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Friend --
College basketball is better than the NBA. There, I said it. This
week reaffirmed that for me and probably for many of you as well with
the cowardly stance taken by the league and its high profile players
and coaches bowing
to Chinese oppression and severing
ties with Israel. Need some more volunteers for the State Fair
this year! Check out the sign-up at the bottom and read up on the
stories you may have missed this week.
WHAT HAPPENED
STORIES FROM THE
NATION
Anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar has been in some hot water over
campaign finance problems and lying about marrying her brother. No
matter who she married, she's now filing for divorce and the hole just
keeps getting deeper. New
York Post
Sen. Elizabeth Warren was a teacher (and a Republican, or at least
so she claimed) long before she became a far-left politician. She also
claimed that she was fired from her teaching job for being pregnant.
Like a lot of things she says, she lied. The
Washington Free Beacon
Former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke is desperate to get above
his 0% polling average and has taken the incredibly radical step to
call for stripping the tax-exempt status for churches, colleges, or
charities. Not kidding. Washington
Examiner
Eric Holder's Democrat redistricting group has set its sights on
North Carolina's Congressional districts. They're not interested in
fair maps; They're interested in rigging the system for Democrats.
It's time to stand up for them (and win back the NC Supreme Court). Fox
News
STORIES FROM
NC
Democrat State Auditor Beth Wood appeared on a radio talk show this
week and detailed
some serious problems with NC's Medicaid system, the same one her
fellow Democrats are trying to expand. Here's the killer line:
"You just can’t keep putting a bunch of people into a system
that is already broken.” The
News & Observer
There are several Democrats running for the Superintendent of
Public Instruction position in 2020. They recently held a forum and in
what is no surprise, all of them are against charter schools and
voucher programs. The
News & Observer
Speaking of charter schools, the federal government awarded $10
million to the state to help expand charter school opportunities for
educationally disadvantaged students. The state may actually have
trouble spending the money. Find out why and how that can
change. Carolina
Journal
Governor Cooper applied for FEMA relief for areas impacted by
Hurricane Dorian. The application was denied, but here's the real
story: apparently Cooper's
people screwed up the application from the beginning and knew it was a
long shot, so they tried to blame Sen. Burr and Tillis. Yet
another example of Cooper failing when it comes to hurricane
relief. Spectrum
News
TRACKING YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
CONGRESS
All the air has been sucked up by the impeachment, but the House
did pass a bipartisan
bill to help families get through TSA a little easier at airports.
The Senate has been pretty quiet as they look at the impeachment
proceedings since they are tasked with the actual trial should
Articles be introduced and passed out of the House. However, Judiciary
Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley is trying
to get an update on those who made the false accusations against
now-Justice Kavanaugh during his confirmation.
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
Contrary to their federal counterparts, the NCGA was quite busy
this week. Since Cooper continues to hold the budget hostage over his
Medicaid expansion ultimatum, the respective chambers have passed
mini-budgets in an effort to get funding out. They passed bills boosting
spending at community colleges and rural
broadband grants, and are looking at more mini budgets aimed at
education, namely teacher
pay increases.
The Senate passed
the funding piece to the Raise The Age criminal justice reform
bill that passed last year. A Senate committee also looked at more
criminal justice reform, aimed
at sentencing reform.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Want to be a part of the massive grassroots army to help keep
NC red in 2020? Sign up for future Trump Victory program trainings
here: Trump
Victory Leadership Initiative
Municipal Election Tools:
Early voting starts next week (10/16) for the November municipal
elections. Stay tuned for a list of early voting locations.
List
of Candidates - November Elections
On Saturday October 12th, check out the Swain County GOP Low
Country Boil! Plenty of good speakers as well. Details here: Swain
GOP Low Country Boil
The N.C. State Fair starts on October 17th and we need some
more volunteers! Sign
up here or email Vice Chair Miriam Chu directly
at [email protected].
On October 25th, join the 13th District GOP for Dinner with
Ted Budd featuring guest speaker Rep. Mark Meadows! The dinner will be
held at the Trump National Golf Club in Mooresville, NC. Tickets are
here: Dinner
With Ted Budd
Also on October 25th is a night hosted by Rep. Mark Walker
featuring country music legend Ricky Skaggs! Get your tickets here: Walker4NC
ft. Ricky Skaggs
On October 26th, join the Wilson County GOP for their annual oyster
roast! Details: Wilson
GOP Oyster Roast
Make sure to visit the NCGOP
Events page to see more events than what's listed
there.
Have a good weekend!
Jeff Hauser
j_hauser9
http://www.nc.gop/
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