The big day is Friday:

If you're running for #localgov office in North Carolina, municipal candidate filing starts this Friday. In Durham, all three incumbent council members and Mayor Schewel previously announced they are running. Here's a story from April: https://t.co/txuuvykcIW

— Dawn B. Vaughan (@dawnbvaughan) July 1, 2019

I am running for local office again this year, and I challenge each and every one of you to take a look at the people who are running for your town/city council and boards of aldermen. Some of these folks would do a fantastic job, but some of the others have no business even running. Pay attention, and make sure to vote. Don't let 10% choose who will run your town, or you will probably regret it.

The stench of desperation:

Latest #ncga filing in gerrymandering case argues that @CommonCauseNC attorneys should be removed from the case because they looked at redistricting guru's files: https://t.co/iAIUBsqrh1 #ncpol

— Colin Campbell (@RaleighReporter) June 18, 2019

Well of course they looked at the files, how else were they supposed to determine if they were relevant to the case? As far as classifying them as "secret," you can't have your cake and eat it, too. You can't claim you did all the work yourselves on Legislative computers, but then claim the files contain "sensitive" information.

The question all North Carolinians should be pondering:

Still wild to me that we could expand Medicaid in NC for literally $0.00 of state taxpayer money and it’s *still* not even allowed a vote.

Health care for 500k people.

Tens of 1,000s of jobs.

And it’s not even an option. #ncpol

— Sen. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) May 30, 2019

Never forget the GOP motto: If it ain't broke, break it; and if it's a good policy that will help those on the lower end of the income spectrum, rip it up and throw it in the trash.

And it's only going to get worse over the next 10 months:

“Like other conservatives I had my doubts about Mr. Trump,” Tucker said. “Without a policy record, I questioned whether he would govern as a conservative. . . . I could not be more delighted, and frankly amazed, at how he has transformed this country in the last two years.”

Tillis allies don’t buy it. “It is laughable that a charlatan like Garland Tucker thinks he can make this race into a question of who can better support our booming economy under President Trump,” said Jack Pandol, a spokesman for the Senate Leadership Fund. “North Carolina needs a senator who will work with the president – not one . . . now lying to cover his tracks.”

Oh, the irony. Tucker is lying alright, but he's lying about Trump's "transformation" of the country. He has brought us about halfway to the United States depicted in Idiocracy, and clawing back from that is going to be damn near impossible. Also, I kinda hate to see Carter Wrenn devolve once again:

What the GOP wanted all along:

Families making $70k+ do not need a voucher of public money to send their child/ren to private school. Median income in NC is about $51k. Vouchers were supposed to be for low-income families. Do you want to pay to send others’ kids to private school when they make $70k? #ncpol

— Senator Natasha Marcus (@NatashaMarcusNC) May 14, 2019

Widening the gap between the Two Americas.