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On the local news roundup, the North Carolina Legislature gets busy further weakening the office of the governor, requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE and choosing their next speaker. And after 53 days without municipal water, clean water flows through Asheville's taps.

Steve talks the North Carolina legislature making North Carolina play some of the smaller Division I football schools in the state. Scranton Times-Tribune's Donnie Collins joins the show to talk Penn State's NIL, Beaver Stadium expansion and other Penn State news.

Tune in here to this Wednesday edition of the Brett Winterble Show!   Brett kicks off the program by talking about how EV's wear out tires 50% faster than gas or diesel powered vehicles and takes callers who wish to weigh in on the subject as well as add information from personal knowledge + expertise. Brett delves into the GOP primaries thus far, including the New Hampshire primary last night + the future of Nikki Haley's campaign.  We're joined by Dr. Ashley Lucas from PHD Weight Loss to talk about misconceptions of dieting and clarifies these issues by explaining the proper way to diet. Later in the show Brett is joined by Jeffrey Lord to discuss the state of affairs in America from the border crisis to violent crime.  Bo Thompson from Good Morning BT is also here for this Hump Day episode of Crossing the Streams. Brett and Bo talk about the results from the New Hampshire primary and the North Carolina Legislature finally setting a date for online sports betting to start in NC.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 33 Independence and a Republic is born (sort of) Welcome to the Hidden History of Texas. I'm your host Hank Wilson and this is Episode 33 - Independence and a Republic is born (sort of) The program is brought to you by Digital Media Publishers Ashby Navis & Tennyson. Download our audiobooks at Spotify, TuneIn, Apple, Google,  Barnes and Noble, and stores around the world. Visit AshbyNavis.com for more information. Time to start discussing the actual founding of what was to be known as the Republic of Texas. While it is true that most Anglo Texans and many of the Mexican Texans believed that Texas began working to become a nation after the victory over Santa Anna at San Jacinto, the reality is quite different. In earlier episodes, I talked about the various declarations that had been passed during the 1830s. The actual convention that was to declare that Texas was independent began in March, prior to the falling of the Alamo. The convention was held at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1, 1836, and it was very different from the Consultation or any of the pervious gatherings. There were 41 delegates present and another 59 people who periodically stopped by or attended the meetings. An interesting fact about the makeup of the convention is that two delegates (José Francisco Ruiz and José Antonio Navarro of Bexar) were native Texans, one (Lorenzo de Zavala) had actually been born in Mexico. Of the rest of the delegates only 10 had been living in Texas before 1835. The majority were late arrivals who came from either the United States, or from Europe. While about 2/3 of the delegates were not yet forty, several of them already had political experience.  For example, Samuel P. Carson of Pecan Point served in the North Carolina Legislature and Robert Potter of Nacogdoches in the U.S. House of Representatives. On March 1 George C. Childress, who had returned from a visit with President Jackson in Tennessee, presented a resolution calling for independence. It was quickly adopted, and Childress was appointed to lead a committee of five in drafting a final declaration of independence. Childress must have been expecting this because when the committee met that evening, he pulled out a statement he had brought from Tennessee. That document followed the outline and contained the main features of the United States Declaration of Independence. On March 2nd, the delegates unanimously adopted his suggested declaration. After 58 members signed the document the Republic of Texas was unofficially born. Upon receiving the news about the fall of the Alamo and that Santa Anna's army was marching eastward, the convention hastily adopted a constitution, signed it, and elected an interim government: David G. Burnet, was elected president; Lorenzo de Zavala, vice president; Samuel P. Carson, secretary of state; Thomas J. Rusk, secretary of war; Bailey Hardeman, secretary of the treasury; Robert Potter, secretary of the navy; and David Thomas, attorney general. Immediately after this the delegates fled Washington-on-the-Brazos and headed towards  Galveston Island. Upon hearing of Houston's victory at San Jacinto they quickly headed to the San Jacinto battlefield and began negotiations to end the war. At Velasco on May 14, they had Santa Anna sign two treaties, one public and one secret. The public treaty ended hostilities and restored private property. Texan and Mexican prisoners were to be released, and Mexican troops would retire beyond the Rio Grande. The secret treaty included the provision that Santa Anna was to be taken to Veracruz and released. In return for this, Santa Anna agreed to seek Mexican government approval of both treaties and to negotiate a permanent treaty that acknowledged Texas independence and recognized its boundary as the Rio Grande. Texans demanded that Santa Anna should be put to death, but on June 4, the dictator, his secretary Ramón Martínez Caro, and Col. Juan N.

