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Reporter at North State Journal Follow @nsjnews @nsjwire Work handle: @APDillon_News Read More To The Story at

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President Joe Biden is stepping aside, will not seek the Democratic Party's nomination. #ncpol
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You characterized the riot and blaze as “unruly.”
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Ali Velshi
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“TRUMP INCITES MOB” is the headline of this morning’s New York Times. Any journalist who sugar coats their language or normalizes what has happened today isn’t doing their job. Our job is to bear witness & tell the truth: Trump is attempting a coup, and inciting violence
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AP is holding their own beer. AP Yesterday: Let’s publish the lies of a convicted white supremacist felon without verifying his claims that will later turn out to be absolute BS. AP today: Let’s smear the JROTC and NRA to cover our tracks!
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The Associated Press
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AP Exclusive: Florida school shooting suspect competed with an air-rifle marksmanship team supported by an NRA grant.
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Well, NC isn't buying with #TheDemocrats are selling apparently. #ncpol #POTUS45
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@Cernovich @DavidAFrench Not one unnamed source. Four unnamed sources. Golly. There really is no piece of earth this POTUS walks on that media will let remain unscorched. The respect @realDonaldTrump has shown LEO's, first responders, active military, & veterans have been consistent & very public.
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Setting up my gear for the @benshapiro event at UNCG.
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Ford has never filed any kind of complaint or request with the Montgomery Police PD
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TX, LA, GA, AL, FL, MS, and SC are all suing. AL, GA and SC joined Florida's suit. MS, MT, IA have joined Texas' suit. NC is the only southern state that has not yet joined the lawsuits being filed against the Biden admin's Title IX rule change. NC AG Stein's office has not
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Sarah Parshall Perry
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🚨 BREAKING: The first lawsuit against the Department of Education's Illegal #TitleIX rule has just dropped and it's a doozy. "[The Rule] is a naked attempt to strongarm our schools into molding our children...in the government's preferred image of how a child should think, act,
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And NC Supreme Court reverses & remands on Voter ID amendment..."with prejudice." "Plaintiffs here have failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that S.B. 824 was enacted with discriminatory intent or that the law actually produces a meaningful disparate impact along racial
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Guess what came in the mail today? My Bulldog award from @michellemalkin ! #AwYeah #StopCC Watch the clip:
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It has been a really bad week for journalism via @DCExaminer
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Teachers at PUBLIC School of Creative studies in Durham 'recreate' toppling of statue outside Courthouse. #ncpol
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No, it's not. Until ESSA removed, CC will remain. #StopCC Education Secretary Betsy DeVos declares: ‘Common Core is dead’ via @kgscanlon @theblaze
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PragerU Truck to Blast Banned Videos on Screens In Front of YouTube #heh
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You gotta be kidding me. Billionaire Bill Gates announces a $1.7 billion investment in U.S. schools @michellemalkin
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Picking up my son for a dentist appointment & #WCPSS ' pricey new visitor entry system failed to scan my ID (again) so I was actually buzzed in for ID verification. When I got inside the front door, this sign greeted me. I can't speak for all parents, but since the pandemic, it
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Breaking: NC School Board Assoc has voted to pull its membership from the Natl School Board Assoc. in the wake of the letter it sent to the Biden Admin. characterizing protesting parents as 'domestic terrorists. #ncpol #nced
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At least several hundred @realDonaldTrump supporters lined up to see him visit in Morrisville today. #ncpol
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World wide event trying to claim moral high ground ends in massive celeb studded train wreck.
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Daily Mail Celebrity
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Ashley Judd reads poem claiming President Trump has ‘wet dreams’ about Ivanka at DC women’s march
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Why I follow @neontaster . #pwnt
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DC Police Investigating Mob’s Protest At Tucker Carlson’s House As ‘Suspected Hate Crime’
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Pelosi Declares Democrats Would Never Put Children In Cages — Forgets Obama Put Children In Cages
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Yes, let only AG in history to be held in Contempt of Congress and who, among dozens of other scandals, also ran 'Fast and Furious' take a stab at running for POTUS. Eric Holder eyes 2020 presidential bid
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I & others have been SCREAMING about invasive student data collection for years. We were mocked for it. Choke on this, Congress. Securing student data is a challenge that requires cash @jane_jrobbins @cherkies @manateespirit @michellemalkin @sgstotsky
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NSFW VIDEO: UNC Antifa Professor Dwayne Dixon Assaults Big League Editor At Statue Tear-Down #SilentSam #UNCCH #NCpol
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Media theme that emerged this week: Protesting and civil disobedience are awesome... unless it's parents standing up for their kids at school board meetings. #ncpol
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If you are being run out of town, get out in front of the crowd and make it look like a parade.
@rweingarten
Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣🌴🥥
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We've done a lot of work to make schools as safe as possible. Now with vaccines and proper mitigation factors we know that schools can return to in-person in the Fall. Let's make it happen. #FreedomToThrive
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When Hillary Ignored the Rape of a CBS News Journalist in Egypt via @LifeZette
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The same DA who let the Durham commies get away with destroying public property is offering this guy a “restorative justice” plea deal. This is unfreaking real. #ncpol #durham
@WRAL
WRAL NEWS in NC
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New story: Man charged with shooting 10-year-old to take first-of-its kind plea deal #wral
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Wake County Public Schools was offering an "Intro to Critical Race Theory" professional development course to be led by an org founded by an #ncga legislator. The course was pulled following my inquiries. Read more. This is part one. #nced #ncpol
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Fastest ‘didn’t age well’ tweet ever?
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John Kasich
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The manner in which this was done was wrong and does a disservice to our country. My full statement on the release of the memo:
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Lawsuit filed today in Eastern District of NC - Three F'ville residents are suing the #ncbse over its decision to keep the Justice For All Party off the ballot. #ncpol /more
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Twitter is like wandering around a public restroom complaining aloud that there's nothing good to eat in here.
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@KevinTober94 @ComfortablySmug @brianstelter On occasion in some of my presentations/talks, I've pointed to him as an example of what *not* to do.
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Note: North Carolina is not on the list; NC AG Josh Stein has not joined any of the lawsuits to date. #ncpol
@Riley_Gaines_
Riley Gaines
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Today, the Biden-Harris administration's harmful Title IX rewrite goes into effect. This rule says sex = gender identity. 52 years of progress & sex-based protections have been erased with the stroke of a pen... In response, 26 states have sued and blocked the rule.
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I do believe Montel Williams just told me to go commit suicide. Again, you lack any trace of Grace or class. cc: @Support @TwitchyTeam
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Chants of "USA USA" at the UNC graduation as police lead out apparent anti-Israel disruptors. #ncpol #ncedu #unc
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Dan Bishop
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We’re fed up. #ncpol
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Buc-ee's is happening in NC. Mebane City Council unanimously approved the rezoning during a 7-hour-long meeting last night. 1/2 #ncpol
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That’s about right. Cc @mchastain81
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Logged two more NC teacher arrests this morning. These two bring the 2024 year total of teacher arrest stories I have tracked to 48. #nced #ncpol
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I've seen this 'media literacy teaching' first hand. Sad to say, the majority of the lessons involved were slanted Left, packed with social justice narratives and pro-Democrat party.
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Axios
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States are fighting fake news by teaching media literacy in schools.
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Both Republican candidates for NC Supreme Court have now taken the lead. All four Republican Court of Appeals candidates have also taken the lead. It could be another sweep. #ncpol #NCvotes22
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Update this morning - Swain County Schools has voted to go mask optional. #nced #ncga #ncpol
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Last night Wake County school board voted unanimously to mask all prek-12 students and staff for the fall despite a parent petition w/ 5k signatures. Parents are suing. Stay tuned. Some 38 other districts are going mask optional. #wcpss
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Guns don't shoot people by themselves. Knives don't stab people by themselves. Cars don't run people down by themselves. Bombs don't blow people up by themselves. Every weapon out there requires a human being to use it. I refuse this rehashed #GunControlNow BS.
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The #ncga House has overridden all three of Gov. Cooper's vetoes. HB 834 - Juvenile Justice Modifications. HB 237 - Various Criminal and Election Law Changes. HB 198 - DOT Legislative Changes.-AB #ncpol
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North Carolina Lt. Governor Lambasts NY, VA Infanticide Bills: 'A Brutal, Horrible Death', and 'Democrats Should Be… via @TheTNStar #NCpol #Prolife
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Cumberland County schools board has voted 5-4 to make masks optional starting Feb. 16. #nced #ncpol
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But it's about the kids, right? Ohio Teachers Union Presidents Defend "physical, sexual, verbal" Abuse of Children
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Communists responsible for destroying the #Durham Statue and #SilentSam gleefully chant "John McCain is dead!" #ncpol #JohnMcCain
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As someone on the ground covering protests in NC, I can tell you firsthand it’s angry parents who are speaking out, holding signs, writing letters, & doing records requests.
