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Jennifer (Jenn) Weaver
@jennweaver.bsky.social
Former mayor of #HillsboroughNC, A better world is possible. Carolina Basketball, Fall, Get me outside. Can we get some buses, trains, and bike lanes up in here?
Us: We are buying a precooked turkey so that we don’t have to fool with it.

Also us: “Rewarming” the turkey for two hours at half the required temperature.

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November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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My latest, about @siembranc.bsky.social and how they organized in North Carolina to counter Operation Charlotte's Web and Border Patrol's latest anti-immigrant crackdown, co-published in @thenation.com and @southernstudies.bsky.social

www.thenation.com/article/poli...
How North Carolina Rose Up Against Trump’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Crackdown
“Operation Charlotte’s Web” may mobilize North Carolina’s working-class Latino members and allies to shift the political balance of power at the local, state, and national levels.
www.thenation.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Hello from the Raleigh to Charlotte corridor, where the Piedmont operates like the Cascades and keeps breaking ridership records: www.axios.com/local/raleig...
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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The people want trains!
A growing number of Americans are rolling into the holidays by train with Amtrak reporting an increase in riders after federally mandated flight reductions led to thousands of delays and cancellations at major airports nationwide. NBC News' Emilie Ikeda reports.
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Every time Congress threatens SNAP, the message is clear: “You’re on your own.” Libraries, by contrast, send the opposite message: “You’re part of a community, and we take care of each other.”
When Libraries Do More Than Congress: Food-for-Fines in American Libraries
While Congress debates cutting SNAP benefits, local librarians are stocking food pantries, organizing donation drives, and ensuring that struggling families don’t walk away empty-handed.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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this business is right down the street from my house and I love them so much for how much they love our beautiful town. thank you bright black candles for this great message
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Elected officials in Orange County affirmed their support of immigrant community members and criticism of federal efforts that brought ICE officers and Border Patrol agents to North Carolina through a statement on Tuesday.

Here's what they had to say:
Orange County Elected Officials Share Support of Local Families, Speak Out Against ICE Raids - Chapelboro.com
Elected officials in Orange County affirmed their support of immigrant community members and criticism of federal deportation efforts.
chapelboro.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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FWIW, Elizabeth Warren and Larry Summers go back years. They had this interaction in 2009 after the 2008 financial crisis and the ensuing Great Recession.
billmoyers.com/2014/09/05/i...
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My take is that I can talk about my momma but you had better not talk about my momma.
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath

50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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The author(s) of this memo will come out and they should be shunned the rest of their careers in the law. (Seeing as how John Yoo is a law professor, I’m not getting my hopes up)

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry.

The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Chapel Hill native and former town council member Karen Stegman plans to run in the primary election for the Board of Orange County Commissioners next year.

Here’s what she told us about her plans:
EXCLUSIVE: Karen Stegman Announces Campaign for Orange County Commissioner Seat - Chapelboro.com
Chapel Hill native and former town council member Karen Stegman plans to run for the Board of Orange County Commissioners in 2026.
chapelboro.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Aging is reading Adam Lucas the day after a win and reading several time in the article that it’s been 23 years since we’ve beaten Kansas and getting to the below paragraph and thinking “that can’t be right, he’s said many times it’s been 23 yea….oh.” The math - ouch.
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Our college freshman has tickets to the game tonight, and I’m so stinking excited for him. He’s been to games before but none this hype. Not bad for his first game as a student. So much has changed about college bball, but it still sure is fun to watch. Go Heels! 🏀 🩵
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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NEW: Opposition to data centers is growing, and it crosses party lines. These projects are rousing activists on the right and left and starting to play a bigger role in elections. @jael.bsky.social and our Heatmap Pro data team has been tracking it. Lots of insights here heatmap.news/energy/data-...
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against AI development.
heatmap.news
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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It’s so great to see this @GoTriangle 400 bus from Chapel Hill to Durham completely full. #Transit for the win. 🏆
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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BREAKING:

A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.

Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM