Cooper to Bestow Honor on Former AG Lynch…Who Sued NC

Governor Roy Cooper will bestow one of the highest honors in North Carolina that a civilian can receive onto former Obama AG Lynch…who sued the state over HB2. And Cooper, as NC AG refused to defend the state.

No word on whether or not the honor will include Lynch’s alias, Elizabeth Carlisle.

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Cooper and Stein Attempt To Re-Start NC Bathroom War

This article first appeared at American Lens News on October 23, 2017.

Cooper and Stein can’t seem to stay out of North Carolina bathrooms.

Last Wednesday, October 18th, NC Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein both made overtures for re-opening the bathroom war.

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NC EOG: Alarming Minority Student Scores

The Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) recently touted NC EOG (End of Grade) scores as ‘hopeful’ and ‘positive’. A deep dive into the data says otherwise – the needle, so to speak, really isn’t moving. In particular, minority student scores are alarming and are either falling or stagnant.

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Opinion: Your Politics Have No Place In Our Kids Classrooms

Dear Schools, Teachers, and Administrators: Your politics have no place in our kid’s classrooms.

Not only is it state policy to keep personal politics out of the classroom, it’s literally common sense. These are your students, not your acolytes.

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Non-Profit NC CRED Has Ties to Dark Money, Cooper Ethics Complaint

This article first appeared at American Lens News on September 12, 2017.

After nearly a two-year silence on their website, the NC Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities, or NC CRED  for short, recently released a statement on the status of Confederate monuments.

After an analysis of NC CRED’s affiliations and dealings, American Lens has discovered questionable dark money ties and a connection to the NC Advocates for Justice PAC, which is named in a campaign finance ethics complaint filed against Governor Roy Cooper.

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Three Monuments With Combined Age of 330 Years Is Cooper’s Latest Stunt

This article first appeared at American  Lens News on September 20, 2017.

Governor Roy Cooper wants to move three monuments which have stood on the state’s capitol grounds in Raleigh for a combined 330 years.  Cooper wants to move the three monuments to a battlefield 50 miles away in Johnston county.

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