Trump needs to stay out of this! Whatley is a dumpster fire. Don Brown for Senate is par none not only a veteran and author, but a patriot who fought and won medical freedom and secured two presidential pardons for a soldier and civilian unconstitutionally incarcerated by the left. There's more! Don's who we need to represent We The People. https://brownfornc.com/about/ https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/trump-gets-backlash-rnc-chair-endorsement-lgbt-ally/

NCEIT Poll Observer In-Person Training Schedule https://www.nceit.org/post/poll-observer-in-person-training-2025-2026 Saturday, August 16th, 2025:  (POC Ka ren Raines. ( rainessupreme@protonmail.com ) 1201 Edwards Mill Rd., Suite 300, Raleigh, NC. 10AM -3PM.  $15 includes a boxed lunch and materials. Parking: Enter from the Bojangles side of the building. Sign up here. Saturday, August 23, 2025:  (POC Bob Castona. rcas1542@gmail.com ) Durham GOP Headquarters, 4615 Hillsborough Rd., Suite 400, Durham, NX 27705. 10AM - 2:30PM. $15 registration includes lunch and materials. Sign up here.    Saturday September 6, 2025:  (POC Agnes Puzak. ( puzakgoo@gmail.com )  Freedom Hall, 310 Keyser St., Aberdeen NC 28315.  10am – 3PM.  $15 includes a boxed lunch and materials.    Sign up here. Saturday September 6th, 2025:  (POC Deanna De’Liberto. dmdeliberto@gmail.com ) 10AM - 3PM. Guilford County. $15 includes boxed lunch and materials. Phoenix Academy High School, 7847 Clinard Farms Rd, High Point, NC 27265 .   Sign up here.  Saturday, September 13th, 2025:  (POC Jane Bilello. jane.bilello@gmail.com ) Malvern Hills Presbyterian Church, 2 Bear Creek Rd., Asheville, NC 28606 (10AM – 3PM). $15 includes a boxed lunch and materials.  Sign up here. Saturday, September 27th, 2025 : (POC Patti Trick. maconncgop@gmail.com ) Carpenter Center Recreation building 1288 Georgia Rd. Franklin NC 28734. 10AM - 3PM. $15 registration includes a boxed lunch and materials. Sign up here .

I want you to know that ever since we've placed the Asheville Tea Party event on the calendar for Hendersonville on July 17, I have been as excited about this event as any event that I've attended since I announced my candidacy for the United States Senate.  This is in large part because tea party people are my people, as we share the passions for so many issues in reducing the size of the government, ensuring that the federal government stays within its enumerated constitutional powers, and expanding freedom for all Americans by working to get the bureaucracy out of the way and  eliminating governmental agencies that are not constitutionally mandated.   Because of the work that I do in one of my day jobs, that is continuing to serve as a member of North Carolina State Bar, from time to time, although this is rare, I can get called into court on very short notice and have very little options other than to attend. Unfortunately, we found out just yesterday that this has happened and now conflicts with the event that I would much rather attend, that is the Asheville Tea Party in Hendersonville, as the court event in Mecklenburg County is scheduled to begin in the early afternoon of the same day.   Since we learned of this conflict yesterday, we have made every effort to try and get the matter continued, but I have not been able to do so, as the court date has a statutory deadline involved.   I'm particularly disappointed and personally frustrated, as we had July 17 circled in red, and I looked forward to spending time with like-minded patriots, to discuss issues facing our state and country and to take as many questions as folks wanted to ask.    Our mutual friend, Guy Smith, who serves as our campaign's operations director, tells me that you also sent out a number of notices or RSVPs about the event, and I am particularly regretful for the conflict because of this.   If you would kindly still consider having me, I will be honored to try and reschedule to the next nearest date that is convenient for you. Of course we will make your group our top priority.    Again, please accept my profound apologies for this conflict and with highest regards, I hope to see you all very soon.   God bless, Don Brown

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https://brownfornc.com/ Candidate for Senate Don Brown ( You tube video here ) will be at our Tea Time lunch meeting on Thursday, July 17th, 2025 at noon at Bay Breeze Restaurant, 1830 Asheville Hwy, Hendersonville 28791. We expect a bigger than usual crowd. Please RSVP no later than Tuesday, July 15th so I can get you on a list for admittance and make sure we have enough servers. Seating is limited. Email jane.bilello@gmail.com  or text me at 209 986 3845 with your name, phone, county, organization affiliation. Journalists not welcome. No fake news. Bring your questions and concerns for Don. Check out his website. https://brownfornc.com/ We need a Senator who can work with our President and represents WE THE PEOPLE ! https://brownfornc.com/ Watch Don Brown videos. Get to know the candidate. https://www.youtube.com/@donbrownfornc/videos

