The Daily Haymaker

Pinehurst: A hot mess at Village Hall

Posted on December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 by Brant Clifton

We’ve made it through two years and a month of the Strickland era in Pinehurst government. The reports coming out of the village’s halls of government evoke memories of

Meadows lawyers up against Pelosi & co.

Posted on December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 by Brant Clifton

He may have left Congress, but Mark Meadows has not lost the fighting instinct that served him and us so well on Capitol Hill: Former Trump Chief of Staff Mark

Solid conservative Nick Picerno has his eye on NC House District 78

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Brant Clifton

We heard a few days ago, officially, that incumbent state Rep. Allen McNeill was not running for reelection to district 78. The district has been solidly Republican and has

Et tu, Paul?

Posted on December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Is stalwart conservative judge April Wood being stabbed in the back by “ally” Chief Justice Paul Newby? That’s what we’re hearing from inside the beltline. Wood, who currently serves

Folwell, Wood back state-like ethics rules for local officials

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The state legislature has got a bill in its possession that would bring local government officials under very similar ethical standards to those state officials have to live by.

Three NCGOPers in US House vote FOR federal vaccine database

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

At least three of our Republicans in Washington have decided it’s OK for Big Brother to be Watching. Three leadership brown-nosers (Patrick McHenry, Richard Hudson, and Greg Murphy) voted

Still beating on — and lying about — Mark Robinson

Posted on November 30, 2021December 1, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Anybody out there seriously believe that the drive-by media would be all worked up about all this GAY STUFF if Robinson had a (D) next to his name? Apparently, it’s

Pinehurst: TRYING to walk it all back

Posted on November 27, 2021November 30, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Before the November elections for Pinehurst Village Council, “ethics” was a very very very very important matter that needed to be discussed loudly and openly in every nook and

Mark Robinson scares the living hell out of the bad guys.

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

The NCGOP hasn’t had a star the caliber of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson since the days of Jesse Helms. Robinson doesn’t back down from a fight. He calls out

Monkey Business Report: Using COVID to justify poor public school performance

Posted on November 20, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Things have been so busy elsewhere that we haven’t given our, um, “friends” on Jones Street the proper amount of attention. For instance, we should take a look at