Jesse SchecknerJuly 18, 2023
11min0
‘It’s not "No Labels." It’s no values.’
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Jesse SchecknerJuly 18, 2023
Associated PressFebruary 12, 2022
14min0
The former President's endorsements are reminders of the power he wields over the GOP.
A.G. GancarskiDecember 6, 2016
3min189
On Tuesday, the Donald Trump transition team held its usual morning telephonic press briefing. The big news of the day, according to Jason Miller and Sean Spicer: the announcement of James Mattis to run the Pentagon (an announcement that was made last week during a “thank you” rally, on a somewhat less formal basis.) Mattis, who has held command posts […]
Mitch PerryDecember 6, 2016
6min147
One of my favorite sections of Bernie Sanders interview with Matt Taibbi in the current Rolling Stone is when the curmudgeonly Vermont Senator bitches about the corporate establishment media. “They live in a bubble, talk about their world, worry about who’s going to be running 18 years from now for office,” he says. “Meanwhile, people can’t […]
Mitch PerryDecember 5, 2016
3min365
Incumbent North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory conceded to Democrat Roy Cooper, the state’s Attorney General, on Monday — a defeat that is being cheered on by Equality Florida, the state’s largest LGBT organization. “I personally believe that the majority of our citizens have spoken, and we now should do everything we can to support the 75th governor of […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 22, 2016
5min186
In Charlotte last night, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory called for a state of emergency a night after violence escalated as residents continued to protest the fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer a day prior. While in Tulsa, the Dept. of Justice is investigating officer Betty Shelby’s use of force in the shooting death of 40-year-old unarmed black […]
Mitch PerryMay 9, 2016
5min585
Six different advocacy groups are pushing back on the Marion County School Board, two weeks after the group passed a measure that would restrict students’ access to school bathrooms based on their birth sex, not gender identity. “The Marion County School Board’s hasty passage of a discriminatory policy prohibiting schools from treating transgender students equally is […]
Mitch PerryApril 6, 2016
5min724
Can North Carolina’s controversial religious freedom law that critics say discriminates against the LGBT community redound to Tampa’s advantage? That’s what Bob Buckhorn hopes for, after PayPal announced on Tuesday that it was their canceling plans for a new operation center that would have employed over 400 people in Charlotte, North Carolina, citing that new law. “The […]
Mitch PerryMarch 30, 20165min249
Back in 2009-2010, the folks behind the Moving Hillsborough Forward brought Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory to Tampa on three different occasions to advise local officials on how to pass the one-cent sales tax referendum for transit on the November 2010 ballot in Hillsborough County. As we all remember, the measure went down to a resounding […]