Category: Richard Burr

Simply trading “rr” for “dd”? (Or is there MORE to the story?)

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Last year we transitioned from a senator BuRR to a senator BuDD. A lot of folks — including some at this website — were hoping, hoping, hoping that there

FTX to sue pols, PACs to recover stolen money

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Brant Clifton

How delicious and delightful. Thievery and skullduggery DO actually – on occasion – have consequences, folks. Sam Bankman Fried and his cronies that used to run cryptocurrency giant FTX stand

FTX bitcoin scandal money ALL OVER North Carolina politics

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The FTX bitcoin “Case of the disappearing $2 billion” is just the kind of scandal Thom Tillis likes: bipartisan. We’re finding that SIX of the sixteen members of

Burr, Tillis voted to confirm Biden AG Merrick Garland

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

We sure aren’t getting much in return for our investment in TWO registered Republicans in the US Senate. We’ve been told by party leaders we need Burr and

Burr, Tillis help Dems offshore American jobs, sneer at concept of ‘Buy American’

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Brant Clifton

So, TRT voted to offshore American jobs. Likely putting some North Carolinians out of work. (*Thank God he and Shumaker saved us from Cal Cunningham’s extramarital mischief so we

SEC probe of Richard Burr still alive?

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Having a Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) manned with people from your own party sure helps. Inconvenient situations can simply go away. But when the other

Tilli$$$, Burr vote FOR something that DOESN’T EXIST

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Usually, in legislatures, honorables submit written proposals (bills or laws) that they and their colleagues read then debate. At the end of debate, there is typically a vote on

Budd nails down Trump blessing. McCrory gets ‘Tricky Dick’ Burr.

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The two guys NO ONE SANE would want anywhere near their campaign have joined forces for North Carolina’s 2022 US Senate race: Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) is backing

No charges for ‘Tricky Dick’ Burr

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, there’s ONE set of rules for the elite in Washington and New York, and another set for us little people. You and I would be behind bars if

Burr sold DC townhouse to lobbyist same month he co-sponsored lobbyist’s bill

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Brant Clifton

On his way out the door, Richard Burr is certainly prompting quite a bit of discussion on ethics and criminal law. His earlier (questionable) stock market trades