Over the last couple of days since I posted about the fact that Joe Biden appointed former NC DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen to be the new CDC director, there has been some reaction on national sites on the internet. Of course, Mandy Cohen was North Carolina’s Lockdown Queen. She unscientifically […]
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Raleigh Republicans Support Corporate BCBS Fleecing of NC Rate Payers
The bill was controversial from the outset. It would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina to abscond away with premium dollars it charged when it had a tax-privileged status. But the bill just passed overwhelmingly in the North Carolina General Assembly— aided and abetted by Republicans who gleefully […]
North Carolina Republicans Who Voted for the Debt Ceiling Bill
We had numerous Republican members of Congress from North Carolina who voted to raise the debt ceiling without insisting on major cuts to pre-Covid era levels. Recall that the Covid pandemic and the Biden Administration prompted a major increase in spending levels amounting to trillions of dollars. Who voted in […]
Dan Bishop of NC: : “A Career-Defining Vote”
He speaks eloquently against the charade of a debt ceiling deal negotiated by his fellow NC Republican congressman, Pat McHenry:
Who is Telling the Truth– Mayorkas or Tobin?
It was very interesting to learn that a lady within the Biden Administration named Katie Tobin stated openly last week that Biden’s open borders policy on illegal immigration has economic motivations. She said we need the workers. She is a “senior director for transborder security on the National Security Council”. This is to […]
When North Carolina Republicans Act Like Democrats
Republicans in Raleigh were successful overriding Governor Cooper’s veto of their abortion legislation. This was celebrated in some “conservative” quarters as a victory. The bill– SB 20– was not a major victory. It makes abortion legal in the state of North Carolina for nearly any reason through virtually the entire […]
Texas GOP Undermining Border Security
It is really soooo typical. Governor Abbott has been making some noises, and Biden has enacted a new rule to deal with illegal aliens seeking protection. But the Texas GOP has been going out of its way to keep the border open:
The North Carolina Abortion “Compromise”: Before a Single Committee Hearing
The North Carolina Republicans in Raleigh trotted out this morning a group of female GOP legislators who would introduce their abortion bill. It includes a 12 week limit and also a variety of welfare state measures to “soften the blow”. They compromised before they had a single committee hearing on […]
A Bill to Give BCBS of NC Special Considerations Advancing
BCBS of NC is pushing legislators in Raleigh to allow it to evade certain regulatory requirements in accordance with its non-profit status. This follows a trend seen in other states where we have seen the various “Blues” become for-profit and/or merge with the “Blues” from other states. (For instance, Anthem […]
Successful Record
DeSantis appears to be sinking politically these days; and suspicions have been aroused as to whether he would adopt a globalist/ interventionist posture if he were president. It is unfortunate, because he also has certain strengths: