Category: NC legislature

Why is Jon Hardister promoting a suspended Twitter account?

Posted on February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Inquiring minds want to know. GC. Pride is apparently the name for the athletic boosters at Greensboro College. At first, thanks to the name, I thought it was a gay

Folwell targeting “excessive pay” of senior hospital execs

Posted on February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

As the administrator of the state employee health plan, state treasurer Dale Folwell has some choice words for some of the ‘big dogs’ at the state’s hospitals. Folwell and his

BOHICA: Duke Progress says this SHOULDN’T hurt TOOOOOOO MUCH.

Posted on February 11, 2023February 11, 2023 by Brant Clifton

You folks probably remember we had a BIG power outage around these parts in early December. It was chaos. Nothing that required electrical power worked for nearly a week. I

Green corruption / socialism infesting NC Young Republicans

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Some of the youngest members of our ranks appear to be getting exploited and corrupted by some of our party’s more senior establishment figures. We worked so hard to make

Folwell calls The Blue Cross dark money bluff

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Brant Clifton

For years, Blue Cross Blue Shield has dominated – in spite of horrible customer service – the health insurance game in North Carolina. State treasurer Dale Folwell recently taught the

Rules? We don’ need no steenkin’ rules!

Posted on February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Another night, another NCGOP conference call. Monday evening, Michael Whatley herded many of his County and District Chair minions onto a statewide conference call during which he pushed through another

Tillis: Trump needs a serious primary

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Come to think of it — SO DO YOU, THOMMY. So. Do. YOU. Axios has all the glorious highlights: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is cheering the prospect of multiple candidates

And THEN there were TWO.

Posted on February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 by Brant Clifton

This month, the 2024 GOP race for lieutenant governor will get a wee bit more interesting. State politics fixture Hal Weatherman – a political consultant and former aide to Dan

The ‘Stupid Party’ flexes its muscles in Moore County

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The once-great columnist and pundit George Will once christened the GOP establishment and its acolytes as “the stupid party.” In other words, these people witnessed the great successes of President

North State Journal editor lobbies for controversial sex-change insurer, potential Medicaid expansion beneficiary

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina’s alleged conservative voice is getting a little raspy and hoarse. We already told you about a NSJ reporter’s behind-the-scenes spinning and defending of DPI superintendent Catherine Truitt’s footsie-playing with