USDOJ election monitors will be in Wake, Alamance, and Mecklenburg counties on Election Day, according to the NC Board of Elections. The DOJ had announced it would send monitors to every state as part of the largest monitoring effort in history. #ncpol

US Justice Department to send election monitors to these NC counties • NC Newsline

U.S. Department of Justice is sending election monitors to Wake, Mecklenburg and Alamance counties as part of its expansive 50-state plan.

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When changing your clocks this weekend keep turning the clock further and further back until we reach 2015

i say that because there seems to be this view that a landslide is par for the course, that trump is so grotesque anyone would win but that just isn't the case, you *can* win under these conditions (hungary, serbia) but those wins are the exception

if dems win, they will have won under full competitive authoritarianism—highly skewed districts, diminished voting rights, an bifurcated legal regime, & a media that won't even report rape allegations against the president that will be an astounding achievement, however you slice it

Guess who showed up for a poll greeting shift today at early voting in Caswell County? Paul Barringer! (If incumbent GOP Rep. Brad Knott did that on EVERY REMAINING DAY of this election, he still wouldn’t have spent more days in Caswell than PAUL BARRINGER! (Where you been Brad?)

Caswell County Democratic Party@caswelldems.com · yesterday

Paul Barringer has put in the work this year to get to know Caswell. We’ve been excited to have him here in the county MANY TIMES, incl. multiple open town halls. But his opponent? Our current Rep. Brad Knott? Never seen the guy. We’re unaware of Knott ever visiting this part of his district.

The income tax amendment will NOT make North Carolina more affordable. That's only one of the many reasons it's a bad deal for NC.

10 reasons NC’s income tax cap amendment is a bad deal for the state’s future - NC Budget & Tax Center

As lawmakers move quickly to advance a constitutional amendment that would cap North Carolina’s income tax rate at 3.5%, North Carolinians should look beyond the political framing of “tax relief” and ask a bigger question: What would this amendment mean for North Carolina’s long-term economic future? The proposed amendment is part of a broader, bad-deal…

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AG Jeff Jackson is literally fighting Duke Energy over rate increases that the General Assembly passed legislation to make happen. We can have state leaders who push bills that don't focus on profits for monopolies. It can be done.

Paul Barringer has put in the work this year to get to know Caswell. We’ve been excited to have him here in the county MANY TIMES, incl. multiple open town halls. But his opponent? Our current Rep. Brad Knott? Never seen the guy. We’re unaware of Knott ever visiting this part of his district.

NC Newsline@ncnewsline.com · 2d ago

Barringer started airing TV ads shortly before early voting started. Knott, who had not run ads this cycle, either, quickly followed suit. #ncpol

Help protect NC’s public schools! Join our postcard campaign to fight harmful amendments that threaten school funding. Download, print, and send a postcard; let’s make our voices heard! POSTCARD LINK: publicschoolsfirstnc.org/engage/advocacy-tools/postcards/

In 2026, U.S. utilities requested $23 billion+ in rate hikes. At the same time, they poured money into state and federal politics. Two new EPI analyses track utility industry giving to partisan "527" groups that back state officials, and to congressional campaigns. A Duke Energy-focused 🧵 #ncpol

Thanks Milo! You’re so right. We really would like to afford those fancy chancy color copies now and then!

👻Milo BOO!-aynes👻 and the Centrists Scared of Socialism@milobaynes.bsky.social · 6d ago

If you’d like, you can give to MY county Democratic Party — a ragtag crew of wildly underfunded, consultant free, hard-to-believe-we-maintain-solvency volunteers who’d love to splurge on an occasional COLOR PRINTING of our handouts (vs B&W photocopies at the library) here: caswelldems.com/give

Your local county party IS NOT a fully-funded outpost of the State/National Dem Party. They aren’t getting those bucks. It is an independent org that scraps for every dollar, chases little grants, and may be just a few volunteers pulled into full-time sacrifice by a previous bunch of volunteers.

The side effect of this that drives me batty is where all this national & state level ‘donation mining’ has left County Dem Parties (CDPs). They’ve turned so many against donating to *THE PARTY* that small CDPs are forced to operate on duct tape & dust. GIVE TO YOUR (consultant free) COUNTY PARTY!

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · last wk.

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

Amendments "that if approved by voters, would enshrine massive tax cuts for richest residents & corporations, limit property tax levies & require voter ID for absentee & mail-in ballots. We see all 3 as dangerous overreach that should be rejected." #VOTE www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2026/10...

We urge NC voters to reject constitutional amendments

Referendums hamstring municipalities' ability to address local needs

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Why are Camp Lejeune survivors being told to wait until after the midterms for justice? Republicans already control the White House, House, and Senate. Trump, stop making promises conditional on election results. Settle the claims and pay the families. Now.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump on Camp Lejeune water contamination claims: "If we win the House and Senate, I am directing the Department of Justice to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible ... if we don't win, there's no money."

