Show threadEve  5d ago

I'm seeing a lot of North Carolinians take exceptionally useless approaches to "fighting" Duke Energy. There's no one you can petition on Change.org who gives a fraction of a shit about how many signatures you gather.

Flip the state legislature. We have these problems in part because you're not voting in "off years." And, yes, our state is gerrymandered to hell and back but that was also caused by you not showing up to "local only" elections.

Our elections matter as you can well see by all the bullshit our state legislature has gotten up to.

No democrats (or better) even running for your local legislative position? I guess you'd better go find one and haul their ass down to the election board to get them on the ballot.

Despite not thinking much of electoral politics, I show up to every election they let me vote in. If you've ever griped about my lack of enthusiasm for the terrible choices your party has on offer, I vote more than you do. And, yes, I do vote for your terrible "moderates" when that's all that's on offer. When it's time to do the one thing you believe actually works, you've got to go out and do that thing.

#NCPOL #ElectoralPolitics #NorthCarolina

Eve  5d ago

I'm a well-known hater of my "local" power company (Duke Energy), for a variety of reasons including environmental crimes they've been convicted of. Their most recent crime is illegally collecting money that wasn't owed them.

The NC Court of Appeals refused to make them pay back their ill gotten gains on the argument that the NC legislature had passed a bill that would have allowed Duke to take that money they weren't owed anyway.

This has made a lot of people understandably very upset, especially as Duke Energy prices skyrocket out of control and Duke Energy refuses to repair its last mile infrastructure, leading to frequent brown-outs in less wealthy neighborhoods.

So, what are they doing with their government approved loot? Repairing last mile infrastructure? If so, it still hasn't reached my underprivileged neighborhood where we've had at least four brown outs in rapid succession this morning.

What they definitely are doing is making me see a bunch of ads about how great they are.

I need solar panels and a just society.

#NorthCarolina #NCPOL #DukeEnergy

Eve :kitty_nb: :paw: (@[email protected])

Noted criminal [Duke Energy](https://www.southernenvironment.org/news/duke-energy-pleads-guilty-to-environmental-crimes-in-north-carolina/) isn't interested in maintaining their last mile infrastructure, every time there's any kind of weather, the power goes in and out repeatedly. Sometimes when there isn't any weather either but mostly when there's weather. We have three UPSes to keep important computers and a server running. My roommate wants a fourth because the TV keeps going out today.

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aburtch6d ago

Once again I am reminding you that the ONLY reason Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina is standing up to #Trump and saying the right things is because he is retiring. Before he announced he was a typical Republican lackey.

#NC #NCPol #NorthCarolina

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Ruby S.May 22

Disgusting and predictable. Republicans have been taking over and dismantling public education in NC for decades.

https://www.wunc.org/education/2026-05-21/unc-bog-awards-system-president-bonus #ncpol

"The BOG's performance bonus to Hans comes as universities across the System have been cutting costs amid federal and state funding uncertainty."

UNC Board Of Governors awards System President bonus worth more than 80% of his salary

The BOG's performance bonus to System President Peter Hans comes as universities across the System have been cutting costs amid federal and state funding uncertainty.

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American Bridge 21st CenturyMay 21
Michael Whatley says the war in Iran he fully supports is “not a war.” Someone so blind to reality cannot be trusted to represent North Carolina. #NCSen #NCpol
Hublai (charismatic megafauna)May 21
#ArrestJoshStein #NCpol #NCGOP

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Joe HeafnerMay 15
The NCGOP's proposed "budget" thingy favors thugs over the state's teachers. Laughable and hideous. #NCPol
Joe HeafnerMay 15
Annnnnd that's why nobody here likes Virginia Foxx. #NCPol
American Bridge 21st CenturyMay 15
Maybe it's just us, but if you're running an "America First" campaign, you probably shouldn't be using merchandise made in China. Clearly, the concept of putting your money where your mouth is continues to evade Michael Whatley. #NCSen #NCPol
American Bridge 21st CenturyMay 13
As the Iran war continues to drive up prices and create a cost of living crisis in North Carolina, Michael Whatley "asbolutely" still supports it. #NCSen #NCPol