Rockingham County man pleads guilty for role in Jan. 6 attack
Source: Associated Press and Charlotte Observer A Rockingham County man pleaded guilty for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to
June 9, 2022
Politics
Rep. Dan Bishop uses abortion access hearing to waste time, talk down to women
Bishop’s questions did not shed any new light on the future of abortion access in the U.S. and informed no one, but it did get him some retweets on Twitter and got him an appearance in the MAGA media over on FOX News.
June 9, 2022
Extremist, election conspiracy theorist Ted Budd is wrong for North Carolina
Election Day is still months away but it’s going to take people working hard every single day from now until Nov. 8 to make sure that Rep. Ted Budd doesn’t become right-wing extremist Sen. Ted Budd.
June 8, 2022
Politics
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson spouts pro-gun rhetoric less than 24 hours after horrific Buffalo mass shooting
Just days after 19 children and two adults were killed at an elementary school in a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was among several extremist Republicans attending the NRA annual convention as a keynote speaker.
June 7, 2022
NC Lt. Gov. Robinson ignores calls to skip NRA convention days after mass murder of children
Robinson knows which side his bread is buttered on and he also knows how he made it to the position of the lieutenant governor – the NRA and yelling about gun rights.
June 7, 2022
Chatham County Candidates Targeted with Racist, Homophobic Threats
Source: News & Observer Perhaps taking a cue from popular Republican “leaders” such as Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and ex-President Donald Trump, hatemongers targeted two
May 31, 2022
Politics
Beasley is the Candidate Dems Need to Win Open U.S. Senate Seat
North Carolina has not elected a Democrat to a U.S. Senate seat in over a decade. The last time was in 2008 when former Sen.
May 31, 2022
Angry Gov. Cooper calls on Republicans to ‘come to the table,’ help stop school massacres
In the video, Cooper said that this country has seen mass shootings “too many times” and that “military assault weapons” are “easy to get.”
May 30, 2022
The Curious Case of the ‘Liberal’ Conservative – A Disturbing Trend of Extremism in the Republican Party
It’s hard not to notice how divisive politics have gotten in the last decade. This year, North Carolina’s primary election was nothing if not divisive.
May 26, 2022
Politics
Internet for All – At Least $100 million to be Invested in NC
Source: WRAL WRAL reported on May 13 that Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the federal government is introducing their new initiative called “Internet for
May 26, 2022