Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
After Tuesday’s primaries, the choice is clear for North Carolina and the nation. It’s Democratic reason versus Republican rage. It’s real action on real problems versus revenge and retribution. It’s the difference between President Biden and Donald Trump – and between Josh Stein and Mark Robinson. Democrats want government to attack economic insecurity, ignorance, hunger,…
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Back when the Shah ruled Iran Ali Khamenei was arrested six times, exiled. The Shah fell, Khamenei returned home, became president of Iran. An assassin set a tape recorder with a bomb inside in front of him – the bomb exploded, mutilated his arm. After Iran’s first Ayatollah died, Khamenei became the Supreme Leader. His…
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It took a London newspaper to report this political story: “In a hotel ballroom situated between Raleigh and Durham in North Carolina, a sea of buzzing young liberals excitedly took selfies and exchanged Instagram handles. Wrists decorated with Taylor Swift bracelets hit against one another as baby-faced teens and twentysomethings dressed in business casual applauded…
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Trump may have the Republican nomination locked up, but he’s losing a lot of Republicans. He lost 32% of the Republican vote in Michigan, 40% in South Carolina and over 45% in New Hampshire. In South Carolina, he lost Independents to Nikki Haley by 60-40. That’s how you lose in November. He’s also losing his…
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A reporter asked House Speaker Mike Johnson, “Do you believe Biden’s presidency is God’s will?’ Johnson said he’s a Bible believing Christian and the Bible says God’s sovereign so, yes, Biden’s election was God’s will. Steve Bannon the MAGA Trumpster erupted on his podcast, ‘Be prepared for your heads to blow up,’ played the video…
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Ukraine. Israel. Two wars that look different but have a lot in common. In both wars China, Russia, and Iran are on one side – while we’re on the other. China, Russia, and Iran are all dictatorships – while we’re a democracy. Three decades of peace followed the end of the Cold War – a…
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In ancient times men worshiped idols made of stone or gold, like the ‘Golden Calf’ the Israelites bowed to at the foot of Mt. Sinai. Time rolled by and ideologies (promising salvation) took the place of golden idols. Surrounded by threats, with Christianity waning, fearful men now cling to ideologies – E.D.I., Wokeness, other political…
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Police in Iran arrested a 22-year-old woman for not wearing a hijab, hauled her to jail. Bruises on her face, legs, she died two days later. Witnesses said the police beat her. The police said she died of a heart attack. Protestors took to the streets – the Ayatollah called out soldiers, killed 500 protestors.…
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When Jim Hunt was president of North Carolina Young Democrats in 1968, he said something at a YDC meeting that was deemed newsworthy – and wasn’t popular with all Democrats: “I’m getting tired of going to county, local and even State YDC meetings and looking out at the audience to see far too few black…
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