Category: NC State Government

The Man with the Flexible Bio

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Brant Clifton

How well do we really know the man NCGOPe types are giving us the hard-sell on for the 2024 governor’s race? It’s a rarity – some might call it

Team Berger ratchets up its war on Mike Causey

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Every day we’re hearing about power being snatched from this state entity or that one and being placed in the hands of the General Assembly. Speaker Timmy is leaving after

Mark Walker walks away from governor’s race

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Brant Clifton

And then there were FIVE. Team Robinson – the operatives running that scandal-on-two-legs – wants you to think they have the only Republican choice in the race. But Andy

Tim Moore foe launches a NC state Senate run

Posted on October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 by Brant Clifton

NC House Speaker Tim Moore had a guest-starring role in his recent divorce proceedings. Now, Scott Lassiter is looking to go to work in the building Moore is abandoning for

A few thoughts on the maps

Posted on October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Once again, the ‘honorables’ in Raleigh get to decide WHO gets the, ahem, “honor” of their, um, “representation” for the next two years or so. So far, the proposed maps

A tale of two Marks: What happened?

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Infighting is no surprise in politics. We hear stories all the time of betrayals – perceived and real. The story of Julius Caesar and Brutus is probably the most famous.

Salisbury’s Graham to join the rapidly-expanding GOP field for governor

Posted on October 18, 2023October 18, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Soem deep pockets out of Rowan County are diving into the GOP primary for governor that Mark Robinson supposedly already has in-the-bag: The Republican candidate field for governor in 2024

Report: UNC Health “LIED” about child sex change clinics

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Brant Clifton

NC’s Education First Alliance has been all over the story about state-funded universities and their hospitals providing sex-change services to minor children. Their reporting helped get some important legislation passed

REAL hate speech.

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Many of us on the right have become accustomed to slanderous “hate” accusations. Red MAGA hats? White supremacy. Votes for Donald Trump? White supremacy. Believe genders are neither assigned nor

Locke blasts NCInnovation as DEM-infested. (Psst. It’s had lotsa RINO help.)

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Carolina Journal published a piece detailing the porky mess that IS NCInnovation. It was one of those policy items that found its way into the secretly-negotiated and recently-passed state budget.