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An Interview with Cybersecurity Expert and NC Libertarian Senate Candidate Shannon Bray

I recently sat down with Shannon Bray, the Libertarian Party’s Senate candidate for North Carolina. We spoke about this election cycle, his candidacy, and what he feels are some of the most significant issues facing North Carolina. Shumate: For our readers at The Libertarian Republic and the voters of North Carolina, tell us a little…

One Day Left — Here’s Where The Election Stands
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One Day Left — Here’s Where The Election Stands

Andrew Trunsky on November 2, 2020 One day from the election, President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are zigzagging in competitive states across the Midwest in one final push before Nov. 3. Trump will hold rallies Monday in Fayetteville, North Carolina; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Traverse City, Michigan and Kenosha, Wisconsin before returning to Michigan…

Facebook Allows Group Supporting Cannon Hinnant’s Alleged Murderer
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Facebook Allows Group Supporting Cannon Hinnant’s Alleged Murderer

By now, America knows the name Cannon Hinnant, the 5-year-old Wilson, NC boy who was shot in the head at point-blank range by Darrius Sessoms according to eyewitnesses. The boy was riding his bike on the way to kindergarten when eyewitnesses say the boy was shot in the head by Sessoms, according to The Blaze….

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North Carolina’s Gaston County Defies Governor’s Shutdown Order

Tracy Philbeck, the county commissioner of Gaston County, North Carolina, announced that he signed an order to reopen the county by 5 PM Wednesday in defiance of Governor Roy Cooper’s stay at home order. https://twitter.com/tracyphilbeck/status/1255499475918954500?s=20 “Thousands are out of work, and the promised government assistance is to slow and inadequate to meet the needs.  The…

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‘World’s Worst Cat’ Has Over 115 Applications For Adoption, Shelter Says

Leah Jessen Over 115 applicants have applied to adopt a cat dubbed the “world’s worst cat,” a shelter in North Carolina said Friday. The Mitchell County Animal Rescue posted an adoption ad for Perdita the cat Wednesday on Facebook. “Meet Perdita, not for the faint of heart. LIKES: staring into your soul until you feel as if…

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North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones Has Died On His 76th Birthday

Walter Jones, a longtime Republican North Carolina congressman representing the state’s 3rd congressional district, died Sunday. Jones represented his district from 1995 until his death. On January 14, Jones suffered a fractured hip in his home resulting in surgery. It was announced by his family on January 26 that the congressman had entered hospice care….

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Facebook Bans Franklin Graham For A 2016 Post

Facebook has had a pretty long list of banning people and censoring speech they don’t agree with. Now it seems they have censored the Reverend Franklin Graham, the son of the late and highly regarded evangelist Billy Graham. Graham took to Twitter last night to announce that he had been banned from posting on Facebook…

Illegal Immigrant Mother In North Carolina Fears ICE Will Separate Her From Her Child If She Evacuates, ICE Says Otherwise

Neetu Chandak on September 14, 2018 An illegal immigrant mother in North Carolina feared Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would separate her from her child if she evacuated to avoid Hurricane Florence, but ICE said otherwise. “My concern is that we’ve heard rumors that they were not accepting undocumented persons and that if you went there…

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Man Says He May Have Been Mistaken For Bigfoot In NC

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. – A Minnesota man vacationing in North Carolina has come forward and stated that he may have been mistaken for Bigfoot last weekend while on vacation in the Western North Carolina Mountains. People across the US started spreading rumors of Sasquatch sightings after Bigfoot 911, a group…

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Court Blocks Prayer In North Carolina Legislature

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill A federal court ruled Friday that praying at the opening of North Carolina county commission meetings is unconstitutional. The full 4th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the initial ruling of the circuit’s 3 judge panel, which said that the prayers were constitutional so long as Rowan County commissioners did…