βhe learns that people will always choose a simple lie over a complicated truth, because the lie has one unbeatable advantage: the truth always has to stick to what actually happened, whereas the lie just has to be easy to believe.β Fredrik Backman
Must-read story about Whatley's communications w/officials after Helene. #ncpol
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We need to embrace innovation, but we have to do it in a way that doesnβt harm North Carolinians.
Data centers should bring their own clean power and pay for their own energy, not leave families paying higher electricity bills because of data centersβ energy demands.
For my fellow North Carolinians, this could be in. We swap Berger for a different MAGA dude, but perhaps anyone is better than Berger. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...
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This will mean a lot to some US Capitol Police families
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) just now at hearing: "All those thugs have actually been pardoned, yet we haven't thanked the Capitol Police officers"
I donβt know if anyone who follows me has ever been to the island of Viques, part of Puerto Rico, but decades ago there was a huge push to get the military off island. Theyβd used it as a bomb testing ground. .https://www.thecut.com/article/trump-puerto-rico-militarization-maduro-venezuela.html
"Don't worry, I've got you"
βFor Alexβ
Alex Jeffrey Pretti
1988 - 2026 rest in peace sir..ποΈ
Beautiful tribute by illustrator MJ.Hiblen (@mjhiblenart on Instagram)...π’
βhe learns that people will always choose a simple lie over a complicated truth, because the lie has one unbeatable advantage: the truth always has to stick to what actually happened, whereas the lie just has to be easy to believe.β
From Us Against You by Fredrick Backman
NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Moskowitz on Noem: "Is she hiding her face like her ICE agents now? By the way - is this what the $800b went to? Every day we see her after some new tragedy, she's wearing a different outfit with a different hat. She looks ridiculous. She deserves to be removed from her job, & if not impeached."
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Billionaires have increased their wealth by $10 trillion since 2020.
The wealth of the poorer half of humanity, over 4 billion people, is estimated at $3.7 trillion total.
What I always hear: βWe canβt afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.β
What I never hear: βWe canβt afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.β
Funny how that works.
NCDHHS canβt put health care costs on a credit card.
The longer the General Assembly refuses to fund our Medicaid program, the more they erode our health care system. They need to do their jobs.
I get emails every day asking for donations to political campaigns. Itβs infuriating. We donβt need to feed politicians. We need to feed the underprivileged. I want to support the candidates. Get money out of politics. Put a cap on campaign spending!