The Daily Haymaker

Feds: Hayes conspired to BRIBE, LIED to the FBI

Posted on April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s getting worse, people. Details from the US attorney’s office are shedding even more light on the accusations against the sitting NCGOP chairman. Here’s a copy of the

Robin Hayes: INDICTED !!!

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It appears there WAS more to the resignation story than falling down and going BOOM or “complications from hip surgery.” Here’s the latest from MISTER Ochsner: A federal

And then there were FOUR!

Posted on April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Robin Hayes’s surprise announcement of his abandonment of a reelection bid as NCGOP chairman has set off a wave of skullduggery, double-crossing and back-stabbing not seen in politics since

The perils of not paying close attention to your local school board

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Brant Clifton

A board of directors is meant to give direction to an organization’s paid staff. Not to sit back and wait for the paid staff to tell them what is

#ncga: Legislatin’ is HAAAAAAARD.

Posted on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I know I couldn’t stand it. All the lying, back-stabbing and outright thievery would produce some hellacious sensory overload. Seriously, the way the system is currently set up

NC-03: Hangin’ with Lindsey and Don (and a few hundred others)

Posted on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I found this gem on Twitter last night: In case you didn’t know, Eric Rouse is one of the gaggle of candidates seeking the GOP nomination for

Fight The Power! (Just, um, make sure you have a hall pass.)

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The plight of public school teachers has had a lot of sympathy across the political spectrum. Unfortunately, radical leftists have grabbed the steering wheel and are on the verge

We MUST spend MORE because we, um, CAN’T spend what we already have.

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

Makes no sense, right? But that’s state government — actually, GOVERNMENT — for you. Democrats and their queen, Roy Cooper, are demanding that we foot the bill for

Fiscal conservatism, WHERE ARE YOU?

Posted on March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We’ve come to grips with it being in its death throes in Raleigh. Let’s see how it’s doing in DC in the Trump era: The federal government spent

N&O’s selfie-queen is ALL FOR refusing to cooperate with federal law enforcement