Some legislators still listen to their constituents instead of the lobbyists and the sellout GOP "leadership". Constituent pressure has led State Representative Ben Moss (R-RIchmond) to abandon his sellout on the Obamcare Medicaid expansion, which he has previously voted for and announce he is now a NO vote on that issue. His announcement slammed the expansion bill on all the right things.
With many legislators, it is still worth voters letting them know when they are going the wrong way. It can turn around votes.
Unfortunately, Beaufort County's Medicaid spendthrift Sen. Jim Perry, is unlikely to listen. Perry voted for and helped lead the charge for the leftwing Obamacare Medicaid excpansion in the 2022 legislative session. Delegations of GOP activists from two of his three counties actually went to Raleigh to try to talk sense into him on that issue, but he blew them off and refused to even talk with them in any detail. The problem with Perry is that he is owned, lock, stock, and barrel, by a series of special interests including Big Medicine, the Duke Energy monopoly, and the wind and solar grifters. He thinks their money will keep him elected so he cares nothing about the voters back home. When the delegations went to Raleigh on this issue, Perry had the arrogance to tell both of them "I do not represent you."
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Steven P. Rader said:
( March 11th, 2023 @ 1:32 pm )
At least in our local House seat, we have a legislator in Keith Kidwell, who has been reprsenting our interests well, and that includes voting and working against the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. Hooray for Keith!
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Maybe it is time for Beaufort County Republicans, and those in the other counties of the district, to find someone who WILL represent us in Raleigh. Perry just seems to want to represent his special interest buddies who dangle dollars in front of him. He did the same lousy thing on the Green New Deal, and is doing it on partial legalization of Marijuana and on gambling.
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Pope Francis stated in a new interview that the Catholic Church in the West could theoretically consider lifting its ban on priests marrying, calling the tradition of celibacy for priests a “temporal” discipline rather than an eternal dictate.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 6:46 pm
By: Daily Wire
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President Joe Biden patted himself on the back Monday morning as multiple banks have collapsed in recent days, claiming that the “quick action” of his administration has stabilized the banking industry.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 4:21 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Rates of violent crime and other behavioral problems spiked in recent months as students returned to North Carolina public school classrooms after government-forced closures and remote learning schedules.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 4:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there would be no bailout for the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 4:11 pm
By: Daily Wire
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In my family the song “Daddy sang base, Mama sang tenor” was not far from the truth. Only in my family Daddy sang bass, mama played the piano.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 4:08 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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NBC News host Chuck Todd complained over the weekend that Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law “Victims of Communism Day” which teaches students in the state the far-left ideology’s murderous history.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 4:02 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an order asking for more information in the Moore v. Harper redistricting case. Justices want to know how a rehearing in a related N.C. Supreme Court case this month affects the legal landscape.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 3:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Federal regulators announced over the weekend that they will fully back all depositors of Silicon Valley Bank, guaranteeing that they are paid back in full after the bank collapsed last week.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 3:45 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Former President Trump might be glad Signature Bank refused his business following the Capitol riot, now that the New York-based lender is the latest institution to be shut down by regulators.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 3:30 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Duke Energy Carolinas wants to increase residential rates for its customers between 16.2 and 16.6% by Sept. 1 and an additional 0.4% by Jan. 1. The utility is also seeking a rate hike for commercial and industrial customers. Rates would increase by 12.1% and 15.2%.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 3:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Pope Francis criticized radical gender ideology in a recent interview, referring to it as “one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations” in the current public discourse.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 12:06 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Following the unexpected collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, company officials have reached out to customers who lost their life savings with promises of a free pen.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 12:04 pm
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) said that communist China is using TikTok to make its way into U.S. data systems as calls grow for the federal government to ban the app.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Cooper Proposes Historic Investments in Education, Economic Development, and Workforce Without Raising Taxes
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) brought up left-wing riots during an interview over the weekend when asked about the recent media coverage surrounding the January 6 riot following the release of thousands of hours of video footage from the incident.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 8:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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General Assembly leaders agreed to a bottom-line budget number last week, kicking off the biennium budget season. Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) announced that General Fund spending would increase by 6.5% in the first year
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) slammed Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, over the weekend for making statements about the origins of COVID that are not supported by the findings of the U.S. intelligence
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:25 am
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In recent months, Republican Governors like Gregg Abbott have continued their cruel campaign against parents who pursue constitutionally-protected avenues for cleaning their children.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:18 am
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Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) said during an interview on Sunday that when he approached President Joe Biden about using the U.S. military to take out Mexican drug cartels, the president rebuffed him and said that it was a “bad idea.”
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:16 am
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In a press conference Thursday, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore announced that an agreement has been reached between the chambers to expand the federal Medicaid entitlement program in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) said on Sunday that testimony from a U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant about President Joe Biden’s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan was “devastating and damaging to the administration.”
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:10 am
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Today, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel released the following statement on February's Producer Price Index:
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:05 am
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Former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker explained to Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) this week how President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice is a “two-tiered system of justice” in which conservatives often get the short end of the stick.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:03 am
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Bob and Louise Herman reportedly caused ruinous, irredeemable destruction on their teenager's life forever for the fifth time today.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:00 am
By: Babylon Bee
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The U.S. Navy announced this week that it would be renaming a ship named for oceanographic pioneer Matthew Fontaine Maury because of Maury’s ties to the Confederacy during the later years of his life.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:00 am
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Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’ first memoir, which was launched ahead of an expected announcement that he will run for president in 2024, sold more copies in its first week than books from Donald Trump, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 1:44 am
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North Carolina’s state motto offers a great guide to policymakers
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 1:42 am
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced backlash late this week after falsely claiming during a White House press briefing that Daily Wire host Michael Knowles called for the “eradication of transgender people” during a speech at CPAC.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 7:43 pm
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A federal judge canceled a March 7 hearing in a lawsuit pitting the University of North Carolina against an expelled student. The student claims UNC mishandled sex assault allegations against him.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 7:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Energy Department Secretary Jennifer Granholm gushed about China’s approach to green energy in a Friday interview, saying she hoped that the U.S. could learn from China’s approach.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 7:23 pm
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The showdown over the future of the federal budget is taking shape as President Joe Biden releases his fiscal year 2024 spending proposal and House Republicans prepare to leverage their new majority to block the plan.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 5:51 pm
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On Sunday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded the Oscar for best actor in a leading role to a young Ukrainian man for his hard work on and off the screen.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 5:47 pm
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Stanford University’s law school is deemed the second-best in the nation in the latest U.S. News and World Report, which means its current enrollees likely include future senators, judges, and possibly even Supreme Court justices who will help shape American law over the next half-century.
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On Wednesday, North Carolina legislators took a step toward repealing the literacy test requirement from the N.C. Constitution. Legislators heard House Bill 44 in the Judiciary 2 committee Wednesday. The bill would place a constitutional amendment on the 2024 general election ballot.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 5:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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