A North Carolina high school boy was suspended for three days because he used the term “illegal alien” on a vocabulary assignment.
Leah McGhee’s 16-year-old son, who attends Central Davidson High School in Lexington, was given a list of vocabulary words by his teacher, one of which was the word “alien.” She said her son was trying to clarify exactly what the term referred to, asking, “Like space aliens or illegal aliens without green cards?”
The <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/student-suspended-for-using-term-illegal-alien-in-english-class/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carolina Journal</a> procured an email that said another high school boy was offended by the question and reportedly threatened to fight McGhee’s son. The teacher notified the assistant principal, which led to the school’s administration deciding the question was offensive and disrespectful to Hispanics in the classroom.
“I didn’t make a statement directed towards anyone; I asked a question,” McGhee’s son stated. “I wasn’t speaking of Hispanics because everyone from other countries needs green cards, and the term “illegal alien” is an actual term that I hear on the news and can find in the dictionary.”
“Because of his question, our son was disciplined and given THREE days OUT of school suspension for ‘racism,’” Leah McGhee declared. “He is devastated and concerned that the racism label on his school record will harm his future goal of receiving a track scholarship. We are concerned that he will fall behind in his classes due to being absent for three consecutive days.”
According to the school district’s student <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_M1284x4VS6VuqvFk5D_CSTEzXVbaEkl/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handbook</a>, “schools may place restrictions on a student’s right to free speech when the speech is obscene, abusive, promoting illegal drug use, or is reasonably expected to cause a substantial disruption to the school day.”
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The handbook also notes, “A student must be provided with an opportunity for an informal hearing with the principal before a short-term suspension is imposed. The principal or designee may hold the hearing immediately after giving the student oral or written notice of the charges against him or her. At the informal hearing, the student has the right to be present, to be informed of the charges and the basis for the accusations against him or her, and to make statements in defense or mitigation of the charges.”

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A 38-year-old bearded man was arrested last week in North Carolina on an indecent exposure to a minor charge after allegedly claiming to be a woman and stripping completely naked in a Planet Fitness women&#8217;s locker room, ABC affiliate WSOC-TV <a href="https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/suspect-accused-exposing-themselves-inside-womens-locker-room-planet-fitness/K6ETD7O6I5ERJJK7LBRJN7NK4A/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Wednesday.
Christopher Allan Miller allegedly took advantage of Planet Fitness&#8217; <a href="https://www.planetfitness.com/about-planet-fitness/planet-fitness-policies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy</a> that allows members to use locker rooms, bathrooms, and showers based on their &#8220;gender identity&#8221; and entered the women&#8217;s locker room at the gym&#8217;s Gastonia, North Carolina, location. He then allegedly disrobed and asked a woman to rub lotion on him and shower together before one woman called 911, sources told WSOC-TV.
“It’s a man but he says he identifies as a woman, and he won’t leave the restroom. But he is just walking around showing us his &#8212; and he won’t leave,&#8221; a woman told the dispatcher.
Miller was booked in the Gaston County, North Carolina, jail and identified as a male in his online inmate entry, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/11/us-news/planet-fitness-member-arrested-after-going-to-ladies-locker-room-claiming-he-identified-as-a-woman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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BREAKING: Male who identifies as female ARRESTED after stripping N*KED in a Planet Fitness women’s locker room.
“It’s a man but he says he identifies as a woman, and he won’t leave the restroom. But he is just walking around showing us his &#8212; and he won’t leave” a caller told… <a href="https://t.co/bWMXwCteH5">pic.twitter.com/bWMXwCteH5</a>
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Betty Brice, a member of Planet Fitness, was outraged that a man could claim to be transgender and enter the women&#8217;s locker room.
“I think a woman should be able to go into a woman’s bathroom without a man coming in saying he’s transgender,” Brice said.
In a statement shared with The Daily Wire, Planet Fitness Chief Corporate Affairs Officer McCall Gosselin said, &#8220;At Planet Fitness, the safety of our employees and members is our top priority, and we have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind in our clubs. We took immediate action to ensure the safety of club members, including notifying and working with law enforcement.&#8221;
The incident comes a month after a woman said her Planet Fitness <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/planet-fitness-stock-plunges-after-it-canceled-membership-of-woman-who-photographed-man-in-the-womens-locker-room" target="_blank" rel="noopener">membership was terminated</a> after she reportedly took a photo of a man in the women&#8217;s locker room.
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“I received a call this morning at 8:55 AM from Samantha at Planet Fitness announcing that they have chosen to cancel my membership rather than protect youth girls and women 12 years and older that enter the women’s locker room from men with a penis. Instead, they defended the man with the penis, who was shaving in the women’s locker room. Despicable,” Patricia Silva wrote on March 13.