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Oct. 24, 2023The North Carolina Legislature's Congressional Maps Go From Gerrymandered to Fair to Even More Gerrymandered in Two YearsOct.19th, the North Carolina Senate Redistricting Committee presented its latest Congressional redistricting maps.  After three years of wrangling, including two state supreme court cases and a U.S. Supreme Court case, it's now MORE gerrymandered than its original 2021 map.Our podcasting host recently made changes which stops us from including our entire script as part of the podcast content.  To view the whole script, please go to our website and find today's report.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:FiveThirtyEight - Analysis of North Carolina's 2021 and 2022 Congressional Redistricting MapsBrennan Center for Justice - Moore v. Harper, ExplainedNorth Carolina Legislature - LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING BallotPedia - North Carolina Supreme Court vacates state's congressional, legislative maps NC Newsline - Plans for new NC congressional districts would elect more Republicans to CongressWFAE Public Radio - After aggressive gerrymandering, a look at what's next and who is 'toast' in North CarolinaAssociated Press - North Carolina Republicans pitch Congress maps that could help them pick up 3 or 4 seats next yearGroups Taking Action:Common Cause NC, Democracy North Carolina, North Carolina Black Alliance, Action NC, League of Women Voters NC Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email?  Sign up here!#Democracy  #DemocracyNews  #Gerrymandering #RacialGerrymandering #FairMaps #NorthCarolinaPolitics 

What can NC State QB MJ Morris learn the most during the bye week and just five total starts in his college career? Also, the North Carolina Legislature is going to discuss conference realignment that would involve public universities in the State of North Carolina, and what guidelines could be put in place to ensure that schools aren't left behind when it comes to realignment. 

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Oct. 17, 2023North Carolina Legislature Overrides Governor's Vetoes of Voter Suppression and State Election Board BillsWe have updates on two North Carolina election bills designed to consolidate partisan power.  HB 747 and 749 were vetoed by the governor, but overridden by the legislature on Oct. 10th.  Today's LinksArticles & Resources:American Democracy Minute - With a Partisan State Supreme Court and Veto-Proof Majority, North Carolina Legislature Poised to Take Control of the State Election BoardNorth Carolina Legislature – Ratified Text for SB 749Associated Press – N.C. legislature gives final OK to election board changes; governor's veto expectedDemocracy Docket – Ignoring 62% of Voters, North Carolina Republicans Overhaul Elections Board With Senate Bill 749Democracy Docket - Unpacking North Carolina Republicans' Voter Suppression Bill S.B. 747The Carolina Journal - NC legislature adds to growing list of overridden Cooper vetoes: elections, energy, and regulatory reformWRAL - Voting rights groups sue over new NC elections law, seeking to block changes for 2024NC Newsline - Overriding Gov. Cooper's vetoes, the NC legislature makes it harder to vote, easier to pollute.Groups Taking Action:Voto Latino, Down Home North Carolina, North Carolina Black Alliance, Democracy North Carolina, North Carolina Voter, ACLU North Carolina===Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email?  Sign up here!#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #NorthCarolinaPolitics #VoterSuppression #FreedomtoVote #

