by Thomas Mills | Jul 30, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
Donald 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...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 29, 2019 | Editor's Blog
This 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...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 26, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
As 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 around...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 24, 2019 | Editor's Blog
Leanne Powell passed away following a stroke. Powell was an entrepreneur, political consultant, Congressional staffer and local hero. She lived much of her life with one foot in the world of national politics and the other firmly planted in the central piedmont of...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 23, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby is a good example of what’s become of the GOP and what’s happening to our judicial races. Maybe Newby has always been petty and snide, but it’s the influence of Donald Trump that’s made his attitude a political asset instead of a...
