Each post gained traction and was raising awareness but the mods decided to delete it, and banned me too for 3 days lmao.

Full piece, no pay wall:

https://open.substack.com/pub/ohthatsrichg/p/the-north-carolina-general-assembly

https://www.commoncause.org/north-carolina/articles/h958/

This speaks for itself

I've just been thinking about this and I really have a question. North Carolina along with several other states did not participate in the Great American State Fair due to costs and politicization of the event. Then someone somewhere hung up some Confederate bullcrap, which Governor Stein asked them to remove. And even Mount Olive Pickles has pulled out.

We have Republican representatives and senators. I would think that they would be happy to be part of the Great American Fair supported by Trump's White House. Did none of them walk over there? I suppose they were perfectly fine with the Confederate flag hanging up in a North Carolina booth? Has anyone seen any pictures of them over there?

Legislation just passed by the NC Senate will prohibit local governments from allowing anyone to camp or sleep on public property, including sidewalks, parks, and public buildings.

In an apparent redefinition of public space or who constitutes “the public,” the legislation enumerates heightened restrictions on where people without housing can take shelter. Those who cannot afford private property of their own will now be barred from public land as well. 

The policy changes come as rising housing costs, stagnant wages, and federal funding cuts increase homelessness rates across the state. In its 2025 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress, North Carolina recorded a 33% increase in rates of homelessness—the largest increase of any state in the country.

Bill proponents like Senator Brad Overcash (R–Belmont) say "a proliferation of homeless encampments ... has harmed our economic vitality.” Absent in their rhetoric is any sense of understanding the rise in homelessness as an indicator of economic deterioration.

The bill will return to the House for consideration of Senate changes before it will be sent to the Governor, whose signature is likely moot given Republicans’ three-fifths, veto-proof majority in the legislature. 

Source: Battleground Drafts