🚨ACTION ALERT🚨 Our friends @democracync.bsky.social make it so easy to make your voice heard on this horrific voter suppression bill. Please tell @joshsteinnc.bsky.social to veto HB958! #votersuppression #veto #ncpol

Democracy North Carolina@democracync.bsky.social · 19h ago

Well over a year since lawmakers first introduced House Bill 958, the monster elections bill has now passed both chambers of the NC General Assembly. Tell Gov. Stein to VETO this harmful mega elections bill and instead advocate for policies that make our elections MORE accessible at demnc.co/hb958.

North Carolina is now the only state with no funding for civil legal aid after lawmakers axed millions for nonprofits that help low-income residents. ncnewsline.com/2026/08/03/a... @kingdollar.bsky.social #ncpol

After NC lawmakers pull plug on civil legal aid, nonprofits are left searching for solutions • NC Newsline

The budget makes North Carolina the only state in the country with neither state funding for legal aid in civil cases nor support from IOLTA.

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“Chemours and the EPA negotiated this deal behind our backs. It does nothing to fix the decades of damage Chemours has done to our state, and it’s offensive to the people who drink this water.” #ncpol #ncgov #epa #fayetteville #PFAS https://bit.ly/4g5vBxt

NC leaders urge court to reject EPA’s 'backroom PFAS deal' with Chemours • NC Newsline

North Carolina state leaders are asking a federal court to turn down what they call a “backroom deal” between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and chemical manufacturer Chemours. The EPA and C...

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🚨BREAKING: The Kansas Supreme Court dealt a final blow to Republicans’ bid to revive a strict Election Day mail ballot deadline. The state’s three-day grace period will remain in place for the Aug. 4 primary — protecting voters from postal delays.

Kansas Supreme Court deals final blow to GOP bid to throw out late-arriving mail ballots

The ruling is a conclusive defeat for Schwab’s last-minute campaign to enforce a Republican-backed law that attempted to eliminate the grace period and required mail ballots to arrive on Election Day…

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ICYMI, the monster anti-voter House Bill 958 took a big step toward becoming law in North Carolina this week. But there’s something that’s not getting quite enough attention (a thread) 🧵 ... #ncpol

H958 would let activist groups go after specific voters and groups of voters (college students, voters with Latino surnames) like we’ve never seen before. Remember Jefferson Griffin suing to toss 65,000 ballots? This could be worse.

Section 3.2 of H958 opens the door for mass challenges of ballots for three days AFTER Election Day. It could make North Carolina the leader in attacks on lawfully cast ballots by allowing election deniers to coordinate mass challenges to ballots after vote counting has started.

Republicans have passed a bill that gives the GOP justices the power to remove Justice Anita Earls and any other judge they don’t like. Right now, a commission decides if a judge violated ethics rules. The new law allows the high court to override its decision. ncnewsline.com/2026/07/29/n... #ncpol

NC Senate approves judicial oversight measure despite warnings of politicization • NC Newsline

The final version of H377 gives the state Supreme Court the power to censure, publicly reprimand, suspend or remove judges at its discretion.

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Since 2010, former Rep. Sarah Stevens either wrote or supported every major Republican voter suppression law in the NC House. The one that passed the NC Senate last night, HB 958, was the last bill she introduced before leaving office. She's now running for NC Supreme Court. #ncpol

NC Senate passes bill giving state auditor more power over elections, and reducing days for early voting, among other controversial changes #ncpol ncnewsline.com/2026/07/28/n...?

NC Senate approves controversial elections bill along party lines • NC Newsline

A controversial NC elections bill would reduce early voting days for primaries and require the state auditor to conduct additional post-election audits.

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There's another massive (and very messy) political corruption scandal engulfing Republican politicians and lobbyists in Raleigh right now. This scandal is expanding by the day. What else will investigators uncover?

Charles Koch and Leonard Leo’s hands are all over a ballot measure to change how judges get on the Kansas Supreme Court. buff.ly/hUv8mgD

Kansas Amendment Battle Highlights Billionaires’ Efforts to Capture State Courts

Charles Koch and Leonard Leo’s hands are all over a ballot measure to change how judges get on the Kansas Supreme Court.

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Winston-Salem musician, Ben Folds testified before Congress about Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center and his decision to resign as artistic advisor. In 8 years on the job, Ben had never heard politics brought up in a meeting. That suddenly changed last year. #ncpol #music https://bit.ly/4fvoo8u

Ben Folds Slams Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Before Congress: ‘When You Politicize Art, You’ve Got Propaganda’

Ben Folds testified against Donald Trump's Kennedy Center takeover for a congressional forum about the president's "vanity projects."

