Category: campaign 2026

Iredell County sez: DISLOYAL !!!

Posted on October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I do believe that’s at least THREE county GOP organizations leveling that charge at state senator Phil Berger, president pro tem of that chamber and the Republican establishment’s ‘bag man’

Whatley screwing up task Trump assigned him

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I tell ya — Donald Trump would have zero patience for something like this on his old TV show ‘The Apprentice.’ The president appointed unaccomplished schlub Michael Whatley to head

NCGOP staffer working to elect Democrats?

Posted on October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 by Brant Clifton

You read that right, folks. We’ve had our eye on state GOP controller Greg Fornshell for some time. He’s been on the state party payroll for quite some time. But

More lip service to family values

Posted on October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 by Brant Clifton

We told you recently about folks who pay a lot of lip-service to the concept of *family values* and clean living, but don’t actually do much of anything to bring

New Elon U. poll: Cooper 75%, Whatley 26%

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Before anyone blows a gasket — those numbers represent the percentage of respondents to the poll who know at least “some” about either candidate. Name ID is an important part

The Berger crew can hear the sheriff knocking.

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Brant Clifton

As the March primary date draws closer, events in the state Senate district 26 GOP primary are looking more like they’re ripped from a soap opera script. Senator Phil Berger

NCGOP leader behind attacks on sheriff Sam Page?

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It appears that a very familiar name to NCGOP activists may be tied to a political action committee producing attacks on Rockingham County sheriff Sam Page. Page – as you

Mike Whatley, frequent basher of J6ers, now trying to make us all forget what he did.

Posted on October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Lifetime political hack Michael Whatley – the choice of the RNC and the GOPe for NC’s open US Senate seat — owes Susan and Thom Tillis a lot. They both

Cease & Desist: NRA lawyering up over GOPAC’s pro-Berger ads, billboards

Posted on October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 by Brant Clifton

We already told you about the National Rifle Association expressing concern about mailers and billboards promoting the reelection of state senator Phil Berger (R) in Rockingham County. The NRA expressed

Qs & As on party disloyalty

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Party disloyalty is a topic that’s drawing quite a lot of interest these days. (Can’t imagine WHY.) We managed to get our hands on an official ruling by the NCGOP