In 1785, Jane Wellborn Spurgeon of Abbots Creek in Rowan County, North Carolina petititioned the North Carolina Legislature, attesting her right to 704 acres of land so that she might provide for her family of 12 children. Her husband, William Spurgeon, had been a leading Loyalist combatant during the Revolution. Now Jane sought to reclaim some of the property that had been taken from them by the rebel government of North Carolina. The Revolution had split their family, upended hierarchies, and now made James Spurgeon claim citizenship and some of the rights pertaining to it. Cynthia Kierner captures James Spurgeon, her world, and her voice in The Tory's Wife, A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America. Cindy Kerner is professor of history at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She was last on the podcast to discuss her book, Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood.   For Further Investigation The State Archives of North Carolina The Regulator Movement, described by the North Carolina Encyclopedia. For an overview of the American Revolution in the South, see my conversation with John Buchanan in Episode 110 Transcript [00:01:23] Al: Let's talk about your first meeting with Jane Wellborn Spurgeon. [00:01:30] Al: Do you remember? Do you remember where you were and what you felt? Because I bet you do. [00:01:37] Cindy: I, so like back in the mid 90s, I was writing a book about southern women, mostly white women. In the colonial and the revolutionary era, and it was a very open ended project, but from reading other books about the revolution, people like Linda Kerber in particular had used women's petitions to the state legislatures as a way of [00:02:00] getting at their voices. [00:02:01] Cindy: In other words, women who might not have left behind any other documents have left behind these documents where they told the legislators about their lives, about their problems as a way of getting some sort of help. And so I'm like, okay, I'm going to read all of these for Virginia and North and South Carolina, all the ones that were written by women. [00:02:22] Cindy: And what I'm really hoping to find is, women saying things like, Oh, we had this revolution. Isn't that awesome? Now we have rights. Woohoo. None of them did that. None of them did that. What they did when they asked for help was basically they said, Oh, I'm a poor, weak woman. Sob, sob, please help me. [00:02:43] Cindy: The one exception to that was Jane Spurgeon who, submitted three petitions between 1785 and 1791 and with each successive petition, when she didn't get what she wanted, she got madder and finally said, look [00:03:00] I should have the common rights of other citizens. And so I first. [00:03:03] Cindy: I met Jane in the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh in the mid 1990s, and I wrote a little bit about her at that point, but I've really been thinking about her petitions and her very strongly worded [00:03:18] Al: So we have to talk more about petitionary literature in a little bit because I get so nerdy and excited about it. It's like the coolest damn thing. Petitionary literature throughout the 18th century. But how many are there of these petitions?  [00:03:32] Cindy: There were hundreds submitted by women alone within this sort of, 10 or 20 year period. Many more were submitted by men and groups of men. But what's different about this period is that prior to the revolution at least in these States women almost never, they did occasionally, but it was very rare. [00:03:55] Cindy: What the revolution did and what the war did really was created situations where a [00:04:00] lot of these women were on their own and they were needing to collect debts, needing tax relief, wanting their husbands back pay if their husbands were soldiers and so forth and so on. And they petitioned the legislature in order to get that.

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 29, 2023With a Partisan State Supreme Court and Veto-Proof Majority, North Carolina Legislature Poised to Take Control of the State Election BoardIn August, we reported on the North Carolina legislature's SB 749, stripping the power of the governor to appoint members of the State Board of Elections and giving it to the legislature.  Last week, the bill passed the state senate.  It's likely to be vetoed, but will be overridden by a legislature flexing its new veto-proof majority. Our podcasting host recently made changes which stops us from including our entire script as part of the podcast content.  To view the whole script, please go to our website and find today's report.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:WRAL - (2018) Voter ID, three other amendments pass; power shift proposals defeatedCNN - GOP-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court reverses rulings that struck down partisan gerrymanders by Republican lawmakersAssociated Press - Party switch gives GOP veto-proof control in North CarolinaNorth Carolina Legislature - Ratified Text for SB 749 Associated Press - N.C. legislature gives final OK to election board changes; governor's veto expectedDemocracy Docket - Ignoring 62% of Voters, North Carolina Republicans Overhaul Elections Board With Senate Bill 749Groups Taking Action:North Carolina Black Alliance, Democracy North Carolina, North Carolina Voter, ACLU North Carolina===Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email?  Sign up here!#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #NorthCarolinaPolitics #ElectionSubversion #SB747 #SB749

American Democracy Minute Radio Report for August 18, 2023Under the Cloak of “Election Integrity,” North Carolina Legislature Overhauls Election System; Override of Governor's Expected Veto LikelyThe North Carolina legislature approved a so-called “election integrity” bill late Wednesday, making it harder to vote by mail, employing provisional ballots for election day registrants, implementing new polling place observer rules, and allowing voters to challenge the mail ballots of other voters.   Our podcasting host recently made changes which stops us from including our entire script as part of the podcast content.  To view the whole script, please go to our website and find today's report.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:Democracy Docket - North Carolina Republicans Introduce Election Bill Influenced by GOP OperativesWRAL - Sweeping election law changes moving forward again in NC legislature, ahead of 2024 electionsWRAL - Local election officials say proposed NC election changes would be 'disruptive'North Carolina Legislature - Final version of SB 747WGHP - Few amendments, many questions: North Carolina's expanded voting law headed for Gov. Roy Cooper's deskGroups Taking Action:North Carolina Black Alliance, Democracy North Carolina, North Carolina Voter, ACLU North CarolinaPlease follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email?  Sign up here!#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #NCPolitics #VoterSuppression #FreedomtoVote

