
Justin Parmenter
@JustinParmenter
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RPCV, public school teacher & advocate
Charlotte, NC
Joined December 2012
The world could certainly use a little more kindness right now. My 150 7th grade students drew a random classmate’s name and had a month to plan, carry out and reflect on an act of kindness for that person. We are breaking down social barriers and normalizing compassion. #nced
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"I wish we could blame this on Muslims or migrants, but turns out it was one of us." what a wild thing to say
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🍎🙏 Gov. Josh Stein and the NC Department of Health and Human Services have worked to issue standing orders to make access to COVID-19 vaccines available to North Carolinians without a prescription. https://t.co/yA9Tdnuh2i
wral.com
Gov. Josh Stein and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services have worked to issue standing orders to make access to COVID-19 vaccines available to North Carolinians without a...
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These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing. https://t.co/w1a43Loail
texastribune.org
Three Texas charter school districts underreported compensation paid to top leaders. They also recently had failing or near-failing performance ratings.
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In the last few years we've seen: - The plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer - The Storming of the Capitol and pipe bombs left at the RNC and DNC - The break-in to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and the brutal on Paul Pelosi - Multiple assassination attempts against Trump - The assassination
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On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to use racial profiling in its militarized immigration raids across Los Angeles, halting an injunction that had barred officers from targeting Latinos based on ethnicity https://t.co/BfjJBQAePV
slate.com
Indiscriminate immigration raids will expand across the country with the implicit blessing of the conservative supermajority.
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Kennedy, Rejecting Data, Fuels Distrust of His Own Agencies By promoting suspicions about the institutions he oversees, critics say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is jeopardizing public health. He says he is pursuing transparency. https://t.co/0so3Id7U5I
nytimes.com
By promoting suspicions about the institutions he oversees, critics say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is jeopardizing public health. He says he is pursuing transparency.
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The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security https://t.co/6R3oj85NiR
propublica.org
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the...
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JD “I don’t give a shit” Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the “highest and best use of the military.” Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial or representation??
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The President of the United States is deploying the military onto US streets and using our troops like political pawns. DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO BECOME NUMB TO THIS.
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Your groceries still aren't cheaper.
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There’s nothing normal about the President declaring war on an American city.
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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them. https://t.co/d1Twi1hzbo
propublica.org
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got...
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We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
nytimes.com
Agency leaders sound the alarm.
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Trump faces returning $100bn in tariffs after court ruling The White House is appealing to the Supreme Court after judges said the president illegally used emergency powers to introduce levies on imports https://t.co/O01sSjbfBs
thetimes.com
The White House is appealing to the Supreme Court after judges said the president illegally used emergency powers to introduce levies on imports
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Trump says he plans unconstitutional executive order to mandate ID for voters President also wants to ban most voting by mail in push stemming from baseless claims related to 2020 election loss https://t.co/Zf6IEhziXq
theguardian.com
President also wants to ban most voting by mail in push stemming from baseless claims related to 2020 election loss
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The US’s top public health agency was plunged into chaos on Wednesday after the Trump administration moved to oust its leader Susan Monarez, as her lawyers said she would not resign and that she was being “targeted” for her pro-science stance. https://t.co/xDk2jq6fhF
theguardian.com
Lawyers for Monarez say she was ‘targeted’ for ‘protecting the public’ by not endorsing ‘unscientific’ orders
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😳😳 Recently appointed Republican NC county elections chair accused of putting cocaine, MDMA in granddaughters' ice cream #ncpol
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wral.com
The chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections was charged after Wilmington police said they found evidence he placed illegal narcotics in his granddaughter's and her friend's ice cream.
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Looking Up in Chimney Rock Eleven months after Hurricane Helene devastated the mountain town, tourists are trickling back. The disaster-scarred oasis is figuring out how to balance recovery and hospitality. https://t.co/qEsX6BaCYa
theassemblync.com
Eleven months after Hurricane Helene, tourists are trickling back as Chimney Rock figures out how to balance recovery and hospitality.
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