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The Trump Economy is working for North Carolina | Eastern NC Now
Press Release: Hi there, The GDP numbers tell the story: President Trump's economic agenda is delivering real results for North Carolinians. According to new data released Friday, North Carolina's economy grew 5.6% in the third quarter of 2025, outpacing expectations and proving that pro-growth Republican policies work.
Top wins for North Carolinians this tax season | Eastern NC Now
Press Release: Hi there, This week marks the start of tax season - and thanks to President Trump and Republicans' Working Families Tax Cuts, North Carolinians are keeping more of what they earn.
Conservative Republican Club | Eastern NC Now
Press Release: Conservative club meets Thursday January 29 at 6:00 PM at King Chicken Restaurant. This is our second meeting this month. Early voting begins February 12. Not much time to prepare. This primary is our most important event. This is where we get our conservatives in and the RINO's out. We need volunteers to address envelopes. An addressing session is set for Friday (of this week) January 23 at 1:00 PM at 208 north market street. Come in and work 2 or three hours.
[State Board] Notice of Meeting - January 20, 2026 | Eastern NC Now
Press Release: The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting via WebEx at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Any member of the public may observe the meeting online and by phone using the information below. Online: Webex By Phone: (415) 655-0003, enter access code 2436 125 3727#, passcode NCSBE (62723# when joining via phone) Meeting materials will be posted as they are available to the State Board's meeting folder.
REMINDER: Roy Cooper supports biological males in women's sports | Eastern NC Now
Press Release: Hi there, Today, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments over allowing states to ban biological males from competing in women's sports. As Governor, Roy Cooper fought to allow biological males in women's sports, putting North Carolinians like Peyton McNabb in danger. McNabb - a former North Carolinian high school volleyball player - received a brain injury when a biological male brutally hit a ball at her face.
The Queen Has Ruled Again | Eastern NC Now
Press Release: Conservative club members The Republican queen Garris has issued an edict last night declaring me along with Sheri Clark and Janet Knight to have tripped the switch to have automatically resigned from the Beaufort county republican executive committee. There may be others because she sneakily sent a notice to each of us individually. There are a multitude of reasons why most of her statements are false. All free people should oppose dictators.
Zillow Overcharges For Home Loans, Poor Borrowers Hardest Hit: Report | Eastern NC Now
Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Brecca Stoll. With the median home price hovering north of $433,000 and no signs of mortgage rates dropping anytime soon, many Americans may have to put off their dream of buying a house. Many of those who do buy homes may have begun their search on Zillow, a popular real estate website. Some might even take advantage of a Zillow Home Loan, conveniently available on the same site as the listings.
2026 Beaufort County Candidate Filing 12/12 | Eastern NC Now
News Release: Publisher's note: Within this group of posts, we have archived herein is the filing for the election of the governmental leaders of we, the self-governed, who put these people in power. Within this group of governmental leaders, listed in chronological order of their filing, we exhibit those who will serve locally in Beaufort County, those who will represent us in Raleigh, and those who will represent us in Washington, DC. Good evening. We had one filer today.
[State Board] Notice of Remote Meeting - 12/22/2025 | Eastern NC Now
Press Release: The State Board of Elections will hold a remote meeting via WebEx at 2 p.m. on Monday, December 22, 2025. Any member of the public may observe the meeting online and by phone using the information below. Online: Webex (Password: NCSBE) By Phone: Dial 415-655-0003, enter access code 2434 126 0309#, passcode 62723# Meeting materials will be posted as they are available to the State Board's meeting folder. The meeting agenda below is tentative and is subject to modification.
Indiana Governor Vows To Help Trump Primary ‘Misguided State Senators’ Who Rejected Redistricting | Eastern NC Now
Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Zach Jewell.
2026 Beaufort County Candidate Filing 12/09 | Eastern NC Now
News Release: Publisher's note: Within this group of posts, we have archived herein is the filing for the election of the governmental leaders of we, the self-governed, who put these people in power. Within this group of governmental leaders, listed in chronological order of their filing, we exhibit those who will serve locally in Beaufort County, those who will represent us in Raleigh, and those who will represent us in Washington, DC. Good evening.
