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Advocate for Main St. Before Wall St.
Lifelong learner, traveler, dedicated to making a state and country that work for all.
Lifelong learner, traveler, dedicated to making a state and country that work for all.
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NC pitches $1 billion plan to overhaul rural health system
State’s proposal for federal funding would create regional hubs, bolster workforce and revive food-as-medicine programs.
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org
NC pitches $1 billion plan to overhaul #rural health system. State’s proposal for NC’s share of $50 billion in new federal money would create regional hubs, bolster workforce and revive food-as-medicine programs. www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/12/01/n...
Traveling Without a Real ID? That’ll Cost You $45. As of February, passengers without the government-approved identity card will be required to pay for alternative screening at U.S. airports.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Traveling Without a Real ID? That’ll Cost You $45. As of February, passengers without the government-approved identity card will be required to pay for alternative screening at U.S. airports.
A Surprise When Your Package Arrives: You Have to Pay the #Tariff. The end of a tariff exemption on goods worth $800 or less has left some U.S. shoppers with an extra shipping bill that must be paid before delivery
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A Surprise When Your Package Arrives: You Have to Pay the #Tariff. The end of a tariff exemption on goods worth $800 or less has left some U.S. shoppers with an extra shipping bill that must be paid before delivery
Leaked assessment based on confidential accounts from 24 #FBI sources describes organization as a ‘rudderless ship."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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FBI under Kash Patel has become ‘internally paralyzed by fear’, new report reveals
Leaked assessment based on confidential accounts from 24 FBI sources describes organization as a ‘rudderless ship’
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Leaked assessment based on confidential accounts from 24 #FBI sources describes organization as a ‘rudderless ship."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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NEW: The most important Sunday read.
Drug courts are saving lives. Red states love them. People depend on them. But Trump could very well blow it all up
via @citizencohn.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/drug-treat...
Drug courts are saving lives. Red states love them. People depend on them. But Trump could very well blow it all up
via @citizencohn.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/drug-treat...
Drug Courts Save Lives. That May Not Save Them From Trump.
An Alabama man’s recovery story shows what the program can do—and what could be lost.
www.thebulwark.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
NEW: The most important Sunday read.
Drug courts are saving lives. Red states love them. People depend on them. But Trump could very well blow it all up
via @citizencohn.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/drug-treat...
Drug courts are saving lives. Red states love them. People depend on them. But Trump could very well blow it all up
via @citizencohn.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/drug-treat...
#Dementia Comes in Many Forms. #Alzheimers Is Just One. Most people who have dementia (including Alzheimer’s) show signs of several different types of neurodegenerative disease in their brains. #cognitive
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#Dementia Comes in Many Forms. #Alzheimers Is Just One. Most people who have dementia (including Alzheimer’s) show signs of several different types of neurodegenerative disease in their brains. #cognitive
GOP agonizes: What to do about the #ACA? GOP lawmakers have promised to “repeal Obamacare” for years. They say that continuing to fund the subsidies is a nonstarter, They want to shift the money to Americans via health-savings accounts.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
GOP agonizes: What to do about the #ACA? GOP lawmakers have promised to “repeal Obamacare” for years. They say that continuing to fund the subsidies is a nonstarter, They want to shift the money to Americans via health-savings accounts.
A chorus of speakers urged #Mecklenburg County commissioners to ensure #Atrium Health delivers on the affordable housing it promised when it won $75M in taxpayer funding for its medical innovation district, The Pearl
Calls grow for Mecklenburg County to enforce Atrium’s housing promises
At a county commissioners' meeting, advocates pressed lawmakers to hold the health care giant accountable for promises tied to the Pearl.
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A chorus of speakers urged #Mecklenburg County commissioners to ensure #Atrium Health delivers on the affordable housing it promised when it won $75M in taxpayer funding for its medical innovation district, The Pearl
Democrats zeroed in on utilities and affordability to win Republican support in upset elections in Georgia and Virginia. Can the same playbook work in 2026?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Democrats zeroed in on utilities and affordability to win Republican support in upset elections in Georgia and Virginia. Can the same playbook work in 2026?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
#Atrium/ #Advocate Health CEO Gene Woods sees 49% salary increase in 2024. Woods’s compensation eclipses what other major North Carolina health-system CEOs earn and all but one of NC's Fortune 500 CEOs. www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/11/28/g...
Gene Woods, CEO of Atrium Health’s parent company, gets a 49% pay boost, to $25.8 million
CEO Gene Woods' compensation eclipses what other major North Carolina health-system CEOs earn.
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#Atrium/ #Advocate Health CEO Gene Woods sees 49% salary increase in 2024. Woods’s compensation eclipses what other major North Carolina health-system CEOs earn and all but one of NC's Fortune 500 CEOs. www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/11/28/g...
NC pitches $1 billion plan to overhaul #rural health system. State’s proposal for NC’s share of $50 billion in new federal money would create regional hubs, bolster workforce and revive food-as-medicine programs. www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/12/01/n...
NC pitches $1 billion plan to overhaul rural health system
State’s proposal for federal funding would create regional hubs, bolster workforce and revive food-as-medicine programs.
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
NC pitches $1 billion plan to overhaul #rural health system. State’s proposal for NC’s share of $50 billion in new federal money would create regional hubs, bolster workforce and revive food-as-medicine programs. www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/12/01/n...
