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National defense bill loaded with non-military pork (like Renee’s museum)

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The US House is loading up a defense authorization bill with so much non-defense related pork that even The Washington Post is appalled: A sweeping $521 billion package that authorizes

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Congress, Media, Renee Ellmers
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McCrory on right track re: amnesty. (Now, about those GOPers in Congress ..)

Posted on December 4, 2014December 4, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve had our issues with a lot of decisions made by this governor.  But we do have to give him kudos for his positions on illegal immigration.  In 2013, he

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Congress, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Obama, Pat McCrory
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Orange Co. Commish: ‘It’s very American to be prejudiced’

Posted on December 3, 2014December 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Many of you ACC sports fans may recognize the name Barry Jacobs.  He writes a lot on the ACC, and is a regular talking-head on all things ACC.  Well, Barry

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Law & Order, Media, Politics
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The DC GOP’s three-card monte scam on amnesty

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Question: What do you get when you hold your nose while voting? Answer: Pretty much the same damn thing you would have gotten from the guys and gals you voted

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Congress
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Monkey business galore in Lee, Haywood counties

Posted on December 2, 2014December 2, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Haywood County is — I believe — the last county in North Carolina to elect its tax collector.  The Democrats have a stranglehold on this western North Carolina jurisdiction. They

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Media
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#ncga: Jones Street pressure sent Decker packing

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The governor’s office is spinning commerce secretary Sharon Decker’s resignation as a chance for her to seek bigger and better opportunities. But a well-placed source of mine from Jones Street

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DENR, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP
12 comments

Jim Cain for Governor?

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Brant Clifton

That is the hottest scoop circulating through top-tier GOP circles in the state.  I heard it first-hand from a source whose title includes the word “honorable” today: “Jim’s name comes up

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NCGOP, Politics
9 comments

Who gets angry about Thanksgiving? Blinkin’ Chris DOES.

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Thanksgiving is a joyous time.  You get together with family and friends, and do a lot of thinking about what you’re grateful for.  You eat some great food.  Watch some

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Media
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Tillis: No mandate for congressional GOP

Posted on December 2, 2014December 2, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Seriously? Unfortunately, I think he is quite serious:  Sen.-elect Thom Tillis is already hitting the Sunday morning talk show circuit. Appearing on CBS’s Face The Nation on Sunday, Tillis said

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Congress, Media, Thom Tillis
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The lefty drive-by lynch mob claims a GOP scalp

Posted on December 1, 2014December 1, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The holiday season is typically a slow news period.  (Believe us, we KNOW.) The left’s howling jackals — still licking their wounds from a November thumping — have turned their

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Congress, Media

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