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This Sunday, Hugger Mugger Brewing in Sanford, NC hosted an all ages Disney themed drag brunch, with tickets for 12 and under FREE Outside the drag event were protesters objecting to the sexualization of children. While the Proud Boys were out protesting the longest, at least four hours, there were other protesters coming and going, including a group of evangelists There was also a "plant" who made it inside to capture video of the event

Grass Roots North Carolina organized a protest today (6/24/2022) in front of the Raleigh office of Senator Thom Tillis to protest his support of the gun restrictions which recently passed the Senate and the House. The guest of honor and speaker at the rally was Stephen Willeford, who exchanged gunfire with the perpetrator of the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, TX. The shooter fled after Willeford shot him multiple times with his AR-15. Both North Carolina senators, "Traitor" Thom Tillis and Richard "Benedict" Burr, as they were referred to by the protesters, joined in voting with the Democrats to vote for new restrictions on gun ownership.

Around one to two hundred were gathered in support as Professor David Clements and others gave a presentation on "Exposing Election Truth" to the Surry County Commissioners. After the commissioners blew them off and went into closed session, a few speakers came out to address the crowd (seen here). Tessa Saeli and Steve Odem, candidates for two different commissioner seats were in attendance campaigning and spoke at the rally.

On May 5th, 2022, activists gathered outside the Wake County Public School System board meeting on Tuesday to protest certain books containing obscene material which are present in some of the district's libraries and media centers. The Pavement Education Project has put together a website (https://www.pavementeducationproject.com/) specifically identifying the objectionable content in each of the books. Many of the parents had signs with a book and a QR code linking to the page on this site for the particular book. The books objected to include Gender Queer, Blankets, Lawn Boy, and George. School Board candidates Michelle Morrow and Jacob Arthur both spoke against the sexual content in these books being available to children through the school libraries. All social media links at: https://www.stephenehorn.com/

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, the NC Commission for Public Health was considering a petition to require a COVID-19 vaccine for students who were 17-years old or in their senior year of high school. Although the meeting was moved to be virtual, anti-mandate protesters organized by Citizen Advocates for Accountable Government and Moms for Liberty gathered outside the NCDHHS building on Six Forks Road to lobby against the proposed requirement. The Commission ended up voting unanimously to reject the petition. Speakers at the protest included Michelle Antoine, Alan Swain, Charlie Mulligan, David Bankert, and Kevin Donovan

Micajah Jackson, a disabled veteran, was arrested and charged by the FBI after he allegedly entered the Capitol on January 6th. Jackson goes over his political background, previous activism, his actions on January 6th, his relationship with the Proud Boys, and the presence of antifa/FBI informants.

I had the opportunity to sit down with Sebastian, an NC man who traveled to DC for his first political rally on January 6, 2021. Sebastian describes what led him to attend Trump's rally and what he witnessed, including descriptions of how he was pepper-sprayed, shot with a rubber bullet, and hit with a baton by the police. He also describes an incident in which he and another man confronted a vandal who was trying to break a window.