The Daily Haymaker

Rethinking the hunting & fishing amendment

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We made some cursory judgements on the proposed constitutional amendments earlier. Our friends at The Beaufort Observer have come along with a piece that has us rethinking our initial YES

#ncga: Bobby Hanig, “your opioid attic friend in spot.”

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Maybe it’s some kind of local Outer Banks slang. (To the rest of us, it sounds like nonsense.) But THAT is how NC House candidate Bobby Hanig described himself in

#ncga: In HD-6, Hanig (R) and Judge (D) a LOT alike.

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The two candidates for this open Outer Banks House seat may be in different parties, but they appear to be singing from the same sheet music: There are some notable

A dingbat apologizes for history.

Posted on October 13, 2018October 13, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Leftists are great at apologizing for — and demanding apologies for — stuff that neither we nor they had anything to do with. Here comes one more giving it the

#ncpol: The Amendments

Posted on October 13, 2018October 13, 2018 by Brant Clifton

There’s been quite a hullaballoo about the six proposed constitutional amendments on the November ballot. Hysterical ads attacking the amendments are popping up all over TV and radio like weeds.

#ncga: Both sides claiming lead for Tarte’s Meck senate seat

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Brant Clifton

You know what polls are like. Everyone’s got one: […Senator Jeff]Tarte’s campaign this week is touting the results of a recent poll that shows him with a 46-43 percent lead.

Anita Earls & “Racial Justice”

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The General Assembly passed an atrocity called The Racial Justice Act in 2009. It allowed for a number of inmate death sentences to be thrown out because a defendant “of

#ncga: Pasquotank voter hits Bob Steinburg with TWO ethics complaints

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Bob Steinburg (R-Chowan), currently running for state senate, has been quite a frequent target for this site. From his foul-mouthed voicemail, to his per diem reimbursements, to his

#ncga: Aaaaaaaaand HERE come the skeletons!

Posted on October 12, 2018October 13, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Here we are, less than a week before early voting, and all kinds of folks’ dirty laundry is coming over the transom. (I think I am going to have to

#nc-09: Um, oh yeah — RACISM !!!!!

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Brant Clifton

I was wondering how long it would take to get here: So, the snide, snobby vegan metrosexual who runs the failing Charlotte Observer’s op-ed page is showing us how brave