@arcoovadia.bsky.social
Dogs, Books, Walks, Volunteer, Community, Mountains, Mother, Wife, Daughter, Bull City for Life, and Crowded Tables in no particular order
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Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
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From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays
Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
capitalbnews.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays
This is an opportunity!
'Grassroots slugfest': A sheriff in a cowboy hat is trying to topple one of NC's most powerful Republicans
'Grassroots slugfest': A sheriff in a cowboy hat is trying to topple one of NC's most powerful Republicans
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is an opportunity!
'Grassroots slugfest': A sheriff in a cowboy hat is trying to topple one of NC's most powerful Republicans
'Grassroots slugfest': A sheriff in a cowboy hat is trying to topple one of NC's most powerful Republicans
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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If I were going back in time to tell my previous self when the US truly collapsed, it is when the President of the United States asked the Supreme Court to starve millions of citizens against every law of decency and morality and Congress—and the conservative majority said yes.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
If I were going back in time to tell my previous self when the US truly collapsed, it is when the President of the United States asked the Supreme Court to starve millions of citizens against every law of decency and morality and Congress—and the conservative majority said yes.
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We have collapsed.
This just into the newsroom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
We have collapsed.
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Pure 🔥🔥🔥from Sen. Rosen: "This is a Republican shutdown...You are in control of the White House, the House, and the Senate. If you went home to a food bank instead of going to Mar-A-Lago...while people are starving, you might see and hear your constituents. You are blind to the suffering."
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pure 🔥🔥🔥from Sen. Rosen: "This is a Republican shutdown...You are in control of the White House, the House, and the Senate. If you went home to a food bank instead of going to Mar-A-Lago...while people are starving, you might see and hear your constituents. You are blind to the suffering."
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“We don’t need any Black people on staff, we’re good.”
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“We don’t need any Black people on staff, we’re good.”
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For two decades, Paul Newby has pushed to make judicial elections in North Carolina explicitly partisan and consistently backed initiatives by Republican lawmakers to strip power away from North Carolina’s governor.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
For two decades, Paul Newby has pushed to make judicial elections in North Carolina explicitly partisan and consistently backed initiatives by Republican lawmakers to strip power away from North Carolina’s governor.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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Wonderful story from the #Emory African American Studies Department about Professor Erica Armstrong Dunbar’s contributions to “The Gilded Age.”
#hatm #HBO #skystorians news.emory.edu/stories/2025...
#hatm #HBO #skystorians news.emory.edu/stories/2025...
Meet the historian ensuring ‘The Gilded Age’ drama rings true | Emory University | Atlanta GA
Emory professor Erica Armstrong Dunbar specializes in sharing the often-overlooked historical experiences of Black women in America. That includes using her talents to bring the characters in the HBO ...
news.emory.edu
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Wonderful story from the #Emory African American Studies Department about Professor Erica Armstrong Dunbar’s contributions to “The Gilded Age.”
#hatm #HBO #skystorians news.emory.edu/stories/2025...
#hatm #HBO #skystorians news.emory.edu/stories/2025...
800 dump trucks of sand gone: A new look at North Carolina's vanishing coast
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
800 dump trucks of sand gone: A new look at North Carolina's vanishing coast
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I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
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With the attacks on the SNAP program that the US are having, this timely piece on their dinner ladies via @bittersouth.bsky.social is very apposite.
And I’m in love with Peggy Davis, the lady in the photo, who’s done this work for 50 years. Finest kind.
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
And I’m in love with Peggy Davis, the lady in the photo, who’s done this work for 50 years. Finest kind.
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
All Praise to the Lunch Ladies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Blessed are the women who watch over America’s children.
bittersoutherner.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
With the attacks on the SNAP program that the US are having, this timely piece on their dinner ladies via @bittersouth.bsky.social is very apposite.
And I’m in love with Peggy Davis, the lady in the photo, who’s done this work for 50 years. Finest kind.
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
And I’m in love with Peggy Davis, the lady in the photo, who’s done this work for 50 years. Finest kind.
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
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The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump.
Judge orders White House to use American Sign Language interpreters at briefings
The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump.
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump.
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A newly formed political action committee plans to spend millions of dollars to attack Senate leader Phil Berger's Republican opponent in next year's primary.
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
Outside groups spending big on NC Sen. Phil Berger's primary race
A newly formed political action committee plans to spend millions of dollars to attack Senate leader Phil Berger's Republican opponent in next year's primary.
www.wunc.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A newly formed political action committee plans to spend millions of dollars to attack Senate leader Phil Berger's Republican opponent in next year's primary.
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
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people who can compartmentalize elon musk’s actions and are able to keep using his app must better at navigating social realities than i’ll ever be
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
people who can compartmentalize elon musk’s actions and are able to keep using his app must better at navigating social realities than i’ll ever be
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I am grateful to the partners who have stepped up to help keep North Carolina families fed by donating $8 million in total. I hope other organizations will step up in this time of need.
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I am grateful to the partners who have stepped up to help keep North Carolina families fed by donating $8 million in total. I hope other organizations will step up in this time of need.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
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One fact about food stamps (SNAP) in North Carolina that many people don't know is that while urban/suburban counties have more recipients overall (because that's where most people live), rural counties have many more recipients as a proportion of their population.
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
One fact about food stamps (SNAP) in North Carolina that many people don't know is that while urban/suburban counties have more recipients overall (because that's where most people live), rural counties have many more recipients as a proportion of their population.
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In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
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New CMPD police chief named -- Estella Patterson, who previously served as Chief of Police in Raleigh, will officially begin her new role on Dec. 1. www.wcnc.com/article/news...
New CMPD police chief named
Estella Patterson, who previously served as Chief of Police in Raleigh, will officially begin her new role on Dec. 1.
www.wcnc.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New CMPD police chief named -- Estella Patterson, who previously served as Chief of Police in Raleigh, will officially begin her new role on Dec. 1. www.wcnc.com/article/news...
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Elaine Welteroth, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and youngest editor of Condé Nast ever, and the 2nd African American to hold this position, changed Teen Vogue to be more politically conscious.
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Ex-Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth: ‘The headlines implied I was a token black hire’
Welteroth was just 29 when Anna Wintour made her editor-in-chief. Months later, the magazine shut down. What did she do next?
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?
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This is exactly the same argument — and, in parts, even the same language — that segregationists advanced to argue that white people had a “right” not to live next to people who were different from them.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is exactly the same argument — and, in parts, even the same language — that segregationists advanced to argue that white people had a “right” not to live next to people who were different from them.
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An artificial intelligence “gun detection” system mistook a crumpled Doritos bag for a firearm — and a Black teenager paid the price. "When racial bias gets coded into software, it reproduces injustice at machine speed," The AFRO's Dr. Frances Murphy Draper says.
wordinblack.com/2025/10/taki...
wordinblack.com/2025/10/taki...
A Doritos Bag, a Gun Drawn, and a Black Teen Terrorized by 'AI'
An AI gun detection system at a student's school isn't the only problem.
wordinblack.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
An artificial intelligence “gun detection” system mistook a crumpled Doritos bag for a firearm — and a Black teenager paid the price. "When racial bias gets coded into software, it reproduces injustice at machine speed," The AFRO's Dr. Frances Murphy Draper says.
wordinblack.com/2025/10/taki...
wordinblack.com/2025/10/taki...