Politics As Usual

Breaking Without a Budget

By Matt Schlosser / August 29, 2025 / Comments Off on Breaking Without a Budget

Republicans in the NCGA still haven’t passed a budget, but they’re taking a break anyway. What could this Republican stalemate mean for you and your family in the coming months?

Read More

Town Halls Matter More Than Ever

By Matt Schlosser / August 22, 2025 / Comments Off on Town Halls Matter More Than Ever

If there were ever a moment when we needed to talk with our elected officials who are making these decisions, to ask questions, to explain our perspective– it’s now. But unfortunately, many members of Congress are avoiding public forums just as vampires avoid sunlight. According to NPR, out of the 219 House Republicans, just 37 have hosted some kind of town hall during the August recess. 

Read More

Why We’re Ready to Roll With Roy

By Matt Schlosser / August 1, 2025 / Comments Off on Why We’re Ready to Roll With Roy

Cooper is uniquely prepared for this moment– a moment when health care is being ripped away from countless people, when costs are rising on the essentials, when things are getting a bit tougher each day for the working class as billionaires continue collecting massive tax breaks. Cooper comes from the working class. He fights for the working class. And he doesn’t just fight– he wins.

Read More

MAGA’s Budget Will Harm Kids, Too

By Matt Schlosser / July 25, 2025 / Comments Off on MAGA’s Budget Will Harm Kids, Too

The MAGA budget slashes SNAP, the food assistance program that helps feed over 600,000 children in our state. It cuts Medicaid and CHIP, the health insurance programs that serve over 1.4 million NC kids. It even cuts funding for public schools– schools that are struggling to get by.

Read More

The Billionaire Boondoggle

By Matt Schlosser / July 11, 2025 / Comments Off on The Billionaire Boondoggle

We’ll cover the impacts on health care, food access, and education very soon. But today, let’s take a look at some of the more subtle provisions hidden in this bill– the concealed cost increases for working families, the bizarre incentives for obscure projects, the billionaire boondoggles that feel like a total waste of money. These provisions are wide-ranging, but you’ll see a common theme: Republicans have prioritized billionaires over everyday people and working families.

Read More

Gov. Stein Promotes Public Safety, Vetoes ICE and Permitless Carry Bills

By Matt Schlosser / June 27, 2025 / Comments Off on Gov. Stein Promotes Public Safety, Vetoes ICE and Permitless Carry Bills

Stein prevented three dangerous bills from becoming law: one that would have eliminated concealed carry permitting requirements, and two that would have forced local law enforcement to work closely with federal immigration agents. 

Read More

How Trump’s Bill Will Impact North Carolina– 3 Key Takeaways

By Matt Schlosser / June 6, 2025 / Comments Off on How Trump’s Bill Will Impact North Carolina– 3 Key Takeaways

Amidst the battle between two of the world’s biggest egos, we don’t want to lose sight of who will truly be bearing the brunt of this 1,100 page bill– you.

Read More

One Agency Stands Between NC and Fraudsters, and Trump Is Trying to Dismantle It

By Matt Schlosser / May 30, 2025 / Comments Off on One Agency Stands Between NC and Fraudsters, and Trump Is Trying to Dismantle It

There’s a government agency with the sole purpose of advocating for consumers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. They aren’t flashy. They don’t have a catchy name. But wow, do they deliver results for everyday people. And President Trump is trying to shutter it completely, calling it a “woke, weaponized” agency. Thom Tillis agrees, claiming that the CFPB is “pushing beyond its regulatory and jurisdictional boundaries.”

Read More

North Carolina Can’t Afford Trump’s SNAP Cuts

By Matt Schlosser / May 23, 2025 / Comments Off on North Carolina Can’t Afford Trump’s SNAP Cuts

North Carolina would certainly feel MAGA’s Medicaid cuts, but layering SNAP cuts on top of it would be a devastating 1-2 punch to working class families who are already struggling to make ends meet. 

Read More

What’s beautiful about this?

By Matt Schlosser / May 16, 2025 / Comments Off on What’s beautiful about this?

MAGA lawmakers are looking to cut $300 billion from SNAP– the federal food assistance program that serves 42 million Americans– and $880 billion from Medicaid– the health insurance program that covers 1 in 5 Americans. Millions of working families would lose their health insurance. Millions more would struggle to put food on the table. 

Read More