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Butterfield Introduces Highway Bill for Eastern North Carolina with Support of NC Delegation Members and Governor McCrory

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) introduced a bipartisan bill to designate two highways as a “future interstate” that will originate in Raleigh, North Carolina, and travel through Rocky Mount, Williamston, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina to Norfolk, Virginia. H.R. 4829, or the ROAD Act, is cosponsored by Representatives Walter Jones (NC-03), David…

June 15, 2014
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Endorses Tom Wolf for Governor

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder announced the endorsement of Tom Wolf for Governor in the November General Election on Tuesday November 4, 2014. Mr. Wolf received a unanimous endorsement from the members of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Executive Council which represents over 800,000 union workers,…

June 13, 2014
Cantor Will Be Leaving A $193,400 Job. See the List of What Congresses Have Raked In Through The Years.

Washington, DC—Ever wonder how much Congress was paid back in 1815? Well, here’s the list just in case you’re ever on Jeopardy. Hope you’re sitting down when you see what the Speaker of the House and Majority Leaders make. Salaries Executive, Legislative, and Judicial January 2014 Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Officers 113/2 President………………………………………$400,000 Vice…

June 13, 2014
United Nations News Centre – Iraq: Security Council supports political, security, humanitarian action for restive Anbar

United Nations News Centre – Iraq: Security Council supports political, security, humanitarian action for restive Anbar. 6 June 2014 – The United Nations Security Council has stressed its support for the engagement of all political groups in Iraq, where nearly 800 people fell victim to violence last month, on concerted efforts to ensure security for…

June 13, 2014
Rep. G.K.Butterfield NC 01 Wants To Know Why Durham VA Mental Health has The Worst Wait Time in The Nation

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs Joan Mooney expressing serious concerns over reports of exceptionally long wait times for patients at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). On Monday, the U. S. Department of…

June 12, 2014
GOP Paid Operative, Dallas Woodhouse, Tweets Misinformation at Moral Monday Press Conference—Here’s the Raw Video of What the Teacher Actually Said… .

Raleigh—NC Moral Mondays have become a nationwide event and it’s literally watched around the world. Every Monday, like minded people gather to protest the NC GOP controlled legislature because of the Machiavellian laws they have recently passed. They’ve drastically cut social programs for the poor while giving enormous tax breaks to NC corporations and to…

June 10, 2014
Why Thom Tillis, Pat McCrory and Art Pope worry about Moral Monday

I’ve always been a little incredulous as to why some NC GOP leaders were worried about Moral Monday—especially Art Pope who has made efforts to discredit the movement. At last Monday’s event, I snapped some video and when I was editing it…it hit me like a ton of bricks why they are so worried. And,…

June 7, 2014
NC GOP Hired Gun Shows Up At Moral Monday. Dallas Woodhouse with Carolina Raising answers a few questions as Rev William Barber Speaks

Raleigh, NC—On Monday, June 2, 2014 Dallas Woodhouse showed up at the Moral Monday event to promote his response to the Forward Together movement. He has formed “Carolina Raising” to promote fracking and the NC GOP agenda—his catchphrase is “Sunny Mondays.” I caught up with Dallas on Monday and asked him a few questions, here’s…

June 5, 2014
Tarboro NC: Daily Southerner Newspaper Shut Down On Friday May 30, 2014 No More Papers

Originally posted on Dancy Communications Network – The DCN: The Daily Southerner Newspaper last day was yesterday Friday May 30, 2014. This is going to be interesting because there will be a lot of meetings in the Tarboro area, school board, county commissioners and other will now have to be covered by the Rocky Mount…

May 31, 2014
Raw Footage of Forward Together Sit-In of May 27, 2014

Choppy raw footage—lots of pushing and shoving by law enforcement and media. I’m not saying any of it was intentional, but the situation was certainly fluid.

May 30, 2014