“The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge, and there's no place for it in the endeavor of science.”

- Carl Sagan

Last week I spent several days in North Carolina to get a better sense of the unique team GM Eric Tulsky and his staff are building with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Here's their story in @theathletic.bsky.social today.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...

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Medicaid covers more than 3 million North Carolinians in all, including 1.3 million just in rural counties. Medicaid also pays for 60% of all nursing home stays in our state, and almost half of all childbirths.

Cutting Medicaid would be absolutely devastating to North Carolina.

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In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.

Auchincloss on Fox News Sunday: "This economy is inflationary right now...you know what the GOP response is? Their response is, 'Well, get ready for a rocky ride & by the way, we're gonna give tax cuts to the top 20% of earners & pay for it by taking away healthcare from people who need healthcare'"

Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy.

All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.

Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes

Excellent as always from @juliaioffe.bsky.social:

"The Fallacy of the Trump-Putin Pact" is well worth a read.

puck.news/the-trump-pu...

from today's post —
link is here: bit.ly/4jio26l

The Republican majority of the U.S. House, on orders from Donald Trump and Elon Musk, is about to block $100 billion in disaster relief for victims of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Eyes wide open, folks. Do not let them abandon Western NC - and don't forget those who do.

Right-wing TikTok dude drives to Henderson county from Connecticut to make outrage videos and wild lies about Helene recovery that go viral. Gets millions of views.

Finally, the sheriff arrests him for trespassing and making a bad situation worse. FAFO
www.bpr.org/bpr-news/202...

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