NCGOP once again meddling in local politics?
Are Republican power-brokers in the state trying to manipulate party organizations at the local level? It’s starting to look that way. We reported on US Rep. Renee Ellmers issuing an
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#NCGA: Speaker’s team issues talking points to help spin NC Competes Act & gas tax hike
Our cadre of spies on Jones Street has struck pay-dirt once again. We have in our clutches a March 6 email authored by Mollie Young, House Speaker Tim Moore’s director of communications. The
Continue readingNC-02: Ellmers wades into contested county GOP chairman election
Only a small sliver of Cumberland County sits in the Second Congressional District, but incumbent US Rep. Renee Ellmers is extracting her dark brown nose from leadership rectums on Capitol Hill
Continue readingPro-Amnesty Group praises Ellmers, Pittenger & co. for their “courage”
The establishment crowd is pulling out all the stops to save Big Government Barbie and her friends: The American Action Network, a group allied with House Republican leadership, is placing
Continue readingNurse Ellmers Goes to Guatemala
What the world needs is more nurses in power. THAT appears to be the thesis of an op-ed written by Reps. Renee Ellmers(R-NC) and Diane Black (R-TN) about their recent
Continue readingHow long will we keep being Charlie Brown?
We all remember the famous cartoons from our childhood. Lucy was always faking sincerity — promising to hold the football for Charlie Brown to kick. Every time she would convince
Continue reading#ncga: Who the #@*$ is in charge here ?????
From what Jones Street insiders are telling me, Cumberland County Rep. Rick Glazier (D) is the closest thing to a leader in the General Assembly’s lower chamber. And HE is
Continue readingEllmers cheerleading for No Child Left Behind reauthorization
Tea Party and anti-Common Core activists are up in arms over the proposed Student Success Act (HR 5) under consideration in the Congress. The legislation basically extends the life of
Continue readingA real-life ObamaCare horror story
We’ve all heard how nightmarish ObamaCare is. It really hit home for me recently — thanks to the bureaucratic hell some good friends of mine are going through. My friends are
Continue reading‘The senator from Thime Warner has the floor …’
Word from Washington today is that freshman U.S. senator Thom Tillis is upset with the Federal Communications Commission. Why, you ask? Let’s find out: U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., is
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