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Why We Worry: RT @Pappiness: Congratulations on receiving three years of free room and board, #MichaelCohen! https://t.co/NGPnd10tUi -
Why We Worry: The G.O.P. Goes Full Authoritarian https://t.co/tN2xqN53em https://t.co/p9cok1Fa6C -
Why We Worry: This is the White House openly admitting how little they respect their own supporters. @washingtonpost… https://t.co/uZFbXL3rtE
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Why We Worry: RT @matthewamiller: The president and his lawyer violated campaign finance laws to influence the outcome of the election while his campaign… -
Why We Worry: RT @McCreadyForNC: I didn’t serve overseas in the Marines to come home to NC and watch a criminal, bankrolled by my opponent, take away peo… -
Why We Worry: TFW the Koch Brothers check clears https://t.co/i0fDweUTi1
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Why We Worry: NC should pass an amendment that bans political gerrymandering and prohibits any laws intended to suppress the vote… https://t.co/QBtTBbImlt
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Why We Worry: The state's bi-partisan Board of Elections has refused to certify this US House election (NC-9) because of reported… https://t.co/kqTZjFotas
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Why We Worry: We found that voter fraud the @GOP has been clamoring about https://t.co/qTASH98SO1
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Why We Worry: Bye Felicia https://t.co/Scm1iUqPgi
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Why We Worry: RT @JohnBrennan: Your feelings of inferiority, insecurity, vulnerability, and culpability are loud & clear. You remind me of how many corru… -
Why We Worry: RT @PreetBharara: I am thankful for checks and balances. And the blue wave. -
Why We Worry: Fantastic long-form profile of Nancy Pelosi. "What do you call a person who’s 99 percent loyal? Disloyal." https://t.co/PWpGhmdiSA
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Why We Worry: RT @NormEisen: Supposedly “no classified information was ever included, the account was never transferred at Trump Organization, & no email… -
Why We Worry: Courts must move faster on redistricting decisions. The NC GOP rigged the map 10 years ago, and it MIGHT be remedie… https://t.co/MZObxMLqIX
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Tag Archives: North Carolina
Highlights from Gov McCrory’s NC budget
Why We Worry / Raleigh-Durham Bureau Governor Pat McCrory (R—NC) released his first budget proposal this morning, outlining spending recommendations for 2014 and 2015. Left-leaning North Carolinians braced themselves for the announcement, fearful of the influence of McCrory’s budget director, the ultra-conservative Art Pope. The good news is the news isn’t all bad. The budget calls […]
How Sequester cuts would impact North Carolina
Why We Worry / Raleigh-Durham Bureau The Sequester cuts may be small relative to the overall national budget, but if Congress does not prevent them, they will be coming in the context of prolonged economic stagnation, as well as recent significant cuts and severe budget shortfalls on the state level. For North Carolina, new cuts […]
Can Obama win North Carolina?
Why We Worry / Raleigh-Durham Bureau After favoring Republican presidential candidates for seven consecutive elections, North Carolina – in a surprise result – voted for President Obama in 2008. He won by less than 14,000 votes. But Mitt Romney is currently leading the polls in this battleground state. Though Obama’s deficit has been low (generally […]
The license plate wars
The Ohio license plate says “Birthplace of Aviation” because the Wright brothers were from Ohio and developed their airplane designs there. The North Carolina plate says “First in Flight” because the Wright brothers’ first powered flight took place on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Now, I’m not saying that either state has a better […]
Your Rights Hanging By A Belt…
…or How I Contributed To The Public Coffers Of Warrenton, NC By Ian Last week, I had to go to court to “defend” myself for getting a speeding ticket. Let me first tell you about how I got said ticket so you understand how I ended up in this situation. My fiancée and I were […]