2026 Beaufort County Candidate Filing 12/02 | Eastern NC Now
News Release: Publisher's note: Within this group of posts, we have archived herein is the filing for the election of the governmental leaders of we, the self-governed, who put these people in power. Within this group of governmental leaders, listed in chronological order of their filing, we exhibit those who will serve locally in Beaufort County, those who will represent us in Raleigh, and those who will represent us in Washington, DC. Good evening. We had 2 candidates file today.
Congressional Candidate Asa Buck Responds to Laurie Buckhout’s Run for Congress, calling her “Laurie Sellout” | Eastern NC Now
Press Release: Beaufort, N.C. - Conservative Republican Congressional candidate and Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck was true to his direct approach when commenting on the announcement that Laurie Buckhout, the loser in the 2024 1st Congressional District election, was entering the race for the 2026 Republican nomination.
Charles Hickman has filed for School Board in District 2 | Eastern NC Now
Press Release: I'm Charles Hickman, and I have filed for election to a second term on the Board of Education. My wife and I reside in Blounts Creek. I believe it is important for us to provide students with a solid educational foundation and then to challenge them to use it to their potential. Armed with that they will be ready for the challenges they will encounter in life. I think we have the responsibility to work to the benefit of our students, our families, and our communities.
Cheeseman leaving for Craven County? | Eastern NC Now
Credible sources say that Beaufort County School Superintendent Matthew Cheeseman will be moving to take a similar position in Craven County. That will allow the present Beaufort County Board of Education to hire a new superintendent. Craven County removed their previous superintendent with a buyout of the remainder of her contract. It is not certain when the change will occur but it may be over the summer.
FBI arrests 4 pro-Palestine terrorists planning New Years Eve bomb attack in LA | Eastern NC Now
Hard on the heels of the terrorist attack in Australia on Jewish people on Bondi beach and the arrest in Germany of a Muslim imam and four followers planning a vehicle assault on a German Christmas market to "kill as many people as possible", the US has just had a terrorism arrest of its own. Islamic terrorism spans the world.
RINOs who blocked Indiana redistricting to face the music in primary challenges | Eastern NC Now
Responding to Democrat gerrymandering in other states like California, President Trump asked Indiana Republicans to redistrict their state to eliminate a Democrat congressional seat. The House passed the plan but it was sabotaged by RINOs in the state senate. Like NC's own state senate, the Indiana state senate is dominated by RINOs and special interest money. Conservatives are mobilizing to primary every one of the RINO senators who blocked the redistricting plan.
Trumpian conservative Jose Kast decisively wins presidency of Chile in runoff | Eastern NC Now
After winning overwhelming control of Congress, conservatives have again handily prevailed in the presidential runoff in Chile. Jose Kast, candidate of the right wing Chilean Republican Party won a landslide 58% of the vote. Kast, a descendent of legal German immigrants, ran on cracking down on crime, reviving the economy, and cracking down on illegal immigration, including deporting the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens in Chile.
Islamic terrorists kill 11 Jewish people in beach attack in Australia | Eastern NC Now
Australians are already fed up with the immigration polities of its Labour government. A poll earlier this month showed the anti-immigration One Nation Party led by Senator Pauline Hanson, would receive 17% of the vote if an election were held today. That is up from the 5% they received in the last election. Now, a terrorist incident involving Islamic terrorists at Australia's famous Bondi Beach is likely to push support for Seantor Hanson's party even higher.
DHS: Biden regime let in 18,000 known and suspected terrorists thru open borders | Eastern NC Now
Joe Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, has revealed that their review of records from the Biden regime open borders shows that the Biden policies let over 18,000 known and suspected terrorists into the United States. They were just waived into the US at the border.
Truth for our times: A weekly reflection on Faith, Culture, and Public Life | Eastern NC Now
There are weeks when the fault lines of our culture feel especially visible, when questions of truth, authority, faith, and the formation of the next generation converge in unmistakable ways. This is one of those weeks.
Canada's government moves to include religious speech as "hate speech" | Eastern NC Now
In Finland, a member of parliament is being prosecuted for "hate speech" and "war crimes" for posting a Bible verse online. The case is now at the country's supreme court on a prosecution appeal after she was found not guilty by the trial court, which was affirmed by the intermediate appellate court. Now, our neighbor Canada, under a Liberal government, is moving forward with legislation that will allow religious speech to be prosecuted criminally as "hate speech".