So, let's talk about North Carolina. What a weird outlier of the direction of other states getting active on their healthcare spend. I'm talking about Texas, Indiana, Wisconsin ... I'm naming so-called red states because the legislature in North Carolina is a Republican majority. Gotta say, normally I'm down for a little weird. I find it mostly charming. But with the information I have at present about what's going on in North Carolina, I don't love this for you. And when I say “you,” I pretty much mean any family who happens to live in North Carolina or any businesses in North Carolina trying to afford their employee health benefits right now. This whole shebang and the reason I'm covering this on Relentless Health Value is that it is also extremely relevant to anybody else in this country as a case study or a cautionary tale, depending on your point of view. So look, there's two pieces of legislation running through North Carolina's Senate and House right now, but both of these pieces of legislation—one that Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) is angling for and the other one that UNC, a big hospital chain in North Carolina is all hachi machi to get passed—both of these have precedents. Both of these things were done elsewhere, and the results were not great, to put it mildly. BCBS wants to be able to open up a holding company that is able to take BCBS policyholder payments and invest them in for-profit ventures—BCBS being a nonprofit and all. Here's a quote Chris Deacon mentioned on LinkedIn from an article on this topic: “A 2019 examination of the aftermath of 11 conversions of BCBS affiliates showed that fully insured premiums increased roughly 13 percent … suggesting a post-conversion exercise of market power. Significantly, rivals of these large converting insurers also raised their prices following the conversions.” And here's a link to a Health Solutions podcast with Cristy Gupton, Chris Deacon, and North Carolina Commissioner Mike Causey. So, that's one of the pieces of legislation on the docket. Then, on the hospital side of the equation, we also have a proposed bill that could give UNC Health Care a green light to expand and buy more physician practices and hospitals without as much oversight. Proponents of the bill say that this will better enable UNC to take over struggling rural hospitals in danger of closing. Considering that UNC has already taken over rural hospitals in danger of closing, not exactly sure how or why basically removing federal and state antitrust scrutiny is helpful here. I went around looking for evidence that if you reduce antitrust scrutiny and enable more unfettered consolidation and expansion that population health outcomes improve. I could not find any. I did find lots of great talking points, but all of them seemed a little light on the evidence. There is, however, an insane amount of evidence at this point that shows unfettered hospital chain consolidation harms local communities from a financial standpoint without improving the quality or outcomes of patient populations, especially when hospital chains, in conjunction with third-party payers, are not willing to share their pricing, even with their largest customer. But I'm getting ahead of myself, because this is exactly what I'm talking about in this 2019 interview with Dale Folwell, the state treasurer of North Carolina. And it is a doozie of a frustrating story, just to cut to the chase. Look, you might be able to hear I definitely have an opinion formed on this topic, and I don't want to sway yours until you look into all of this yourself. But I loved what Jeff Leston wrote the other day. He wrote, “The North Carolina Legislature proves that they report to the healthcare industry in the State, not the people who actually elected them.” Okay … teeing up the interview today, this whole thing started when the North Carolina State Employees Health Plan (SEHP) crafted a proposal to pay network hospitals based on a transparent pricing schedule. Considering that SEHP purchases benefits for 720,000 people in North Carolina at a cost to taxpayers of billions of dollars, this seems reasonable. When you're the fiduciary of thousands of dollars, let alone add six more zeros, it would seem to be nonnegotiable to actually see the numbers and not write a check to a black box. Nonetheless, a few of North Carolina's largest hospital chains disagreed. They wanted to bill whatever they wanted to bill shrouded in a cloak of secrecy. In this healthcare podcast, as I mentioned earlier, I am speaking with North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell. This is a rebroadcast from an interview in 2019 but still, somewhat sadly, completely relevant.   You can learn more at nctreasurer.com. You can also connect with Treasurer Folwell on Twitter at @DaleFolwell or on Facebook at Dale Folwell.     Dale R. Folwell, CPA, was sworn in as State Treasurer of North Carolina in January 2017. As the keeper of the public purse, Treasurer Folwell is responsible for a $100 billion state pension fund that provides retirement benefits for more than 900,000 teachers, law enforcement officers, and other public workers. Under Treasurer Folwell's leadership, the pension plan was rated among the top five highest funded in the country and won accolades for proactive management and funding discipline. In 2018, the state's coveted AAA bond rating was reaffirmed by every major rating agency, making North Carolina one of only 13 states in the country to hold that distinction. Treasurer Folwell also oversees the State Health Plan, which provides medical and pharmaceutical benefits to more than 720,000 current and retired public employees and is the largest purchaser of healthcare in North Carolina. Folwell was first elected to public office as a member of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education. He brought his problem-solving skills to the North Carolina General Assembly in 2004, where he served four terms in the House of Representatives, including one term as Speaker Pro Tempore. Treasurer Folwell began his career as a blue-collar worker and became a Certified Public Accountant and investment advisor after earning bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from UNC-Greensboro.   05:59 The North Carolina state spend on healthcare. 07:21 “In medical terms, why has this become acute?” 08:00 One week of work for starting North Carolina troopers and teachers out of every four is going to family healthcare costs. 09:14 The problem of health insurance vs healthcare. 09:59 “If they can do this to the largest customers in this state … imagine what they can do to them.” 10:20 “This is about the industry whose whole business model is based on secrecy.” 11:47 “We've already focused on the why, and now we're [focusing] on the how.” 12:46 “We're trying to attack a problem.” 15:46 What the Clear Pricing Project aims to do. 18:08 “We're not trying to be disruptive; we're trying to fix a problem.” 19:55 Why the Clear Pricing Project went the self-insured route and how that's worked for them. 24:14 Who's behind the institutions fighting transparent pricing in North Carolina. 25:15 Instances where the Clear Pricing Project could actually stand to help rural hospitals make more money. 27:29 Dale's advice for other states trying to do this. 28:49 Dale's message to healthcare providers out there who want to see this change to price transparency.   You can learn more at nctreasurer.com. You can also connect with Treasurer Folwell on Twitter at @DaleFolwell or on Facebook at Dale Folwell.   @DaleFolwell discusses #financialtoxicity in #healthcare on our #healthcarepodcast. #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #healthcarepricing #pricetransparency #healthcarefinance   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Eric Gallagher, Dr Suhas Gondi, Dr Rachel Reid, Dr Amy Scanlan, Peter J. Neumann, Stacey Richter (EP400), Dawn Cornelis (Encore! EP285), Stacey Richter (EP399), Dr Jacob Asher, Paul Holmes  

