Yesterday, before the 3:30pm Redistricting Committee meeting we were told by NCGA staff that "a lot of people" were already signed up to speak this morning at the public hearing on criteria. How is this possible if the sign up firm didn't go public until after 4pm? #ncpol

Quick thread: The suspect in today’s standoff rattled off a bunch of conspiracies on Facebook Live on his way to DC. Election fraud, Trump reinstatement, weird stuff about coins. One, though, seemed personal. Afghan refugees would get free healthcare, he said, and he doesn't.

North Carolina needs your help ! The NC Senate will vote on House Bill 324 aka "the anti-Critical Race Theory" bill tomorrow 8/26. We need your help in getting people to contact their senators ASAP to tell them to vote agaisnt HB 324 ! #nced #ncpol calendars.ncleg.gov/CalendarDoc/20…

A Supreme Court where 5 of 6 conservative justices were appointed by GOP presidents who initially lost popular vote & confirmed by senators representing minority of Americans are taking away voting rights & reproductive rights from millions of Americans. This is not democracy

A follow-up #LeadWithLeandro thread. Last week, I talked about how extraordinary the NCGA's stance in the case is, and someone asked me what the Court can do to make the Legislature comply. I did some research over the weekend, and here's what I learned: 1/

They top attorney for NC House Press Tim Moore is already saying that the legislature will appeal this ruling--and criticizing the judges for what he calls a politically motivated ruling. That update (and many more) now posted: newsobserver.com/news/politics-… #ncpol #ncga

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Remember, if local authorities in Georgia had their way, no one would have ever been charged for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. It took weeks of protest before charges were even brought in the case, 74 days after Arbery was shot and killed in February 2020.

Breaking News: 20,770 new NC coronavirus cases reported Wednesday, the most in a single-day; NC's case positivity rate reaches 31.8%, also a record wral.com/12706857/?brea…

BREAKING: I just filed a brief with the North Carolina Supreme Court on behalf of Gov. Cooper and myself urging the Court to clarify that the North Carolina constitution prohibits partisan gerrymandering. Partisan gerrymandering distorts our democracy. 1/1

In February 2020, just 2 years ago, 52 of 53 Republican senators voted to allow (then) President Trump to block congressionally authorized sale of critical military supplies to the courageous President Zelensky of Ukraine, unless Ukraine manufactured anti-Democratic propaganda.

Breaking: An important win for equality in NC today. The NC Supreme Court just upheld a lower court ruling that victims of domestic violence in same-sex relationships have a constitutional right to protective orders to keep them safe, even though a state law said otherwise. 1/2

The Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito and obtained by POLITICO. “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Alito writes. politico.com/news/2022/05/0…

NEW: deep dive into the grim & highly unequal impacts of a US abortion ban ft.com/content/ebf64d… We begin with a damning chart: US women die from pregnancy-related causes at far higher rates than their peers, and black US women die at rates often seen in developing countries

Roe v. Wade was just overturned. NC is now one of the only states in the South where access to abortion is still legal. 22 Senate Democrats are our last line of defense against the criminalization of abortion. We can’t lose one. #keeproestatusquo Donate: bit.ly/cantloseone

Two of the men who voted to take away a woman’s right to control her own body have been credibly accused of sexual assault.

BREAKING: in North Carolina NAACP case, NC Supreme Court explains constitutional limits on the power of lawmakers elected under racially gerrymandered maps. SELC Kym Meyer #ncga #ncpol #nccourts (1/?) (tweeting as I read)

I’ve been in Congress for 100 days. Most of the really angry voices here are faking it.