NCSU Dem
@ncsudem.bsky.social
“Mimi” (gma), Mom, ret English teacher, life-long learner, news & politics junkie, American & English history buff, armchair psychologist, frmr Rock/Blues/Jazz singer, on the NC coast. GO WOLFPACK!
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In a memo promising legal immunity for those who kill alleged drug traffickers, the Trump administration floated an unusual legal theory.
Secret Boat Strike Memo Justifies Killings By Claiming the Target Is Drugs, Not People
In a memo promising legal immunity for those who kill alleged drug traffickers, the Trump administration floated an unusual legal theory.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In a memo promising legal immunity for those who kill alleged drug traffickers, the Trump administration floated an unusual legal theory.
I urge everyone to dedicate 12 hours this week to watching Ken Burns’ American Revolution.
Download the PBS app
FREE Streaming tonight, Sun, Nov 16 at 8:00 (EST). Binge 12 hours or tune in for the next 6 nights at 8:00. NO KINGS!
Download the PBS app
FREE Streaming tonight, Sun, Nov 16 at 8:00 (EST). Binge 12 hours or tune in for the next 6 nights at 8:00. NO KINGS!
“A democracy whose citizens operate with fundamentally different understandings of the past and its implications cannot sustain itself,” @clintsmithiii.bsky.social writes:
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I urge everyone to dedicate 12 hours this week to watching Ken Burns’ American Revolution.
Download the PBS app
FREE Streaming tonight, Sun, Nov 16 at 8:00 (EST). Binge 12 hours or tune in for the next 6 nights at 8:00. NO KINGS!
Download the PBS app
FREE Streaming tonight, Sun, Nov 16 at 8:00 (EST). Binge 12 hours or tune in for the next 6 nights at 8:00. NO KINGS!
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You’d think a 14 yo wouldn’t have to explain this to a woman who has been a 14 yo girl.
You’d think a 14 yo wouldn’t have to explain this to a woman WHO HAS A 14 yo DAUGHTER!
You’d think a 14 yo wouldn’t have to explain this to a woman WHO HAS A 14 yo DAUGHTER!
“Hey Megyn Kelly, I'm Eloise & I'm 14y”
“kids my age aren't supposed to be the ones correcting you. We're not supposed to be the moral compass in a room full of adults who should have known better. But here we are“
”You're protecting the predator! & you shouldn't need a freshman to tell you that.”
“kids my age aren't supposed to be the ones correcting you. We're not supposed to be the moral compass in a room full of adults who should have known better. But here we are“
”You're protecting the predator! & you shouldn't need a freshman to tell you that.”
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You’d think a 14 yo wouldn’t have to explain this to a woman who has been a 14 yo girl.
You’d think a 14 yo wouldn’t have to explain this to a woman WHO HAS A 14 yo DAUGHTER!
You’d think a 14 yo wouldn’t have to explain this to a woman WHO HAS A 14 yo DAUGHTER!
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Angus: You know, every article I’ve read about the tourism numbers talks about “Canada’s uncertainty with the tariff wars.” No. Canadians hate Donald Trump. They see not going to the US as an act of patriotism.
November 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Angus: You know, every article I’ve read about the tourism numbers talks about “Canada’s uncertainty with the tariff wars.” No. Canadians hate Donald Trump. They see not going to the US as an act of patriotism.
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A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper, despite the state challenging his past. https://cnn.it/48iwvTi
November 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper, despite the state challenging his past. https://cnn.it/48iwvTi
Xi didn’t make pawns of our soy bean farmers, Trump and shills like Bessent did. It wasn’t a surprise, an unknown. It’s a predictable, repetitive choice begun in the 1980’s Farm Crisis.
Highest farm bankruptcy rates: 2025?
1987-Reagan
1992-Bush41
1998-Clinton(gop House&Senate)
2019-Trump
2003 Bush43
Highest farm bankruptcy rates: 2025?
1987-Reagan
1992-Bush41
1998-Clinton(gop House&Senate)
2019-Trump
2003 Bush43
Fox News host GRILLS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Trump's failed trade war with China screwing over American companies, American farmers, and American consumers:
November 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Xi didn’t make pawns of our soy bean farmers, Trump and shills like Bessent did. It wasn’t a surprise, an unknown. It’s a predictable, repetitive choice begun in the 1980’s Farm Crisis.
Highest farm bankruptcy rates: 2025?
1987-Reagan
1992-Bush41
1998-Clinton(gop House&Senate)
2019-Trump
2003 Bush43
Highest farm bankruptcy rates: 2025?
1987-Reagan
1992-Bush41
1998-Clinton(gop House&Senate)
2019-Trump
2003 Bush43
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The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
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Hard, fast rule from a veteran police reporter: Excepting anyone engaged in infiltrating a criminal conspiracy in an undercover capacity, any law officer who hides his identity from the public is a shitheel is doing vile shit and is, in fact, actively destroying the credibility of law enforcement.
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Hard, fast rule from a veteran police reporter: Excepting anyone engaged in infiltrating a criminal conspiracy in an undercover capacity, any law officer who hides his identity from the public is a shitheel is doing vile shit and is, in fact, actively destroying the credibility of law enforcement.
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Rep. Thomas Massie: "There are at least 20 people in those files — politicians, billionaires, movie producers — who are implicated criminally who haven't been investigated…I don't see Trump going after these rich elites that are implicated."
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Rep. Thomas Massie: "There are at least 20 people in those files — politicians, billionaires, movie producers — who are implicated criminally who haven't been investigated…I don't see Trump going after these rich elites that are implicated."
