“#NCSen Thom Tillis (R) of North Carolina has failed to define himself as much other than a reliable Trump vote in his first term and most polling suggests that former state Sen. Cal Cunningham (D) is ahead.” #ncpol https://t.co/2N0mNdTg2A
— Matt Corridoni (@mattcorridoni) September 1, 2020
I endorse this message. Tillis hasn't done squat for North Carolinians in the last six years. Quintessential oxygen thief.
"Political candidates like Forest may claim First Amendment exemptions. But the effect of having more than 200 people get together indoors poses the same danger whether it’s for a rally or something else" #ncpol #ncgov https://t.co/r9n6831WbX
— Liz Doherty (@doherty_eliz) August 31, 2020
Kudos to the Salisbury Post for standing on the correct side (I can't bring myself to say "right side" anymore) in this argument, although they shouldn't have to. But when adults switch roles with children:
Maybe parents should follow the example of their children, who are required to wear masks in school, instead of the other way around.
the obvious needs to be stated.
A change from 2016's exit poll dynamics for college-educated vs. non-college ed white voters in NC:#ncpol #ncvotes https://t.co/H8HR2jeqcn pic.twitter.com/Q5RSs48JqV
— Michael Bitzer, Ph.D. (@BowTiePolitics) August 31, 2020
Hell, it shouldn't even be tied. But that's wipipo for you.
Just watched 40+ @WakeElections staff stuffing 96k envelopes for folks who’ve already requested absentee ballot. Watch for this envelope in your mail, ballots go out Friday. Also back to processing requests again. Also stream of people hand delivering requests ! /1 #ncpol pic.twitter.com/Ud2vGJNDKR
— Gerry Cohen (@gercohen) August 31, 2020
Thank you, sir. Your dedication to democracy has not gone unnoticed.
Like many, I‘m very concerned w/extreme far-left policies of Biden, Harris & Cooper. When it comes to the economy, law enforcement, farmers & our military, @realDonaldTrump is the easy choice for North Carolina. #ncpol @TeamTrump https://t.co/pR6DQjOTlB
— Rep. John Bell (@JohnBellNC) August 31, 2020
I know you didn't just say that. Trump's trade war with China is literally killing our farmers, and he stole $80 million from NC's military just to build his stupid wall. Are you even paying attention at all?
COLETOON: Thom Tillis masks up. https://t.co/N2yPBYAgj2 #ncpol via @ncpolicywatch #MaskUp #RNCConvention2020 #pandemic
— John Cole (@ColeToon) August 31, 2020
Thanks. I needed to bark a laugh this morning, the coffee is not doing its job.
Life inside UNC's isolation and quarantine dorms. #UNC #NCPol #COVID19 https://t.co/jwoKEiLmJi
— JoekillianPW (@JoekillianPW) August 31, 2020
I kinda dread taking this dive, but here we go:
Freas went back to her room after getting tested and waited about four hours before receiving a call from Carolina Housing about moving in.
“You imagine moving into a dorm as a very monumental, special thing, but when you’re moving into a quarantine dorm, you have no one helping you,” Freas said. “You only brought the stuff that you can carry. It’s very disheartening.”
She was given the code to a locker outside of Craige North, which had keys to her room and food for the first night in quarantine.
“I couldn’t hear anyone talking in the hallways,” Freas said. “There was no music. It was just desolate. I just unpacked everything and went to bed that night.”
Freas received daily emails with a survey for symptom monitoring for Campus Health, but like Bass, had expected to receive phone calls.
“It was a little hard because I was like, ‘Am I being forgotten about? Am I really valued?’ Yeah, they drop off food, but that’s it,” Freas said.
The cynical part of my brain is cooking up snarky refrains, but my heart is telling it to STFU. Forced isolation is not the same thing as peaceful escape. Not even close.
Good. No more playing "mother may I" with @RoyCooperNC #ncpol https://t.co/ziuJxGLBIJ
— Adam Wood (@awood785) August 31, 2020
"Good"? If defying the elected Governor of the state, and endangering the health of citizens during a pandemic, is your idea of good, I'd hate to see what "bad" would be.
Under the proposal, $3 million would go to boosting election officials' pay, $1 million would be used to recruit poll workers, and $1 million would be distributed in $10,000 grants to counties to support safe in-person voting in North Carolina. https://t.co/lEExIa7ZDw #ncpol
— Speaker Tim Moore (@NCHouseSpeaker) August 31, 2020
That's nice, but there are literally thousands of voting precincts in North Carolina, employing tens of thousands during elections. County Commissioners have cut more than $5 million from their already strained budgeting for election boards, and we're supposed to be impressed by this? It's a joke, and a bad one at that.
Cavuto gives Cawthorn a softball interview, says he doesn't know about sexual misconduct allegations and "most are anonymous" (not true), allows Cawthorn to only comment on one (Katrina Aldona Krulikas') and suggest it's a political hit job.#ncpol #nc11https://t.co/P7vIs0GPhg
— Cody (@Yedois) August 31, 2020
She should take both Cawthorn and Fox News to court for that BS.
I've known Justice Newby personally for 30+ years. He was at my wedding (spoke at my rehearsal dinner), and I consider him a dear friend. He is a man of great integrity, intelligence, and fairness. NC would be most fortunate to have him serve as our Chief Justice!#NCpol https://t.co/n8TWlki4nk
— Matt Brubaker (@MattBrubakerNC) August 31, 2020
I don't care if he exorcised a demon from you and then performed CPR to save your life. Newby is a bible-thumping moron who has (repeatedly) elevated "God's law" over the laws passed by democratically elected representatives, making him extremely unqualified for any bench, much less the highest one in the state.
Roy Cooper is anti business. He wants to hurt our local economy, so Joe Biden can blame the President for the bad economy. In reality, we all know the bad economy is because of Roy Cooper.#TeamForest #DanForest #NcGov#ncpol
— VOTE 4 (@Jlm9022) September 1, 2020
Um, what? Roy Cooper is hurting business so Biden can blame Trump? Did your prescription run out waiting for USPS to deliver a refill?
On that inscrutable note, here's your Onion:
Trump: ‘Any Shooting Actually Inspired By Me Would Have Left Thousands Dead’ https://t.co/Z3jYE9efcj pic.twitter.com/fkmKfFHcqB
— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 28, 2020
It would not surprise me to find out he actually said that.
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Bonus Onion:
It's worth a shot...
Don't know how you do it
I think FB is pretty toxic, but man oh man, Twitter is in a whole nother league of badness. Thank you for doing it.