Billy Ball Explains NC: NC GOP outraged over gay Santa book
NC Republicans' fury about a gay Santa book is one big performance, but it hurts real children.
Dec
2025
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Cardinal and Pine Local Politics
Dec
2025
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Video: NC pastor says ICE took a community member and denied visitation
A NC pastor talks to Cardinal & Pine about ICE's arrest of a Raleigh man who later suffered a medical emergency. ICE reportedly denied his family visitation afterward.
Dec
2025
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Video: GOP Sen. Thom Tillis questions Pete Hegseth’s leadership
NC's retiring Sen. Thom Tillis seems to be souring on the leadership of Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Dec
2025
15
Video: NC churches rally to protect immigrant neighbors
Some pastors and NC churches say they're stepping up to protect local immigrants from ICE and Border Patrol raids.
Dec
2025
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Video: NC Republicans could fully fund Medicaid if they wanted to, NC Dems says
NC Rep. Phil Rubin, a Wake County Democrat, spoke with Cardinal & Pine last month as lawmakers had a chance to return to session and do something about Medicaid funding.
Dec
2025
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Video: The Duke OB-GYNs behind the “Outlawed” podcast on abortion
Dr. Beverly A. Gray and Dr. Jonas Swartz co-host the "Outlawed" podcast, a North Carolina-based show that unpacks abortion bans, misinformation, and the human stories behind them.
Dec
2025
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Video: Cardinal & Pine’s Michael McElroy talks NC immigration raids
Cardinal & Pine's Michael McElroy says when people voted for Trump in 2024, they probably weren't envisioning the NC immigration raids we're seeing today.
Dec
2025
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Video: How 3,000 Charlotte residents mobilized during immigration raids
Amid the Trump administration’s immigration raids in Charlotte, the Save America Movement worked with Siembra NC to train community members who volunteered to help patrol neighborhoods in order to proactively alert immigrants whenever they saw federal agents present.
Dec
2025
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Video: Durham woman drove kids to school because their parents feared ICE
A Durham woman talks about her experience helping kids get to school during the ICE and Border Patrol crackdowns in NC.
Nov
2025
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Video: NC immigrant rights groups call on Home Depot to kick ICE out
Several NC and national immigrant rights groups held a protest outside a Charlotte Home Depot this week amid the surge of Border Patrol raids in the city.
Billy Ball Explains NC: NC GOP outraged over gay Santa book
| December 23, 2025
Cardinal | Cardinal and Pine Local Politics | EXCO-Player | LGBTQ | no gate | NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS
NC Republicans' fury about a gay Santa book is one big performance, but it hurts real children.
Video: NC pastor says ICE took a community member and denied visitation
| December 17, 2025
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A NC pastor talks to Cardinal & Pine about ICE's arrest of a Raleigh man who later suffered a medical emergency. ICE reportedly denied his family visitation afterward.
Video: GOP Sen. Thom Tillis questions Pete Hegseth’s leadership
| December 15, 2025
NC's retiring Sen. Thom Tillis seems to be souring on the leadership of Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Video: NC churches rally to protect immigrant neighbors
| December 15, 2025
Some pastors and NC churches say they're stepping up to protect local immigrants from ICE and Border Patrol raids.
Video: NC Republicans could fully fund Medicaid if they wanted to, NC Dems says
| December 9, 2025
Cardinal | Cardinal and Pine Local Politics | EXCO-Player | HEALTHCARE | Medicaid | NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY | no gate | NORTH CAROLINA LEADERS
NC Rep. Phil Rubin, a Wake County Democrat, spoke with Cardinal & Pine last month as lawmakers had a chance to return to session and do something about Medicaid funding.