The Daily Haymaker

Whittling away our rights one ‘red flag’ at a time

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We’ve had some more mass shootings. Both in retail stores in Texas and Ohio. The left, foaming at the mouth, wants to blame it all on Donald Trump. That’s

Grab your umbrellas. (Watch for falling drive-by crocodile tears.)

Posted on August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 by Brant Clifton

During the Richard Morgan-Jim Black reign of terror in the North Carolina House (2002-2006) it was quite common for “enemies” of House leadership to be assigned to windowless, out-of-the-way,

A financial investigation at NCGOP?

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That’s what one line item in the state party’s financial report appears to indicate: Here’s the website for Wilmington’s Financial Forensic. According to the website, here

The NCGOP: Speaker Timmy’s kid on the payroll. Michele Nix’s $$$. A $500K hole. (Who crashed the day care van?)

Posted on August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s always fun to take a peek at how the state party is spending what money it still has. Especially now that Dallas & The Defendant are gone from

Does Congress’s budget deal mark the end of the Tea Party?

Posted on August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That’s what Rand Paul said on Wednesday: Sen. Rand Paul, who was first elected in 2010 as a one of the original tea party candidates, declared the movement

#hayesscandal: Kicking the can down the road

Posted on August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Defense lawyers seem to be having their way with this one. The US attorney is a former Mecklenburg County DA who happens to be BFFs with Thom Tillis. The

Moore County D.A.’s race: incumbent Krueger OUT, challenger Hardin now unopposed.

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It was looking to be a tough reelection bid for Maureen Krueger anyway. A lot of people are still angry at her for so publicly meddling in the last

Tillis teams with Dems to enact race, gender quotas for federal patents

Posted on July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

His campaign is mouthing a bunch of nonsense about how much he love Trump and how conservative he is, but Thom Tillis’s own Senate website tells a different story:

The omitted details on the latest entry into the NC LtGov race

Posted on July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Campaign materials are identifying him as “Iraq War Veteran and current North Carolina National Guard soldier” Greg Gebhardt. But they left out some other important details: He’s registered with the

NC SPIN cut by UNC-TV (Grandpa Tom sees black helicopters, hidden hand of Harry Smith)

Posted on July 27, 2019July 27, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Tom Campbell needs to wake up and smell the coffee. He has been the face of a product that few people have wanted, and has been living on borrowed