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Mark Robinson Calls for Funding Cuts to North Carolina Public Schools

Mark Robinson Calls for Funding Cuts to North Carolina Public Schools Robinson: “…school systems get better results on less money.” New reporting from the News and Observer unearthed previously unreported audio of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson calling for funding cuts to North Carolina’s public schools and falsely claiming that “it has already been proven that…

Mark Robinson Has a Problem with Beyoncé

Mark Robinson Has a Problem with Beyoncé Today the Democratic Governors Association issued a statement in response to reporting in The Root that Lt. Governor Mark Robinson has “insulted Beyoncé’s singing abilities, called her a ‘skank,’ and said she was teaching ‘young women how to be hyper-sexual whores.’” “We’re Speechless and have to Ring The…

As SCOTUS Hears Mifepristone Case, Dem Govs Lead the Fight to Protect Abortion Medication in Their States

As SCOTUS Hears Mifepristone Case, Dem Govs Lead the Fight to Protect Abortion Medication in Their States Yesterday, as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine, the nation’s Democratic governors led the way by reaffirming their commitment to protecting access to medication abortion in their states and detailing…

REMINDER: Kelly Ayotte was the “Sherpa” of SCOTUS’ Extreme Majority

REMINDER: Kelly Ayotte was the “Sherpa” of SCOTUS’ Extreme Majority As the Supreme Court hears arguments in FDA v. Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine, the first reproductive rights case since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, it’s important to remember that former Senator Kelly Ayotte’s work proudly serving as the “sherpa” for then-Supreme Court…

DGA Statement on Oral Arguments in Abortion Medication Mifepristone SCOTUS Case

From the Chair’s Desk Mar 26, 2024

DGA Statement on Oral Arguments in Abortion Medication Mifepristone SCOTUS Case

DGA Statement on Oral Arguments in Abortion Medication Mifepristone SCOTUS Case Today, the United States Supreme Court is set to start hearing arguments in FDA v. Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine, the case challenging access to the safe, commonly-prescribed abortion medication mifepristone. This is the first reproductive rights case before the Court since the overturning of…

DGA Chair Gov. Tim Walz Statement on 14th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act

From the Chair’s Desk Mar 23, 2024

DGA Chair Gov. Tim Walz Statement on 14th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act

DGA Chair Gov. Tim Walz Statement on 14th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act On the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, DGA Chair Gov. Tim Walz released the following statement: “This weekend we celebrate 14 years of the Affordable Care Act, groundbreaking legislation that has improved life for working families at every turn.…

REPORT: Mark Robinson Claims that Black Americans Should Pay Reparations for Slavery

REPORT: Mark Robinson Claims that Black Americans Should Pay Reparations for Slavery A new report from The Grio highlights how Lt. Governor Mark Robinson’s dangerous and extreme comments on race, such as downplaying the KKK and saying that “Black people owe reparations,” could harm his candidacy in the North Carolina gubernatorial race. As The Grio…

Why Won’t Dave Reichert Debate His GOP Opponent?

Why Won’t Dave Reichert Debate His GOP Opponent? On his latest podcast episode, Republican candidate for governor Semi Bird called out his opponent, former U.S. Congressman Dave Reichert, for refusing to participate in debates ahead of the state’s August 6 primary. As Bird noted, Reichert’s team “decided that they did not want to debate,” and…

Washington Post: NC GOP Nominee Mark Robinson Compared Planned Parenthood, Men with Saggy Pants to KKK

Washington Post: NC GOP Nominee Mark Robinson Compared Planned Parenthood, Men with Saggy Pants to KKK Today, new reporting from the Washington Post revealed that Mark Robinson has made more than a dozen Facebook posts suggesting that Planned Parenthood, men with saggy pants, and some Black Americans – among others – are similar to or…

“IVF Will Be Central Because It’s Central to People’s Lives.” Democratic Governors Protect Access to IVF in Their States

“IVF Will Be Central Because It’s Central to People’s Lives.”Democratic Governors Protect Access to IVF in Their States Politico: “Democratic governors say they’ve made their states refuges for in-vitro fertilization treatments — in much the same way blue states did for abortion in a post-Dobbs America.” A new report from Politico highlights the ways Democratic…

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Mark Robinson Calls for Funding Cuts to North Carolina Public Schools

Mark Robinson Has a Problem with Beyoncé

As SCOTUS Hears Mifepristone Case, Dem Govs Lead the Fight to Protect Abortion Medication in Their States

REMINDER: Kelly Ayotte was the “Sherpa” of SCOTUS’ Extreme Majority

DGA Statement on Oral Arguments in Abortion Medication Mifepristone SCOTUS Case

DGA Chair Gov. Tim Walz Statement on 14th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act

REPORT: Mark Robinson Claims that Black Americans Should Pay Reparations for Slavery

Why Won’t Dave Reichert Debate His GOP Opponent?

Washington Post: NC GOP Nominee Mark Robinson Compared Planned Parenthood, Men with Saggy Pants to KKK

“IVF Will Be Central Because It’s Central to People’s Lives.” Democratic Governors Protect Access to IVF in Their States