Just when you thought the GOP’s election tactics couldn’t get any smarmier, well, leave it to the N.C. Republican Executive Committee. It recently mailed two anti-Chris Heagarty fliers that were so ugly, offensive, racist, fearmongering—and most important, intentionally misleading—you have to wonder what person, bereft of any civility or moral fiber, conjured them up. Heagarty, […]
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Election 2010: Who are the poll observers? Ask for them by name.
Voters in Wake County have lodged at least a dozen complaints to the county board of elections alleging poll observers have aggressively approached them as they entered early voting sites, reportedThe News & Observer today. In Wake, both Democrats and Republicans have poll observers, although the complaints have been about the GOP. So who are […]
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Victims’ families group responds to error-filled Racial Justice Act mailer
Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation (MVFR) announced today the group is “disturbed and saddened” by the anti-Racial Justice Act campaign flyer the state GOP mailed to residents throughout North Carolina. MVFR.pdf The flyer contained numerous blatant errors and scare tactics, falsely stating that prisoners released from death row under the RJA would be freed. “Meet […]
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Hotline launched to help state’s eugenics victims
Illustration by Nathan Golub If you believe you were forcibly sterilized under the authority of the N.C. Eugenics Board, you can call a toll-free hotline for information about the program. The N.C. Justice for Sterilization Victims Foundation is operating the hotline. The number is 1-877-550-6013 (toll-free in North Carolina) or 919-807-4270. It is open 10 […]
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Trouble for Ellmers: Most North Carolina voters surveyed say Ground Zero mosque has no place in campaigns
More than half of North Carolina voters surveyed say it is inappropriate to exploit the Ground Zero mosque as a campaign issue, according to Public Policy Polling release issued today. PPP_Release_NC_930_1_.pdf Republican Renee Ellmers, who is running against Democratic incumbent Bob Etheridge for the Second Congressional District, used the mosque in a TV attack ad—that […]
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Durham man targeted by feds as part of widespread raids
At 8:45 last Friday morning, Kosta Harlan heard three knocks on the front door of his home and opened it to find two men on his porch. “What’s going on?” Harlan said. “We have some questions for you regarding a terrorism investigation,” the men, later identified as FBI Task Force Agents Jeffrey Bloesch and Robert […]
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Kosta Harlan speaks out about being targeted by FBI
When Kosta Harlan’s mother answered the door early Friday morning, she found two men who identified themselves as FBI agents, asking to question her son. Harlan, a member of Students for a Democratic Society and the Colombia Action Network, came to the door. “They said they had a lot of information and there was an […]
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Bedri Kulla gets a year in prison for violating civil rights of undocumented immigrant
Bedri Kulla, the man who posed as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer to try to blackmail an undocumented immigrant into having a sexual relationship with him, was sentenced to one year in prison today.Indy contributor Rebekah Cowell just called from the Federal Courthouse in Greensboro, where she was covering the hearing. After Kulla, who […]
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Fayette Place: Not out of sight, but out of mind
What’s up with Fayette Place? The short answer is nothing, even though Philadelphia-based Campus Apartments, one of the largest student housing developers in the U.S., has owned the 20-acre site for more than three years. The property and apartments, once owned by the Durham Housing Authority, were razed last year, and the lot on Fayetteville […]
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The art of the steal
Somerhill Gallery Auction Continuation Friday, Sept. 24, 10 a.m. Just 25 minutes into the bankruptcy sale at Somerhill Gallery and beads of sweat had begun to leak from under auctioneer John Pait’s straw hat and were dribbling down his cheek. The afternoon sun baked the bidders trapped behind the art gallery’s glass windows as if […]
