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Friend --
Hope everyone had a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
Filing for offices started this week and runs through December 20th
(if you'd like to see who's filed, go here).
A monster
jobs report for November shows how strong the economy continues to
run under the President as impeachment moves forward ahead of the
release of the Inspector General's report on Monday. There was a ton
of news over the last two weeks, so I've tried to narrow it down to
the juiciest ones.
WHAT HAPPENED
STORIES FROM THE
NATION
This one is a bit in the weeds, but read up on this primer in
advance of the IG report that's due out Monday. National
Review
Under sanctuary Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York was one of the
first states to expand Medicaid under Obamacare (they've also flirted
with a Medicare For All program). Next year the state (under trifecta
Democrat rule [House, Senate, Governor]) faces a $6.1 billion deficit.
Guess where $4 billion of deficit that comes from? New
York Post
Much has been made over the alleged "quid pro quo" regarding the
phone call between the President and the President of Ukraine. What
they aren't talking about is the quid pro quo being spouted by Mayor
Pete Buttigieg regarding Israel and US aid to the country. The
Times Of Israel
Far-left socialists like Sen. Sanders or Rep. Ocasio-Cortez tout
the Green New Deal (also endorsed by the North Carolina Democrat
Party) as a way to save the alleged climate crisis. "We only have 12
years left!" they exclaim, using a 16-year-old as their poster child.
While conservatism definitely includes being good stewards of our
environment, the left's apocalyptic claims are wrong and spur
inaction. Forbes
STORIES FROM
NC
A huge report is out stating that New York City under far-left
Mayor Bill de Blasio is secretly relocating some of their homeless
population to NC...without letting the receiving municipalities know.
The NC cities are considering legal action (don't hold your breath on
AG Josh Stein doing anything). WECT
A story broke last month about the Cooper administration failing to
pay the scholarships for students whose parents are combat veterans,
including those injured or killed during service. It gets worse: now
the Cooper admin has cut the amount awarded nearly in half, sending
these students scrambling to pay the difference their schools are now
demanding. Utterly shameful. WBTV
I've mentioned this before and I will continue to talk about it ad
nauseam: get to know your judicial candidates. There are eight running
for office this cycle - 3 for Supreme Court and 5 for the Court of
Appeals. They're running as a team and make sure you educate people to
vote for them as such. Carolina
Journal
The Recap shared the piece from the liberal Charlotte
Observer editorial board calling for an investigation into the
corruption of Governor Cooper. John Hood goes a little deeper into why
there should be an investigation and how weak Cooper's case is that
everything was done correctly. Watauga
Democrat
TRACKING YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
CONGRESS
So what's been going on besides impeachment? A rare
bipartisan bill aimed at helping new parents was introduced in
both chambers, led by Sen. Bill Cassidy and Rep. Elise Stefanik.
Another bipartisan bill was passed in the House to ban
insider trading (there are laws against it, but this is the first
direct ban), a second one to stop
those annoying robocalls from spoofed numbers we're all getting,
and a third bipartisan bill calling
for sanctions on China over the atrocities being committed against
the Uyghurs.
The Senate is doing - what else? - confirming judges. They
confirmed two more this week, including the long-vacant U.S. District
of Eastern North Carolina. Senator Burr blocked all of Obama's radical
nominations and was able to confirm Professor
Richard Myers to the seat (he was probably the only conservative
at UNC).
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
Both chambers are out until January.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Hall of Fame is TOMORROW! Last-minute tickets are available
here: 2019
Hall of Fame Dinner
The Craven County GOP is having their Mingle & Jingle Christmas
party on December 14th! Details: Craven
County GOP Mingle & Jingle
Coming up on January 18, 2020 is the annual North Carolina Right To
life prayer breakfast and subsequent march in downtown Raleigh. It's
the premiere pro-life event in North Carolina. Check it out: NCRTL
Prayer Breakfast
CLOSING
THOUGHTS
The term "fake news" has become a bit loaded over the last couple
years, as some have used it to describe anything they don't like,
sometimes as a joke but sometimes serious. However, a group of
liberals are bringing fake news to NC. Bloomberg
reported that Courier Newsroom is a digital-only "newspaper" expanding
to our state and is going to putting out news stories friendly to
Democrats (not unlike NC Policy Watch) and targeted at swing-voters.
So far, they've only done one story in NC but keep your eyes out for
Courier. They are, quite literally, fake news.
Enjoy the weekend!
Jeff Hauser
j_hauser9
http://www.nc.gop/
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