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Craig Stinson

@craigstinson.bsky.social
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Tar Heel. Wilmington, NC

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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Corruption the likes of which no one has ever seen.
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Trusted Neighbors - NC @trustedneighborsnc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A little preparation now can make voting easier later. Check your registration, view your sample ballot, decide how you want to vote, and learn the photo ID requirements. Start with trusted information from NCSBE. #TrustedNeighbors #NCPol #Elections🗳️ #VoteNC #Community
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
😎
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Good on him.
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97.9 The Hill WCHL & Chapelboro.com @wchlchapelboro.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“Their companies just lost their way. They lost their soul. And I certainly did not want that to happen to Grady-White.”
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Major UNC Alumnus, Donor Announces Plans to Give Away North Carolina Boat Company's Proceeds - Chapelboro.com
Eddie Smith Jr., a UNC alumnus and major donor, is cementing the spirit and philanthropic efforts of his company, Grady-White Boats.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Fascinating -- I did not know any of this www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
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Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Our single vehicle ferry over the Cape Fear River. Not far from Wilmington, NC.
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
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AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
“Our company stands on values of human dignity, opportunity, and freedom.” www.wnct.com/news/mt-oliv...
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Mt. Olive Pickle Co. exits Great American State Fair over Confederate flag
PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — Mt. Olive Pickle Company has withdrawn from the Great American State Fair in Washington D.C. after a Confederate flag was included in an exhibit. The company told W…
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Just learned that old highway 226 (now 226A) between Marion and Spruce Pine is marketed to motorcycle and car clubs as “the Diamondback.” The road is really great. Sharp switchbacks and curves and inclines. Never take your hands off the steering wheel.
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National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Beauty is indeed saving the world, coming to the rescue one violin and paintbrush at a time, writes Br. Mickey McGrath.
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Whether Einstein or someone in poverty, we all need art
Beauty is indeed saving the world, coming to the rescue one violin and paintbrush at a time, writes Br. Mickey McGrath.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/05/2026
"This is not just the most corrupt presidency in American history, it is among the most corrupt regimes on earth." And abject corruption on a mass scale, it turns out, is not politically popular. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social:
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Trump’s Corruption Is Going to Sink Him
Conditions are right for voters to stop turning a blind eye to his greed, grift, and gold leaf.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
"MAGA is not just antithetical to conservatism; it is at war with it." - Pete Wehner Many of you think Trump is just ultra-conservatism. This article isn't for you. The rest of you should read this. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How Trump Killed Conservatism
The president has cultivated and encouraged the ugliest passions within the GOP, dousing the embers of hate with kerosene.
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops @usccbofficial.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“The Thought of Holding Thousands of Families in Massive Warehouses Should Challenge the Conscience of Every American,” Says Bishop Cahill ow.ly/HzJN50Yj12e
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“The Thought of Holding Thousands of Families in Massive Warehouses Should Challenge the Conscience of Every American,” Says Bishop Cahill
Newly released details show how the Administration plans to double federal immigration detention capacity, spending an estimated $38.3 billion from last year...
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The SCOTUS tariff ruling will age Trump more than anything else during his presidency. They’re not just his core economic policy; they’re his primary leverage for global bullying and corruption. He sees them as the source of his strength. This will serve as a catalyst for his cognitive unraveling.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
We now have data from Trump's first full year in office. Let's review the performance of Trump and the two parties since 1989 and a new age of globalization began. However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The biggest obstacle we face as a society in getting people to accept reality about Trump is that it requires people to face reality about themselves and about ourselves as a society.
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Found a CD copy of My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello today for $1. Score.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
“Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all.”
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
All true.
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
God given human dignity
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Trumpism is a moral issue.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/10/2025
Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like—because it’s already happening in North Carolina, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:
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North Carolina Is the Canary in the Election Coal Mine
Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like, because it’s already happening in one state.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
UPDATE: Trump is freaking out about the (very effective) anti-tariffs ad Canada 🇨🇦 is running in 🇺🇸 (during baseball playoffs), saying trade negotiations are now “terminated” — so here it is again 👇🏽 Reagan’s audio is, of course, VERY REAL. He is lying: www.youtube.com/shorts/Mj6N-...
