by Thomas Mills | Aug 28, 2020 | Editor's Blog
ShareThe America we’re seeing right now is not just Trump’s America. It’s the GOP’s America. After two decades to demanding no restrictions on guns and militarizing our police, we have overly aggressive law enforcement officers making the assumption that everyone is...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 26, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
ShareOver the past few months, Democrats have held steady leads in most of North Carolina. A Morning Consult poll out yesterday has Cal Cunningham up by eight points, 47-39 and has Joe Biden leading Trump by three, 49-46. Numbers like that have been steady for most of...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 24, 2020 | Editor's Blog, Politics
ShareDavid Lewis offers a cautionary tale for those entering politics. Lewis is ending his career in disgrace after rising to the top of the GOP House leadership. He’s pleading guilty to transferring $65,000 from his campaign to a bank account for a business he...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 21, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
ShareLast night Democrats wrapped up a virtual convention that by almost all accounts, even Fox News, was a success. Democratic nominee Joe Biden closed out the convention with an acceptance speech that laid out his case against Donald Trump and his vision for the...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 20, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
ShareWe’ve normalized Trump. Despite every warning when he was initially elected, the American media and American public shrug at behavior that should be cause for dismissal from office. Certainly, his actions should make him unelectable. That they don’t says a lot...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 19, 2020 | Editor's Blog
ShareFor years, we’ve heard Republicans talk about “real Americans.” It’s code for white, rural and, usually, working class. We’ll see photos of people in trucks or with guns, usually with patriotic symbols like flags or eagles easily visible. Think a Chevy commercial...
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