The Daily Haymaker

Missed 58% of votes this session (and seeking reelection)

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Brant Clifton

If you failed to show up to your job 58 percent of the time, HOW LONG would YOU stay employed? John Sauls (R) has been serving the people of Lee

‘Joe-Biden-Super-Fan’ rages against Trump, legislators, property owners, realtors AND Taylortown

Posted on November 1, 2025November 2, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It used to be frowned upon for newcomers (i.e., Myles Larsen) to seek elected office in Pinehurst. My, how things change. We elected a guy to the village council

Iredell County sez: DISLOYAL !!!

Posted on October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I do believe that’s at least THREE county GOP organizations leveling that charge at state senator Phil Berger, president pro tem of that chamber and the Republican establishment’s ‘bag man’

Whatley screwing up task Trump assigned him

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I tell ya — Donald Trump would have zero patience for something like this on his old TV show ‘The Apprentice.’ The president appointed unaccomplished schlub Michael Whatley to head

NCGOP staffer working to elect Democrats?

Posted on October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 by Brant Clifton

You read that right, folks. We’ve had our eye on state GOP controller Greg Fornshell for some time. He’s been on the state party payroll for quite some time. But

Some stuff to think about pre-election other than exaggerated, fabricated STR nonsense

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The Pat Pizzella cult cruised to a majority on the Pinehurst Village Council in 2023 thanks to some strategic ballot-packing / vote-splitting and the whipping up of a lot of

More lip service to family values

Posted on October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 by Brant Clifton

We told you recently about folks who pay a lot of lip-service to the concept of *family values* and clean living, but don’t actually do much of anything to bring

Pinehurst council incumbents cheering for Joe Biden Super-Fan in Nov elections

Posted on October 18, 2025 by Brant Clifton

You have to wonder what’s going on within the bright-red Village of Pinehurst in bright-red Moore County. HOA president Kevin Fitzpatrick – a newcomer to the village – is apparently

New Elon U. poll: Cooper 75%, Whatley 26%

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Before anyone blows a gasket — those numbers represent the percentage of respondents to the poll who know at least “some” about either candidate. Name ID is an important part

Folwell’s Lonely Fight: With NO HELP from NCGOPe, ban on state $$$ for sex changes reinstated

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Raleigh Republicans love to preach about family values and thump their Bibles for the church-going crowd. But when it comes to fighting back against the amoral, godless leftist hordes, it’s