Good morning! If you’re having any trouble picking candidates today, just remember, we’re here for you. Onward….1. Clinton is “strong in the South. Like in North Carolina for instance, according to a new PPP Poll: Clinton is better positioned in the Southern states voting on Tuesday. She leads 57/32 in Florida, and 56/37 in North […]
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Televangelist Warms Up for Trump in Hickory, Says Bernie Needs to ‘Meet Jesus’
Well, that finally happened. An Evangelical mouthpiece for the Drumpf campaign finally went there on the Jewish candidate for president of the United States. At Donald Drumpf’s rally at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory this morning, televangelist Pastor Mark Burns warmed up the crowd by reminding them that Bernie Sanders is, gooble gobble, not one of […]
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WNCN Vs. WRAL: After the Affiliate Switch, the Spin War Begins
One week after former NBC affilate WNCN switched with former CBS station WRAL, both stations are claiming victory in the ratings. Actually, it all started the day after the Leap Day switchover, when WRAL claimed a big win, as reported by TVSpy: [jump] It was pretty remarkable,” said Steve Hammel, the station’s vp and GM. […]
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The Morning Roundup: Drumpfmania Comes to Concord!
Good Tuesday morning to you! Let’s sharpen our brains with a little early-morning quiz: These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage. The previous paragraph is: A. the Bible verse Jude 1:16. B. the lead of a New York Times story about the 2016 presidential […]
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Once Again, the Voter ID Law Creates Confusion at a DMV (Updated)
Durham couple Bonnie Lacroix Huber and David S. Huber choose not to drive, for the most part. They prefer to ride bikes, including to work. David is the owner of DSH Pipes. Bonnie is a cancer research analyst at Duke University. They moved to Durham from Chicago in 2014. And they want to vote. But […]
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The Morning Roundup: Yo, GOP, You Got Drumpf’d!
Call it Sobering Wednesday, the day after GOP leaders watched in horror as their party became the seemingly irretrievable plaything of New York billionaire Donald J. Drumpf on Super Tuesday. (That’s Donald J. Trump for those of you that haven’t yet downloaded the Drumpfinator Chrome Extension offered by HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.”) […]
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The Morning Roundup: It’s Super Tuesday — Drumpfenstein Will Destroy!
Good morning. Let’s start by saying out thoughts go out to the family and friends of twenty-four-year-old Akiel Denkins, who was shot by a Raleigh police officer yesterday on Bragg Street in Southeast Raleigh as he was fleeing arrest on a drug charge. The SBI is investigating, and The INDY will keep you updated. 1. […]
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Supporters of Wildin Acosta and ‘NC7’ Demand Release, Plan ICE Protest
On Wednesday, Alerta Migratoria NC released a statement titled “Free the NC 7” in support of WIldin Acosta and six other teens that have been taken and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in recent months. Acosta, a student at Durham’s Riverside High School, was grabbed by ICE agents outside his home on January […]
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Citizen Award: Mark Anthony Neal Teaches What It Means To Be a Black Man
One of Mark Anthony Neal’s proudest moments as an educator happened while he was waiting in the drive-thru at a Durham KFC. It was around six years ago, when his weekly black-studies webcast, Left of Black, was still in its early stages. Back then, it was shown on a local-access channel. He had no idea […]
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The Morning Roundup: Charlotte: 7; Homophobes: 4
Good morning, everybody! Would you like to know who’s not having the greatest morning? Tami Fitzgerald and her North Carolina Values Coalition. But that’s OK, because their lives already sucked. How would you like to live constantly obsessed with what other folks do in the bedroom and the bathroom? Pour souls. Anyway, the NCVC and […]
