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Republicans ramp up their flirtation with identity politics

Posted on January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Republicans talk  a good game about judging people on their qualifications / content of character.  But more and more Republicans — including our very own (former) congresswoman Renee Ellmers —

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics

NC-09: Josh Malcolm got some ‘splainin’ to do

Posted on January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Some Republican legislators want former state elections board chairman to offer up more details on his discussions with a top Bladen County Democrat prior to the November vote: Two Republican

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campaign 2018, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics

MeckGOP learned nothing / nade / nichts from 2018 wipeout

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

When the smoke finally cleared from the November 2018 vote, state senator Dan Bishop — a solid conservative, FWIW — was the last significant elected Republican in Mecklenburg County left

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Monkey Business Report: A tangled ‘technical corrections’ web dating back to JULY

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

We’ve raised some questions about the pretty willy-nilly disbursement of $700,000 via the recent “technical corrections ” bill approved by the General Assembly.  Several cases of five- and six-figures being

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Media, NC legislature, Politics
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Monkey Business Report: Pat McElraft and ‘technical corrections’

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

We told you earlier about the honorables on Jones Street tossing around $700K  of our money in  a quite care-free fashion with little to no strings attached.  At first, it

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#ncpol: Sheriff v. Sheriff in Columbus County

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Republican Jody Greene knocked off incumbent Lewis Hatcher by 37 votes on Election Day.  Meanwhile, approximately 180 absentee ballots went missing. Greene was also besieged by questions about his residency

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campaign 2018, Media, Politics

NC-09: Malcolm in the middle?

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We told you earlier about former state board of elections chairman Josh Malcolm’s college-aged, live-at-home daughter getting paid to campaign for Dan McCready in the Ninth Congressional District race.  

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campaign 2018, Congress, Media, Politics
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#ncpol: What is this “fight” you speak of, Grandpa?

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Brant Clifton

After weeks of hiding — and sending Dallas out to advocate for a new election  and even telling legislators to change the law to allow for a new primary —

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Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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Monkey Business Report: Technical Corrections

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Brant Clifton

In the legislature, “technical corrections” are sort of like the “consent agenda” you hear about in city council and county commissioner meetings.  Meant to be for correcting things like spelling,

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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NC-09: “Baseless” in 2016 = NOBLE in 2018-19

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s funny how Pat McCrory’s concerns about vote fraud in 2016 – which sound a lot like the stuff we’re talking about NOW — were derided by leftists as “baseless”.

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