Here's a thread of open American Red Cross shelters in NC. The shelters offer food, water, first aid, help refilling lost prescriptions or replacing lost glasses,
mental health services, a place to charge cell phones and medical devices and other disaster related assistance. Ashe Co.
Ashe County High School
184 Campus Dr.
West Jefferson, NC 28694

Avery Co.
Avery County Rock Gym
185 Shady St
Newland, NC 28657

Buncombe Co.
A-B Technical Community College
340 Victoria Rd.
Asheville, NC 28801

WNC Agricultural
1301 Fanning Bridge Rd.
Fletcher, NC 28732

🚨 Here’s what you need to know about what’s being called the “debt ceiling crisis."

#ncpol #DebtLimit 👉 The debt ceiling is a numerical limit, set by Congress, on how much money the federal government can borrow to pay its bills.

#ncpol #DebtLimit

Spoke with NC doctor for a deep dive on hidden dangers of the abortion ban. GOP leaders said they too spoke to doctors in crafting the bill . "That wasn't a lie," the doctor told us. "We've been speaking with them for almost a year now to educate them. They just didn't listen." Bill requires 3 in-person visits for medication abortion. Not medically necessary, the doctor told us. Forcing pregnant women to see ultrasound before an abortion? Not medically necessary. In-person consult 72-hours before surgical abortion? Nothing to do with medicine, she said.

😠 Many American workers would get taken advantage of by a new Republican bill, according to @AFLCIO, the nation’s largest federation of labor unions.

#ncpol #DebtLimit The bill would make cuts to healthcare, food assistance, rental assistance, and other programs that many workers rely on.

#ncpol #DebtLimit

🤚 Are you sick and tired of gun violence?

Most Americans are, and a new Fox News poll found that an overwhelming majority of voters want lawmakers to pass laws to address gun violence.

#ncpol #GunViolence The poll was taken even before a man with reportedly white supremacist views opened fire in a Texas mall over the weekend, killing 8 people.

#ncpol #TexasMall

[THREAD] With former President #Trump's appointees appearing set to overturn abortion rights, @POTUS on Wednesday called Trump's far-right base "the most extreme political organization" in recent American history.

#uspolitics #RoeVWade #RoeOverturned #RoeVsWade #MAGA If the @GOP appointees overturn that case, it could effectively outlaw abortion in more than a dozen states immediately, with another dozen or so states likely to follow.

#uspolitics #RoeVWade #RoeOverturned #RoeVsWade

[THREAD] Black and Native babies, as well as their mothers, experience worse health outcomes than their white counterparts in #NorthCarolina.

Here’s how @ncatsuaggies, the nation’s largest #HBCU, is making a difference.

#healthcare #BlackLivesMatter cardinalpine.com/story/ncs-bigg… Encouraging more parents to breastfeed in the first few days and months of a child’s life can help enormously, with research showing there’s a lifetime of health benefits for both moms and babies.

#northcarolina cardinalpine.com/story/ncs-bigg…

If it's Monday, then it's time for us to test your #NorthCarolina knowledge. Let us know in the replies where this is! 🔎

#NameThatNCPlace #ncnature #nctravel Ok, first clue: You can see the ocean in the background, so no surprise here that this is on our coast. These live oaks flank what was a Confederate fort during the Civil War erected to fortify one of the two locations where the Cape Fear River meets the Atlantic.