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My heart is heavy with sadness from senseless murders — Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, Iryna Zarutska, and Charlie Kirk — and school shootings last month in Minneapolis and today in Colorado.
September 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
My heart is heavy with sadness from senseless murders — Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, Iryna Zarutska, and Charlie Kirk — and school shootings last month in Minneapolis and today in Colorado.
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The assassination of Charlie Kirk is despicable.
This cannot be the direction we’re going as a country. This downward spiral of violence must stop.
My prayers are with Charlie - for his life, his family, and his friends.
This cannot be the direction we’re going as a country. This downward spiral of violence must stop.
My prayers are with Charlie - for his life, his family, and his friends.
September 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is despicable.
This cannot be the direction we’re going as a country. This downward spiral of violence must stop.
My prayers are with Charlie - for his life, his family, and his friends.
This cannot be the direction we’re going as a country. This downward spiral of violence must stop.
My prayers are with Charlie - for his life, his family, and his friends.
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I am deeply disturbed by the shooting in Utah. Doug and I send our prayers to Charlie Kirk and his family.
Let me be clear: Political violence has no place in America. I condemn this act, and we all must work together to ensure this does not lead to more violence.
Let me be clear: Political violence has no place in America. I condemn this act, and we all must work together to ensure this does not lead to more violence.
September 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I am deeply disturbed by the shooting in Utah. Doug and I send our prayers to Charlie Kirk and his family.
Let me be clear: Political violence has no place in America. I condemn this act, and we all must work together to ensure this does not lead to more violence.
Let me be clear: Political violence has no place in America. I condemn this act, and we all must work together to ensure this does not lead to more violence.
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Setting aside the substance of Charlie Kirk's opinions, his basic right to express himself freely in a liberal society is one we should all hold dear. When we lose rights like that to fear of political violence, we are all poorer for it.
September 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Setting aside the substance of Charlie Kirk's opinions, his basic right to express himself freely in a liberal society is one we should all hold dear. When we lose rights like that to fear of political violence, we are all poorer for it.
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Partisan rigging of North Carolina's state legislature is so pervasive that even when a majority of residents statewide voted for Democrats in the 2024 elections, Republicans still held on to 2/3rds of seats in the NC State Senate, and are just 1 seat shy of 2/3rds in the State House.
June 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Partisan rigging of North Carolina's state legislature is so pervasive that even when a majority of residents statewide voted for Democrats in the 2024 elections, Republicans still held on to 2/3rds of seats in the NC State Senate, and are just 1 seat shy of 2/3rds in the State House.
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BOOM! The North Carolina State House just unanimously (107 to 0) passed a ban on parking minimums in new developments statewide.
This is powerful and bipartisan pro-housing reform that will make it easier to expand multifamily housing. Great work.
www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2...
This is powerful and bipartisan pro-housing reform that will make it easier to expand multifamily housing. Great work.
www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2...
June 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
BOOM! The North Carolina State House just unanimously (107 to 0) passed a ban on parking minimums in new developments statewide.
This is powerful and bipartisan pro-housing reform that will make it easier to expand multifamily housing. Great work.
www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2...
This is powerful and bipartisan pro-housing reform that will make it easier to expand multifamily housing. Great work.
www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2...
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This is pretty wild: the loonytoon who sent death threats to North Carolina lawmakers over a proposed shrimp trawling ban was the Republican nominee for State Auditor in 2020. He almost won!
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC man charged with threatening to kill 41 state lawmakers over shrimping ban
Authorities arrested and charged Anthony Wayne Street on Friday for making death threats in since-deleted Facebook posts.
www.newsobserver.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is pretty wild: the loonytoon who sent death threats to North Carolina lawmakers over a proposed shrimp trawling ban was the Republican nominee for State Auditor in 2020. He almost won!
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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North Carolina's state legislature is a pay-to-play arena where special interests pay an "entry fee" to get meetings with policymakers.
Via @thehometownholler.bsky.social
Via @thehometownholler.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
North Carolina's state legislature is a pay-to-play arena where special interests pay an "entry fee" to get meetings with policymakers.
Via @thehometownholler.bsky.social
Via @thehometownholler.bsky.social
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The decision by Governor @joshsteinnc.bsky.social to veto Republicans' reckless permitless carry bill was a double-win: good, common-sense policy that creates good politics.
Thank you, Governor Stein, for standing up for common sense! 👍
Thank you, Governor Stein, for standing up for common sense! 👍
June 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The decision by Governor @joshsteinnc.bsky.social to veto Republicans' reckless permitless carry bill was a double-win: good, common-sense policy that creates good politics.
Thank you, Governor Stein, for standing up for common sense! 👍
Thank you, Governor Stein, for standing up for common sense! 👍
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GOOD NEWS: today, @ncgovernor.bsky.social took courageous action to ❌ VETO 3 awful bills from our state legislature:
- permitless carry
- anti-immigrant scaremongering
- unfunded mandates on law enforcement
This weekend, NCians will all be a little safer. Nice!
governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...
- permitless carry
- anti-immigrant scaremongering
- unfunded mandates on law enforcement
This weekend, NCians will all be a little safer. Nice!
governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...
