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Batch defends profanity-laced video as House leadership calls for disciplinary action
Senate Minority Leader Sydney Batch, D-Wake, defended a profanity-laced video that she called "satire" during a press conference June 11.
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Mark Robinson breaks silence on scandal, personal failures in new interview
Former North Carolina lieutenant governor Mark Robinson broke his silence in a new interview, acknowledging for the first time that a CNN report alleging he made sexually and racially charged posts on an adult website had some basis in truth, while describing the months after his 2024 election loss to Josh Stein as the darkest period of his life.
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Dan Forest launches effort to improve NC policies on AI, blockchain
Forest stated that the new organization’s goal is to act as a bridge between industry experts and government officials.
Opinion
In an attention economy, every click is a civic act
The attention economy is not particularly motivated by directing us to real solutions or towards the people who will best lead us. It's motivated only by whether or not you look and interact.
Opinion
Swing voters aren’t necessarily ticket-splitters
Between 15% and 20% of NC’s likely voters in a general election and up to 10% in a midterm are swing voters, mostly going all in for one party or the other.
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Polling firm drops lawsuit against Mark Robinson
A polling firm that sued North Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial candidate in the closing days of the 2024 election has dropped its lawsuit. Vox Insights had accused Mark Robinson’s campaign of failing to pay a $114,000 bill.
Opinion
On trust, MAGA, and the Epstein saga
It's not clear to me exactly what the facts are with regard to Epstein — whether he killed himself or not, whether he was part of a much bigger plot or not. But to maintain the trust of his supporters, Trump may be forced to reverse course and reveal more.
Opinion
Trade wars already looming large in NC’s 2026 US Senate race
Expect many more twists and turns to global trade over the next few months and for those shifts to play a big part in the battle over North Carolina's US Senate seat.
Opinion
Jeff Jackson takes a stand for government inefficiency
Jeff Jackson and other Democratic AGs are using the judicial system to thwart DOGE's efforts, in effect standing up for bureaucratic unaccountability.
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Robinson drops defamation lawsuit against CNN, former porn store clerk
Former North Carolina Lt.Gov. Mark Robinson has dropped his defamation lawsuit against CNN and a former porn store clerk. Robinson’s lawyers filed a one-sentence notice of dismissal Friday in federal court.
Opinion
Thom Tillis and the road to 2026
As North Carolina’s senior senator, Thom Tillis finds himself in a complicated position ahead of his 2026 re-election campaign. While he has demonstrated political resilience in his past races, he again faces growing scrutiny from within his own party, a potential Democratic challenger with deep fundraising capabilities, and the ever-present influence of President Donald Trump in Republican primaries.
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Campaign finance reports show Stein’s fundraising more than quadrupled Robinson’s
Stein's fundraising outdid Robinson's by more than four times.
