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Shining some sunlight on all that dark $$$ in the Page-Berger clash

Posted on March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 by Brant Clifton

This “Committee,” and THAT “Committee.”  “Citizens for” THIS and “Citizens for” THAT.  Voters in the recently completed GOP primary for state senate district 26 likely got buried in more mailings

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics
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Report offers peek at NC Senate GOP’s lobbyist / Berger -flavored fundraising scheme

Posted on March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 by Brant Clifton

There was a lotta special interest cash floating around the recently-completed party primaries.  A lot of it had connections to Phil Berger as well as interests with business before Berger’s

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics

Whatley, Tillis, and Trump.

Posted on March 8, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Okay, let’s review.  Unquestioning devotion to Donald Trump is the be-all, end-all for Republicans. (At least, that’s what we’ve been told.). Meanwhile, Trump-endorsed (2020) Thom Tillis has been raging against

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, Michael Whatley, NC State Government, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics, Thom Tillis, Whatley
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Welcome to Whatley World: (Deja vu ALL OVER AGAIN?)

Posted on March 7, 2026March 10, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Well, the coronation of Michael Whatley is complete.  There is still a long way to go for the unaccomplished schlub.  (*Just ask Governor Mark Robinson about that.*) As a degreed

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, Michael Whatley, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics, Roy Cooper, Whatley
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State election board’s bull-in-a-china-shop exits stage right

Posted on March 7, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Before the nation was captivated by Donald Trump’s blunt talk, North Carolina had state senator Bob Rucho.  Rucho wasn’t exactly a doctrinaire conservative.  He left us scratching our collective heads

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Sam Page widens lead over Phil Berger. (Panic / reality set in for Raleigh swamp-dwellers. )

Posted on March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 by Brant Clifton

They threw everything but the kitchen sink at sheriff Sam Page.  They outspent him 100-to-1.  But when the smoke cleared, the grassroots-powered Page campaign came out on top of incumbent

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The *body count* from Tuesday? At least EIGHT NCGA incumbents

Posted on March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 by Brant Clifton

I can’t recall the last time we had this much of this kind of action in General Assembly primaries.  Assembly seats are not exactly in high demand.  Usually, if you

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Even More Page-Berger aftershocks, fallout

Posted on March 5, 2026 by Brant Clifton

For the Berger machine, Rockingham County keeps delivering the hits.  Not only did senator Phil Berger  – the capo di tutti – come up short at the end of Tuesday,

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics
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The Ides of March

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Brant Clifton

We have an open US Senate seat at a time Republicans are trying to hold onto a slim majority in that chamber.  Yet, the political universe is beside itself over

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Now, Tillis is screwing up and thwarting Voter ID.

Posted on March 1, 2026 by Brant Clifton

I’ve been tired of this guy since 2011.  But – dammit – he just won’t go away. Here’s the latest problem:                  

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, Michael Whatley, NCGOP, NCSEN26, NCSEN26, Politics, Thom Tillis, Whatley
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