@rodpowell.bsky.social
Retired after 30 years service in NC public school classrooms to the foothills of Cleveland County NC Chair Cleveland county North Carolina Democratic Party, Community activist, good troublemaker, lifelong Dem
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30.01.2026 11:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m keeping this account personal, but I’ve set up a separate Bluesky account for my Senate campaign.
The new account will be about the work, the road, and the issues across District 44.
I’ll link it here for anyone who wants to follow along:
The shutdown boils down to one thing: Obamacare subsidies.
Democrats won’t reopen gov’t just to let premiums triple. Republicans control both chambers—they could end this today.
Cutting off SNAP for 40M Americans before the holidays isn’t leadership. It’s cruelty. #Shutdown
No one in Cleveland County should go hungry. Thanks to P&M Food Pantry and Second Harvest for keeping our neighbors fed and cared for. Spread the word—Thursday, Oct. 16, 11–1 at 2026 Kingston Road.
13.10.2025 16:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Republican fair booth myths v. Reality
12.10.2025 11:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
At the Cleveland County Fair, our Republican counterparts handed out crudely reproduced pamphlets full of fantasies, wishful thinking, and political myths about Democrats.
Let’s separate myth from reality.
At the Cleveland County Fair, our Republican counterparts handed out crudely reproduced pamphlets full of fantasies, wishful thinking, and political myths about Democrats.
Let’s separate myth from reality.
At the Cleveland County Fair, Republicans handed out myths about Democrats.
Myth 1: Government is the problem.
Reality: Government is how free people solve problems—building schools, roads, and justice for all.
#ClevelandCountyDemocrats #TruthMatters
At the Cleveland County Fair, Republicans handed out myths about Democrats.
Myth 1: Government is the problem.
Reality: Government is how free people solve problems—building schools, roads, and justice for all.
#ClevelandCountyDemocrats #TruthMatters
14.08.2025 01:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
REMINDER: Our August monthly meeting is tonight at 6:30 PM at the Cleveland County Democratic Party Headquarters. If you're a registered Democrat or a like-minded ally, we welcome you to join us. 🫏
07.08.2025 11:57 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
$14/hour doesn’t go far in 2025.
Cleveland County rent? $950–$1,200.
Gas, groceries, bills? All up.
Wages? Still stuck in 2005.
People aren’t lazy—they’re underpaid.
It’s not a labor shortage. It’s a math problem.
#ClevelandCountyNC #LivingWage #DemocratsDeliver
Kind of explains all those Bankruptcies… Doesn’t it?
04.08.2025 17:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pay everyone a living wage
04.08.2025 14:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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04.08.2025 13:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
04.08.2025 01:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
About that American Dream….
04.08.2025 01:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Guess who is defunding the police
Hint… It ain’t the Democratic Party
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03.08.2025 20:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
open.substack.com/pub/jefftied... Jeff Tiedrich isn’t for everyone—but he’s saying what a lot of us are thinking: Trump isn’t just “controversial,” he’s dangerous.
The media’s both-sides routine is helping normalize it.
Worth the read.
Trump says he’s winning. But:
📉 Approval down 10 pts
📉 Independents at 29%
📉 Gen Z support cut in half
📉 No major issue polls above 36%
In Casar, Polkville & Waco, folks are quietly quitting him.
More: www.axios.com/2025/07/23/t...
Trump’s yelling about Obama again. Why? To distract you from the truth: ICE is expanding, jobs are shrinking, and he leaked nuclear secrets. It’s not 2008—it’s 2025. And he’s the one in charge. Don’t fall for it. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
03.08.2025 14:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Stop Alligator Alcatraz Now, Before They Build Another in a Remote Area Near You www.commondreams.org/opinion/stop...
03.08.2025 14:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
