Category: NC legislature

#ncga: Senate Dems’ #MeToo moment?

Posted on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 by Brant Clifton

We’ve told you wild stories about the goings-on in the GOP caucus room. Now it appears things get just as rowdy on the other side of the

#ncga: House GOP aiding-and-abetting Dem vote-by-mail scheme

Posted on May 24, 2020May 24, 2020 by Brant Clifton

This will be one more example state Republicans can reflect on when they find themselves in the General Assembly’s minority after November. Democrats and all kinds of

Vultures already circling Richard Burr? (TIMMY for Senate ???)

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Things are looking rough for US senator Richard Burr. The FBI is paying a lot of attention to him. (They have his iPhone, as well.). He’s lost his

Even DC can see Jones Street’s leftward drift

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Brant Clifton

We’ve had Republican majorities in the General Assembly since 2010. However, we should keep reminding ourselves that the terms “Republican” and “conservative” are becoming more and

Lockdown blowback?

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The folks on the left side of the aisle love to think they are smarter than us — that they know what’s best for us. Roy Cooper and

The ‘mismanagement’ governor

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Folks (like me) who pay close attention to politics should be noticing a developing pattern that could prove quite useful to North Carolina Republicans in November — IF

RINO, deny thyself.

Posted on May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 by Brant Clifton

It’s been a while since we’ve been able to invoke the holy sacred name of Charles Jeter. If you recall, he’s a Thom Tillis acolyte who held

#ncga: They’re BAAAAAAAACK!

Posted on May 3, 2020May 14, 2020 by Brant Clifton

While we’re sheltering-in-place, the honorables have once again darkened the halls of that big building one Jones Street in Raleigh. The Congress passed a huge-honking spending bill.

North Carolina gets 1st installment of coronavirus $$$ from DC

Posted on April 19, 2020April 19, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The state treasurer’s office has confirmed that North Carolina has received $2 billion as part of the federal CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act. The state

ReOpen NC gains a powerful new ally

Posted on April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Raleigh-based CaptiveAire CEO Bob Luddy is not mincing words in his open letter to Governor Roy Cooper: An urgent appeal to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper: