by Thomas Mills | Apr 20, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
Ever since the inauguration of Donald Trump, progressives have been marching and organizing. At the national level, the movement was kicked off by the Women’s March that drew more people than Trump’s inauguration. On the local level, groups like Indivisible sprung up...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 18, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Religion, Republicans |
Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, a leader of North Carolina’s pro-adultery wing of the evangelical movement, called politics the “religion of the left.” That’s pretty ironic coming from the party that put an amendment on the ballot to prevent marriage equality based on...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 17, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Tax Day reminds us that the GOP has two conflicting talking points on taxes. On the one hand, they like to tell us that cutting taxes puts more money into the pockets of working people. On the other, they like to remind us that 50% of the people don’t pay federal...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 16, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog
Even without a high-profile governor’s race or US Senate contest, North Carolina is once again on the national radar screen. At a conference of political consultants in Nashville last week, a DCCC staffer told an audience that North Carolina is the state to watch. The...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 13, 2018 | 2018 elections, Ads, NC Politics |
Rarely do I find myself unabashedly rooting for a Republican. In fact, I really can’t remember another time that I have. Right now, though, I’m pulling for Walter Jones, Jr., in North Carolina’s Third Congressional District. Jones faces a primary from Craven County...
