GOP blocks plan to prepare North Carolina counties for ballot seizures, ICE at polls Millen pointed to recent events in other states, including California where a sheriff seized over 650,000 ballots, as well as rhetoric from various Trump administration officials suggesting federal de...

🚨BREAKING: The Republican majority on the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted Wednesday to block a proposal that would have prepared local officials for scenarios involving federal agents at polling places and attempts to seize ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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At NC Newsline, we’re proud to cover the stories from North Carolina that affect your life. For Local News Day, we’re sharing this Local News Finder tool so you can cut through the noise and turn to trusted journalists in your community: localnewsday.org/newsrooms/ #FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism

The threat itself is an impeachable offense. Don’t let it slide.

Uh, could somebody near to Trump right now maybe just…stop him?
The world will thank you.

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

Federal judge finds Trump violated free speech by ordering NPR defunded A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive order calling for the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment.

A federal judge has knocked down the core of President Trump's executive order barring federal funding for NPR and PBS, saying it violated the broadcasters' First Amendment rights on its face.

www.bpr.org/npr-news/202...

During Helene, resilience hubs connected people to critical resources. Now, Asheville is formally investing in them Policy makers believe these hubs, which “saved the day” during Hurricane Helene by providing access to clean water, satellite internet and other resources, are deserving of public investment.

This is such a good idea:

www.bpr.org/helene-recov...

Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $3 million in social media addiction trial The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits.

The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits. n.pr/4rTk72Q

Great story!

Consumer rights group: Why a 10-year ban on AI regulation will harm Americans More than 140 civil rights and consumer groups are asking Congress to reject a decade-long moratorium on state and local AI regulations, warning that it would leave Americans unprotected against growi...

In an interview last May, Travis Hall from the Center for Democracy & Technology explained why ceding AI regulation to the feds is a terrible idea.

www.computerworld.com/article/3992...

Trump’s federal AI policy framework aims to undercut state laws The White House is trying to do something Washington rarely does well: seize control of a fast-moving technology before a wave of state AI laws hardens into an irreversible regulatory system.

The Trump administration is once again pushing Congress to hobble state AI regulations, @metacurity.com reports. This is not about establishing sensible protections nationally; it's about letting tech companies do whatever they want.

www.computerworld.com/article/4148...

I don't want self-driving cars, I want streetcars & trolleys running regularly so even people who are too young/too old to safely drive have the option of safe & frequent & cheap public transit in the 'burbs and cities.

love this:

Hundreds of signs across the National Park System have been flagged for removal under guidelines the Trump administration enacted last year.

A recently leaked database indicates at least ten of these signs are in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

What happens when a mad king discovers that the war he launched is not going to go the way he envisioned it? Asking for a friend.

An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a profes...

Spot on

www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has joined Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders, and 38 other Free Press organizations from around the world to condemn the unlawful arrest of journalist Estefany Rodriguez by ICE and demand her immediate release.

They’re not even hiding it. The terrifying thing is that they don’t think they have to. #SAVEAct

America always comes for what Appalachia has and just takes it. Including its people.

The sane-washing, the both-sidesing, the pretense that everything is normal has got to stop.

These pediatrician moms have a shared message: Release all children in immigration detention They didn’t know each other at the beginning of the year. Now these medical professionals text daily in their effort to advocate for the well-being of migrant children.

They warn that the detention of these children is causing severe and lasting harm to their mental and physical health, and say that emerging reports of kids allegedly facing delayed and inadequate medical care demands urgency and transparency.

Restricting registration forms punishes NC voters • NC Newsline North Carolinians have a pivotal part to play in the midterms. Troublingly, our State Board of Elections is working to undermine them.

North Carolinians have a pivotal part to play in the midterms. Troublingly, our State Board of Elections is working to undermine them. ncnewsline.com/2026/03/10/r... (commentary) #ncpol

Respectfully disagree with this take. Upgraded CPU, modem, networking chip, and RAM in an already excellent design for the same price? Sounds perfect to me. "Probably no need to upgrade" if you have the 2024 or 2025 model? Even better. No one should need to buy a new iPad every year.

Why are AI leaders fleeing? computerworld.com/article/4133... via @computerworld.com & @sjvn.bsky.social

Pay attention. The #AI leaders who were concerned about making safe AI are being replaced by those who are all about profit first and last.

Are you one of the thousands of NC voters who need to ‘fix’ your registration? Here’s how to do it. • NC Newsline More than 70,000 North Carolinians remain on a list of voters whose registration is incomplete, according to the state Board of Elections. Voters who don’t update their registration before going to th...

Are you one of the thousands of NC voters who need to ‘fix’ your registration? Here’s how to do it. ncnewsline.com/2026/02/11/a... via @nclocal.bsky.social #nc #ncpol

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

"It seems that the water is what makes people sick here."

@propublica.org posts heartbreaking letters written by children held at an immigration detention center in Texas: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Encrypt It Already End-to-end encryption protects the privacy of your data.

With Encrypt It Already, we’re pushing on tech companies to deliver stronger privacy protections to their users by enabling and expanding the use of end-to-end encryption across their products or services. www.encryptitalready.org

Protest sign from MN that says, “DEARLY BELOVED. WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TODISMANTLE THIS THING CALLED ICE.” with a picture of Prince in the left hand lower corner.

10/10 ICE protest sign