Politics As Usual
North Carolinians need lower gas prices, but more importantly, they need leaders who will actually show up and tackle the cost-of-living crisis every day, not just when it’s politically convenient.
Disturbing audio resurfaced this week of North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Sarah Stevens criticizing survivors of childhood abuse. Stevens was delivering remarks on the floor of the NC General Assembly as the legislature was debating the SAFE Child Act– a bill that was meant to protect children and provide survivors more time to seek justice. …
The President came to North Carolina this week to campaign for Michael Whatley– the failed Hurricane Helene Recovery Czar who is now running for U.S. Senate. Honestly, we weren’t planning on covering the rally this week (didn’t want to subject you to that). But what unraveled on Wednesday was just so ridiculous, so insulting, so…
Losing a child is every parent’s worst nightmare. A Republican super PAC turned that nightmare into a multi-million dollar attack ad, one that twists the facts and exploits a father’s pain for political gain.
Duke Energy has been a prime example of greedy corporations demanding too much – whether it’s 6.8% or 9.3% – and North Carolinians have rallied together to fight back.
Phil Berger and Sarah Stevens have spent their last days at the NC General Assembly writing some of the worst bills of their career, leaving behind legislation that is chock-full of voter suppression tactics and legacies that are big on corruption.
President Trump appointed Whatley to lead the rebuild of North Carolina in the wake of the storm, appointing him as a co-chair to the FEMA Review Council and giving him the title of Hurricane Helene Recovery Czar. What followed was a dismal federal response, delayed funding, and corrupt decision-making.
At the end of the day, we will take a budget over no budget. But we need to see this for what it is– a first step. There’s more work to be done, and we need to elect leaders to the NCGA who will do it.
NC Republicans made us the only state in the country to fail to pass a budget in 2025, and now they’re expected to miss the deadline for 2026 as well.
House Bill 958 is meant to add more obstacles for voters trying to cast their ballot, and fewer restraints on the power-hungry politicians looking to keep those ballots from being counted.