NC Justice Center

NC Justice Center

@ncjustice North Carolina statewide
A North Carolina nonprofit fighting for prosperity and opportunity for all.
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Tomorrow: a press event urging extended unemployment benefits. Speakers: experts, jobless, social service folks
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Friday, we're holding a press conference urging federal lawmakers to support jobless workers. We need to extend...
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RT @: Send a valentine that matters. Tell Cherie Berry to show some love!
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MT @: unemp down to 8.3%. U-7 down too. Duke professor @ shares a bold plan to create jobs.
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MT @: Campaign has released a new graphic that puts unemployment benefits into perspective:
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We've released a new infographic that puts unemployment insurance (UI) benefits into perspective. The average...
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Jensen: People thinking only in terms of gay marriage, re: amendment. Need to educate voters. Make NC 1st state to reject amendment
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Latest polling on marriage amendment: 56% voting yes. Voters against gay marriage, for civil unions saying they'll vote for amendment
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Jensen: Republican legislature approval ratings in the 20s. Independent voters: "This is not what we voted for"
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Jensen: if you're a republican candidate and you say you don't care about poor people, that's a win for you
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Obama prob has 255 votes locked up based on states carried in 08. 4 question marks: Penn, OH, Fla., NC. "We can make the difference"
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Jensen: PPP tested Obama/Romney over last year. Very consistent: always one of them up by 3 pts.
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PPP poll: African-Americans most excited group to be voting in presidential election
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Jensen: Obama popularity in NC held up much better than nationally. Only down 5 pts from 2008.
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Jensen: McCrory gone way right. Tight with , Americans for Prosperity; supported harmful state budget
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Jensen: Pat McCrory is most popular politician in the state right now, more than Perdue, Obama. But he's extremely vulnerable
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Jensen: no matter who the dem nominee is, democrats going to have a better chance now than they did a week ago to hold office
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Tom Jensen: Gov. Perdue has had a negative approval rating for 34 months in a row. Voters shut her out after the first 6 mos.
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@: the public didn't vote to lay off teachers, make massive cuts to the NC university system
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@: wouldn't it be nice if we were now trying to get MORE kids into More at Four instead of fighting for its survival?