A new $1 million pilot project will provide North Carolina public school students with access to field trips. Last week, Gov. Roy Cooper and State
“Many people and communities are hurting and need our help, but instead of stepping up, the Republicans in the General Assembly are grabbing power and exacting political retribution,” Governor-elect Josh Stein wrote on social media.
The most recent election again shows that while Trump has found success on the national level running on an extremist platform grounded in vengeance and hate, North Carolinians have very little interest in electing MAGA candidates close to home.
Michele Morrow, who lost the race for public school superintendent to Democrat Mo Green, is now asking Donald Trump to name her as the new U.S. Secretary of Education, or another top job in the department.
When a constituent reached out via email to GOP state Sen. Danny Britt about the state’s abortion ban, he replied, “I suggest you move to China immediately and see how that works out for you.”
The Southern Poverty Law Center says that Patriot Front is a “white nationalist hate group that broke off from Vanguard America in the aftermath of the deadly ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.”
The NCGOP ran an extreme slate of candidates in the gubernatorial, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction races. North Carolina voters rejected those extremists on Election Day.
When the legislature reconvenes, Republicans are expected to push through final supermajority votes, including one to override Gov. Cooper’s veto on private school vouchers and cooperation mandates with ICE.
Damaged municipal water systems, compromised septic systems, and contaminated drinking water caused by flooded private wells have state public health officials concerned.
The policy implications of Trump’s presidency set up painful social consequences of polarization, betrayal, and mass horror. Political polarization has been consistently high since Trump’s first term.