Category: Congress

US Senate candidate disqualified

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Unfortunately, it wasn’t Mike Whatley. We told you earlier about Margot Dupre — a registered voter in Florida who has run for federal office in Colorado AND Idaho since

Ted Budd: Duplicitous, dewy-eyed, or just plain Dumb?

Posted on February 1, 2026February 1, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Considering that he allowed that handlebar-mustachioed Mitt Romney fanboy to run his 2022 Senate campaign, I expected there to be some collateral damage. The House version of Ted Budd was

US Senate candidate Don Brown (R) launches statewide ad blitz

Posted on January 31, 2026 by Brant Clifton

It’s officially crunch-time for candidates in the March primaries. Absentee ballots have been out there for about a month. We’re two weeks away from the launch of early voting. And

Roy Cooper stomping Mike Whatley’s guts out in the polls AND in fundraising

Posted on January 31, 2026 by Brant Clifton

The November US Senate race really has the potential to be frustratingly ugly for those of on the frustrated right. The state party and RNC grifters and jagoffs have been

The Laurie Story: Lyin’ Laurie ??? (So says The Sheriff.)

Posted on January 31, 2026January 31, 2026 by Brant Clifton

The North Carolina Federation of Republican Women hosted a forum Friday night for the GOP candidates in the First Congressional District race. Due to the anticipated bad weather, the event

Six years until BIG decisions needed on social security. (But not one word in NC’s 2026 US Senate race.)

Posted on January 27, 2026January 27, 2026 by Brant Clifton

We’ve all been told that social security is slated for a major do-or-die episode around 2032. We’re electing a new US senator here in 2026 who will likely serve us

Study: North Carolina can’t afford Berger-Moore-Cooper Medicaid expansion.

Posted on January 27, 2026January 27, 2026 by Brant Clifton

I seem to remember – ahem – *some* folks saying this same thing back when Tim Moore and Phil Berger and their legislative minions were striking this unholy Medicaid expansion

The Laurie Story: Anybody have a map? (Where’s, um, NEW Bern?)

Posted on January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 by Brant Clifton

If there’s one thing Laurie Buckhout is good at — it’s giving me stuff to write about. The runner-up (and GOP nominee) in 2024’s First Congressional District race is trying

Dems leading polls on Generic R vs. D congressional ballot

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Brant Clifton

If the election were held today, would you vote for a Republican or a Democrat? That question has been asked of voters for ages. It gives the political class a

Tillis continues clash with Hegseth, defends Democrat who urged troops disobey the president

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Yes, despicable. This jagoff is intending to burn it all down on his way out the door as our alleged representative in the United States Senate. Never mind that Trump