Allison Riggs: Update & More
Jefferson Griffin has yet to concede and we're still in court. Refresh your memory with an interview with NC Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton about Allison Riggs' win and other…
Alan Menius: An Authoritarian Time Bomb
Donald Trump promised retribution in his campaign. Those who supported him may have believed it would be retribution on their behalf; it should be clear after these seven short weeks…
Timothy Snyder: The deportation action as regime change
Snyder, author of On Tyranny with a focus on modern United States politics and what he called "America's turn towards authoritarianism," describes 10 steps that are currently happening within the…
Dan Rather: Silencing the Truth
Trump "signed an executive order on Friday evening that effectively shuttered the U.S. Agency for Global Media. It is an umbrella organization for federally funded news outlets like Voice of…
Community Event: NC District 6 Town Hall
"Representative Addison McDowell - You are invited. We did all the work for you. All you have to do is show up." District 6 concerned citizens - Sign up, https://bit.ly/NC6TownHall…
What Just Happened?
On 3/14, enough Senate Democrats voted in favor of the GOP continuing resolution for it to pass. The vote, 62-38, now allows the Senate to take a simple majority vote…
Senior Democrats: Social Security – Dispelling the Myths! – Tuesday, March 18th, 1:00 pm
"Social Security’s payment accuracy rate is very high — well over 99 percent — and it has many safeguards against improper payments, including rigorous protocols to stop paying benefits to…
Karen Puckett: Senator Thom Tillis, Senator Ted Budd, and Congressman Addison McDowell – Take your power back!
The erosion of our democracy was made evident recently with the Senate’s blanket approval of Trump’s highly unqualified cabinet picks and the GOP Congress permitting Trump and Musk to ride…
We Can’t Give Into Fear: Democracy Docket
It is often said: When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. If that is true, then only weeks into Donald Trump’s…
Pam Bloom: Willful Ignorance
I recently had a good friend use the term willful ignorance. Seemed like a descriptive term for 2025 to replace “sticking your head in the sand” or “turning a blind…