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With 36 days left until the general election, the Republicans have a 60% chance of taking back the Senate
Raleigh, NC Some political strategist are beginning to voice opinions about the United States Senate outlook. Overall, the Republicans have a 60% chance of taking back the Senate. Some things are starting to take shape in some areas of the country. Obama’s approval rating is up one point, to 43%. The job creation index went…
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Let’s just stop quoting the Founding Fathers, okay?
For the last several years I have watched activist on the left and the right who find it necessary to quote the founding fathers as the end all to a political argument. After seven years, maybe we’ve just done it too much. As much as we all respect the founding fathers–Madison, Jefferson, Washington and so…
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The Biggest Idea American’s Should Understand Before Election Day
Raleigh, NC—A friend of mine told me that he thought the reason politicians, in general, can’t get anything done is because once they’re elected the real movers and shakers in Congress sit them down and tell them the political facts of life. To some extent, I agree with that. I’m not a conspiracy theorist in…
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North Carolina’s Political Full Court Press. Hagan, Tillis, Bernie Sanders and MMT
Greenville, NC—I said in a congressional campaign strategy meeting a few months ago that politics in North Carolina is a contact sport. And, I believe that. But, it’s not just in NC, it’s all over the country. If political campaigns are managed right, it should be a full court press. The voters deserve to have…
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Setting Straight The Minimum Wage Debate (at least in eastern North Carolina)—Marshall Adame (D) v. Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R)
Forget the (R) and (D) after the name. It’s what they believe that counts in eastern North Carolina. Greenville, NC—I can’t speak for everyone else but I can attest to the fact that in eastern North Carolina we have a lot of chain stores in our communities. In and of itself, that’s not necessarily a…
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America’s Moral Crisis: Rev. Dr. William Barber’s epic speech at the AFT convention – Blue Nation Review (BNR)
Originally posted on Dancy Communications Network – The DCN: “There is a moral crisis in the country” These are the bold words of Rev. Dr. William Barber who is one of the many faith leaders leading the “Moral Monday’s” campaign in North Carolina. Yesterday Rev. Barber was a keynote speaker at this year’s American Federation…
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One Woman Is Dead—Yet Our NC 3rd District Congressman Remains Silent
The mayor of Belhaven, NC is walking to Washington DC because DC won’t pick up a phone! For over a year Mayor Adam O’Neal has reached out to anyone wanting to help save Pungo hospital. Because he knew that if this hospital closed, people would die. And, recently that prediction came true: a 48 year…
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Marshall Adame (NC-03) More Americans Will Die In Iraq. Former Diplomat Says CIA Installed Maliki.
Jacksonville, NC—This morning as media reports state a few hundred military advisors will be sent to Iraq to stabilize the region—former Marine and State Department Diplomat, Marshall Adame, says that more Americans will die in Iraq. Adame is the former military and diplomatic advisor to middle eastern countries such as Iraq and Saudi Arabia–and he…