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Brooke Medina

@Brooke_Medina_

6 months

Gentleness is not weakness.

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3 years

The actual story is that Chip Gaines donated $1,000 to *his sister's* school board campaign. His sister happens to disagree with teaching CRT in schools. Most Americans didn't even know what CRT stood for a few years ago. But, yes, let's run with this headline below!

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TV stars Chip and Joanna Gaines donate to campaign against critical race theory in schools

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3 years

Never a good idea to have a PhD in other people's flaws and only a GED in your own.

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3 years

My Uber driver just told me that because there was a “religious convention” in town, every homeless man and woman downtown was fed and prayed for this week. Well done, #sbc21 .

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5 years

Comrade Hears a Coup #OcasioCortezChildrensBooks

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3 years

I bet my sister Beth Moore could solve the affordable housing crisis, seeing as she lives rent free in so many angry, petty heads.

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2 years

We should look for ways to comfort the suffering, not cull them. Hanania’s “common good” case for euthanasia assumes liberty is the moral apex for society rather than virtue, and as a result totally misunderstands dignity and common good. How repulsive.

Canadian Euthanasia as Moral Progress

Individual liberty, the common good, and human dignity

www.richardhanania.com

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Brooke Medina

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2 years

It is very normal for women, despite being complete strangers, to stop one another and tell the other how cute they look or praise something about the other. Do men have a comparable behavior, but done in a more masculine way?

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2 years

Personally, I prefer the Graham Cracker Rule. If you’re going to open a sleeve, finish the sleeve in one sitting. Otherwise they just go stale.

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1 year

@cohenstudios See that ship off in the distance? That's me taking the ferry from Chapel Hill just to get to my favorite Jubala location.

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2 years

@brookemiccio @NOTaBread Some of us did it for the free personal pan pizza

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Brooke Medina

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4 years

I’ve always wondered how I could get things for free. You mean to tell me that instead of working hard at a job, all I really needed to do was abolish the police? 🤯 NPR’s insightful interview with Vicky Osterweil, author of In Defense of Looting

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2 years

I would venture to say at least half of what we ask the government to do is actually the responsibility of churches, businesses, volunteer organizations, families, and other private institutions.

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Brooke Medina

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5 months

What’s more naturally feminine? Ridiculing other women while wearing polypropylene plastic on your eyes and synthetic hyaluronic acid in your lips or learning to build a home that will hold a family’s memories and embracing your ancestral accent?

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2 months

Waiting out a storm at a coffee shop and was happy to see they sell @countyhwy

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2 years

“Gov. Roy Cooper sent his daughter, Natalie, to Saint Mary’s School, a private Episcopal prep school in Raleigh, where tuition can cost upwards of $62K” Yet, Cooper likes to oppose scholarships for lower income families to do the same.

Biden, Pelosi, other top Dems sent kids to private school but oppose school choice

Dozens of elected Democrats who have criticized or actively opposed private school choice measures have personally benefited in some way from private schooling.

www.foxnews.com

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2 years

Happy Presidents Day to everyone except Woodrow Wilson.

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Brooke Medina

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3 years

This chart makes me feel sick. "The greater the degree of government involvement in the provision of a good or service the greater the price increases over time." Govt does not save us money, it costs us money. Stop asking govt to intervene!

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Brooke Medina

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1 year

@NC_Governor You left out an important point: The bill would tie the size of the award to income and requires 50 percent of all scholarship funds be used for eligible students in households below the level needed to qualify for federal free or reduced-price lunch programs.

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Brooke Medina

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3 years

Stubbornly holding on to principles like limited government, voluntary association, free markets, and the rule of law means you’ll regularly find yourself out of step with the populist strains in both political parties. On the bright side, you’re in step with the Constitution!

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Brooke Medina

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3 years

“You have bewitched me body and soul, and I love, I live, I laugh you.” - Mr. Darcy

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3 years

Would 100% support renaming Labor Day to Right To Work Day.

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Brooke Medina

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4 years

Earlier, my sister and BIL stopped by for a driveway party to celebrate my oldest son’s bday. They stayed in their car, stuck half their bodies out of the sunroof, threw rolls of wrapped TP to him, had us play driveway relay games with said TP, and drove away loudly honking.

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3 years

Big govt is the enemy of freedom and innovation. It doesn’t matter whether @JDVance1 or @BernieSanders is leading the anti-business crusade. The longstanding conservative principles of free enterprise and limited govt should be our guides.