Host Edward di Girolamo speaks with world renowned HBOT expert, Dr. Paul G. Harch on treating Traumatic Brain Injuries and PTSD with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.di Girolamo starts the conversation telling a story about him, Sergeant Major Simon Lemay and retired Navy Captain Jim Hooker visiting the Durham VA, near Duke Hospital, in North Carolina. They had a sit-down meeting with three heads of the Psychiatry group at Veteran Affairs. They asked the question, “Does traumatic brain injury involve any sort of inflammation?” and the response they received was, “Next thing you're going to tell me is that hyperbaric oxygen is good for every indication. And that's when I glaze over and say I'm not interested in talking about it.” di Girolamo shakes his head at the negligence; and vocalizes his frustration that this powerful, natural anti-inflammatory treatment exists in hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and the VA won't even consider learning more about the benefit of using it on veterans with a traumatic brain injury.Harch agrees that the VA is completely oblivious to the evidence that HBOT works to treat inflammation and that inflammation absolutely exists as a result of PTSD and TBI. He explains that hyperbaric oxygen is highly effective for neurological applications, and it's most effective in white matter diseases such as brain decompression illness, traumatic brain injury, and even in cases like multiple sclerosis and carbon monoxide poisoning.Veteran suicides are a growing number that we must get under control. di Girolamo gives praise that at least the North Carolina Legislature acknowledged HBOT as an effective treatment for PTSD and TBI. Under Senate Bill 442 they allocated $150,000 to help veterans get 40 or more Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy treatments. These veterans are improving like never before, lives are being saved and stories are being told.  They are finally getting their lives back, thanks to the power of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy!But, how will HBOT help the average person – sport athlete, car accident victim, etc – with a concussion or TBI?  Dr. Harch refers to the brain like a head of broccoli sitting on its stem. If it's shaken on the stem, then the torque forces cause the flimsy white matter tracks to be damaged and many of them can then divide, resulting in the formation of wounds. Essentially a bruise is formed on the brain…. and inflammation is present, even years later. But, when we expose that area to oxygen and pressure you now get gene stimulation, inhibition of inflammation, and stimulation of repair and growth of tissue. You start growing new axons, or nerve fibers, which is the cable transmission of neurons in the brain.Dr. Harch stresses that if you or someone you know has recently had a brain injury, please find a hyperbaric facility as soon as possible.  If done early enough, the brain does not need too many HBOT treatments to repair itself; but if you wait years, when you're still having headaches and other post-concussive syndrome symptoms, it could take 40 or more HBOT treatments to reverse the damage. Dr. Harch exclaims with confidence that HBOT is a “Slam Dunk” for TBI and PTSD recovery and 99% of the time it will absolutely help every patient who comes through his doors.

