Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
Mark Robinson’s Republican opponents in the race for governor have raised fundamental questions about his honesty, trustworthiness and fitness for public office. First, State Treasurer Dale Folwell called the lieutenant governor’s much-hyped avowal of solidarity with Israel a “shameful publicity stunt,” adding: “As a person who has shamefully denied the Holocaust and whose history is…
N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore’s petty vengeance backfired. Moore exiled Rep. Terence Everitt, a Wake County Democrat, to a tiny office in the basement of the Legislative Building. Everitt posted this sign (photo) in his new office: “I asked prosecutors to open an investigation into credible allegations that Speaker Tim Moore used taxpayer money to…
The New York Times ran a story saying Trump got indicted for saying ‘the election was stolen – going on and on the Times spelled out Trump’s ‘false statements’ like claiming ‘In Detroit, turnout was 139 percent of registered voters’ when turnout in Detroit was really 51%. But if spinning tales was a crime jails…
Nikki Haley moved up to second place in New Hampshire and South Carolina, passing Ron DeSanctis, and Trump’s antennae twitched – Trump called Haley a ‘birdbrain,’ sent her an empty birdcage. Haley moved up, Trump gave her a nickname.
Thirty years ago when the Cold War ended, after the Soviet Union collapsed we were the world’s dominant power, stronger than all our enemies combined. Time passed. We lost a long war in Iraq, fled Afghanistan – cracks appeared. A year ago, Russia started a war in Europe. A week ago, Iran’s proxy Hamas started…
North Carolina Republicans see this awful time in Israel and Gaza as a wonderful time for politics. Lt. Governor Mark Robinson proclaimed himself “Acting Governor” and proclaimed a Day of Prayer for Israel. Pesky reporters promptly hounded him on his history of anti-Semitic, Holocaust-denying statements. State Rep. Erin Paré of Wake County attacked 12 House…
Years ago sitting in a restaurant in Raleigh at dinner listening to a young Congressman talking I thought, Charming and bland. Charming and bland worked in Congress until he ran head-on into a wild-eyed Matt Gaetz: It took 15 votes to elect Kevin McCarthy Speaker – then one vote sent charming and bland packing.
Running for Governor Andy Wells and Mark Walker asked Mark Robinson to join them in opposing casinos. Robinson, who likes to talk tough, act fearless, sidestepping, dodging, didn’t say a word to stop the State Senate’s ‘Casino Bill’…the bill died in the House in Raleigh on a Tuesday night and the next morning, back to…
A student writing a paper on political fact-checking asked me about this statement by Lt. Governor Mark Robinson: “I’ve consistently supported our teachers, believing they deserve more respect, pay, and support.” A Whopper that big should be served at Burger King. Robinson, a Republican candidate for governor, is the most anti-teacher, anti-public-school politician in North…
How do you get your news? Our statewide poll asked North Carolina voters what their primary…
Thom Tillis and Phil Berger fed the MAGA alligator. Then it ate them. Thomas Mills wrote…
Exactly 80 years ago, in 1946, Republicans took control of Congress with a simple message: “Had…