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North Carolina Dems are running for 50/50 Senate seats & 118/120* House seats.
Republicans are running for 45 Senate seats & just 91 House seats.
That's impressive for Dems since gerrymandering gave the GOP nearly 60% in both chambers.
*(Dem-leaning indies are running for the other 2 House seats)
Republicans are running for 45 Senate seats & just 91 House seats.
That's impressive for Dems since gerrymandering gave the GOP nearly 60% in both chambers.
*(Dem-leaning indies are running for the other 2 House seats)
NCSBE update is in. This should be the final candidate list--> #ncpol
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2026 Primary Election Candidate List
docs.google.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
North Carolina Dems are running for 50/50 Senate seats & 118/120* House seats.
Republicans are running for 45 Senate seats & just 91 House seats.
That's impressive for Dems since gerrymandering gave the GOP nearly 60% in both chambers.
*(Dem-leaning indies are running for the other 2 House seats)
Republicans are running for 45 Senate seats & just 91 House seats.
That's impressive for Dems since gerrymandering gave the GOP nearly 60% in both chambers.
*(Dem-leaning indies are running for the other 2 House seats)
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Did Trump’s DOJ really think dropping hundreds of blacked-out pages counted as complying with the law?
I know it’s a bunch of unqualified folks with no backbone over there, but this is next-level.
I know it’s a bunch of unqualified folks with no backbone over there, but this is next-level.
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Did Trump’s DOJ really think dropping hundreds of blacked-out pages counted as complying with the law?
I know it’s a bunch of unqualified folks with no backbone over there, but this is next-level.
I know it’s a bunch of unqualified folks with no backbone over there, but this is next-level.
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Their entire strategy is hoping that people will spend more time talking about the photos of Bill Clinton in the hot tub than who is likely in all those redacted portions of the files.
I think Republicans are overestimating liberals' emotional attachment to Bill Clinton.
December 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Their entire strategy is hoping that people will spend more time talking about the photos of Bill Clinton in the hot tub than who is likely in all those redacted portions of the files.
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i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--
December 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--
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NYT has been running a catch and kill on this story for over a decade now.
This is just so wildly irresponsible and grossly misleading “journalism” @nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
NYT has been running a catch and kill on this story for over a decade now.
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The law Congress passed calls for the complete release of the Epstein files so that there can be full transparency. This set of heavily redacted documents released by the Department of Justice today is just a fraction of the whole body of evidence.
December 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The law Congress passed calls for the complete release of the Epstein files so that there can be full transparency. This set of heavily redacted documents released by the Department of Justice today is just a fraction of the whole body of evidence.
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DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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Can't say how odd it is to hear one of the major medical professional organizations go to the mat like this in the political arena.
“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Can't say how odd it is to hear one of the major medical professional organizations go to the mat like this in the political arena.
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Paul Kirchner
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Paul Kirchner
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Long term, he’ll catch Musk on deaths if we don’t stop him.
I know the competition is tight but RFK Jr really is the most evil and utterly fucking despicable
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
December 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Long term, he’ll catch Musk on deaths if we don’t stop him.
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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Privileged leftists who sat out the 2024 election over Palestine thought that throwing marginalized American communities under the bus was worth it.
I know this is true because they're currently lecturing Dems about making Palestine the litmus test for 2026.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/17/p...
I know this is true because they're currently lecturing Dems about making Palestine the litmus test for 2026.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/17/p...
Pam Bondi wants FBI to put cash bounties on trans activists
Pam Bondi has reportedly ordered the FBI to place cash bounties on trans activists promoting so-called 'radical gender ideology'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Privileged leftists who sat out the 2024 election over Palestine thought that throwing marginalized American communities under the bus was worth it.
I know this is true because they're currently lecturing Dems about making Palestine the litmus test for 2026.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/17/p...
I know this is true because they're currently lecturing Dems about making Palestine the litmus test for 2026.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/17/p...
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We need to make it socially unacceptable to be like “my conscience requires me to do nothing to save you from years of persecution and torment, in exchange for nothing.”
No “if your conscience prevented you from voting for Harris that’s fine.”
