by Thomas Mills | Oct 2, 2020 | 2020 elections, coronavirus, Editor's Blog |
Trump testing positive for COVID will dominate the news this weekend. Out of a sense of decency, we should all hope that he and Melania recover quickly. Otherwise, we will never hear the end of the conspiracy theories about leftists poisoning the president. Instead,...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 6, 2020 | 2020 elections, coronavirus, Editor's Blog |
A group called AccountableUS released a poll yesterday that indicates a bubbling economic populism in the state driven by COVID and in contradiction to the GOP approach to the coronavirus. The poll also shows how the GOP is out of step with the rest of the state and...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 31, 2020 | 2020 elections, coronavirus, Editor's Blog |
No, President Trump is not going to move or cancel the election. Congress is not going to allow that. Even Republicans will oppose it. Still, the sentiment is widely accepted by the GOP: rig elections to benefit Republicans. We’ve been front and center in the attempt...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 30, 2020 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog |
Yesterday, U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX) tested positive for COVID-19. He blamed wearing a mask for contracting the virus. Gohmert announced he’s taking hydroxychloroquine to treat the virus despite no evidence that it worked. A staffer from his office said...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 24, 2020 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog |
You know who we don’t hear much from anymore? ReOpenNC. You know why? Because they were wrong, wrong, wrong. Had we re-opened like they demanded, we would look like the states they cited as examples, Florida, Texas, Georgia and South Carolina. Now, after snubbing...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 15, 2020 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog |
Last week, Thom Tillis told the Republican state convention, “The stakes are very high this election, but you know why I know we’re going to win? Because people remember how good their lives were back in February.” Tillis unwittingly laid bare the problem Republicans...