Category: Congress

The 2022 After-Party

Posted on November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 by Brant Clifton

*That ‘Red Wave’ was SOMETHING, eh?* I don’t see how ALL those alleged GOP leaders keep their jobs after this one. (But Raleigh and DC have astounded me before.)

If you didn’t get enough on Tuesday …

Posted on November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 by Brant Clifton

You can register to watch and listen to Thom Tillis and Cal Cunningham rave about their cross-the-aisle friendship. *Of course, the coming ‘red wave’ is ALL about increasing cooperation

Tillis trying to get Robinson out of 2024 NCGOV race?

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s the word coming over the transom. I picked up this nugget from someone with knowledge of the internal workings of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s (R) political operation. My

Sippin’ on that Tillis kool-aid

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Check out this quote in DC’s The Hill newspaper: […]“North Carolina is a true purple state. Thirty percent of our voters are registered Republicans, 34 [percent] are registered as Democrats,

Jail time for criticizing Feds?

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Brant Clifton

You never thought it could happen here. In Cold War-era Eastern Europe, maybe. The Soviet Union, and possibly current Russia. Any current or former Latin American dictatorship. But it IS

Senators (Not Tillis or Burr) warn DOJ against political attacks on pediatric sex-change critics

Posted on October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

A group of US senators is taking a stand in this era of authoritarian government and blatant attacks on The First Amendment: Senate Republicans are warning Attorney General Merrick Garland

#ncsen: Showdown at the Spectrum Corral

Posted on October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

I’ve had time to soak in the developments from Friday night’s US Senate debate. I’ve talked to some not-so-political folks as well as my usual coterie of political animals. Here

Tillis endorses DC power-grab

Posted on October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Never let a good crisis go to waste. That’s a quote attributed to Obama’s once-chief of staff. Leftists have been following that rule for a long time. Hitler used The

Early voting starts October 20

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s about two weeks down the road. A lot of low-information voters are and will be doing research in preparation for heading to the polls for the early voting. We

Dr. groups ask AG Garland, DOJ to’investigate’ critics of child sex-change ops

Posted on October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 by Brant Clifton

As we’ve learned in the aftermath of January 6, the word ‘investigate’ has been reinterpreted by the Biden Administration to mean “send a SWAT team to kick down the