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Republicans Refuse to Back Mark Robinson’s Dangerous Agenda for North Carolina

Republicans Refuse to Back Mark Robinson’s Dangerous Agenda for North Carolina Today, North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell, Lt. Governor Mark Robinson’s former primary opponent, refused to endorse Robinson as his party’s nominee, reaffirming his months-long opposition to Robinson’s dangerous agenda, and adding to the list of North Carolina Republicans who refuse to endorse Robinson.…

What Is Kelly Ayotte Promising the Conspiracy Theorists and Extremists Endorsing Her Campaign?

What Is Kelly Ayotte Promising the Conspiracy Theorists and Extremists Endorsing Her Campaign? Last week, former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte continued to put politics first by courting the most extreme elements in New Hampshire politics with the announcement that State Representative Lisa Mazur endorsed her campaign for governor. Mazur is best known for “compar[ing]…

Craven Kelly Ayotte Called out for Spreading Misinformation on Immigration

Craven Kelly Ayotte Called out for Spreading Misinformation on Immigration Over the weekend, former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte took to Twitter to spread false information, claiming that a facility was kicking veterans out of housing to house “illegal immigrants.” The facility Ayotte is referencing is vacant and is being used to house homeless families in…

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…

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…

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Republicans Refuse to Back Mark Robinson’s Dangerous Agenda for North Carolina

What Is Kelly Ayotte Promising the Conspiracy Theorists and Extremists Endorsing Her Campaign?

Craven Kelly Ayotte Called out for Spreading Misinformation on Immigration

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

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

Why Won’t Dave Reichert Debate His GOP Opponent?