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@MichaelTBacon It would warm my heart to have Cullowhee (along with Asheville, Brevard, Cherokee County, &c.) represented by someone who's not an asshole & not going to represent the GOP.

Politics (& "race" 😱) question while I'm here: Any idea how the local Native American population usually votes? They certainly have, um, an *interest* in the area….
#USpol #NCpol #NC11

The entire premise of this book is utter bullshit.

#ThomTillis likes to give the APPEARANCE of being a maverick. A quick look at his record shows otherwise. For starters, look at his yes votes confirming officials in current administration.

#NCpol #USpol

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/how-to-lose-friends-and-antagonize-presidents-thom-tillis

Thanks to the monopoly Duke Energy has over my electric bill and the monopoly the Republican Party has over the State Legislature and energy companies’ billing rates, this July’s electric bill was $100 more than last year’s and the highest bill EVER. #ncpol #NCLeg

The North Carolina State Board of Elections approved a measure to disqualify certain absentee ballots ahead of the 2026 midterms.

👉 Members voted 3-2 along party lines.

https://ncnewsline.com/briefs/nc-elections-board-vote-makes-it-easier-to-throw-out-mail-in-ballots/

#USpol #NCpol #NorthCarolina #Vote

@TheViking

#USpol #NCpol #VirginiaFoxx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2x_Xr9-bjs

@TheViking

I'd like to add Virginia Foxx - NC's 82 year-old vile representative in the US House.

#NCpol #USpol #VirginiaFoxx

https://people.com/mom-slams-virginia-foxx-letter-to-fourth-grader-11971908

North Carolina needs legal, safe, taxed cannabis! And former tobacco farmers could make a ton growing it. win-win-win

https://www.theassemblync.com/news/investigations/north-carolina-hemp-testing-thc-contaminants/ #ncpol #legalizeit

Among the INDY’s biggest findings: relief flowed overwhelmingly to corporate landlords and to companies like Blackstone, Capitol Broadcasting Company, IBM, and BlueCross BlueShield, which, just between the four of them, had $524 million shaved off the assessed values of their properties.

https://indyweek.com/news/durham-budget-shortfall-property-tax/ #NCPol #PropertyTax #USPol

I'm seeing a lot of North Carolinians take exceptionally useless approaches to "fighting" Duke Energy. There's no one you can petition on Change.org who gives a fraction of a shit about how many signatures you gather.

Flip the state legislature. We have these problems in part because you're not voting in "off years." And, yes, our state is gerrymandered to hell and back but that was also caused by you not showing up to "local only" elections.

Our elections matter as you can well see by all the bullshit our state legislature has gotten up to.

No democrats (or better) even running for your local legislative position? I guess you'd better go find one and haul their ass down to the election board to get them on the ballot.

Despite not thinking much of electoral politics, I show up to every election they let me vote in. If you've ever griped about my lack of enthusiasm for the terrible choices your party has on offer, I vote more than you do. And, yes, I do vote for your terrible "moderates" when that's all that's on offer. When it's time to do the one thing you believe actually works, you've got to go out and do that thing.

#NCPOL #ElectoralPolitics #NorthCarolina

I'm a well-known hater of my "local" power company (Duke Energy), for a variety of reasons including environmental crimes they've been convicted of. Their most recent crime is illegally collecting money that wasn't owed them.

The NC Court of Appeals refused to make them pay back their ill gotten gains on the argument that the NC legislature had passed a bill that would have allowed Duke to take that money they weren't owed anyway.

This has made a lot of people understandably very upset, especially as Duke Energy prices skyrocket out of control and Duke Energy refuses to repair its last mile infrastructure, leading to frequent brown-outs in less wealthy neighborhoods.

So, what are they doing with their government approved loot? Repairing last mile infrastructure? If so, it still hasn't reached my underprivileged neighborhood where we've had at least four brown outs in rapid succession this morning.

What they definitely are doing is making me see a bunch of ads about how great they are.

I need solar panels and a just society.

#NorthCarolina #NCPOL #DukeEnergy

Once again I am reminding you that the ONLY reason Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina is standing up to #Trump and saying the right things is because he is retiring. Before he announced he was a typical Republican lackey.

#NC #NCPol #NorthCarolina

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYnZmbBjjPs/

Disgusting and predictable. Republicans have been taking over and dismantling public education in NC for decades.

https://www.wunc.org/education/2026-05-21/unc-bog-awards-system-president-bonus #ncpol

"The BOG's performance bonus to Hans comes as universities across the System have been cutting costs amid federal and state funding uncertainty."

I'm not going to say that the people of Western North Carolina are buffoons who keep electing creeps. I'll let their selection of Mark Meadows, Madison Cawthorn, and Chuck Edwards to be their Representatives speak for itself. #GOP #NCPOL www.axios.com/2026/05/04/c...

Scoop: Rep. Chuck Edwards sing...

@MichaelTBacon Archive link for original story: https://archive.is/HmKKb
#NC #ncpol #Leandro #education #fairCourts #fundNCschools #NorthCarolina

Heading out shortly to a #NoKings protest in Concord, NC, in a Republican-heavy area. Hoping to motivate independents / unaffiliated to vote in the upcoming mid-terms. Got my flags to wave.

I haven't missed one of these protests, even when traveling in Nashville, TN and Savannah, GA.

#USPol #NCPol

If you live in #NorthCarolina and aren’t following the Hometown Holler, you’re missing out. Best (left leaning) political commentary there is.

https://youtube.com/shorts/WX_3MlwbMsc

#NC #NCPol

HA HA HA HA BERGER IS OFFICIALLY DONE!!!!

Now granted, Sam Page is nobody anyone should want near public office. Still, this is the NC equivalent of trading McCarthy for Johnson. They'll get a replacement but no one will be able to funnel wealthy donors to Senate races the way Berger could.

https://www.theassemblync.com/news/politics/phil-berger-concedes-sam-page/

#uspol #ncpol

#NCPOL Establishment Democrats are losing their primaries against more progressive candidates.

In my district and the race I’ve been posting about, Foushee (backed by crypto and AI companies) won over Nida Allam. HOWEVER, the less than 1% margin means a recount is likely and the AP has not called the race, despite Fouchee declaring victory.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVfM-m1jsqv/

Follow up on the Congressional primary race in my district (NC-4)….

So apparently much of the spending on Fouchee is coming from AI companies (Anthropic specifically) because she’s a pro-business Democrat, as in ‘ok with data centers.’

Her primary challenger is Nida Allam. A progressive who doesn’t take corporate money and is endorsed by Bernie Sanders. She’s decidedly anti-data center.

Here’s More Perfect Union reporting on it: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVMm6UqjApO/

#ncpol #NC #NC4 #AI