Source: Eifel Kreutz / Getty On both the state and national levels, North Carolina is shaping up to be one of the more interesting races in the upcoming midterms. On the state level, a battle is growing between the longtime Republican Senate President and a local sheriff who’s making waves, and nationally, it looks like […]
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Reiner was found stabbed to death in his Los Angeles home Sunday, alongside his wife, producer Michele Singer Reiner. Their son, 32-year-old Nick Reiner, was taken into custody early Monday and is being held on $4 million bail. The motive for the gruesome killing is not clear. But in Donald Trump’s mind, the murder is […]
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Leavitt’s nephew lives with his father, Michael Leavitt, and stepmother in New Hampshire. Speaking to WMUR, Michael Leavitt said that following the arrest a few weeks ago, he was primarily concerned for his son’s safety and well-being. DHS claimed that Ferreira, who is originally from Brazil, was required to leave the country in 1999 and […]
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Leavitt’s nephew lives with his father, Michael Leavitt, and stepmother in New Hampshire. Speaking to WMUR, Michael Leavitt said that following the arrest a few weeks ago, he was primarily concerned for his son’s safety and well-being. DHS claimed that Ferreira, who is originally from Brazil, was required to leave the country in 1999 and […]
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Source: SOPA Images / Getty A group of North Carolina civic engagement organizations recently filed an amicus brief challenging racist Republican maps as a part of the nationwide mid-decade redistricting project. North Carolina is one of several states with GOP-majority state legislatures that have taken steps to undermine Black political representation and power at Trump’s […]
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Source: Ryan Murphy / Getty Last week, we reported that the Trump administration was set to deploy Border Patrol and ICE into Charlotte, North Carolina. On Monday, we reported that after the feds’ first weekend in N.C., the state’s governor, Josh Stein, reported that the presence of federal agents in Charlotte is “not making us safer,” but […]
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Source: Ryan Murphy / Getty On Nov. 15, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new enforcement mission in North Carolina: Operation Charlotte’s Web. According to a press release issued Saturday, the mass-deportation initiative will target criminal undocumented immigrants who allegedly migrated to the Tar Heel State because they “knew sanctuary politicians would protect […]
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The United States, of course, is a “nation of immigrants.” That’s not a lie. No American citizen, with the exception of Native Americans, has a family history that does not involve some form of immigration to the United States. The phrase “a nation of immigrants” was popularized as the title of President John F. Kennedy’s […]
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The countries named in the ban were Afghanistan, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Partial restrictions were placed on Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela, with citizens of those countries barred from entering the United States permanently or receiving specific visas. The […]
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The countries named in the ban were Afghanistan, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Partial restrictions were placed on Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela, with citizens of those countries barred from entering the United States permanently or receiving specific visas. The […]
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The countries named in the ban were Afghanistan, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Partial restrictions were placed on Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela, with citizens of those countries barred from entering the United States permanently or receiving specific visas. The […]
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Source: Tasos Katopodis / Getty President Donald Trump is acutely aware that his agenda isn’t popular. His approval rating has consistently been underwater for most of his second term. Despite campaigning on lowering prices, inflation is higher now than it was this time last year, resulting in widespread disapproval of Trump’s handling of the economy. […]
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Wolff also argues that his statements, in proper context, qualify as protected opinions based on the available facts. He also claimed that the first lady’s attorneys would not be able to win a defamation case since they would not be able to prove the required burden of actual malice, a legal standard requiring evidence that […]
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HuffPost reported Monday that when a reporter asked Hegseth’s office if he was aware of the attention the tie had garnered from Russia, Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell replied, “Your mom bought it for him—and it’s a patriotic American tie, moron.” It looks like this is becoming a thing—though it may be localized to questions […]
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Texas Democratic Party Chairman Kendall Scudder accused Abbott of “suck[ing] up to Donald Trump,” saying, “We do not need an unnecessary display of force at the expense of taxpayers on a peaceful protest.” Texas House of Representatives Minority Leader Gene Wu said Abbott’s plan to send “armed soldiers to suppress peaceful protests is what kings […]