Counterpoint: Keep government out of Big Tech

Brooke Medina | Government regulation risks entrenching tech companies and hampering innovation

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Brooke Medina

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1 year

This is a really unhealthy mindset. A mentality where government officials fancy themselves as political parents of our children will inevitably lead to showdowns when they decide the actual parent isn’t doing what they want them to. Back off.

Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist

@DeAngelisCorey

1 year

Georgia Representative Anne Allen Westbrook (D): "Who is my child? Every single child in Georgia. Every single one. Without exception. Not just my own. Not just the ones that I gave birth to."

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Brooke Medina

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4 years

They can strike till the cows come home, just make sure parents have other choices, so children aren’t sacrificed as collateral damage in these political hostage negotiations.

Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist

@DeAngelisCorey

4 years

The New York City teachers union board is expected to vote on Monday to authorize a strike.

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1 year

Voter ID, which the majority of North Carolinians voted in favor of five years ago, will finally be required in elections beginning this fall. This requirement has been held up in the courts since 2018 but the new NC Supreme Court ruling on Friday has ended the legal dispute.

Carolina Journal

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1 year

The N.C. Board of Elections confirms voters will be required to show valid identification to vote in the 2023 municipal elections #ncga #ncpol

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Brooke Medina

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4 years

Gender pandering is off-putting. We women are such a diverse bunch that merely saying, "I'm going to choose a woman as my running mate" rings hollow. I'd rather hear, "I'm going to choose an individual that is competent, wise, and discerning. Oh, and she happens to be a she."

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Brooke Medina

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3 years

North Carolinians deserve leaders who rise to the dignity of their office. Try again, Rep. Cawthorn.

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3 years

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Liz Cheney

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1 year

@JackHadders Why in the world would cost consciousness be a red flag?! When I see someone making financially frugal choices, my respect for them goes up, not down.

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Brooke Medina

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4 years

In all likelihood, the people we disagree with probably aren’t nearly the demons we think they are, and the people we praise aren’t nearly the angels we assume.

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Brooke Medina

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3 years

Five topics I can talk about for 30 minutes with no prep: 1. Costco 2. Capitalism 3. CS Lewis 4. Candy 5. Childbirth Bonus topic: Alliteration

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Brooke Medina

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2 years

Deepdish sympathies. May they rest in pizza. 😔

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2 years

all flags in Italy at half-staff today following the tomato spill and the alfredo sauce spill

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2 years

God, please give us leaders who know how to govern more than they know how to grandstand.

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2 years

“families can take their taxpayer-funded food stamp dollars to the grocery store of their choosing. We should apply the same logic to K-12 education and fund students, not systems." - @DeAngelisCorey Why does Gov Cooper fight against the interests of kids and parents?

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3 years

Me catching up on work emails after a week of PTO.

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3 years

@dougstafford @colleengrablick @JustineAnnSand Indeed. There are many press in the pool and if that one journo can't see the scoop he has, then he doesn't deserve the story.

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Brooke Medina

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7 months

Does anyone else travel with a comfort pile of books? Including some you have very little intention of reading, but it just feels better to have them packed just in case?

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Brooke Medina

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2 years

Sometimes the most loving and sacrificial thing we will ever do is walk alongside someone who is suffering, bearing their burdens with them, providing comfort and care. Normalizing medical suicide chisels away at this human obligation; it’s a sign of soul sickness.

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Brooke Medina

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4 years

One of the beautiful silver linings of this year is the wave of parents that have chosen to homeschool. It’s not an easy road, but it has been one of the most fulfilling aspects of parenthood for me. It makes me happy to know that many others will experience the same.

Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist

@DeAngelisCorey

4 years

New nationally representative survey: 9% of parents who weren't homeschooling last year plan to homeschool at least part time this year.

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Brooke Medina

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7 months

Most of political and Christian twitter consists of lecturing and scolding people for doing things we dislike and oppose, rather than celebrating truth or sharing good and beautiful thoughts. Maybe we should pause and consider whether this is healthy.

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Brooke Medina

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11 months

Care about the future? Go nuclear. "Duke is taking a 'replace the existing coal plants with nuclear before retiring them' approach to ensure reliability" Exactly what we've been saying for years. Music to my ears.

Duke Energy seeks to replace coal plant with new nuclear power, a win for American Experiment and...