A Planet Fitness spokesman defended canceling Silva’s membership, according to <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13203209/Alaskan-gym-goer-exposed-trans-woman-shaving-female-bathroom-12-year-old-girl-membership-cancelled-Patricia-Silva.html?fbclid=IwAR28oUcPZ4er22YzhEOx4EOQbpw8nTzLk_vIIJb4kTgr12otLs725GJ8F2I" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a>, saying in a statement, “As the home of the Judgement Free Zone, Planet Fitness is committed to creating an inclusive environment. … Our gender identity non-discrimination policy states that members and guests may use the gym facilities that best align with their sincere, self-reported gender identity. The member who posted on social media violated our mobile device policy that prohibits taking photos of individuals in the locker room, which resulted in their membership being terminated.”
In a recent <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1773806864427348060" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Chaya Raichick, who runs the popular social media account Libs of TikTok, Planet Fitness founder and former CEO Mike Grondahl <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/planet-fitness-pretty-much-destroyed-150010141.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the reports on the company&#8217;s policies in the past few weeks have &#8220;destroyed&#8221; it.
&#8220;Planet Fitness was like another child for me. And I put my heart and soul into building that company and it&#8217;s been pretty much destroyed in, ya know, it’s lost all respect within the country within the last couple weeks,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There&#8217;s no common sense standing behind this.&#8221;
Planet Fitness lost around 15% of its stock price within two weeks of Silva going public with her story about encountering a man in the women&#8217;s locker room.
This article has been updated to include comment from Planet Fitness.

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North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Robinson sent a letter to President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> this week demanding answers about an illegal alien who was recently apprehended in the state who appeared on the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s (DHS) terrorist watchlist.
The <a href="https://ltgov.nc.gov/letter-president-bidenpdf/open" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> from Robinson, who is the Republican Party&#8217;s gubernatorial nominee for the upcoming elections this fall, sought information on 32-year-old Awet Hagos after he was arrested late last week for allegedly opening fire at a business where he worked.
Hagos was charged with three counts of assault on a government official, three counts of resisting a public officer, and one count of carrying a concealed weapon with more potential charges forthcoming.
Robinson sought answers to the following questions:
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<li>Is Hagos on the U.S. government&#8217;s terrorist watch list?</li>
<li>What are Hagos&#8217; suspected ties to terrorist groups and/or activities?</li>
<li>Is Hagos believed to be acting alone?</li>
<li>Does Hagos have any known associates, friends, or family that you believe are also here?</li>
<li>Does the Federal Government know how Hagos entered the country?</li>
<li>By air, crossing the border or other means? What airports, trains, or highways do we know he traveled on?</li>
<li>Where else did Hagos travel to, or through, in the state of North Carolina?</li>
<li>When Hagos applied for and was denied American citizenship why was he not detained then?</li>
<li>When Hagos applied for and was denied American citizenship, how and who locally was alerted to his whereabouts?</li>
<li>Is the Federal Government aware of any other potential terrorist suspects in North Carolina &#8211; whether they have any ties to Hagos or not?</li>
</ul>
Police were called to a Quick Stop convenience store where they discovered Hagos discharging a firearm, according to <a href="https://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2024/03/12/gates-county-standoff-ends-with-arrest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald</a>. The suspect allegedly attacked law enforcement and managed to fight off tasers that that sheriff’s deputies used on him.
As he fled to his residence — where he remained barricaded for hours — he allegedly tried to take a sheriff’s deputy’s rifle.
Robinson said that the state needed answers to his questions to ascertain what threats may exist to the state given multiple attacks that have been carried out against North Carolina&#8217;s infrastructure, including &#8220;a cyberattack on a natural gas pipeline, and just over a year ago we had multiple substations that were sabotaged.&#8221;
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&#8220;Hagos was living just an hour from multiple military bases in both North Carolina and in Virginia,&#8221; Robinson added. &#8220;If this violent individual has terrorist ties, it is imperative that we know immediately what these are, whether he has any associates here with him, and if there is any imminent danger to the citizens of North Carolina.&#8221;
WAVY TV 10 reported that Hagos is from “an area of Africa near the Yemen border” and had previously lived in Haiti. Prior to coming to North Carolina, he lived in the sanctuary state of California.
He is being held on $100,000 bond in the Albemarle District Jail and ICE officials have lodged a detainer request against him, indicating that the suspect is in the U.S. illegally and ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) are waiting to deport him.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-alien-caught-at-border-says-hes-a-hezbollah-terrorist-planned-to-make-a-bomb-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illegal Alien Caught At Border Says He’s A Hezbollah Terrorist, Planned To ‘Make A Bomb’: Report</a>

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A college in North Carolina recently required student athletes to watch a video that claimed all white people are racist and that people of color could not be racist.
Now, Davidson College alumni are calling on the college to change how it discusses topics like racism with students in the future, The College Fix <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/davidson-college-forces-athletes-to-watch-only-whites-are-racist-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Not only were student athletes required to watch the film, titled “I’m Not Racist… Am I?” but they were required to do so on a Sunday, outside of normal school hours.
At one point in the film, a clip of which was posted on X by writer Steve McGuire, an Asian student suggests that it’s not just white people who are racist against minorities, but that minorities can be racist against white people. The facilitator then tells her that such acts are “bigotry,” not racism.
