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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Have you written your member of Congress about the war in Iran? Have they responded? We want to see the letters they're sending. If you have one, send it to us on our secure tip line. Here: tips.hushline.app/to/thebulwark
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🚨🚨🚨 We are live, talking Texas www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqNj...
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Texas Votes: Crockett vs. Talarico! How MAGA Will Texas Go?
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Hey folks. A plea for help. Have you written your member of Congress about the war in Iran? Have they responded? We want to see the letters they're sending their constituents. If you have them, send it to us on our secure tipline. Here: thebulwark.com/tips
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🤫 Hush Line
An open-source whistleblowing platform for organizations and individuals.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
When does the perfect become the enemy of the good? And how does that calculus change when the lives of cancer-stricken children are on the line? www.thebulwark.com/p/pediatric-...
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A Pediatric Cancer Bill Fell One Vote Short. Bernie Cast It.
The Vermont senator is holding out for a bigger health care package. Advocates are asking: Is the price worth it?
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
NEW: The most important Sunday read. Drug courts are saving lives. Red states love them. People depend on them. But Trump could very well blow it all up via @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/drug-treat...
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Drug Courts Save Lives. That May Not Save Them From Trump.
An Alabama man’s recovery story shows what the program can do—and what could be lost.
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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Mike Johnson says "Every day of this shutdown [Trump] has tried... to lessen the pain as much as possible." What a crock. Trump openly brags that he's using the shutdown to do mass layoffs, terminate programs, "kill" the Democrats, and inflict pain. Johnson can't hide the truth: Trump is a sadist.
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Trump Isn’t Easing the Shutdown Pain—He’s Inflicting It
Mike Johnson says the president is protecting Americans from the shutdown. That’s completely wrong.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
NEW: Sen. Mark Kelly says he's tried to contact Adm. Alvin Holsey, who led the US Southern Command, and whose abrupt retirement raised questions about whether he was uncomfortable with the military operations in the Caribbean. He has not been successful www.thebulwark.com/p/mark-kelly...
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Mark Kelly: 23 Million Americans Are About to Get Punched in the Face
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
JUST IN TIME! www.thebulwark.com/p/the-republ...
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The Republican Health Care Trap, Episode 78
As the shutdown drags on, the GOP croons its old tune: replacing Obamacare.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
hey there. need some random help. if you're in Havre de Grace, MD and can do a favor for the Bulwark, please send a DM. thanks!
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
NEW: Scientists may be more comfortable in labs than on TV. They may prefer medical journals to press releases. They may find research more soothing than advocacy. But as RFK Jr has dismantled the CDC, they are now reorienting their lives around fighting back via @citizencohn.bsky.social
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The CDC Diaspora Fights Back
How America’s scientific army is trying to stand up for public health—and stand up for itself.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
A tour de force that grew increasingly insane with every twist. I felt genuinely bad for the people who think these TV screens will heal them -- and who are funding MAGA media in the process. www.thebulwark.com/p/bizarre-he...
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How a Bizarre Healing-TV-Screen Tycoon Is Funding MAGA Media
I had to try it out for myself.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
A fascinating piece about life as an in-the-trenches GOP operative in the Trump era and the compromises you have to make. Almost all are now fully bought in. But some remain concerned. This one decided he had enough. Please read and share! www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...
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My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party
Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.
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Tim Miller @timmiller.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Not a lot of urgency on redistricting in IL for some reason…
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/10/2025
"It always becomes clear the GOP alternative will mean fewer people with insurance." Same as it ever was. The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/something-...
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There’s Something Weirdly Familiar About This New GOP Argument
Republicans’ latest attempt to win the shutdown fight shows they still don’t get it on Obamacare.
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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"Trump was asked, 'What’s your relationship with God like? And how do you pray?' ...The first words out of his mouth were: 'OK, so I think it’s good. I do very well with the evangelicals.' He bragged about all the people who prayed for him. He said nothing about praying for anyone or anything else."
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Trump Is Worrying About the Afterlife. Thank Heaven.
“I want to try and get to heaven, if possible. I’m hearing I’m not doing well.”
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
NEW: Two Nobel-winning economists at MIT (currently embroiled in a fight with the Trump administration) are decamping for the University of Zurich next academic year—a pretty clear illustration of brain drain. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-he-lyin...
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Chuck Around. Find Out. www.thebulwark.com/p/chuck-arou...