Duke Energy recently made a smart announcement outlining plans to replace one of the company's coal-fired power plants with new small modular reactors at the...

www.americanexperiment.org

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Brooke Medina

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5 years

@wileynickel Sen. Nickel, I'm trying to understand how limiting parents' access to educational options for their students is in the public interest. As a parent and voter, I believe my children's education is best served when there is a healthy, competitive market.

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4 years

There's a rumor going around that we don't have to lose our minds when people say things we disagree with or make jokes we don't like. Just a rumor.

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4 years

Update: I changed my mind.

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4 years

I don’t care what anyone says, I LOVE presidential debates! Can’t wait!!!

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3 years

I’ve seen enough of the culture wars over the past two decades to know it is no substitute for loving your neighbor.

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5 years

I remember when a woman verbally attacked my children in an Aldi, literally yelling at them to “Go back to Mexico where they came from.” From the lady in the grocery store all the way up to the POTUS, such grotesque speech signals a disregard for the dignity of others.

CNN Politics

@CNNPolitics

5 years

JUST IN: House votes to condemn President Trump's racist tweets

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2 years

It is possible to believe something is good for a society without calling on the heavy hand of government to coerce it.

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1 year

Marking myself safe from Governor Cooper’s state of emergency hoax.

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3 years

“One of the things they don’t tell you about having babies is that you don’t ever have a baby; you have your baby, which is, to you, the ur-baby, the sum of all babies.”

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1 year

In honor of National Wine Day, I give you Snoop Dogg with Corn Dogg.

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1 year

We don’t have to pit markets against morality or capitalism against the family. Some want to characterize the fight on the Right as a battle bet/ people and markets, but that’s a false choice. Liberty, in all of its messy and creative majesty, matters because people matter.

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5 years

Early morning downtown. Please pray for our state House members as they vote to override Governor Cooper’s veto of the Born Alive Act later today. #BornAliveAct #ncga

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Brooke Medina

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4 years

You might not be MAGA enough for your friends on the right. You might not be woke enough for your friends on the left. But you’re loved more than enough by your Father in Heaven. And that truth is enough.

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5 years

At its core, abortion exemplifies the appalling belief that people are only worthy of dignity if they are wanted, healthy, or not a burden to others. #LoveThemBoth #WomensRights #ncpol

The Many Victims of Abortion Expansion

Under the guise of equity, empowerment, and women’s rights, several North Carolina legislators have sought to expand late-term abortions.

www.nccivitas.org

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2 years

We need more Jean Valjeans and fewer Inspector Javerts.

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2 years

So long as government is the institution that can legally fine, jail, and execute you, I will remain infinitely more concerned about their abuse of power than I am of market actors whose power knows definable limits and whose services I can freely opt out of.

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4 years

Harvard Law School overplayed their hand on this one. Watching them walk it back is :::chef’s kiss::: delicioso.

Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist

@DeAngelisCorey

4 years

Harvard Law School JUST CANCELLED their anti-homeschooling conference!!!

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5 years

Cancer should not exist. Billionaires fund cancer research. Childhood hunger should not exist. Billionaires fund food programs. Human trafficking should not exist. Billionaires fund organizations dedicated to combating it. I think he's set his sights on the wrong enemy.

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5 years

Billionaires should not exist.

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I don’t always wear star spangled bell bottoms, but I do when it’s time to celebrate the greatest nation on the face of the planet

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4 years

Serving in local public office shouldn't be viewed as a stepping stone to higher office anymore than serving in kid's ministry should be viewed as a training wheels for "big church." Sometimes the most impactful thing an individual can do is serve their little platoon faithfully

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4 years

The Electoral College is brilliant and I’m glad I live in a republic.

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Brooke Medina

@Brooke_Medina_

3 years

No. It is capitalism that creates the conditions for women, including mothers, to provide for their families in ways that socialism will never afford.

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3 years

Capitalism hates motherhood.

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5 years

We like to call this little tune, “School Choice for Me, but Not for Thee.” 🎶

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5 years

You went to a private high school that currently costs over $30,000 a year in tuition. Low-income families deserve educational options too.

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3 years

Everyone knows chili is infinitely better with Fritos on the bottom, cheese and sour cream on the top, and honey cornbread on the side. #twittersupperclub

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Brooke Medina

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2 years

What if – just hear me out – you care about both?

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Vance: I’m sick of being told that we have to care more about people 6,000 miles away than we do people like my mom…

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3 years

@donaldeandrews @bartbarber Sometimes courage looks a lot more like being a peacemaker and less like a pirate.

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2 years

First official day back at the office and I think I'm feeling very distanced from the bi-hourly pie breaks I had become accustomed to.

