Bill Horner III

'The Residence' star Molly Griggs launched her career in Fayetteville With roles in 'John Proctor Is The Villain', 'The Residence' on Netflix, Cape Fear Regional Theatre alum Molly Griggs is having a watershed year, adding Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to her credit...

‘Kismet’ brought Molly Griggs to Fayetteville. Acting talent is taking her everywhere else. Here's my profile of Molly for CityView. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/moll...

Undaunted: The Associated Press Stand up to bullies, and you just might win

1) Democracy does not defend itself
2) An attack on one person/entity or one tactic never stops there
3) If you stand up to bullies, who often are unprepared or unqualified to defend their position, your chances of winning are high.
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A note from CityView’s Editor-in-Chief After serving as CityView’s interim editor-in-chief for the past six months, I’m excited to take on the job in a permanent capacity.

I'm immensely proud of Maydha and thankful to have had the chance to work w/her at both the Chatham News + Record & in Fayetteville. Massive congrats to her for officially (finally!!!) getting the EIC position @ City View!
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Mastering editing: The key to stronger media writing - Editor and Publisher “Editing: The Essential Guide to Better Writing Across Today’s Media” by Buck Ryan and Michael O’Donnell helps writers refine their work with 12 core editing principles. Covering style, grammar and ne...

If you're in a newsroom, you need this. From E&P: Mastering editing: The key to stronger media writing www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/mast...

Attending the #ncruralsummit, and I asked a keynote speaker after a presentation about whether they've studied the potential impact of DOGE cuts on rural N.C. The response: In conversations w/Republican lawmakers, the word basically is: We're alarmed, too, but we're afraid to speak out against Elon.

For JD Vance, Europe Really Is the Enemy Europe now faces a stark choice: abject dependence or radical self-invention.

I was recently talking to someone about this administration, and said it's a clear case of a scarcity mentality vs. an abundance mentality. Trump HAS to win, and that means someone else HAS to lose — the U.S. be damned.

For JD Vance, Europe Really Is the Enemy open.substack.com/pub/yaschamo...

Make history White again Anti-DEI laws are an attempt to control the national narrative.

Make history White again
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The Trump Administration and Media Bans | The Poynter Report Podcast The Poynter Report Podcast

On the Trump administration's dispute with the AP: "It's about hassling the press and showing who's boss and pushing around the ‘lame stream media...' It's just asserting who's the big dog, and ‘you all take orders from me,’ and you know that's the Trump model. It's also the authoritarian model..."

A sneak peek at my March "Rural Route" column for BusinessNC magazine...

What has Trump done today? Keep tabs on the Trump administration’s daily actions and executive orders, and follow the stories that are most important to you.

In a flood the zone world, WaPo is doing its own version of flood control. (And it's customizable.) A nice accompaniment to the "trump dump" browser folders I've created to keep up. @washingtonpost.com

Trump’s Bargain With Putin Is ‘Shameful’ - Listen on NYT Audio 28 min listen - Turning our back on Ukraine would only weaken America.

When our president says, “I’m the only one who can do this,” he’s absolutely right. An insightful listen.

Thom Tillis and the party of surrender Tillis has the led the NC GOP from the party of Jim Martin to the party of Mark Robinson.

Thom Tillis and the party of surrender
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A cartoon cabinet and a Congress of louts. And this guy…

Raskin: "Yesterday, Donald Trump banned the Associated Press, a 179-year-old newspaper organization, from the White House because it declines to call the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America." This is straight up press censorship based on retaliatory viewpoint discrimination."

FEMA official ignores judge's latest order, demands freeze on grant funding Federal workers are being swept into the fight between Donald Trump and federal courts, with four FEMA aides fired Tuesday for being "deep state activists."

This is how a democracy collapses: "A senior official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency instructed subordinates to freeze funding for a wide array of grant programs Monday, just hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration — for the second time — to stop such pauses."

Exactly. Except that maybe it’s vengeance first, dominate second.

Opinion | The Courts Must Stop This Judge From Stealing an Election North Carolinians — all Americans — should be watching closely to ensure that justice is done.

That this is happening in my state, and that Republicans continue to endorse Jefferson Griffin's ridiculous ploys, is hard to fathom. It's like when bad satirical theater becomes real life. || The Courts Must Stop This Judge From Stealing an Election www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...

I'll be a part of this conversation on Feb. 21 through the University of Nebraska, along with my friend Buck Ryan and a couple of fellow Jayhawks. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Opinion | Trump Takes a Red Pen to History The president’s Jan. 6 pardons mark a terrifying new chapter in blurring the past.

Trump Takes a Red Pen to History www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/o...

Opinion | Why Are So Many Christians So Cruel? It’s a simple question with a complicated answer.

The always on-point David French…

An important listen about Trump and journalism.

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The problem I’m struggling with isn’t just that so many Republicans are low-information voters. It’s that even when confronted with the truth, and proof of the truth, they refuse to believe it. How do journalists mitigate that - and to help change the narrative that feeds their collective mistrust?

There's a reason democracies don't let people who tried coups back into power.

Fayetteville looks to shake its title as ‘America’s least walkable city’ A Youtube video marked Fayetteville as the country's least walkable city. But the city government and locals are working to improve.

Nice work by CityView's Morgan Casey (wonderful Report for America fellow).