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Chuck Around. Find Out.
Can Schumer lead the Democrats through the coming shutdown fight?
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
NEW: Nine months ago, Elon Musk's nascent, DOGE effort killed off a beloved pediatric cancer initiative in the govt funding fight. I circled back to see where those bills now stood. What I discovered was less scandalous but no less depressing. www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-...
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Elon Musk Torpedoed a Beloved Pediatric Cancer Bill. It’s Yet to Recover.
Sometimes, a good piece of legislation fails to become a law for one simple, stupid reason: congressional inertia.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
NEW: A new payolla scandal is rocking right-wing media circles, with accusations that top influencers have been given cash to try and smooth MAGA relations with India www.thebulwark.com/p/yet-anothe...
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Coming soon to a pod near you
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
NEW: A Brazilian fugitive with a history of forgery, who's wanted by the FBI and who even the Bolsinaros consider nuts, has accused Bill Barr of orchestrating Trump's prosecutions. Crazier still, big MAGA accounts are falling for it. www.thebulwark.com/p/flimsy-mag...
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We Found It! The Flimsiest MAGA Conspiracy of All Time.
Folks, please. Check the credibility of your sources. They may be a Brazilian national fugitive wanted by the FBI.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Dear god www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfzq...
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The Laura Loomer / MTG / Arby’s Scandal That No One Asked For
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Truly revolting stuff in this Laura Loomer deposition www.thebulwark.com/p/laura-loom...
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
QUITE the lede from @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-ken...
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The Dem youth movement is actually happening. www.thebulwark.com/p/democratic...
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The Democratic Youth (er, Young Adult) Movement Arrives
Plus: Why the redistricting wars probably won’t end any time soon.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
if you need a laugh. and let's be honest, we all do www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wyh...
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It Gets UGLY: Right-Wing Influencers Explode on Main
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
If you work in the Smithsonian and have some insights into this Trump impeachment decision or the fallout from it, hit me up on signal. Asteinindc.09. or our tips line thebulwark.com/tips
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
one of the more batshit @willsommer.bsky.social joints yet www.thebulwark.com/p/candace-ow...
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Candace Owens Is in Some REAL Trouble
Her wild attacks on Brigitte Macron have led to a serious defamation suit—and diplomatic trouble.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
@jvl.bsky.social on Luke Farritor is a must www.thebulwark.com/p/the-boy-ge...
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The Boy Genius Who Killed 14 Million Poor People
What is the moral weight of responsibility for the men who carried out DOGE’s work?
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
His Name Is Jesus. He’s a Carpenter. ICE Arrested Him. www.thebulwark.com/p/his-name-i...
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His Name Is Jesus. He’s a Carpenter. ICE Arrested Him.
Seriously.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Another banger from @citizencohn.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/a-massive-...
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A Massive Health Care Shock Is Coming
And there is little time—and maybe not enough will from Republicans—to avert it.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I try to avoid the topic in online forums. But I find it impossible to reconcile the judiasm that I was raised on with the acts of leaders in the current Israel government. How one could be so calluous to human suffering is beyond my understanding of our faith www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
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As Starvation Rises, Israeli Minister Says Israel Is ‘Driving Out’ Gazans
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🚨🚨 Don't look now, but we have some clear signs—and some fresh reporting— that Dems may be going wobbly on doing their own mid-decade redistricting. www.thebulwark.com/p/are-dems-g...
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Are Dems Gonna Wimp Out on Redistricting?
Beneath the bravado are signs the party is skittish.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
NEW: @betoorourke.bsky.social in an interview with The Bulwark urges Gavin Newsom not to wait for Texas to redistrict but to go first. "We know the end of this movie. if we wait and watch and respond, it might be too late." www.thebulwark.com/p/beto-orour...
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Beto O'Rourke: We Need to Stop Waiting and Strike First
Sam Stein sits down with Beto O'Rourke for a VERY blunt conversation about the state of American democracy.
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Jamie O’Grady @jamieogrady.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Everyone should take 20 minutes and listen to this. @betoorourke.bsky.social isn’t afraid to admit his own past strategic errors to when he speaks to @samsteindc.bsky.social about how to (maybe) save the country. I wish more politicians spoke like he does. open.spotify.com/episode/2X3Z...
