The Daily Haymaker

Campaign ’22: Sample Ballot Monkey Business in Moore County?

Posted on May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Taking credit for someone else’s work in school is a critical misstep that can. be hazardous to your path to graduation. It’s frowned upon in business, and can lead to

Charlotte event this weekend tackles America’s “woke” education system

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Education First Alliance (EFA) and Citizens for Renewing America (CRA) will host its annual Make Education Great Again (MEGA) Conference in Charlotte on April 30th for parents, activists, school board

Moore County campaign ’22: Two bad audits from state auditor’s office beget even more from state courts office

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Brant Clifton

We told you earlier about the hot mess expanding from Pinehurst to Carthage: […] Well, we’ve found two audits from state auditor Beth Wood — from 2011 and from

A hostile takeover of our state’s judiciary

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Brant Clifton

News of takeovers is all over the place. There’s ol’ Vlad in The Ukraine and Elon Musk and Twitter, among others. It’s beginning to look like the special

Pat McCrory’s “crappy” campaign

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Brant Clifton

So. It’s ALL come down to this. Poo-poo. Number Two. Pinched loaves. From the mind of campaign savant Paul Shumaker comes a television ad decrying silliness and perceived untruths

Greg Murphy vs. Onslow Co. GOP: The tale of the email

Posted on April 18, 2022April 19, 2022 by Brant Clifton

(Links are now fixed.) As we noted earlier, there is a split in the Onslow County GOP over the future of US Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC3rd). A group of activists

Election-Year Tremors in Onslow County

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

It appears that a sizable revolt is going down among Republicans in Onslow County. The meat and potatoes of the fight can be found in this Facebook video. Viewers

NC US Senate race poll blows hole in RINO ‘electability’ myth

Posted on April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Have you had enough of “moderate” Republicans trashing those of us who actually stand by the party platform as “unelectable” ? We bring this up as former Gov. (and

Pat McCrory appointee brought CRT to North Carolina schools

Posted on April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 by Brant Clifton

(Who needs Democrats when you have Republicans like this?) According to the US edition of The Spectator (UK) magazine, that headline is the God’s-honest truth: GOP Senate candidate Pat McCrory

’22 primaries a target-rich environment for RINO-hunters

Posted on April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Every two years, primary elections give evidence that a species conservatives would like to see go extinct is alive and well — even in conservative habitats. I’m talking about