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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 13h

A dangerous, murderous chicken 🐔

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 13h

It's absurd. Did I see a guy dressed like a chicken?

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 17h

#ncpol #ralpol

Enlace Latino NC @enlacelatinonc.bsky.social · 17h

ICE expansion in Raleigh? Here’s what we know so far

Office spaces were sought in 19 locations across the country on Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) behalf by the General Services Administration (GSA).

ICE expansion in Raleigh? Here’s what we know so far

Office spaces were sought in 19 locations across the country on Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) behalf by the General Services Administration (GSA).

enlacelatinonc.org

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 20h

"Welcome to a new term of the worst, and perhaps the last, Supreme Court of the United States." -Gene Nichol

Gift article:
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...

We’re no longer approaching a US constitutional crisis. We’re in the midst of one | Opinion

Welcome to a new term of the worst, and perhaps the last, Supreme Court of the United States. | Opinion

www.newsobserver.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

It’s just that Trump knows so many Ghislaines.

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 1d

I only watch CBS Sunday Mornings, which isn't that good, and sometimes 60 Minutes. It's no loss to me to stop watching either show.

I wonder if the average American knows who Bari Weiss is.

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 1d

Guarantee he doesn't know what they are

Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, Duolingo has strange sentences and terrible explanations. I still use it though.

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 1d

#ncpol

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva won her election two weeks ago. Republicans refuse to seat her in Congress.

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 1d

I looked today to see who voted for Russell Vought and noticed that she did. Wasn't surprised, but definitely annoyed.

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for speaking up about this.

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Democracy North Carolina @democracync.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: North Carolina Gov. Stein signed House Bill 307 into law and it’s deeply disappointing.

As our friends over at @ncblackalliance.bsky.social have pointed out, this legislation does nothing to make our communities safer.

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 1d

Good for her

Former Wake Forest trainer sues NC congressman for libel over Charlie Kirk posts ncnewsline.com/briefs/forme... #ncpol

Former Wake Forest trainer sues NC congressman for libel over Charlie Kirk posts • NC Newsline

A former Wake Forest University trainer is suing Rep. Pat Harrigan for more than $75,000 after he said she was fired for comments about Charlie Kirk.

ncnewsline.com

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 1d

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 1d

Most people don't pay attention to local politics. But seriously, the state legislature limits what municipalities can do in terms of what they can require of developers. It's a corrupt and broken system.

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly! The state legislature limits what municipalities can do. The development industry owns the state legislature.

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 1d

I've been in Raleigh for 38 years. It's been growing since I've been here. The thing is that I don't think our state has accommodated the growth over the last 10 years.

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 1d

What the hell are you doing @jaketapper.bsky.social?

I don't know why you're allowed in front of a camera.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president — not any of his aides — who authored the written responses to his questions.

He also did not explain whether he’d made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly.

The president’s purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phone’s text message capacity.

He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings.

Trump’s unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health

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Ed Hirsch @edhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Jared Golden is not a Democrat, he works for AIPAC and they tell him how to vote

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

#NCPol: Roy Cooper raises $14.5 million in his first #NCSen fundraising quarter. "This is the largest amount ever raised during a U.S. Senate challenger campaign’s first quarter and raised in only 65 days since the campaign launched," his campaign says.

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 2d

You're in this article techcrunch.com/2025/10/05/w...

Waffles eat Bluesky | TechCrunch

A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.

techcrunch.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2d

Hard to see Republican governors in the South salivating at invading blue states in the North and not think that these neo-Confederates have been jonesing for re-run of the Civil War ever since

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

you! are! a! lawyer!

I fear that the legal community will act like Trump admin's lawyers are normal lawyers--like they'll get nice firm jobs and their law schools will invite them to talk to students, etc--but the lawyers facilitating Trump's lawlessness should be professionally and socially shamed

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

DOJ: CA NG is already federalized

Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with?

DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker

Judge: You're a lawyer

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Beatrice Sexton @bsexton.bsky.social · 2d

Wow

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

If you showed this tweet to James Madison, he would be like, "yes, this is why I wrote the 2nd Amendment"

@Sec_Noem on X: Chicago, we’re here for you.

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