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NEW from me @TheSpectator:
Meet Mandy Cohen, the Fauci fangirl Biden wants to head the CDC
Cohen has what critics deem a record of punishing political opponents and co-founded a group pushing to defund the police 😬
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Meet Mandy Cohen, the Fauci fangirl Biden wants to head the CDC
Cohen has what critics deem a record of punishing political opponents and co-founded a group pushing to defund the police 😬
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Mandy Cohen — the doctor rumored to be President Joe Biden’s successor to the scandal-plagued Rochelle Walensky atop the Centers for Disease Control — loves Anthony Fauci, multiple sources familiar with her record tell us.
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Mandy Cohen, Biden’s likely pick to helm the CDC has what many view as a troubling record of politicizing science and unnecessarily supporting draconian lockdown measures, even in the face of scientific reality.
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Following the 2024 NC gubernatorial election requires us to hold two seemingly contradictory things in our heads at the same time: (1) The NC gubernatorial election is among the most important elections in the country, (2) the NC Governor is extremely weak
A wonky #ncpol 🧵
A wonky #ncpol 🧵
On point 1: The Governor is the rhetorical political leader of the state. Like EF Hutton, when they talk, people listen. Whether or not they have actual power is beside the point to most citizens; people think the Gov is powerful, therefore (to some degree), they are.
In terms of partisanship, right now the country is divided 26 R Governors to 24 D. Sure they don’t vote together like a legislature, but each election takes on amped up importance because of the tight partisan balance. Map from governors.rutgers.edu/fast-facts-abo… 
Mark Robinson is just the North Carolina version of Doug Mastriano with a bit more $$. It’s absolutely defensible to start 2024 #NCGov as Lean D, especially given that Dems will run a popular statewide official like Josh Stein while Robinson is currently the clear GOP favorite.
Robinson’s win as LG in 2020 really wasn’t as impressive as people think. That office is extremely anonymous and it’s very hard to get anyone to know or care about it, especially a presidential year. Different story when you’re running for governor.
How exactly do people think stuff this is going to play out in a statewide race in a state with a very partisan GOP legislature, especially with abortion no longer constitutionally protected? wral.com/nc-s-lieutenan…
The irony of North Carolina redistricting is that the rules allow Republicans to draw a map like this were put in place by Democrats in attempt to gerrymander Republicans out of power.
The reason Gov Roy Cooper (D) can't veto the maps is because Democrats in 1996 took away the gubernatorial veto to prevent a Republican governor from vetoing their gerrymanders.
The Chief Justice of the North Carolina supreme Court who will pick the panel to decide any redistricting cases is a Republican because #NCGov Roy Cooper (D) politicize Court appointments and it backfired on him spectacularly.
I took this picture exactly one year ago from the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh.
358 days later, media outlets have still not been allowed back. Next Tuesday marks one calendar year of virtual press briefings.
Where are the First Amendment advocates?
#NCPOL #NCGOV
358 days later, media outlets have still not been allowed back. Next Tuesday marks one calendar year of virtual press briefings.
Where are the First Amendment advocates?
#NCPOL #NCGOV
Comparing and contrasting Cooper with another governor, Florida's Ron DeSantis, is quite stark.
Cooper holds one, sometimes two, virtual press briefings per week.
Since Mar. 1, DeSantis has held 13 live briefings in 13 cities across his state - but that's not all. #NCPOL #NCGOV
Cooper holds one, sometimes two, virtual press briefings per week.
Since Mar. 1, DeSantis has held 13 live briefings in 13 cities across his state - but that's not all. #NCPOL #NCGOV
Has anyone in #NCPOL seen a daily schedule like this from Gov. Cooper?
flgov.com/2021/03/09/des…
The "holding meetings and conducting other business" line that typically comes from his office tells us nothing about who he meets with or when he is meeting with them. #NCGOV
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The "holding meetings and conducting other business" line that typically comes from his office tells us nothing about who he meets with or when he is meeting with them. #NCGOV
Senate is back in session.
Motion made to add veto override to top of the calendar.
#ncpol #ncga #sb37
dashboard.ncleg.gov/Audio/2021/S
Motion made to add veto override to top of the calendar.