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fun fact, UNC’s current mostly-unqualified Republican-appointed chancellor is ALSO a Duke alum, class of 1990

David A. Graham@dgraham.bsky.social · 2w ago

Great story by @themhartman.bsky.social on a topic I've long been obsessed with: Why are so many of the movers and shakers in conservative politics right now Duke alumni? www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

It was bad enough to see that CAP backed away from their earlier categorical support of trans kids in sports but I'm now extra frustrated to learn that their retreat is in a report called "Ending the Backlash on LGBTQI+ Issues" Your strategy for ending backlash is to yield to it? C'mon, man

Sal r.r. tamarkin@sal.gay · 2w ago

Fair Play: The Importance of Sports Participation for Transgender Youth (2021): www.americanprogress.org/article/fair... Ending the Backlash on LGBTQI+ Issues (2026): www.americanprogress.org/article/endi...

For anyone planning to vote by absentee/mail-in ballot, read this and pass it along. #NCpol

Billy Corriher@billycorriher.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our new election boards are making it harder to vote in North Carolina. It’s voter suppression, plain and simple. slate.com/news-and-pol... #ncpol

Our new election boards are making it harder to vote in North Carolina. It’s voter suppression, plain and simple. slate.com/news-and-pol... #ncpol

North Carolina Republicans Have a New Plan to Disenfranchise Voters. It Could Determine Control of Congress.

The state elections board adopted a rule on Monday that requires voters, instead of local election workers, to fix problems with their absentee ballots.

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There are more Dallas Woodhouse texts, and the Dave Boliek, State Auditor, isn't complying with FOIA requests. #ncpol Gift link: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

New texts show Dallas Woodhouse anticipated backlash to Sunday voting cuts in NC

“We are going to get (expletive) removing Sundays in so many places,” Woodhouse wrote in a text to a Republican election official.

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State Attorney General Jeff Jackson is continuing to oppose the Environmental Protection Agency loosening restrictions on toxic chemicals in drinking water. ncnewsline.com/2026/07/22/n... @christinezhu.bsky.social #ncpol

NC AG Jackson leads states in opposing EPA rollback of PFAS in water • NC Newsline

Under the EPA’s proposal, federal law would no longer require public drinking water systems to test for four PFAS substances.

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The proposed settlement if ratified, stands to become just the latest a long and disastrous series of decisions in which humans have put the toxic combination of corporate greed and head-in-the-sand environmental denialism ahead of the near- and long-term good. (commentary) #ncpol

Chemours lawsuit settlement: Another round of destructive environmental denialism • NC Newsline

In short, the proposed Chemours settlement if ratified, stands to become just the latest a long and disastrous series of decisions in which humans have put the toxic combination of corporate greed and...

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The North Carolina Republican Party is a cesspool of corruption. They’re elected to serve us. Instead, their political machine is burning dark-money cash on strip clubs, golf trips, luxury rentals, and buying influence. Every NC voter should be furious. You struggle, they vacation. #ncpol

NC political corruption probe: Warrant says group spent big on strip clubs, golf

The new warrant highlights nearly $80,000 in spending from 2022 to 2024 on strip clubs, sports and a beach rental.

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🚨BREAKING: The GOP-controlled North Carolina State Board of Elections approved new permanent rules Monday that will make it more difficult for voters to cast their ballots by mail and ensure that they are counted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina election board again makes it harder to vote by mail

Democrats on the board argued the new rules will create more unnecessary hurdles for voters and leave voters with disabilities vulnerable to disenfranchisement.

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Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tillis prodded a rape survivor to go public with allegations against Hegseth, promising her that it would sink the nomination of a dangerous man to a powerful position. She did, at significant risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote in favor of Hegseth. He has always been a coward.

There's some shady stuff happening in Rhode Island, when it comes to judicial nominations. www.golocalprov.com/news/shekarc...

Shekarchi’s Judicial Quest Tramples Ethics Reforms - H. Philip West…

GoLocalProv.com is the “go to” local Web experience that breaks the biggest local stories – sports, news, business, weather, news, politics, arts,…

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Well, good for him! Baby steps for the Baby Berger!

The NC Supreme Court will review a zoning decision involving the Bergers’ failed casino project. Justice Phil Berger Jr’s brother is on the county commission. And he recused himself! #ncpol

🧵 North Carolina’s Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek has been in charge of our elections for a little over a year. He’s the ONLY state auditor in America with that power. And in just over a year, Dave Boliek has turned our election system into a partisan sewer. Let’s review. #ncpol

Probably the best news in #ncpol in a long time. An email blast from Justice Earls:

NC's new budget, in reducing Legal Aid funding, will make it harder for low-income residents to keep their homes, escape abuse and receive a shot at justice. Bill Corriher, of NC Newsline, writing in fayobserver Opinion. #ncpol #ncga #LegalAid shorturl.at/mOLw9

NC budget cruelly slashes funding for lawyers for people in need | Opinion

North Carolina's new budget cuts and restrictions will hurt low-income residents who need legal representation.

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