Travis Fain

I stopped being a journalist, but I didn't stop seeing stories, so here's a running list of ideas. If you're a North Carolina reporter looking for a story, have a look --> docs.google.com/document/d/1dp…

The dark shades are 40°F above normal!

Married to one woman for nearly 60 years, Mueller was a U.S. Marine Corps officer for three years during the Vietnam War. During his service, he led a rifle platoon and was awarded a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and two Navy Commendation Medals.

The ‘drain the swamp’ president has a lobbyist raking in so much corporate cash for making antitrust problems disappear that he tells @WSJ on the record he could “retire right now,” just one year into Trump’s term.

Checking in on Trump’s talk of a “balanced budget” days after taking office… National debt, Jan. 2025: $36.2 trillion National debt, March 2026: $39 trillion

@KFILE @RichardFausset Seems like you could sue him for defamation

Mark Robinson, who sued us for defamation over this story now admits he lied.

@KySportsRadio @AndrewBatesNC Dang it y’all do not make me start to like High Point University

High Point student radio call of the game is what it is all about

I wish it was standard for corporate leaders to write an annual op ed about their compensation for shareholders and the hometown newspaper. “Here’s why I’m worth $94 million a year …”

Please think about this when the building lobby says they need to roll back more environmental and energy regulations #ncga

“So the developer pockets $5,000 in savings and the buyer eats $50,000 in lost value for the next two decades. The person making the decision and the person paying for it have never been in the same room.”

🎶 beware of the man who builds monuments to himself 🎶

I am one of the few members of Congress who has actually passed a voter ID law (on a bipartisan basis), which I did as Speaker of the House in North Carolina, and that’s why I proudly co-sponsored the SAVE Act. While I support strengthening mail-in ballot integrity, many states like Utah, Florida, Alaska, and Montana rely on the use of mail-in ballots to conduct their elections, and we should not be completely upending how states already securely conduct their elections. Even if this issue is fixed, the SAVE America Act still will not have the 60 votes required to pass it. While the so-called ‘talking filibuster’ has been floated as an option, there is a reason why previous attempts to utilize it in recent history have failed. A ‘talking filibuster’ would effectively make Chuck Schumer the new Senate Majority Leader, allowing Democrats to block every single Trump judge and executive branch nominee, and allow them to force endless votes on anything they want. Democrats would control the floor of the U.S. Senate until the end of the year. There are only two ways out of a ‘talking filibuster.’ The first is for Democrats to miraculously give up and allow Republicans to pass the bill with a simple majority. That is never going to happen, and anyone who claims it’s even a remote possibility is either completely misinformed or intentionally misleading the American people. The second way is for Republicans to substantially weaken or eliminate the filibuster altogether. I have made it crystal clear that I will never vote to do this. Eliminating the filibuster is a foolish and lazy idea pushed by politicians seeking short-term gain at the expense of causing irreparable long-term harm to our nation. Succeeding in eliminating the filibuster would significantly weaken the minority party, end the need for bipartisan compromise, and allow erratic swings in policy that would transform America for the worse. Those are just the consequences of a best-case outcome. During the last Congress, all of my Democratic colleagues currently serving supported nuking the filibuster to try to pass their own partisan election reform bill. Democrats were dead wrong to try to change the filibuster when they controlled the Senate, and Republicans would be dead wrong to try to change the filibuster now that we control the Senate. The only real path to address the American people’s declining confidence in our elections is for both parties to find common ground on legislation that supports universal adoption of voter ID, proof of citizenship, and other vital election integrity measures.

BREAKING: FCC approves broadcast giant Nexstar's $6.2 billion takeover of rival Tegna, a merger that would create the largest local TV operator in the U.S. nbcnews.com/business/media…

Last year, Donald Trump Jr. invested in a rare earths startup at a $200 million valuation. Then three months later, the US government announced a huge loan backstop for the company and now it's worth around $2 billion. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

@will_doran 1:33!

This will be live in half an hour #ncpol

#ncga Rep. Mike Clampitt has died following a battle with cancer, according to the House speaker's office. Always a pleasant guy to talk with, an advocate for firefighters and a snappy dresser (this was what he wore to a pre-Christmas session in 2023). He'll be missed #ncpol

Over and over and over again this president hires people, then says they’re stupid

There's a Flo's now in Rocky Mount, @garydrobertson please consider a flash

A cheese biscuit with sausage and molasses on the side — “That’s good food,” she said. rockymounttelegram.com/news/local/new…

Given the ticking clock on @WakeGOV’s landfill - and many others I’m sure - tell me more. This project is in Virginia.