A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Today, I was honored to join North Carolinian voters, including veterans and military families, to stand up against attempts to disenfranchise overseas and military voters. We will not give up and we will not be silenced.

Pauli Murray was a trailblazer for civil, women, and LGBTQ+ rights.

The Trump Administration is weaponizing the National Park Service and censoring webpages, but it cannot change our true history and the extensive contributions of Pauli Murray to our nation.

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One of our rangers penned this essay b/c they are concerned about how arbitrary the revisions were.

If you somehow still believe erasure will be limited to #trans, #intersex, and #queer people, we hope this will make you rethink that.

#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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🚨 this is not over- we MUST continue to keep up the pressure even when it feels like we’ve been doing it forever. Continue to talk about what’s going on and sign up to call the 60k voters with @ncdemocrats.bsky.social @durhamdems.bsky.social @carolinafederation.bsky.social @downhomenc.bsky.social.

The National Park Service is misremembering #Stonewall. We're here to help correct their mistakes! All of the original content for the Stonewall National Monument has been republished at realstonewall.com

#trans #queer #LGBWithTheT #translivesmatter

NEW: Spouses of NC Supreme Court justices gave maximum contributions to the GOP judicial candidate ncnewsline.com/2025/01/31/s... Report by @lbonner.bsky.social #ncpol

@triangleblogblog.bsky.social created this resource. We added a QR code 🤓. #riggsrace #ncpol #griffin #votechallenge

This is apparently the closest the New York Times can get to saying what is really happening -- Republicans are trying to steal an election for state Supreme Court justice by throwing out 60,000 lawful votes.

#ICYMI: Republican Jefferson Griffin is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to throw out roughly 60,000 ballots — an unprecedented request based on a theory that has been dismissed by both the state election board and a federal judge.

NEW: North Carolina’s Supreme Court temporarily blocked the certification of a Democratic incumbent’s narrow victory. The move gives the court time to consider a challenge by her Republican opponent, who has cited debunked legal theories.

By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

Ann Telnaes resigned after the Washington Post editorial page killed her cartoon. It’s worth a share.

Big Tech executives are bending the knee to Donald Trump and it’s no surprise why: Billionaires like Jeff Bezos like paying a lower tax rate than a public school teacher.

Now-disgraced judge Jefferson Griffin's latest, desperate attempt to overturn his loss in the election for NC's highest court hinges on a bizarre legal theory that even hardcore election denialists shied away from.

This is getting hard to watch.

More: www.propublica.org/article/jeff...

Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin asked the state Supreme Court to do what the state Board of Elections would not — throw out tens of thousands of votes on the belief that canceling them will elevate him to a seat on the same tribunal. ncnewsline.com/briefs/repub... via @lbonner.bsky.social #ncpol

Shameless power grab by the GOP members at the #ncga today. Going back to read this @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social quote again, which I desperately need in this moment. Join us on Sunday to keep up the work (info in the Substack).

Another horrible day at the legislature. 72 House Republicans stood united in voting to override Governor Cooper’s veto of a sham bill which ignores the needs of Western NC and shamelessly dismisses the will of the voters. This power grab is disgraceful. I am angry - and you should be too.

"When [Judge Jefferson Griffin] lost his election night lead as all votes were tallied, GOP lawmakers didn’t accept the will of the people—they rewrote the rules. This is not reform; it’s sabotage, plain and simple," writes Melissa Price Kromm.
#ncpol #NCGA

Imagine issuing a press release boasting that you are trying to disenfranchise more than 60,000 voters. That is what it means to be the North Carolina GOP.