Party of fools
Yesterday, we learned that one of Mark Meadows pen pals during the January 6 assault on the Capitol was Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The Washington Post got copies of 29 texts that show Thomas and Meadows were determined to...
So much for diversifying the GOP
Yesterday was a bad day for those Republicans who want to diversify their party. After the way GOP members of the Senate Judiciary committee treated Ketanji Brown Jackson, Republicans have lost Black women for another 25 years. And the NC GOP’s rising African American...
Perspectives matter
In an interview yesterday, Republican Senator Mike Braun of Indiana said out loud what too many Republicans believe. He told a reporter that the Supreme Court should have left the decision about the legality of interracial marriages up to the states. Too many...
The latest Meadows story is little more than a rumor, not journalism
Last night, Twitter was abuzz with a Rolling Stone article that claims former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was involved in the planning of the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Given Meadows’ history, that seems plausible. He’s a none-too-bright...
Good on Thom Tillis. The GOP needs to police its own
Senator Thom Tillis essentially called Representative Madison Cawthorn a Russian asset on Twitter yesterday. He quote-tweeted a thread about Cawthorn’s remarks being played on Russian state television with the comment, “If your comments are being replayed over and...
Unaffiliated voters make up a plurality. So what?
According to the State Board of Elections, unaffiliated voters now make up a plurality of voters in North Carolina. These independents surpassed Democrats for the first time in history. They surpassed Republicans a few years ago. It’s really not that big a deal and...
Ukraine changes the conversation
Ukraine has given the Biden and administration and Democrats the opportunity they need for a reset. Putin’s invasion has shifted the conversation and united the country and our political leaders the way nothing else has. Biden’s getting high marks for his response,...
A proxy fight for the soul of GOP?
With the battle over maps sucking the air out of the political conversation in North Carolina for the first two months of the year, the Republican US Senate primary has gotten little attention. That’s about to change. According to an article in Politico this morning,...
What a bunch of frauds
Republicans are doing their darnedest to convince Americans of the threat of widespread voter fraud by committing voter fraud. The latest perpetrator looks to be Mark Meadows, the dumbest man in politics. The former Congressman from NC-11 and former Trump Chief of...
It’s time to tell Putin “NO more”
Ukraine should be our line in the sand. It probably should have been Syria, but now Vladimir Putin is pushing against Europe with a brutal war on the Ukrainian people. In the past, Putin’s army has destroyed population centers leaving little but rubble and bodies...