The North Carolina legislature approves the budget, but other legislation from sports betting to medical marijuana doesn't make it out of the short session. A check-in on North Carolina politics.

During the American Revolutionary War, the North Carolina Legislature passed several confiscation laws dating from 1776 thru 1783. These laws were designed to punish the Loyalist who were actively aiding Great Britain during the war. Today's show highlights this time period by discussing the events that led up to the laws enactment and the aftermath. Many details are available with a list containing first and last names of confiscated lands noted by W. Williams, Secretary of NC during April of 1788. I encourage everyone to visit Piedmont Trails and subscribe to the site. As a subscriber, you will receive first notice of all new updates and events. Sources for Today's show: The Loyalist in North Carolina During the Revolution by Robert Demond Southern Historical Press Greenville, SC 1940 Committees of Safety by William Powell University of Chapel Hill, NC 2006 Loyalists and Redcoats by Paul Smith University of North Carolina Press 1964 The State Records of North Carolina 16 Volumes by Walter Clark & William Saunders Nash Brothers, Goldsboro, NC 1886 Court and Estate Records from Rowan, Anson, Orange, Surry, Wilkes, Cumberland and Bertie counties --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/piedmonttrails/message

Today in cannabis news: A Michigan court denies a request from state regulators on a cannabis recall; a New York senator submits a proposal to allow gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals to apply for social equity cannabis permits in the state; and the North Carolina Legislature will again consider a statewide medical cannabis legalization proposal. It's Thursday, December 23 and TRICHOMES.com is bringing you the top cannabis news from around the web. You can also listen on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify–search TRICHOMES and subscribe.

This week Ed and Lee talk about various court cases including the verdicts in Rittenhouse and Arbery as well as the Supreme Court's issuing an order allowing the North Carolina legislature to advocate for the legitimacy of a voter ID law.Happy Thanksgiving.Email us at Comments@LetsThinkPodcast.com and follow us on Twitter @LetsThinkPodca2

Common Power volunteers are working hard to flip the 42nd District in North Carolina to Democrats. That will help flip the North Carolina Legislature and bring more health care coverage to the citizens of that state.Dr. Francis Jackson is the 42nd district candidate. Dee White is her campaign manager.

Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski on The Joe Catenacci Show. Topics discussed: North Carolina Legislature passes a bill to open bars and restaurants. Consumer Choice Center is saying YES Trump vs. Twitter and what Section 230 means This was broadcast on May 29, 2020, on The Big Talker WFBT 106.7FM http://consumerchoicecenter.org http://bigtalkerfm.com Listen to our weekly radio program Consumer Choice Radio http://consumerchoiceradio.com

