The flood of new datacenters into North Carolina now accounts for a whopping **80%** of all new electricity demand forecasted through 2030, according to Duke Energy.

That datacenter boom has led to Duke Energy passing on large new rate hikes for North Carolina consumers.

American Conversations: Kate Barr YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

To follow on to my Kate Barr post yesterday, listen to her explain it. If your unaffiliated in NC-14, I'd be looking real close at pulling an R ballot and voting for her (to get rid of Tim Moore).

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100% true! After years of screaming about protecting women and children, now it’s 🦗🦗🦗

6697 When it comes to choosing between storing a championship ring or trophy in a room, or providing kids with an opportunity to change their lives, the choice is pretty simple. Sell it all. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, on auctioning his memorabilia

“When it comes to choosing between storing a championship ring or trophy in a room, or providing kids with an opportunity to change their lives, the choice is pretty simple. Sell it all.”

KAREEM RULES.

One of the only things I appreciate about Trump is the way he exposes small-government conservatives and evangelical Christians as being completely full of shit.

Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.

Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.

If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

Most people have heard about how datacenter development is flooding into North Carolina. But did you know that we, North Carolina residents and taxpayers, are subsidizing them?

The country is being run by children!

Peace is a practice, not just a destination.

Day 91 and the feels like temperature is 10 degrees but these monks are committed to complete their Walk for Peace. It was an honor to witness this in person.

218 people voted to fund the child kidnapping ring and masked death squads.

So is this five year old “the worst of the worst?”
I teach five year olds. I can’t imagine the terror he felt being surrounded by masked men with weapons and taken with no explanation. These criminals who are kidnapping children must be held accountable!

Everyone knows global pandemics are a democratic hoax! 🙄

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

When we witness injustice inflicted against our fellow man, we have a moral responsibility to speak out against it - and then to work together to defeat it. 🤝

YouTube video by MS NOW Minneapolis pastor: ICE 'pointed a gun at me' and 'put me in the back of an SUV'

ICE THUGS arrested a pastor & kept asking him "Are you afraid?" numerous occasions. The pastor said NO. Eventually the THUGS let him go stating that "You're WHITE, you're no fun to us!!"
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
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This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.

The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.

This is not protection. This is occupation.

The government is saying that violence rules. That snatching foreign leaders and territories, and shooting US citizens in their cars at point blank range, is justified. That resistance is not only futile, it is dangerous. They can say these things. But they cannot force us to believe them.

AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.

This daycare fraud case from right here in North Carolina will blow your mind.

The perps are Mark and Yolanda Robinson, the former second couple of North Carolina.
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Stein: What is typical after a storm like this is that the federal government provides about 50, 60, even 70 percent of the damages in relief dollars to help a region recover from a massive hit. So far, North Carolina has received about 11 percent.

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Happy Hanukkah

It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.

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“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner

When Charlie Kirk was killed, people got fired for quoting his own racist words. Can we fire this guy now?

Is this the tipping point? Is this the election that finally reveals how Trump “won” NC even though democrats had a virtual sweep of the statewide offices on the same ballot?

A restaurant worker in Charlotte is tackled to the ground by Border Patrol agents who raided the kitchen.

He had no criminal record at all.

NORTH CAROLINA DIDN’T SIT BACK AND DO NOTHING!!
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections is in chaos, and now led by people who do not believe in fair and impartial election administration.

There's only one way to overcome this kind of bias: to vote in large numbers that can't be suppressed. 📈

In a sign of desperation, Republican candidate for Cary Town Council Marjorie Eastman has begun sending out campaign mailers mimicking official government correspondence in a sleazy attempt to deceive voters.

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