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Longtime NCGOP leader / activist scolds Simmons on handling of Berger-Tillis party disloyalty issue

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Some sleight-of-hand helped US senator Thom Tillis and state senate president pro tem Phil Berger escape the wrath of attendees at the recently concluded NCGOP state convention.  Beaufort County attorney

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Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics, Thom Tillis
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No Kings? (Well, maybe some *Queens* and not-so-funny *jokers*)

Posted on June 11, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It appears that allies of the hooligans currently destroying Los Angeles are plotting to spread the mayhem to all 50 states — ours included, of course.  Our local drive-by propaganda

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Law & Order, Media, Moore County, Politics, Southern Pines, The Pilot
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Stein joins fellow DEMs in endorsing rioting, burning, assaults on law enforcement

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Yes, that’s our very own Josh Stein — our state’s former top law enforcement officer — joining his fellow Democrat governors to take Trump Derangement Syndrome to a new level:

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Josh Stein, Josh Stein, Media, NC State Government, Politics
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Gay Golf: USGA flies rainbow flag over its Pinehurst HQ

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Brant Clifton

According to media reports, major corporations across the country and around the world are backing off from sponsoring and / or cheerleading for the so-called *Pride Month.*  Much of the

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Media, Moore County, Pinehurst, Politics
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House Republican calls out Tillis by name in spending debate

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Chip Roy, a US House member from Texas, is often a reliable conservative vote. Heritage’s most current ratings have him with a perfect conservative score of 100%.  It sounds like

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics, Thom Tillis, Thom Tillis
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The Sandhills Files: blowing smoke, covering up, trying to control damage

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Brant Clifton

You ought to try reading some of the approved minutes from the Sandhills Community College board of trustees meetings.  They’re just vague and cryptic enough to sound like pronouncements from

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Media, Moore County, Pinehurst, Politics, The Pilot, The Sandhills Files
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Conservative icon’s PAC thargeting Thom Thilli$

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Brant Clifton

If you’ve been around the conservative movement for a while (like I have), the name Richard A. Viguerie is well-known to you. For six decades, he’s helped movement conservatives wield

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Thom wants your Thip$$$

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Our huge national embarrassment is opening his mouth one more time for his adoring fans in the drive-by media.  One would figure Thom Tillis would have learned his fawning drive-by

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics, Thom Tillis
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The Sandhills Files: 1 bad audit, 2 drive-bys, and the fall-out

Posted on June 1, 2025June 7, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It took a week for our award-winning local newspaper (based on Pennsylvania Avenue in Southern Pines) to produce a story on the stinker of an audit the state slapped Sandhills

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Education, Media, Moore County, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pinehurst, Politics, The Pilot, The Sandhills Files
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Dismissal of lawsuit against Team Berger upheld. (Uncle Phil is pleased.)

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It must be nice to preside over hearings about your own job performance and to stomp any and all of those complaints into the dirt.  Only in state government.  Only

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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