by Thomas Mills | May 22, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
Back in 2009, newly elected President Barack Obama tried to exclude Fox News from White House coverage. At one point, he gave interviews to every major Sunday morning news show except Chris Wallace on Fox. Conservatives, of course, howled. Obama was right. Today,...
by Thomas Mills | May 19, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics, Trump |
Let’s recap the past tumultuous week or so of the Trump presidency. On May 9, Trump fired FBI Director James Comey with little notice to anyone. The White House released a memo written by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, a Trump appointee, saying that Comey had...
by Thomas Mills | May 18, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
Democrats smell blood in the water. The Trump administration is on the ropes. Republicans in Congress can’t seem to mover their agenda forward. And the Democratic base is fired up like never before. Across the country, enthusiastic progressives, many young and...
by Thomas Mills | May 17, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Politics |
When you thought that the state Senators couldn’t get more vindictive, they outdo themselves. Last week, we learned they cut education funding for school districts represented by Democratic Senators who tried to amend their budget. This week, we find out the budget...
by Thomas Mills | May 16, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
Back during the campaign, Trump famously said, “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” Clearly, he was right then and he’s right now. His base will stick with him regardless of how badly he behaves....