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Source: Win McNamee / Getty The Republican redistricting effort has once again expanded, as the North Carolina state legislature announced on Monday that it will begin its own redistricting process. According to The New York Times, Phil Berger, the state Senate leader, and Destin Hall, the speaker of the state House of Representatives, issued a […]
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“It’s not some sort of talismanic deal where you can just say ‘stare decisis’ and not think, turn off the brain, right?” Thomas said. “We never go to the front, see who’s driving the train, where is it going. And you could go up there in the engine room, find it’s an orangutan driving the […]
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“It’s not some sort of talismanic deal where you can just say ‘stare decisis’ and not think, turn off the brain, right?” Thomas said. “We never go to the front, see who’s driving the train, where is it going. And you could go up there in the engine room, find it’s an orangutan driving the […]
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“In the wake of this horrible storm, many Americans in this region felt helpless and abandoned, and left behind by their government,” Trump said last October. “And yet in North Carolina’s hour of desperation, the American people answer the call much more so than your federal government.” Trump, still a presidential candidate, managed to raise […]
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The president also announced disaster aid to Kansas, Wisconsin, and South Dakota. In each post, he was sure to note that the funds were going to states in which he’s had electoral successes in the past. In North Carolina, for example, he wrote, “I WON BIG all six times” (six, that is, because he included […]
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“In 1991, there was something that he did when I was there initially training me to do massage, as he had trained a very dear friend who trusted him, spoke highly of him and directed me to him,” Michaels said, identifying herself as one of Epstein’s earliest known survivors. “And during that time where he […]
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“In 1991, there was something that he did when I was there initially training me to do massage, as he had trained a very dear friend who trusted him, spoke highly of him and directed me to him,” Michaels said, identifying herself as one of Epstein’s earliest known survivors. “And during that time where he […]
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First, Tillis skewered RFK Jr.’s decision to fire Susan Monarez as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, just weeks after her Senate confirmation. The senator quoted Kennedy’s prior praise of the official whom he’s since ousted and cast aspersions on. “I don’t see how you go, over four weeks, from ‘a public […]
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Then came the Q&A portion, beginning with a question about whether Moore believes consumers pay for Trump’s tariffs. “So, right now, what we just saw in a report is that we haven’t seen inflation at all—” he began. But, sensing his evasiveness, the crowd began to chant: “Who pays the tariffs? Who pays the tariffs?” […]
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Source: facebook / facebook The family of a North Carolina Central University student who was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend on Monday says she was the victim of domestic abuse and had repeatedly called police before she was killed. According to reports, on Monday, 21-year-old London Powers was shot by her ex-boyfriend, 23-year-old Damien […]
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Source: Patrickistock / Getty Look, sometimes racism is just plain funny — especially when the KK-Karma comes instantly. Recently, a Facebook live video has gone viral with over 3 million views. The video was taken in Greenville, North Carolina, and it shows a white man losing the front end of his truck to a sinkhole after at […]
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Source: The Washington Post / Getty On today’s episode of “Wow, They’re Really Playing In Our Faces Right Now,” the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced it will send $608 million to states building concentration camps immigrant detention centers. This is after the Trump administration has repeatedly said they’re pulling disaster funding for the states. […]
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“What do you now have that refutes” previous investigations into the matter, inquired a reporter. “I will encourage you, in my role as director of national intelligence—my job, again, I said when I came into this role, was to make sure we are telling the truth to the American people, and that we are ensuring […]
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Source: The Washington Post / Getty Apparently, there are still democratic leaders who are willing to stand up to the MAGA machine, even if it means nixing harmful legislation passed by Republican lawmakers. On Thursday, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein vetoed three anti-DEI bills passed by state GOP legislators as well as another measure that […]
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Donald Trump’s wishy-washy tariffs have been good for one thing: keeping Federal Reserve interest rates high, according to the central bank’s Chair Jerome Powell. Speaking at a European Central Bank forum in Portugal Tuesday, Powell said that the Federal Reserve probably would have brought down rates already if it hadn’t been for the president’s “Liberation […]
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Donald Trump erupted Friday after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared victory over Israel. In a defiant video statement released Thursday, Khamenei said that the United States had been dealt a “severe slap” and that Israel would have been “completely destroyed” if the U.S. had not stepped into the conflict. Trump hit back the […]
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