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Judd Legum
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1. The sudden interest in school boards is not an organic grassroots movement of angry parents. It is an effort orchestrated by seasoned right-wing political operatives who have formed a constellation of well-funded groups.
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A lawsuit brought by bar owners against the governor over his COVID lockdowns will continue; the NC Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's ruling denying a motion to dismiss by the defendants. #ncpol
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Parents will be protesting at the Wake County School Board meeting tonight. All indications from the #WCPSS Board of Ed are they plan to require masks for the entire 2021-22 school year. I'm told parents have found a lawyer and are going to sue the district. #FreeTheSmiles #NCed
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“There are parents and teachers who are literally afraid to speak up against school boards, against principals, against administrators, and folks – that has got to stop,” Robinson said #nced #ncpol
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A lawsuit has been filed against the NC Symphony for terminating 3 musicians whose religious exemptions to the symphony's vaccination mandate were denied. Adding this one to my stack to look into. #ncpol
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Center for American Liberty
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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Three musicians sue North Carolina Symphony after being fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine and being denied a religious accommodation. Their message is clear: the government cannot trample on religious freedom in the name of a “culture” of vaccination.
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Remember the Oregon Democrat Who Fined a Christian Bakery $144,000? He Lost.
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A.P. Dillon
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Quite the reply given that over the last year of lockdowns/school closures parents in NC & across the country were homeschool parents - and chefs. #ncpol #nced #ncpol
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Common Core Update: Seven Years Later, Failure Confirmed
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Incoming DHHS interim secretary Cody Kensley says hospital capacity is becoming increasingly strained. What he doesn't mention is the number of available but unstaffed beds contributing to that. #ncpol
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Davidson County schools' board has voted for masks optional. #nced #ncga #ncpol
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A.P. Dillon
6 years
@sistertoldjah He totally deleted it after @amber_athey Bruce Lee style pwned him.
@ambermarieduke
Amber Duke
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Hey Zack, I am the author of this article. Not sure if you read it, but the "would-be mugger" pointed a gun at this woman's head, so yeah, props to her for defending herself.
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Politico's morning briefing void of Corey Booker's temper tantrum. Axios blew it off too. Booker embarrassed the Democrats and friendly media is helping to broom it.
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This is a Durham Councilwoman. This information is not verified, but in fact law enforcement has said no such people showed up. #DURHAM
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INBOX: @NCHouseSpeaker is asking Gov. Cooper to end K12 masking/quarantines. "I urge Governor Cooper to repeal the guidelines that force healthy kids to stay home and effectively mandate masks in schools." #ncpol #nced #ncga
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But what does it matter now? A mob decided what everyone else is allowed to see. And don't @ me with a litany of 'Silent Sam is racist' stuff. History is ugly in many places, that doesn't mean a mob gets to unilaterally erase it. #silentsam
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So, you're against holding media accountable? Kinda glad you don't speak for me and @DLoesch does.
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"The CDC has acknowledged that anything above a threshold of 33 cycles makes it is very hard to detect any live virus in a sample." At a briefing, NCDHHS' Cohen said sites follow test instructions which were found to have a PCR rate are high as 37. #ncpol
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NC also had a bill like this. Why is posting curriculum and materials online for parents to inspect (something that is arguably their right to see as parents and taxpayers) going to "invite harassment and intimidation?"
@AFTPA
AFT Pennsylvania
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These bills are meant to invite harassment and intimidation upon school board members, administrators, and staff. And they're based on a conspiracy to prevent students from learning honest history.
