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Hillary Clinton to Attend Manhattan Fundraiser for Raleigh Mayoral Candidate Caroline Sullivan
Requested donation: $1,000.
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Trump Believes His Own Hype, But Pelosi Knows She’s Not Playing Against the Varsity
Nancy’s got him by the short hairs, but his ego’s too big to realize it.
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History Belongs to Those Who Seize Moments and Build Movements. Don’t Let 2019 Go to Waste.
This will be a defining moment for America. (Or, you know, maybe not.)
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What Gerrymandering Looks Like (Or, How to Guarantee GOP Dominance in a Purple State)
The trick to gerrymandering a purple state isn’t to give your party huge, unassailable margins in already friendly terrain; that’s actually counterproductive. Rather, the goal is to cram your opponents into a handful of districts, then give yourself smaller margins in more districts, thus enabling you to maximize your representation in Congress or the legislature. […]
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The Morning Roundup: Trump Expected to Pull U.S. Out of Paris Accord
Let’s get right to it.1) President expected to withdraw from Paris accord. Sorry, Mother Nature. From The New York Times: The Obama administration pledged $3 billion to an international fund meant to aid the hardest-hit countries. Only $1 billion of that had been transferred to the fund by the time President Trump took office on […]
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In Exclusive Interview, Richard Burr Says He’s Interviewed 30 Witnesses, Won’t Turn Senate Russia Probe into a Witch Hunt
U.S. Senator Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican and chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told the INDY in an exclusive (albeit brief) interview that his panel’s probe into possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russia will follow up on “every intelligent statement,” but he won’t allow the probe to turn into a witch […]
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Public Policy Polling Goes Trolling, Discovers That Hillary Voters Still Don’t Like Trump Very Much
In response to a series of polls of Trump voters—surprise, most of them approve of the job he’s doing—the Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling firm conducted a survey of Hillary Clinton voters. The results are basically what you’d expect. Among Clinton voters, Donald Trump has a 6 percent approval rating (who are those people exactly?) and […]
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Is Richard Burr Tanking the Trump-Russia Investigation?
There’s a lot of smoke surrounding the Trump-Russia affair: the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia was not just seeking to disrupt the American election but was actively working to elect Donald Trump and defeat Hillary Clinton; the FBI investigation into possible collusion between Russia and people in Trump’s orbit; the resignation of national security adviser […]
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North Carolinians Will Take Obama Over Trump, Survey Finds
Hey, North Carolina Hillary supporters. Here’s a statistic that might make you want to rip your hair out: One-third of Donald Trump voters in the state think the president-elect should be able to use a private email server. That’s according to a survey released today by the firm Public Policy Polling. The survey, which polled […]