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3 years later, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is still denying the reality of the Jan. 6 right-wing attack on the US Capitol

By Patrick Zarcone / January 12, 2024 / Comments Off

Mark Robinson presents himself as a defender of law and order, yet he is willing to cast doubt on a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol and entertain baseless conspiracy theories.

New NC laws about protests, guns in church, workplace discussions on race, and dozens more are now in effect

By Patrick Zarcone / December 8, 2023 / Comments Off

Scores of new laws or sections of laws took effect in North Carolina on Dec. 1. They address everything from where people can now legally carry guns to how we’re allowed to protest and what topics we can discuss at work.

Medicaid expansion is now the law in NC – and Republicans are to blame for the 10-year wait

By Patrick Zarcone / December 1, 2023 / Comments Off

If Republicans like Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson had their way, North Carolina would never expand Medicaid. “I’m not in favor of Medicaid expansion,” he said, “I hope that it fails.”

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson visits Israel on ‘political trip’ in effort to make up for his history of antisemitism, Holocaust denialism

By Patrick Zarcone / November 17, 2023 / Comments Off

Instead of traveling to Israel in a pathetic attempt to paper over his pattern of racist and antisemitic diatribes Robinson should try to focus on affairs in NC and apologize for his long history of hateful comments.

Democrats across the US tallied huge wins in Tuesday’s elections & NC Dems got wins in some (very) unexpected places

By Patrick Zarcone / November 10, 2023 / Comments Off

Voters in Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio rejected right-wing candidates and conservative policies. In NC, Democrats won races in places they had never won before.

Right-wing NC Supreme Court could soon decide the future of the multi-decade, multi-billion-dollar Leandro school funding plan

By Patrick Zarcone / November 3, 2023 / Comments Off

For decades, the NCGOP have failed to adhere to the Leandro court order, refusing to pass measures or a state budget that incorporates the necessary investments toward teachers, school support staff, resources and school infrastructure.

UPDATE: NCGOP passes extreme partisan gerrymander state, congressional voting maps into law

By Patrick Zarcone / October 27, 2023 / Comments Off

These new maps may violate laws like the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which protects the rights of voters of color, as Republicans did not consider racial data in the drawing of the new maps. The new districts will give Republicans at least 10 of the state’s 14 seats in Congress.

Did you know elections are happening right now in North Carolina? GO VOTE!

By Patrick Zarcone / October 27, 2023 / Comments Off

Whether you knew it or not, early voting began on Oct. 19 and it ends on Nov. 4. According to the State Board of Elections, approximately 465 cities, towns and villages in 86 of the state’s 100 counties are holding elections this fall.

NCGOP’s gerrymandered voting maps were created in secret, ignored racial data in likely violation of the Voting Rights Act

By Patrick Zarcone / October 20, 2023 / Comments Off

Power-drunk Republicans this week released congressional and state voting maps that are so extremely gerrymandered that they very well could violate the law.

State judicial commission being sued by NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls files motion to dismiss First Amendment lawsuit

By Patrick Zarcone / October 13, 2023 / Comments Off

Justice Earls speaking out about the lack of diversity in our state judiciary should be commended, not punished. Instead, right-wing idealogue Chief Justice Paul Newby is having her investigated.