Category: NC legislature

ONE MORE stab in the back from our man Thom

Posted on May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I’m waiting for the CDC to put its official stamp on “Battered Constituent Syndrome.” There appear to be a lot of victims of that condition here in The Old

Sen. Tom Mcinnis moves against local government overreach

Posted on April 27, 2025April 27, 2025 by Brant Clifton

This site is in an unfamiliar — and somewhat uncomfortable — position. We find ourselves on the same side of a debate as state senator Tom McInnis and the newsroom

Berger ally strikes blow against NCGA GOP

Posted on April 23, 2025 by Brant Clifton

“Isn’t it ironic, don’t ya think?” — Alanis Morrisette Readers of this website and voters in Rockingham County may recognize the name of Judge Ed Wilson. Wilson, a

Flowers are blooming. Temperatures rising. Berger Team? (Back in Court.)

Posted on April 21, 2025April 21, 2025 by Brant Clifton

A lawsuit that had its origins in Rockingham County may now have seismic consequences for state Republican politics. A former Rockingham County commissioner — and critic of casinos and other

Chickens coming home to roost re: betting on college sports

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I’m old enough to remember when the gambling industry was kept at arms-length from college sports. It was a noble attempt to try and preserve some integrity for extracurricular activities

A wee bit of truth to water down the tariff hysteria

Posted on April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Never mind the damage that Biden and Obama and the Bushes did to our national economy. What Trump is doing with these tariffs is — we’re told by our marxist

Study: NC a national leader in refusing to cooperate with ICE

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Brant Clifton

While Raleigh Republicans are swooning over our radical left-wing governor-by-default, a bigger problem is brewing at the state level. A new study from The Center for Immigration Studies indicates that

Raleigh’s conservative revolution talking out of both sides of their mouths re: DEI

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Yet another outbreak of ‘mealy-mouth’ disease in Raleigh shouldn’t surprise much of anyone. On Jones Street, the lies come pouring out so fast and furious that it’s often hard to

Tom Sawyer’s fence-painting scam alive and well in Raleigh, DC

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Mark Twain did a great job capturing American life during his time. In fact, he did such a good job that modern-day leftists have banned and censored the bejeezus out

Guess WHO ELSE has got that ‘Berger Fever’.

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Brant Clifton

That’s right. It appears senator Phil Berger has the *grouchy, confused old lady* vote wrapped up for the 2026 GOP primary. “All roads in North Carolina’s conservative movement trace back