Eleanore Wood
Earlier this year NC Sen. Thom Tillis said that the Mueller investigation should be protected and allowed to be completed. Even after Trump’s firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tillis says he sees no need to protect the investigation. Senator Tillis should keep his promise and join Sen. Flake by refusing to confirm any more…
Read MoreAfter losing their supermajorities in the House and Senate on Election Day, Republican lawmakers are holding a “lame duck” session on November 27, the week after Thanksgiving, to pass a voter ID law while Republicans still have their veto-proof majority. This is undemocratic and goes against the NCGOP’s entire reasoning for putting voter ID on…
Read MoreNorth Carolina has made history by electing 8 black sheriffs one of them female. 7 of those sheriffs are in the largest counties in the state. Mecklenburg, Durham, Guilford, Forsyth, Cumberland, Buncombe, Wake, and Pitt counties. Election analysts and the winners said black candidates were propelled to office largely because they objected to hardline immigration…
Read MoreDespite unconstitutional maps favoring Republicans, North Carolina voters sent a strong message that the GOP agenda of continued attacks on health care, cuts to public education, gutting of clean water rules, and reckless tax cuts for millionaires and big corporations is coming to an end. From WFMY: The balance of power in North Carolina shifted…
Read MoreIn early July North Carolina House Representative Andy Dulin was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated in Ohio. Back in North Carolina, he’s also driving our schools into the ditch. Rep. Dulin: Voted for the 2017 Budget which prioritized billions in tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, while failing to provide a meaningful teacher raise,…
Read MoreAnother example of House Speaker Tim Moore’s blatant corruption. With veto-proof supermajorities in both legislative chambers (at least for now), Speaker Moore has repeatedly used his influence to obtain personal benefits for him and his cronies. Here’s a quick recap of the allegations against Moore so far: Corrupt chicken farm deal: Bought an abandoned chicken processing…
Read MoreThanks to the General Assembly’s tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations, our public schools are stuck in a permanent recession. In the last 10 years, classroom supply funding has been cut by 55% when adjusted for inflation and enrollment. This passes the costs to the teachers and parents. North Carolina consistently ranks as…
Read MoreOur legislature has its head in the sand when it comes to sea level rise and climate change. Toxic coal ash waste, hog lagoons, and poultry factory farms are all located in floodplains. When researchers brought dire news to the General Assembly of the effects of sea level rise, instead of heeding the warning and…
Read MoreRetired Justice John Paul Stevens has said he doesn’t believe that Brett Kavanaugh is the right person for the job of Supreme Court justice. And it’s not just Justice Stevens. Add to that over 2,400 law professors who think Kavanaugh is not a good fit. Yet the Republican-dominated Senate is still trying to ram his…
Read MoreRetired Justice John Paul Stevens has said he doesn’t believe that Brett Kavanaugh is the right person for the job of Supreme Court justice. And it’s not just Justice Stevens. Add to that over 2,400 law professors who think Kavanaugh is not a good fit. Yet the Republican-dominated Senate is still trying to ram his…
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