Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialNC Chapter - Sierra Club @sierraclubnc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Please use our Action Alert to contact your member of the NC House right now to urge them to Remove Section 10: act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nort...act.sierraclub.orgDon’t protect expensive, dirty coal 022
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialNC Chapter - Sierra Club @sierraclubnc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026We need your help! NC is growing rapidly, but many of our rules haven’t kept pace with the needs of our communities. A YES vote means less flooding, improved water quality, lower housing and development costs, and more vibrant main streets across North Carolina. 121
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialWUNC News @wunc.org · 12/06/2025Students called on state lawmakers to increase funding for facilities and scholarships at North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities and to protect their voting access. www.wunc.org/education/20...wunc.orgHBCU students call for funding and voting access for campusesStudents called on state lawmakers to increase funding for facilities and scholarships at North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities and to protect their voting access. 0118
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialVoteVets @votevets.org · 28/04/2025"The whole point of this country is that no one person should have too much power." – @petebuttigieg.bsky.social We didn’t fight a revolution just to hand the keys to a wannabe king like Trump. Not then. Not now. Not ever. 281275454
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialVoteVets @votevets.org · 22/04/2025🚨Pete Hegseth took classified strike plans from a secure military system—and sent them to his wife, brother, and lawyer over Signal. It’s not just dangerous. It’s a threat to our Troops, our operations, and our national security. He has to be fired. Now. MORE: www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... 28410139
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 22/04/2025Almost like grassroots movements leading economic boycotts are actually having a big impact. #teslatakedown @teslatakedown.com 👏👏👏 45716
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 20/04/2025This is what patriotism looks like 010
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialThomas Mills @tmillsnc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Allison Riggs offers lessons on how to take on authoritarianism and injustice. open.substack.com/pub/politics...open.substack.comHow to fightAllison Riggs offers some lessons about how to fight against injustice. 021
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialbri watson 🐝 @brimwats.com · 17/04/2025I find it very interesting that this article begins with IUB because the legal concept of academic freedom in the US is based on is a little-known court case called US v. 31 Photographs where the US govt went after the Kinsey Institute for importing erotic photos for research study. IUB & ACLU 🗃️ 2275
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 16/04/2025It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people. 268161693894
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/04/2025This is how you do it. The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact". The moral imperative may be to fight... but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone: www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...gazettenet.comUMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh inAMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou... 296103162557
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialCommon Cause North Carolina @commoncausenc.bsky.social · 16/04/2025"I would not accept one eligible voter being disenfranchised," NC Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs said at #InOurCourt conference on Saturday, in reference to losing candidate Jefferson Griffin's shameful ongoing attempt to cancel thousands of lawful ballots from military voters: bit.ly/44qLYPO 321240
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialVet Voice Foundation @vetvoicefoundation.bsky.social · 11/04/2025It’s official: Colorado just passed a law requiring background checks, safety training, and a permit to buy assault-style weapons. Vet Voice Foundation advocated for this bill—because Veterans know what these weapons can do. This isn’t extreme. It’s common sense. 1537685
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Will someone else please write the satire piece about the environmentalist Thanos & Trump? I mean, tariffs will create market conditions that encourage buying locally & upcycling, and slowing international trade will reduce the carbon emissions caused by transporting goods around the globe. 110
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialThe Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Clear your schedule. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social is dropping by for an all-new The Weekly Show tomorrow. 1024571665
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Note the purposes for which it has been used. And the difference between invoking the Insurrection Act & martial law. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...brennancenter.orgThe Insurrection Act ExplainedThe law, which lets the president deploy the military domestically and use it for civilian law enforcement, is dangerously vague and in urgent need of reform. 000
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Thank you @aoc.bsky.social for lifting up concerns in E&C hearing that LGBTQ youth and human rights experts have been raising for years about the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). We can and must hold Big Tech accountable without throwing marginalized people under the bus. www.them.us/story/kids-o...them.usThis Bill Purports to Protect Kids from Big Tech. For LGBTQ+ Youth, It’s a Grave DangerThose on the right have said they will use KOSA to target queer and trans content. So why do some Democrats support it? 120068
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The longer Jefferson Griffin persists in his attempt to disenfranchise voters so he can deny Allison Riggs the seat she WON in 2024, the more I wonder if there's any possibility of four of the sitting justices actually putting the rule of law ahead of partisanship when this case reaches them. (1)afj.orgNorth Carolina Supreme Court - Alliance for Justice 100
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Unclear which of us is happier to see the other 000
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 04/04/2025NEWS: More than 500 law firms sign on to an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie amid the firm’s legal battle against Trump’s executive order targeting its business. Read the list of firms that signed the brief authored by former SG Don Verrilli: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.com 813816956
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialErica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 05/04/2025In today’s political context, it’s more dangerous for civil society to do #2. 619242
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialBen Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Bolivia, NC has a population of 227. Look at this #HandsOff crowd. bsky.app/profile/bobg... 161499297
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialNC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · 06/04/2025New: Thousands flood Raleigh’s Bicentennial Plaza to protest Trump in largest rally this year ncnewsline.com/2025/04/06/t... @kingdollar.bsky.social #nc #ncpol #HandsOffncnewsline.comThousands flood Raleigh’s Bicentennial Plaza to protest Trump in largest rally this year • NC NewslineMore than 4,500 gathered in Raleigh on Saturday to protest the Trump administration, condemning cuts to health care and welfare programs. 229240
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialWesley Hogan @wesleyhogan.bsky.social · 06/04/2025SNCC vet Judy Richardson, 81, last week answered a student who asked how Freedom Movement people found the courage to resist armed racists in the South. "Bullies," she looked the young man straight in the eye. "Their oxygen is our fear. Cut off the source." sncclegacyproject.org/sncc-grassro... 011
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 05/04/2025#handsoff happening now in Chapel Hill, NC 041
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Post of the day! Also, where can I find a recording of that game to stream at my leisure? 000
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialJoe Beda @h.olysh.it · 24/03/2025The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are. 8104731611708
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialPrison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 24/03/2025"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."prisonjournalismproject.orgWhen Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 YearsI had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass. 3756351096
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialCommon Cause North Carolina @commoncausenc.bsky.social · 23/03/2025A powerful statement: In today's editions of the Raleigh News & Observer and Charlotte Observer, a letter from 200+ members of North Carolina's legal community calling on Jefferson Griffin to end his baseless attempt to overturn the 2024 election. Read the letter: ccnc.me/LetterToGriffin 14220
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 22/03/2025I know of many organizations who have ALREADY done funded work & are due HUGE reimbursements. Not OK 000
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 22/03/2025This can be a gamechangergreencarreports.comEV battery recycling breakthrough recovers 99.99% of lithiumSuch claims don't always scale up, but it brings hope for an even higher rate of recovered lithium for new EV batteries—and less harm to the environment. 000
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Just ask any 12 year old soccer player: You don't get to change the rules just because you didn't like the outcome. Stressful day here in North Carolina, y'all... 000
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I sure feel like Jefferson Griffin's brazenly self-serving efforts to disenfranchise voters are grounds enough to disqualify him from serving on the bench of ANY court 000
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 19/03/2025During my tenure at the NC AIDS Action Network, we fought back an ill-advised proposal to require prior authorization for anti-retroviral medications - great to see this bill filed! NC House bill takes aim at insurance company prior authorization practices ncnewsline.com/2025/03/19/n...ncnewsline.comNC House bill takes aim at insurance company prior authorization practices • NC NewslineNorth Carolina lawmakers introduce bill that would impose new regulations on insurance companies’ prior authorization practices 110
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialThe Intercept @theintercept.com · 18/03/2025“They are using taxpayer money to enlist companies to conduct this surveillance on social media.”interc.ptLAPD Surveilled Gaza Protests Using This Social Media ToolPolice records obtained by The Intercept show Dataminr tracked Gaza-related protests and other constitutionally protected speech. 28040
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.freedom.pressWired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should followAs the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy 16249135923357
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialUltraViolet @ultraviolet.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Did you change your name when you got married? Did you change your name to match your gender identity? If you answered yes, this bill could make it much harder for you to vote. Tell the House to block the SAVE Act now: act.weareultraviolet.orgThe SAVE Act could silence millions of women votersDemand that House members block the SAVE Act now. 1127
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialGood Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 17/03/2025and if you prefer to read it (or assign it to your students), here's the original: goodauthority.org/news/pepfar-...goodauthority.orgPEPFAR helps countries provide life-saving HIV treatment.PEPFAR, the U.S. program funding HIV prevention and treatment in more than 50 countries, has been stalled by Trump's executive orders. 145
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialBarry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 17/03/2025I always recommend @natedimeo.bsky.social's history podcast The Memory Palace. But this one, about the erasure of the word "transgender" from the National Park Service's Stonewall web page, brims with urgency. And it's so good.podcasts.apple.comEpisode 227: A Brief Note Written After Learning the National Parks Service Removed the word Transgender from Stonewall's WebpagePodcast Episode · the memory palace · 11/03/2025 · 11m 023
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer. 6052411812725
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialUltraViolet @ultraviolet.bsky.social · 16/03/2025No one should have to choose between their job and parenting a newborn, that includes our representatives in Congress. These congresswomen are making waves that will benefit all of us. rollcall.com‘Supporter of mamas’: Momentum builds for proxy voting for House parents - Roll CallAnna Paulina Luna’s push to force floor consideration attracted support from Democrats and some fellow Republicans. 0102
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialWesley Hogan @wesleyhogan.bsky.social · 10/03/2025There might be some researchers, doctors, university leaders + faculty who feel inspired by this Rosa Parks quote today, print by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. 085
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14/03/2025At the protest for veterans in DC. 277104891530
Reposted by @lisahazirjian.bsky.socialNC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · 14/03/2025Renowned civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Bakari Sellers urged NC officials to make public footage that they believe reveals severe misconduct by the NC Highway Patrol. ncnewsline.com/2025/03/14/a... @kingdollar.bsky.social #ncpol #ncncnewsline.comAttorneys for family of Tyrone Mason demand NC officials release footage of fatal crash • NC NewslineAttorneys Ben Crump and Bakari Sellers called for the release of footage of a police chase that led to the death of 31-year-old Tyrone Mason. 0112
lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 12/03/2025The claims that the Trump/Musk administration is defending Jews are laughable - and yet, I know Jews who voted for Trump, mistaking his support for Netanyahu for actually caring about Jewish people. 000