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  • Election Integrity Wins in Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, but Trouble Brews in Pennsylvania

    10/26/2023 4:03:03 AM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 18 replies
    The Daily Signal ^ | October 24, 2023 | Zack Smith and Hans von Spakovsky
    With many eyes focused on the 2024 presidential election, issues of election integrity are again coming to the forefront of the national conversation, as they should. Without fair, honest, and secure elections, we can’t sustain our democratic republic. Because the Framers of our Constitution placed primary responsibility on the states to administer and set out the rules and procedures that apply in our elections, that’s where most battles over election integrity have been—and will continue to be—fought. Fortunately, the citizens of many states, their legislators, and even judges who hear challenges to recent commonsense election reforms all are starting to...
  • North Carolina Republicans override Dem governor's vetoes of two election integrity bills

    10/12/2023 7:43:17 PM PDT · by CFW · 25 replies
    Just the News ^ | 10/12/23 | Natalia Mittelstadt
    North Carolina Republicans in the state legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes on two election integrity bills, passing the bills into law. On Tuesday, the Republican-controlled North Carolina state legislature overrode Cooper’s vetoes on Senate Bills 747 and 749, The Carolina Journal reported. The House overrode the vetoes of both bills 72-44 and the Senate followed suit, 30-19. SB 747 requires absentee ballots to be received by Election Day and bans Zuckbucks — the injection of private money into public election administration. SB 749 splits the appointments of the state Board of Elections between the state legislature majority and...
  • AP: Veto overridden: Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina

    08/17/2023 3:23:43 AM PDT · by RandFan · 37 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Aug 17 | BY HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender youth in North Carolina lost access Wednesday to gender-affirming medical treatments after the Republican-led General Assembly overrode the governor’s vetoes of that legislation and other bills touching on gender in sports and LGBTQ+ instruction in the classroom. GOP supermajorities in the House and Senate enacted — over Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s opposition — a bill barring medical professionals from providing hormone therapy, puberty-blocking drugs and surgical gender-transition procedures to anyone under 18, with limited exceptions. The law takes effect immediately. But minors who had begun treatment before Aug. 1 may continue receiving that care if...
  • TODAY: North Carolina GOP seeks to override governor’s veto of bill banning gender-affirming care for youth

    08/16/2023 3:37:25 AM PDT · by RandFan · 14 replies
    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender rights take center stage in North Carolina again Wednesday as GOP supermajorities in the General Assembly attempt to override the governor’s vetoes of legislation banning gender-affirming health care for minors and limiting transgender participation in school sports. The state House will hold the first of two votes Wednesday afternoon in a bid to enact the bills over Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s opposition. If House Republicans quickly muster the votes needed, the Senate might aim to complete the override with a decisive final vote Wednesday evening, the Senate leader’s office said. The GOP holds veto-proof majorities...
  • Six new laws overcome gubernatorial veto

    06/28/2023 11:26:49 AM PDT · by Prospero · 6 replies
    The Center Square ^ | 6/27/2023 | Alan Wooten
    (The Center Square) – Republican three-fifths supermajorities – 30 in the Senate, 72 in the House – are in the process of reversing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes, and Democrats by the dozen who supported the bills are reversing their votes. The latest action was Tuesday, when a modern-day record six bills became law on override votes – five in the House of Representatives, and a sixth late in the day in the Senate. The new laws prohibit environmental, social and governance factors in government hiring and financial decisions; prohibit compelled speech in state employment; address counties or municipalities...
  • Senate overrides four Cooper vetoes[NC]

    06/21/2023 2:54:52 AM PDT · by CFW · 12 replies
    The Center Square ^ | 6/21/23 | Victor Skinner
    Legislation to prohibit compelled speech in state hiring decisions, vetoed by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, was overridden in the Senate and sent to the House on Tuesday. It was one of four veto overrides that moved across the hall to the House. Override votes have not yet been scheduled in the House. In North Carolina, a veto override can be done with three-fifths, or a supermajority, in favor in each chamber. If all are present, Republican representation totals exactly that – 30 for the Senate, 72 for the House. The Grand Old Party is on the cusp of making it...
  • LAWSUIT: NC House Speaker Tim Moore Coerced State Employees Into Group Sex, Suit Claims

