John Trump
Carolina Journal
Greensboro, NC, United States
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U.S., U.K. to lift harmful tariffs on steel, spirits
The United States and United Kingdom are ending a host of costly tariffs, effective June 1, on a number of products, including whiskey. The deal allows historically based sustainable volumes of U.K. steel and aluminum products to enter the U.S. market without the application of Section 232 tariffs, the White House says in a news […] → Read More
Greatest show's over? Abandoned N.C. circus train burns in Nash County
YouTube video/Southern Nash News North Carolina’s abandoned circus trains are burning. Several train cars the state bought but subsequently abandoned on tracks in Nash County woods were on fire Thursday morning, according to WRAL. The Raleigh TV station said someone reported the fire near the old Masonite Plant in Spring Hope. It appeared at least […] → Read More
Senate primary debate offers fireworks despite Ted Budd's absence
A debate Saturday among three Republican candidates to replace retiring U.S. Sen Richard Burr, R-N.C., was substantive and respectful yet offered just enough fireworks to spark small fires throughout. The U.S. Senate Republican primary debate marked the culmination of the Carolina Liberty Conference in Raleigh, sponsored by the John Locke Foundation. Candidates Marjorie Eastman, Pat […] → Read More
Filing for 2022 statewide primary election resumes
Candidate filing for the 2022 statewide primary has restarted across North Carolina. Filing for the primary and rescheduled municipal elections will continue through March 4. The N.C. Supreme Court suspended the filing period, which began Dec. 6, and moved the date of the statewide primary and rescheduled municipal elections for May 17, the N.C. Board […] → Read More
Tillis, Burr seeking answers in Durham probe as leftist media chooses to ignore it
The so-called mainstream media, consumed with COVID and Ukraine, continue to either discount or downright ignore the Durham report and a recent court filing, which, pending an investigation, could have huge ramifications for Democrats and the Biden administration. U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, is crying foul. “The recent revelations of the Durham […] → Read More
Cary drops masking rules, even as Cooper maintains two-year-old emergency order
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Cooper refuses to lift executive order, implies new redistricting maps are unfair
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Fitness industry, hurt by COVID shutdowns, works to bounce back
The government-imposed lockdowns of last year wrecked the global economy, and the fitness industry was among the businesses hurt most by the closures. But a new study finds the industry is “poised for incredible growth … with fitness trends undergoing a seismic shift away from gyms and towards outdoors, home fitness, and digital options.” RunRepeat, […] → Read More
Winning? Biden lays blame for messy exits: Americans call for more transparency
We’re winning in Afghanistan. That was the mantra, what they told us. Never entirely true. Some of it, maybe. Many of us in the U.S. were admittedly oblivious to the realities that Taliban fighters still maintained strongholds in the mountains, that ferocious attacks on allied military bases and outposts continued. Suicide bombings, car bombings. Winning? […] → Read More
The music nearly died. Let's not let it happen again
“The day the music died.” I thought about that song a lot last year. The music didn’t die then, exactly, but rather faded like that final guitar riff, the one before the band waves and turns its collective back on the crowd, who stay hoping the lights don’t come on. Not yet, they plead. One […] → Read More
Lots of blame to go around: House committee holds hearing on problems with N.C. ABC, warehouse
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Republicans' effort to overturn veto, reopen schools, falls one vote short
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Gyms, fitness centers in trouble because of lockdowns, surveys find
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Legislative leaders, governor announce deal on rural broadband funding
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Cooper gets second term, but faces a lot of questions
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Republican Council of State majority will make policy impacts
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Despite Cooper win, Republicans appear to keep 6-4 majority of Council of State
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Governor keeps taking things from us, and we won't get them back
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Tavern owners say Cooper's modified Phase 3 COVID rules may let them partially reopen
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Music venues, closed since March, struggle to survive. Some have closed for good
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