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Brooke Medina

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4 years

My husband and I married when I was 19. He was a young soldier and didn’t make much money. Growing up in the projects, he was very cost conscious, saving money at every turn. He would go to the plasma center to earn extra money to pay for our dates. I don’t buy this 👇

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1 year

Having a dad who was deployed a lot when I was growing up, I remember the flood of relief when he would finally come back home. The way this boy throws himself into his dad's arms... it's like the weight and worry of the world finally lifts and all is right again.

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1 year

Father Surprises Son After a Year Long Deployment.

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4 years

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but 100 days until Christmas!!!

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4 years

The student loan problem is chiefly the product of federal policy. Why would we entrust Washington with even more responsibility when they’ve proven they don’t make good choices?

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@DeAngelisCorey

4 years

The federal government shouldn't be in the student loan business.

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2 years

How much better to show people grace than constantly look for gotchas.

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8 months

Elizabeth Warren’s latest assault on business is sub-par. She’s going to get herself into a pickle if she keeps up this baloney.

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2 years

@PaulSkallas Operators are expected to blend in with the civilian population. These men had the 90s dad vibes and accountant look because that reflected the community they lived/worked in.

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3 years

I'm grateful I live in North Carolina. A more beautiful and promising state you'll be hard pressed to find.

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4 years

@TimBuckleyWX I mean, doesn’t everyone take the Waterway 64 ferry to Chapel Hill?

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2 years

@NickJHiggins @DudespostingWs He hooked me with free healthcare, but if he had sweetened the pot with an executive Costco membership our engagement would have gone from 12 months to 12 days.

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3 years

Just in case you were in need of a little mid-week motivation, I'm here to tell you: Never do your best. Quit. ❤️

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2 years

Feeding babies, regardless of nationality, should be the most nonpolitical, nonpartisan issue ever. The irresponsible messaging around this is shameful. Focus on reducing regulatory burdens surrounding formula, not identity politics.

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3 years

Don’t spend your life angry.

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3 years

When you express more outrage about women preaching than compassion and sorrow over an abuse survivor's appeal for justice, you've lost any moral authority you fancied yourself as possessing. Sit down. #sbc21

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4 years

I’m beginning to wonder if “Follow the science” is code for “We don’t actually have a plan.”

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6 years

A homeschooler is marrying a Miss Universe. It seems we’ve cleared the awkward social skills hurdle.

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3 years

Even before the pandemic, North Carolinians boasted the highest percentage of homeschoolers in the US. And according to this figure, it doesn’t appear NC parents’ preference for homeschooling will let up anytime soon!

Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist

@DeAngelisCorey

3 years

North Carolina K-12 Enrollment Changes: Public: - 3.0% Private: + 3.3% Homeschool: + 20.6%

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Someday I’m going to start a mixed use development that includes a Costco, a gothic library, and tiny houses with turrets. And we’re going to have CS Lewis book club meetings every Thursday morning, where I will serve cranberry orange scones and port.

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@jaketapper @MargaretHoover Her struggle to unequivocally affirm a historically marginalized people group's right to exist says even more than her flailing attempt to deflect the question did.

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2 years

Authoritarianism cannot drive out authoritarianism. Only liberalism can do that.

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7 months

The next time I go to the doctor, instead of them asking me my family medical history, I want them to say, “Pray tell, what is your ancestral lore?”

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1 year

I try to be a gracious and congenial woman, but this makes me want to say very bad, very angry words.

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A friend sent me some bourbon that is supposedly pretty hard to find. I think it is my new favorite!

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3 years

Every day is a good day to wake up in North Carolina.

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4 years

No one has ever been ridiculed into a change of heart.

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2 years

In some “perfessional” news (it’s personal and professional), I just received an advance copy of The Digital Public Square, which I had the honor of contributing to! This book couldn’t come out at a better time, as we debate the limits of censorship, speech, and freedom.

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2 years

Just because it’s good for engagement doesn’t mean it’s good for our souls.

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If protectionism worked for Americans, I'd support it. It doesn't, so I don't.

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4 years

Is social distancing making anyone else hungrier than normal? Or am I just misinterpreting boredom for hunger?

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3 years

Conferences are the worst. Look at what they’re forcing me to eat.

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5 years

Love that #forgiveness is trending. Throughout our lives we'll have opportunities to practice this. And to ask for it in return. In my turns around the sun, I have yet to meet a person that forgave, but says they wish they'd stayed bitter. Forgive.

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