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Tue, Nov. 10.
5th District
The deadline to fix rejected ballots is noon. At 1pm Watauga's elections board counts provisionals, open to the public. Thanks to Donna Lisenby for the heads up.
Rally
At 5pm today, Defend the Vote gathers on the King Street sidewalk between the county administration building and the courthouse. Organizers include Down Home North Carolina, Indivisible High Country, and Common Cause NC. Speakers are planned, and you can write why you voted on a pink slip and pin it to the board. Bring a jacket, it's 49 by 6pm.
Commentary
Evan Fleischer on why Pete Hegseth sure seems upset, as the House must act on impeachment articles by Wednesday.
Liner Notes
My Chemical Romance's Black Parade, a rock opera about carrying on when the world seems set on breaking you, just hit No. 1 on the album chart, twenty years after it came out. Our Liner Notes hears it as the soundtrack to a week when voters pushed back. Hear it on On Rotation.
Field Notes
Storm Bliese picks four trails near water worth hiking before winter, starting with Elk River Falls.
Belleville Rendezvous at The Beacon and a midterm debrief at PSU 417 are in the orange button below, plus what's new in our observers explainer.
◆ Book of the Week · with Huzzah Books
The Leaders of the CPSU are Betrayers of the Declaration and the Statement
Editorial Department of Renmin Ribao
A polemical tract from China's state newspaper accusing Soviet Communist Party leadership of abandoning Marxist-Leninist principles. This Cold War-era political critique reflects the ideological rupture between Beijing and Moscow in the mid-1960s.
Read the pick →
🌑 New Moon · 1% lit
Near-new moon — the darkest skies of the month for the Milky Way and meteors.
Sky's truly dark after 6:50 PM.
◆ NASA's photo today: Saturn Behind the Moon →
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