“We would also say that it’s only white people that could be racist, that are racist, and that people of color cannot be,” the facilitator goes on to say.
The students in the discussion show little reaction, and another facilitator jumps in to drive the point home.
“Let me tell you what he’s not saying on the second part,” the second facilitator says. “He’s not saying that people of color can’t be bigots, can’t express racial prejudice, can’t try to engage in acts of discrimination against white people, can’t do real, real stupid things filled with hate. We’re saying that collectively, blacks, Latinos, and other groups do not have the power to collectively oppress white people through the use of our systems.”
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“So, are you saying that all white people are racist?”
“Yes.”
“We would also say that it’s only white people that could be racist, that are racist.”
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— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) <a href="https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1762573807548510570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought and Discourse (DFTD), a free speech organization run by alumni of the college, told the Fix that students they spoke to who saw the film “found it offensive, divisive, and personally insulting.”
The organization made clear that it “does not object to discussions among teammates or anyone on any topic, including weaponized definitions of racism,” but that compelling students “to do so, guided only by the extremist views of the film producer, is a hazardous way to go about it.”
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The organization also asked: “Will those teammates classified as ‘the oppressed’ and ‘the oppressor’ continue to trust and respect each other?”
The DFTD also began <a href="https://www.change.org/p/join-dftd-in-supporting-student-rights?recruiter=1332072760&amp;recruited_by_id=07b1cd00-d27a-11ee-81eb-cda6e2d784cb&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_campaign=petition_dashboard&amp;utm_medium=copylink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a petition</a> in February advocating for students’ academic freedom and for the college to stop injecting “controversial ‘anti-oppression’ behaviors” into unrelated courses, such as Spanish and biology.
“We, the undersigned, urge Davidson College to adopt a set of policies and guidelines on student rights that comports with the American Association of University Professor’s statement on academic freedom that guards against the ability of faculty to introduce into their teaching controversial matter which has no relation to their subject,” the organization wrote. “Further, we ask that the college adopt policies that limit the ability of staff or departments to compel students to participate in events or engage in activities that are political or ideological in nature and that are not a standard part of training or education.”
Davidson College told the Fix that the video merely exposed students to different perspectives and beliefs.
“Students encounter many ideas, perspectives, and beliefs about the world at college, and even though a reading or event is assigned, that does not mean that anyone at the college expects students to agree with every idea they encounter,” the college said in a statement. “Learning – and teamwork – is about exploring different ideas, countering with better ones, and expanding knowledge.”

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A Democratic activist in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-carolina" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Carolina</a> is using artificial intelligence to mimic the voice of Lt. Governor Mark Robinson (R-NC) as part of a campaign to malign the Republican during his gubernatorial campaign. 
Robinson, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for North Carolina governor in 2024, is being targeted by Democrat donor Todd Stiefel who set up a racially-charged mock campaign website for a faux-candidate named “Mark Rottinson.” The website features a series of made-up quotes attributed to &#8216;Rottinson,&#8217; AI voice mimicking of Robinson, and a product line of campaign merchandise making fun of Robinson for being a black conservative. 
Stiefel, who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Democrats <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/artificial-intelligence-make-its-way-into-north-carolina-governors-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, told local outlet WRAL that he plans on spending a million dollars to stop Robinson from flipping North Carolina red. Federal <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=todd+stiefel&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2020&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2022&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2024&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2020&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">records</a> reveal that he already has given $200,000 toward “Americans for Prosparody,” a now-terminated PAC that claims credit for the ‘Rottinson’ website. 
“The goal is to stop Mark Robinson and other extremists from winning elected office,” he <a href="https://www.wral.com/story/mark-rottenson-website-lampoons-gop-candidate-with-controversial-techniques/21305423/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “And the best way to beat Mark Robinson is to start this week, when people are paying attention.”
Stiefel’s website features <a href="https://markrottensonfornc.com/store/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fake campaign products</a> like a pillow that says “Black People Achieve Little,” and “Marks Magical Mirror for Black People to See Who is to Blame for Their Problems,” showing a picture of a black man looking into a handheld mirror. 
The website also portrays ‘Rottinson’ with a fake mustache and wearing a white hat and filled with made-up quotes and anecdotes. 
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“You deserve to be represented by someone phenomenally normal,” a <a href="https://markrottensonfornc.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quote</a> from Mark says. “Someone like yourself. You don’t need an unhinged slick politician. You need me. I’m palpably sane and remarkably hinged. Like you, I’m just a typical guy who promotes the Confederacy, thinks superhero movies are Satanic, and knows Bill Cosby was the victim of an Illuminati conspiracy. Vote for me because I’m just like you!”
In one section promoting a fake book by &#8216;Rottinson,&#8217; Stiefel uses AI technology to mimic Robinson’s voice to say things like, “If I had a professional wrestling persona, his name would be ‘the Big Banana,’” and telling stories about getting high as a child on the playground. 