    06/19/2023 10:07:17 AM PDT · by CFW · 17 replies
    National File ^ | 6/19/23 | Frankie Stockes
    North Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Moore used his position to advance a deviant sexual relationship with a state employee, according to a lawsuit filed in Wake County. Speaker Tim Moore is at the center of the scandal primarily because of the allegation that he had an affair with an at-will state employee named Jamie Lassiter. The plaintiff, Scott Lassiter, filed the lawsuit under a North Carolina law known as ‘Alienation of Affection,” a law typically on the books in more conservative, Christian states in the south that has fallen out of favor in many places. In North Carolina,...
  • After Greensboro firefighter fired over 'Straight Pride' and other Facebook posts, crowd erupts at city council meeting

    06/07/2023 9:22:49 AM PDT · by Ciaphas Cain · 31 replies
    News & Record ^ | June 7, 2023 | Connor McNeely
    The City of Greensboro has fired Capt. Dustin Jones of the Greensboro Fire Department, citing a history of social media posts criticizing transgender people and Black Lives Matter along with an unwillingness to accept training and heed warnings from his supervisors. Jones was fired on May 12, according to the city. On Tuesday night, citizens packed the council meeting, which was punctuated by loud outbursts as some protested Jones' firing and others supported it. City Hearing Dustin Jones listens to public comments at the city council meeting in Greensboro, N.C., on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark...
  • University of North Carolina med school renounces its own DEI framework

    06/01/2023 4:59:43 AM PDT · by CFW · 10 replies
    Fox news ^ | 6/1/23 | Kendall Tietz
    The University of North Carolina (UNC) medical school disbanded its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) task force without implementing its recommendations, just months after banning DEI statements from admission, hiring, promotion and tenure. UNC said it plans to disband its DEI Task Force, without implementing its recommendations, including integrating social justice into the school's curriculum. The UNC DEI document also included recommendations that were partially based on the DEI protocols of the Association of American Medical Colleges that requires students to study topics like "Unconscious Bias Awareness," "Understanding and Responding to Microaggressions," and "Understanding that America's medical system is structurally...
  • An Abortion Doula Pivots After North Carolina's New Restrictions

    05/28/2023 1:31:41 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 26 replies
    NPR ^ | Manuela López Restrepo
    Ash Williams says he's now making sure his work extends beyond the state of North Carolina. Ash Williams has been on the front lines for reproductive health in his state. Now, another challenge arises. Who is he? Williams is an abortion doula based in North Carolina. An abortion doula provides support for clients throughout the process of ending a pregnancy. North Carolina has been a haven in the South for people to receive reproductive healthcare this last year. Ash spoke with NPR's Destinee Williams last year in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, about what his job was...
  • Department of Education swamps Duke University with civil rights investigations

    05/27/2023 6:23:53 PM PDT · by CFW · 1 replies
    Washington examiner ^ | 5/27/23 | Jeremiah Poff
    Duke University is facing a fresh federal civil rights investigation for a racially exclusive program at its medical school days after resolving a separate civil rights matter over excluding women. Last week, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights informed Mark Perry, a senior fellow with the medical watchdog group Do No Harm, that Duke University was no longer excluding men from two programs the school had organized, one for high school girls interested in orthopedic surgery and engineering, and another for female medical students. But on Tuesday, in response to a complaint from Perry about a program at...
  • Rising GOP star Mark Robinson touts vocational apprenticeships as alternative to 4-year degrees

    05/10/2023 4:46:31 AM PDT · by CFW · 45 replies
    Just the News ^ | 5/10/23 | Charlotte Hazard
    North Carolina GOP Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says there are other avenues to successful careers besides a four-year college degree, including vocational apprenticeship programs. "We're not against four-year university degrees, but we also want to let our students and our children know that there are a number of other venues that you can go through to make not just a living, but a great career," Robinson told the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show Tuesday. "And the skilled trades of those opportunities definitely exist." Robinson, who recently announced his candidacy for North Carolina governor, said that his state is...
  • Supreme Court rules against Republicans in North Carolina elections dispute

    06/27/2023 7:24:35 AM PDT · by mooncoin · 85 replies
    NBC News ^ | 6/27/2023 | Lawrence Hurley
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to impose new limits on state courts reviewing certain election-related issues by ruling against Republicans in North Carolina fighting for a congressional district map that would heavily favor their candidates. The justices ruled on a 6-3 vote that the North Carolina Supreme Court was acting within its authority in concluding that the map constituted a partisan gerrymander under the state constitution. In doing so, the court declined to embrace a hitherto obscure legal argument called the “independent state legislature” theory, which Republicans say limits state court authority to strike down certain election...
  • Crowd Goes Wild After North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Endorses Trump