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Lemme speak with directness and a sense of urgency about our most important economic threats, and what history teaches us about moments like this.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Rs, before the Trump cult took hold, frequently railed (rightly so) against communist and fascist regimes that nationalized industry, indulged in crony capitalism, and substituted propaganda for free speech. (The five-year plan is working!) How times have changed. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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The Most Communist President Ever
How we lose our democracy and our economy
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
10,000 Maniacs in Wilmington, NC. @10000maniacs.bsky.social it was wonderful and we really appreciate y’all stopping here. #10000maniacs #wilmingtonnc
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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Powerful and poignant from Ambassador Fried: “Vance’s argument would overthrow the meaning of the Gettysburg Address, the speech that restored America to its original principles from the Declaration of Independence after its bloodiest war.” nationalinterest.org/feature/jd-v...
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JD Vance’s Dangerous View of American Nationhood
The power of the American ideal comes not from Americans being a “particular people” with a common heritage—an ethnically-rooted nation like others—but from its being different.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
“The stunning reversal of ocean circulation in the Southern Hemisphere confirms the global climate system has entered a catastrophic phase>' This is very very bad news: www.intellinews.com/southern-oce...
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Southern Ocean current reverses for first time, signalling risk of climate system collapse
A major ocean current in the Southern Hemisphere has reversed direction for the first time in recorded history, in what climatologists are calling a ...
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John W Dean @johnwdean.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT - DO NOT!!!! open.substack.com/pub/telos/p/...
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The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom—and of Tyranny
Twenty-seven truths about America, our Democracy and Rule of Law, and our rights, freedoms, and liberties.
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Be their fruits you shall know them.
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
New dog alert. I got Beau from the New Hanover Country Animal Shelter a few weeks ago. Turns out this guy is just wonderful.
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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 19/06/2025
"Our lives...are meant to attain fulfillment through a network of relationships, friendships, and love, both given and received." #PopeFrancis #WeAreFrancis assisiproject.com/podcast
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/06/2025
If you treasure honesty, integrity, the rule of law, and decency, you must be prepared to reject whataboutism and to risk mockery by insisting that no, not everybody does it, and we don’t want to accept the kind of society in which that is assumed.
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Whataboutism Is Rotting Our Brains, Our Consciences, and Our Politics
It’s easy, reassuring, and wrong.
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
I got a new dog at the country shelter and I think he looks like Rowlf from The Muppets. @weratedogs.com
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/05/2025
“Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.”
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A Permanent Stain on Our History
The Trump administration’s embrace of nativism is as shameful as it is self-destructive.
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NC Stories @ncstories.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Opinion: Trump budget cuts threaten to kill Blue Ridge Parkway, National Park System www.citizen-times.com/story/opinio...?
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Opinion: Trump budget cuts threaten to kill Blue Ridge Parkway, National Park System
Without the National Park Service, the Blue Ridge Parkway in N.C. would not exist. We must ensure national parks are not slashed by Trump cuts.
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Worth your time.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
It's striking how much Trumpists hate what's made the United States great: immigration, trade, medical and scientific research, the rule of law, an enlightened patriotism, a willingness and ability to correct past injustices. At the end of the day, Trumpism is Third Worldism.
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Let’s Go Tar Heels! #goheels
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Who out there is watching the game, y’all #goheels
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Carolina looked good tonight #goheels
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Hey, I got your book on Doc Watson @eddiehuff.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social
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Craig Stinson @craigstinson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
@jonrauch.bsky.social your conversation with Matt Lewis was great. Thank you so much.
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Arts Friendly @theartsfriendly.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
This discussion on "The Anti-Social Century" by Derek Thompson (The Atlantic) is interesting. There is a continuing trend in the U.S. toward solitude. Community arts nonprofits help bring people together IRL and this helps society. What are your thoughts.
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Derek Thompson and Elizabeth Weil: The Trend Toward Solitude
Americans have been spending more time alone—and less time doing face-to-face socializing—than we have for at least 60 years.
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