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NCGOP Statement on Woke Activist Anita Earls Filing for Reelection
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 5 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following statement on Dec. 3, 2025, by Communications Director Matt Mercer:
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NCGOP Statement on Woke Activist Anita Earls Filing for Reelection
"Woke Activist Anita Earls represents everything wrong with radical left-wing judges in North Carolina courts. She is the co-author of the infamous TREC report, which pushed soft-on-crime policies into courtrooms across our state.
"She injected woke politics into state Supreme Court decisions so bad they had to be reversed a year later.
"Her record of radical
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RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 5 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following statement on Dec. 3, 2025, by Communications Director Matt Mercer:
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NCGOP Statement on Woke Activist Anita Earls Filing for Reelection
"Woke Activist Anita Earls represents everything wrong with radical left-wing judges in North Carolina courts. She is the co-author of the infamous TREC report, which pushed soft-on-crime policies into courtrooms across our state.
"She injected woke politics into state Supreme Court decisions so bad they had to be reversed a year later.
"Her record of radicalleft-wing political activism is only rivaled by her distain for judicial standards and will be the reason she loses her seat in 2026."
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Original text here: https://www.nc.gop/ncgop_statement_on_radical_roy_cooper_filing_for_u_s_senate
N.C. Democratic Party: With MAGA Base "Not Enthusiastic" About Whatley, GOP Primary Field For Senate Grows
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 5 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news:
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With MAGA Base "Not Enthusiastic" About Whatley, GOP Primary Field For Senate Grows
GOP Senate Candidate Don Brown: "Ramming Whatley down North Carolina Republicans' throats is not going to work."
News & Observer: "Steve Bannon -- a frontman of the Make America Great Again movement -- this month is reported to have said Whatley 'is not MAGA.'"
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As DC insider Michael Whatley filed to represent Washington, DC North Carolina in the U.S. Senate yesterday, his vulnerability with his own Republican
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RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 5 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news:
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With MAGA Base "Not Enthusiastic" About Whatley, GOP Primary Field For Senate Grows
GOP Senate Candidate Don Brown: "Ramming Whatley down North Carolina Republicans' throats is not going to work."
News & Observer: "Steve Bannon -- a frontman of the Make America Great Again movement -- this month is reported to have said Whatley 'is not MAGA.'"
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As DC insider Michael Whatley filed to represent Washington, DC North Carolina in the U.S. Senate yesterday, his vulnerability with his own Republicanbase was in the spotlight. As the GOP primary field grows, it's becoming increasingly clear that "MAGA folks [...] they're just not enthusiastic" about Whatley as the DC establishment "ram[s him] down North Carolina Republicans' throats."
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News & Observer: Embracing Trump and 'America First,' Michael Whatley files for NC's Senate race
Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi | December 2, 2025
* Steve Bannon -- a frontman of the Make America Great Again movement -- this month is reported to have said Whatley "is not MAGA."
* "One of the reasons he's running so poorly in North Carolina. If you talk to the MAGA folks down there, they're just not enthusiastic about it," Bannon said, according to the conservative Daily Haymaker.
WRAL: Brown, Temple seek to upend Whatley for GOP nomination in NC's U.S. Senate race
Paul Specht | December 2, 2025
* Brown says he supports the president but thinks he could do a better job than Whatley of implementing his agenda.
* "Ramming Whatley down North Carolina Republicans' throats is not going to work," Brown said in an interview Tuesday. He added: "People really want to know, what are you going to bring to the table to try to help me? And that's what we're trying to focus on."
* While a Trump endorsement helps many Republicans, it doesn't guarantee victory. Former U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who represented western North Carolina in Congress from 2021 to 2023, defeated a Trump-endorsed Republican in the 2020 GOP primary for his seat.
* Primaries can be unpredictable especially for first-time candidates, said Jim Womack, who ran against Whatley for state party chair in 2019. Underdogs can gain momentum quickly if the frontrunner ignores the party base and makes other missteps, Womack said.
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Original text here: https://www.ncdp.org/media/with-maga-base-not-enthusiastic-about-whatley-gop-primary-field-for-senate-grows/
Mich. Democratic Party: How Price Hike Mike Stole Christmas, Pt. 2: "Tariffs Threaten Surprise Fees for Holiday Shoppers"
LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 5 -- The Michigan Democratic Party posted the following news release:
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How Price Hike Mike Stole Christmas, Pt. 2: "Tariffs Threaten Surprise Fees for Holiday Shoppers"
New reporting from The Detroit News highlights another way that Mike Rogers' price-hiking agenda is stealing Christmas from Michigan families: surprise fees from tariffs.
Price Hike Mike has cheered on Trump's reckless tariffs, which he calls "masterful" and "an absolute win," even as they result in "unexpected charges on merchandise and festive favorites." And for holiday shoppers who aren't hit
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LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 5 -- The Michigan Democratic Party posted the following news release:
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How Price Hike Mike Stole Christmas, Pt. 2: "Tariffs Threaten Surprise Fees for Holiday Shoppers"
New reporting from The Detroit News highlights another way that Mike Rogers' price-hiking agenda is stealing Christmas from Michigan families: surprise fees from tariffs.
Price Hike Mike has cheered on Trump's reckless tariffs, which he calls "masterful" and "an absolute win," even as they result in "unexpected charges on merchandise and festive favorites." And for holiday shoppers who aren't hitwith surprise fees, they're still more likely to pay higher prices as businesses pass on the cost of tariffs to Michigan consumers.
"Mike Rogers is more than happy to watch Christmas be stolen away from Michigan families while he enjoys the holidays from his Florida mansion," said Michigan Democratic Party spokesperson Joey Hannum. "The reckless tariffs that Price Hike Mike celebrates are jacking up prices and springing surprise fees on Michiganders as they shop for the holidays this year--and Rogers is so out of touch that he thinks people won't notice when their stockings are a little lighter this year."
Read more: Detroit News (https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2025/12/01/tariffs-threaten-surprise-fees-for-holiday-shoppers/87506611007/): Tariffs threaten surprise fees for holiday shoppers
* If shoppers aren't careful this holiday gift-giving season, they could get hit with unexpected charges on merchandise and festive favorites from overseas.
* "Unfortunately, a lot of U.S. consumers are going to be in for a surprise, especially if they haven't ordered something online in a while," said Jason Miller, a professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University. "They may be finding out that Santa Claus is bringing a nice little bit of extra fees with him this year."
* The fees to look out for are charges from commercial shippers like UPS, DHL and FedEx for tariffs and processing fees that arrive hours or even days after shoppers click "buy." The charges may not immediately show up in online checkouts but can sometimes approach -- or even exceed -- the initial price collected by retailers.
* [...] The supply chain expert said the reasons for St. Nick's additional sleigh fees mostly come from Uncle Sam. The culprits are a combination of President Donald Trump's end to a widely used de minimis tariff exemption on low-value packages, his imposition of sweeping new import taxes, and interruptions to foreign and domestic postal services not yet equipped to handle the new normal.
* [...] Trump's move to end the exemption for all countries took effect on Aug. 29. Global shippers, as a result, have had to add additional package processing steps and apply tariff schedule classification codes to U.S.-bound items. Most are not equipped to handle such an undertaking.
* The United Nations' Universal Postal Union said that postal flows to the United States as of Oct. 3 were down about 71% compared to the week prior to the Trump administration's regulatory changes. More than 30 countries halted U.S.-bound postal service altogether in August, and only a handful have resumed, per the U.N. group.
* [...] In Michigan, a state that's home to several sizable expat enclaves with specific holiday traditions, Miller explained that higher overseas shipping charges will lead to price hikes but probably not surprise charges for most buyers.
* [...] Raymond Bittner, who runs the Polish Art Center specialty shop in Hamtramck, said that has been his experience. The store also has a location in Cedar, near Traverse City. "I don't directly import food products from Poland, but the major importers are based in Chicago and New York," he said in a phone interview. The wholesalers pay the fees, but that still results in higher prices on the items he likes to stock around the holiday season.
* "Their prices have all gone up minimum 20%," he said. "Everything from Poland is being hit with a 15% tariff on top of any existing tariffs. So, for example, I sell a lot of amber jewelry. The typical tariff on a piece of amber jewelry is 5%. Today I'm paying 20%."
* The tariffs have caused him to raise prices and, in the limited cases of items he buys directly from Europe, stop stocking some products altogether.
* [...] Other likely tariff impacts during the holiday shopping season, according to Miller, will include less access to variety this year.
* "Toy imports year to date are down about 15% on a weight basis through August, so it's a pretty good measure of how many toys have come in," the professor said.
* "And the reason is that with tariffs driving up the cost of the imports, retailers and wholesalers are much more hesitant to bring in as many toys as they would have previously."
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Original text here: https://michigandems.com/how-price-hike-mike-stole-christmas-pt-2-tariffs-threaten-surprise-fees-for-holiday-shoppers/
DNC: New Data - Trump's Job Market is in Freefall, Job Cuts Hit Pandemic Era High
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Dec. 4, 2025:
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New Data: Trump's Job Market is in Freefall, Job Cuts Hit Pandemic Era High
New data released today from Challenger, Gray & Christmas revealed that Donald Trump's job market is continuing to erode as U.S. employers announced over 71,000 job cuts in November. That brings the total number of job cuts to nearly 1.2 million in 2025 alone -- only the sixth time since 1993 that job cuts through November have topped 1.1 million. The report (https://www.challengergray.com/blog/challenger-report-71321-job-cuts-on-restructurings-closings-economy/)
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Dec. 4, 2025:
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New Data: Trump's Job Market is in Freefall, Job Cuts Hit Pandemic Era High
New data released today from Challenger, Gray & Christmas revealed that Donald Trump's job market is continuing to erode as U.S. employers announced over 71,000 job cuts in November. That brings the total number of job cuts to nearly 1.2 million in 2025 alone -- only the sixth time since 1993 that job cuts through November have topped 1.1 million. The report (https://www.challengergray.com/blog/challenger-report-71321-job-cuts-on-restructurings-closings-economy/)comes just one day after the November ADP jobs report revealed a net of 32,000 jobs were lost last month, the most since March 2023.
In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:
"Donald Trump's economy is in shambles, and Trump is turning a blind eye to working families who are bearing the consequences: an upended job market, soaring prices, and rising bankruptcies. And what do Republicans have to say? 'Relax.' It's a slap in the face to everyday Americans who are struggling to make ends meet as they watch Trump cozy up to the ultrawealthy and well-connected."
Trump's disastrous trade war is wreaking havoc on the economy: Companies are purging jobs left and right, and inflation has climbed every month since April. Meanwhile, Trump again this week said that "affordability is a hoax." And just this morning, when asked about Americans' affordability concerns, House Speaker Mike Johnson told people to "relax."
Americans aren't having it: New polling shows that nearly half of Americans -- including nearly 4-in-10 Trump voters -- believe the cost of living in the U.S. is worse than they can ever remember.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/news/new-data-trumps-job-market-is-in-freefall-job-cuts-hit-pandemic-era-high/
DNC: ICYMI - GOP Electoral Worries Shift to Miami's Mayoral Runoff
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release:
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ICYMI: GOP Electoral Worries Shift to Miami's Mayoral Runoff
Key Point: "The GOP is bracing for a possible loss in one of the state's remaining blue areas -- but in an office Republicans have held for nearly 30 years... Even Gov. Ron DeSantis, who also endorsed Gonzalez, called the results in Tennessee 'a big warning sign,' saying it showed Republicans may not enjoy the level of support they've had in the last few cycles, including in Florida."
Politico: GOP electoral worries shift to Miami's mayoral
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release:
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ICYMI: GOP Electoral Worries Shift to Miami's Mayoral Runoff
Key Point: "The GOP is bracing for a possible loss in one of the state's remaining blue areas -- but in an office Republicans have held for nearly 30 years... Even Gov. Ron DeSantis, who also endorsed Gonzalez, called the results in Tennessee 'a big warning sign,' saying it showed Republicans may not enjoy the level of support they've had in the last few cycles, including in Florida."
Politico: GOP electoral worries shift to Miami's mayoralrunoff
By Kimberly Leonard
* Republicans may not have to wait long for their next opportunity for soul-searching and midterm panic, thanks to next week's Miami mayoral runoff.
* The GOP is bracing for a possible loss in one of the state's remaining blue areas -- but in an office Republicans have held for nearly 30 years...
* The contest in Miami is set for just one week after Republicans faced a close special election in a Tennessee House race that Trump previously won by 22 points.
* "It's a tough district," Evan Power, chair of the Republican Party of Florida, said of what he called "Kamala district" Miami. "My expectation is, it probably doesn't perform for Republicans, but we have to do what we have to do, fight in every place."
* Having notched a single-digit loss in this week's Tennessee race, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin says the party is pivoting to be "laser focused" on Miami. "The energy is on Democrats' side and the DNC is all-in support Eileen Higgins from now until Election Day," he said.
* Even Gov. Ron DeSantis, who also endorsed Gonzalez, called the results in Tennessee "a big warning sign," saying it showed Republicans may not enjoy the level of support they've had in the last few cycles, including in Florida.
* "'26, I think, is going to be a little more challenging for Republicans," DeSantis said, adding: "If I was advising someone who was running, I'd say, 'You cannot bank on 2022 levels of Republican support.'"
* The Florida Democratic Party is hoping a win can reinvigorate Democrats in the once-swing state. Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried said on a phone banking call Tuesday that a win would "not only bring so much energy back to the state of Florida, but show what is possible when we have great candidates" and volunteers.
