Elections
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Mark Robinson and Michele Morrow pose a threat to women and kids, warns Anderson Clayton
The state’s Democratic Party chair believes North Carolinians deserve better than a six-week abortion ban and the defunding of public schools that could occur under top Republican candidates like Mark Robinson.
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Op-ed: Why we need to ban partisan gerrymandering once and for all
Some legislatures draw election maps that empower their favored voters and disenfranchise those on the other side. The “Fair Maps Act,” Congressman Wiley Nickel writes, would assure fairness by taking politicians out of the electoral maps process.
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He said what? 10 things to know about RFK Jr.
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a long and troubling history of espousing conspiracy theories and promoting lies about public health. Here are 10 of his most troubling and disprovable beliefs.
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Trump NC fundraiser co-host runs an alleged MLM
While exact data on NAA participants does not appear to be readily available, statistically, less than 1% of MLM participants make a profit, with most beneficiaries being those at the top of the organization or those who joined early.
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An election-season glossary of far-right code words
Republicans Dan Bishop, Mark Robinson, and Michele Morrow form one of the most far-right ballots in the country, but as they court a far more diverse electorate, they don’t always talk like it.
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NC candidate for governor built his brand through online vitriol — particularly toward Black women
Experts say the candidacy of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson sheds light on how Republican candidates rise by appealing to the extremes and how hate spreads online.
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VIDEO: TV Host Highlights Mark Robinson’s History of Offensive Comments
Mark Robinson won North Carolina’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday. Robinson has a history of making offensive and extreme statements — watch as MSNBC host Rachel Maddow shares just some of Robinson’s past remarks. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cardinal & Pine (@cardinalandpine)
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Republican candidate to lead NC’s public schools has called for execution of Obama, Biden and other Democrats
CNN broke the story that Michele Morrow’s social media history included suggestions that President Obama face a firing squad and that President Biden deserved to die over his COVID mask guidelines.
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VIDEO: Rep. Don Davis Reflects on 109-Year-Old NC Voter Cassie Smith
With the State of the Union address tonight, Rep. Don Davis (D-NC) took a moment to talk about his special guest for the event — 109-year-old Cassie Smith of Battleboro, who Davis describes as a “living and walking symbol of our democracy.” Smith was one of the first residents in the state to cast a…
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VIDEO: Mark Robinson: ‘I Absolutely Want To Go Back To The America Where Women Couldn’t Vote’
During his 2020 run for lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, who won NC’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, said he’d “absolutely” like to return to the days when women didn’t have the right to vote. “I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn’t vote,” Robinson said in a newly resurfaced video…
