Good morning everyone. Let’s dive in.1) Richard Burr is having a tough week … and isn’t handling it well. Remember when Donald Trump was ridiculed for the super presidential move of banning particular media outlets from his campaign events? Well, his BFF Richard Burr apparently thinks that’s a solid game plan. Sorry N&O: U.S. Sen. […]
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The Morning Roundup: N.C. Values Coalition Crosses a Line
Happy Friday everyone. Let’s just dive right in.1) N.C. Values Coalition goes too far. If you thought the “Hillary Clinton killed my son” and the “Roy Cooper sides with the guy who raped me” ads were bad—if you hoped that kind of trash was as low as things would go during this election cycle—well, prepare […]
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Red Wolf Advocates Accuse the Feds of Lying to Justify Their ‘Cowardly New Plan’
It was sold as a victory for the endangered red wolf population living in eastern North Carolinathe conference call hosted, in mid-September, by U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials who claimed they had figured out a way to save the species from extinction. But wolf advocates say that, hidden in the details of the “Population Viability […]
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Watchdogs Say Hurricane Matthew Flooded a Duke Power Plant, Which Spewed Toxic Coal Ash into the Neuse River
For a moment, with the help of an October breeze, rays of sunlight dance across the endless wall of spruces and pines that guards the Neuse River from the wildlife stirring beyond the riverbankrevealing, in all of its burnt orange, maroon, and yellow glory, the dawn of an eastern North Carolina fall. A blue jay, […]
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The Morning Roundup: Trump Says He’s Winning, Polls Are Rigged
Good morning, one and all. Well, unless you’re a political scientist. You guys and gals should be ashamed of yourselves. I mean, how dare you conduct “phony” polls to keep Donald Trump from winning the White House.1) Trump tells crowd he is, in fact, winning. Polls? He don’t need your stinking polls: The Donald told […]
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The Morning Roundup: Trump Gets Booed by Charity Crowd
Well, it’s Friday. We made it. Of course, some of us—cough, cough, Donald Trump—had a tougher time getting here than others. Let’s dive in:1) Trump marks another first, gets heckled at Catholic charity event. Tradition? Throw it out the window. Who needs tradition when you can just wing it and, again, be a giant dick? […]
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Raleigh and Durham Move Forward with Body Cams
During its Tuesday meeting (which took place after press time), the Raleigh City Council was expected to approve matching a $600,000 federal grant that would allow the city to move forward with its goal of purchasing six hundred police body cameras. But officials acknowledge that the grant represents the first of many steps that it […]
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Evangelicals in the Age of Trump (Or, Why I Was Called a ‘Jew-Boy’ at a Franklin Graham Rally)
I was standing outside the Capitol at the post-Carolina Values Summit Franklin Graham rally Thursday morning, attempting to interview Christian conservatives about their political views, when a seventy-year-old man in a cowboy hat called me a “fucking sodomite” after I asked why he was shouting about HB 2 being “essential.” A few moments later, a […]
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The Morning Roundup: Melania Trump Blames Bush for Tape
Happy Tuesday, everyone—or, as the cast of SNL would say, “Only four more days until we get to lampoon a member of the Trump family.” Who’s feeling lucky this week? We’ll give you a hint. Her name rhymes with Sha-lania.1) Trump’s wife blames Billy Bush for “grab ’em by the pussy” tape. Well, apparently, there […]
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The Morning Roundup: Ross Faces Off With Burr, Franklin Graham Crowd Faces Off With, Well, Us
Good morning, one and all. Hope everybody is ready to have a laugh—or, perhaps, cry—on us. Let’s jump right in:1) Ross hammers Burr for sticking with Trump. U.S. Senate candidate Deborah Ross used Thursday’s debate with Richard Burr to, mainly, call him out for continuing to support Donald Trump, despite all the crazy shit that […]