Author: Brant Clifton

The SCC Files: The ‘mushroom treatment’ rolls right along.

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It was easy to expect things to change for the better on the Sandhills Community College campus once John Dempsey and George Little departed. During the reign of that pair,

Robinsons appeal state fine over Balanced Nutrition finances

Posted on February 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Mark Robinson has been out of office for a little more than a month. Surely, he and the family have enjoyed the quiet. But Balanced Nutrition (BNI) — the

Scraggly Thom Tillis giving us a foreign- AND domestic-brand screwing

Posted on February 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Western North Carolina still has a mess on its hands. Scraggly Thom showed up once for a photo op with the US secretary of transportation, and then did THIS: THIS

Yet ANOTHER dire warning about government spending and the future of our country

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Our nation is at a crucial key moment in its history. Big-spending politicians from both parties have busted government budgets and run up so much debt that our nation could

Lefty churches panic over illegal alien roundups

Posted on February 15, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Some of the most radical leftist activist groups in the nation – currently masquerading as churches — are beside themselves over Trump administration plans to round up illegals: Three North

Trump tired of Thom Tillis TOO?

Posted on February 15, 2025February 15, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Welcome to the party, Mr. President. If you recall, there was a lot of drama around the confirmation of Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense. Word came out that our

Rockingham sheriff has senator Berger in his sights

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Folks, we may have the chance to rid ourselves of TWO scoundrels in one primary. US senator Thom Tillis has at least one primary opponent. Now, it’s clear that

Berger backs BIGGER unemployment checks

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The de facto leader of the NCGOP is defying his party’s national fervor for cutting spending and waste. State senator Phil Berger, his chamber’s president pro tem, has made it

Put-up-or-shut-up time for MAGA, DOGE & the GOP

Posted on February 13, 2025February 13, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The news about all of the stuff uncovered by Elon Musk and his minions is fantastic. All the right people are squealing like stuck pigs and screaming bloody murder. The

While MAGA cuts in DC, Raleigh is fattening up

Posted on February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Since 2017, we’ve been hearing talk from the General Assembly about revenue surpluses. Surpluses in revenue occur when they take too much money from us in April of each year.