Under a section on his <a href="https://markrottensonfornc.com/manifestos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">platform</a>, the website says Rottinson supports a program to give machine guns to kids in pre-K and that he believes that the “only CRT that should be shoved down kids’ throats should be Christ’s Righteous Truisms!”
Robinson has decried the website and billboards as a smear campaign targeting religious Americans. 
“This is a typical Democrat smear campaign,” Robinson spokesman Michael Lonergan said. “[The state Democratic Party] recruited one of their deep-pocketed donors — a far-left, anti-religious activist crusading against Americans of faith — to attack Mark Robinson. Stiefel’s low-rent website is full of fake clips and outrageous lies. North Carolina voters will see right through it.”
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Both Stein and the North Carolina Democratic Party have claimed ignorance of the campaign. Stiefel gave $5,600 to the NC Democratic Party in March 2023 and has given thousands to Democrats like Cheri Beasley, Roy Cooper, and Joe Biden over the past several years.
Robinson rose to prominence in 2018 after a speech he gave in favor of gun rights went viral before he went on to being elected the first black lieutenant governor of North Carolina in 2020. He has been an ally of former President Donald Trump who has endorsed his run for governor.

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As voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose their preference in the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, many Americans will also vote in important down-ballot races.
Super Tuesday primary elections will be <a href="https://www.npr.org/live-updates/super-tuesday-2024-states-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">held</a> in 16 states and one U.S. territory as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump move closer to their respective parties’ nominations. Other races in multiple states will likely have major implications for the battle over control of Congress.
Here are some down-ballot races to keep an eye on as the results start pouring in on Tuesday evening:
<h3>California Senate Primary</h3>
Numerous Democrats and Republicans are running for the seat of the late Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-dianne-feinstein-dies-at-90" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dianne Feinstein</a> (D-CA), who died in September. Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, Barbara Lee, and former MLB player Steve Garvey, a Republican, are expected to be in a tight race for the top two spots.
California holds a nonpartisan primary election for the Senate, in which the two candidates with the most votes — regardless of party affiliation — will move on to face each other head-to-head in the general election in November. Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-CA), a labor leader and activist whom Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom appointed to fill the Senate seat following Feinstein’s death, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-10-19/laphonza-butler-senate-race-2024-schiff-porter-lee-feinstein-garvey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in October that she would not run to hold onto the seat.
According to <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2024/california/top-two-primary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FiveThirtyEight’s average</a> of polls on the Senate primary in California, Schiff leads the pack at 25.5%, with Garvey coming in second at 20.4% and Porter in third at 18.4%. Lee remains farther behind in the polls, coming in at 9.1%.
<h3>Texas Democratic Senate Primary</h3>
Democrats in Texas will head to the polls on Tuesday to choose their nominee to run against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for the seat the conservative senator has held since 2013. Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), a former NFL player who has been serving in Congress since 2019, and Democratic state Sen. Roland Gutierrez are the favorites in a crowded field to win the party’s nomination.
Democrats have put a lot of attention on Texas in Cruz’s past two re-election campaigns, hoping to steal a Senate seat in the red state. In 2018, Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/texas-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lost</a> to Cruz by more than 200,000 votes. No Democrat has won an election for statewide office in Texas in 30 years, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/texas-senate-race-2024-allred-cruz-a0a1b4a21feb99593d72cf4a2cf7f7aa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>.
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Allred has outraised his Democratic opponents in the race, raking in more than $21 million during his campaign for the Senate, the AP reported. Gutierrez, meanwhile, has criticized Allred for joining 14 other Democrats in backing a GOP-led resolution condemning Biden for his handling of the border crisis.
The <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2024/texas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most recent polls</a> on the Democratic primary in Texas show Allred leading Gutierrez by double digits, with one poll showing the former Tennessee Titans player ahead by 38 points. If one candidate doesn’t get a majority of votes in the primary, the top two candidates will head to a runoff election on May 28.
<h3>Texas GOP House Primary</h3>
Another Texas race, this one for a U.S. House seat, could be a close contest as 11 Republicans look to move on to the general election. Brandon Gill, the son-in-law of conservative documentary filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, is endorsed by both Trump and Cruz. He is <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/14/texas-congressional-district-26-2024-republican-primary-brandon-gill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considered</a> the frontrunner in the race with John Huffman, the mayor of Southlake, Texas, being his most prominent challenger.
The Republican candidates are looking to win the seat of outgoing Rep. Michael Burgess, who announced in November that he would retire at the end of his current term. A candidate must get more than 50% of the vote to win the primary. The top two candidates will move on to a runoff in May if no candidate reaches the majority threshold.
<h3>Alabama GOP House Primary</h3>
A primary in the red state of Alabama is pitting two incumbent Republicans against each other after the state redistricted. Reps. Jerry Carl and Barry Moore, both second-term congressmen, must now fight for the 1st District seat.
Moore is backed by House Freedom Action, a group tied to the conservative House Freedom Caucus, of which Moore is a member. Since Alabama’s 1st District is safely Republican, the winner of Tuesday’s primary is expected to win the general election in November easily. A recent <a href="https://www.aum.edu/aum-poll-examines-gop-primary-race-for-alabamas-first-congressional-district/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> from the University of Auburn Montgomery shows Carl leading Moore 43% to 35%.
