The Wilmington Standard Daily Update

Give Us Your Feedback The Wilmington Standard Daily Update defends Trump’s SAVE Act and mocks Democrat claims that married women will be disenfranchised by voter ID rules. It argues women can easily use marriage certificates to match birth and married names, notes NC already makes IDs simple, and urges Republicans to pass SAVE to secure elections against fraud. Support the show

Give Us Your Feedback The Wilmington Standard Daily Update highlights a new measles outbreak in South Carolina and rising cases in North Carolina, reigniting the debate over vaccines. It contrasts historic vaccine success with post-COVID distrust, notes both real benefits and potential side effects, and welcomes RFK at HHS calling for an honest, fact-based reexamination of vaccine policy and indiv...

Give Us Your Feedback North Carolina faces major voter roll problems, with over 70,000 registrations needing fixes under a DOJ agreement and tens of thousands of duplicate entries still on the books, raising doubts about recent close races like the 2024 Supreme Court contest. The update argues that maintaining and, when necessary, purging rolls is essential to restore public trust in election outc...

Give Us Your Feedback The Wilmington Standard Daily Update for Feb. 5, 2026 argues that voter ID is broadly supported across racial groups and that the SAVE Act, requiring proof of citizenship to vote, reflects this consensus. It criticizes Democrats and Sen. Schumer for branding voter ID and the SAVE Act as “Jim Crow 2.0,” noting Georgia’s 2022 reforms increased Black turnout without reported ID...

Give Us Your Feedback The Wilmington Standard Daily Update exposes confirmed fraud at the U.S. African Development Foundation, where its CFO funneled taxpayer funds to a friend and took kickbacks. Despite this, 11 Republican senators, including Thom Tillis, joined Democrats to block shutting the agency down and refuse to explain their votes, fueling grassroots anger over unchecked government waste...

Give Us Your Feedback North Carolina heads into 2026 primaries with Democrats hemorrhaging voters and Republicans gaining over 300,000 registrations since 2022, yet the state is far from safely red. Nearly 40% of voters are now unaffiliated, and independents have recently shifted left, making them the real battleground. GOP victories will hinge less on ideological purity and more on practical solu...

Give Us Your Feedback Wilmington Standard Daily Update blasts eight GOP senators, including Tillis and Budd, for sinking their own party’s DHS funding deal and forcing President Trump to cut a softer compromise with Schumer on ICE funding. It warns that by caving to left-wing complaints about “tactics,” Republicans opened the door to radical demands to gut DHS and effectively abolish ICE, prolongi...

Give Us Your Feedback The January 30, 2026 Wilmington Standard Daily Update condemns PC(USA) for acting as a political arm of the radical left rather than a true church, twisting Scripture to oppose lawful immigration enforcement and promote progressive social causes. It argues that by rejecting biblical authority, PC(USA) has become a spiritual danger that faithful Christians should avoid and ign...

Give Us Your Feedback The Wilmington Standard Daily Update exposes how the NEA funnels millions to far-left groups pushing DEI, gender ideology, and anti-Israel causes, while its own staff earn far more than classroom teachers. It praises North Carolina’s ban on collective bargaining and urges conservative teachers to leave the NEA and progressive activists to leave the classroom so the union lose...

Give Us Your Feedback Governor Stein’s task force says NC needs more taxpayer money for child care after net closures in 2025, but this commentary argues government drives costs up. It calls for lower taxes, fewer regulations, cheaper healthcare and energy, and freer churches and relatives to help instead of more subsidies. Families are urged to reject consumerism and prioritize one parent at home...

Give Us Your Feedback Blasts the Supreme Court for the necessity of debating men in women’s sports and spotlights Riley Gaines standing outside the Court with her 3‑month‑old in a bulletproof vest as a tragic symbol of a culture where a radicalized left embraces violence, intimidation, and bloodshed to enforce its twisted worldview and silence dissent. Support the show

Give Us Your Feedback Remembering Dilbert creator Scott Adams, honoring his humor skewering corporate life while condemning his cancellation over “It’s OK To Be White” remarks. The piece blasts left‑wing hypocrisy and DEI policies as racist and sexist, urging a return to merit and hard work as the standard for success. Support the show

Give Us Your Feedback North Carolina’s no‑excuse absentee ballot system undermines election integrity and ballot privacy, especially given 17 days of early voting. It contrasts NC with states that require valid reasons for absentee voting, warns about ballot handling and coercion outside the voting booth, and urges lawmakers to adopt stricter, common‑sense limits on absentee ballots to protect sec...

