The Daily Haymaker

John Locke Foundation to Jones Street: Spend, baby, spend.

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It seems like just yesterday that The John Locke Foundation — the alleged conservative HQ of North Carolina – was smacking around Jones Street for spending like drunken

#nc-09: Allegations of partisan political activity rock Robeson election board

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Election Day for the do-over in this congressional district is September 10. It doesn’t sound like it’s going to end any quieter than the first go-around: One member

#ncpol: Cooper, his nutty followers side with illegal alien criminals

Posted on August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It is absolutely astounding that a major political party in this country is openly advocating the obstruction of a federal law enforcement agency’s work. It’s even more astonishing that

It’s been a while …

Posted on August 21, 2019September 21, 2019 by Brant Clifton

A while since we’ve reminded you about the tip jar over in the left sidebar of this site. (If you’re reading us on a device where the sidebars

NC-09: NC Public Radio labels NeverTrumper a “lifelong conservative,” uses him to lynch Bishop

Posted on August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Evan McMullin was a Romney / Boehner GOPe acolyte who ran for president in 2016 with the hope of sabotaging Donald Trump and throwing the race to Hillary. Yet,

Did Moore County schools officials ignore 2017 warnings and concerns about Aberdeen school site?

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Construction is underway on a site off NC 5 between Pinehurst and Aberdeen for a new Aberdeen elementary school. The site is located in the vicinity of an

Public Official ‘A’ : fanning the flames, stirring the pot, doing The Left’s dirty work

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Brant Clifton

He got elected promising to not vote for John Boehner in the speaker’s race. He did it anyway. He has publicly refused to support deportation of people already in

NC Supreme Court: A right to privacy for sex offenders?

Posted on August 18, 2019August 18, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Elections have consequences. And, yes, the last two for our state’s high court have had significant ones — like THIS: Sex offenders have rights, too, and in some

Lt. Dan launches, N&O foams at the mouth (collectively).

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

I swear. I haven’t seen the newsroom at The N&O this agitated and aggravated since the late, great Jesse Helms prowled the halls of the US Senate. Lt. Governor

Tillis finally cuts Tom Farr loose

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

President Trump is nominating a new candidate for a federal judgeship covering the Carolinas: President Donald Trump nominated UNC-Chapel Hill law professor Richard E. Myers on Wednesday to