after so many years: an Agent wrote code to access T-Mobile data FBI HAD thought was corrupted.
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
WSJ explains how FBI was able to solve Pipe Bomber case after so many years: an Agent wrote code to access T-Mobile data FBI HAD thought was corrupted.
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Trumpists embrace avoidably sickening and killing very large numbers of Americans and the health care system itself: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Obamacare expiration will have ‘death spiral’ effect on US healthcare – experts
End of subsidies after failed legislation will have serious and damaging impact on entire sector, policy experts say
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Trumpists embrace avoidably sickening and killing very large numbers of Americans and the health care system itself: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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What do you call it when a foreign power’s agents target and damage your transportation infrastructure, drinking water and food safety?
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
What do you call it when a foreign power’s agents target and damage your transportation infrastructure, drinking water and food safety?
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This week a district court granted Maine League's request to intervene on behalf of Maine voters & their lawful right to keep personal data private. They allege that personal information may be unlawfully shared if the DOJ succeeds in their litigation. www.lwv.org/legal-center... @lwvme.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This week a district court granted Maine League's request to intervene on behalf of Maine voters & their lawful right to keep personal data private. They allege that personal information may be unlawfully shared if the DOJ succeeds in their litigation. www.lwv.org/legal-center... @lwvme.bsky.social
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just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
If Immigrants Don’t Have Due Process, No One Has Due Process
How do you prove you’re a citizen?
www.everythingishorrible.net
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
@chriscooperwcu.bsky.social The League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad cited your study (among others) in its objection to the Guilford County Board of Elections majority's early voting plan. They filed it via email today with the NC State Board of Elections.
December 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
@chriscooperwcu.bsky.social The League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad cited your study (among others) in its objection to the Guilford County Board of Elections majority's early voting plan. They filed it via email today with the NC State Board of Elections.
The Guilford County Board of Elections GOP majority chose to omit early voting sites at NC A&T and UNC Greensboro and I'd give pleas to reinstate them, as well as two sites that serve low-income areas, no chance of being approved by the state board of elections. Are appeals being filed there?
The Jackson County Board of Elections is deciding whether to keep the early voting site at Western Carolina University.
Here's what the data tell us about the effectiveness of the site--and what might happen if it's eliminated.
#ncpol
chriscooperwcu.substack.com/p/why-campus...
Here's what the data tell us about the effectiveness of the site--and what might happen if it's eliminated.
#ncpol
chriscooperwcu.substack.com/p/why-campus...
Why Campus Voting Sites Matter: The Case of Western Carolina University
More than 76,000 votes have been cast at the Western Carolina University early voting site over nine elections. There is the possibility that it might be eliminated. Here's why that matters.
chriscooperwcu.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The Guilford County Board of Elections GOP majority chose to omit early voting sites at NC A&T and UNC Greensboro and I'd give pleas to reinstate them, as well as two sites that serve low-income areas, no chance of being approved by the state board of elections. Are appeals being filed there?
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The cost of living in America has skyrocketed.
So what's the Trump Administration doing?
Ending the most affordable repayment plan for student loan borrowers in history.
So what's the Trump Administration doing?
Ending the most affordable repayment plan for student loan borrowers in history.
Education Dept. officially kills Biden-era student loan repayment plan
The Trump administration announced a joint legal settlement that will end Biden's main student debt relief program.
www.usatoday.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The cost of living in America has skyrocketed.
So what's the Trump Administration doing?
Ending the most affordable repayment plan for student loan borrowers in history.
So what's the Trump Administration doing?
Ending the most affordable repayment plan for student loan borrowers in history.
He seeks to encourage and enable criminal support of his own criminal activities, and to normalize it all.
Tell Me Again How He Is The President Again Crime? When all he does is pardon CRIMINALS! 😡🤬
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
He seeks to encourage and enable criminal support of his own criminal activities, and to normalize it all.
For the individuals harmed, there may be material compensation but little or no resolution and healing. That is also true for those harmed and/or murdered by Trump and his enablers: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Survivors of New Orleans clergy abuse weigh forgiveness in court: ‘It destroyed my faith in God’
Victims share painful memories in trial aiming to determine fairness of archdiocese’s $230m settlement proposal
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
For the individuals harmed, there may be material compensation but little or no resolution and healing. That is also true for those harmed and/or murdered by Trump and his enablers: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Many people still face disproportionate challenges to participate in elections due to factors including health, age, race, and gender. Our democracy is strongest when every voice is heard. We strongly advocate measures to make voting more accessible—not less. www.lwv.org/voting-right...
