Once again…if they don’t cheat, they can’t win.
Robyn Sanders (@Robyn_NSanders) posted at 3:33 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
For the first time in 125 years, elections in NC will no longer be overseen by a governor elected by the people, but by partisan operatives handpicked by a Republican state auditor, thanks to an anonymous, unexplained, two-sentence court order. 🧵The new Republican-controlled board will now oversee every election in all 100 counties—including a still-disputed Supreme Court race that @AllisonJRiggs won, where GOP judges ordered thousands of ballots be discarded. The timing is not a coincidence. It’s a setup.
Let’s be clear: the people of North Carolina voted against this power grab—repeatedly. Courts had already ruled it unconstitutional. But Republicans waited for a lame-duck window, rammed it through, and found partisan judges willing to rubber-stamp it in secret.
Republicans played a shell game to do this. When courts ruled that taking elections oversight from the governor violated the separation of powers, they simply swapped out the defendant. Instead of giving control to the legislature directly, they handed it to the state auditor.
The state auditor is a Republican who just so happens to be in the executive branch. It’s a cynical workaround designed to pass constitutional muster on paper while gutting it in practice. The branch hasn’t changed. The motive hasn’t changed. Only the name. This isn’t governance.
This move is a bad-faith legal charade, and it insults every North Carolinian who believes elections should be decided by voters—not by partisan lawyers playing musical chairs with our democracy.
And Boliek? He could have declined to participate in this sham. He could have refused to wield power obtained through a rushed, opaque, and legally dubious ruling. But instead, he rushed to name partisan appointees before even filling the legally required Democratic seats.
Boliek is not a neutral actor. He’s a willing participant in the erosion of democratic norms. And where is the North Carolina Supreme Court in all this? Silent. The governor asked them to intervene to pause this power grab before it took effect. They have not yet acted at all.
This is how democracy dies in real time: not with tanks in the street, but with courts that do nothing, officials who know better and stay quiet, and power handed to those who will never give it back. North Carolina is not the exception. It’s the test case.
(https://x.com/Robyn_NSanders/status/1918041148624433463?t=BU8Ogcp0FHueND1P5Zy99w&s=03)
Trump administration may rescind mental health parity rule, filing says
May 12 – The Trump administration will not enforce a federal rule meant to ensure Americans with private health insurance have access to affordable mental health services and is considering rescinding it altogether, the U.S. Justice Department said in a court filing on Friday.
The filing in U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., was in response to a lawsuit brought in January by the ERISA Industry Committee, which is representing large employers challenging the so-called mental health parity rule. The group says the rule limits their ability to provide affordable health benefits for workers. The parity rule became final in September.
more here: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-administration-may-rescind-mental-health-parity-rule-filing-says-2025-05-12/
Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) posted at 7:20 PM on Sun, May 11, 2025:
“It’s a great idea to take a half-billion airplane from Qatar as a bribe” really does show the absolute moral collapse of Congress, his followers, the Pocket Constitution bros, abd the MAGA “media.”
(https://x.com/TheRickWilson/status/1921722089620361601?t=6XO4KGoaoninXN10jXLjfw&s=03)
Skyler Johnson (@SkylerforNY) posted at 8:19 PM on Sun, May 11, 2025:
Hillary Clinton wasn’t allowed to keep a $425 necklace gifted to her by Bangladesh when she was Secretary of State.
Donald Trump is about to accept a $400 MILLION plane as a bribe from Qatar.
(https://x.com/SkylerforNY/status/1921736883970757025?s=02)
Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) posted at 8:09 PM on Sun, May 11, 2025:
Trump’s “very public and transparent transaction” on the Qatar jet grift only came to light after confidential sources told ABC about it.
(https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1921734402754683265?s=02)
Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) posted at 7:46 AM on Mon, May 12, 2025:
This is President Trump’s corruption tour of the Middle East. He is giving favors to nations, and in exchange he is asking not for security concessions for the United States, but cash payments for himself. This isn’t a normal moment and we shouldn’t act like it. https://t.co/z7A5hXjYQK
(https://x.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1921909855134114009?t=vYBmOd7lXVG9FJ_b8f8u7Q&s=03)
Rich Raho (@RichRaho) posted at 5:24 AM on Mon, May 12, 2025:
Pope Leo: “Let me, therefore, reiterate today the church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for seeking and reporting the truth. The precious gift of free speech and of the press must be safeguarded.” https://t.co/6NbhMI97JO
(https://x.com/RichRaho/status/1921874040131661996?t=jbhaaEsGWCcW2xTTaZpItA&s=03)
Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) posted at 8:07 AM on Mon, May 12, 2025:
Goldman Sachs ($GS) says what most already feel: a recession’s coming, and stocks aren’t done bleeding yet.
Translation: The floor isn’t in. And Wall Street knows it.
(https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1921915055068639339?t=ucJihFniIkKOjXiQJAbW6Q&s=03)
MAGA Cult Slayer🦅🇺🇸 (@MAGACult2) posted at 7:13 PM on Sun, May 11, 2025:
12. Only 12 times has he been briefed on intelligence in the first 100 days. You idiots freaked out when Biden wasn’t on camera from a month one time because he was busy doing the job. It’s amazing, the hypocrisy. https://t.co/MG5wHH3t0e
(https://x.com/MAGACult2/status/1921720398506250582?t=5llFrbskGIS_vEUzx-mQFQ&s=03)
Why the Hell am I a Democrat? (@reesetheone1) posted at 8:06 AM on Mon, May 12, 2025:
I need ALL DEMS to focus on this…..
Not some backers of Gavin Newsom Junior trying to change the primary rules to weaken older black southern voter influence. https://t.co/Fa2Wb7AYlK
(https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/1921914983333392663?t=4AaLM0evp4dtMAyKv1YKbw&s=03)
This is a FOX BUSINESS Person saying this:
Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) posted at 6:28 AM on Mon, May 12, 2025:
BREAKING: Trump raised tariffs on the world, the markets, particularly the bond market — which we need to finance our debt–rebelled. Trump then was forced to back off. End of story. Film at 11 of the president spinning this as a major victory. Ok sorry, I couldn’t help myself.
But what we have seen is a little lesson on how markets exert their power, how when you have to depend on them as we still do (and remember its really the budget deficit that’s causing the trade deficit and we need the budget deficit to maintain our standard of living) you cant go to trade war with the world without bad stuff happening
(https://x.com/CGasparino/status/1921890246532227502?t=qU06Hjp7sejcj-rfhQrZYQ&s=03)
OSZ (@OpenSourceZone) posted at 8:27 AM on Mon, May 12, 2025:
US-China Trade Deal:
Was Now
🔴China Tarrifs 125% -> 10%
🟢US Tariffs 135% -> 30%
(https://x.com/OpenSourceZone/status/1921920273936200016?t=n3pEf-so_sF6q-SyOxXzEA&s=03)
Neera Tanden🌻 (@neeratanden) posted at 6:38 AM on Mon, May 12, 2025:
Trump caved on his tariffs on China. Plain and simple. And I hope all the people defending this stupidity over the last 6 weeks are held accountable.
(https://x.com/neeratanden/status/1921892723935584622?t=PcP555rj86e7VhhEE1-dNQ&s=03)
Fly Sistah 🪷 (@Fly_Sistah) posted at 7:44 AM on Mon, May 12, 2025:
A disturbing trend was identified in the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report. The jobless rate for Black women rose to 6.1% in April, a full percentage point surge from 5.1% in March. The unemployment rate for white women in April was 3.3%, unchanged from March. https://t.co/mxoxQpsJi1
(https://x.com/Fly_Sistah/status/1921909312542109729?t=MgSX4RRlBguyDYRcQvpx_A&s=03)
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