The Daily Signal https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/01/senate-passes-big-beautiful-bill-in-tie-breaking-vote/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-3-republicans-all-democrats-vote-against-one-big-beautiful-bill&_bhlid=91466115efe1c0385a5d0aa6227a885a60f7f303 After weeks of negotiations, the Senate has passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—a ten-year fiscal package which would serve as the vehicle for fulfilling President Donald Trump’s campaign promises on tax cuts and border security. Despite intra-party debates on overall deficit levels, healthcare reform and how to undo President Joe Biden’s environmental policies, Republicans were ultimately able to find a consensus under the leadership of newly-minted Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. The bill, which has passed by a margin of 51-50 in the Senate with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote, will now go to the House of Representatives, which passed an initial version by a one-vote margin in May. Vance had to break the tie after three Republican senators voted no on the measure: Sens. Rand Paul, Thom Tillis, and Susan Collins. From the beginning, Senate Republicans had a herculean task after receiving the 1,000-page mega-bill that was narrowly passed by the House. Trump largely stayed out of specific debates within the party but urged the bill’s passage in order to provide funding for key priorities, such as border security and defense, as well to prevent an automatic tax increase at the end of the year when his 2017 tax cuts expire. Republicans remained broadly united on those main priorities but disagreed on how exactly to shape the colossal legislation. Of course, Republicans never expected any help from Democrats. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., opposed the package at every turn, calling it a “Big Ugly Betrayal” and characterizing it as an attack on the poor to give the wealthy tax cuts. Despite being locked out of the process, Schumer stood by his members as they appealed provisions before Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough (essentially the chamber’s rules referee), who in turn advised that many provisions would be subject to a 60-vote threshold. MacDonough did so under the Byrd Rule, a Senate rule meant to block provisions in 10-year budget packages that are more policy-oriented than budgetary. The reforms she rejected included preventing illegal immigrants from accessing Medicaid benefits and stopping taxpayer funds from going to transgender surgeries. Republicans had to amend and resubmit several provisions to MacDonough in order to regain lost ground on benefits reforms and other cost-saving items. The House bill contained controversial provisions such as quadrupling to $40,000 the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions —a federal tax break popular among blue state Republicans, but universally unpopular among Senate Republicans. Senate Republicans tweaked that provision by keeping its fundamental features, but making the cap revert to $10,000 after 2029. Additionally, the Senate GOP had four budget hawks who urged more fiscal restraint in the bill: Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Mike Lee of Utah, Rick Scott of Florida, and Rand Paul of Kentucky.  The first three urged more aggressive spending cuts, while Paul focused on asking that the Senate remove the provision to raise the debt limit, arguing for a separate bill to address the matter. A number of Republican senators—particularly Josh Hawley of Missouri, Susan Collins of Maine, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Jim Justice of West Virginia—urged restraint on certain Medicaid reforms, such as lowering the provider tax, a tool states use to obtain extra federal health care funding. Leadership attempted to thread the needle and appeal to both fiscal hawks and Medicaid defenders, creating a relief fund for rural hospitals to ease fears over the restructuring of the health care system. Early on, the Senate also decided to make more tax cuts permanent in the bill, largely at the urging of tax cut advocates, such as Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont. Trump mostly stayed out of small policy debates but urged the bill’s passage on the social media platform Truth Social, saying, “I HATE ‘GREEN TAX CREDITS’ IN THE GREAT, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL. They are largely a giant SCAM.” All the while, the House watched the debates in the Senate carefully. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a fiscal hawk in the House Freedom Caucus, claimed that the Senate was focused on “just the tax-cuts side.” “They’re backing away from the spending cuts, the spending restraint. They’re backing away from the reforms that we think makes the math work,” he said in a House floor speech Friday. SALT tax break advocates also closely monitored the process, making frequent threats to kill the bill in the House if the Senate abandoned deals made in the original bill. On Friday, Trump expressed confidence that Republicans would pass the bill. “Every Republican senator is committed,” Trump said. “You could have a couple of grandstanders, in all fairness.” The bill passed its first test Saturday night, when Senate leadership, as well as Vice President JD Vance, were able to persuade late holdouts Scott, Murkowski, Johnson, and Lee, as well as Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., to vote on a motion to proceed. Paul and Tillis, however, voted against allowing the bill to come to the floor. Trump responded by threatening to support a primary challenger against Tillis. The next day, Tillis announced that he would not seek reelection in 2026. Tuesday’s vote came after an excruciatingly long period of floor deliberation, as Schumer used an obscure Senate rule to require the reading of the entire bill on the floor before debate began . After the reading of the bill, the Senate considered dozens of amendments. Notably, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced an amendment which struck a provision that would discourage state regulation of artificial intelligence. This provision, which was controversial in both the House and Senate, was struck by a 99-1 vote, with only Tillis voting in favor of keeping it. The “vote-a-rama,” as this budget debate is colloquially known, stretched on from Monday morning into Tuesday afternoon as Senate leadership huddled with potential holdouts—possibly due to last-minute hesitation on whether Republicans had the votes to pass the bill. Related posts: Hill GOP Budget Leaders in ‘Lockstep,’ Treasury Chief Bessent Says Budget Bill’s Ban on Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Draws States’ Ire Liberal Group Targets 11 House Republicans Over Medicaid Provisions in GOP Bill

