Tim Funk

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.

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

Will Bishop William Barber’s moral case against Trumpism and his push to mobilize a multiracial coalition of voters resonate in a feuding country that’s less religious than in the heyday of the civil rights movement? My latest story in The Assembly. https://t.co/FQ2FUhjtio

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

@ScottJenningsKY @CNN You keep casting Joe Biden as too old and mentally unfit. But you never mention the mental lapses and advanced age of your former boss, Sen. McConnell. I expect more fairness — and less rank partisanship — from a political analyst.

[John Drescher @john_drescher]

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 https://t.co/Ajs1XOByIj

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

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 https://t.co/xyO4fleVAI

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

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 https://t.co/eExwc2jjps

[John Drescher @john_drescher]

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. https://t.co/t4RtL3wWkA

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

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 https://t.co/8j925AUDAY

[John Drescher @john_drescher]

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 https://t.co/Y49LbF5RO9

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

@BrianMcLaughl @SecretFire79 Making these kinds of dismissive and sexist and ageist comments are loving your neighbor?

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

@SecretFire79 Thank God your Medieval view re: the role of women in the Church is today seen for what it is: misogyny. And I believe God rejoices when we lay Eucharistic ministers share the Body and Blood with our brothers and sisters.

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

@ScottJenningsKY Scott, did Donald Trump not confuse Nancy Pelosi and Nikki Haley? How is that not as indicting as Biden saying Putin and Trump instead of Zelensky and Harris? Are you a cool-headed political analyst or an overheated partisan spokesman? https://t.co/23n2LQpoSZ

[Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY]

No matter what happens at the press conference, the only thing anyone will remember from today is Biden calling President Zelenskyy “President Putin.” My pre-press conference thoughts on @cnn

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

@HouseGOP And Donald Trump thinks Nikki Haley is Nancy Pelosi…

[John Drescher @john_drescher]

“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. https://t.co/vJMNLtV7VW

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

@ScottJenningsKY Watched you on CNN’s Inside Politics. You say White House has lied to us about Biden’s fitness behind the scenes. This fellow Kentuckian wants to know: Are you saying the same thing about your old boss, Mitch McConnell? Have the Senate Republicans lied to us about his fitness?

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

Talked to Charlotte’s ⁦@WFAE⁩ this AM re: my latest story for ⁦@TheAssemblyNC⁩. Give it a listen. And read my story, too:
https://t.co/2muuPsX40k
#ncpol https://t.co/WNSzva7xOF

[Woody Cain @WYcain]

How the sausage is being made from @timfunk #ncpol

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

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 https://t.co/2muuPsX40k

[John Drescher @john_drescher]

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 https://t.co/vJMNLtUA6o

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

@Joeinblack Sorry, but I think you worship Rules instead of Jesus. Rather than help the family grieve, you watch the clock? I thank God my Jesuit parish refuses this dry unfeeling version of Catholicism.

[Tim Funk @timfunk]

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. https://t.co/UsxE8MUJg2