Category: Phil Berger

Careening recklessly toward authoritarianism

Posted on December 7, 2024December 7, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Vote *Red.* Yep. That’s the slogan we got bombarded with during the recently completed election. The color red has long been associated with communism. Is that where the GOP hierarchy

Berger crony, former Democrat operative are new Republican treasurer’s first two hires

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Brant Clifton

*ChapelHillRepublican* Bradford Paisley Briner IV is already making his mark on the state treasurer’s office he’s set to take over upon incumbent Dale Folwell’s retirement at the end of the

It’s not Red v. Blue. It’s not (R) v. (D). It’s about BIG government v. LIMITED government.

Posted on October 19, 2024October 19, 2024 by Brant Clifton

The economy is on everyone’s mind this election season. No one likes having to take an armored car full of cash with them to the gas station or grocery store.

Team Berger wants Speaker Timmy’s BFF presiding over lawsuit targeting them

Posted on July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 by Brant Clifton

We first told you here and HERE about a lawsuit targeting politicians, political operatives and operations close to state senate president Phil Berger over their involvement in the March races

Casinos. Campaign cash. Defamation and Team Berger. (Oh, my.)

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It doesn’t matter WHO wins the governor race in November. Senator Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) will still be the biggest baddest dog on any block in our state capital. Some may

Pass it, THEN figure out how to pay for it and launch it. A really bad bipartisan habit Raleigh needs to break.

Posted on May 25, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Silly me. I thought representative government was all about our elected folks getting together to publicly make decisions for the greater good. Too many big decisions in our capital city

Give the money back? Of course, you should.

Posted on May 11, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Don Berger-ino , the capo di tutti — boss of all (political) bosses — in our fair capital city, is musing publicly about giving all that so-called “surplus” money currently

“Phil, is that YOU?”

Posted on January 19, 2024January 20, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and his entourage have been shedding a lot of crocodile tears lately about the, um, “establishment” being “out to get them.” Never mind that the Robinson

2024 about inserting Phil Berger at top of Raleigh’s political “food chain”?

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

There was a popular game making the rounds years ago called something along the lines of “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.” The object was to take a person’s name and

Profile in Courage: Robinson announces opposition to casinos AFTER they were pulled from budget

Posted on September 30, 2023September 30, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Since Jim Gardner captured the lieutenant governor post for the GOP in 1988, the 2nd ranking post in state government has been pretty-well neutered. Since that time, the president pro