The Daily Haymaker

Roy Cooper and the politics of unemployment

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Okay, see if you can follow me here. In July, our weaselly governor vetoed a bill passed by the GOP-controlled legislature to end the $300 supplement to unemployment benefits.

CRT, Gay stuff and a ‘gender unicorn’ at The North Carolina Governor’s School

Posted on August 1, 2021August 2, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Many of you might already know about Governor’s School. It’s where the supposed best and brightest of our high school kids go to bolster their CVs for college and

Cooper ushers in NC’s vaccine passport era

Posted on July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Our weasel governor has danced all around the issue of vaccine passports. Well, it appears the music has STOPPED: Democrat North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday that the

Pat, you had ONE job …

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Sounds pretty simple doesn’t it? Use up to ten minutes to give personal testimony and to introduce Lt. Governor Mark Robinson this week to a crowd of pastors. But

Tilli$$$, Burr vote FOR something that DOESN’T EXIST

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Usually, in legislatures, honorables submit written proposals (bills or laws) that they and their colleagues read then debate. At the end of debate, there is typically a vote on

Club for Growth: Gov. Pat was a patsy for communist Chinese

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Club for Growth Action – a DC based conservative group encouraging free market positions by Washington politicians — has come out with a hard-hitting ad against former North Carolina

Budd: Cooper partnering with far-left on door-to-door vaccine campaign

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Ted Budd — the leading contender for the 2022 Republican nomination — says he believes there is more behind Roy Cooper’s door-to-door vaccination advocacy than a basic concern

Folwell praises feds’ stand on health care cost transparency

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Brant Clifton

You ought to be informed about what X is going to cost you before you undergo the x procedure. Right? Well, hospital lobbyists and the legislators they own on

Are Jones St. GOPers giving NC its very own Green New Deal?

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

That’s what appears to be happening with HB 951, which passed the GOP-controlled House and is sitting in the GOP-controlled Senate. (If you click on the aforementioned link, you’ll

NC state board of elections shoots down NC House Freedom Caucus

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Brant Clifton

On the bright side, it’s refreshing to see some House Republicans taking a break from whoring for the lobbyists to actually look out for the people outside the Raleigh