Hillary Clinton

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.…

by Jeffrey C. Billman

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…

by Kenneth Fine

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…

by Thomas Goldsmith

More Hillary Clinton Coverage

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…

by Jeffrey C. Billman

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…

by Jeffrey C. Billman

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…

by Erica Hellerstein

NCDHHS Employee Called Elizabeth Warren a “Dike!!!!” [sic] in State Email

Ever wonder what McCrory administration employees do on taxpayer time? Well, here’s an email from July in which a Trump-loving N.C. Department of Health and Human Services project manager named Janet Hensel sounded off on the Democratic National Convention … and a certain senator from Massachusetts, an allegedly insufficient quantity of American flags on the…

by Ken Fine

Smug Revisionism

We’ve got lots more commentary on our November 16 special issue on Donald Trump’s election in the queue, so let’s blast through it, shake off this foreboding malaise, and welcome the final month of this godforsaken year with eggnog in hand and a smile on our faces. On Jeffrey C. Billman’s piece, [“I Got It…

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