Category Archives: ELECTIONS

#DNCLeaks: NYC Gay Power Couple Hosts Fundraiser for NC’s Roy Cooper

Posted on July 26, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

As previously reported by this site, North Carolina’s Attorney General and Gubernatorial candidate, Roy Cooper, was mentioned in the Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails leaked by WikiLeaks.

In the previously reported emails, several DNC officials, who also provide event coordination via various companies for Democrat events, helped facilitate a meeting between Goldman Sachs employees and a top Obama Super PAC contributor.

Roy Cooper’s name appears a second time in the leaked DNC emails. This time it is a fundraiser event hosted by a gay power couple in New York City. Continue reading →

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Campaign Finance Report shows Donor To Roy Cooper Is Party In #HB2 Suit

Posted on July 25, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

A review of Roy Cooper’s second quarter campaign finance filings with the NC Board of Elections reveals that a donation has come from one of the parties involved in suing North Carolina over House Bill 2 (HB2).

On May 2nd, 2016 Rachel Tiven was made the CEO of Lambda Legal, which is involved on multiple legal fronts involving HB2. In fact, Lambda Legal is involved in the HB2 related lawsuit, Carcaño v. McCrory. Read full complaint.

On May 4th, 2016, Tiven donated the maximum amount of $5,100 to Roy Cooper’s campaign.

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#DNCLeaks: Roy Cooper, Goldman Sachs and Big Donors

Posted on July 25, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

WikiLeak’s DNC email leaks have a North Carolina connection. Attorney General and Democrat candidate for Governor, Roy Cooper, is mentioned in several of the leaked DNC emails.

One such email is about a meeting Cooper allegedly was setting up with unnamed Goldman Sachs officials. The email in question was sent from Will Little (William E. Little, Jr.) of George Little Management Company to Joshua Block, Financial Advisor at Goldman Sach. Continue reading →

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Watchdog Groups File Brief in Support of Upholding NC Voter ID Law

Posted on July 21, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Judicial Watch has joined with the Allied Educational Foundation (AEF) in filing a brief in support of Governor McCrory’s quest that the courts uphold North Carolina’s voter ID law.

Meanwhile, the Voter Integrity Project is suing the Wake County Board of Elections in federal court, alleging that voter rolls in the county have not been properly maintained. Continue reading →

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Poll: 62% of Democrats prefer Concentrated Federal Power

Posted on July 19, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

The Tenth Amendment states:

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

Now view this Gallup poll, which illustrates a stark and startling divide of how different political affiliations view concentration of power:

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Wake County Voting Maps Still in Chaos; Lawmakers Enter the Mix

Posted on July 15, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Earlier this year, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals was responsible for unprecedented disenfranchisement of thousands of North Carolina voters earlier this year for congressional primaries when the court threw out district maps. This past month, the 4th Circuit Court … Continue reading →

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