#ncpol

Chief Justice Newby is on the campaign trail with GOP judicial candidates, defying ethics rules. Judges aren’t supposed to endorse candidates or give them money, unless they’re also on the ballot. But Newby effectively controls the Judicial Standards Commission. So he can do what he wants. #ncpol

The News & Observer@newsobserver.com · last wk.

“I think that’s some wordsmithing that’s there,” one Republican candidate said of Newby’s support. “Because he did say he cannot endorse.”

This is Sara. Sara is a vice chair of the Caswell Democrats & the most tireless, unstoppable force in local politics for miles (around wherever she happens to be). Sara is in her 3rd consecutive shift at early voting… TODAY. AND she’s phone banking when it’s slow. Let’s all be more like Sara.

#ncpol VOTE ‘AGAINST’ ALL 3 AMENDMENTS to the NC Constitution. They stink. (How bad??) REAL BAD. (Plus, the folks who wrote them? They think you’re stupid.) (Seriously, they want to make YOUR local decisions in Raleigh because they believe YOU CAN’T BE TRUSTED!)

ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT terrible amendments to our state constitution! #ncpol Good government is worth the pittance they wanna pay you for your vote to transfer millions of dollars in public goods to corporations and the super-rich.

Statement Against State Constitutional Amendments on the November Ballot from Alexandra Sirota, Executive Director of the NC Budget & Tax Center - NC Budget & Tax Center

The NC Budget & Tax Center opposes both proposed constitutional tax amendments on North Carolina’s November ballot, as well as the proposed photo identification requirement for voting. North Carolina’...

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FYI for non-signer-uppers who may not have heard… North Central NC peeps: the Alamance County #nokings event today in Burlington NC has been postponed until 1pm! mobilize.us/s/lbEzHN

Early voting day two in Caswell County. The last sunny warm day at the polls for a minute…

Early voting has officially begun! Now’s the time to make your voice heard.

ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT terrible amendments to our state constitution! #ncpol Good government is worth the pittance they wanna pay you for your vote to transfer millions of dollars in public goods to corporations and the super-rich.

Statement Against State Constitutional Amendments on the November Ballot from Alexandra Sirota, Executive Director of the NC Budget & Tax Center - NC Budget & Tax Center

The NC Budget & Tax Center opposes both proposed constitutional tax amendments on North Carolina’s November ballot, as well as the proposed photo identification requirement for voting. North Carolina’...

ncbudget.org

#ncpol VOTE NO on ALL AMENDMENTS to the NC Constitution. They stink. (How bad??) REAL BAD. (Plus the folks who wrote them? They think you’re stupid.) (Seeiously, they want to make YOUR local decisions in Raleigh because they believe YOU CAN’T BE TRUSTED!)

Y'know, I'm beginning to think that "Russia, Russia, Russia" wasn't a hoax after all.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Extraordinary reporting: "Kremlev’s previously unreported relationship with Trump Jr. represents an extraordinary development: a member of Putin’s circle financially supporting the president’s son and gaining intimate access to the Trump family."

Hey NC! Whaddya say we all VOTE NO on those janky ‘constitutional amendments’ on our ballots this year, okay? Why? Well — not only are these measures cynical and assume you’re dumb — they’re meant to benefit big corporations and the wealthiest among us, not Tarheel households like yours.

Fund the Future

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We woke up thinking about the long shadow of all the workers’ wins and even their losses. We made it free to watch the short documentary that dominated my life this year. Happy Labor Day. vimeo.com/1224659811/7...

Power to the People, Y'all [Happy Labor Day]

Power to the People, Y’all is a character-driven documentary that explores aging, legacy, and resistance through interviews with five founding members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther...

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Yes! Your county party needs you! So many things need doing from now through November. We’d love it if you pitched in on any one, two, or ten of them! No experience necessary. The one prerequisite, like the article says, is being someone “who decided to stop just talking and start trying.”

👻Milo BOO!-aynes👻 and the Centrists Scared of Socialism@milobaynes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Finally, next time you’re feelin’ doomy, waking up in a cold sweat about ALL THE STUFF, or wondering “what can I do about it?”… …please consider that your local County Democratic Party would adore whatever hand you can lend… …they *may* be dying for it. Just walk up, say “l’ll help” …and it’s ON.

What’s more, being able to recommend this kind & humble, yet exactingly true, bit of portraiture — instead of engaging in my usual spiel illustrating the decentralized nature of “The Party” — is gonna be VERY handy/time-saving. (And keep me from accidentally inflicting friendly fire along the way).

Meet the Democrats

The party is not an abstract cabal powered by fever dreams, but a living, breathing coalition held together by a ceaseless grind and people with the will to face it.

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