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NPR shows it hasn’t learned its lesson
Editors at the Washington Free Beacon highlight public radio’s ongoing problems in the wake of its loss of federal funding. For decades, NPR clung to the fiction that it is…
Fundraising
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Abrams Group Could Face Criminal Probe
Andrew Kerr and Joseph Simonson write in the Washington Free Beacon about the latest bad news for Georgia’s failed Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Stacey Abrams’s New Georgia Project is collecting donations…
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This Town Wouldn’t Be Cancelled
At times it seems as if the cancel culture brigades have won the battle, notching a victory for what they claim is inclusiveness, but which is really nothing more than…
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NRA profits from gun-control zealots’ attacks
Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon reports on the practical impact of the latest attacks on the National Rifle Association. The National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund raised about…
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Who would Dems turn to after Pelosi?
A CNN report explains why it would be hard for U.S. House Democrats to boot San Francisco liberal Nancy Pelosi as their leader. Nancy Pelosi is sending a defiant message…
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Gboro civil rights museum raises $21k during telethon
Via press release (PDF) Greensboro’s International Civil Rights Center and Museum announced it had raised just over $21,000 during last week’s telethon: On behalf of the Board of Directors, we…
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Need your help today, friends. Save Our State Constitution
Friends of Freedom, SOS! Save our State Constitution. I need your help. The State of North Carolina’s Constitution is the state’s most important document. We want our elected officials to…
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Mine Would Say, “Go ahead. Make my day.”
Kids at Polk Middle School are making anti-bullying buttons. Proceeds will go toward making more buttons.
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Prudish Me
I never understood fundraisers. If a cause was just, I figured people would donate. What does walking have to do with helping the handicapped? It’s more like a statement of…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the trail, July 15, 2015
• Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will join the parade of presidential hopefuls stopping in North Carolina when she visits Raleigh for a July 22 fundraiser. Ticket prices start…
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Questions about GPAC funding
N&R reports “organizers of the 3,000 seat Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts are dropping hints that they’ll need more money.” The N&R report is based on emails the…
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What Will Clay Aiken Say To These Folks?
Thanks to Rick Henderson’s research for his Dispatches From the Campaign Trail blog, we know that some Hollywood types who supported Democrat Clay Aiken in his unsuccessful run against Republican…