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Another sheriff, another big political move

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The 2026 campaign season is starting to look like The Year of The Sheriff.  In Rockingham County,  sheriff Sam Page (R) is challenging the re-nomination of state senate president pro

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics

journalistic malpractice: moving from slanting to ‘absolutely lying’

Posted on November 18, 2025November 22, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I’m a former drive-by.  I’ve spent a lot of my time since leaving the profession shaking my head in disbelief at how far my former profession has fallen. The news

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics
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Stein: Resisting, Obstructing lawmen OKEY-DOKEY with me.

Posted on November 17, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It’s awfully strange to hear stuff like this coming from the effete goblin currently occupying the Executive Mansion in Raleigh who – we hear – was recently our state’s chief

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics

Using official govt email to electioneer?

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by Brant Clifton

That looks like what we may have going on here.  We just had a pretty contentious city council election on November 4 here in Pinehurst. John Taylor is the mayor

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Media, Moore County, Pinehurst, Politics
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Bannon: Mike Whatley is “not MAGA”

Posted on November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Steve Bannon – one of the architects of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement as well as one of the brains behind  Donald Trump’s 2016 victory — is making

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, Michael Whatley, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics, Whatley
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Poll time: Brown, Whatley perform about the same against Cooper

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It seems the establishment’s strategy of pretending that (1) there will be no GOP primary for NC’s US Senate seat in 2026 and (2) that Don Brown doesn’t exist is

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campaign 2026, Congress, Michael Whatley, NCSEN26, NCSEN26, Politics, Whatley
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Team Berger: It’s OK to back Democrats.

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Saturday was a big time in the big city of Greensboro for the North Carolina Republican Party.  They had the annual “Hall of Fame” fundraising banquet.  There was also a

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics

US DOJ says NC’s DMV registered noncitizens to vote

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Brant Clifton

That’s right.   Raleigh politicians and their sycophantic dictationists in the dwindling Capitol press corps have been demanding reforms at the DMV to cut wait times.  THIS revelation, however, seems

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics

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

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Media, Moore County, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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‘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

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Media, Moore County, Pinehurst, Politics
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