Senior Fellow in Legal Studies at @JohnLockeNC
Raleigh, NC
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North Carolina:
The Democrats' fall from their peak on the first day of early voting continues, but the Republicans' rise from the basement has slowed.
Democrats: -0.6
Unaffiliated: +0.2
Republican: +0.3
Raw numbers and data link below #ncpol
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Why did anyone think Trump’s tariffs would be popular? | COLUMN by @DanielJHannan trib.al/4Ywb0If
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North Carolina got rid of all parking requirements this year.
Other states will propose copycat legislation in 2027.
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Dr. Roberts is right that markets do not turn people into Americans. Culture, language, selection, and the expectation of assimilation do that. He is wrong that this observation validates treating ordinary trade as the same thing as the ideological project of globalism, or that the Right’s future viability depends on adopting that conflation.
What, exactly, is the “Golden Age” being restored? Is it the higher real wages and broader prosperity that came from specialization and exchange? Or is it a political demand that candidates treat voluntary commercial relationships - rubber from Brazil used to make tires in America - as evidence of diminished sovereignty, weakened Christianity, or latent one-world government? Those are not the same claim.
Americans are not free-traders by ethnic essence any more than market participation manufactures national identity. The institutions that produced American prosperity include property rights, limited government, and the ability of people and firms to trade across borders without requiring the erasure of membership rules. Rejecting the latter does not require rejecting the former. Treating them as interchangeable is the error, and it is not a foundation for a durable politics.
Globalism has failed. Markets don’t magically transform people into Americans. The Vice President of the United States speaking openly about restoring American nationalism is another sign that we are entering a Golden Age. Candidates on the Right will need to share that vision if they plan to remain viable in the years ahead.
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"Not only were colonial leaders deciding whether to rebel against the most powerful empire in the world, but they were also making critical decisions on what type of government should be instituted for our state’s future."
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As a Modernization of Election Data Systems commissioner, I am really excited about the changes coming to the State Board of Elections' campaign finance reporting system.
On the flip side, I will no longer be needed as the guy who can extract data from the current system. #ncpol
Great reminder @BryanRAnderson
HOWEVER because if the work of @NCAuditorBoliek @NCStateAuditor @NCSBE and the MEDS commission
this is the last election that will be true. A massive upgrade to campaign finance software and reporting will be in place for 2028, that will bring campaign spending, filing and data to a whole new level of transparency. The system is actually designed similar to an incredible rebuild in the State of Maryland …check them out #ncpol #ncga
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2026 Federal Regulation to date: 2472 final rules & 1498 proposed in the 68754-page Federal Register. 178 final rules are deemed "significant."
68 Trump exec orders.
@ceidotorg
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How many remember the St Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday Pictures section?
This one will always be one of my favorites.
#STLCards
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"While the system generally held together well, [the 2020 election] stress test exposed problems with how election officials conducted themselves. It also exposed or exacerbated problems with election law and policy."
link below #ncpol
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Article VII of the North Carolina Constitution explicitly places the organization, government, and powers of counties and other local subdivisions under the General Assembly’s control (subject to other constitutional limits).
Courts and legal analyses consistently treat local governments as agents or political subdivisions of the state rather than sovereign entities with independent existence. States can (and occasionally do) abolish, merge, or strip county governments of functions, as Connecticut did with its county governments in the mid-20th century. North Carolina is not a pure home-rule state; local authority is largely statutory and remains subordinate to state law. #ncpol
One proposed state constitutional amendment on North Carolina ballots this fall would authorize a state government takeover of local property tax decisions.
So who would win, and who would lose, under such a system? Well, follow the money on our new tool to find out who really benefits most.
We recommend North Carolinians vote AGAINST all three amendments.
Learn more: carolinaforward.org/news/res…
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While there is more work to do, North Carolina has made significant strides in making our elections better-run and more secure since 2020.
Link below #ncpol
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You see that dip in global life expectancy in the 1950s?
That was caused by one man, Mao Zedong.
Mbappe should have apologised only for not being ruder about him.
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Durham School of the Arts, one of the most successful magnet schools in the country, is both walkable and Historic. It is scheduled to be shut down and moved to a suburban site in 2028.
There is now talk of shutting down or merging Watts Elementary, a few blocks away, which is both walkable and Historic.
This will continue until either:
1) someone decides that the planning policy is nonsense and it’s worth a fight to fix it
2) nothing walkable is left.
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Citizens of a military powerhouse in the Middle East are equally and nonviolently participating in an election that could very well hand power to the current rulers’ political opponents in the midst of multiple war fronts and I think this is an achievement we should celebrate.
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This Thursday, October 29, I will be speaking at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library’s inaugural event for its Public Square series of civil-discourse events. The subject will be “Freedom and Responsibility: What We Owe Each Other.”
The other panelist is Melissa Murray, the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. The moderator is Carol Quillen, former president of Davidson College and CEO of National Trust for Historic Preservation. The venue is the Carolina Theatre at Belk Place. Will post a registration link in the comments.
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More NC can do to make housing less arduous to build:
• Remove arbitrary occupancy limits
• Allow HUD Code manufactured homes
• Allow single-stairway multifamily buildings
#ncga #ncpol @KellyReneeL
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TrueAffordability™ requires NO politics and NO subsidy.
It only requires a determined practitioner committed to providing a beautiful product at the lowest possible price.
Nobody's done that better than Atlanta-based architect @EricKronberg.
I reveal his bag of design tricks in my latest onHousing: ▶️ aaronlubeck.com/p/what-true-…
@ncstate #affordablehousing #affordability
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Late-stage democracy is more descriptive than “end-stage capitalism.” What you’re seeing is a predictable failure mode of a system in which people can vote themselves more money. That’s not a failure of capitalism, that’s unrestrained democracy robbing capitalism.
I'm in my 40s. I'm a lawyer. My wife is a lawyer. We both work full time.
We cannot afford the house my parents purchased on a single electrician's income in their 30s.
We cannot afford the house my immigrant grandparents purchased on a single MTA bus driver's salary in their 30s. They had SIX CHILDREN.
For 30 years, politicians in Washington & their oligarch allies convinced regular people that this was just about avocado toast and fancy coffee.
In reality, this is end-stage capitalism. Everyone is stuck in place. It's impossible to buy a home. It's too costly to move. We work too much to have passion projects. We don't have enough savings to start our own businesses. We can't afford to go without healthcare to do it.
Thanks for writing this article @troy_closson. Would be very happy to discuss further.
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Martin Anderson’s 1964 book The Federal Bulldozer is a decisive, data-driven critique of public urban renewal programs in the US. It has become somewhat of a foundational text for libertarian and conservative thought.
Originally an MIT doctoral thesis, it shattered the post-war consensus on government-led "slum clearance." Using internal government records from 1949–1962, Anderson proved that the federal program demolished significantly more homes than it ever built. Instead of helping cities, it worsened housing shortages and forcibly displaced hundreds of thousands of low-income and minority residents.
Anderson also exposed that promised private investment failed to materialize, arguing that top-down bureaucratic planning was inherently inefficient. His solution? Leave city revitalization entirely to the free market.
Predictably, the book sparked massive controversy. Critics called it a partisan polemic, but Anderson’s data was undeniable. It propelled Anderson into influential roles as a policy advisor to Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
The Federal Bulldozer is a damming indictment of top-down government planning. It shifted the trajectory of American city planning, providing the intellectual ammunition that helped bring an end to the federal urban renewal era in the 1970s.