EU pushes Biden-style War on Democracy while populist parties surge in polls | Eastern NC Now
The European Union is trying to do what Biden tried and failed to do in crushing democracy. The main target is freedom of speech, the very freedom that makes democracy even possible. They use terms like "hate speech" or "disinformation" to try to suppress communications that do not adhere to the government narrative. President Trump, Vice President Vance, and Secretary of State Rubio have all been speaking out against this authoritarian drift in the EU.
Florida AG sues Starbucks over racist anti-white DEI hiring quotas | Eastern NC Now
The left has used DEI as a tool to promote some groups in society over others, and that includes races, which is a violation of the law. That is now getting heavy pushback by the Trump DOJ, but states are also now getting into the act. Florida's attorney general has now filed a lawsuit against Starbucks over their DEI policy. The state alleges that Starbucks DEI policy constitutes illegal racial discrimination against whites with its racial quotas.
Minnesota's Somali fraudsters spent millions intended for hungry kids on lush vacations and cars | Eastern NC Now
Minnesota fraudsters, mostly of Somali descent, spent millions meant to feed hungry children on over-the-top trips, flashy cars and other jaw-dropping purchases. Court evidence obtained by CBS has revealed how the scammers behind the largest COVID-era fraud scheme flaunted the wealth that they stole from taxpayers. At least 78 people - 72 of whom are Somali - have been charged in connection with the illicit plot, which involved the federally funded nonprofit group Feeding Our Future.
NC House committee rebukes school district for thwarting parents rights law | Eastern NC Now
How liberal controlled school districts try to evade state law to promote the "woke" agenda was on full display at a meeting of the NC House Select Committee on Oversight and Reform. In the dock was the school board and superintendent of the Chapel Hill - Carrboro school district. House Majority Leader Brendan Jones put the hammer down on them at the meeting. At issue was the school district's compliance with state parents rights laws passed by the legislature in 2023.
Obamacare fraud: In GAO test, 90% of fake Obamacare accounts were approved | Eastern NC Now
In 2024 and 2025, the federal government's General Accounting Office (GAO) tested the accuracy of the Obamacare subsidy system by creating fake accounts and trying to sign them up. Obamacare failed miserably. The GAO created twenty accounts with completely false social security numbers, mismatched information, missing information, and other flaws and submitted them for approval. Eighteen, or 90%, of the fake accounts got approved. This is just how loosey-goosey the Obamacare system is being run.
USDOT removes 9,500 illegal alien truckers who don't speak English from roads | Eastern NC Now
After a series of fatal truck wrecks that killed American citizen motorists, the US Department of Transportation has cracked down on issuance of Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDLs) that allow operation of 18 wheelers by Democrat states to illegal aliens. They are also cracking down on truck driving schools that participate in this scheme. Transportation Secretary Duffy has announced that so far, they have removed 9,500 illegal alien truck drivers who cannot even speak English from our highways.
new poll: parties of right and center-right in Poland will win all parliamentary seats | Eastern NC Now
Several polls in Poland are consistently showing that the left and center-left parties will be completely shut out of parliament in the upcoming election. They all fall below the 5% threshold required to win any seats.
Wall Street Journal editorial: A Climate Study Retraction for the Ages | Eastern NC Now
Climate alarmists have been pumping out studies pushing their agenda for years, most based on rigged computer models and other questionable methodology. Now a major study that was given huge publicity last year claiming that "climate change" would cause $38 Trillion in economic damage has had to be retracted. It was published in the magazine Nature, but the MSM picked it up and pushed it hard around the world.
Steven Rader files for School Board District 6 | Eastern NC Now
Press Release: WASHINGTON Beaufort County Board of Education District 6 member Steven P. Rader has filed for election to another term on the board. He is a resident of Washington, residing on Harvey Street in the city's Historic District. "My goals are to enhance the learning experience in our schools, maintain a safe and secure environment for students, teachers, and staff, and to emphasize eastern North Carolina values instead of the "woke" agenda in our curriculum," Rader pledged.
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