[NOTE: No! This post was not taken from The Onion. Again NO! It was not written by the New Yorker’s brilliant Andy Borowitz. And honest, I can’t make this stuff up! It’s from today’s issue of the very staid & sober, thrice Pulitzer Prize-winning daily, the Raleigh News & Observer. That doesn’t make the subject any … Continue reading Breaking! Texas Pete Hot Sauce Drenched by False Advertising Lawsuit
BY GARY D. ROBERTSON AND STEVE PEOPLES Sep 23, 2022 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In competitive races across the U.S., Republican candidates are distancing themselves from their party’s most controversial policies and people — namely, abortion and former President Donald Trump — as Election Day approaches. Not Ted Budd. The North Carolina GOP Senate nominee … Continue reading Senate Race in N. Carolina: All-In-MAGA vs. Black Pioneer
On Thursday August 25, 2022, we noted the anniversary of the lynching of John Jeffress in Alamance County NC in 1920. It turns out, there was more to this story, which further digging has at least partially exposed. I want to share that here. This episode could be said to have begun a month earlier, in … Continue reading The Long Read: lynching Prevented, Lynchings Abetted; North Carolina 1920
WRAL TV News — State @NCCapitol Politifact In memoir, NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson mulls 2024 run, calls for taking science, history out of elementary schools Updated August 23, 2022 By Bryan Anderson, WRAL state government reporter RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is dropping more hints about a potential run for … Continue reading Our Work Cut Out For Us – A Preview of 2024 Governor’s Race in NC