Friday, May 17, 2013 - 7:00pm
More than 200 people gathered May 13 to support the 49 people arrested for peaceably protesting at the N.C General Assembly building in Raleigh, North Carolina.
More than 200 people gathered May 13 to support the 49 people arrested for peaceably protesting at the N.C General Assembly building in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Garrison Keillor opens his monologues with "It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon." But North Carolina is not a quiet town on the prairie, and we are no longer being quiet.

This week in North Carolina started with 49 arrests at the N.C. General Assembly -- arrests of people peaceably assembled and singing songs of peace and unity to protest the ALEC-ification of our state. This brings the total number of civil-disobedience arrests so far to 96, including 17 arrests April 29, 30 arrests on May 6, and 49 arrests on May 13.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 7:05pm

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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 6:42pm

It doesn't matter whether you love or hate the Democratic Party. It doesn't matter whether you like the current leadership or not. It doesn't matter if you're an unaffiliated voter, a Republican, a Democrat, or a Libertarian. Anyone with her eyes open can see that Raleigh is out of control. So make plans to show up on an upcoming Moral Monday, either as a supporter or as a person willing to put yourself on the line for freedom and fairness.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 4:20pm

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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 1:32pm

Helped along by a supermajority of assholes:

This morning, the House passed HB 730 in a vote of 72 to 39. While HB 730 was amended to eliminate extremist language about contraception, the final version of the bill included three abortion provisions that would hurt NC women and families. “We are extremely disappointed that the majority of the members of the NC House put politics above women’s health when they approved the eleventh hour additions to House Bill 730,” said Suzanne Buckley, Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina. “To call this bill ‘pro-choice,’ as Rep. Schaffer did this morning, is shameful and ridiculous,” she continued.

It is shameful, and should be enough of a catalyst to get every female of voting age out to the polls in the next election. If we fail to get this message out, we don't deserve to win.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 1:14pm

Good people may disagree about the wisdom of Moral Mondays, but from where I sit, the strategy of civil disobedience is the single most effective action concerned citizens can take to fight the illegitimate government in Raleigh. NC Policy Watch today offers an excellent analysis of the situation, well worth your time and attention.

Read the whole article, and then mark your calendars for June 3 (if not sooner) to join a full-court press against the Republican machine.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 12:16pm

The headline says everything you need to know about Grover and the rats who are dancing to his tune. Very good to see NC Policy Watch sharpening the edge of their rhetorical knife.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 12:02pm

An article in the Greenville Reflector notes that the Tarheel Taliban is ... um ... totally out of control. At least they noticed.

Much more bad news below the fold.

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