The Daily Haymaker

#ncsen: Opponents turn their fire on Budd

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Brant Clifton

You can always tell who the frontrunner in a race is by looking at who all the others are taking shots at. Pat McCrory, Congressman Ted Budd, and former

SLAP a teacher ?????

Posted on October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 by Brant Clifton

I had thought stuff like this had already caused tik tok to hit rock-bottom. I’m ashamed that I know about tik tok. It’s all the rage with the nation’s

An interesting tactic for the fight against critical race theory in the schools

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Brant Clifton

It’s not that often that I tell people to look to Johnston County for guidance. But HERE is one of those times: A North Carolina county is insisting that

Former Obama aide seeks Pinehurst village council seat

Posted on October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Barack Obama’s name is considered profanity in politically bright-red Pinehurst. That’s why it’s so newsworthy and interesting to see a former Obama appointee seeking local office in the village.

NCGOPers in US House aid DC left in chipping away at Second Amendment, medical privacy

Posted on October 2, 2021October 2, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Keeping guns out of the hands of people who might be dangerous — sounds great, right? Who could be against that? That was the supposed reasoning behind the ‘red

NC-09: New book tells Mark Harris’s side of the story about the 2018-19 “vote fraud”, election-overturning scam

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Charlotte Republican Mark Harris and his wife Beth were beat on mercilessly through 2018 and 2019 by a coalition of the GOP and Democrat establishments, as well as the

Sen. Tom McInnis v. NC high school sports: vengeful power trip or wise move?

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Some folks across the state have a feeling they know WHY there is an effort afoot on Jones Street to take over high school sports: It’s hard enough getting

NC school board association seeks to SHUT UP the little people

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The lobbyists for local school boards want to make sure we forget all about that pesky First Amendment. The “behavior” she is babbling about involves all those parents

NCGOP’s Whatley earns his party wrong kind of national attention

Posted on September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

NCGOP chairman Michael Whatley spoke at an in-state election integrity event Saturday. (Yes, there is videotape.). Fortunately, the nationally-renowned Gateway Pundit blog had eyes and ears on the ground:

Voter ID: Judges overturn it because it “might be” racist

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Brant Clifton

A panel of two Democrat judges and one Republican threw out the NC voter ID law this past week — citing GOP lawmakers’ allegedly racist intent and suggesting that