Podcast Description “We have to stand up for what’s right and we have to do that in an intersectional way. We can’t just stand up for our selves, we have to build that solidarity. We don’t have the numbers alone. If we work together we can actually accomplish change.”Liz Fong-Jones is a developer advocate, labor and ethics organizer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with 15+ years of experience. She is an advocate at Honeycomb.io for the SRE and Observability communities, and previously was an SRE working on products ranging from the Google Cloud Load Balancer to Google Flights.She lives in Brooklyn with her wife, metamours, and a Samoyed/Golden Retriever mix, and in San Francisco and Seattle with her other partners. She plays classical piano, leads an EVE Online alliance, and advocates for transgender rights as a board member of the National Center for Transgender Equality. Additional Resources Liz's WebsiteNational Center for Transgender EqualityTransgender Law CenterMeet Demma Rosa Rodriguez, Head of Equity Engineering at GoogleA Trans Woman Was Charged With 'False Personation' for Giving the NYPD Her Real NameThe NAACP Statement On the North Carolina Legislature's HB2 Repeal ProposalPosture Magazine  Twitter Liz Fong-Jones Become a #causeascene Podcast sponsor because disruption and innovation are products of individuals who take bold steps in order to shift the collective and challenge the status quo.Learn more > Transcript Kim Crayton:                        00:00                       Today's episode is supported by Tito. Tito is a design-led event software that makes it super easy to manage tickets for events. The product aims to be clean, simple and intuitive to use while the business aims to be sustainable at the go, driven by people and principles rather than growth at all costs. To learn more, visit their website at ti.ton/a:                                             00:24                       [music]Kim Crayton:                        00:42                       Welcome to the #causeascene podcast, the show focused on the strategic disruption of the status quo in technical organizations, communities and events.n/a:                                             00:53                       [music]Kim Crayton:                        00:55                       Hello everyone and welcome to today's episode of the #causeascene podcast. My guest today is someone I've been watching and following and have been admiring for a while, so I'm really excited about having her on the show. So I'll let her introduce herself.Liz Fong-Jones:                    01:09                       Hi, I'm Liz Fong-Jones and I am a developer advocate, Site Reliability Engineer, and an advocate for employee rights and for ethical product design.Kim Crayton:                        01:21                       So we're going to start this right off. And so could you tell me why is it important to cause a scene and how are you causing a scene, Liz?Liz Fong-Jones:                    01:28                       I think it's important to cause a scene because the status quo is just not working for some people. And I think that we have to make sure that the world is more fair and that means that we have to disrupt the status quo. And the way that I'm disrupting the status quo, in part, is if you all saw the Google Walkout from last November when 20,000 Google employees and contractors walked out of the Google offices worldwide to protest sexual harassment. What I want to see is I want to see more of that. And in order to see more of that, it means that people that don't necessarily feel safe or supported to go on strike can go on strike, right? The people that uh, are on H-1B visas, people that are contractors who are afraid that their bosses are going to retaliate against them, right? Like all of these groups of people can't necessarily easily engage in industrial act...

Bennett College maintains strong academic programs. Degrees from Bennett result in impactful careers and graduate school acceptance.  Additionally, Bennett has a rich legacy of producing outstanding African-American women who become leaders in various fields throughout the state, the nation and the world. The Deputy Minority Leader in the North Carolina Legislature is a Bennett Belle. The first African-American mayor in the city of Greensboro is a Bennett graduate. The first woman and first African-American to serve as director of the U.S. Peace Corps is a Belle. The first African-American District Attorney in North Carolina is a Bennett graduate. The first African-American woman licensed surgeon in the south is a Belle. Moreover, the first African-American woman to become president of a four-year institution was Dr. Willa B. Player, who served as Bennett’s President from 1955 to 1966. You may donate in the following ways: Go to www.bennett.edu/donate to make an online donation Text the word Belles to the number 444999 and follow the instructions Check payable to Bennett College:  Mail to: Bennett College, Office of Institutional Advancement, 900 East Washington St., Greensboro, N.C. 27401 If you have any questions, contact Bennett College’s Office of Institutional Advancement at 336.517.2248. Please #StandwithBennett. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edumatch-tweet-talk/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/edumatch-tweet-talk/support

