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Charlotte resident, UNC alum Career in electric utilities, mostly finance Bookworm with a specialty in distressing nonfiction
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Sheriff at Jan 6 now President of National Sheriffs Association

submitted 13 hours ago • 37 comments

A government ban on Hungary’s Pride parade backfired Saturday as over 100,000 people marched through Budapest, far more than usual PM Viktor Orban warned people to stay away, threatening “clear legal consequences.” But the warnings only turned a modest event into a mass rally against his government

submitted 13 hours ago • 560 comments

“Birthright Citizenship” by Clay Bennett

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

Pepper roasting line with stem and seed remover.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

I was adopted via closed adoption, born in North Carolina. It was closed so I have no knowledge of or access to my biological mother’s details. It also means my biological mother isn’t on my birth certificate. So if birthright citizenship becomes a patchwork right, what’s someone like me to do?

submitted 1 day ago • 86 comments

Sounds like the nationwide injunctions on noncompete agreements, student debt relief, the COVID vaccine mandate, and much more are all lifted now? Or wait is this only that nationwide injunctions aren't allowable for Republican policies?

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

Kavanaugh's concurrence gives the game away: the Supreme Court will continue to rule on quasi-nationwide injunctions. It will just do so through the shadow docket, ensuring that all efforts to block GOP actions are stopped, and all efforts to block Democratic actions are approved.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

A 49 year old Canadian has died while in ICE custody.

submitted 2 days ago • 630 comments

Carolina crowd, mind sharing this around? If anybody is willing to adopt or foster this sweet boy, I’ll help arrange transportation or bring him to you myself 💞

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

submitted 3 days ago • 2610 comments

amazing q&a with paul krugman

submitted 3 days ago • 159 comments

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...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Women are the majority of licensed drivers, but the crash test dummy for NHTSA tests is 1978 Hybrid III (5"9', 171lb male). The "female" is smaller w/ a rubber jacket for breasts, tested in the passenger seat or back seat but seldom the driver’s seat. apnews.com/article/nhts...

submitted 5 days ago • 18 comments

Ok the last comment on this and then I gotta let it go: the absolute peak of European smugness and eugenics-aligned thinking on AC is when they imply that it’s what makes Americans fat, and it’s better to simply allow the weak and elderly to die of heat stroke than get fat

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments