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@brian-goldstone.bsky.socialReposted by @jacobbiba.bsky.socialThe event will be held at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in downtown Asheville and is free and open to all.
For those who can't attend in person, there will also be a livestream and regional watch parties in Brevard, Burnsville, Cullowhee, and Hendersonville. www.pisgahlegal.org/2026-justice...
@brian-goldstone.bsky.socialReposted by @jacobbiba.bsky.socialLooking forward to being in Asheville on October 22 for Pisgah Legal Services' annual Justice Forum. I'll be speaking about the deepening crisis of housing insecurity and working homelessness, both in Western North Carolina and across the country.
Register here: www.pisgahlegal.org/2026-justice...
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@keribla.bsky.socialReposted by @jacobbiba.bsky.socialAccording the latest from her lawyers, Christa Pike is now walking, taking “limited steps”
@jacobbiba.bsky.socialHe gave my son a yard stick once and he immediately stabbed himself in the neck with it
@jacobbiba.bsky.socialrunning on longhorn vibes
@jacobbiba.bsky.socialmy insurance agent is running for county commission
@keribla.bsky.socialReposted by @jacobbiba.bsky.socialNewsom is reportedly considering mass commutations for California death row, but turns out he can't really do that much without help from the courts:
@jacobbiba.bsky.socialMy dog is named Mike.
@taniel.bsky.socialReposted by @jacobbiba.bsky.socialTragic news: Curtis Flowers, who faced an extraordinarily ordeal by being prosecuted six times for the same crime by a Mississippi DA over decades before SCOTUS sided with him in 2019, just died at 56. Flowers' case was core to the 'In the Dark' podcast.
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@ncnewsline.comReposted by @jacobbiba.bsky.socialNorth Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall (R-Caldwell) and Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Guilford) announced Saturday they’ve agreed to call the legislature into a special session to provide relief from high gas and diesel prices. ncnewsline.com/2026/10/03/n... #ncpol #nc
@mikehixenbaugh.comReposted by @jacobbiba.bsky.socialScoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
@themorrancave.bsky.socialReposted by @jacobbiba.bsky.socialMy @propublica.org colleagues have no business running a private school for kids.
And yet they were easily able to start schools in two states -- with a third ProPublica Academy pending that would be located inside a North Carolina bar.
@alexldeluca21.bsky.socialReposted by @jacobbiba.bsky.socialNew: A Florida county discovered Flock cameras along its roads that officials didn’t know were there.
No one has publicly claimed them. Who has operated them — and who has had access to their data — remains a mystery.
@taniel.bsky.socialReposted by @jacobbiba.bsky.socialNEW: It's that time of year: time to launch my annual guide to November's elections! I guide you through over *650* interesting elections, & why they matter. Judges, AGs, govs, mayors, lawmakers, AGs, county & school boards—plus many (many) ballot measures. Oh, & Congress. Explore & bookmark!
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@jacobbiba.bsky.social"The agreement allows trained prison staff to arrest people on ICE’s behalf on the day they’re scheduled to be released from state prison, using an ICE warrant."
@jacobbiba.bsky.social"the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina said, for example, that 'all data is kept on the Federal Houston-HIDTA database,' and could not be shared with the public."
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