Happy Friday! Is a trip to North Carolina really complete if you don’t stop by the local Cook Out? Obviously not for President Joe Biden, who joined North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper at the southern staple and ordered a bacon cheeseburger, fries, and a milkshake—“triple thick,” by the ice cream fiend’s own account.
James Scimecca is the audience engagement editor at The Dispatch, and is based in Hoboken, N.J. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he served as the director of communications at the Empire Center for Public Policy. When James is not busy generating shareholder revenue, he can usually be found running along the Hudson River, cooking up a new recipe, or scoping out a new karaoke bar.
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