Notices by Nina Bernstein (ninabernstein1@journa.host)

Struck by photos of hurricane devastation and heartbreak? Read how the Republican supermajority in NC, which gets lots of $ from the builders association, stripped safety regulations from home building before the hurricane, overriding the Dem governor’s veto. This is a rare kind of reporting that we need more than ever. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/climate/north-carolina-homes-helene-building-codes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

“In a remarkable passage, Engoron wrote that the Trump family’s “complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological.” This refusal to admit to their unlawful misdeeds persuaded Engoron that they “will engage in [fraud] going forward unless judicially restrained.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/donald-trump-civil-fraud-355-million-new-york-restrictions-trump-organization.html

Hurrah! Dem wins Santos’s old seat.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/13/us/elections/results-new-york-us-house-3-special.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“I want news organizations to not only set up their own servers but also to start adding share-on-Mastodon buttons to story pages. That will send a message to Elon et al, endorsing an alternative.” — @jeffjarvis https://buzzmachine.com/2022/11/05/hope-for-a-post-musk-net/