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“This Is Not an Attack on Educators”
Thurs., Aug. 26: One way to prove you’re not on a witch-hunt is to stalk teachers’ social media + unspent rent help + DTR’s rebound and Raleigh’s…
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
Duke Energy Agrees to Screw Us 25% Less
The N&O asks Biden to not do socialism + Josh Hawley’s outrage game + long waits for NC sexual assault nurses + Kane’s $1B innovation district + blame…
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
What I Learned by Reading 506 Submissions to Mark Robinson’s Indoctrination Task Force
PRIMER special report: Robinson will release his school-indoctrination report today. Here’s what you need to know before he does.
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
Thom Tillis’s Accidental Advice for a Climate Emergency
Jeff Jackson runs for Senate + Biden pauses fossil fuel leases + the Trump cult’s consequences
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
The Infuriating Logic of the Gerrymandering Decision
Wed., Jan. 12: Of course Republicans gerrymandered, but—shrug—what can you do?
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
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Deep Dive: The Wet Bulb Problem
Wed., June 30: Why the PNW heatwave should scare the hell out of you + improving North Carolina democracy + landlords win and lose + budget cuts for…
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
We're With Stupid
Anti-vaxxers, climate change, and how the most powerful nation in the history of the planet is killing itself through willful ignorance
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
Exclusive: Read Complaints to Mark Robinson’s ‘Indoctrination’ Task Force
June 15, 2021: Tillis wants to defund critical race theory + the 9th Street Starbucks no one wants + Raleigh’s election delay + Trump rules the NCGOP
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
Hypocrisy Dressed Up as Indignation
Before Republicans whip themselves into a frenzy calling for Biden’s head, let’s remember how Afghanistan became a case study in Murphy’s Law.
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
The Great NCGOP Senate Conspiracy
The plot against Mark Robinson + Madison Cawthorn tries to be clever + the J&J vaccine pause + a new Medicare model + the trans athlete panic + a new…
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
It’s Been 0️⃣ Days Since UNC Was a National Embarrassment
May 21, 2021: Reset your humiliation clocks + Durham commissioner never filed campaign finance reports + another dumb critical race theory freakout …
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
UNC Lied About Silent Sam. Heads Should Roll.
Also: Mark Robinson vs. WRAL + Cooper wants schools to open (and Wake’s will) + ALIENS!!!!
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Jeffrey Billman | Journalist
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