Category: Congress

Overreaching in the wake of campus chaos

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Brant Clifton

We’ve been treated to a close up look at how bad humans can treat each other these past few weeks. We’ve heard about antisemitism. We’ve heard about racism. We’ve heard

NC-13: Kelly quits, Brad’s REAL mission

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Brant Clifton

There’s been a growing, disturbing trend in North Carolina politics of sending people off to DC after they’ve failed to secure a majority of the vote. It happened with Ted

By jove, I think Ted’s got it! (Or at least, he’s getting there.)

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Brant Clifton

I was pleasantly surprised to see Ted Budd’s NO vote off-setting Therrible Thom’s awful YES on the recent foreign aid giveaway to Ukraine, Israel, and all points between. (The package

We’re broker than broke and being invaded, but DC pols keep shipping cash-we-don’t-have overseas

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Brant Clifton

If this doesn’t convince you that your opinion means less than that of party leaders and lobbyists in DC, I don’t know what can be done for you. While we

David Rouzer: North Carolina’s very own ‘Wolf of Wall Street’?

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Brant Clifton

We’ve recently discovered a very interesting Twitter / X feed called @unusual_whales. If you’re not following it, you probably should. It’s run by some longtime finance and investing wizards who

(Et tu, Timmy?) Will the tubby little one screw us ONE MORE time on his way out the door?

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It seems like just yesterday that we were big-time spun about a possible wipeout of DEI in the UNC system. The spinner, UNC-CH trustee Jim Blaine, led us to believe

Renowned gun-grabber backs NC’s Stein, Jackson in 2024

Posted on April 7, 2024April 7, 2024 by Brant Clifton

No one disputes that what happened to former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D) was terrible and tragic. In 2011, she was shot in the head by a lunatic who crashed

The May runoffs: Knott v. Daughtry for Congress

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Brant Clifton

The political machine has done a top-drawer job in redrawing congressional district lines. Now, average voters are even more confused about who their member of Congress is. We’re in the

Biden didn’t make this mess by himself.

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It’s election time. Both major parties are having a grand time pointing fingers at each other about negative developments, while fighting to take credit for anything that can be perceived

Team Whatley planning to install Simmons as party chairman? (Trump supposedly “WANTS” this.)

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Brant Clifton

The reports we’re hearing from some influential NCGOP leaders around the state don’t sound good. RNC chairman-designee Michael Whatley has put out the word he plans to officially resign his