My sentiments exactly:

#2020WillBeTheYearFor us all working together so we can have a new POTUS, a new Democrat Senator representing North Carolina, a New Democrat congressperson for #NC09, second term for @NC_Governor and more @nchousedems and @NCSenateDems! #VoteBlue2020 #NCPOL #NC09 #RockTheVote pic.twitter.com/o1T4oNdoEp

— Indivisible NC District 9 (@Indivisible9NC) December 31, 2019

But he might bring his 3 E's (whatever the hell they are now) to the U.S. Senate in 2022:

Former Gov. Pat McCrory will not seek a return to the governor's mansion this cycle but will "seriously consider" running for the U.S. Senate in two years.

That's when current Sen. Richard Burr plans to retire, leaving an open seat. On his Charlotte-area radio show Thursday morning, McCrory said he considered running for governor but didn't want to contribute to society's division.

Translated: "I'm askeered of Dan Forest's rabid fanbase." Also, I thought you liked stepping on toes? Toe-stepping your way to a more Educated, Efficient...Energetic North Carolina? Yeah, you're right. I'm having way too much fun with this. And now I feel forced to defend Myers Park Pat after reading this from Mark Walker:

Chapter 12 in the one-upmanship of Dan Forest:

@JoshStein_ I’m getting inflammatory political spam from @LtGovDanForest to my school email address. Is there a Do Not Call registry for state emails I can register with? #nced #ncpol

— Justin Parmenter (@JustinParmenter) December 10, 2019

In another post Justin is wondering just how Forest got a hold of 100,000 teacher e-mail addresses, but that's an easy one to answer: Mark Johnson.

This needs to be shoved into the faces of Trump supporters on a regular basis:

North Carolina bases lose $80 million for border wall | I felt the need to post this again after seeing a commercial of how much ⁦@SenThomTillis⁩ claims to do for our military #ncpol https://t.co/U5IXQWcvq2

— WWC Dems (@DemsWwc) November 26, 2019

And Thom Tillis owns it, too.

Right in the crosshairs of ISIS, and anybody else who wants that oil:

The mechanized National Guard brigade combat team that is tasked with protecting infrastructure has been in Syria for a little over a week now, a key part of the U.S. military's repositioning of forces. While Pentagon officials will not put an exact figure on the number of troops expected to remain in Syria, they have said it is likely to be a few hundred fewer than the roughly 1,000 troops deployed there before October.

The policy changes have shaken up an already volatile region and severely tested the relationship between the U.S. and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, one of Washington's closest allies in the fight against ISIS.

The 30th Brigade Combat Team had recently deployed to Kuwait to replace a previous unit, and I had hoped their tenure would be uneventful. But when I saw reports of Trump wanting to move in some tanks and other armored vehicles to "provide security" for the oilfields in Syria, I got a sinking feeling. And with them being deployed after a monumental clusterfuck by Trump, I'm even more concerned: