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PJ Neal

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Retired (for now) Tar Heel born and bred

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 9h
Imagine a "judge" going home to tell their family: I destroyed the lives of some children today, and they didn't even know what was happening.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 23h
Wild that the same week we learn the God's of AI are worried that it might destroy us all we also learn the president is signing deals with our enemies to guarantee that human judgment can be bypassed when AI is running military operations.
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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That Paxton thinks it is justice for a guy who abused a child for three years straight to serve 60 days in jail and NOT register as a sexual offender really helps cement the GOP as the pro-pedophile party. It's not just Trump!
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If U.S. law prohibits arms sales to China, why was Trump even suggesting it?? We need answers immediately.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thesis: www.offmessage.net/p/donald-tru...
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 27/09/2026
Apparently Bernie--who supposedly sees Abdul as his progressive heir apparent on M4A--hasn't given a dime of his $23 million war chest to help. 👀
El-Sayed was vastly outspent during a contentious Democratic primary. However, he emerged victorious after prominent progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), campaigned with him.

After his victory, progressive allies pledged to support El-Sayed in the general election, casting the race as a test of whether their brand of economic populism can win in a swing state.
"I'm going to do my best in every way to see that he's elected to the U.S. Senate," Sanders told Semafor last month. "We're going to do everything we can."
Between the lines: Sanders, who has $23 million in his campaign account, has not transferred money to El-Sayed's campaign.

