OPINION: It’s time to consider who pays for climate damage in North Carolina Right now, taxpayers and state budgets are footing the bill for climate disasters while the largest fossil fuel companies who caused this crisis continue to post enormous profits.

Read my latest op-ed on why fossil fuel companies should pay for the harms they have caused to our environment, not you.

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Private school tuition for the wealthy or healthcare for the most vulnerable North Carolinians? How would you spend $190 million? NC Republicans think it’s more important to overfund a slush fund for vouchers than make sure people can see a doctor. It’s all about priorities. 😣

North Carolina deserves a functional General Assembly Finger-pointing, childish blame-shifting, and refusing to accomplish the fundamental task of passing a budget are what have characterized this year’s legislative session. Voters deserve better.

"Finger-pointing, childish blame-shifting, and refusing to accomplish the fundamental task of passing a budget are what have characterized this year’s legislative session. Voters deserve better."

I don’t often agree with the Carolina Journal, but today I do.

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They are literally going to court to stop Americans from getting food. 😞🤯

This fall, NC had a net loss of child care providers. The state budget delay is one factor For the first time in years, more child care programs in North Carolina closed than opened this August.

Yet another example of how the lack of a state budget is affecting real people in NC. Child care centers are closing faster than new ones are opening, putting a strain on families and hurting the small business community.

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Looks like the NCGA Republicans have time to go to Washington DC to kiss up to Trump but no time to pass a budget or fund Medicaid to actually help North Carolinians. 🤬

Democrats swept in South Wake County, NC!!
💙 Our Cary Town Council is now ALL Democratic WOMEN
💙 We flipped the Holly Springs Town Council and the Mayor
💙 We held an all-Democratic Apex Town Council

This is how we do it @wakedems.bsky.social and @ncdemocrats.bsky.social! On to 2026!! 💪 🌊

It’s Election Day in Wake County!

If you live in any municipality (except Raleigh), you have an election today.
Make your voice heard in town council and mayoral races. Polls are open until 7:30 pm

You can look up your polling place and sample ballot here: vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/.

You probably won’t hear about or know the names of the state legislators that are doing hard and important work at the state level, but there are thousands who work for little pay and little notoriety every day at the front lines of the battle for democracy. Shout out and much love to all of them. 🫡

It’s a complete failure and it’s inexcusable.

The incompetence of Republican leaders to get anything done for NC is on full display. They have a supermajority in the Senate & a majority in the House. They could pass anything they want to (as we saw with redistricting) but they can’t agree on anything that will actually make your lives better.

And the cherry on top of a horrible week at the NCGA… the announcement that the legislature is most likely done meeting for the year without passing a state budget or saving our Medicaid program.

Your voice may be ignored by Republicans in the halls of the NCGA but we heard you loud & clear. These maps are a pure power grab that steals the vote from North Carolinians. They are cheaters, pure & simple.

Amazing turnout at the @ncdemocrats.bsky.social Redistricting Rally today! Thank you to everyone who came out to stop the steal of NC through gerrymandering. Over 11,000 of you have submitted comments in opposition of the redistricting & so many came to give public comment at the legislature.

Even if you can’t come in person tomorrow, it only takes a few minutes to tell them what you think in writing. 💪

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🚨 Monday night redistricting update!
There’s still time to submit your comments in opposition to this blatant power grab aka redistricting bill. Huge shoutout to everyone who came to the Senate hearing today- the Republicans certainly got an earful!! It was amazing! 🔥

If you aren’t watching the Senate elections hearing, tune in. I’m so proud of all of these people who are making public comments on the illegal gerrymander. 🥹 They are giving the Republicans absolute hell. 👏👏👏
This is the way. 🔥
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Let them know you are watching 👀 and they aren’t going to get away with cheating the voters of North Carolina without a fight. 💪

🔔 Attend the Senate Elections committee meeting tomorrow at 10am to provide comments
📢 Join the rally in at the NCGA on Tuesday at 11:30 am
💬 Submit public comments in opposition to the map

🚨 Instead, we are voting on new Congressional maps which will give Republicans another safe district because they are too afraid to face voters in a fair election next year.

So what can you do to make your voice heard in opposition to this blatant power grab?

Good news! 🙂
We are returning to legislative session this week.

Bad news! 😕
We aren’t there to pass a state budget, to invest in health care by saving Medicaid, or to do literally anything that helps North Carolinians.

🚨 Abortion bans don’t stop abortions — they stop SAFE ones.

On #InternationalSafeAbortionDay, we fight for a world where abortion is safe, legal & accessible for ALL.

Abortion is healthcare. Abortion is freedom. 💜
#SafeAbortionDay #ReproJustice @stateinnovation.org

North Carolina ranks last in the country in resources available to families, such as affordable child care, paid family leave, a decent minimum wage and available benefits. 😞 Source: www.pn3policy.org

Today, I cancelled my Hulu subscription and used that money to make a monthly donation to @aclu.org ✊

Do you trust politicians? That’s the topic of the podcast I recorded with Duke student Jill Sergison called TrustFund, where she explores how trust manifests across different aspects of society: where it thrives, where it breaks down, & what we can do to build it.
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This week, I voted no on the House budget proposal. This two year budget diverts $1.36 BILLION away from our public schools and gives it to private schools. I can not vote for a budget that doesn’t invest in ALL children, not just the ones that we choose to be worthy. (Full speech on my You Tube!)

“We don’t want to take away from one kid to give to another.” - Rep. Dean Arp (R), as he recommends voting down an amendment to the budget which would transfer funds from the private school voucher fund to give to kids in rural counties to travel on field trips to Raleigh.

The hypocrisy is real. 🤯

🚨 560+ state lawmakers from all 50 states say hands off our health care to Congress in support of @ppfa.org

Read more: six.community/letter-planned-parenthood

@ppact.org
@replorenagarcia.bsky.social
@juliefornc.bsky.social
@daubelatti.bsky.social

🧠 Better schools.
💰 Better pay.
🎓 Better future. HB420 could’ve changed everything. But the GOP chose politics over public education, again.

It is harmful because it will create barriers for minors accessing health care, especially for those who do not have a trusted adult to talk to. This legislation will not make young people safer- rather it puts the government between a doctor and patient & puts our most vulnerable children at risk.