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By Carter Wrenn May 15, 2023

When the Supreme Court made abortion legal – five decades ago – liberals thought, It’s a woman’s body – she has a right to decide whether to have an abortion. Conservatives, grimacing, saw abortion as taking an innocent life. To them, it was a choice between right and wrong. And protecting an innocent life was…

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E. Jean Carroll

By Carter Wrenn May 15, 2023

E. Jean Carroll sued Trump. Trump said she wasn’t his type, claimed he didn’t know her…the jury met, every juror believed Carroll not Trump. Trump lost, tweeted, It’s a witch hunt. Republicans cheered. Just like they cheered when Trump said, The election was stolen. It used to be honesty mattered more than politics. Republican voters…

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Trump’s Iron Grip

By Carter Wrenn May 11, 2023

Liz Cheney stood up to Trump. Trump beat her in her primary. So she’s out of office – in exile. But can she throw Trump one last curveball? A block of the Republican voters shake their heads when they hear Trump rant, don’t want him back in the White House. But they won’t vote for…

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A Mess

By Carter Wrenn May 11, 2023

In a hearing House Republicans pummeled Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas – Democrat Eric Swalwell ripped into Marjorie Taylor Greene – Greene shot back Swalwell ‘had sex with a Chinese spy,’ told Mayorkas, ‘You’re a liar.’ Democrat Bennie Thompson said Greene crossed the line, moved to strike her words from the record. Earlier in the…

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“Republicans have made the greatest political mistake in our lifetimes”

By Gary Pearce May 11, 2023

That’s how political analyst Simon Rosenberg sees SB 20, the draconian abortion bill that was rammed though the state legislature by Republicans. Rosenberg spoke Tuesday night on a Zoom call with about 200 N.C. Democrats, organized by Carolina Forward. He cited a poll released this week by Carolina Forward and Change Research showing that voters…

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A Democratic Republic

By Gary Pearce May 10, 2023

MAGA Republicans hate to use “Democratic” as an adjective. They won’t even say the United States is a “democracy.” Trump’s election-denier Cleta Mitchell calls the United States “a constitutional republic.” Other Republicans say, “We are a constitutional republic. We are not a democracy.” The Founding Fathers clearly said no: We are a democracy and a…

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Biden’s Case in a Nutshell

By Carter Wrenn May 9, 2023

Standing in the Stock Exchange on Wall Street Kevin McCarthy laid out his plan to raise the  ‘debt ceiling.’ Wobbly, making a speech in a union hall, Joe Biden mocked McCarthy for wrapping arms around Wall Street, jabbed MAGA Republicans for telling him he had to agree with their “wacko notions” to avoid a debt…

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Dem Blues

By Gary Pearce May 9, 2023

While the media obsesses over Anderson Clayton’s age, Democrats should focus on her message. The state Democratic party chair told The New York Times: “People with me all the time are like, ‘I wish you’d stop saying we’ve left Democrats behind.’ I’m like: ‘We have. We’ve left people behind’.” She’s right. Democrats have lost touch…

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Newsmax and Fox

By Carter Wrenn May 8, 2023

Can Newsmax torpedo Fox? After pounding its chest for years, boasting it was for Trump, Fox got sued for spreading Trump’s claim voting machines switched votes – if Fox really supported Trump wouldn’t it stand up and fight to prove he was right? It didn’t. Instead, it paid Dominion Voting Systems $787 million, sidestepped a…

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Finding a Genius

By Carter Wrenn January 3, 2025

Happy, naming cabinet members, on his way back to the White House, Trump says he sees…

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Governor Stein

By Gary Pearce January 2, 2025

Because he grew up in Chapel Hill and went to Ivy League colleges, Josh Stein sometimes…

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Strange Times

By Carter Wrenn January 1, 2025

He married, divorced, married again, divorced again, married his second wife again (his third marriage), divorced…

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