<h3>North Carolina Gubernatorial Primaries</h3>
Both Republicans and Democrats will vote for a nominee in the North Carolina gubernatorial primaries on Tuesday. Democratic Governor Roy Cooper is term-limited after this year, serving in the governor’s mansion since 2017.
On the GOP side, Trump-endorsed candidate Mark Robinson, who is currently the state’s lieutenant governor, is facing two other Republican candidates, Bill Graham and Dale Folwell. For Democrats, state Attorney General Josh Stein is widely expected to win the party’s primary as he looks to fend off four challengers.
The general election for North Carolina governor is expected to be competitive and expensive. According to <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/governor/2024/north-carolina/general/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling</a>, Robinson and Stein are neck-and-neck in a potential general election matchup.

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-temporary-house-speaker-orders-pelosi-to-vacate-capitol-hideaway-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Patrick McHenry</a> (R-NC), who served as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-ditch-plan-to-empower-mchenry-prepare-for-third-speaker-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">temporary House speaker</a> during a leadership fight this fall, announced on Tuesday that he will not <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seek-election in 2024</a>.
&#8220;I will be retiring from Congress at the end of my current term. This is not a decision I come to lightly, but I believe there is a season for everything and — for me — this season has come to an end,&#8221; McHenry said in a <a href="https://mchenry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=404652" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
A lawmaker with a penchant for bowties, McHenry has served in the House since 2005. He worked his way up the ranks and <a href="https://mchenry.house.gov/biography/">became</a> the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
Seen as a close ally to former House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA), McHenry helped <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4019636-meet-mccarthys-closers-on-debt-ceiling-talks/">steer debt ceiling talks</a> earlier this year.
After the House voted to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-ousted-from-speakership-after-democrats-side-with-matt-gaetz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boot McCarthy</a> from the speakership in early October, McHenry was picked to take on the role of <a href="https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-powers-mchenry-875bebd218096a5252840cd8f52cc137#tbl-em-lnrqqihtbbq5d9n8lt">speaker pro tempore</a>.
During the few weeks it took for the chamber to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-elects-mike-johnson-as-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">settle on Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA)</a> to replace McCarthy, members considered but ultimately <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-ditch-plan-to-empower-mchenry-prepare-for-third-speaker-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> empowering McHenry to do more than simply preside over debate and votes for a full-time speaker. But McHenry did <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-temporary-house-speaker-orders-pelosi-to-vacate-capitol-hideaway-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order</a> former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/04/us/politics/patrick-mchenry-interim-speaker.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vacate</a> their hideaway U.S. Capitol offices.
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McHenry is now one of <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/11/18/2024-senators-house-open-seats-reelection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than a couple dozen House members</a> who have announced that they will not seek another two-year term in new year&#8217;s elections. Another lawmaker who is considering an exit from the House <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/us/politics/mccarthy-house-speaker-republicans.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is McCarthy</a>.
In his statement on Tuesday, McHenry thanked his staff, constituents, and family for their support. He also expressed pride in his work as a congressman and voiced optimism when speaking about the future of the House.
“There has been a great deal of handwringing and ink spilled about the future of this institution because some — like me — have decided to leave. Those concerns are exaggerated,&#8221; McHenry said.
&#8220;I’ve seen a lot of change over twenty years,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I truly feel this institution is on the verge of the next great turn. Whether it&#8217;s 1974, 1994, or 2010, we’ve seen the House evolve over time. Evolutions are often lumpy and disjointed, but at each stage, new leaders emerge. There are many smart and capable members who remain, and others are on their way. I’m confident the House is in good hands.&#8221;

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A North Carolina family is demanding answers after their loved one&#8217;s body was found dead after days of people thinking it was a Halloween decoration.
Robert Owens, of China Grove, North Carolina, was found dead in front of an abandoned home. His family soon discovered that his body had been there for days and that a lawncare worker had mowed around Owens’ nearly naked body, believing it to be a Halloween decoration.
“Don’t know how you can do that,” Owens’ sister, Haley Shue, <a href="https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/north-carolina/rowan-county/we-want-answers-rowan-county-mans-body-mistaken-for-halloween-prop-lawn-mowed-around-him/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Queen City News. “Mow right beside someone and assume that they’re Halloween decorations at a house no one lives at.”
The China Grove Police Department released a statement saying officers spoke to the groundskeeper, who said he believed the body was a mannequin.
“However, the groundskeeper stated, he believed the body to be a fake dummy used for training by numerous law agencies on the property over the last few years and did not report it,&#8221; the department said in the statement, <a href="https://people.com/north-carolina-mans-body-found-at-empty-home-was-initially-mistaken-for-mannequin-police-8362897" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to People Magazine</a>.
The family had last seen Owens on October 1, but his body was discovered a week later, on October 10, lying face down in front of the abandoned home.