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https://www.nceit.org/post/only-citizens-vote-month-project Let's ensure only U.S. citizens decide America's future! What is Only Citizens Vote Month? What are we doing? How we'll support you. Key dates and activities Only Citizens Vote Month This August, the grassroots are taking action to make sure only American citizens vote in American elections. See here for  events .    Sign up for training.   The House has already passed the SAVE Act—but that doesn’t mean the job is done. To become law, both chambers of Congress will need to include it in must-pass legislation this summer. And that won’t happen unless lawmakers feel real pressure from the people they represent.   That’s why we’re launching Only Citizens Vote Month—a nationwide, grassroots effort during August to ensure that the SAVE Act is finally passed by both the House and the Senate, and signed into law by President Trump.   Why This Matters The SAVE Act is simple: it requires proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. It closes a dangerous loophole and restores confidence in our elections. This is our chance to get it done. Let’s make August count.   Join Only Citizens Vote Month In order to put pressure on the Senate to pass the SAVE Act, there must be local, action-driven events across the country, and August is the perfect time to do it. Members of Congress are home on recess for the entire month of August. Use the form below to let us know which activities you'd like to participate in. You may choose more than one.   https://www.teapartypatriots.org/only-citizens-vote-month/ Only Citizens Vote Month is right around the corner in August. Our upcoming Zoom trainings will give you everything you need to make your activities a success. For instance, did you know loopholes in current law allow non-citizens to register to vote?   Sign up for training. Tuesday July 8th @2PM here. Thurs July 17th @6PM here. Tues July 22nd @2PM here. Thurs July 31 @6PM here.   In July,  we’ll host four trainings  explaining exactly how you can take part in Only Citizens Vote Month this August—and why educating voters about election-integrity reforms is crucial to a free America. If the SAVE Act doesn’t pass, those loopholes in our registration process will remain.   The first training is Tuesday, July 8th, at 2:00 p.m. ET. The rest of the training webinars will be held on July 17th at 6:00 pm ET, July 22nd at 6:00 pm ET, and July 31st at 2:00 pm ET. Use the link below to register and secure your spot today, then share this email with friends and family who also want secure elections.   REGISTER HERE.     In addition, Jane will host two zoom meetings to address your questions/concerns about activities. Let NCEIT know your plans.  Questions?  Needs?  Concerns?   Remember: TAKE PLENTY OF PICTURES. If it's not documented, it didn't happen.   In addition, there will be 2 Zoom NCEIT meetings to answer your questions/post your activities, etc. Tuesdays after our 11AM state call (on the Tuesday link). Mondays beginning July 7th at 7PM   Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89751773545?pwd=0x66WwgTJRjHqbv8SbRlEMDoAMEYjM.1   Meeting  ID: 897 5177 3545 Passcode: 488875One tap mobile+ 1929 436 2866 (New York Additional Info Letter writing to Senators Budd and Tillis. Visiting their offices. Ted Budd https://www.budd.senate.gov/contact/ (Advance/Asheville/Raleigh/Wilmington/DC) Thom Tillis https://www.tillis.senate.gov/office-locations Charlotte/Hendersonville/Greenville/Raleigh/Greensboro/DC) Questions: Only Citizens Vote Month in NC Events and Directions Let NCEIT know your plans.  Questions?  Needs?  Concerns? There will be 2 Zoom NCEIT meetings to answer your questions: Tuesdays after our state call (on the Tuesday link) Mondays at 7PM   Mondays beginning July 7th at 7PM through Monday September 8th. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89751773545?pwd=0x66WwgTJRjHqbv8SbRlEMDoAMEYjM.1 Meeting  ID: 897 5177 3545Passcode: 488875One tap mobile+1929 436 2866 (New York)

4 Reasons Why This Fourth of July is Better https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/03/four-reasons-why-this-4th-july-is-better/ Have a very happy and safe Independence Day celebration. We are truly on the verge of a great restoration of our great nation!

Come to Tea Time on Thursday, July 17th at noon at Bay Breeze Restaurant in Hendersonville to meet Don Brown, candidate for US Senate. Come with your questions and concerns. Check out his website and videos and get to know the candidate. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/thom-tillis-announces-retirement-from-senate-after-clash-trump "... It also comes after Trump spent much of Saturday evening blasting Tillis as a "grandstander" and vowing to interview potential primary challengers, while Vice President JD Vance , Senate Majority Leader John Thune , R-S.D., and his leadership team worked over holdout fiscal hawks. "Numerous people have come forward wanting to run in the Primary against ‘Senator Thom’ Tillis," Trump said on Truth Social. "I will be meeting with them over the coming weeks, looking for someone who will properly represent the Great People of North Carolina and, so importantly, the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" Read the rest here https://www.foxnews.com/politics/thom-tillis-announces-retirement-from-senate-after-clash-trump Sen. Thom Tillis , one of the two Republicans to vote against advancing President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill," plans to retire from the Senate at the end of his term. The North Carolina Republican announced on Sunday that he would not seek reelection in the 2026 cycle. Tillis would have been among the most vulnerable Republicans running next year and faced threats from Trump to face a challenger after his vote against the president’s agenda Saturday night. KEY GOP SENATOR DEFECTS ON CRUCIAL VOTE, IMPERILING TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' IN NARROW MAJORITY SENATE REPUBLICANS RAM TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' THROUGH KEY TEST VOTE