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Platner’s Top Strategist Morris Katz Once Denounced a Democrat for Sexual Misconduct, Defended His Client Who Endorsed a Republican: Why Is He Still Backing Sex-Pest Platner?
Katz, now Platner’s tireless defender, once considered sexual misconduct by Democratic political candidates to be disqualifying
Roy Cooper Says He’ll Block Grocery Mergers To 'Make Stuff Cost Less,' But He Cozied Up to Kroger as NC Governor: Senate Hopeful Didn't Fight Its Plans for Massive Merger
Cooper lavished Kroger with taxpayer incentives. Then he stayed silent as it sought a $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons in 2024.
House Dem Don Davis Touts His Eastern North Carolina Bona Fides—but Nearly All His Individual Campaign Donations Come From Outside the State
Just 1 in 10 donations to the swing district congressman came from North Carolinians in Q1, according to campaign finance data
Trump Forces Departure of Chinese Solar Firm Roy Cooper Lured to North Carolina With Tax Incentives
Cooper lavished Boviet Solar with millions of dollars in taxpayer funds
On the Couch With Kamala Harris
Failed candidate flaunts word salad prowess as book tour limps to a close
Riding in Style: North Carolina Rep. Don Davis Billed Taxpayers $2,300 in Ride Shares on Day He Toured Southern Border
Davis also spent nearly $7,000 on airfare around the time of the trip
Mamdani Donor Attack on Democratic Incumbent Fails
American Priorities PAC has said it will capitalize on the growing anti-Israel sentiment sweeping the Dem base
Meet the Convicted Murderers and Child Rapists Walking Free After Making Roy Cooper's 'Early Release' List
Cooper agreed to fast-track the release of 3,500 inmates as part of a settlement with the NAACP. Fifty-one rapists and murderers serving life sentences made the list.
Swing District Dem Lists Trump Tax Cuts as Top Constituent Priority—After Voting Against Them
Rep. Don Davis called the One Big Beautiful Bill 'fiscally irresponsible'
North Carolina's Roy Cooper, Asked To Address Illegal Immigrant Train Stabbing in Charlotte, Instead Issues Statement Attacking GOP Opponent as 'Big Oil Lobbyist'
Migrant attack in Charlotte echoes the graphic murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in the same city