#ncpol #ncga #sb37
dashboard.ncleg.gov/Audio/2021/S
MUST READ from @WhatleyNCGOP: Governor @RoyCooperNC's response to the #COVID19 crisis has put our most vulnerable population at risk because he failed to provide decisive leadership when it mattered. (1/5)
Unfortunately, this fits a pattern with the Governor. When hurricanes ravaged Eastern NC, he held a lot of press conferences, but failed to get relief dollars to affected families and farms. (2/5)
When riots broke out across the state earlier this year, he allowed mobs to destroy small businesses and monuments while failing to provide appropriate support for local law enforcement and marched with the protestors. (3/5)
1/ In the week ending 7/11, North Carolina received 26,861 initial claims for regular #UnemploymentInsurance, down from 27,937 the week before. A year ago, the total number of initial claims was 3,397. #NCeconomy
2/ Additionally, North Carolina received 20,563 initial claims for the new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, which covers certain workers normally ineligible for unemployment insurance. The figure a week earlier was 23,606. (NC began accepting PUA claims on 4/24.)
3/ Since the roll out of the PUA program, the number of new PUA claims in North Carolina has rivaled the number of initial claims for regular benefits. This illustrates how many workers normally are excluded from the regular program. #NCeconomy #ncpol
1/ In the week ending 7/4, North Carolina received 27,202 initial claims for regular #UnemploymentInsurance, down from 29,580 the week before. A year ago, the total number of initial claims was 2,679. #NCeconomy
2/ Additionally, North Carolina received 23,606 initial claims for the new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, which covers certain workers normally ineligible for unemployment insurance. The figure a week earlier was 27,134. (NC began accepting PUA claims on 4/24.)
3/ Since the roll out of the PUA program, the number of new PUA claims in North Carolina has rivaled the number of initial claims for regular benefits. This illustrates how many workers normally are excluded from the regular program. #NCeconomy #ncpol
It appears all of the Cooper Administration officials are wearing masks before they enter the room today...
#NCpol #NCGov
#NCpol #NCGov
NC Health Secretary leads off today's briefing with a focus on long-term care & nursing home outbreaks.
Touts Governor's "decisive action" early on.
#NCpol #NCGA #COVID19NC #NCGov
Touts Governor's "decisive action" early on.
#NCpol #NCGA #COVID19NC #NCGov
Reminder: States were advised to get tests done in all nursing homes in early May.
So, it seems NC is about 2 months late on this.
#NCpol #NCGA #COVID19NC #NCGov
So, it seems NC is about 2 months late on this.
#NCpol #NCGA #COVID19NC #NCGov
As #NCpol reporters dial into the @NC_Governor's #COVID19nc briefing, the #NCGov's comms team is sorting them into groups:
1. Those who will get to ask Qs
2. Those who won't
Gov. Cooper's team has been doing this for months while reporters asked why they're not getting to ask Qs.
1. Those who will get to ask Qs
2. Those who won't
Gov. Cooper's team has been doing this for months while reporters asked why they're not getting to ask Qs.
@NC_Governor For months, reporters have been complaining on Twitter about why they're not getting called on to ask questions. And all that time, the #NCGov's comms team has been taking active steps to block them from getting that chance.
Fathom that level of deception.
#NCpol
Fathom that level of deception.
#NCpol
@NC_Governor Had it not been for the @nsjnews investigating, nobody in the #NCpol press corps would've known (or probably cared) that Emergency Operations solicited a Democrat-aligned organizing firm to run these #NCGov briefings.
Does that seem odd to YOU? It does to me.
Does that seem odd to YOU? It does to me.
Last week, hundreds of students whose parents fought, were injured or died in war were told NC Dept of Military & Veterans Affairs would cut room & board allowance in half. It still hasn't paid any scholarship $, despite promises to do so #ncpol #ncgov wbtv.com/2019/12/05/chi…
As a result of the cut--which wasn't announced until last week--schools are now demanding students re-pay money that had already been credited towards their account. Students/parents are dealing with this uncertainty during finals and as the holidays approach #ncpol #ncgov
In October, @NC4VETS Sec. Larry Hall told me the scholarships would get paid. They still haven't. Since then, I've heard from parents across the state who say they've been financially impacted by the scholarship money not being paid #ncpol #ncgov wbtv.com/2019/10/31/sch…
So this is pretty weird. McCrory won Bladen County 52%-46%. But he lost absentee by-mail in Bladen 61%-38%. The only voting method he lost in the county. McCrory also won statewide absentee by-mail voting in 2016. Hmm. 🤔 Seems like more ?s to be asked. #NC09 #NCPOL
Hold on. Turns out those questions were already asked and the @NCDemParty labeled the claims “over the top and completely false.” Contrast that with what the party is saying about the exact same allegations in 2018. #NCPOL newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
Now @RoyCooperNC’s handpicked @NCSBE Chairman Joshua Malcolm says that there have been “unfortunate activities” happening in his area for a “number of years.” Just how many years are we talking about here? And what races have been affected by these activities? #NCPOL
