West Caudle for North Carolina

West Caudle for North Carolina Working to make North Carolina and our country a better place as a tireless advocate for liberty, justice, and peace for all.

61 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965. An act that extended Constitutiona...
08/06/2026

61 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965. An act that extended Constitutional protection of the most basic of civic duties to all Americans.

Not since post-Civil War Reconstruction had minorities had an equal footing in our representative republic. The Voting Rights Act was earned through the blood and sweat of a large portion of our population that understood “liberty and justice for all” are more than words on the page.

In the wake of the Voting Rights Act the struggle to maintain the advancement continues and its guarantees are challenged to this day.

A simple observation and a basic principle in governance and decency:- Family and friends should not be a leading qualif...
08/04/2026

A simple observation and a basic principle in governance and decency:

- Family and friends should not be a leading qualification for any role within our federal government.

This is not new to this administration. Both sides have been guilty of it. However, it is highly prevalent in MAGA world and has personally enriched those closest to the grift by the multiples of billions of dollars.

Todd Blanche, whose qualifications include a law degree and years of service as *rump’s personal defense attorney, should not be close to the Attorney General position.

That all it took for Thom Tillis to once again prove he is spineless and vote in favor of Blanche was a weak promise to shutdown a $1.8 billion dollar, taxpayer funded, reward fund for those who assaulted law enforcement and broke the law, should infuriate every normal citizen.

07/31/2026

Government should work for the people. Not a person or an ideology.

Science is complex, difficult, and ever changing.

There are 29 healthcare professionals in Congress. 23 of them have voted against public health, improved healthcare systems, and anything that would benefit the American public from a healthcare prospective with every opportunity presented to them.

The take away is that profession, expertise, and all the data in the world have little impact on how people govern when committed to a specific ideological outcome.

I have never considered myself a Republican, but I find myself sharing in Adam Kinzinger’s nostalgia for what Republicanism once was. His summation of this week’s dog and pony show, courtesy of MAGA Republicans in Congress, is something everyone should read:

The Iranian Regime is stronger and will be even more deeply entrenched in Iran’s future, thanks to Trump’s inept excursi...
07/27/2026

The Iranian Regime is stronger and will be even more deeply entrenched in Iran’s future, thanks to Trump’s inept excursion at the urging of Netanyahu’s Israeli regime. There is no way this ever looks good or works to the benefit of the United States.

At least 18 American service members are dead and over 600 carry wounds they will never fully heal from. These numbers growing daily it seems.

Our Middle East allies no longer trust the United States. We have lost billions in military base infrastructure that we will not be permitted to rebuild. Chinese and Russian influence will increase across the region.

Attacks on civilian infrastructure will costs untold civilian lives. Not to mention such actions are war crimes.

Attacks on oil refineries and depots are effecting upwards of 50% of global supply. United States strategic reserves are mere days from exhaustion. Prices continue to rise making everything less affordable. Trump and his cronies continue to manipulate the markets making billions in profits.

Our military is rapidly depleting our defensive stockpiles and the supply of offensive weapons meant to deter action against us around the globe.

Americans the world over are less and the Department of State is warning Americans against travel to most of the world. The threat of terrorist attacks on American soil has grown exponentially and the agencies meant to stop such attacks have been decimated by the MAGA administration and Elon Musk’s incompetence with DOGE.

Pat Harrigan, a West Point graduate, former military officer, and former Green Beret cannot tell the damn truth. He profits from war and the expansion of the military-industrial complex. While every American not actively profiting from the unprecedented corruption faces higher and higher costs of living and greater struggles.

And the other option can’t get out of their own way.

The truth matters.

“Are you an American or are you a Democrat?”The sticker on that pickup, with those words, stopped me in my tracks this m...
07/24/2026

“Are you an American or are you a Democrat?”

The sticker on that pickup, with those words, stopped me in my tracks this morning.

If someone asked me out of the blue: What are you?

Political affiliation would be a distant label. I thought a while over breakfast about what my response would be. The list that immediately came to mind:

1. Braves fan
2. Family man
3. Community advocate
4. Ball coach
5. A pain
6. History lover

Then I was having to think too hard about it and decided the conversation would have taken off by then anyway. And I realized that all those things make me American and all the things that each of you think of make you American (or whatever your national identity might be) political affiliation be damned.

We exist in echo chambers, whether willfully and knowingly or not. Recognizing that is so important.

I regret not waiting for the driver of the pickup to say hello, introduce myself, and hopefully bring some positivity to their day.

We could all use more positivity in our daily lives. At the end of the day we are all a whole lot more than our political affiliation.

Don’t let those who divide us win.

07/18/2026

Four more American soldiers killed and many more injured in Trump’s Iran excursion for Netanyahu’s Israel.

The United States military deserves so much better than this weaponized incompetence.

Last night the American people were fed more insecure lies.Lies to cover for abject failures:in foreign policy;in helpin...
07/17/2026

Last night the American people were fed more insecure lies.

Lies to cover for abject failures:
in foreign policy;
in helping the American people afford a reasonable existence;
in any hope that MAGA represents more than a multi-billion dollar grift stealing from each of us.

Pat Harrigan is a lap dog for the lies and has been intentionally pushing his anti-Chinese rhetoric knowing it played well for this administration and his future aspirations.

We will not see or hear Pat Harrigan speak truth to the master’s lies. He will double down.

We all deserve honesty and accountability. It will not come from MAGA or Pat Harrigan.

**Attached are the unclassified findings of the investigation into 2020 Election by the United States Director of National Intelligence**

The presence of corruption, dishonesty, and a lack of accountability often come up when discussing political leadership....
07/16/2026

The presence of corruption, dishonesty, and a lack of accountability often come up when discussing political leadership. This reality is not limited to any specific level of government; it occurs in the smallest towns and at the highest levels of the federal government.

This reminder popped up today. It is a post by Todd Harris, Surry County Register of Deeds, a decade ago, before being elected in 2020. And the quote from Maya Angelou came to mind: "When people show you who they are, believe them the first time."

Dishonesty and a lack of accountability should be disqualifying, and they are not traits reserved for one political persuasion. As a society, though, we have to start taking folks who want to serve in leadership roles at all levels for who they have shown themselves to be.

Within a short period of time after taking office, Harris was credibly accused of sexual harassment and creating a hostile workplace. So much so that Surry County deemed the accusers to be unsafe to continue working in the Register of Deeds Office and offered transfers to other opportunities in the county. Ultimately, a civil lawsuit was filed, and Surry County settled the case to avoid trial.

Coincidentally, while Harris was not specifically mentioned during the passage of legislation in the NC General Assembly, three Republican members quickly introduced legislation, which became law, outlining how to address ethical issues within County Register of Deeds Offices, citing a lack of precedent for handling such issues at the county level.

If we want to be better as a society, we must choose leaders who value honesty and take accountability for their actions and words.

**Update: It seems that "Todd Harris Register of Deeds" blocked me following this post. You can locate his page by searching, however."

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