Annoyances
Right now, I’m annoyed at two sets of people, the ones who don’t know how to drive and the ones who can’t discern information from bullshit. They share a trait in that neither has the common sense to make good decisions. One ends up holding up traffic and, at times,...
The fall guy
Yesterday, Congresswoman Liz Cheney read the texts sent to Mark Meadows on January 6 during the assault on the Capitol. We now know for certain that Meadows and Donald Trump knew exactly what was happening. Fox News personalities like Sean Hannity and Laura Ingaham...
The extremes seem to be driving the COVID response
The pandemic debate mirrors our overall broken political dialogue. On one side, misinformed, and largely uneducated, people have thwarted every effort to stem the spread of COVID. On the other, hysterics and hyperbole threaten to do more harm than good, alienating...
Mark Meadows unwittingly outlines a coup
Donald Trump’s former Chief-of-staff Mark Meadows, who was also a Congressman from North Carolina, has never been the sharpest tool in the shed. He once dumped money into an organization that believes the earth is only 6,000 years old and that humans lived...
Off again
The filing date is off again. Late yesterday afternoon, the Supreme Court of North Carolina ordered primaries delayed pending review of the case against the districts. The primaries will be held on May 17 and filings have been frozen, but anyone who has already filed...
Business Tax Climate Bullshit
As the state prepares for yet another tax cut that disproportionately benefits the wealthy and corporations, conservatives are crowing that North Carolina will climb in the rankings of the Tax Foundation’s “Business Tax Climate Index.” However, the tax cuts have...
Judicial whiplash
If you’re watching the redistricting court cases in North Carolina, you may suffer from whiplash. And it might not be over yet. On Friday, a three-judge panel of Wake County Superior Court judges ruled that filing for legislative and Congressional seats could move...
Old battles
I got into a discussion on Twitter with a woman who believes the threat of right-wing political violence and the threat to democracy are overblown. She comes from the left, not the right. I realized that our differences, in part, come from perspective. What I see...
Regaining trust of rural voters
In the wake of the Virginia election, the group Third Way commissioned a focus group to figure out why Biden voters switched to Republican Glenn Youngkin this year. In an interview with the New York Times, Brian Stryker, who conducted the groups, said of the...
Character and competence
Yesterday, Mandy Cohen, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, announced she’s stepping down. She’s been with the department since Cooper’s first term began and she stayed through a pandemic. She also received compliments from both...