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"Qanon" is not involved in any if the interviews I've done on this topic. What is involved are frustrated parents seeking an end to masking. Stay tuned, I have a real reports on this coming @nsjnews #ncpol #nced
@nckhui
Keung Hui
3 years
A new strategy is being used to try to end school mask mandates. It has QAnon ties. School boards across the US, incl. Wake County, have been warned surety bond claims will be filed if they don't drop mask requirements. #wcpss #nced #ncpol #coronavirus
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4 years
Harnett County Sheriff joins the list: "I will NOT send a Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle (the same vehicle that I had “In God We Trust” placed on) to your place of worship and unconstitutionally order that you disperse." #ncpol #ReopenNC #COVID19NC
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And to those leaving these states: when you move, stop voting like you did there in your new state. Open Letter to Gavin Newsom: Your Policies Are Tearing My Family Apart
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INBOX: NC Governor's race heats up. Robinson campaign essentially threatening legal action over Stein's ad "precious beginnings." #ncpol
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#Breaking NC Supreme Court affirms Court of Appeals ruling that Ace Speedway's court case claiming constitutional violations during COVID lockdowns against the state can move forward. #ncpol
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WRAL headline: "NC Republicans look to spend more on private school vouchers, after wealthier families left out" Eye. Roll. If by wealthier families, they mean everyone above Tier one, sure. There are 4 tiers. Only Tier 1 (lowest income level) families get priority and were the
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This video is of the Rockingham County Public Schools district in North Carolina. #ncpol #ncga #nced #crt
@AccuracyInMedia
Accuracy In Media
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MUST WATCH: “If I taught in Texas, I’d be fired” North Carolina school administers on how they get away with teaching CRT in K-12 schools! Watch full video here:
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Reminder: Berkeley Mayor Is Member of Antifa Facebook Group that Organized Riots - Breitbart
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Just floated into my inbox... #nc09
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INBOX: Lawmakers are reintroducing certain election-related items in SB 747, including 1 to "align North Carolina with 30 other states by establishing Election Day as the firm deadline for accepting absentee ballots." Bill: Press Release:
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Parental Rights & Student Data Privacy Being Trampled By Silicon Valley Tech Cult - #FERPA #StopGoogle
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A.P. Dillon
3 years
New Hanover County's special meeting today has resulted in another mask optional district. Board voted unanimously (6-0) to go optional on Feb. 18. 57 are now optional. One more will tip it to over half of the 115 total. Upwards of 16-17 voted just in the last week. #nced
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I do not think the Democrats were expecting Kavanaugh to defend himself as vigorously as he did, much less call them out on their bullcrap. I am glad he did. I doubt I'm alone.
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INBOX: Parents are planning an "unmask the kids" rally before the #wcpss board meeting this week on Tues. Feb. 15 at 5pm.
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A.P. Dillon
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"Fully funded" is never defined and always changing. The OSP $ is a small amount compared to education spending in the state budget.
@NC_Governor
Governor Roy Cooper
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We need to put a moratorium on destructive private school vouchers until North Carolina’s public schools are fully funded.
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A.P. Dillon
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Related. #ncpol
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@AlexBaltzegar
Alex Baltzegar
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Joe Biden is about 17 points underwater in North Carolina. NC voters disapprove of the job Biden is doing as president by a 57-40% margin. #ncpol
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The News and Observer has really outdone itself this time. If you want a factual, conspiracy theory free report about this new movement, look for my article this week at North State Journal. #nced #ncpol #wcpss
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Last night during night 1 of the DNC, President Joe Biden claimed, “During the pandemic Kamala and I helped states and cities get their schools back open. #ncpol #nced This is demonstrably untrue. Biden-Harris deferred to the CDC... /more
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A.P. Dillon
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Department Of Transportation Launches Investigation Into Chick-Fil-A Bans via @dailycaller
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A.P. Dillon
7 years
No, Obama didn't use a GIF. He used the DOJ. And spied on journalists, their families and threatened jail time instead.
@BBCRajiniV
Rajini Vaidyanathan
7 years
Fair point from @brianstelter 's @ReliableSources newsletter: Imagine if Obama tweeted a video showing him body slam someone w Fox News logo.
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A.P. Dillon
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As a parent of two K12 public school students, the only place they have to wear a mask is in school. The. Only. Place. It needs to end.
@rbacom7
RwB 🇺🇲°|||||||°😁
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@jill_shank @DrTracyTaylor @APDillon_ Our @wsfcs just voted to keep our kids masked another month. I doubt they lift them this entire school year.
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Billionaire Gates Still Dumping Money into Common Core @michellemalkin
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Pender County public schools becomes the sixth district to make masks optional for k12 student this fall. Meeting video here: Board of Education Meeting Stream - July 23, 2021 #nced #ncpol #FreeTheSmiles
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Well, I'm here. First live reporter in the Emergency Management briefing room in 408 days #ncpol
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"journalism"
@CNN
CNN
6 years
In many ways, Nancy Pelosi is the original Badass Woman of Washington #BadassWomenDC with @DanaBashCNN
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At their board meeting on July 26, the Sampson County School Board voted to make masks optional for all K12 students and staff the upcoming school year. They are they 8th NC district to do so in the last two weeks. #nced #FreeTheSmiles #ncpol
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