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Beto O'Rourke: We Need to Stop Waiting and Strike First
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Fun conversation in studio today. some newsy bits too. coming later today on bulwark takes
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
The Dem 2026 messaging seems, at this point, pretty damn simple. Donald Trump is running a protection racket for the elites. www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
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Democrats’ 2026 Rallying Cry Is Staring Them in the Face
Plus: The big difference in where money for the midterms is going so far.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
This is one of the more essential pieces to understand why Trump is getting killed on the Epstein saga www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-righ...
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Trump’s Right-Wing Media Machine Turns on Him
Here’s why the Jeffrey Epstein story has fractured MAGA.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 17/07/2025
Trump doesn't remember that he appointed Fed chair Jerome Powell. Bill O'Reilly forgot that Jeffrey Epstein died back when Trump was president. The whole GOP can't remember Trump was president when COVID hit. Yet we spent a month this year talking about Joe Biden's memory problems?
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Don't look now, but Dems are starting to figure it out. www.thebulwark.com/p/do-they-ha...
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Do They Have Your Attention Now?
Democrats are finally beginning to appreciate the significance of the attention economy.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
NEW -- "It’s a political equivalent of being a fire hydrant. You get pissed on by everyone." DNC Chair Ken Martin opens up abt the frustrations and opportunities of his job in a dishy new interview with @lauren-egan.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/surprising...
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A (Surprisingly) Revealing Conversation With DNC Chair Ken Martin
He knows his job is thankless. In fact, he compares it to being pissed on by a bunch of dogs. But he has a real plan.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I will say @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social continues to produce the best pound for pound immigration reporting in the country. Today's newsletter is about the fear, trepidation and loss of identity that comes with being on the frontlines of the deportation wars www.thebulwark.com/p/the-chicag...
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The Chicago Churches on the Frontline of Trump’s Deportation Wars
How faith leaders are helping a community under siege.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
HIRING ALERT! We are looking for sharp, hungry associate producers to help grow our YouTube/video/podcast operation (now at 1.34 million subscribers). Are you that person? Description here www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
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Bulwark Media hiring Associate Producer in District of Columbia, United States | LinkedIn
Posted 6:44:48 PM. The Bulwark—one of the most dynamic news outlets in the country—is looking for an associate…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
NEW: Epstein obsessives have responded to the puncturing of their conspiracy with even grander conspiracies: That the CIA Director is covering it all up and the pedo cabal may be stronger than even Trump via @willsommer.bsky.social, who was made for this moment. www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-world...
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MAGA World’s Mega Meltdown Over Latest Epstein Flop
The online right wants the attorney general fired after being told that the disgraced sex trafficker did not, in fact, have a client list.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The source of the Patel/Grassley report alleging a Chinese plot to steal the election for Biden appears to have gotten intel from a Facebook rumor and had a sub-source who said China was building underground bases in Republican states to disperse COVID www.thebulwark.com/p/youll-neve...
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You’ll Never Believe Where Kash Patel’s Election Fraud Bombshell Came From
Scouring the swamps to smear his predecessor.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
New and apropos for tonight: Dems suddenly feeling a tinges of optimism about the Senate map. Not delusional. But a path is starting to present itself. www.thebulwark.com/p/suddenly-g...
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Suddenly, Green Shoots of Dem Optimism About the Senate
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill has given the opposition party some modest, new hope about the upper chamber.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Hey folks, we do this occassionally. but if you are reaching out to your member or Senator about this bill and are getting formal or even informal responses, we would LOVE to see them. You can DM me or hit me up on signal asteinindc.09 thanks
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Seems like Fetterman doesn't want the job www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ-J...
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Fetterman Acts Like a BABY, Complains About Bill Process
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I don't want to reveal TOO much about the editorial process here. But @jvl.bsky.social was on the fence about this Triad. And I think it's one of his best. So glad he did it www.thebulwark.com/p/bigger-tha...
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Bigger Than the Game
Shohei Ohtani shows us what America isn’t.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
If you read one article this morning about the GOP bill, make it this from @citizencohn.bsky.social who travelled to Salisbury, North Carolina to understand what a $1 trillion Medicaid cut would actually mean for people dependent on the program. www.thebulwark.com/p/medicaid-c...
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A $1 Trillion Medicaid Cut Is THIS Close to Happening. Here’s What It’d Look Like.
Republicans are about to slash a lifeline for the needy. In North Carolina, people are preparing for chaos and calamity.
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