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ProPublica reports Dan Bongino got a polygraph waiver for his security clearance
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ProPublica reports Dan Bongino got a polygraph waiver for his security clearance
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
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What is he talking about? I mean, seriously.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What is he talking about? I mean, seriously.
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An emergency protest erupted in Charlotte Saturday, after the arrival and heavy presence of Trump’s Border Patrol agents in the area. Hundreds of furious folks gathered to march, while holding signs and chanting “No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here.” More protests are scheduled for today.
Charlotte Rises To Resist, Indiana Republicans Block Trump’s Cheating Scheme, and Epstein Pressure Exposes A Regime Unraveling Under Corruption, Cruelty, and Scandal
Victories against Trump’s tyranny
www.dworkinsubstack.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
An emergency protest erupted in Charlotte Saturday, after the arrival and heavy presence of Trump’s Border Patrol agents in the area. Hundreds of furious folks gathered to march, while holding signs and chanting “No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here.” More protests are scheduled for today.
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More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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🚨The son of an Indiana pastor at a GOP-linked megachurch has been charged with exploiting minors online, drawing scrutiny over his family’s and church’s political ties.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🚨The son of an Indiana pastor at a GOP-linked megachurch has been charged with exploiting minors online, drawing scrutiny over his family’s and church’s political ties.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
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Republicans packed the North Carolina Board of Elections with a slew of additional party insiders, marking the latest sign of the GOP’s partisan takeover of the board as it prepares for next year’s elections.
North Carolina Adds More Partisan GOP Staffers to Election Board
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Republicans packed the North Carolina Board of Elections with a slew of additional party insiders, marking the latest sign of the GOP’s partisan takeover of the board as it prepares for next year’s elections.
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You have to wonder if elected Republicans ever get tired of Trump constantly threatening them every single time they don’t do exactly what he wants them to do.
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
You have to wonder if elected Republicans ever get tired of Trump constantly threatening them every single time they don’t do exactly what he wants them to do.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Trump: "Mike Braun, perhaps, is not working the way he should to get the necessary Votes. Considering Mike wouldn’t be Governor without me (Not even close!), is disappointing! Any R that votes against this important redistricting, potentially having an impact on America itself, should be PRIMARIED"
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Trump: "Mike Braun, perhaps, is not working the way he should to get the necessary Votes. Considering Mike wouldn’t be Governor without me (Not even close!), is disappointing! Any R that votes against this important redistricting, potentially having an impact on America itself, should be PRIMARIED"
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Remember those national guard troops sent to Chicago by Texas Gov Greg Abbott? They went home after sitting at a suburban training facility doing nothing for a month. Abbott's little stunt cost taxpayers at least $12M. What an abuse of power.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Remember those national guard troops sent to Chicago by Texas Gov Greg Abbott? They went home after sitting at a suburban training facility doing nothing for a month. Abbott's little stunt cost taxpayers at least $12M. What an abuse of power.
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New: Trump has pardoned a woman convicted and imprisoned for threatening to shoot FBI agents investigating Jan 6 - www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
Trump issues two pardons related to Jan. 6 investigation
President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents.
www.npr.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New: Trump has pardoned a woman convicted and imprisoned for threatening to shoot FBI agents investigating Jan 6 - www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
May he and Stephen Miller dance off to hell together, right behind Trump and Epstein, holding hands, like the “Best Friends” statue that reappears on the National Mall.
Narrator: Bovino has now fled Chicago, because he was being held to account for his illegal actions there by the courts -- and is overseeing the assault and kidnapping of people elsewhere in the United States.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
May he and Stephen Miller dance off to hell together, right behind Trump and Epstein, holding hands, like the “Best Friends” statue that reappears on the National Mall.
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Narrator: Bovino has now fled Chicago, because he was being held to account for his illegal actions there by the courts -- and is overseeing the assault and kidnapping of people elsewhere in the United States.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Narrator: Bovino has now fled Chicago, because he was being held to account for his illegal actions there by the courts -- and is overseeing the assault and kidnapping of people elsewhere in the United States.
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Rep. Massie is being polite, as he should be, and is trying to get more Republican votes for the discharge petition, as he should be doing.
But the truth is, I think, that Trump is trying to protect himself.
But the truth is, I think, that Trump is trying to protect himself.
Karl: "What is [Trump] afraid of?"
Rep. Thomas Massie: "I think he's trying to protect a bunch of rich and powerful friends…That's my operating theory on why he's trying so hard to keep these files closed."
Rep. Thomas Massie: "I think he's trying to protect a bunch of rich and powerful friends…That's my operating theory on why he's trying so hard to keep these files closed."
November 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Rep. Massie is being polite, as he should be, and is trying to get more Republican votes for the discharge petition, as he should be doing.
But the truth is, I think, that Trump is trying to protect himself.
But the truth is, I think, that Trump is trying to protect himself.
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Do I trust this recent transformation? Not yet
Will I offer grace to those who want to be done with toxic politics? Even those who once reveled in it? Yes
The road to redemption, however, is long and it must be travelled.
For MTG, the road requires her to be truthful about J6 and her role in it.
Will I offer grace to those who want to be done with toxic politics? Even those who once reveled in it? Yes
The road to redemption, however, is long and it must be travelled.
For MTG, the road requires her to be truthful about J6 and her role in it.
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Do I trust this recent transformation? Not yet
Will I offer grace to those who want to be done with toxic politics? Even those who once reveled in it? Yes
The road to redemption, however, is long and it must be travelled.
For MTG, the road requires her to be truthful about J6 and her role in it.
Will I offer grace to those who want to be done with toxic politics? Even those who once reveled in it? Yes
The road to redemption, however, is long and it must be travelled.
For MTG, the road requires her to be truthful about J6 and her role in it.