{"id":361,"date":"2026-06-09T04:08:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2026-06-09T04:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:08:49","slug":"states-newsrooms-jonathan-shorman-on-voting-rights-trump-and-the-gops-efforts-to-cling-to-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=361","title":{"rendered":"States Newsroom\u2019s Jonathan Shorman on voting rights, Trump and the GOP\u2019s efforts to cling to power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><br \/>\n<audio>https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/ncpolicywatch\/ncnewsline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/News-and-Views-for-6-07-2026-FULL-Shorman-Pt1and2.mp3<\/audio><\/div>\n<p>Since Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House, hardly a day goes by in which there is not some brazen, precedent shattering action by the president or his allies.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=359\">Amy Beros discusses the persistent hunger crisis that plagues central and eastern North Carolina<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the orders, directives, proposals and court rulings are coming at such a rapid pace that it\u2019s easy to become numb to them and what they might portend for our country.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, many excellent journalists continue to chronicle and analyze these developments. One of the best is States Newsroom Democracy Reporter Jonathan Shorman. And recently, Newsline caught up with Shorman for an extended conversation about some of the most important current stories.<\/p>\n<p>In Part One of our conversation with Shorman, we dug into President Trump\u2019s unprecedented effort to establish a special fund that would enable him to dispense taxpayer money to allies of his who he says were harmed by the Biden administration.<br \/>\nWe also looked at the aggressive gerrymandering efforts that Trump and his fellow Republicans have undertaken this year in hopes of preserving a narrow GOP majority in the U.S. House in the fall elections.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=357\">High-potency cannabis fuels state debates over psychosis and addiction risks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Part Two of our chat, we dug deeper into the politics surrounding the fall elections, the big challenges that Republicans face given the state of the economy and the fact that Trump himself will not appear on the ballot, and some of the controversial actions Trump has taken or threatened to take in order to directly impact who can vote and how they do it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click here to listen to the full interview with States Newsroom national democracy reporter, Jonathan Shorman<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=355\">DoD tweaks organized religion list after complaints of Latter-day Saints snub<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Click here to read more of Shorman\u2019s reporting on NC Newsline.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With fall elections looming larger and larger on the horizon, President Trump and his allies are pursuing ever more brazen efforts to cling to power and we\u2019ll discuss some of them and the pushback they\u2019re attracting in an extended conversation with States Newsroom national democracy reporter, Jonathan Shorman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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