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Cooper faces a pivotal choice
Progressives want to see Roy Cooper wage years of unremitting ideological warfare. They want protests, lawsuits, and personal attacks on GOP politicians and conservative leaders.
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A Trump realignment?
Many astute observers of politics believe President-elect Trump had a historic election in November. The facts on the ground would seem to confirm that. Trump received 306 electoral votes and shattered the “Blue Wall” by winning Democratic strongholds in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Add North Carolina and Florida to the mix, and you have...
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I didn’t do it
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New governor must make transparency a priority
It’s an interesting time for news reporters in North Carolina and across the country. Newspapers, for example, are closing and consolidating. The consistency and frequency in which this is happening isn’t alarming, really. It’s been going on for a while. It does, however, portend a certain future, which is by no means rosy. More papers...
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Makes perfect sense
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Burr victory deserves the spotlight
Of all the senators elected in North Carolina since 1972, in fact, only two — Richard Burr and Jesse Helms — have served more than a single term.
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Trump sounds the right tone on regulation
In this age of cronyism and meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss partisan turnstile D.C. politics, maybe it really does take an “outsider” executive to give up power voluntarily. To D.C. insiders and their likeminded media, the idea is unthinkable. They lack even the vocabulary to denounce it properly. Two days after Donald Trump won the election, Politico published an...
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Buyer’s remorse
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New voting statistic ignores real voters’ actions
Those who oppose partisan gerrymandering should be wary of a new tool that relies on questionable numbers.
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