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Butterfield Disappointed in Senator Tillis for his Vote against North Carolina’s Own Loretta Lynch for United States Attorney General

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today released the following statement regarding North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis’ vote against the nomination of Loretta Lynch for Attorney General of the United States: “I am deeply disappointed, as I’m sure many North Carolinians are, in Senator Thom Tillis’ vote this morning in the Senate Judiciary…

February 26, 2015
How NC Dems Are Going Down In Flames—And Why It Could Cost Randy Voller His Job

To spin this election cycle for Democrats, we need someone like Baghdad Bob. He was the Iraqi Information Minister for Saddam Hussein during Desert Storm. Journalists loved this guy. When U.S. forces were entering Baghdad, during the final push of the 100 day war—Baghdad Bob held a press conference and said, “There really is nothing…

November 3, 2014
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…

September 29, 2014
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…

September 3, 2014
Moral Monday—Why They Do What They Do

Raleigh, NC—Instead of listening to a bunch of political consultants tell me what Moral Monday is suppose to mean, I decided to attend every protest during the “short session” of the North Carolina General Assembly. Yep, every single Moral Monday. Armed with a HD camcorder, a smartphone, a tape recorder and a ragged notebook (with…

June 29, 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
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
The tea party in NC: taxing North Carolina with both hands, the chemicals used in FRAC and how social media handled the news

Raleigh, NC—it amazes me how much and how often history has a way of repeating itself. If you tell a lie big enough, and if you tell it long enough, people will begin to believe. The tea party led Republicans certainly know this to be true. For the last four years, Republicans have campaigned on…

May 30, 2014