matthew bryant

@JudgeBobOrr Newby explained at a CLE 15 years ago that the US CONSTITUTION limited gov, while state constitution directed government. Thoughts

The judiciary's function, in part, is to protect the constitutional rights of its residents against governmental action or inaction that violates a constitutional right.

@OK_Dumbass @Acyn @SecArmy @PeteHegseth Just a few years back I was having after work beers w the kid Driscoll. Never has SEC DEF on my beer bingo card. I’m just as qualified to be SEC DEF.

@Acyn @SecArmy WILL replace @PeteHegseth. It's just a matter of time. Probably much sooner than anyone expects. Driscoll isn't remotely qualified to be SecDef, either -- but, after Hegseth, it'll be like replacing "Little Nap" with Napoleon Bonaparte.

Griffin: Multiple sources tell us the removal has to do with Hegseth's rivalry with Dan Driscoll, who is a close ally of JD Vance and was considered on the short list to replace Hegseth at one point.

@atrupar Man, apply that logic to gun rights, advocates boy things have changed since the musket

Ron Johnson: "I was disappointed in the Supreme Court justices. The Constitution is not a suicide pact. Maybe their ruling will be on the law and Constitution, but you have to look at the bigger picture here."

@donaldbryson Taxes support a societal structure that allows citizens the opportunity to earn wages, often high levels, bc risks are known/ predictable thru govt. We don’t life in a simple uncomplicated world that would allow low taxes.

North Carolinians already pay taxes three times on the same money: Income tax is when we earn it. Sales tax on what's left when we spend it. Property tax — every single year — on the home or land we bought with those post-tax dollars. Yet when the General Assembly proposes a constitutional amendment to require reasonable limits on property tax levy growth (with local voter-approved exceptions), critics cry “stripping local control!” Again, counties are political subdivisions created, organized, and empowered by the General Assembly under Article VII of the NC Constitution. The proposed amendment doesn’t eliminate local government’s ability to provide core services. It simply prevents unchecked levy creep that has seen North Carolina’s 10 largest counties grow property tax collections by 63% over the past decade, while inflation + population growth would have allowed only 51% (an excess of roughly $2.7 billion). Limited government means limits at every level — including the local level that hits families hardest. Protecting taxpayers from perpetual extraction isn’t undermining local control. It’s responsible governance. What do you think — should we give the General Assembly a clear directive to set sensible guardrails? #ncpol #NCGA

@sdc_core1 @stengel Change from this unfortunately will come only from a calamity.

@stengel Maybe it was meant to end this way for him, a grandiose, dangerously stupid fuck up that results in thousands of Americans killed, a global depression…and spineless Republicans who finally stop the mad king and call for his impeachment.

He is repeating every foreign and domestic policy mistake the US has made over the last five decades, but he's doing it with a gracelessness, cluelessness, and corruption that has no precedent.

@ForwardCarolina @SenatorBerger He could have looked at the camera and told his county “I lost my way, I made mistakes. Im sorry. I’m still the best man for job”. Humility. Instead insulting Ads and humiliation. Served him right.

In the history of North Carolina politics, the fumbling of @SenatorBerger's primary by his campaign team has got to be among the biggest of all time. They had basically unlimited money at their disposal - literally tens of millions spent - for a 25-year incumbent with universal name recognition. Virtually unanimous backing by the Raleigh establishment. Corporate lobbyists roadtripping up to Wentworth and Mayodan to hold signs for him. They even bought a Trump endorsement by re-rigging our state's congressional map. All against a candidate with almost no money at all. And not only does Berger lose - he gets crushed 2-1 in his home county. That's how much people hate the Berger family. Spare a tear today for @JimBlaine.

@JohnSmi18684452 @jimmy_esq Corporations (and unions) cannot vote, pray, get married, a person votes. A person can give money, have religious objections. Not corporations

@jimmy_esq Corporations did not exist when the constitution was written. The idea that corporations have these rights, and religious beliefs (hobby lobby) is stuoid.

Is there a more grotesquely misunderstood Supreme Court decision in history than Citizens United? Nearly everyone who complains about it seems to have no idea what it was about or what the reasoning was. It's just vibes.

@LizWebsterSBF @JamesK80P Reagan and Thatcher. Two peas in a pod. Wealth trickles nowhere but up

@JamesK80P Incompetence which benefits the few at the expense of the many.

🧵 THREAD: How Britain gave away the North Sea In 1970s Britain 🇬🇧 discovered one of largest oil windfalls in modern history. Harold Wilson initially saw it for what it was, a once-in-a-generation chance to build national wealth. The idea was simple: Use North Sea oil to create a sovereign wealth fund 👉 Like Norway later did 👉 To invest for future generations A long-term national asset. 🧵

@PeteKaliner And this impacts my well-being and prosperity how? I don’t need the governor to tell me when Easter is or Christmas.