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime. Top Republicans have joined Democrats in demanding answers about the escalating military campaign that Trump says is aimed at drug traffickers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime. Top Republicans have joined Democrats in demanding answers about the escalating military campaign that Trump says is aimed at drug traffickers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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Daniel Shaffer says his company won’t just construct this data center in ENC's Edgecombe County, but will open another $6.4 billion data center in the same county — and perhaps a third multibillion-dollar facility in #Fayetteville.
www.newsobserver.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Daniel Shaffer says his company won’t just construct this data center in ENC's Edgecombe County, but will open another $6.4 billion data center in the same county — and perhaps a third multibillion-dollar facility in #Fayetteville.
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The nation’s #floodinsurance program (NFIP) has been reauthorized until Jan. 30, 2026. But lawmakers are facing mounting pressure to overhaul a system that has been under scrutiny for years and is currently over $22 billion in debt.
www.newsobserver.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The nation’s #floodinsurance program (NFIP) has been reauthorized until Jan. 30, 2026. But lawmakers are facing mounting pressure to overhaul a system that has been under scrutiny for years and is currently over $22 billion in debt.
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Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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Top Trump Aides to Meet With #Ukrainians in Florida on Sunday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner plan to discuss peace terms again after an uproar over a 28-point proposal drafted with Russian input www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Top Trump Aides to Meet With #Ukrainians in Florida on Sunday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner plan to discuss peace terms again after an uproar over a 28-point proposal drafted with Russian input www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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The U.S. #poverty line is $32,150 for a family of four. Green says it should be more than four times that — which means the majority of American households are living “in poverty,” by his metric. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The U.S. #poverty line is $32,150 for a family of four. Green says it should be more than four times that — which means the majority of American households are living “in poverty,” by his metric. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.
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Patients are often stymied in efforts to get insurers to provide home #ventilators. They can end up spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for private nurses to make sure they don't die overnight. Those who need a nursing home may move to another state
They need a ventilator to stay alive. Getting one can be a nightmare
Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers often deny payment for the best at-home machines, and innovative…
www.npr.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Patients are often stymied in efforts to get insurers to provide home #ventilators. They can end up spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for private nurses to make sure they don't die overnight. Those who need a nursing home may move to another state
DHS has arrested more than 4,000 people in the #Chicago area. Only about 120 have a criminal arrest or conviction, some for major crimes such as murder, and others for nonviolent offenses such as illegally crossing the border.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
DHS has arrested more than 4,000 people in the #Chicago area. Only about 120 have a criminal arrest or conviction, some for major crimes such as murder, and others for nonviolent offenses such as illegally crossing the border.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Trump’s Focus on Drug War Means Big Business for Defense Startups. Drones, sensors and AI platforms developed for other theaters are being rebranded as tools for the fight against ‘narco-terror
www.wsj.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Trump’s Focus on Drug War Means Big Business for Defense Startups. Drones, sensors and AI platforms developed for other theaters are being rebranded as tools for the fight against ‘narco-terror
NC State Sen. DeAndrea Salvador of #Charlotte found that a clip from her 2018 TED Talk about energy costs for Americans was used in an award-winning video to promote #Whirlpool products in #Brazil. She is suing in NC federal court.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/11/30/deep-fake-whirlool-brazil/
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NC State Sen. DeAndrea Salvador of #Charlotte found that a clip from her 2018 TED Talk about energy costs for Americans was used in an award-winning video to promote #Whirlpool products in #Brazil. She is suing in NC federal court.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Patients are often stymied in efforts to get insurers to provide home #ventilators. They can end up spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for private nurses to make sure they don't die overnight. Those who need a nursing home may move to another state
They need a ventilator to stay alive. Getting one can be a nightmare
Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers often deny payment for the best at-home machines, and innovative…
www.npr.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Patients are often stymied in efforts to get insurers to provide home #ventilators. They can end up spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for private nurses to make sure they don't die overnight. Those who need a nursing home may move to another state
The U.S. #poverty line is $32,150 for a family of four. Green says it should be more than four times that — which means the majority of American households are living “in poverty,” by his metric. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The U.S. #poverty line is $32,150 for a family of four. Green says it should be more than four times that — which means the majority of American households are living “in poverty,” by his metric. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.
Top Trump Aides to Meet With #Ukrainians in Florida on Sunday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner plan to discuss peace terms again after an uproar over a 28-point proposal drafted with Russian input www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Top Trump Aides to Meet With #Ukrainians in Florida on Sunday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner plan to discuss peace terms again after an uproar over a 28-point proposal drafted with Russian input www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that one age group is bearing a disproportionate share of our national gun violence crisis.
Gun Violence Is Gen Z’s Leading Cause of Death
CDC data shows that Gen Z bears a disproportionate share of our national gun violence crisis.
www.thetrace.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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“Real wages — that is, wages adjusted for inflation — are going down for most people. The bottom 90 percent of Americans are in very bad shape,” says Reich.
Robert Reich Thinks Democrats Are On the Brink of a New Era
Robert Reich speaks to The Intercept Briefing podcast about the economy and the state of Democratic Party politics under Trump.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“Real wages — that is, wages adjusted for inflation — are going down for most people. The bottom 90 percent of Americans are in very bad shape,” says Reich.