You and your “conscience” can fucking cram it.
No “if your conscience prevented you from voting for Harris that’s fine.”
You and your “conscience” can fucking cram it.
December 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We need to make it socially unacceptable to be like “my conscience requires me to do nothing to save you from years of persecution and torment, in exchange for nothing.”
No “if your conscience prevented you from voting for Harris that’s fine.”
You and your “conscience” can fucking cram it.
No “if your conscience prevented you from voting for Harris that’s fine.”
You and your “conscience” can fucking cram it.
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LMAO
December 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
LMAO
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I am very angry that this is how things are.
I am very angry with everyone who could have helped stop this and didn’t.
I am extra angry with everyone who told me that not trying to stop this made them my moral superior.
I am very angry.
I am very angry with everyone who could have helped stop this and didn’t.
I am extra angry with everyone who told me that not trying to stop this made them my moral superior.
I am very angry.
December 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I am very angry that this is how things are.
I am very angry with everyone who could have helped stop this and didn’t.
I am extra angry with everyone who told me that not trying to stop this made them my moral superior.
I am very angry.
I am very angry with everyone who could have helped stop this and didn’t.
I am extra angry with everyone who told me that not trying to stop this made them my moral superior.
I am very angry.
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I took the liberty of fixing it even more.
December 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I took the liberty of fixing it even more.
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Last time I asked Bill Cassidy about ACIP changing its vaccine guidance on Hepatitis B, he said
"We’re focused on health care right now”
Me: but you said in your testimony when you voted to confirm him
Cassidy: “Excuse me, I've answered that a couple days ago. But let me just focus on this.”
"We’re focused on health care right now”
Me: but you said in your testimony when you voted to confirm him
Cassidy: “Excuse me, I've answered that a couple days ago. But let me just focus on this.”
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Last time I asked Bill Cassidy about ACIP changing its vaccine guidance on Hepatitis B, he said
"We’re focused on health care right now”
Me: but you said in your testimony when you voted to confirm him
Cassidy: “Excuse me, I've answered that a couple days ago. But let me just focus on this.”
"We’re focused on health care right now”
Me: but you said in your testimony when you voted to confirm him
Cassidy: “Excuse me, I've answered that a couple days ago. But let me just focus on this.”
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by the middle of next year, he’s going to be saying this explicitly, he’s going to make nixon-at-the-end look humble and contrite
I like how he keeps implying that Americans are ungrateful to him. Keep it up, sir.
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
by the middle of next year, he’s going to be saying this explicitly, he’s going to make nixon-at-the-end look humble and contrite
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uh-huh
Patterns are important. I’m not making any accusations but he looks really bad writing a column like this rn
December 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
uh-huh
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Folks — does it seem possible to you a very important Republican at the NYT could possibly be in the files
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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The Manhattan institute’s flagship publication going out of its way to ask young republicans what they think of Hitler and getting the answers you’d exactly expect:
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Manhattan institute’s flagship publication going out of its way to ask young republicans what they think of Hitler and getting the answers you’d exactly expect:
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Very cool!
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Very cool!
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‘Not just the wild, wild west’: Jackson rental registry off to the races after landlord lawsuit
Three years after landlords sued in response to Jackson's rental registration program, preventing it from taking effect, the city will finally be able to collect fees to fund routine rental…
Three years after landlords sued in response to Jackson's rental registration program, preventing it from taking effect, the city will finally be able to collect fees to fund routine rental…
‘Not just the wild, wild west’: Jackson rental registry off to the races after landlord lawsuit
Three years after landlords sued in response to Jackson's rental registration program, preventing it from taking effect, the city will finally be able to collect fees to fund routine rental inspections.
mississippitoday.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
‘Not just the wild, wild west’: Jackson rental registry off to the races after landlord lawsuit
Three years after landlords sued in response to Jackson's rental registration program, preventing it from taking effect, the city will finally be able to collect fees to fund routine rental…
Three years after landlords sued in response to Jackson's rental registration program, preventing it from taking effect, the city will finally be able to collect fees to fund routine rental…