Category: NCGOP

Folwell praises feds’ stand on health care cost transparency

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Brant Clifton

You ought to be informed about what X is going to cost you before you undergo the x procedure. Right? Well, hospital lobbyists and the legislators they own on

Are Jones St. GOPers giving NC its very own Green New Deal?

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

That’s what appears to be happening with HB 951, which passed the GOP-controlled House and is sitting in the GOP-controlled Senate. (If you click on the aforementioned link, you’ll

NC state board of elections shoots down NC House Freedom Caucus

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Brant Clifton

On the bright side, it’s refreshing to see some House Republicans taking a break from whoring for the lobbyists to actually look out for the people outside the Raleigh

Meet the new Thom, same as the old Thom …

Posted on July 18, 2021July 18, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The 2020 Senate race was pretty much all about Cal Cunningham’s sex life. Yet, he still ran respectably close to incumbent Thom Tillis. In 2014, Tillis barely crept past

Budd claims $$$$ lead in 2022 US Senate race

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Former Gov. Pat McCrory may have the edge among the GOP primary contenders in terms of name ID, but it appears congressman Ted Budd is leading all-comers on

NC’s LtGov joins fight against radicalism in classroom

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Most of us just want some truth passed on to young people. No indoctrination to fit a teacher or professor’s personal biases or agenda. Parents at the grassroots

The tears of a RINO

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Longtime Carolina basketball scribe Art Chansky has a piece up giving us all real insight into exactly what kind of weak sister Republicans get appointed to stuff by Jones

Raleigh-based conservative education advocacy group targets top aide to DPI’s Truitt

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The Education First Alliance of North Carolina (EFA) has filed an ethics complaint against NCDPI superintendent Catherine Truitt’s “legislative liaison” James Falkenbury. (Some may remember Falkenbury as

Cooper’s eviction moratorium canceled. First Stop? That big house on Blount Street.

Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Republicans control North Carolina’s Council of State. For months now, the GOP-controlled council and legislature have allowed Governor Cooper to roll all over (and basically ignore) them. This week,

Gambling exec lands on UNC Board of Trustees

Posted on June 26, 2021June 26, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Viva Las Vegas, baby: The UNC System Board of Governors has elected four new members to Carolina’s Board of Trustees. Robert “Rob” Bryan III ’93 of Charlotte, Dr.