The Daily Haymaker

The Pinehurst elections

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Brant Clifton

With all the hubbub about the 2019 special elections for Congress, and the March 2020 primaries, it’s important to remember that many parts of North Carolina will be holding

Our lesson for today, boys & girls ? MISMANAGEMENT.

Posted on August 11, 2019August 11, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Lt. Gov. Dan Forest has tooted his own horn about getting a financial literacy requirement for high school graduation passed in the legislature. It looks as though some

Quite a SWAMP-clearing opportunity in 2020 NCGOP labor commissioner primary

Posted on August 10, 2019August 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The Elevator Queen, Cherie Berry (R) — the lady whose picture you see every time you take a ride — is riding off into the sunset and

Whittling away our rights one ‘red flag’ at a time

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We’ve had some more mass shootings. Both in retail stores in Texas and Ohio. The left, foaming at the mouth, wants to blame it all on Donald Trump. That’s

Grab your umbrellas. (Watch for falling drive-by crocodile tears.)

Posted on August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 by Brant Clifton

During the Richard Morgan-Jim Black reign of terror in the North Carolina House (2002-2006) it was quite common for “enemies” of House leadership to be assigned to windowless, out-of-the-way,

A financial investigation at NCGOP?

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That’s what one line item in the state party’s financial report appears to indicate: Here’s the website for Wilmington’s Financial Forensic. According to the website, here

The NCGOP: Speaker Timmy’s kid on the payroll. Michele Nix’s $$$. A $500K hole. (Who crashed the day care van?)

Posted on August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s always fun to take a peek at how the state party is spending what money it still has. Especially now that Dallas & The Defendant are gone from

Does Congress’s budget deal mark the end of the Tea Party?

Posted on August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That’s what Rand Paul said on Wednesday: Sen. Rand Paul, who was first elected in 2010 as a one of the original tea party candidates, declared the movement

#hayesscandal: Kicking the can down the road

Posted on August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Defense lawyers seem to be having their way with this one. The US attorney is a former Mecklenburg County DA who happens to be BFFs with Thom Tillis. The

Moore County D.A.’s race: incumbent Krueger OUT, challenger Hardin now unopposed.

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It was looking to be a tough reelection bid for Maureen Krueger anyway. A lot of people are still angry at her for so publicly meddling in the last