“Office of The FORMER speaker.” (Are you serious ????)
I am afraid it is quite serious. Here’s the word on that from Washington: Two aides to former House Speaker John Boehner are earning over $10,000 a month in his
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#ncpol: Rebel without a clue
We’ve BEEN hearing stories about an out-and-out mutiny led by NCGOP executive director Dallas Woodhouse against the elected state party chairman Hasan Harnett. We’re starting to see signs that it’s
Continue reading#ncpol: Ellmers a Kasich girl
Elected to Congress in 2010 to kill ObamaCare, Renee Ellmers is now backing a candidate for president who enthusiastically implemented ObamaCare in Ohio. This is from a Roll Call reporter
Continue readingSolar mandates = um, free market ??????
Lobbyists and other assorted solar goons are passing around a News & Record op-ed on how important solar mandates are to — get this — *preserving the free market*: This election
Continue reading#ncpol: Color her confused
We’ve got to give props where they are due. Rob Christensen’s son — Colin Campbell — did some fine work on Friday evening: That’s right, House Republicans. Your fearless leader —
Continue reading#ncpol: A straw poll ???? (You don’t say.)
You know what straw polls are like. EVERYBODY’S got one. Sometimes, they can be an interesting way to take the temperature of the electorate during a primary. The good
Continue reading#ncga: Listen to Dean Wormer, son.
”Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” — Dean Wormer, Faber College ————————— Jason Saine is living the American dream. Plucked out of the waiting
Continue readingMonkey Business Report, early-voting edition
Early voting for the March primary has begun. And local elections officials have been hit with a surprising change in the last week. According to multiple sources I talked with
Continue reading#NCGA : retail merchants association ponying up for incumbents in primary season
If you’ve been hearing or seeing ads “paid for by Main Street Merchants for a better North Carolina”, THAT is actually the North Carolina Retail Merchants Association. According to records
Continue readingBeing White: A, um, “profound sadness”?
Last year, we brought you the story of state Rep. Graig Meyer of Orange County who professed to being ashamed of his “whiteness.’‘ That post even caught the eye of
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