“My grandmother has lived off of Shue Road for 40+ years,” Shue told QC News, “and he’s never been to this house. He’s never known of this house this far off the road. He’s never been back here. He’s never been known to come here.”
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Police only told Owens’ sister, Haley, and mother, Brenda, that the 34-year-old wasn’t shot. They learned more details about the condition of his body from a construction worker on the property where it was found.
“Construction worker told us that he had cuts and scrapes on his arms like defensive wounds, his words,” Shue told QC News.
Police are investigating Owens’ death. While his family said he was a drug user, they don’t know how he ended up where he was found. Police reportedly don’t suspect foul play but are investigating. Police said an autopsy was performed in Raleigh, and preliminary findings showed no signs of assault or other trauma to Owens’ body.
Owens’ family, meanwhile, can’t believe he’s gone.
“His nieces and nephews love him, and he had just gotten my son a jacket, and he didn’t even have the chance to give it to him,” Shue told the outlet, crying. “We want answers.”
The China Grove Police Chief told QC News that the department expects more information this week and is waiting for a toxicology report to determine his cause of death.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-carolina" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Carolina</a> Republicans voted on Tuesday to override Democrat Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roy-cooper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roy Cooper</a>’s vetoes of two election bills that Republicans say will increase election integrity and Cooper claims are a “threat” to democracy.
The <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/nc-legislature-adds-to-growing-list-of-overridden-cooper-vetoes-elections-energy-and-regulatory-reform/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">measures</a> in question, Senate Bills 747 and 749, ban <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/north-carolina-republicans-override-governors-vetoes-sweeping-election-rcna119766" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drop boxes</a> for ballots, end the acceptance of absentee ballots after election day, limit the use of private money for elections, and shift authority away from the governor over the state’s board of elections.
“North Carolina voters deserve to know their elections are safe and secure. Thankfully they can have that confidence now that we have overridden the Governor’s veto of this commonsense elections bill,” North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore <a href="http://speakermoore.com/north-carolina-house-overrides-governor-coopers-veto-sb-747-elections-law-changes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> after the vote to bypass Cooper’s veto of SB 747.
The House <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/nc-legislature-adds-to-growing-list-of-overridden-cooper-vetoes-elections-energy-and-regulatory-reform/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> 72-44 to override the veto and the Senate voted 30-19 to override the veto.
According to a press release from Moore, the bill will “Strengthens the rights of poll observers,” “Improves voter registration rolls by establishing a process for periodic removal of ineligible voters, including the deceased, convicted felons, and those who have moved,” and “closes same-day registration loophole.”
It also will ban election officials from using private money to administer elections. The use of private money to fund elections became <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/georgia-bans-counties-from-using-private-money-for-elections-after-2020-zuckerbucks-controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">widely debated</a> after the 2020 election when groups-backed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg poured millions of dollars into state elections. Some argued that the money was not distributed fairly, but mainly benefited areas that leaned Democrat.
After the original passage of SB 747, Cooper claimed that Republicans were being racist. “If you are black or brown, Republicans really don’t want you to vote,” Cooper said.
“This legislation has nothing to do with election security and everything to do with Republicans keeping and gaining power,” Cooper <a href="https://dashboard.ncleg.gov/api/Services/BillDocument/2023/7138/0/S747-BILL-NBC-11326" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in his veto message. “It encourages voter intimidation at the polls by election deniers and conspiracy believers.”
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The other bill Republicans voted to enact, SB 749, will allow the North Carolina legislature the authority to appoint the State Election Board instead of the governor. Majority and minority leaders in the legislature would each select four members to serve on the elections board.
“The legislative takeover of state and local elections boards could doom our state’s elections to gridlock and severely limit early voting,” <a href="https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2023/09/28/governor-cooper-signs-three-bills-vetoes-one-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cooper said</a> in his veto message. “It also creates a grave risk that Republican legislators or courts would be empowered to change the results of an election if they don’t like the winner. That’s a serious threat to our democracy.”
The House voted 72-44 to override and the Senate voted 30-19 for the override. Republicans said that the measure will help the public trust elections in North Carolina.
“Single-party control has led to distrust and skepticism among voters. Voters should be asking themselves why Gov. Cooper is so desperate to maintain his partisan grip on the State Board of Elections,&#8221; Republican State Sen. Warren Daniel said, <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article280300589.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Charlotte News &amp; Observer.
Democrats have already moved to challenge the laws in court.

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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oklahoma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oklahoma</a> man who authorities said faked his death in a kayaking accident last month to dodge child rape charges in North Carolina was captured on Sunday after a weekend police chase and motorcycle crash in Georgia.
Melvin Emde — a 41-year-old Talihina, Oklahoma, resident — had been reported missing by his son on August 7 after authorities were told at the time that he drowned in the Mississippi River during a kayaking and fishing trip, according to a news release <a href="https://www.wdsu.com/article/missing-kayaker-arrested-in-georgia-after-faking-his-own-death/45204163#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by local media.
The bogus accident prompted authorities to launch a search and rescue operation that spanned two days and used divers, sonar, and a small boat &#8212; but officers never found Emde&#8217;s body.
