Two statewide races that North Carolina residents will be paying very close attention to between now and November are the presidential race and a gubernatorial race that finds Democrat Josh Stein up against far-right MAGA Republican Mark Robinson. Democratic strategists see North Carolina as the Republican state that Vice President Kamala Harris has the best […]
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Wife of MAGA gov candidate in NC was sued for stiffing Girl Scouts out of $3K in cookies
In North Carolina, opponents of GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson have been slamming the far-right MAGA conspiracy theorist for everything from Holocaust denial to saying that women should not have been given the right to vote in the United States. And polls released in late August have given North Carolina Democrats reason for optimism: Attorney […]
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‘Constitution to the side’: NC Republican schools nominee called for pro-Trump military coup
A video of Michele Morrow — the far-right conspiracy theorist that North Carolina Republicans nominated to be their general election candidate for public schools superintendent — has resurfaced in which she called on former President Donald Trump to initiate a military coup against the democratically elected government of the United States. On Friday, CNN reporter […]
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GOP gubernatorial candidate called Harvey Weinstein a ‘sacrificial lamb’ and defended Cosby
Mark Robinson – the Republican nominee in this fall’s gubernatorial race in North Carolina — is being scrutinized once again after social media posts defending sexual predators and domestic abusers have come to light. According to a Tuesday report by the Washington Post, Robinson has a pattern of questioning the credibility of women who come […]
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NC GOP schools nominee worked for group that accused Obama of having ‘Hitler blood line’
More eyebrow-raising details are emerging about Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee in North Carolina’s K-12 school superintendent race. According to a recent report by Media Matters for America (MMFA), Morrow has touted her past work for the political action committee (PAC) Liberty First Grassroots, which is a far-right advocacy group that’s embraced numerous conspiracy theories. […]
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GOP candidate disqualified over alleged election fraud wins gerrymandered district primary
Pastor Mark Harris — whose previous primary election win in 2018 was tossed out after an alleged election fraud scheme — has once again won the Republican nomination for a newly drawn US House district deemed as safely Republican. FiveThirtyEight’s Nathaniel Rakich tweeted that Harris officially won the Republican primary to replace outgoing Rep. Dan […]