Read more on smry.ai: https://smry.ai/https://www.axios.com/2026/09/22/senate-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-progressives#:~:text=El%2DSayed%20was%20vastly%20outspent,money%20to%20El%2DSayed's%20campaign.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Michael Whatley and his family hold up to $690,000 in stock with companies connected to North Carolina data centers.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In case anyone was wondering why Trump is pushing AI so hard and doesn’t want any government regulation.
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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 19/09/2026
If true (and I have no doubt it’s true), it should be the biggest scandal in a White House already teeming with scandals.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
While the world burns, and you pay more for everything, your tax dollars become the royal family’s wealth. Because it pays to be a Trump, especially when the whole world knows daddy's a crook.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
I also think that he is simply fascinated with death and intoxicated by the idea that he can inflict death.
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L'istessotempo @listessotempo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Your regular reminder substack.com/@jelliepops/...
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Lillie Jones (@jelliepops)
Bill Clinton: “"I killed myself to give the Palestinians a state. I had a deal they turned down that would have given them all of Gaza and 97% of the West Bank.” “Hamas did not care about a homeland ...
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Always remember that the leftists primaried Rep. Beatty. Her winning that primary, and working with @normeisen.bsky.social, may have saved the Kennedy Center.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
WTF‼️So we’ve moved on from bribery to extortion, Trump tells a North Carolina crowd that if Michael Whatley (R-NC) doesn’t win the Senate race that he will cut off FEMA funding for folks who are still recovering from Hurricane Helene. #StopTrumpCorruption Vote Roy Cooper (D-NC).
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Jeremy Duffy @thegeekprofessor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
trump didn't make the GOP what it is, it exposed them for what they ARE. I've come to understand that they don't govern and never have. They have ALWAYS played the part of governance to shift wealth and power to themselves. In my entire life, I can't point to a GOP admin that actually helped us.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Republicans JUST blocked Democrats' bill that would have ENDED Trump's tariffs on Canada and his ability to keep starting these trade wars. This would have saved Americans THOUSANDS of dollars. But Republicans chose once again to put Trump's approval over the American people.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sarah Stevens co-sponsored the infamous 2013 North Carolina law that courts said was designed with “surgical precision” to exclude Black voters. She backed GOP gerrymanders. Chaired the House elections committee when NCGOP advanced its latest voting restrictions. Now? Running for Supreme Court.
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They’ve Long Clashed on Voting Rights. Now They’re Facing Off for a Supreme Court Seat. - Bolts
North Carolina Justice Anita Earls, a former voting rights lawyer, and Sarah Stevens, a longtime legislator, have been on opposite sides of election issues for over a decade.
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🌊🌊🌊Graham Preston🌊🌊🌊 @grizzlegrazzle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We’re going to blow up the world All for a resource we literally have the technology to make irrelevant right fucking now. Please make it make sense.
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I Resist Fascist Trump @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
But today is a moment of unparalleled national humiliation, of weakness. When you listen to Trump, his words are the musings of an imbecile. An idiot. These are the precise words of the English language to describe his behaviour. His comportment. His actions. 2
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“We shut down half the hospices in Los Angeles,” Dr. Oz told The Post, “and they didn’t complain.” People in hospice are actively dying. Of course no one complained, they were too busy losing the care that keeps them comfortable at the end of their life. He called that a win.
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slotsqueen3.bsky.social @slotsqueen3.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
However North Carolina Republicans have put new rules in place on Ballot envelopes being properly " Sealed" it's anybody's guess how these Republicans will scrutinize " Sealed" what exactly does this mean..this American Voter Suppression by NC Republicans is nothing less than diabolical.
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Constantine @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The number of people who willfully choose empathy and inclusion is relatively small, and shrinks massively if the empathy and inclusion require risk to social standing or status.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
From @roycoopernc.bsky.social: Watch my new ad: No AI. No special effects. Just Michael Whatley in his own words.
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Watch my new ad: No AI. No special effects. Just Michael Whatley in his own words.
YouTube video by Roy Cooper
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Roy Cooper @roycoopernc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Politicians in DC want to divide us. They pit us against each other while they help themselves and their billionaire friends. Michael Whatley will do whatever it takes to polarize us so he wins in November, but North Carolinians know they deserve better.
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Perfectly said.
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Big news in North Carolina: 1 of the 3 GOP Supreme Court justices up in 2028 won’t run again, easing the path for a Democratic majority. If Dem Justice Anita Earls wins this year, Dems would only need 2 flips in 2028 to gain a 4-3 majority. They could then strike down the GOP’s gerrymanders again
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Roy Cooper @roycoopernc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Whatley’s career as a DC lobbyist for Duke Energy — and the up to $410,000 he still holds in their stock — shows whose side he’s on. I don’t own Duke Energy or any other company’s stock. As Senator, I’ll remain on the side of the people.
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Popular Information @popular.info · 24/08/2026
A more accurate account of Whatley’s travel habits, however, is found amid thousands of pages of campaign finance filings. Those documents reveal that Whatley’s campaign committees have spent over $100,000 since last September on travel in a $2 million private jet.
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GOP Senate candidate, campaigning as truck-driving everyman, travels by private jet
North Carolina Senate nominee Michael Whatley’s committees have spent over $100,000 for use of a private jet linked to a convicted felon
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“We’ve gotta unravel all of it, but Citizen’s United, I think was the first, and we support full repeal of Citizen’s United — you can only bring that about in 2 different ways: either a Constitutional Amendment or a change in the Supreme Court. I think we’re open to aggressively pursuing both.“
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✊🏾 Progressive J @jerrelxl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Not only did Mamdani run to get a photo op with the white supremacist pedophile 5 seconds after he was elected but he went back a second time after he was inaugurated and even admitted to being text buddies with him… spare me the outrage thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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Mamdani says he texts Trump
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Sunday said he’s been texting with President Trump ever since his November White House meeting with the leader. “He gave me his number. I’ll say that the…
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Alexander Hamizdat 🇵🇷 @alexhammy209.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
But that one doesn't count, Mamdani isn't Black.
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ban assault weapons NOW @infoco.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
tear it all down at any cost....no remnants of the pedophile Felon administration
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
100%.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
100% #BookSky
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Liberal Librarian, Son of Cuban Immigrants 🟦 @liberallibrarian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The DSA's platform called for the closing of USAID because it was an arm of US imperialism. Hundreds of thousands have died.
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Lord Farquaad: Sacrifice I Am Willing To Make
ALT: Lord Farquaad: Sacrifice I Am Willing To Make
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Remember when Bernie Sanders sponsored a bill to send Vermont's radioactive waste to a low-income, predominantly Latino town in Texas? www.texastribune.org/2016/02/28/s...
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Bernie Sanders' Nuclear Waste Votes Divide Texas Activists - The Texas Tribune
A Bernie Sanders-supported proposal from the late 1990s to dump Vermont nuclear waste in a small minority in West Texas has attracted renewed attention in the lead-up to Tuesday's primary.
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Yurda Puppet @yurdapuppet.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"In addition to Red Star’s three out of sixteen seats and one of two national Co-Chairs, nearly half of the current NPC members openly identify as communists." They say themselves, that they are increasingly communist: redstarcaucus.org/communists-b...
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Communists Belong in DSA
Too often, DSA is dismissed as a purely social democratic organization, and outsiders discount the communist organizing within it. As a Marxist-Leninist DSA caucus, we reject this narrative. DSA is ou...
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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's been 9 years since I first launched my campaign for Congress. Thank you, IL-14, for believing in me and electing the youngest Black woman to Congress in 2018. I am honored to keep representing and fighting for you in Washington.
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven on Trump: "Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation." #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Instead of interviewing Always On Camera, try inviting Lauren Underwood or Joe Neguse who actually do the work and pass legislation.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is absolutely perfectly said. Thank you, @nhannahjones.bsky.social.
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Michelle @sneaker328.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If El-Sayed loses the general it will be because he is beaten by Republicans and Independents in a very purple state. Moderate Dems don’t do what the left does — throw hissyfits and stay home. Theyll turn out. (And still get blamed if he loses.)
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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Blast it on every outlet imaginable & drive what’s left of his campaign into the dust where it belongs. Elect Roy Cooper to the Senate. cardinalpine.com/news/michael...
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‘Recovery Czar’ Michael Whatley caught on audio wanting to end FEMA as Western NC is owed billions
When President Trump returned to office in January 2025, he made Whatley ‘recovery czar’ to coordinate Hurricane Helene recovery. To date, a fraction of the funding needed has made it to western NC.
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Tired while Black @hurtthisday.blacksky.app · 23/07/2026
Bernie Sanders” legitimized the witchhunting of immigrants, declaring that those who came to the US under the Biden administration “came in illegally. Period. Okay. It was illegal.”
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Gutting USAID is why it took so long to find out where this outbreak came from. A lot of CDC's budget for dealing with Cyclospora came from USAID. When that was cut, most of the CDC's Cyclospora people were fired!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is the first main part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act kicking in. The second part, restricting Medicaid, is timed to happen after the midterms.
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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Chemours, of the most despised corporations in North Carolina for its role in dumping toxic PFAS chemicals into the Cape Fear river, has donated $5,000 to Republican Michael Whatley's campaign against former Governor Roy Cooper. www.wunc.org/politics/2026-07-17/ch…
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15/07/2026
Carol still has her sources: Vance asking the Secret Service to take his young son to a golf lesson via chopper instead of SUV, plus other agent gripes
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Senate Democrats @dscc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Michael Whatley has shown over and over again that he supports individuals charged with — or convicted of — sex crimes.
American Journal News: Whatley stood by Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons despite sex crime charges. “Republican Michael Whatley continued to defend President Donald Trump’s pardons of January 6 insurrectionists, even after it was discovered that some of those individuals had been charged with sex crimes.”
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