    06/24/2023 7:57:00 AM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 17 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 23 Jun 2023 | HANNAH BLEAU
    The crowd at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Policy conference went wild after North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a gubernatorial candidate in his state, emphatically endorsed former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.This nation needs a fighter, someone who is willing to go on to the world stage, walk in boldly, strongly, waving the American flag saying, ‘The Americans are here and we are in charge again. And we’re going to lead this world into the future with freedom,'” he said.“That’s what America needs and that is why on this stage, today, I’m endorsing Donald J....
  • North Carolina GOP censures Sen. Tillis for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, immigration policies

    06/10/2023 7:03:06 PM PDT · by Eagle Forgotten · 18 replies
    AP ^ | June 10, 2023 | Hannah Schoenbaum
    Republican delegates in North Carolina voted Saturday at their annual convention to censure Thom Tillis, the state’s senior U.S. senator, for backing LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and gun violence policies. . . . . Several delegates in Greensboro criticized Tillis, who has held his seat in the Senate since 2015, for his work last year on the Respect For Marriage Act, which enshrined protections for same-sex and interracial marriages in federal law. . . . . Several state legislators, including Sen. Bobby Hanig of Currituck County, criticized the decision, saying it’s a bad idea to create more divisions within the party...
  • NC Gov. Declares State of Emergency Because He Can't Handle GOP Legislature's Handling of School Choice

    05/24/2023 4:54:00 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 47 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | May 23, 2023 9:15 PM | Rebecca Downs
    Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) has not been handling well the priorities of the Republican-controlled legislature. Last week, the legislature overrode his veto on a 12-week abortion ban, to which he reacted with a slew of angry tweets and media appearances. He's taken even more of an extreme stance in response to the legislature on school choice, though, and on Monday afternoon declared a state of emergency for public schools during a special address. The governor got right to it, as he proclaimed "it’s time to declare a State of Emergency for public education in North Carolina." He even warned "it's...
  • North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declares ‘state of emergency’ over school choice bill

    05/23/2023 11:11:54 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 56 replies
    NY Post ^ | 05/23/2023 | Lindsay Kornick, Fox News
    Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a “state of emergency” on Monday in an attempt to stop the state legislature from passing a school choice bill. Cooper released a video announcement in which he declared a state of emergency, arguing that the state of public education is “no less important” than other emergencies. “It’s time to declare a state of emergency for public education in North Carolina. There’s no executive order like with a hurricane or the pandemic, but it’s no less important,” Cooper said. He continued, “It’s clear that the Republican legislature is aiming to choke the life...
  • North Carolina Gun Sales Soar After Repeal of Unconstitutional Purchase Permit Law

    05/17/2023 4:46:04 AM PDT · by marktwain · 21 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | May 15, 2023 | Dean Weingarten
    On March 29, 2023, the North Carolina legislature overrode Governor (D) Roy Cooper’s veto, eliminating the unconstitutional state requirement to obtain a permit to purchase a pistol. The permit system was put into operation in 1919, with a resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan and racism, during the Woodrow Wilson presidency. It was in place for 103 years. It is a classic example of a statute that effectively chills the exercise of a Constitutionally protected right. To see how effective the statute was in chilling rights protected by the Second Amendment, consider handgun sales, as measured by the NICS system,...
  • North Carolina lawmakers override governor's veto of 12-week abortion ban

    05/16/2023 6:29:29 PM PDT · by cotton1706 · 20 replies
    Just the News ^ | 5/16/23 | Ben Whedon
    North Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday overrode the veto of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to enshrine into law a ban on most abortions in the state after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Both chambers of the legislature have Republican supermajorities, though the governor had hoped at least one Republican lawmaker would vote to uphold his veto and traveled the state last week to convince a lawmaker to take that stance, the Associated Press reported. The Old North State previously barred abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The new ban makes exceptions for rape, incest, medical emergencies and severe fetal anomalies. Cooper had...
  • North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper: Killing Babies in Abortions is Good for the Economy

    05/14/2023 11:02:21 AM PDT · by Morgana · 20 replies
    Life News ^ | May 12, 2023 | Steven Ertelt
    North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is continuing his abortion barnstorming tour around the state. Cooper is desperately making the case why abortion is a good thing for the Tar Heel State as he hopes to somehow convince one or more legislator not to override his veto of a common sense bill that would ban abortions after 12 weeks. The Democrat governor’s latest argument is one that is sure to turn off many voters: Killing babies is good for the economy. Here’s more: Among his concerns about Senate Bill 20, Gov. Roy Cooper believes the legislation’s restrictions on abortion — limits...