by WorldTribune Staff, February 13, 2017 The NBA was practicing “selective hypocrisy” when it pulled the 2017 All-Star Game out of North Carolina over the state’s HB2 “bathroom bill”, former Gov. Pat McCrory said. McCrory noted that the NFL on Feb. 5, held the Super Bowl in Texas, which has “the exact same law” on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 8, 2017 Once confirmed, Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions should stand against the “cartel-like” NCAA in its bid to impose transgender laws on Americans, an ex-sportscaster and former NFL player said. “I certainly hope the Attorney General — when he takes office — lets them know that everything is on the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 8, 2017 A drug bust in North Carolina show how far the tentacles of Mexico’s drug cartels reach into the United States, a report said. A heroin ring operated by a Mexican cartel was recently busted in Rowan Country, more than 1,500 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, Judicial Watch noted in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2017 A North Carolina state representative made fun of the Raleigh News & Observer’s decision to run a story about the lawmaker’s Facebook post criticizing the Women’s March on Washington. Rep. Michael Speciale, of New Bern, said the march was a “cruel joke” and the participants were “used by the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2017 President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations is supported by 49 percent of Americans and opposed by 41 percent, a new poll found. One-third of respondents in the Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Jan. 30-31 said the president’s executive order will definitely make the United States […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2017 North Carolina’s congressional delegation in the era of Trump will be one of its most influential in decades with several lawmakers in key positions. The delegation, consisting of 12 Republicans and 3 Democrats, includes chairmen of key committees, members of the leadership and congressmen who are seen as in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2017 Fueled by racism and $10 million, Franklin Graham’s Decision America Tour helped Donald Trump reach the White House with overwhelming support from white evangelicals, a North Carolina church leader said. In a November Washington Post commentary titled “The racist history of Southern white evangelicalism and the rise of Donald […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2017 House Bill 2 turned out to be “too powerful a political issue and too lucrative a fundraising tool” for North Carolina Democrats who ultimately refused to repeal the “bathroom bill” they claimed to despise, according to the state senate’s leader. All of North Carolina’s Democratic state senators voted against […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 27, 2016 As most North Carolinians enjoyed the end of campaign attack ads and basked in above-average temperatures on Christmas Day, a political storm continued to churn in Raleigh. Democratic Gov.-elect Roy Cooper, before even taking office, has been swept up in crosswinds along with the veto-proof Republican majority in the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 22, 2016 Legislation to repeal the HB2 “bathroom bill” was voted down by the North Carolina Senate on Dec. 21. The Senate voted 32-16 against the repeal effort and then voted by the same margin to adjourn, ending the special session called by outgoing Gov. Pat McCrory two days after the Charlotte […]
