Christian Post: “The granddaughter of the late Rev. Billy Graham endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris during an “Evangelicals for Harris” Zoom call Wednesday and suggested that Christians who support former President Donald Trump are causing people to turn away from Christianity. … The event reportedly reached 40,000 people as the Harris campaign attempts to court Evangelical voters…
“Harris breaks from ‘Bidenomics’ in North Carolina”
Politico: “Vice President Kamala Harris used a speech on her economic platform Friday to try to distinguish herself as a candidate from President Joe Biden, casting her agenda as more ambitious and forward-looking. From her rhetoric to the phrases plastered around the room, Harris was sending that message loud and clear. “Now is the time…
“AT&T workers protest in Nashville as 17,000 strike in Southeast”
The Tennessean: “Up to 17,000 AT&T workers in the Southeastern United States went on strike Friday, the Communications Workers of America union announced. Workers in Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina are involved in the strike, which the union argued in a news release is necessary to “protest unfair labor…
Dueling Rallies in NC
In Economy-Focused Speech, Trump Still Lobs Personal Attacks Against Harris“Former President Donald J. Trump’s speech on Wednesday in Asheville, N.C., his first event in a battleground state in nearly two weeks, was supposed to offer him a bit of a reset after his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, gained significant momentum. His top advisers…
“Women claim Texas hospitals denied them abortions for ectopic pregnancies”
WaPo: “Two women have filed complaints against two Texas hospitals for allegedly denying them treatment for ectopic pregnancies, which they say put their lives at risk and breached federal law. In a complaint to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kyleigh Thurman said that in February 2023, Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital in Round Rock, Tex.,…
“How ‘The Greensboro Six’ broke golf’s color barrier”
WUNC: “A week after Rosa Parks began a bus boycott protesting segregation, several Black men played a round of golf at the whites-only Gillespie Golf Course in Greensboro, NC. After placing their payment for the round on a front table in the course clubhouse, the men played through several holes before management began harassing them…
“Florida Republicans Surpass Democrats”
Political Wire: “The number of registered Republican voters in Florida officially surpassed Democrats by more than 1 million on Sunday, a milestone reflecting political shifts in the Sunshine State and the largest margin for the GOP since the late 1980s,” the Orlando Sentinel reports. “That means Republicans make up nearly 37% of Florida’s voters, compared to about…
“This Republican Senator Voted To Convict Trump. Now He Says He Will Vote For Him In November.”
HuffPo: “Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said that he plans to vote for Donald Trump in November despite previously registering his disapproval of the former president for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In a July interview with Spectrum Local News published on Tuesday, the former senator insisted it was not…
“GOP nominee to run North Carolina schools advocated pro-Trump military coup in January 6 video”
CNN: “Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee to run K-12 public education in North Carolina, filmed a video after attending the January 6 riot at the US Capitol urging then-President Donald Trump to put “the Constitution to the side” and use the military to stay in power. In a deleted Facebook livestream she filmed from her…
“GOP Lawmaker Charged with Drunk Driving”
Political Wire: “Georgia state Rep. Devan Seabaugh (R) was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol after hitting a bicyclist, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “While the records do not indicate what kind of drugs were allegedly involved in the incident, Seabaugh was cited for being under the influence of multiple substances…