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Please join the Young Democrats of North Carolina Women's Caucus tonight at 7:30 PM for a Conference Call about the Republican War on Women with Representative Susi Hamilton (D-New Hanover). Rep. Hamilton will talk with attendees about what we can do to stop efforts in Raleigh and across the state to reverse years of progress towards equality.

Caucus Call Line: 1-619-326-2700 Access Code 620-6727#
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For more information please e-mail women@ydnc.org.

You've managed to get us on the front page of the New York Times again, with just the kind of news that will make business leaders worldwide want to expand their workforces in North Carolina. Not.

At Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, N.C., enrollment has grown by about 30 percent in the last three years, while total state funding has fallen by 21 percent, an amount not fully offset by tuition increases. The college cannot afford to expand its popular nursing program beyond its 275 slots, leaving 1,000 frustrated students on the waiting list. To keep these students, the college has enrolled them in a “pre-nursing” program, a new prerequisite for staying on the waiting list. But even those courses have a waiting list of more than 400 students.

Hat tip to Progressive Pulse.

That's a really big if, Rob.

If Speaker Tillis and Senate President Pro Tem Berger have any interest in doing the right thing, they should cancel the special legislative session scheduled for next Thursday immediately.

Truth is, none of the Tarheel Taliban has any interest in doing the right thing. They're on a whacked-out power trip ... and it's going to get a lot worse before it gets any better.

I’m sorry to be a nag, but time is running short. We need you to join in the fight for the heart and soul of our state. We need you to step up and join the campaign of 100 Great Women Running for North Carolina. We need you to declare yourself to be a candidate who will work for women and families.

Check out these criticisms of Mitt Romney from an elected Republican in South Carolina, where being employed is much less important than upholding those good ol' Christian values of hate and envy:

“It’s the Mormon thing, that and the Northern thing along with the wealth issue,” said Steve Moss, a retired banker who three years ago became the state representative for the region.

Let's just hope that the rest of the bigots in South Carolina don't catch on and do something sane like vote for Jon Huntsman. If the Mitt Romney train stays on track, the GOP is toast in 2012. Republican turnout in North Carolina's May(be) Primary will be abysmal, just as it will in the November general election.

The wind in the sails of Art Pope's perfect political storm is dissipating under the weight of Republican incompetence in finding an electable presidential candidate, with a healthy assist from Thom "Divide and Conquer" Tillis. I'm hopeful for the first time in months.

If you're a voter who wants to see public institutions destroyed through gross incompetence, law-breaking and sleaze, vote for Republican leaders. They hate government, and it shows.

A state agriculture official leaked information about a raid on a Butterball turkey farm in Hoke County last month to company officials six days before the raid, according to a search warrant released Wednesday. [snip] ... the animal rights group Mercy for Animals provided authorities with video of employees kicking and stomping birds, dragging them by their wings and necks and throwing turkeys around.

Wander onto the pages of NCPoliticalBeat.com and you could be forgiven for thinking you had stumbled upon a new independent source for political news in North Carolina. Indeed several people whose opinions I trust follow the site via Facebook and Twitter. The site itself, in its FAQ section posts this Q&A:

Q: Is NC Political Beat affiliated with a party?
A: No. NCPB is a non-partisan news source and is in no way affiliated with any party, electioneering organization, or non-profit.

Yet a scratch of the surface reveals that the website is registered to the Battleground Group, a GOP political consulting firm based in Florida which boasts of being at the center of the 2010 $1.2 million campaign by NC Republicans to retake the NC House. Money, and truth, were no obstacle.

We're all mad about the NCGA's amazing cloak-and-dagger actions last night. So let's do something about it! From the Young Democrats of North Carolina:

When you consider midnight sessions, redistricting, attempts to change our voting laws, and many other bills proposed and passed over the past year, the real unconstitutionality becomes clear: Democrats are losing equal protection of the laws in North Carolina ... Please take action today:

• Contact Speaker Tillis and ask that he apologize for this farce of a session.