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Many people still face disproportionate challenges to participate in elections due to factors including health, age, race, and gender. Our democracy is strongest when every voice is heard. We strongly advocate measures to make voting more accessible—not less. www.lwv.org/voting-right...
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Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) says Pete Hegseth should "resign immediately" if it's true he gave a directive to “kill everybody” in a strike on boats in the Caribbean, including a second strike to kill survivors of the first strike.
“If the reports are true, Pete Hegseth likely committed a war crime."
“If the reports are true, Pete Hegseth likely committed a war crime."
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) says Pete Hegseth should "resign immediately" if it's true he gave a directive to “kill everybody” in a strike on boats in the Caribbean, including a second strike to kill survivors of the first strike.
“If the reports are true, Pete Hegseth likely committed a war crime."
“If the reports are true, Pete Hegseth likely committed a war crime."
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One way to help WSFCS emerge from their budget challenges is to support the full funding of the Leandro Plan. If legislators met their constitutional obligations to students, WSFCS's budget hole would not exist
#ncpol #LeadWithLeandro
#ncpol #LeadWithLeandro
How to help Superintendent Don Phipps and the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools team move forward
As Superintendent Don Phipps begins his tenure, the "All In For Our Schools" campaign provides ways for you to support this district.
www.ednc.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
One way to help WSFCS emerge from their budget challenges is to support the full funding of the Leandro Plan. If legislators met their constitutional obligations to students, WSFCS's budget hole would not exist
#ncpol #LeadWithLeandro
#ncpol #LeadWithLeandro
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Dr. Prasad send an email to CBER suggesting changes to the approval for respiratory vaccines based, apparently, on the conclusion of an unpublished investigation into VAERS report by unknown people. A few thoughts beyond what was already reported, based on the full email: 1/n
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Dr. Prasad send an email to CBER suggesting changes to the approval for respiratory vaccines based, apparently, on the conclusion of an unpublished investigation into VAERS report by unknown people. A few thoughts beyond what was already reported, based on the full email: 1/n
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I’m neither a lawyer nor a mobster so what do I know but I think the term for this “shakedown.” It’s fascism seemingly stripped of the everything but the fist: gimme the loot or else.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I’m neither a lawyer nor a mobster so what do I know but I think the term for this “shakedown.” It’s fascism seemingly stripped of the everything but the fist: gimme the loot or else.
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A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
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SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
FEMA employee terminated for signing whistleblower letter
It appears to be a major violation of federal whistleblower protections and constitutional rights.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
It is no oversight that Pentagon boat attack videos present no legal justification. Their purpose is to inure us to arbitrary violence. We are the targets: www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/12/t...
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
It is no oversight that Pentagon boat attack videos present no legal justification. Their purpose is to inure us to arbitrary violence. We are the targets: www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/12/t...
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Place National Guard in harm’s way for no good reason. Two members are tragically and unnecessarily shot. The reckless regime’s response: We’re sending 500 more National Guard troops! What a disgrace.
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Place National Guard in harm’s way for no good reason. Two members are tragically and unnecessarily shot. The reckless regime’s response: We’re sending 500 more National Guard troops! What a disgrace.
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Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
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Democracy isn’t only defended in protests or elections, it’s defended in living rooms, grocery aisles, and our everyday choices.
None of us is powerless.
Small lights add up. ✨
Read the full Guardrails piece: bit.ly/48dfn0a
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
None of us is powerless.
Small lights add up. ✨
Read the full Guardrails piece: bit.ly/48dfn0a
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Democracy isn’t only defended in protests or elections, it’s defended in living rooms, grocery aisles, and our everyday choices.
None of us is powerless.
Small lights add up. ✨
Read the full Guardrails piece: bit.ly/48dfn0a
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
None of us is powerless.
Small lights add up. ✨
Read the full Guardrails piece: bit.ly/48dfn0a
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
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Where are the headlines about this?
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnis...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Where are the headlines about this?
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The point of being an established, publicly funded media outlet with a legal department is to NOT cave meekly in response to specious legal threats from foreign leaders.
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Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The point of being an established, publicly funded media outlet with a legal department is to NOT cave meekly in response to specious legal threats from foreign leaders.
bsky.app/profile/greg...
bsky.app/profile/greg...
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BREAKING: The Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for possible military law violations after he joined a video urging U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders."
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
BREAKING: The Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for possible military law violations after he joined a video urging U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders."
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I stand by my prediction made weeks ago that Trump was going to sell out Taiwan in exchange for soybean purchases.
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I stand by my prediction made weeks ago that Trump was going to sell out Taiwan in exchange for soybean purchases.