View This Email In Your Browser It’s Wednesday, September 25 Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. Good morning, readers. What has 14 fingers, a $1 million price tag, and a high likelihood of appearing in my nightmares for the next month? There can only be one answer to that: AI-generated Mark Robinson. Yesterday, […]
Chase Pellegrini de Paur
Chase Pellegrini de Paur is a reporter for INDY, covering politics, education, and the delightful characters who make the Triangle special. He joined the staff in 2023 and previously wrote for The Ninth Street Journal.
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AI Mark Robinson Is Coming to a Television Near You
Robinson’s gubernatorial bid may seem tanked, but a $1 million ad buy from Americans for Prosparody PAC is intent on emphasizing his campaign’s absurdity.
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It’s Pride Week in Durham. Come Walk With Us!
View This Email In Your Browser It’s Tuesday, September 24 Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. While most of the rest of the world celebrates LGBTQ Pride in June, Durham waits until September. We know that June here is too damn hot! This Sunday, thousands are expected to march down Main and Ninth […]
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“Say It With Me—Free Breakfast, Free Lunch:” DPS Enters the School Year With Healthy, Accessible New Menus
Durham Public Schools now offer free meals to students, with dynamic menus featuring items like Chana Masala and Chicken Teriyaki and some ingredients sourced locally.
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Making Sense of North Carolina’s Political Patterns and Players With Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper hopes his new book, “Anatomy of a Purple State,” can help address “our increasing obsession with national politics at the expense of state politics.”
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An Ambitious Arts Education Initiative in Chatham County
This academic year, the Chatham Art Council’s Artists-in-Schools Initiative has grown from just two artists in two schools to nearly twenty artists in fourteen schools.
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Raleigh Millionaire Launches AI Attack Campaign Targeting Mark Robinson
View This Email In Your Browser It’s Friday, September 13. Support the INDY Press Club. Pride: Durham, NC is starting a new tradition this year and celebrating for a whole weekend! Join us on Saturday, Sept 28 AND Sunday, Sept 29 as we give flowers and pay tribute to our queer, trans, and non-binary community members! Good […]
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Raleigh Millionaire Launches AI Attack Campaign Targeting Mark Robinson
Todd Stiefel’s satire PAC is launching a mobile and digital campaign featuring the Republican gubernatorial candidate speaking in an AI-generated voice.
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Flagstock Promised a ‘Rager.’ It Wasn’t Really That Fun.
A provocative GoFundMe capitalized on a politically tense campus moment and raised half a million dollars to “throw a rager” for Chapel Hill frat brothers who protected the American Flag. But was the Labor Day weekend party worth the price tag?
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Thomas Sayre’s Flower Power
Talking with the Raleigh sculptor about the process of transforming Dix Park’s 73-foot Duke Energy poles into giant steel sunflowers.