The Daily Haymaker

Tilli$$$: Illegals not the problem, unvaccinated Americans ARE

Posted on September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Thom Tillis has barely won two Senate races, yet he continues to thumb his nose at his party’s base — instead of, you know, trying to patch things up.

#ncsen: Club For Growth TV ad b-slaps Gov. Pat

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Brant Clifton

I’ve said it before. It sure would be nice if North Carolina Republicans would be as harsh on the Democrats as they are on each other. Congressman Ted Budd,

A REAL NC drive-by dilemma

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The answer for the drive-bys is a big ol’ (qualified) HELL YES (if the candidate in question happens to be a Republican or conservative). Given the info that she

Sweetheart deal from The Feds, but NO campaign finance filings for last 14 months

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 by Brant Clifton

As long as you have a campaign fund open, you are required to update the reporting on said fund. Former state Rep. David Lewis still has his campaign

Who did Jason Saine ACTUALLY pay?

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Brant Clifton

We were perusing NC House Appropriations Committee chairman Jason Saine’s 2021 mid-year campaign report when we noticed something interesting. On January 19, 2021 Saine’s report showed a $5,000 payment

‘Riverboat’ Thommy explains the DC shell game to the lil’ people

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Don’t you just love it when one of the honorables on Capitol Hill steps down off his or her pedestal to lecture us on how THEY are right and

David Lewis’s manicured hands get slapped. (* Um, surprise?*)

Posted on August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 by Brant Clifton

He took $400,000 from his donors for personal use, but only got a slap on his manicured hands: After admitting to financial crimes like not paying taxes — as

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