Governor Stein Takes Action on Four Bills
Today Governor Josh Stein vetoed three bills: Senate Bill 50, Senate Bill 153, and House Bill 318. He also signed House Bill 126 into law.Governor Stein made the following statement on his veto of Sen...
governor.nc.gov
June 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
GOOD NEWS: today, @ncgovernor.bsky.social took courageous action to ❌ VETO 3 awful bills from our state legislature:
- permitless carry
- anti-immigrant scaremongering
- unfunded mandates on law enforcement
This weekend, NCians will all be a little safer. Nice!
governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...
- permitless carry
- anti-immigrant scaremongering
- unfunded mandates on law enforcement
This weekend, NCians will all be a little safer. Nice!
governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...
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Today, the General Assembly adjourned before passing a budget. Here’s my statement:
June 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Today, the General Assembly adjourned before passing a budget. Here’s my statement:
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Here's what happened this week in North Carolina politics.
Chug! Chug! Chug! 🥛
Chug! Chug! Chug! 🥛
June 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Here's what happened this week in North Carolina politics.
Chug! Chug! Chug! 🥛
Chug! Chug! Chug! 🥛
"The administration's decision to remove a bipartisan, evidence-based service that has effectively supported a high-risk group of young people through their darkest moments is incomprehensible." - Jaymes Black, CEO of The Trevor Project
After three years and 1.3 million texts and phone calls, the national LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline is shutting down.
Trump administration to end national LGBTQ+ suicide hotline
No reason was given for why services specific to LGBTQ+ callers are ending for 988, the crisis hotline for queer youth that launched in 2022.
19thnews.org
June 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"The administration's decision to remove a bipartisan, evidence-based service that has effectively supported a high-risk group of young people through their darkest moments is incomprehensible." - Jaymes Black, CEO of The Trevor Project
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“Antisemitism seems to be a rare type of bigotry that some intellectuals are uncomfortable rebuking without caveat,” the editorial board writes.
Opinion | Antisemitism Is an Urgent Problem. Too Many People Are Making Excuses.
Both the right and the left deserve blame for the rise in anti-Jewish hatred.
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“Antisemitism seems to be a rare type of bigotry that some intellectuals are uncomfortable rebuking without caveat,” the editorial board writes.
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Just so we’re clear, I will veto any bill that strips women of their reproductive freedoms.
April 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Just so we’re clear, I will veto any bill that strips women of their reproductive freedoms.
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This is Christian Nationalism. What Trump and his administration are doing is dangerous to both the nation AND the Christian faith. It perverts the Bible and the constitution. It must be stopped.
May 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is Christian Nationalism. What Trump and his administration are doing is dangerous to both the nation AND the Christian faith. It perverts the Bible and the constitution. It must be stopped.
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Using a book about a poor man of color from the Middle East who fled persecution & was displaced as a refugee to justify turning asylum-seekers away & “mass deportation” shows you that it was never about Jesus. It was always about control, power, & bigotry.
February 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Using a book about a poor man of color from the Middle East who fled persecution & was displaced as a refugee to justify turning asylum-seekers away & “mass deportation” shows you that it was never about Jesus. It was always about control, power, & bigotry.
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It is not normal to not care about other people. It is not normal to see people suffering & just look away. Especially when those in power try to dehumanize certain groups, we have to resist the notion that anyone else’s suffering is somehow less important than our own. It will never be true.
March 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It is not normal to not care about other people. It is not normal to see people suffering & just look away. Especially when those in power try to dehumanize certain groups, we have to resist the notion that anyone else’s suffering is somehow less important than our own. It will never be true.
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"Terrible things are happening outside... poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children
come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared."
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January 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Terrible things are happening outside... poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children
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Hamas on Saturday released four female Israeli soldiers held hostage in the Gaza Strip. It was the second release of hostages as part of a cease-fire deal that went into effect nearly a week earlier.
As Hamas Releases More Israeli Hostages, It Puts on a Show of Force
The handover of four female Israeli soldiers by Hamas on Saturday came as Israel released 200 prisoners. But a dispute arose over the hostage release timetable.
nyti.ms
January 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hamas on Saturday released four female Israeli soldiers held hostage in the Gaza Strip. It was the second release of hostages as part of a cease-fire deal that went into effect nearly a week earlier.
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Turning people away at the border isn’t Christ-like. Jesus welcomes all, loves all, & commanded us to do the same. This is shameful.
January 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Turning people away at the border isn’t Christ-like. Jesus welcomes all, loves all, & commanded us to do the same. This is shameful.
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If you see an asylum-seeker in distress & your first thought isn’t, “how can I be of assistance to this person, as a fellow human being?”, your humanity is severely tainted. We owe each other care, simply by virtue of being human. The day we lose sight of that is the day we’ve lost everything.
January 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you see an asylum-seeker in distress & your first thought isn’t, “how can I be of assistance to this person, as a fellow human being?”, your humanity is severely tainted. We owe each other care, simply by virtue of being human. The day we lose sight of that is the day we’ve lost everything.