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Beating Facebook, X, and Other Social Media Jerks

May 9, 2025

Ditch the social media algorithms. Plus: When will Allison Riggs be sworn in? And: Where are we in NC? Share with a friend A small request: If you haven’t noticed, Cardinal & Pine depends on word-of-mouth to grow this newsletter. There’s a simple reason why. Social media networks, which is how most people get their…

BREAKING: NC Supreme Court rules in Griffin case

April 11, 2025

Share with a friend Some breaking news in the Jefferson Griffin case: Cardinal & Pine’s Michael McElroy reports the North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday rejected the bulk of Jefferson Griffin’s effort to overturn his election loss, but gave him enough room to win by targeting overseas military voters. Griffin lost his Supreme Court election…

Video: North Carolina Justice Allison Riggs warns of future threats to elections

May 16, 2025

This week, Allison Riggs thanked supporters for helping her over the six month fight, but also warned that future losing candidates may follow Jefferson Griffin’s playbook.

Video: After six months of legal battles, Allison Riggs takes NC Supreme Court oath

May 13, 2025

Six months after winning her NC Supreme Court election, Justice Allison Riggs was finally sworn in to office Tuesday by her fellow justice, Anita Earls. The ceremony took place in the former NC House chamber at the state capitol, the site where the legislature voted in 1861 to secede at the beginning of the Civil…

The GOP-controlled NC Court of Appeals might have just made Jefferson Griffin the winner of a race he lost

April 4, 2025

Two Republican judges on the NC Court of Appeals just brought defeated state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin one step closer to overturning his loss.

Billy Ball Explains NC: Why Republicans risked it all to try to steal Allison Riggs’ seat

May 16, 2025

So why would Republicans risk it all just to steal Allison Riggs’ seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court? 🤔

VIDEO: Justice Allison Riggs’ parents on being among the 60,000 voters Jefferson Griffin is challenging

January 15, 2025

Cardinal & Pine caught up with the parents of Justice Allison Riggs, who are among the 60,000 North Carolina voters Jefferson Griffin is hoping to throw out in the NC Supreme Court election.

Video: ‘The Neverending Story’ of Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to steal an election in North Carolina

April 23, 2025

How Jefferson Griffin’s effort to overturn his election loss to Allison Riggs in North Carolina is essentially the world-eating “Nothing” from the children’s movie, “The Neverending Story.”

Video: Allison Riggs vows to fight for military voters after North Carolina Supreme Court decision

April 21, 2025

Speaking to supporters in Raleigh, Justice Allison Riggs recently called for all military and overseas votes to count in the race for North Carolina Supreme Court.

Video: NC Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs on ‘creativity’ of voting rights advocates

April 1, 2025

Hundreds showed up at the “Disenfranchised Disco” recently in Alamance County to protest Republicans’ attempt to throw out 60,000 voters in the NC Supreme Court election. Our Cardinal & Pine reporter Jessica F. Simmons caught up with Justice Allison Riggs, the winning candidate in that election, who talked to her about solidarity during “hard times.”