Give Us Your Feedback Host Reuel Sample interviews Dr. Amy Dunning, a conservative Republican candidate for the New Hanover County Board of Education, about her small-town NC roots, math teaching career, PhD in education, and teacher-training work. She outlines her “three Cs” platform: centering high-quality, student-focused instruction, contributing insider classroom expertise to policy, and cult...

Give Us Your Feedback The update argues that “international law” is really unenforceable global opinion, noting Democrats condemned the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro while regimes like China, Iran, and Russia routinely violate human rights and treaties. It concludes that strong nations always act in their own interests and the United States must unapologetically defend its hemisphere and security...

Give Us Your Feedback This Wilmington Standard Daily Update argues that Democrats and legacy media exploit January 6 to smear any GOP win as “insurrection,” contrasts 2020 riots with the Capitol breach, and urges conservatives to stop acting foolishly, reject emotional populism, and instead patiently advocate limited government, low taxes, and individual responsibility to win over disillusioned De...

Give Us Your Feedback President Trump’s extraction of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro ended a brutal communist regime, disrupted oil flows to China, blocked Russian and Iranian ambitions in the hemisphere, and crippled state-backed terror networks—without a single American casualty. Critics question his authority, but the update argues the War Powers Act and existing indictments fully justified...

Give Us Your Feedback The Wilmington Standard Daily Update for Jan 1, 2026 reflects on a turbulent 2025 for conservatives, with Trump back in office and GOP gains in Congress alongside painful losses, including Charlie Kirk’s assassination and local defeats in Wilmington. It frames 2025 as a “loss-leader” year of necessary turmoil that sets up 2026 as the start of a long-term cultural and economic...

Give Us Your Feedback North Carolina now ranks 4th nationally in charter schools, with enrollment up 6% while public schools decline and over 10% of students in charters. Wilmington charters like GLOW Academy, Classical Charter, and Cape Fear Center for Inquiry show diverse models where engaged parents and focused instruction help students outpace district peers in reading and math. The update urg...

Give Us Your Feedback The Wilmington Standard Daily Update explains that federal student loan garnishments resume in January for borrowers over 270 days delinquent, and argues that today’s loan system has drifted from its Cold War roots of funding high-performing STEM students into a taxpayer-backed machine subsidizing low-return degrees, rising tuition, and chronic default, calling for risk-based...

Give Us Your Feedback Wilmington Standard’s update explains that the Constitution protects freedom of religion, not freedom from it, applauds Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Christ-centered Christmas proclamation against FFRF attacks, clarifies that the First Amendment restrains Congress not states or officials expressing faith, cites Washington on the need for religion in public life, and urges more...

Give Us Your Feedback Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest highlights a growing civil war inside the conservative movement, pitting analytical voices like Ben Shapiro against populist firebrands like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, amid rifts over Israel and Gen Z priorities. The Wilmington Standard argues the real test in New Hanover County’s 2025 elections is not who is “most conservative,” but who...

Give Us Your Feedback North Carolina bans tattoos, tobacco and other adult decisions for minors, yet Democrats in Congress fight to keep Medicaid dollars flowing to transgender procedures for kids. The Daily Update highlights Don Davis joining Republicans, contrasts others in the NC delegation, quotes Rep. Takano, and calls out Democrats for sacrificing children’s wellbeing to appease the far left...

Give Us Your Feedback President Trump launches campaign season with a blistering critique of generations of Democrat policies, contrasting their “Blue Wave” with his “Red Wall” of achievements on immigration, jobs, taxes, prices, crime, and energy, then challenges voters over the next 11 months to ask a simple question: are you better off under Republican or Democrat policies, and why Support the...

Give Us Your Feedback Trump wants marijuana reclassified from Schedule I to Schedule III, but The Wilmington Standard argues today’s high-THC cannabis is far more dangerous, tied to more workplace injuries and psychosis. They support recognizing legitimate medical uses via Schedule II, warning Schedule III would grant tax breaks and fuel broad deregulation, and conclude Trump is wrong on this issu...