U.S. Senator Thom Tillis is tired of being told to do his job, which is remarkable considering he doesn’t seem to have any idea of what his job entails. On Wednesday, Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii tried to confirm a batch of President Obama’s judicial nominees. Luckily, our esteemed Senator […]
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Hillary Clinton Is Kicking Up Her North Carolina Campaign
The campaign of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is starting to look towards the general election in North Carolina. The campaign is relaunching its Twitter and Facebook accounts today, and will open up a batch of new offices across the state soon. “Hillary for North Carolina staff, grassroots organizers, activists, […]
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Who Is Tim Moore Suing?
The N.C. Insider’s Patrick Gannon had an interesting story today indicating that Speaker Tim Moore has taken a page out of the Republican nominee for president’s playbook. How, you ask? By getting ready to sue the pants off of some poor, unsuspecting North Carolina media outlet for libel. In a phone interview with the N.C. […]
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U.S. District Court Will Hear Case to Temporarily Halt HB 2 Provisions in August
The ACLU filed a preliminary injunction to “seek immediate relief for transgender people” on May 16, and today, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder set Monday, August 1st as the date for when he will hear that case. The ACLU, the ACLU of North Carolina and Lambda Legal released a joint statement applauding the decision. […]
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Progress NC Garden Party at Executive Mansion Canceled, Celebrations For Racist Senator’s Staffers Still OK Though
The Governor’s office has released a statement canceling the anti-HB 2 “garden party” that was supposed to happen at the Governor’s mansion tonight, saying that Progress NC was planning a “coordinated political protest” rather than the event that was “agreed up on in its contract.” So much for free speech. Per Colin Campbell: Earlier in […]
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Here’s What HB 2 Actually Does
First, the basics, most of which you already know: on February 22, Charlotte’s city council passed a nondiscrimination ordinance that included sexual orientation and gender identitythe first such bill in the state, though not the country. Already, nineteen states and more than two hundred cities have passed similar legislation. But those other cities don’t have […]
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A Q&A with Planned Parenthood South Atlantic’s Jenny Black on PPSA’s Trans Services
For transgender people in the South who are looking to transition, accessing the health care they need can be daunting. Hormone replacement therapy can run around $1,500 per year, and some of the services associated with it may not be covered by health insurance. What’s more, some doctors are not always sensitive to the needs […]
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McCrory Spent Nearly $7,500 in State Money Flying to TV Appearances to Defend HB 2
The North Carolina Democratic Party has received the public records it requested on on May 10 to find how much the state spent to fly Governor Pat McCrory to two television appearances in Washington D.C. after HB 2 passed, and it doesn’t look good for the Governor. The answer to the records request shows that […]
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The Morning Roundup: The Criminal Justice Edition
Good morning. Let’s hope this week is an improvement over the last one.1. Updates after Dallas. You undoubtedly know by now that five police officers were killed Thursday night in Dallas, after a peaceful protest against police brutality following the deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota. Black Lives Matter was […]
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Sixty-Eight Companies, Including Apple and Microsoft, Join Brief Against HB 2
The Human Rights Campaign is filing an amicus brief from sixty-eight companies in the Department of Justice’s lawsuit to stop HB 2 from being enforced. First reported by the News & Observer, the companies listed include: American Airlines, Apple, Bloomberg, Capital One, Dow Chemical, General Electric, IBM, Marriott, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Nike, PayPal, and Red […]