This development is a massive opportunity for moderates and progressives to "flood the zone", so to speak, with the massive numbers of NC voters who have long hoped to restore North Carolina politics to a place of sanity, from a place of self-interest, election tampering, criminal protection, and generally odious power and money grabbing.
Just for context here, the four top priorities of the demonic DSA are:
These are those "DSA policies" that the article mysteriously failed actually mention, relying instead on the fear they that hoped those terrifying letters, D S A, would evoke amongst North Carolina voters.
The CJ concludes:
>Regardless of the Cooper campaign’s message, then, it’s clear a majority of North Carolinians expect him to back — not block — his party’s most left-leaning activists.
Frankly, looking at those particular "top policies", I believe that most North Carolinians actually find them to be pretty sensible and desirable - stand up ideas, rather than "leaning" at all - regardless of those terrifying three letters.
This appears to be a bill under consideration which would limit the state's interference with two adults who decide that they no longer wish to be locked into a bad relationship. There's nothing controversial about this, I would contend, so long as any divorce involved provides for full care of any children coming out of a marriage. The only exception to a state keeping it hands off of any marriage issues should be the dissolution, by decree, of any and all marriages involving children under the age of legal consent.
All North Carolinians, whether Democrat or Republican, have known for years that the GOP here were ONLY capable of operating using lies and misinformation. Dems hate it, but Republicans believe it's their party's most enduring and reliable feature.
Republicans on the BOE have decided to allow tossing out your ballot for trivial reasons. Nothing but idiocy is coming out of some people these days.
Smart take here... NC's voting history makes Cooper's caution and care absolute necessities.
Lots of North Carolinians will vote for their party, rather than for a candidate whose policies would inevitably help make their lives better.
One has to question why "lunch shaming" is still even a thing in the richest country in the world. To answer the question, look at just who it is making the decisions about cuts to school lunches, and to any other programs that seek to provide our less fortunate neighbors with access to the perks of a wealthy society that so many of us enjoy.
Please... let me refresh your memory...
What major action have decimated school lunch funding? >
What legislative initiative has thrown thousands of hungry families off of SNAP benefits? >
Under what president did the USDA propose that small amounts of various hot dog and pizza condiments be officially designated as vegetables for school lunches? >!<
Affiliation with which political party do all of these things, and many other similarly motivated activities, have in common? >!<
If you like the idea of feeding hungry kids... in school, or at home... how should you vote in the midterms? >!Don't look at me... it's your vote!!<
As Whatley ramps up his frequently debunked, false claims that make up his attacks on Roy Cooper, more articles are warning readers about Whatley's "inaccuracies" and "falsehoods." In the current article, Whatley's completely false claim regarding Cooper's supposedly 'having the "blood of 25 innocent North Carolinians on his hands', is clearly laid out.
This article, viewable via the Archive Today, prepares the reader for the candidate's bogus attack, captioning a top photo of Whatley thusly:
>The campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley has frequently attacked his Democratic opponent and former Gov. Roy Cooper over prisoner releases, claims that fact checkers have found to often be inaccurate.
Katie Phang, independent journalists who very recently forced the release of some unredacted Epstein Files, interviews NC 11th District candidate, Jamie Ager, about the actions he's hoping to take to overcome Republican foot dragging regarding WNC's full recovery from the Helene disaster. Ager is running against a last minute GOP replacement candidate, after Chuck Edwards was forced to withdraw from the House race due to some serious sexual harassment allegations.
My thoughts reading this...
>Friends don't let friends start wildfires...
The possibility that Republicans will hold one of their own accountable for harassment is seemingly incomprehensible. They won't even hold their own accountable for much more serious crimes and offenses... even after passing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, they can't seem to convince anyone that they're at all serious about even that sort of slimy behavior.
This is a story about just exactly how helpful the Republican administration was in responding to Western North Carolina's devastation at the hands of a natural disaster... that response continues to be a disaster all its own.
This delay in the voter suppression tactics was requested by 10 NC citizens who filed complaints against the changes. Unfortunately, the decision as to the disposition of the complaints is in the hands of the same Republicans who were trying to sabotage the election in the first place.
I guess somebody missed the social studies class where they talked about the Streisand Effect...
Imagine her thought bubble when she decided that the best way to minimize the impact of her rapidly fading news story was to kick it into overdrive with some stupid lawsuit.
Elections do have consequences... imagine the consequences we will suffer if NC can't shed her gerrymandered Republican rule...
Helene hurt our beautiful mountains, lets not sacrifice more!
The federal government is proposing to repeal the Roadless Rule, which protects more than 150,000 acres in Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests—including places like South Mills River, Laurel Mountain and the Black Mountains.
Public comments are open only until September 21. This isn’t just a petition: comments become part of the official record and can matter in later legal challenges.
Submit yours here:
https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS-2025-0001-223869
You can write something as simple as:
“I live in Western North Carolina and oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Pisgah and Nantahala’s roadless areas protect clean water, wildlife, mature forests, recreation and our local tourism economy. The current rule already allows necessary work addressing wildfire, disease and public safety. New roads would fragment habitat, increase erosion and create additional maintenance costs. Please keep these protections in place.”
Add a sentence about a local forest or trail you personally value—it helps make your comment distinct. MAKE IT PERSONAL. PLEASE ACT.
Docket: FS-2025-0001 / RIN 0596-AD66