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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 1d

I mean… at least it’s out in the open now

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 1d

Also do your job #ncga and pass a budget

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 1d

Blistering take from the N&O:

"Yes, a Republican leader in perhaps the nation’s most gerrymandered state really said that Republicans would not allow politicians to undermine the will of the voters." #ncpol

www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...

NC Republicans tell a whopper of a lie to justify redrawing districts again | Opinion

This is what you do when you can’t admit to the truth | Opinion

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 4d

Diane Keaton is the reason I went thru a two-week phase at 13 wearing neckties to school #DianeKeaton #AnnieHall #icon

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 5d

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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NC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · 12d

The N.C. Utilities Commission has ruled in favor of Duke Energy Carolinas in its dispute with EMPOWERment Inc., over the nonprofit developer’s use of a single master meter to power 10 new low-income apartments in Chapel Hill. ncnewsline.com/briefs/n-c-u... By @gchildress.bsky.social #ncpol

N.C. Utilities Commission rules against Chapel Hill developer in single-meter dispute • NC Newsline

The N.C. Utilities Commission ruled in favor of Duke Energy Carolinas in its dispute with EMPOWERment Inc., over a single master meter.

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 14d

One of the world's greatest scientific minds 💔

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 14d

I don't want to hear another word on bipartisanship and working across the aisle when this is what is waiting for Dems on the other side of said aisle.

There is no hope for doing the people's work when the majority is full of trolls and deeply unserious buffoons

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15d

The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.

He said this out loud.

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 15d

In this report, Dave Boliek, the State Auditor of NC, blames Charlotte's DEI policies for not providing adequate security to the city's transit system. This report is not only politically motivated but also poorly written and sloppy. #ncpol

www.auditor.nc.gov/documents/re...

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Reuters @reuters.com · 15d

JUST IN: The US lurched toward a government shutdown as a vote to extend funding past a midnight deadline failed in the Senate reut.rs/4gSEZDu

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 16d

So Trump and Hegseth schedule an “unprecedented” meeting of our military leaders on the same day Congress will act on a possible government shutdown…

Gotta give Fox and Friends some alternative clips, right?

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 16d

Few are better advocates for our waters than rafting guides

NPR @npr.org · 16d

A popular rafting river in the Appalachian mountains is still closed a year after Hurricane Helene, because there's just too much debris. Now, rafting guides have come together to help clean it up.

A year after Helene, a group of raft guides embarks on a river clean-up mission

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 16d

A simple search on the state's court records site will show you how alarmingly fast this was escalating.

Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 16d

Having witnessed this kind of disturbing behavior first-hand, we have got to take red flag laws seriously.

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After Southport shooting, NC Gov. Stein urges fix for ‘broken’ health care system

The governor spoke hours after the alleged shooter, a military veteran who was shot in Iraq, made his first court appearance on murder charges.

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 19d

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Trump Raised $8 Million for Hurricane Helene Survivors. Where Did It All Go? - Inside Climate News

The presidential campaign bad-mouthed FEMA while using crowdfunding to donate to evangelical nonprofits.

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 19d

Follow the money...if you can

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 21d

For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...

What Am I Supposed to Tell My Terrified Friends?

Every time there's a mass shooting in the US, my trans friends and I hold our collective breath. If the shooter turns out to be trans, it could signal the final days of our human rights in a country t...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21d

The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle federal policies to study and address the risks of climate change could pose a national security threat to the U.S., said Jake Sullivan, former national security adviser in the Biden administration.

Climate Forward Live Updates: How Trump Is Changing Climate Policy Globally

The New York Times’s annual Climate Forward event includes Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, among others. The discussion is focusing on how environmental policies are shifting around the globe.

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 21d

Listening in on the #ncga committee on hurricane recovery. Right out the gate, it's a Roy Cooper bash fest.

Enough with the finger pointing and US Senate campaign commercial fodder. Grow up and do the work

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 23d

…”the bill doesn’t provide any additional funding for police or for mental health services.” 🙄

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · 23d

Sen. Mohammed is among the best of the best in #ncpol

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"No family should have to see the face of their loved one turned into a political prop simply because a political consultant or political operative thought this was a golden opportunity to exploit someone's death”

NC Senate votes to find new ways to execute prisoners, make other legal changes in wake of Charlotte stabbing

Changes to bail policies, rules for magistrates and the death penalty are among the proposals North Carolina legislators are considering after the Charlotte stabbing of Iryna Zarutska.

www.wral.com

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Leslie Edwards @tarheeled.bsky.social · Sep 11

barack obama is giving a speech in front of a microphone in front of american flags .

ALT: barack obama is giving a speech in front of a microphone in front of american flags .

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Bryan Godbe @bryangodbe.bsky.social · Sep 9

The US currently subsidizes the fossil-fuel industry with nearly $31 bn per year. These handouts pose a massive barrier to decarbonization, says the report, which experts have long warned is urgently necessary to avert the worst consequences of the climate crisis.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds

Figure calculated by Oil Change International has more than doubled since 2017 but is likely a vast understatement

www.theguardian.com

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