* Martin also accused Gonzalez of supporting Trump's "toxic agenda," pointing to his past work on the Trump transition team and as a founder of Veterans for Trump.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/news/icymi-gop-electoral-worries-shift-to-miamis-mayoral-runoff/
DNC: Donald Trump Calls Affordability a "Hoax," Meanwhile, His "Affordability Czar" is Nowhere to Be Found
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025:
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Donald Trump Calls Affordability a "Hoax," Meanwhile, His "Affordability Czar" is Nowhere to be Found
Last night, POLITICO reported that eight months after the Trump administration announced an "Affordability Czar," the appointment "never materialized." Back in March, Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promised to appoint an "Affordability Czar" to focus on lowering costs, but no one has been appointed, and there seems to be no clear plan to bring prices down for everyday
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025:
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Donald Trump Calls Affordability a "Hoax," Meanwhile, His "Affordability Czar" is Nowhere to be Found
Last night, POLITICO reported that eight months after the Trump administration announced an "Affordability Czar," the appointment "never materialized." Back in March, Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promised to appoint an "Affordability Czar" to focus on lowering costs, but no one has been appointed, and there seems to be no clear plan to bring prices down for everydayAmericans.
And yesterday, Trump dismissed Americans' growing concerns about affordability -- saying, "affordability is a hoax" and declaring that he "fixed" inflation.
In response, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:
"It's 'help wanted' for the American people. Donald Trump has failed to even try to fulfill his promise to 'lower costs on Day One.' Now his message to everyday Americans is that higher prices and mass layoffs are a 'hoax.' Under Trump's watch, Americans are facing inflation and disappearing jobs -- and he can't even pretend that he cares or follow through on his promises to address affordability. Meanwhile, he continues to find more and more ways to help out his billionaire buddies. Voters have had enough of Trump's bullshit, and he knows it."
Trump's affordability crisis is far from a hoax. Everyday Americans are already paying more for health care, groceries, and electricity amid a painfully expensive holiday season that's forcing consumers to cut back on holiday shopping. On top of that, Trump's reckless tariffs are causing blue-collar jobs to collapse and layoffs to skyrocket. Trump is desperately trying to gaslight Americans about his failed economy, but they see through it -- his approval rating recently hit a second-term low.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/news/new-donald-trump-calls-affordability-a-hoax-meanwhile-his-affordability-czar-is-nowhere-to-be-found/
DNC: Ahead of the Holidays, Donald Trump's Administration Wants to Cut SNAP Benefits for Blue States
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025:
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Ahead of the Holidays, Donald Trump's Administration Wants to Cut SNAP Benefits for Blue States
Yesterday, Trump's Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins threatened to withhold SNAP benefits funding from blue states ahead of the holidays, jeopardizing nutrition assistance for millions of hungry kids and families.
This comes on the heels of Trump and Republicans' Big Ugly Bill, which already made the largest cut to food assistance in history.
Unlike Republicans, who continue to choose
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025:
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Ahead of the Holidays, Donald Trump's Administration Wants to Cut SNAP Benefits for Blue States
Yesterday, Trump's Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins threatened to withhold SNAP benefits funding from blue states ahead of the holidays, jeopardizing nutrition assistance for millions of hungry kids and families.
This comes on the heels of Trump and Republicans' Big Ugly Bill, which already made the largest cut to food assistance in history.
Unlike Republicans, who continue to choosebillionaires over working families and kids, Democrats are fighting back hard to ensure kids don't go hungry as a consequence of Trump's political games.
In response, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:
"After ripping food away from Americans with the biggest cut to SNAP in history, Donald Trump is now threatening to let millions of kids and families go hungry during the holidays. It's cruel. It's inhumane. And it's wrong. Democrats will continue to fight like hell to stop Trump's attacks on working families. Nobody in America should go hungry."
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Trump administration threatens to withhold funds to run SNAP in Wisconsin, other states
By Molly Beck
* Wisconsin could lose federal funding to administer the nation's anti-hunger program known as SNAP, the Trump administration signaled Tuesday.
* U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Trump administration plans to halt funding for states whose governors have not responded to the agency's request for data on recipients of the program known in Wisconsin as FoodShare.
* In 2023, Wisconsin received around $81 million to administer FoodShare-related programs, according to the USDA. The threatened cut doesn't include benefits for food aid recipients, which total about $110 million per month in Wisconsin.
* So far, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has rejected their request, and Attorney General Josh Kaul has joined a multi-state lawsuit to block the data seeking.
* The Trump administration is signaling its plans even as a federal judge overseeing the lawsuit has issued an injunction that blocks the administration from taking such action.
* "That system is analyzed every single year and we feel confident in it," Evers said in a recent interview with WISN 12. "They're looking for ways to get out of doing it, frankly. That is inappropriate."
* "We have people in the state of Wisconsin that need help making sure they're having nutritious meals. We feel the program right now is working just fine."
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/news/ahead-of-the-holidays-donald-trumps-administration-wants-to-cut-snap-benefits-for-blue-states/
