Politics As Usual
Last week, former NCGOP chair Robin Hayes pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI as part of an alleged bribery scheme involving indicted businessman Greg Lindberg. As part of his plea deal, Hayes will cooperate with federal prosecutors investigating an alleged scheme to funnel $2 million in campaign donations to Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey and the NCGOP…
Read MoreThe former Chair of the NC Republican Party is expected to plead guilty Wednesday to lying to the FBI in what is the state’s largest case of political bribery. Robin Hayes, a former Congressman, is expected to cooperate with federal prosecutors investigating an alleged scheme to funnel $2 MILLION in campaign donations to Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey and the…
Read MoreLast week, the NC Republican Party — at least those members who aren’t currently under indictment — held a convention in Raleigh to elect a new chairman after the old chairman, former GOP congressman Robin Hayes, was indicted on federal bribery charges. The incoming chairman, an oil and gas industry stooge named Michael Whatley, takes the reins…
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s junior U.S. Senator Thom Tillis is one of the most vulnerable Senate Republicans up for re-election in 2020. Tillis will have a primary challenger in Raleigh business owner Garland Tucker, as Tillis tries to claim he is both moderate and a Republican loyal to hard-right principles. Any claim of Thom Tillis as a…
Read MoreResidents in the Triad were disturbed to find out that Senator Richard Burr, according to the Mueller Report, had leaked information about the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election to the White House directly. His only response was to say he didn’t remember doing it. The people of North Carolina want Burr to…
Read MoreAccording to the Mueller report Richard Burr corresponded with the White House about the Russia probes, and the White House counsel’s office “appears to have received information about the status of the FBI investigation,” the special counsel report said. Now Senator Burr claims he has no memory of this conversation. Concerned citizens in Winston-Salem are…
Read MoreRALEIGH — State Rep. Jason Saine has been officially disqualified from Progress NC Action’s second annual “Worst Politicians in North Carolina” tournament for buying votes, as North Carolina Republicans try to steal yet another election. Throughout the month of March, Progress NC Action has been conducting daily Twitter polls to determine which North Carolina politician is considered…
Read MoreThe latest example in a long history of openly flouting campaign finance and election laws as the NCGOP weaves a culture of corruption in Raleigh RALEIGH — Progress NC Action released the following statement on Tuesday in response to the criminal indictment of NC Republican Party Chair Robin Hayes: “This is the latest example in…
Read MoreSenator Thom Tillis talks a big game of being a common-sense Republican who seeks compromise. His voting record tells a different story. After his dramatic reversal on Trump’s fake national emergency to build his racist and pointless wall, Tillis has lost all credibility. And now it appears Trump’s fake national emergency will cost North Carolina…
Read MoreNorth Carolina State House Representative Cody Henson has been court ordered to stop harassing his estranged wife. Mr. Henson has been sending large amounts of texts to his wife who is seeking a divorce. According to experts on domestic violence, texting is a relatively new method of intimate control. The abuser seeks to manipulate and control their partner…
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