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Proclamation, Schlocklamation
Those straining noises you heard yesterday were the eyebrows of North Carolina school choice advocates being raised in justified skepticism. The occasion? Governor Roy Cooper signed a state proclamation declaring…
Liberty
INBOX: Tillis Expands Inquiry into Federal Policing of School Board Meetings
Arriving in my email inbox today from Sen. Thom Tillis’ office. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and the republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee expanded their ongoing probe…
Liberty
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending January 18
This past week 96.6% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. Also, about 19 out of 20 (94.9%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Liberty
White House Spox Dodges When Asked What Biden Knew and When
Take a close listen to the reporter who asks White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki about a Vanity Fair report of a meeting last October, at which public health professionals recommended…
Liberty
Most Americans Have No Faith In Biden
The raw numbers are devastating in this CBS News Poll, as is the trend. Americans were sold a narrative in the 2020 elections – a narrative of competency. They bought…
Liberty
Unchecked Crime Makes the Supply Chain Crisis Even Worse
You’ve been waiting and waiting for the lamp you ordered to arrive at your home, but still nothing. You’ve likely chalked it up to Biden’s economy and a disrupted supply…
Liberty
What Has Happened To Joe Biden?
While others got angry watching President Biden’s vitriolic, over-the-top speech about what he terms ‘voting rights,’ I felt something much different. My heart nearly broke. My stomach felt queasy. I…
Liberty
Be Terrified! Watch WRAL Sensationalize a DHHS Data Dump
DHHS adds a glut of cases from Dec. 31 to Jan. 11. WRAL's danger-red "BREAKING" banner blares: "44,833 people in NC tested positive for COVID in the past 24 hrs."
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McCrory Leads North Carolina’s GOP Senate Primary Race, Budd Leading Head-To-Head
Civitas Poll: Half say Trump endorsement likely to determine their vote January 13, 2022 RALEIGH – Former president Donald Trump has already stepped into the race to replace retiring North…
Education
Can covid help to reform teacher pay?
Chad Adelman and Katherine Silberstein of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University seem to think so. That’s the topic they tackle in a new Edunomics brief. Adelman and Silberstein correctly…
Liberty
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending January 10
Image source: Screenshot from a Youtube video posted Jan. 8 featuring happy crowds enjoying the NC Chinese Lantern Festival at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, which does not require masks…
Liberty
What To Know About The Election Map Court Ruling
It’s a huge court win from a bipartisan panel of judges. On Tuesday, a unanimous three-judge panel (2 Republicans and 1 Democrat) upheld North Carolina’s newly drawn election maps for…