The advancement of AI is exponentially amplifying the threat of election disinformation globally, according to the AP. Now, even individuals armed with just a smartphone and a devious imagination can easily produce convincing fake content aimed at manipulating voters.
Joined by Attorney General Josh Stein and Congresswoman Deborah Ross, Democratic leaders are calling on state legislators to write protections for IVF into state law.
North Carolina’s new Republican-backed law eliminated the three-day grace period for counting properly postmarked mail-in ballots and blocked voters from dropping off their mail-in ballots in person at one-stop, early voting sites.
#NCGA lawmakers are “shirking their moral and constitutional duties as public employees to inform their constituents what they are doing with taxpayer time and money while on the clock,” said the SPJ’s Tim Gruver.
In response to several discriminatory laws passed in North Carolina, the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) and Equality NC held a virtual town hall on supporting young LGBTQ+ North Carolinians.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) estimates that capping fees at $8 will save American households over $10 billion annually by slashing fees from an average of $32.
Michele Morrow, who wants to be in charge of NC’s public schools, has called teachers “groomers” and said they’re training kids in “transgender theory.”
Anti-CRT Johnston County school board member Ron Johnson, who has been censured twice, fired from his job as a police officer and is facing extortion charges, could be reelected in November.
Earlier this month, a handful of individuals connected to the Town of Matthews’ Board of Commissioners Zoom meeting to share public comments. However, the individuals took turns sharing hate speech targeted toward the LGBTQ+ community and the Jewish community.
Mark Robinson has called women “whores,” argued that women shouldn’t be leaders, joked about domestic violence, and defended the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby.