Radical Academic Who Celebrated Oct 7 as Breach of 'Prison Walls' Slated To Appear at UNC's Global Education Center

A radical anti-Israel academic who celebrated Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack as a breach of "prison walls" is slated to appear at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's FedEx Global Education Center, according to an invitation posted online.

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Democrats DROP crazed candidate over resurfaced comments calling for political violence — and she offers BIZARRE excuse



A Democrat candidate in North Carolina is forcing her party to run the other way after she appeared to defend resurfaced comments calling for political violence.

The website for Shelly Headen's campaign says she is a mom, a neighbor, and an advocate, but on social media she advocated for a military strike against many of those neighbors.

When asked about the extremist insults, Headen compared herself to Jesus Christ.

Headen is running for North Carolina's state House District 62 without the support of her party after the comments went public.

"I think our only hope is an attack on US Soil … preferably Alabama, Louisiana … where the stupid people live,” Headen wrote in one post, according to the Carolina Journal.

Another comment said the "MAGA cult may be more destructive and evil than the Nazis" and also accused President Donald Trump of "getting close to surpassing Hitler."

When asked about the extremist insults, Headen compared herself to Jesus Christ.

"I’ve sacrificed myself just like Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross, and Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln and all the people that put themselves out there to sacrifice for our country,” Headen said in a statement to the Assembly.

“If a few angry moments on social media are the end, then so be it," she added. "MAGA will keep winning if we continue with not standing up for what’s right."

The North Carolina House Democratic Caucus appeared to disagree with Headen that she was acting like Jesus Christ, and the organization stripped its support from her campaign.

"Shelly Headen’s posts are unacceptable and do not reflect the values we expect of our candidates," claimed Sam Lozier, the communications director for the caucus. "The North Carolina House Democratic Caucus condemns these comments without qualification and will not support Shelly Headen’s candidacy."

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Republican state House Speaker Destin Hall condemned the "absolutely disgusting" comments.

Headen is running against incumbent Republican state Rep. John M. Bust.

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'Relieved of command': Republican candidate tells lying Democrats where to go



One Republican congressional candidate has told Democrats where to go after they failed to support working American families.

Laurie Buckhout didn’t mince words as she left a stark message on the stage at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas Thursday: Every Democrat who voted to raise taxes on working families has to go.

‘This November, every Democrat who voted to raise taxes on working families deserves … to be relieved of command.’

Buckhout, who is running for the 1st Congressional District of North Carolina, is not an incumbent looking to maintain her seat in the House. She’s fighting against the current elected Democrat, whom she nicknamed “Do-Nothing Don Davis.”

That nickname isn’t completely accurate, even in Buckhout's estimation. Davis did something, all right, she said, but it was in opposition to the American people.

When the Working Families Tax Cuts Act was up for a vote in July 2025 as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Davis and the rest of the Democrats attempted to block it. They were unsuccessful.

But it hasn't sat well with Buckhout that Davis and other Democrats have tried to "take credit" for certain aspects of the bill nevertheless.

She claimed in her speech:

Democrats clearly have a playbook in Washington — block it in D.C., and then take credit for it back home. Vote no, then show up with the ribbon-cutting. In the Army, if you fail to keep your promises and not stand by your people, you get relieved of command. So this November, every Democrat who voted to raise taxes on working families deserves exactly that — to be relieved of command.

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Buckhout concluded with a call to action:

I'm a soldier. I'm a businesswoman who made payroll. I'm a fighter who keeps her word. And the road to holding this majority runs through districts like mine. So stand with me. Fight with me. Let's retire every Democrat who voted against your paycheck, and let's finish the job.

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Watch live: Night 1 of the GOP Midterm Convention



With midterm elections right around the corner, the first-ever Midterm Republican National Convention kicks off tonight in Dallas, where more than 50 speakers will highlight the administration’s legislative achievements and contrast them with Democrat policies.

Tonight’s session covers tax relief efforts, border security, mandatory voter ID through the SAVE America Act, GOP contenders in targeted congressional districts, public safety, and economic expansion. The night culminates with a keynote address from President Donald Trump.

WATCH LIVE: RNC Night 1 — Trump, Vance, Economic Relief & Midterm Contenders

Before Trump speaks, his administration is sending its heaviest hitters to Dallas. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will argue that the Trump economy is delivering lower taxes and a lower cost of living. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche closes out the 6 o'clock Central Time hour on government accountability, and Dr. Mehmet Oz opens the 7 o'clock hour with what the program calls a patient-first vision for American health care. Congressional leadership is stacked nearly back-to-back in the 4 o'clock hour: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.).

The midterms are also a focus of the night. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton takes the stage in the 5 p.m. CT hour as a Senate candidate, preceded in the 4 p.m. CT hour by Michael Whatley, running for Senate in North Carolina, and followed later by Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.), who is running for Senate.

Collins draws the most emotionally loaded segment of the evening, appearing after a five-minute video package on Laken Riley alongside Allyson Phillips and Riley's family.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), the Republican candidate for Florida governor, will highlight red-state success against blue-state failure. Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) will talk about Pennsylvania steel and the 11,000 jobs Republicans lead the fight to save. Filling out the House bench are Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Brandon Gill (R-Texas), Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas), and Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.).

Deadlines are fast approaching on Trump's mail-in ballot initiatives as election season begins



The first ballots of the midterm elections have left the building.

The Trump administration filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court on Thursday asking the court to remove a lower court’s stay on the administration's new postal ballot rules. North Carolina, one of the states suing the administration, sent out ballots on Friday.

‘The cheating on mail-in ballots is legendary.’

More than 46,000 North Carolina ballots have been sent out, though only to those who specifically requested them. Those shipments will continue until all requests for mail-in ballots made by October 20 are fulfilled.

Jason Tyson, director of external affairs for the North Carolina State Board of Elections, told Blaze News that this was business as usual for the state.

“Regardless of a temporary restraining order or any kind of action there, every election year we do share our envelopes — absentee ballot envelopes — with the U.S. Postal Service,” Tyson said. “We did share our envelopes with the United States Postal Service about two or three weeks ago. They were approved. That’s very normal. Nothing that we’ve done just for this year.”

The NCSBE is currently controlled by Republicans.

Nineteen other states will begin mailing ballots by September 19. For the Trump administration's new rules to have a chance at taking effect before the midterms, the Supreme Court would need to issue an emergency judgment in the White House's favor quickly.

The administration is already making its case.

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According to White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis, the problem boils down to "a single activist judge."

“The uncertainty is coming from a single activist judge who continues to try and obstruct President Trump from implementing common-sense measures to protect the security of mail-in ballots and ensure only Americans vote in American elections,” Bis told Blaze News. “These safeguards for mail ballots were proposed months ago, giving election officials ample time to prepare for the 2026 election.”

Bis did not mention any names, but Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani has certainly caused fits for the administration regarding mail-in ballots.

President Donald Trump kicked off the battle in March, when he issued anexecutive order overhauling the mailing system itself, requiring that every envelope be outfitted with a unique tracking barcode. According to the order, those ballots would then be issued to voters confirmed by a “Mail-in Ballot and Absentee Participation List” organized by each state.

“The cheating on mail-in voting is legendary. It’s horrible what’s gone on. It’s very clearly covered. … I think this will help a lot with elections,” Trump said when signing the order in March.

Talwani initially voided the envelope rules on June 25, barring them from applying to the midterms. The DOJ asked the Supreme Court for emergency intervention on July 27 to lift Talwani's injunction, which SCOTUS eventually granted without addressing the legality of the EO.

On August 11, Talwani issued a nationwide injunction preventing the USPS from implementing the executive order nationwide.

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On August 26, the USPS issued its final rule saying states must give the agency a list of mail-in ballot recipients and use-approved envelopes, but the following day, Talwani issued a 14-day injunction preventing the final rule from taking effect.

U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to lift that most recent injunction. Sauer called mail-in ballot fraud “a particularly pernicious species of fraud that dilutes the votes of lawful voters” in his emergency filing.

Sauer previously chastised Talwani, claiming she was “sowing confusion and chaos” as Election Day approaches.

As of now, it is unclear whether states will have to submit the list of mail-in ballot recipients to the federal government before the midterms or how they might go about doing so with so little time.

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Media Lies About ‘Infinitesimally Rare’ Noncitizen Voting Are A Load Of Bull Hockey

We do not systematically verify citizenship at registration, we detect ineligible registrations mostly by accident, and when we do detect them, we usually decline to prosecute.

Roy Cooper Is The Latest Dem To Campaign Like A Moderate And Govern Like A Socialist

Roy Cooper’s Senate campaign is trying to convince North Carolinians that he is conservative. His first ad begins with his father and mother — “a teacher” and “small-town lawyer and farmer” — then moves through images of church and high school football. The message echoes the “faith, family, and community” language he used as governor. […]

Brewery cancels 'family-friendly' drag show raising funds for illegal aliens over alleged threats



The owners of a brewery in North Carolina shut down a drag show intended to raise funds for illegal aliens after allegedly receiving death threats.

Teri Lippy said they contacted law enforcement but could not determine whether the threats were credible, so they decided to stop the event to protect their employees.

'They posted it everywhere, and people started harassing both us and the venue.'

The "Drag Brunch for a Cause" program had been scheduled for Sunday at Eleven Lakes Brewing in Cornelius until critics campaigned to stop the event.

The drag show was described as a family-friendly fundraiser for the Carolina Migrant Network, a nonprofit group that provides legal services to illegal aliens for free.

About 100 tickets had been sold for the event before it was posted to social media by the popular account "Libs of TikTok."

"Eleven Lakes Brewing, a business in North Carolina, is hosting an ‘all-ages’ drag queen show to raise money for illegal aliens," the account wrote on the X platform. "Yes, this is real. They want to groom your children while donating money to fund foreign criminal invaders. Would be a shame if they went viral!"

Melissa Easley, who works with the event's lead sponsor, implied that the threats were tied to the Libs of TikTok post.

"They started advertising it as a children’s drag event," Easley said about the campaign. "They posted it everywhere, and people started harassing both us and the venue."

Lippy claimed that critics had twisted the meaning of the event and said that parents could bring in children without paying for an extra ticket.

"Nice brewery. Looks like it would burn down easy," was one threat she says they received via email.

"All of a sudden, physical and death threats started coming to both the venue and us," Easley added.

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Easley remains defiant, however.

"They may have won this battle, but we’re not going away," she said. "We are regrouping, and this event will happen."

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Roy Cooper Appointed Violent Ex-Con Gangbanger to 'Racial Equity in Criminal Justice' Task Force, Gushed Over Group's Proposals To Weaken Police

North Carolina's Democratic Senate nominee, Roy Cooper, named a former "ranking member" of the Bloods street gang—who was convicted of plotting a drive-by shooting murder—to a controversial "Racial Equity in Criminal Justice" task force he established as the state's governor.

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Roy Cooper Secretly Consulted With Dr. Fauci Days Before Delaying North Carolina School Reopening Decision, Diary Shows

On July 1, 2020, then-North Carolina governor Roy Cooper (D.) was supposed to announce a COVID-19 reopening plan for the state's schools. Instead, he announced he was taking an additional two weeks to decide on a plan, a move that prompted criticism from state and local officials.

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