Tim Funk
@timfunk
Retired from Charlotte Observer after 35 years. Now write re: politics, religion for The Assembly, etc. And go to lotsa movies at Independent Picture House.
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Rep. Tricia Cotham campaigned Tues with Tim Moore, who engineered her party switch. Cotham won but Dems gained a House seat to (barely) break the supermajority: “It’s been a tough, competitive race.” By @renLarson_ @timfunk for @TheAssemblyNC. #ncpol theassemblync.com/politics/democ…
In battleground North Carolina, the ground game has changed in this election year. Read all about it in @jimmorrill’s typically savvy report for @TheAssemblyNC. #ncpol theassemblync.com/politics/gotv-…
Check out my new story for @TheAssemblyNC re: how the national GOP chairman’s “party of faith” claim is bumping up against the lurid sins of Trump, Mark Robinson. #ncpol theassemblync.com/politics/micha…
Even as a grad student, GOP Chair Michael Whatley was interested in the interplay of politics and religion. In his 90-page dissertation, he wrote about how “religious and political power were intertwined and inseparable.” By @timfunk for @TheAssemblyNC. theassemblync.com/politics/micha…
GOP chairman Michael Whatley’s ‘Party of Faith’ Has Problems At The Top. Namely, Donald Trump and Mark Robinson, who don’t exactly practice what is preached in the Bible. My latest for @TheAssemblyNC. #ncpol theassemblync.com/?np_newsletter…
After he embraced Christianity in the late ‘80s, Mark Robinson says his behavior “did not immediately reform.” Six men say he frequented video-porn shops in the ’90s and early 2000s. By @jeffreybillman & @JoekillianNC with Don Carrington & @timfunk. #ncpol theassemblync.com/politics/nc-el…
“Stein can win North Carolina even if Biden loses it by a couple of points. But if Biden loses it by too much, then it’s awfully hard for Stein to overcome that.” How Jewish Democrats Are Navigating A Difficult Year. By @timfunk for @TheAssemblyNC. theassemblync.com/politics/nc-el…
Talked to Charlotte’s @WFAE this AM re: my latest story for @TheAssemblyNC. Give it a listen. And read my story, too: theassemblync.com/politics/nc-el… #ncpol wfae.org/politics/2024-…
My latest for @TheAssemblyNC: Dem gov candidate Josh Stein and other Jewish politicians in N.C. thread the needle to keep traditional coalition as #Gaza war continues. #ncpol theassemblync.com/politics/nc-el…
NEW: As the war in #Gaza continues, gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein and other Jewish politicians are subtly maneuvering to hold their traditional coalition together. By @timfunk for @TheAssemblyNC. #ncpol theassemblync.com/politics/nc-el…
Join me and a trio of thoughtful Charlotte clergy this Saturday (March 16) for a discussion of Christian nationalism after a 4:30 pm screening of a new documentary feature film — “God + Country” — at @IPH_clt, Charlotte’s only art movie house. independentpicturehouse.org/movies/god-cou…
Check out this video of The New Yorker’s @Paul_R_Elie, who spoke recently at Charlotte’s St. Peter’s Catholic Church on everything from Pope Francis to Thomas Merton/Dorothy Day to pilgrimage to the Jesuits. Get a deeper understanding! youtu.be/NYvF0A0Jkx4?si… via @YouTube
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St. Peter Church: 24th Annual Kennedy Lecture with Paul Elie
Check out this video of The New Yorker’s Paul Elie, who spoke recently at Charlotte’s St. Peter Church on everything from Pope Francis to Thomas Merton/Dorothy Day to pilgrimage to the Jesuits. Get a deeper understanding of the news here! youtu.be/NYvF0A0Jkx4?si… via @YouTube
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St. Peter Church: 24th Annual Kennedy Lecture with Paul Elie
My latest: an intense, wide-ranging conversation about my books, work at @Georgetown, writing for @NewYorker, Pope Francis, future of @jesuitcolleges, & much else at St. Peter, Jesuit parish in Charlotte. Thanks to @timfunk for the incisive questions ... youtube.com/watch?v=NYvF0A…
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St. Peter Church: 24th Annual Kennedy Lecture with Paul Elie
NEW: The Democrats' Shrinking Tent Last September, the @ydnc & affiliated groups put five House Democrats on alert for voting with Republicans on key bills. Four incumbent legislators now face primary challenges for their votes & absences. #ncpol #ncga theassemblync.com/politics/elect…
NEW from @mlhewlett: As one of two Democrats and the only Black judge on the bench, Supreme Court justice, Anita Earls, is at the center of an ongoing debate about politicization on the court. theassemblync.com/politics/court…
NEW from @jeffreybillman: Like Donald Trump, the GOP frontrunner for governor is expected to easily secure his party’s nomination despite scandals and outrages—and his opponents can’t seem to touch him. theassemblync.com/politics/mark-…
NEW from @renLarson_: Four state House Democrats who voted with Republicans on key bills face primary challenges, prompting a prominent incumbent to wonder why his party doesn’t want him anymore. theassemblync.com/politics/elect…
NEW: Mark Robinson denounces “government charity.” But some conservatives say his family business “keep(s) the trains running on the welfare state.” By @jeffreybillman for @TheAssemblyNC. #ncpol theassemblync.com/politics/mark-…
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