Hillary Clinton slams North Carolina leaders at rally in Raleigh

Hillary Clinton slams North Carolina leaders at rally in Raleigh

by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2016 During a campaign stop in Raleigh on Sept. 27, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton blasted North Carolina’s House Bill 2 (HB2) and scolded the state’s elected leaders for passing it. “The very mean-spirited, wrong-headed decision by your legislature and governor to pass and sign House Bill 2 has hurt […]

Reports: Charlotte unrest organized, funded, staffed from outside North Carolina

Reports: Charlotte unrest organized, funded, staffed from outside North Carolina

by WorldTribune Staff, September 23, 2016 “Instigators” were bused in from out of state to stir the pot in Charlotte, a spokesman for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police said. “This is not Charlotte that’s out here. These are outside entities that are coming in and causing these problems. These are not protesters, these are […]

Limbaugh: In second term of the first black president, rioting is the new normal

Limbaugh: In second term of the first black president, rioting is the new normal

by WorldTribune Staff, September 22, 2016 Text from Rush Limbaugh’s Sept. 21 show: It’s a sad observation, folks. I’m telling you, a sad, sad observation but it’s an observation that I don’t think I’m alone in making. It seems like rioting is almost expected now when there is a cop shooting. A cop shooting, period.  Don’t care about […]

Trump hits ‘global special interests’ in tiny N.C. town

Trump hits ‘global special interests’ in tiny N.C. town

by WorldTribune Staff, September 21, 2016 Donald Trump told a large crowd in the small North Carolina town of Kenansville on Sept. 20 that he would not allow “global special interests” to “run our lives.” “I’m not running to be president of the world, I’m running to be president of the United States,” Trump said […]

Schools close for major Trump rally in tiny N.C. town as Clinton reschedules in Chapel Hill

Schools close for major Trump rally in tiny N.C. town as Clinton reschedules in Chapel Hill

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2016 Kenansville, North Carolina – population 855 – is preparing for what it likely to be the town’s biggest event ever, an appearance on Sept. 20 by the GOP presidential candidate. Donald Trump will hold a rally at the Duplin County Events Center where he is scheduled to speak at […]

Origins of controversial North Carolina bill traced to pressure by gay lobby in Charlotte

Origins of controversial North Carolina bill traced to pressure by gay lobby in Charlotte

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2016 North Carolina’s House Bill 2 (HB2) would likely never have seen the light of day if the gay lobby hadn’t pushed the city of Charlotte to include bathroom access for transgender persons in the city’s ordinance granting new legal protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people. Charlotte’s City Council […]

‘Progressive sexual’ bullying: Franklin Graham, N.C. Lt. Gov. blast decisions by NCAA, ACC

‘Progressive sexual’ bullying: Franklin Graham, N.C. Lt. Gov. blast decisions by NCAA, ACC

by WorldTribune Staff, September 16, 2016 The decisions by the NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to pull their sports championships out of North Carolina over House Bill 2 (HB2) amounts to “sexual bullying” by “moral hypocrites”, influential supporters of the bill said. North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest said in a statement on Sept. […]

Election season punishment of sports-loving North Carolina continues with ACC action

Election season punishment of sports-loving North Carolina continues with ACC action

by WorldTribune Staff, September 15, 2016 The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has followed the NCAA’s lead and pulled all of its neutral site championships from the state of North Carolina for 2016-17 over House Bill 2 (HB2). “This is political theater by the NCAA and ACC,” said U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, who represents North Carolina’a […]

NCAA declares bathroom war on North Carolina prompting fiery GOP response

NCAA declares bathroom war on North Carolina prompting fiery GOP response

by WorldTribune Staff, September 13, 2016 Unless the NCAA is planning on merging all men’s and women’s athletic teams together, including locker room use, the college sports governing body has no leverage to insert itself in the debate over bathroom policies, North Carolina’s Republican Party said. The GOP’s blistering rebuke came after the NCAA on […]

North Carolina’s economy on a roll despite transgender controversy

North Carolina’s economy on a roll despite transgender controversy

by WorldTribune Staff, September 8, 2016 The NBA has moved the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte. New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo has banned non-essential state travel to North Carolina. The Tar Heel state’s response – big whoop! Despite multiple calls to boycott North Carolina over its House Bill 2 (HB2), the so-called transgender […]