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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 8h

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Cherie Clark @justcherie.bsky.social · 3h

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 4h

"...and so, Emma and her sister wives, will load ourselves into the wagons and head West, with our nurse-dolphin Maria in her own salt-water wagon, we will pledge each mile for cancer kids, who will totally get all your donations.."

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

A free campaign ad for Mamdani.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

If North Carolina enacts this new map, it will be sued.

I don't bluff and I usually win.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h

North Carolina moved closer Tuesday to dismantling a historically Black congressional district in a move one of its former representatives described as “blatant discrimination.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘Blatant Discrimination’: North Carolina Advances GOP Gerrymander at the Expense of Black Voters

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 8h

Who knew White House was gutted/removated by Truman btwn ‘49 and ‘52?

I did. I’m a nerd. The renovation was necessary cuz it was on the verge of collapse.

It was done w great care and reverence for its historical significance

Trump’s “upgrade”, on the other hand, is motel 6 shit

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 6h

I’m like genuinely, personally pissed off about Trump just wrecking the East Wing of the White House. And I generally don’t care about shit like this. Democrats should be screaming about this, standing near the destruction, asking if anyone who loves the country would ruin the people’s house.

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Jade Walker @jadewalker.bsky.social · 6h

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law

Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.

apnews.com

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 16h

For those political observers whose top concern is that election district maps be contiguous and compact, here are the districts NC Republicans drew in 2024.

Ah, the ol' Emerald Isle-to-Warrenton district.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

🚨BREAKING: The North Carolina Senate hastily passed a GOP gerrymander Tuesday in a 26-20 vote, advancing a proposed congressional map that aims to dismantle one of the state’s Black Democratic seats at the request of President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Senate Approves Gerrymander Targeting Black Voters

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Roy Cooper @roycoopernc.bsky.social · 15h

270 days since President Trump put Michael Whatley in charge. Where are the checks?

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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 14h

Friends of Geer Cemetery probes history and soil to preserve the stories of people buried at the historically African American cemetery in Durham.

Beloved: Honoring Durham’s Ancestors at Geer Cemetery

Friends of Geer Cemetery works to preserve the stories of people buried at the historically African American cemetery in Durham.

indyweek.com

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 17h

BELOW: When destroying a rose garden isn't symbolic enough.

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 20h

Just since February, over 300 North Carolina homeowners across Western NC have applied for FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grants to help rebuild their homes.

None - zero - have been approved.

Neither the White House nor WNC's Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards will even comment on it.

What's going on?

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Megan Smolenyak @megansmolenyak.com · 19h

#genealogy

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Cherie Clark @justcherie.bsky.social · 17h

My husband has worked for government contractors who use AWS. It’s always seemed to me that our government agencies should be building and maintaining their own data centers instead of renting space from Amazon. Surely that would be more reliable and secure 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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Cherie Clark @justcherie.bsky.social · 1d

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

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"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.

If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

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Cherie Clark @justcherie.bsky.social · 1d

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Cherie Clark @justcherie.bsky.social · 1d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

“…lunch with Jeffry Dahmer.”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

BREAKING NYT: A shell fired during a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday prematurely detonated, dropping fragments of the shell on a California Highway Patrol vehicle and motorcycle that were part of Vice President JD Vance’s protective detail, according to a patrol report.

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s “Peace Plan” was to get a victory lap on the world stage

Now that that’s over, Netanyahu is back to killing and Palestinians are back to dying

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