As we get closer to Election day and the political rhetoric gets more intense, we've learned that at least seven bombs have been mailed to prominent Democrats. We discuss the political climate, a shooting in our home state, and talk with Erica McAdoo, candidate for the North Carolina Legislature.Recommended Resources: Pipe Bomb Packages Kentucky Kroger Shooting Presidential Phone SecurityErica McAdoo websiteErica McAdoo social: Facebook and TwitterWe are so thankful to our wonderful patrons who support the show. If you'd like to join the ranks of our faithful supports and get access to bonus content, visit our Patreon page.Our book, I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening), comes out in February! But - you can preorder it now! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pinetops, a town of about 1,300 outside Wilson, North Carolina, is suffering a double calamity as Hurricane Matthew has left floods and incredible damage in its wake. Less natural but no less frustrating is the unforced error by the North Carolina Legislature in effectively prohibiting municipal broadband networks.This week, we have a doubleheader interview with … Continue reading "Pinetops Threatened by Hurricane and NC Legislature – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 226" ★ Support this podcast ★

Earlier this month the North Carolina Legislature passed HB2 a discriminatory law taking aim at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and especially the Transgender communities. There are several things involved in HB2 but the one that has gotten the most attention is the requirement that anyone using a public or school multiuser bathroom must use the bathroom assigned to the gender on that person’s birth certificate.This sweeping law reverses ordinance that Charlotte, NC that extended some rights to people who are gay or transgender and nullified local ordinances around the state that would have expanded protections for the LGBT community.In the wake of the passage of North Carolina’s HB2, nearly 70 clergy from several faith traditions pledged to do whatever they can to overturn North Carolina’s controversial new law. The Rev. Robin Tanner, lead minister at the Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church chairs the interfaith Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice.Joining CAN WE TALK FOR REAL cohosts Teresa (Terry Boi) Jackson and Michelle E. Brown will be representatives from the Coalition to talk about HB2 and their commitment to fight this discriminatory law including Rev. Robin Tanner, Rev. Dawn Flynn and Bishop Tonyia Rawls.The clergy group, which includes two transgender ministers, will organize an anti-HB2 rally on April 24 and have pledged to financially support the lawsuit recently filed by the ACLU to challenge HB2.The Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice, called out to North Carolinians from the shared moral grounding of love for neighbor. The Coalition employs the methods of nonviolence and the practices of peace in the pursuit of justice and equity in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. 

The North Carolina Legislature has passed a bill that will keep Shariah Law out of the Courts in North Carolina. However, there is pressure from Muslim groups to get the Governor to veto the bill. We need your help!!!

Dr. Dan and Michael Howe, a North Carolina Legislature “watchdog” with a special interest in reporting on legislation that protects, augments, or infringes on your right to keep and bear arms in North Carolina, discuss the legislative process – how bills are introduced, discussed, debated, amended, and eventually put to a vote.E13: Michael Howe - Who knows what’s going on in the NC Legislature? (2 of 4)E13: Michael Howe - Who knows what’s going on in the NC Legislature? (3 of 4)E13: Michael Howe - Who knows what’s going on in the NC Legislature? (4 of 4)

Dr. Dan and Michael Howe, a North Carolina Legislature “watchdog” with a special interest in reporting on legislation that protects, augments, or infringes on your right to keep and bear arms in North Carolina, discuss the legislative process – how bills are introduced, discussed, debated, amended, and eventually put to a vote.E13: Michael Howe - Who knows what’s going on in the NC Legislature? (1 of 4)E13: Michael Howe - Who knows what’s going on in the NC Legislature? (3 of 4)E13: Michael Howe - Who knows what’s going on in the NC Legislature? (4 of 4)

Dr. Dan and Michael Howe, a North Carolina Legislature “watchdog” with a special interest in reporting on legislation that protects, augments, or infringes on your right to keep and bear arms in North Carolina, discuss the legislative process – how bills are introduced, discussed, debated, amended, and eventually put to a vote.E13: Michael Howe - Who knows what’s going on in the NC Legislature? (1 of 4)E13: Michael Howe - Who knows what’s going on in the NC Legislature? (2 of 4)E13: Michael Howe - Who knows what’s going on in the NC Legislature? (4 of 4)

Dr. Dan and Michael Howe, a North Carolina Legislature “watchdog” with a special interest in reporting on legislation that protects, augments, or infringes on your right to keep and bear arms in North Carolina, discuss the legislative process – how bills are introduced, discussed, debated, amended, and eventually put to a vote.E13: Michael Howe - Who knows what’s going on in the NC Legislature? (1 of 4)E13: Michael Howe - Who knows what’s going on in the NC Legislature? (2 of 4)E13: Michael Howe - Who knows what’s going on in the NC Legislature? (3 of 4)