This morning, the FBI executed a search warrant at a @washingtonpost.com reporter’s home.
@rcfp.org President Bruce D. Brown called it “a tremendous escalation in the administration’s intrusions into the independence of the press.”
Read his full statement: www.rcfp.org/fbi-search-w...
Documents recently made public in a high-profile gender discrimination lawsuit against Nike reveal the names of executives accused of sexual misconduct.
The records were unsealed after a media coalition, represented by @rcfp.org attorneys, fought for their release.
NEW: The move to funnel $15 million for sexual assault survivors through a GOP-controlled commission is part of a pattern by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature and judiciary to deprive elected Democrats of resources and powers.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Who could decide the fate of NC election protests? Today’s Under the Dome on #ncpol rumors that the #ncga could settle contentious races, and what state law says: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The state sets the code, but local officials enforce it. A wave of misinformation about the building code has misrepresented that dynamic, and it’s led to backlash toward both state and local agencies. I wrote about this for The N&O last week: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The state building code has drawn the ire of people who say it’s blocking Helene relief efforts. State and Mitchell County officials reported receiving threats over misinformation on this. Quite the story out of Haywood County about how officials there are facing similar vitriol. #ncpol
Senate leader Phil Berger says today's votes are the last his chamber will take in 2024. He denies rumors that the #ncga might get involved in the pending Supreme Court race outcome #ncpol
Breaking story on the override vote and protest:
As protesters shout, NC Senate Republicans override Cooper veto of powers-stripping bill
#ncpol
Read more at: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
Important reporting from @nchealthnews.bsky.social: North Carolina is holding juveniles in what amounts to solitary confinement, which the state publicly disavowed for teenagers in 2016, for extended periods, claim a federal lawsuit and advocates (1) www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2024/12/02/n...
The North Carolina state fire marshal decried claims that local and state authorities are evicting people from temporary housing in storm-affected areas after misinformation sparked fierce backlash toward his office.
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NEW: Gov. Cooper is in DC today pushing for hurricane funding, so technically Lt. Gov. Robinson is the acting governor. A source close to Robinson says he's considering trying to sign the power shift/Helene bill into law this evening while Cooper is out (Cooper is likely to veto it) #ncpol #ncga
Republican Jefferson Griffin is challenging over 60,000 ballots statewide as the NC Supreme Court race heads to a recount.
Many of his protests rely on legal theories posited by GOP lawyers that have been rejected by state and federal courts #ncpol
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A news item that dropped in the middle of #ncga madness: The NC GOP said yesterday that Republican Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin, who trails his opponent by 625 votes, filed election protests challenging over 60,000 ballots across the state.
Yesterday was a whirlwind in #ncpol. Read today’s Under the Dome newsletter to catch up: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
New tonight:
Power shifts: How NC Republicans fast-tracked post-election changes drafted in secret
#ncpol
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
If this bill (referenced in @keunghui.bsky.social's post) becomes law, it will fundamentally alter who has power in NC politics and how they can execute it.
A similar set of circumstances led to similar moves in 2016 in NC and in 2018 in Wisconsin ⤵️
www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...
Human traffickers are trickling into western North Carolina to exploit the trail of vulnerability that Helene left in its wake. For @nchealthnews.bsky.social: www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2024/11/15/h...
New from me: After protests this spring that the UNC System Board of Governors chair said caused “chaos,” the board is now considering drafting a single policy on mass gatherings and student discipline for all 17 campuses.
But the decision isn’t yet final: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
SCOOP: NC legislators eyeing $830M for next Helene aid bill, per Sen. Bobby Hanig.
Hanig cautioned those on a tourism call that “we don’t want to spend too much,” and that they expect Congress to do their share. #ncpol
This is my inaugural Bluesky post with my latest on #ncpol: Trump won, but skeptics still scour election results for irregularities. It’s a lingering effect of misinformation that mounted four years ago. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
