If we were living in a dictatorship, what would be different? #democracy https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/114310737316757044

The one staying open serves a tiny mountain community that is 1.2% Black.
The other three?
Black alone (Census Bureau category that Trump - the GOP insisted on retaining for the 2020 Census):
Roanoke Rapids: 36.9%
Greenville: 40.4%
Elizabeth City: 50.1%

DOGE Social Security office closings: Some in NC staying open | Raleigh News & Observer

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article302442879.html

h/t @melaniesill
with gratitude

From this site, you can select a state and discover tremendous detail on "Exports and Foreign Investment" .... which you likely don't know and will likely consider worthy and fascinating.

For your state (if you're in U.S.), it is a matter of situational awareness the potential disruptions to your more local economy.

https://ustr.gov/map/state-benefits

unfortunately doesn't detail import activities

#HeadsUpNC North Carolina faces #Trump #tariffs impact. #NC was 14th-largest exporting state in most recent data per US trade rep. In '23, $42.2B exports; biggest markets Canada, China and Mexico; most exports manufactured goods (5.5% of state GDP), $4.5b agriculture. #NCPol https://ustr.gov/map/state-benefits/nc

@firefly Yes -- appreciate boosts because this is how social media can spread factual information

#HeadsUpNC News orgs across #NC are covering impact of federal actions, keep up here, also find links to send relevant info https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRlVftQbRvrDVGaAFqjP-NxWuqNCV3UOxqX04urKhbdpfDjr7_T0r942EpkuQERykd6FFSsoQoAx1UN/pub #NCPol #journalism (3/3)

Spreadsheet with data used in NC Health News analysis of federal program impact in North Carolina. Story also available for news outlets to republish. https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Medicaid-and-Trump-in-NC-1.pdf #HeadsUpNC #journalism #NCPol (2/3)

#HeadsUpNC: With major #Medicaid cuts on the table, this recent NC Health News breakdown shows rural #NC areas would feel greatest impact https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/02/17/medicaid-cuts-in-rural-nc/ #journalism #NCPol (1/3)

#HeadsUpNC The NC Chamber of Commerce is asking #Trump EPA to block limits on cancer-linked chemicals going from industrial facilities into Cape Fear basin drinking water sources. Peter Castagno explains complex battle affecting large chunk of #NC https://portcitydaily.com/latest-news/2025/02/17/north-carolina-chamber-asks-sen-tillis-to-help-prevent-14-dioxane-regulation/ #NCPol

Also, NC #journalists might note large percentages of "don't know" on significant policy issues and, strikingly, many voters aren't aware of election security measures already in place in #NorthCarolina even as GOP state and federal legislators move to add restrictions. This from new Meredith Poll. (3/3) #NC #HeadsUpNC #Trump #Stein #NCPol

The Meredith poll drilled down on questions such as Lumbee tribal recognition (majority approve) and eliminating US Dept of Education (most oppose), lots in this wideranging survey of #NC voters (2/3) #HeadsUpNC #Trump #Stein #NCPol

#HeadsUpNC: New Meredith University poll reported by several outlets has many interesting findings beyond #Trump approval (more disapprove than approve) and #Stein numbers (reverse): Worth reading full report, scroll to bottom for tables https://www.meredith.edu/wp-content/u... #NCPol (1/3)

#Twitter / #X is now a propaganda platform; in our emerging autocracy, it is state media. Those who use it for #journalism need to report on what's posted there as such: this is something posted by government, not this is a fact. Column from @brianstelter.bsky.social
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/media/trumps-world-is-all-happening-on-x?utm_source=cnn_Reliable+Sources+–+Feb.+13+2025+–+real+one&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=%2BJi5KCOyFUlN15Ipu2PJJPQ7WkFQKPIx%2F%2F%2B26Hm5kxG2QqXQHF2Z0BbRorTPhd09&bt_ts=1739454891954

Have read a couple dozen stories referring to a constitutional crisis, including a long one trying to explain what the term means — and none of them includes a link to the Constitution or explains what it says! Tidy, elegant and profoundly important document: https://constitutioncenter.org/media/files/constitution.pdf

@TheDefiant604 Done

#HeadsUpNC, #UNC issues guidance for university researchers on #NIH indirect funding cuts, which are supposed to take effect Monday. https://research.unc.edu/2025/02/08/o... #NCPol

#HeadsUpNC new data on ballots challenged by Jefferson Griffin in #NC Supreme Court election via NC elections guru Gerry Cohen @gercohen.bsky.social #NCPol

https://bsky.app/profile/gercohen.bsky.social/post/3lhohloo5sc2u

#HeadsUpNC, big gift to #NC community college system with impact across the state, aiming to move students into high-demand careers #NCPol

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/02/06/nc-community-colleges-launch-program-modeled-cuny-asap

#HeadsUpNC, this move has huge implications for #NC's major research universities and nonprofits, along with the ripple effect on employment and local economies #NCPol https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-slashes-overhead-payments-research-sparking-outrage

#HeadsUpNC, 200 workers at Durham-based nonprofit to be furloughed because of #Trump admin freeze on #USAID and many more may be at risk #NCPol #NC https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article299871939.html