by Thomas Mills | Jan 9, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Immigration |
It looks like immigration is going to consume the national debate for the next few weeks. Trump appears ready to deport 200,000 people who’ve been here for almost a generation and Congress is going to get into a showdown over fixing DACA. From a political standpoint,...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 8, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Republicans heading back into special session this week could be offering Democrats a potent weapon going into the midterm elections. They want to either redistrict judicial races or put a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would allow the legislature to...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 5, 2018 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Politics |
Americans are not happy with the tax bill that Congress just passed. They believe it’s a give-away to the rich, explodes the deficit and adds to the national debt. They’re right. Unlike the early 1980s, the public wasn’t clamoring for a tax cut. Only the wealthy and...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 4, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
I said that I wouldn’t make any New Years predictions, but I’m going to make a couple. First, Trump will not be impeached and won’t be removed by the 25th Amendment—at least not as long as Republicans control Congress. Second, he’s not going to change. So just buckle...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 3, 2018 | Editor's Blog |
Establishment Republicans are apparently coming around to normalizing Trump. They got their tax cuts, their Supreme Court justice, fewer regulations and a more aggressive foreign policy. In the process, they’ve lost the meaning of conservative. Instead of respecting...
