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Couldn’t have said it better than Scott Peoples.
The State Auditor is supposed to be non-partisan. But @NCAuditorBoliek is proving to be nothing but a puppet for the @NCGOP . Read this op-ed by Scott Peoples in @NCNewsline on how he is failing the leadership and integrity test for NC. ncnewsline.com/2025/07/23/sta…
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UPDATE: Sources tell WRAL that Roy Cooper has made a decision on his political future: He *will* run for US Senate. An official announcement is expected in the coming days. wral.com/story/cooper-t…
There was no other way I was going to say a proper goodbye without giving you something to remember from me. A gift from me to you. Go be great my guy. I’ll be watching from this side of the pond. Forever a fan. God bless you so much. 📞💙
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Back in April, the Trump administration cancelled billions of dollars in FEMA "Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities" (BRIC) grants dedicated to upgrading and hardening local infrastructure to deal with natural disasters. Over 70 such projects all over North Carolina,…
Nothing says you want to remove bureaucracy to unleash American energy dominance quite like adding bureaucracy to hobble American energy dominance.
On the Trump admin requiring Secretary-level approval of renewable project permits, via @JasonGrumet on @politico energy pod:
There is a bit of mythologizing about how we forced all young people to go to college and now they are economically ruined. Around 60% of people in their 30s do not have a college degree. And the college wage premium remains near a historical high.
Mike Rowe: “We’ve been telling kids for 15 years to learn to code.” “Well, AI is coming for the coders.” “It’s not coming for the welders, the plumbers, the steamfitters, the pipefitters, the HVAC, or the electricians.” “In Aspen, I sat and listened to Larry Fink say we need…
Literally the first thing Democrats tried to do when they last got power was ban gerrymandering nationwide.
CBS NEWS POLL: Trump's approval trends among ages 18-29 Early February 🟢 Approve: 55% (+10) 🟤 Disapprove: 45% JULY 🟢 Approve: 28% (-44) 🟤 Disapprove: 72% Net 54 point negative swing
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Why does @DukeEnergy want to force North Carolinians to pay for their nuclear power plant? Duke Energy is a giant, publicly-traded corporation with a $92 billion market cap. They are fully capable of financing big projects. The reason: they have no idea how much it'll cost.🤷♂️…
Last month, Republicans in the North Carolina legislature passed - and @NC_Governor vetoed - Senate Bill 266, a bill strongly pushed by @DukeEnergy and its proxies that would give the corporation the power to raise NCians rates for electricity. The reason Duke Energy wants to do…
According to @GasBuddyGuy, average gas prices across the United States, and here in North Carolina specifically, are around 5-10 cents higher today than they were six months ago.
Here's what gas prices across the U.S., and in North Carolina specifically, have looked like over the last four years. Six months from now, will they be higher or lower? A year from now?
🚨 Black America is in a state of emergency. The @NatUrbanLeague's 49th State of Black America report, released on Thursday, reveals how fringe right-wing beliefs became policy which is threatening decades of civil rights progress. In NC, attacks on diversity programs,…
North Carolina, also a 50/50 state, has a 10R/4D Congressional map, which is a clownish Republican partisan gerrymander. There is only one clearly competitive district in our state, which @DonDavisNC keeps winning.
How is it that a roughly 50-50 state like Wisconsin has six Republican congressmen and only two Democrats?
While a majority of SNAP (food stamps) recipients in North Carolina live in urban and suburban counties overall, a much higher proportion of rural county residents depend on food stamps compared to their share of the state population.
A good look at where our nation is graying versus growing:
