The Daily Haymaker

Pinehurst 2019: I told you so …

Posted on October 19, 2019October 19, 2019 by Brant Clifton

This bunch trying to gain entry onto the Pinehurst Village Council have got regulation and limitation of property rights on the brain: The thorny issue of regulating short-term home

From overseeing elections to defending Democrats

Posted on October 19, 2019October 19, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Just ONE DAY after leaving his job as general counsel for UNC Pembroke, Joshua Malcolm was actively defending two Democrat activists accused of misconduct: Complaints against two

#ncga: Top cop targets Jamie Boles

Posted on October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Jamie Boles may soon be seeing blue lights in his rearview mirror: In a letter published to the members of the Moore County Law Enforcement

#ncga: Solar goons tighten their grip on ANOTHER ONE.

Posted on October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The Democrat Party isn’t the biggest threat to this country and this state. It’s deep-pocketed powerful individuals ready to buy off whomever is currently in charge so they can

(We got Mail!) State elections board staff caught lobbying FOR illegal aliens?

Posted on October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Kelly Tornow is the associate general counsel for the North Carolina State board of elections. It looks like Jay DeLancy and the team at the Voter Integrity

Moore County GOP candidate for DA an OBAMA DONOR ???

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That is what it looks like. In the March 2020 primary, Hoke attorney Mike Hardin had been primarying incumbent Maureen Krueger. Krueger dropped out of the race and endorsed

J-O-S-H needs a J-O-B.

Posted on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 by Brant Clifton

He was a force to be reckoned with on the Robeson County board of elections. He was an effective soldier for Democrats trying to hang on in the

Pinehurst Campaign 2019: Individual, property rights at risk

Posted on October 13, 2019October 14, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Just by perusing the list of candidates on Pinehurst’s November ballot, it’s pretty clear that we stand a good chance of ending up with a majority on the Village

#ncga: David Lewis. A $500K “loan” from a federal indictee? (Nothing to see here. Move along.)

Posted on October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Once again, we have a story about ETHICS and the second-most powerful man in the North Carolina House: A powerful state legislator borrowed half a million dollars last year

McClatchy pushes ‘fake news’ to woo investors amid its financial woes ???

Posted on October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Two of the biggest drive-by stinkers in our state — The N&O and The Charlotte Observer — are owned by the McClatchy conglomerate. Check out the latest word on