Posting this from months ago because we DO have homegrown experience with autocratic regimes in this country.

In nearly half this country during the first 6 decades of the 20th century Black people lived under systems of cruelty, voter suppression, hate, state violence & corruption. Ask them!

Death in Texas

A child has died of measles in Lubbock, Texas.

The child had not been vaccinated.

After testing positive for measles last week, the school-aged child was hospitalized at Covenant Children’s Hospital — and died Tuesday night.

This is the first death from measles…

These children did not vote for this. They had zero choice in being exposed to a potentially deadly disease.
#publichealthmatters #bekind #ncpol

Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.

FEMA extends Helene assistance application deadline to February 6 The deadline for local governments, nonprofits and individuals affected by Helene to apply for federal aid has been extended to February 6.  According to multiple press releases from the state, former...

#helene #ncpol

www.wfdd.org/story/fema-e...

Sage advice!

Moral Monday: Stop the Legislative Coup & Coverup! Join me in Raleigh on Monday, Dec. 9 @ 5:30pm for a reconstituted Moral Monday Mass People's Assembly! The NC General Assembly's lame-duck supermajority is desparately and corruptly attempting to cons...

Folks, #SB382 is on the legislative table tomorrow. Call Reps Press Clampitt, and Gillespie; thank them for voting no on the first go-around, ask them to sustain the veto. You can also show up:
actionnetwork.org/events/moral...
#ncpol #HurricaneRelief #democracy

Background info on #SB382! Please take a look & go through the ACTION ITEMS that we have on the main page! Help us defeat #SB382 in the next 48-72 hrs!

Click on FB link for more info : www.facebook.com/share/p/18pq...

See thread below for a series of 3 action items to help defeat this bill!

Opinion: Mr. Rogers was a Thanksgiving heretic Fred Rogers was anything but a glutton; his Thanksgiving shows were about hunger not just bounty, and he refused "to eat anything that had a mother."

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Tammy Duckworth on Tulsi Gabbard: "I think she's compromised ... Russian controlled media called her a Russian asset."

The private school voucher scheme which the North Carolina state legislature passed last week overwhelmingly benefits big, metro counties. 50% of all voucher-eligible private schools in NC are in just 10 big counties.

More: carolinaforward.org/blog/why-did...

It’s the #FAFO part of the election. People are going to have to feel the pain of their choices.

I feel seen

🚨🚨Here we go🚨🚨

Tucked into a "recovery" bill for Western NC, Republicans in the state legislature are using the last days of their lame-duck supermajority to try passing some pretty crazy stuff that has nothing at all to do with Helene recovery.

Let's dive in. 🧵👇

'That Is Genocide!' Israeli-American Holocaust Historian Tells Mehdi A powerful, wide-ranging conversation, plus audience Q&A, on Gaza, Israel, antisemitism, and more, with Omer Bartov, the world-renowned Holocaust and Genocide Studies professor.

The "goal is to destroy the ability of Palestinians to live in that area as a group. And in my definition, that is genocide."

Renowned Israeli-American Holocaust historian and genocide expert, Professor Omer Bartov of Brown University, to me, at our live event in DC.

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Elon Musk just called the COVID-19 pandemic that killed at least 1.4 million Americans a “scamdemic.”

My dad died during the pandemic; we weren't able to visit him in the hospital because of it. Every aspect of that horrible tragedy was real. And exacerbated by Musk’s co-POTUS.

I’m seeing red. 😡

By my count, there's four members of the incoming Trump administration accused of rape or sexual assault - Trump himself, Peter Hegseth, Matt Gaetz, and RFK Jr (all of whom, with the exception of RFK Jr. have denied the allegations against them).

Who am I missing?

This relationship is on a timer.

Meet Elon Musk, Our New Shadow President From making Ukraine policy to destroying the administrative state at home, is Musk the real power behind the throne – and how much will he profit from his new status?

“Meet Elon Musk, Our New Shadow President”

Sounds like the fight for recess appointments is starting

Tonight at the UFC, the four weird ex-Democrats who now control the Republican Party.

The good news is that when you look in your social media rear-view mirror and see Twitter it is actually smaller than it appears

*Now* we know why Gaetz resigned from Congress.

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