Start your week with the #DoPoliticsBetter pod: ⛽️ Gas tax politics 🤼 Food truck dust up 🥊 @skydiving11’s punching bag 🎙️ @RayMartin1 of @MartinandBlaine’s The Differentiators opens up about his #ncpol career that brought this Oklahoman to the @newsobserver in 2009. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

In addition to our #ncpol conversation with @RayMartin1 this week, we also discuss The Wrath of Cohn at the Hot Sauce Festival in Oxford as covered by @WRAL.

My first time ever stepping into an AP classroom! Yes, ever. Had a great morning with the AP Microeconomics students at @GreenLevelHigh talking #ncpol, state budgets, and market forces. Heading back at 1:00 for round two unless someone at @WCPSS catches on and rescinds my invite! 🤫

NEW #DoPoliticsBetter 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… Meet the other half of The Differentiators: @RayMartin1 of @MartinandBlaine joins @skydiving11 & me to discuss his #ncpol journey from Oklahoma to @newsobserver to @SenBergerPress in 2011 to @MyNCSenate to now. Plus, the Wrath of @Oxford_Cohn, polls, gas politics & more!

Start your week with a special 2026 Election Preview edition of the #DoPoliticsBetter pod: 🎙️ @NCFEF’s @AlexBaltzegar goes through #ncpol races with @skydiving11 and me that will decide the balance of power in each General Assembly chamber. We’ve got polling, fundraising, candidate quality indicators, and district indexing that tells the #ncpol story. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Day 7 from Manteo to Hatteras Island is done and so is my 473 mile ride across NC. Thanks for an unforgettable week, @CycleNC! 🚴

Day 6 to Manteo is done and there aren’t words to describe my happiness in seeing a washer and dryer at the motel. Up next is 55 miles to Hatteras Island on our final @CycleNC day tomorrow! 🚴

Day 5 @CycleNC complete! 🚴

NEW #DoPoliticsBetter 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… In this special edition of the pod, @NCFEF Executive Director @AlexBaltzegar sits down with @skydiving11 & me to tick through the #ncpol races that could decide power in the 2027 General Assembly. We talk money, polls, candidate quality, and trend lines in key #ncga races.

Day 4 of @CycleNC’s Mountain to Coast and let’s talk about the town of Littleton, which featured big time hospitality in town and at its rest stop today. We are in Weldon tonight and cycle 75 miles to Edenton tomorrow. 🚴

Day 3 of @CycleNC ends in Henderson after 69.7 miles of perfect fall weather in NC. You’re next, Weldon! 🚴‍♂️

Day 2 was as perfect a day to ride @CycleNC as it gets! 🚴‍♂️ With the terrain featuring more rolling hills than yesterday, a few pace lines formed and we got up to some thrilling speeds. Thanks to @NCSHP for keeping us safe. Tomorrow we head to Henderson!

Start your week with @skydiving11, me, and the #DoPoliticsBetter podcast: 📺 2 good ads in 11th 📊 More #ncpol polls 🤒 Sick days as a kid? 🎙️ @john_drescher’s last day as Sr Editor @TheAssemblyNC was Friday and he looks back at his impressive career in journalism, inc @newsobserver @washingtonpost @dailytarheel @thestate @theobserver & more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Day 1 of @CycleNC’s Mountains to Coast ride is in the books! Nearly 1000 cyclists departed Mount Airy this morning just as the rain stopped and arrived in Eden after lunch. Great views, rest stops, volunteers, fellow athletes, and 66 miles of welcoming communities. Tomorrow we ride to Hillsborough. 🚴‍♂️

NEW #DoPoliticsBetter 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… From @dailytarheel ➡️ @newsobserver ➡️ @washingtonpost ➡️ and more, @john_drescher has spent a lifetime in journalism. As he steps back as Sr Editor @TheAssemblyNC tomorrow, John looks back at his career. Plus, @skydiving11 & I unpack #ncpol news, 2 great TV ads, and polling.