you’re right matt—millions of liberals should have flown (rail and road links were cut off, so im presuming thousands of flights descending on asheville regional airport) in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane to stand around and obstruct relief efforts—because you’re twelve

Perfect way to spend an October evening w/ Christine Pitkin, MPA

"I would rather the federal government cease to exist than have someone under the poverty line be able to potentially eat a cookie" is not a normal way to think.

(NO PAYWALL) SNAP helps feed 1.4 million North Carolinians, including 138,500 residents in Mecklenburg County. Galen Bacharier with NC Newsline | @ncnewsline.bsky.social breaks down how each county is affected while we provide updates and resources for local SNAP beneficiaries. qcnerve.com/snap-benefits-…

No better album for kicking it with a fire

I have slacked on recommending books lately. If you live in North Carolina and think highly of Fort Bragg I beg you read this book from Seth Harp. I got about three quarters through and thought shit was crazy only for it to get crazier. Now I know why they call it Fayette-nam.

I’ll do one more tonight. This book may sound like trauma porn but as a white journalist covering crime and editor over Blacks journos doing the same this book is SO important. I recommend to all journalists. This book from Trymaine Lee belongs in convos with TNC and Charles Blow

I would suggest removing ChatGPT’s asterisks if you, as an elected leader, use it to write your colleague’s whole obituary.

the moral rot of this administration knows no bounds

Parker had to stop in the middle of the Sugar Creek Greenway’s History Trail because he thought Julius Chambers was trying to offer him a treat.

POV: Front and back. Save Activation Studios.

Not sure how forcing people to cook whole meals, for every meal, from scratch after working 8+ hours a day and commuting, helps solve people needing SNAP because their employers pay poverty wages. Is the goal to make it so difficult for people to survive that they give up?

The rightful term would be terrorist.

BREAKING: Meck Sheriff Garry McFadden confirms that Customs & Border Protection agents will begin arriving in Charlotte as early as Saturday.

Yessir

Remember the Chicago apartment raid? With Blackhawk helicopters? That was in a building "filled with Tren de Agua terrorists," according to Stephen Miller? ProPublica is reporting not a *single* person who was arrested has been charged with a crime:

You are 90 miles away and welcoming the wrong agency. Please pay attention lol

What we know now about CBP in CLT: qcnerve.com/cbp-charlotte-…

This is what MAGA extremists are online celebrating. They live in an alternate reality where anyone with brown skin is an invader and a danger to the country so they believe this is justified. This is why you can’t put conspiracy nuts in charge.