So, to recap... While North Carolina Governors Stein and Cooper have issued hundreds of proclamations for all sorts of things over the last decade, Easter was never one of those things. Ramadan, though? Yes. #NCpol #NCGov #NCsen

So, I have received questions from several listeners about the @NC_Governor and the @CLTgov proclamations in recognition of Ramadan. And it got me thinking... how many times has the NC Governor issued a proclamation in observance of Easter. Let's see what I found! 1/? #NCpol #NCgov #NCsen

@ForwardCarolina @markrobinsonNC Isn’t the More alarming part that he was completely unqualified for the job? He had no experience, he had no qualifications educationally, he appeared to be fundamentally dishonest. There are voters that have no concern over experience and skills. Not a good path to travel.

The real wild thing about @markrobinsonNC is that the large majority of the 40% of North Carolinians who voted for him anyway knew all of this already. A few people were really gullible enough to believe "fake news by CNN blah blah," but most weren't. Everyone knew who he was!

@MsAnnaBaxter @Acyn Its performative. A man who has cheated on his wives and has a third wife is doing this as a sort of billboard on his empty soul. I don’t think there are many evangelicals in the military. Evangelicals are too chickenshit to put on a uniform.

@Acyn I’ve never heard anything like this out of a government official. I’m a Christian, but I understand that we have a First Amendment and a constitution for a reason. This is grossly negligent and inappropriate.

Hegseth: May almighty god continue to bless our troops in this fight. To the American people, please pray for them every day on bended knee with your family, in your schools, in your churches, in the name of Jesus Christ. To the troops, keep going and godspeed.

@MillerStream Give him a helmet, gun, rucksack and pair of boots, march 15 miles, get shot at, lead a platoon ~ then I might listen to him.

new bs maga talking point just dropped: “the only reason we opposed foreign wars was because the military was woke! now that it’s been dewokefied, we support forever wars again!”

@abreezeclayton As the Beatles sang - can’t buy me love.

$10 million dollars and two votes later 🫶

@newstart_2024 Wow, in a country w 300m people, millions of cars, banks, planes, trains, huge infrastructure interstate commerce, drugs, medicines, Sure things will run smoothly w small government

Milton Friedman once proposed slashing the federal government to just 4–5 core functions — and his vision still feels explosive today: “Preserve the peace, defend the country, adjudicate disputes, protect individuals from coercion by others. Those are the fundamental functions of government. Everything else? Not fundamental.” In under 40 seconds he strips away the rest: no massive bureaucracies, no sprawling agencies, just defense, courts, and police (mostly local) to stop coercion. Decades later in 2026, with federal departments and spending far beyond 14, Friedman's razor-sharp minimalism still sparks fierce debate: Is this dangerously small government… or the only honest blueprint for limited government that actually respects individual liberty?

@LizWebsterSBF Easy to be bold w lives of other’s children. All volunteer force removes national involvement & sacrifice. Also, we push the cost to future generations. Tax us now = no wars.

Jon Sopel makes the point bluntly. Trump was elected opposing regime change and nation-building, the legacy of 2003. Now we’re back talking about regime change again. BUT: 👉In 2003, 70% of Americans backed Iraq. 👉Today, 80% oppose action in Iran.

@MusicGuyNC @chriscooperwcu Parts of Appalachia have retirees &young hipsters coming in but would take decades to shift mindset to the center. Don’t think Dems should change too far from core values to win votes here just aim at center.

@chriscooperwcu It's not a Democrat problem, it's a racism and closed mindedness problem. I know, I grew up there.

The Democrats have an Appalachian problem. Here's the evidence ⬇️ #npol #nc11 open.substack.com/pub/chriscoope…

@infantrydort How much does spend in the gym while SECDEF to achieve this feat?

There are two main things people need to be aware of: 1. These videos were taken days apart, it's 315 lbs. 2. No group of Infantry is going to celebrate ANY fake feat of strength. Especially the Rakkasans. The outrage and accusations are ridiculous.

Blue cities are out of control, promising more, spending more, delivering less and pushing off fiscal problems to some future day. Democrats in city halls should stop governing as if the goal is to announce new entitlements, and instead make government work. My take:

@superwuster One could read the statute’s words, the constitution, and definitions of emergency and regulate and get a 9-0. How do textualist / originalist not get 9-0.

@JayCaruso Why even use MQD. just read the statute. And look up definition of “emergency”- a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action. Ex hurricane tornado flood bombing attack.

Everyone is mostly talking about Gorsuch taking issue with the dissenters in the tariff case, but his swipe at Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson is exquisite. “Not everyone sees it this way. Past critics of the major questions doctrine do not object to its application in this case, and they even join much of today’s principal opinion. But, they insist, they can reach the same result by employing only routine tools of statutory interpretation.” "Start with the critics. In the past, they have criticized the major questions doctrine for two main reasons. The doctrine, they have suggested, is a novelty without basis in law… And, they have argued, the doctrine is rooted in an ‘anti-administrative-state stance’…” "Today, the critics proceed differently. They join a section of the principal opinion that applies the major questions doctrine.” "It is an interesting turn of events.”