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Extremely accurate election prediction model has Biden winning North Carolina – and reelection

By Patrick Zarcone / February 9, 2024 / Comments Off

According to Moody’s Analytics election model, which is likely the most accurate national model forecast, President Joe Biden will win reelection thanks to victories in swing states, including North Carolina.

NC Gov. Roy Cooper, AG Josh Stein sign on to Supreme Court briefs aimed at protecting reproductive freedoms

By Patrick Zarcone / February 9, 2024 / Comments Off

Gov. Roy Cooper and AG Josh Stein have both signed their names to SCOTUS briefs asking the court to protect access to the medication abortion drug mifepristone.

Primary season is upon us — Here’s what you need to know

By Patrick Zarcone / February 2, 2024 / Comments Off

It’s already February, and you know what that means, right? It means it’s almost time to vote! Early voting for this year’s March 5 primary election is now just two weeks away – and absentee voting by mail has been underway since Jan. 19.

Nearly 3 years later, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s possible illegal campaign finance activities still under investigation

By Patrick Zarcone / January 19, 2024 / Comments Off

Just a few of the problems identified as being issues with Mark Robinson’s campaign finance reports included possibly “illegal cash donations; illegal cash withdrawals; and illegal credit card charges.”

Neo-Nazi seeking to run in GOP primary for NC House gets approval from county and state boards of elections

By Patrick Zarcone / January 19, 2024 / Comments Off

What is it about the GOP that attracts neo-Nazis and white supremacists? That is the question that Republicans need to consider and answer for themselves.

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.