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PoliticsNC is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to PoliticsNC at www.politicsnc.com/subscribe

PoliticsNC is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to PoliticsNC at www.politicsnc.com/subscribe

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Anderson Clayton, Travis Fain, and Thomas Mills take on the latest developments in North Carolina politics. This week, we discuss Phil Berger’s primary and his family’s legacy. We look at Governor Josh Stein’s take on marijuana. And Anderson talks about her tours through rural NC. Get full access to PoliticsNC at www.politicsnc.com/subscribe

Both the US House and the North Carolina House passed budgets this week. Get full access to PoliticsNC at www.politicsnc.com/subscribe

North Carolina has had a lot of news in the past two weeks. We bread it down on Restless Natives NC. Get full access to PoliticsNC at www.politicsnc.com/subscribe

Canton has faced two major floods, including Helene, in the past four years. It also lost the paper mill that gave the town its identity. Mayor Zeb Smathers has guided the town through those challenges. Get full access to PoliticsNC at www.politicsnc.com/subscribe

The second episode of Restless Natives looks at town hall meetings, the ongoing Riggs-Griffin race, and the impact of the economy on elections. It’s a fun episode. Get full access to PoliticsNC at www.politicsnc.com/subscribe

Transcript: I’m Thomas Mills for PoliticsNC. Today is Tuesday, Apr 25, 2025 and the knives are out at the Department of Defense. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth continues the steady stream of bad press that goes with rank incompetence. This week, he fired or replaced his entire upper management, including his chief of staff. Hegseth and his cronies said they were leaking, but they were some of h...

Transcript: I’m Thomas Mills for PoliticsNC. Today is Tuesday, April 15 2025 and we’ve returned to a dark place in our history. It’s been more than 70 years since authorities or quasi-authorities could snatch people off the street and disappear them into a gulag for some indeterminant period of time. That practice largely ended in 1955 after the lynching of Emmitt Till. After almost 60 years of Ji...

Welcome to the inaugural podcast of Restless Natives. Join me, Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton, and former political reporter Travis Fain in a discussion about the state of our state. PoliticsNC is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to PoliticsNC at www.politicsnc.com/subscribe

Transcript: I’m Thomas Mills for PoliticsNC. Today is Thursday, April 10, 2025, and Donald Trump has caved. Trump backed down on his threat to impose massive tariffs on countries across the world after the stock market crashed and investors fled the bond market. Trump’s retreat caused the stock market to rally and eased fears of a recession. Trump left a 125% tariff on all goods from China so we s...

Transcript: I’m Thomas Mills for PoliticsNC. Today is Tuesday April 8, 2025 and we’re getting a little comic relief here in the Old North State. According to a twitter account called Media Right News, Donald Trump is secretly recruiting freshman North Carolina Congressman Pat Harrigan to primary Senator Thom Tillis. And that’s not even the best part. According to Media Right, Mark Robinson will ru...

PoliticsNC is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Transcript: I’m Thomas Mills for PoliticsNC. Today is Friday, April 4, 2025 and democracy is slipping away in North Carolina. Today, a three-judge panel ruled along partisan lines to allow Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin disqualify more than 65,000 votes. Grif...

PoliticsNC is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Transcript: I’m Thomas Mills for PoliticsNC. Today is Thursday, Apr 3, 2025 and the Republic is still standing, but your 401(K) is not. Donald Trump introduced blanket tariffs across the globe. He even put tariffs on two islands off the coast of Australia that are in...