Bull City Political Nerd

19/07/2025

Fight at the Caldwell County Board of County Commissioners meeting

19/07/2025

Haven’t done this in a while, but thank you all for stopping by and interacting with this page!

I am working on a critical story that I hope to release soon, so stay tuned.

19/07/2025

Wild.

Fayetteville’s mayor announced in June that he was not running for reelection.

5 minutes before filing closed at noon, Mayor Colvin walked into the Board of Elections and filed for reelection. 🤪

Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin has officially filed for reelection, reversing his previous announcement not to seek a fifth term.

19/07/2025

I did promise a candidate overview, but IndyWeek beat me to it and did a good job, and I always love supporting local journalism.

So here you go. 😃

https://indyweek.com/news/durham/durham-mayor-council-filing-2025/

18/07/2025

Filing has closed for the 2025 Durham municipal election

Candidate counts:
➡️Mayor (Leo Williams, incumbent) - 6 candidates
➡️Ward 1 councilmember (DeDreana Freeman, incumbent) - 6 candidates
➡️Ward 2 councilmember (Mark-Anthony Middleton, incumbent) - 3 candidates
➡️Ward 3 councilmember (Chelsea Cook, incumbent) - 4 candidates

More info tomorrow in the candidate overview

18/07/2025

This is the first rescissions package (administration request to spend less money than appropriated) to pass since 1999!

The administration plans to send a few more requests to Congress before the end of the fiscal year on October 1.

18/07/2025

Someone wrote into WRAL asking does Gov. Stein ever wear a tie?

😂

18/07/2025

The controversy surrounding the Epstein files is not going away and it is threatening an administration priority of cutting $9 billion in spending.

Why? The package of cuts must pass Congress within 45 days, which is tomorrow at 11:59pm.

I expect things to work out but count on Dems to try and use delay tactics if the vote slips until tomorrow evening.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/17/house-gop-recissions-bill-cryptocurrency-government-spending/

17/07/2025

A North Carolina Democratic Party resolution calling for an immediate arms embargo on Israel set off another episode in the party’s ongoing struggles. https://cnn.it/4kItKxC

17/07/2025

Not sure how can it be possible for this type of ailment to not show up in the April physical where Trump was declared to be in “excellent health” 🤔

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/politics/trump-leg-swelling-chronic-venous-insufficiency

16/07/2025

😂

15/07/2025

The plans boil down to 2 key strategies:

1) Detail (send) some employees of legally mandated functions to other departments like Treasury, DOJ and HHS.
2) “Contract” with above agencies and more for other mandated functions

Fully implemented, the department of Education will be a skeleton crew of the the Secretary and a few contract administrators until either Congress gives the green light to close or a future administration takes office and reverses course.