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Citizen journalist with a mean streak for progressive causes. Was the founding editor of the Appalachian Journal in 1972, retired 2000. Began WataugaWatch blog in 2003. Covers NC politics, with microscopic fascination for Watauga County.
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Just making sure that everyone noticed that Dan Bishop indicated he was fully willing and capable to break the law for Donald J. Trump blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/03/full...

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Now the serious stealing has commenced. zeteo.com/p/trumps-cry...

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Sen. Tillis goes splat with new Congressman Pat Harrigan. Ouch. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/03/oops...

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Trump's apparent goal: “create a world that’s safe for gangsters.” --David Brooks www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/0...

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Sen. Tillis goes weak-kneed, lets trump deliver Ukraine to the voracious Russian bear. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/03/till...

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What Trump/Musk is doing to NIH is so counter-productive. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/03/what...

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Self-pity and lies just go together like gin 'n' tonic for Trump. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/03/self...

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Some of us -- not all of us -- know it's true.

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High Point Univ. 1st went waay overboard in complying with trumpist censorship of diversity, equality, inclusion, then said "never mind" when exposed in the press. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/03/the-...

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Who's attacking freedom of speech? It ain't Democrats. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/03/trum...

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Trump and Vance play Scut Farkus and Grover Dill in "A Christmas Story" blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/03/amer...

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The "middling" Thom Tillis surrenders to Trump on Ukraine blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/03/the-...

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That moment when you're 16 and sitting in your first date's livingroom, listening to a stern father. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/03/marc...

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Of course! It's also clear who's a decent human being.

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The big guy and his # 1 sidekick gang up on the little guy in an unintended revelation of trump's true character. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/thug...

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Trump via his hit-man Musk targets the 800 people who gather the info and predict the weather for everyone. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/the-...

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If WashPost columnist Shadi Hamid is right about 2024 Democratic Party, can you define irony? blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/can-...

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The madcap millionaire who founded Americans for Prosparody. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/come...

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Another NC Congressman gets an angry earful at his first-ever townhall. Newly elected Republican Rep Pat Harrigan faced about 200 mainly unhappy constituents yesterday in Hickory, NC. Covered by the Hickory Daily Record (article behind a paywall)

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Protestors show up for Congressman Tim Moore's opening of a district office in Cornelius, NC. Moore gerrymandered the district specifically for himself when he was NCHouse Speaker. www.corneliustoday.com/us-rep-tim-m...

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People showed up in Boone today to express their displeasure with the Trump admin and its biggest cheerleader, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx -- but were denied admittance to her office. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/prot...

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How Watauga's own Ray Russell became the "most trusted weatherman in Western North Carolina." www.theassemblync.com/media/rays-w...

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Senator Tillis roared, but everybody knows he's just a paper tiger. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/if-p...

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The angry little Chief Justice is dragging Judge Allison Riggs for more than just spite. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/rump...

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Sure enough looks like Phil Berger was sending a message to the GOP members of the Supreme Court. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/phil...

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Loving David Kurtz's eye-witness account of Bove before Judge Ho

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NCGOP boss in NCSenate sends panicked message to Chief Justice Paul Newby: "Don't corrupt the Court for Jefferson Griffin, you dolt!" blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/phil...

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NC's 5-alarm fire

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Our rage will out!

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Yes, yes we can.

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The weak squeaking of Sen. Thom Tillis about Donald Jackass Trump is getting both boring and perpetual. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/sen-...

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Once bitten, twice shy. Berger changes his tune after he draws a popular Republican challenger in next year's reelection. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/phil...

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May a good and just God punish this man for what he's doing to Ukraine. History will condemn him. But we must defeat him in the here and now. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/hist...

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Best tactical suggestion of the day! blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/best...

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Showdown over the Eric Adams case before the judge next Wednesday. Oh to have a good eye-witness in the room! thehill.com/regulation/c...

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Rep Claudia Tenney (NY24), worshipping the Golden Calf. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/gold...

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Does former Russia hawk Rubio have a breaking point, being Trump's bagman to give away Ukraine. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/marc...

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Connecting with the 50501 resistance blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/the-...

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The mean-girl face of Trump 2.0 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Lordy! I'm so thankful that this dude is our Attorney General. Jeff Jackson, becoming mythological. jeffjacksonnc.substack.com/p/executive-...

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What George Takei said!

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The word "fraud" is just Trump 2.0 "newspeak." blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/the-...

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Wherein I admit my conflicted feelings about the coming trump makeover of The Kennedy Center. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/the-...

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Big primary challenge next March to North Carolina's most powerful Republican. Challenger is a county Sheriff of a trumpist bent. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/shou...

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Dan Crenshaw takes gold this morning for the stoopidest doormat quote about Trump. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/stoo...

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Some good news (for a change) about the Canton paper mill closing -- settlement reached wherein the company pays over $5 million to local government. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/some...

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All-powerful Phil Berger, the boss of bosses in the NC Gen'l Assembly, has already drawn a primary challenger for 2026. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/big-...

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The honest lawyers at Trump's Justice Department are all leaving rather than join the corruption. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/the-...

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Sen. Ted Budd among Red state politicians squirming at what Trump's sledgehammer is doing to his constituents. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/sen-...

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The Charlie Kirk effect. blog.wataugawatch.net/2025/02/trum...

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