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The bar for bigotry

by Thomas Mills | Aug 5, 2019 | Editor's Blog

ShareWe’re in an age where the dangerous rhetoric of our top elected officials emboldens extremists to take action. The latest mass murder in El Paso offers the best example. The 21-year-old white supremacist who killed 20 people mimicked the language of Donald Trump...

The Cohen Grand Bargain

by Thomas Mills | Aug 2, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog

ShareThe chair of the State Board of Elections abruptly resigned this week after telling an off-color joke in front of a large audience of election officials from across the state. According to WRAL reporters, Bob Cordle has a history of making inappropriate...

The Democratic field, post-debate

by Thomas Mills | Aug 1, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog

ShareI didn’t watch any of the first night of the debates this week and only watched about forty-five minutes of the one last night. I don’t think they matter that much except for whittling down the ridiculously large field. Nobody’s paying much attention at this...

North Carolina and Trump’s motivating rhetoric

by Thomas Mills | Jul 30, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog

ShareDonald Trump seems determined to make the 2020 election about race and immigration. He thinks that those issues divide the electorate and motivate his base. He believes they work especially well in states like North Carolina with large rural populations and areas...

Fair weather friend?

by Thomas Mills | Jul 29, 2019 | Editor's Blog

ShareThis weekend, Donald Trump went off on another racist tirade. Out of the blue, he blasted Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, who is black, for representing “a disgusting rat infested mess” where “no human being would want to live.” The Baltimore district is a...

NC-09 special election is a test run for 2020

by Thomas Mills | Jul 26, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog

ShareAs Democrats nationally debate whether to make the 2020 election about Trump and racism or health care and kitchen table issues, the special election in NC-09 might offer them guidance or at least insight. Republican Senator state Dan Bishop is wrapping himself...