Category: NCGOP

From DPI to Team Budd

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Brant Clifton

He’s back. When we last saw Catherine Truitt’s predecessor at NC DPI, Mark Johnson, he was quitting his post to make a quixotic run for lieutenant governor. (Johnson finished third

Bishop steps out as leading critic of Omnibu$$$ spending bill

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Brant Clifton

For far too long, our congress-critters from NC have sat quietly and gone along with US House leadership on many a hare-brained scheme. We had Mark Meadows, for a short

Rep. Hardister v. Rep. Moss in GOP’s 2024 Labor Commissioner tussle?

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s what appears to be in the offing. It would be like a political version of midget wrestling. Things have been moving fast on the Labor Commissioner front. Incumbent Josh

Visions of DC dancing in his surrender-monkey head

Posted on December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 by Brant Clifton

It’s apparently official. The NCGOP’s chairman, Michael Whatley is one of THREE candidates for vice-chairman of The Republican National Committee. *Incredible.* Establishment politics — both parties — is notorious for

Whatley: ‘We ain’t a Republican state. Deal with it.’

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Those are the words delivered by NCGOP chairman Michael Whatley to a sparsely-attended state executive committee meeting in Charlotte over the weekend. The semi-annual meeting was so poorly-attended it could

2024 GOP primary for Labor Commissioner already underway?

Posted on December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s what it looks like. Jon Hardister (R), the NC House’s majority whip, is making a lot of noise about a possible run for NC Commissioner of Labor in 2024.

Folwell promotes Medical Debt ‘De-weaponization’

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Brant Clifton

State treasurer Dale Folwell is hitting the road raising awareness of the state’s medical debt crisis: State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, spoke out to protect patients from the crushing

Josh Dobson NOT seeking reelection. (Not ONE single **** given.)

Posted on December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson (R) has announced that he won’t be running for reelection when his current term expires in 2024. He claims he’s getting out so he can spend

“Social justice,” wokeness and YOUR money

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Brant Clifton

You’re probably hearing a lot about ESG in business news lately. That acronym stands for Environmental, Social Justice, and Governance. In the Biden-Obama era, how well you align with

Let the censuring begin!