Category: campaign 2024

The 2024 race for state treasurer

Posted on December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

With incumbent Dale Folwell‘s decision to pursue the GOP gubernatorial nomination, there are some BIG SHOES to fill over at the office of state treasurer in 2024. Folwell has won

2024 about inserting Phil Berger at top of Raleigh’s political “food chain”?

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

There was a popular game making the rounds years ago called something along the lines of “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.” The object was to take a person’s name and

Tim Moore: Unacceptable

Posted on December 30, 2023December 30, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It looks like another one of my bleak predictions is coming true. The last vestiges of conservatism are being stomped out of our state’s congressional delegation. Congressman Dan Bishop —

Mirror, mirror on the wall, WHO is the LGBTQ-est of them ALL?

Posted on December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The Williams Institute at UCLA’s School of Law says they have the answer to that question and more. What state or region of this country has cornered the market on

Corruption of the word “conservative”

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The political universe has done a masterful job of sucking all the meaning out of being a “Republican.” These days, you don’t have to actually believe in one iota of

Time for a Truth Bomb, eh?

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

THIS has been floating around social media today. (*SNIFF*! I do believe someone is trying to blow smoke up my posterior!) Gee, where do I start? “Citizen Governor” ??? Mark

Jim Perry a YES, then a NO on filing for reelection

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We saw a 180-degree maneuver from congressman Patrick McHenry regarding reelection. Then, we get something similar from state senate majority whip Jim Perry. A Kinston news site reported on November

Campaign ’24: A job interview or ‘American Idol’ ?

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Brant Clifton

As you review the array of names that has filed for office this year in North Carolina, ask yourself a simple question: How many of these people would I actually

Thumbing their noses at US, transparency and the NC Open Meetings Law

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We’re seeing it happen all around the local area, and I’m sure it’s happening in your neck of the woods. Government employees and elected-types work really really hard to keep

So, DJT thinks MKR >= MLK? (Seriously?)

Posted on December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Mark Robinson and Yolanda Hill have racked up three bankruptcies, an eviction, a business failure, and multiple bad check charges. Even though they now make a combined $350,000 per year,