Category: NC State Government

“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

Dale Folwell launches first ad of the 2024 GOP gubernatorial race

Posted on January 19, 2024January 21, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It appears Dale Folwell, North Carolina’s state treasurer, has decided to see and raise the ante in his gubernatorial primary fight against Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and attorney Bill Graham.

Think the state’s public education status quo needs shaking up? Then say ‘Hello’ to Michele Morrow.

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Catherine Truitt has made the McCrory-Tillis wing of the North Carolina Republican Party proud. The allegedly Republican superintendent of the state’s Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has spent the last

Is it finally time to shut it down and start investigating?

Posted on January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It now appears that a Greensboro-based business owned by NC’s aspiring First Lady Yolanda Hill (aka “Mrs. Mark Robinson”) has been making unauthorized payments of tax dollars to family members for

RFK Jr. shows MKR how to draw a crowd for a political rally

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Earlier reports indicate that our lieutenant governor and alleged frontrunner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination was only able to draw about 150 people to a Raleigh-area political rally on Saturday.

“Where all my peeps at?”

Posted on January 13, 2024January 13, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Pretend you are considered by many to be some sort of political messiah. Pretend that you are the consensus front-runner for Governor of North Carolina AND Donald Trump’s running mate.

Sloppy, Incompetent, or just plain Corrupt?

Posted on January 13, 2024January 13, 2024 by Brant Clifton

A disturbing pattern is starting to emerge regarding the man many are ready to anoint as Donald Trump’s running mate in 2024. In just about every aspect of his life,

Robinson tosses fellow GOPer, NCDPI’s Truitt, under the bus

Posted on January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It’s always an adventure when Lt. Gov. Mark Keith Robinson (R) opens his mouth in public. We saw that this week when the alleged GOP frontrunner for governor spoke to

More Money, More Problems. (More forms, too.)

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Brant Clifton

We’ve put together more than 30 stories over the past year about Greensboro-based Balanced Nutrition. Balanced Nutrition, if you haven’t heard, is the family business for Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and

The 2024 race for state treasurer

Posted on December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

With incumbent Dale Folwell‘s decision to pursue the GOP gubernatorial nomination, there are some BIG SHOES to fill over at the office of state treasurer in 2024. Folwell has won