Emde was scheduled to appear in court the day he went missing for charges of &#8220;indecent liberties with a child and statutory rape of a child&#8221; in North Carolina.
&#8220;We immediately became quite suspicious that this may have been a faked accidental drowning and death in order for Mr. Emde to escape charges in Brunswick County, North Carolina,&#8221; St Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne reportedly said. &#8220;However, we could not publicly expose our suspicions for fear of tipping him off.&#8221;
&#8220;So, we just kind of left it as a missing person&#8217;s report, another person who just drowned in the river, and his body didn&#8217;t appear,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12536303/kayaker-Emde-FAKING-drowning-Mississippi-child-rape.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. &#8220;It sounds like a pretty good concoction that they came up with, but like most of those, they don&#8217;t work.&#8221;
After learning about the allegations against Emde, authorities <a href="https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/suspect-in-north-carolina-child-rape-caught-weeks-18376436.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> worked with detectives in North Carolina who said he had been wearing an ankle monitor while out on bail. They discovered he had purchased two prepaid cell phones at a Walmart in Boutte, Louisiana.
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U.S. Marshals helped track the phones and learned Emde had only turned on one of the cellular devices to use it briefly.
Authorities eventually located Emde on Sunday in Georgia after a Highway Patrol officer attempted to stop a motorcycle for driving without a license plate around 3:30 a.m.
Champagne said Emde fled the scene until he eventually crashed the motorcycle and attempted to escape on foot, but authorities ultimately captured him. Champagne said Emde then gave officers a false name, but a fingerprint scan revealed his true identity.
He now faces charges in Louisiana for having wasted police time in addition to his child rape allegations in North Carolina. Prosecutors have not filed charges against Emde&#8217;s son, but authorities reportedly said the investigation is ongoing.
&#8220;Basically, filing false reports, which we refer to as injuring public record in Louisiana, which is a felony,&#8221; said Champagne. &#8220;Obviously, he&#8217;s got more serious things to deal with.&#8221;
&#8220;Now it&#8217;s time for Mr. Emde to face the music for his charges in North Carolina,&#8221; he added.

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On Thursday, Democrat North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion to highlight what he called “the extreme Republican plans to undermine and underfund public education in North Carolina,” attacking the “unaccountable private school vouchers for the wealthy that will hurt our public schools.”
Cooper neglected to mention that he has sent at least one of his three daughters to Saint Mary&#8217;s School, an expensive private school in Raleigh, as A.P Dillon of the North State Journal has reported.
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In terms of folks being able to send their kids to the private school of their choice using an Opportunity Scholarship, it&#39;s worth remembering Cooper sent one of his daughters to St. Mary&#39;s, a private school with hefty tuition cost.<a href="https://t.co/L7Lwr6mB1p">https://t.co/L7Lwr6mB1p</a>
&mdash; A.P. Dillon (@APDillon_) <a href="https://twitter.com/APDillon_/status/1643249089742618625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“The proposed voucher program expansion would pour billions of dollars in taxpayer money into private schools that are unaccountable to the public and can decide which students they want to admit,” Cooper stated in a <a href="https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2023/09/07/governor-cooper-hosts-education-roundtable-eastern-north-carolina-speaks-education-leaders-about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. “Their plan would expand private school vouchers so anyone – even a millionaire – can get taxpayer money for their children’s private school tuition.
In May, Cooper <a href="https://twitter.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1660736473988050947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1660742730396454934%7Ctwgr%5E3739ad8d2a46f6407979198ca71c7b2909c6a0c7%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fnorth-carolina-gov-roy-cooper-declares-state-emergency-school-choice-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> a &#8220;state of emergency&#8221; to prevent the legislature from passing a school choice bill.
“It’s time to declare a state of emergency for public education in North Carolina. There’s no executive order like with a hurricane or the pandemic, but it’s no less important,” Cooper said. “It’s clear that the Republican legislature is aiming to choke the life out of public education. I’m declaring this state of emergency because you need to know what’s happening. If you care about public schools in North Carolina, it’s time to take immediate action and tell them to stop the damage that will set back our schools for a generation.”
In a <a href="https://www.sms.edu/about-us/school-news/~post/nc-first-lady-kristin-cooper-will-be-2017-commencement-speaker-20170223" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> from 2017, St. Mary’s noted that Cooper’s daughter Natalie graduated from the school in 2011.
Jason Williams, executive director of the NC Faith and Freedom Coalition, has slammed Cooper for his actions against private schools, <a href="//D59AAB3B-049F-430A-8D0C-405BB9FA6D89/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “Why doesn’t Roy Cooper want your child to have the same quality, private education his kid had? If he believed so much in public education, why did he spend thousands for his own kid to avoid it?”
“We do have a state of emergency with our public school system. The problem with Gov. Cooper’s state of emergency is the focus is on the wrong thing,” he continued. “The true emergency is the leftist attempts to indoctrinate our children and the failure to adequately educate them.”
School choice advocate Corey DeAngelis tweeted, &#8220;This hypocrite sent his own kid to a private school. We&#8217;re freeing families from the clutches of the teachers unions once and for all &amp; there&#8217;s nothing he can do about it.&#8221;
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BREAKING: North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper declares a STATE OF EMERGENCY to fight against school choice.
This hypocrite sent his own kid to a private school.
We&#39;re freeing families from the clutches of the teachers unions once and for all &amp; there&#39;s nothing he can do about it. <a href="https://t.co/m4bbcpiEIx">pic.twitter.com/m4bbcpiEIx</a>
&mdash; Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1660736473988050947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charlotte" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charlotte</a> Pride now says no one will be awarded the 2023 Harvey Milk award for exceptional “LGBT+” advocacy after the announced winner&#8217;s past as a convicted child sex offender came to light.
“We do not give every single award out every year. Charlotte Pride was originally going to do Harvey Milk, but upon further discussion, decided not to give out that award this year,” the leading Charlotte, North Carolina, LGBT organization <a href="https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/charlotte-pride-removes-2023-harvey-milk-award-recipient-website/FEKOU3KJMNCKVMCWZNVM4LXVEM/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> local outlet WSOC on Friday.
The group did not detail what led to the decision not to give out the Harvey Milk Award after all.
Chad Sevearance-Turner, a former music minister who <a href="https://sexoffender.ncsbi.gov/details.aspx?SRN=008345S1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">served years</a> in prison for sexually abusing a minor boy, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charlotte-pride-lists-child-sex-offender-as-lgbtq-award-recipient" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was originally slated</a> to receive the award this year.
Charlotte Pride had <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230805194403/https://charlottepride.org/champions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praised</a> him as an “influential advocate for LGBT+ issues,” Reduxx first <a href="https://reduxx.info/north-carolina-charlotte-pride-awards-child-sex-offender-with-2023-harvey-milk-award/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Sevearance-Turner, 45, is president and chief executive officer <a href="https://www.clgbtcc.org/our-staff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at the</a> Carolinas LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce, a nonprofit that “supports LGBT+ and allied businesses” in North and South Carolina.
He was <a href="https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/1998/09/26/music-director-charged-fondling-teens-kidnapper-sentenced-assault-masked-gunman-li39l-food-store/29604171007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> by three minor boys of sexual abuse in 1998 when he was 20, all three of whom he met through his position as music director for New Harvest Church of God in Gaffney, South Carolina, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313221333/http://www.goupstate.com/article/20000720/NEWS/7200320?p=2&amp;tc=pg&amp;tc=ar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a 2000 report from GoUpstate.com.
The three boys’ accusations were tried in three separate cases.
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The first case involved a 14-year-old boy who testified that he spent the night with Sevearance-Turner at one of the other victims’ houses and awoke to Sevearance-Turner fondling his genitals. The boy also testified that Sevearance-Turner invited him to spend the night at his house, and when he did, Sevearance-Turner asked him how he would feel about a man performing oral sex on him.
“I thought he was joking,” the boy told the court at the time.
The child said Sevearance-Turner’s questions about sexual acts were upsetting because of his position in the church.
The second boy, who was 15 at the time of the alleged incident, testified that Sevearance-Turner invited him to his house and showed him a pornographic video of sex between a man and woman. The boy went to sleep in the same bed as Sevearance-Turner and awoke to Sevearance-Turner fondling him, the child said.
“He told me if I ever told the pastor, he’d make me look like a fool and a liar,” the boy said.
The third boy, who was also 15 when he said the incident happened, said Sevearance-Turner made the same advances to him when he stayed at the boy’s home for three weeks and fondled him multiple times.
Sevearance-Turner’s defense attorney Thomas Shealy accused the boys at the time of a “Salem witch hunt” against their alleged abuser.
Sevearance-Turner was eventually convicted in 2000 of performing a lewd act on a minor under 16 and <a href="https://sexoffender.ncsbi.gov/details.aspx?SRN=008345S1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sentenced</a> to ten years in prison. He served just two years before being released on parole.
He is currently <a href="https://sexoffender.ncsbi.gov/details.aspx?SRN=008345S1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listed</a> on the North Carolina sex offender registry.
Charlotte Pride quickly scrubbed Sevearance-Turner&#8217;s name from its website page listing this year&#8217;s &#8220;Champions of Pride&#8221; award winners after his child sex offense conviction came to light.
However, an archived version of the page <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230805194403/https://charlottepride.org/champions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shows</a> him listed.
This is not the first time Sevearance-Turner’s child sex offender status has been unearthed while in a position of influence.
In 2016, Sevearance-Turner <a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article64943682.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> as president of Charlotte’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce after his child sex offender conviction became known. He <a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article64943682.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time that his past had not stopped him from being successful.
At the time, Sevearance-Turner <a href="https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/charlotte-lgbt-chamber-head-steps-down/275-75015312" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was at the forefront</a> of a push for North Carolina to allow trans-identifying men to use women’s bathrooms.

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