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Hours after a 52-48 vote in the U.S. Senate, Amy Coney Barrett became the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday evening. Senate Republicans rammed through Barrett’s nomination eight days before an election, despite their refusal to seat an Obama nominee to the high court more than eight months before an election. Barrett’s…
Read MoreWith record-breaking voter turnout stretching from North Carolina to Texas, one thing is clear; Democracy is winning and Republicans’ voter suppression efforts are losing. According to the North Carolina State Board of Elections, more than 1.5 million North Carolinians cast their ballots in the first three days of early voting. In addition to early votes…
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s top Republican lawmakers have been doing all they can to oppose common-sense measures intended to help voters address potential issues and making sure every ballot cast is counted. For weeks, Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger and Republican House Speaker Tim Moore, with the help of Trump’s campaign, has attempted to reverse adjustments…
Read MoreNorth Carolina has long been a crucial state for both parties’ in hopes of winning a Senate majority and Trump’s re-election. Last week’s campaign rally in Greenville, marked Trump’s fifth visit to North Carolina in six weeks, despite 38 doctors calling for the cancellation of the rally — saying the COVID-19 spike after his recent…
Read MoreConfirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett began in the Senate yesterday. The four days of hearings kicks off a mad rush for the GOP and the Trump administration to assume power in the higher courts after the recent passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Filling in Ginsburg’s seat would result in a…
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s early voting period for the 2020 general election kicks off Thursday Oct. 15 and runs through Oct. 31. Early voting sites can be found on the State Board of Elections’ website. During the early voting period from Oct. 15 to Oct.31, eligible individuals can register and vote on the same day if you…
Read MoreTrump will be making a stop in Greenville, North Carolina on Thursday — less than two weeks after he was hospitalized with COVID-19. The campaign rally in eastern NC comes as Trump held a rally today in Florida, despite at least 34 White House staffers “and other contacts” infected with Covid-19 since the Rose Garden…
Read MoreLast week, a federal judge issued an order that, for now, the U.S. Census Bureau must continue the 2020 census count through Oct. 31, after finding the bureau made multiple violations of an earlier order extending the national head count’s schedule. The federal judge found several legal defects from Trump officials, including examples of “chaotic,…
Read MoreLast Saturday’s White House event unveiling Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, has been marked as one that has resulted in positive COVID-19 tests of at least eight attendees, including North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis and Trump himself. Few attendees wore masks or kept their social distance in both the indoor and outdoor gathering, resulting in a…
Read MoreLitigation over absentee voting in North Carolina has taken quite a few twists and turns over the past few weeks. The cause? GOP state lawmakers, namely Speaker of the House Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger, and Trump’s campaign, intervening in the voting lawsuit that would have eased absentee voting rules. Through letters, tweets,…
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