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#ncpol: Patrick McHenry and the woman with the “James Brown hair”

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Brant Clifton

“I didn’t hear a word she said. I was looking at the James Brown wig. {…] I love James Brown. But it’s the same hair!”  –– Bill O’Reilly on US

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#ncpol: Lawyer tied to House leaders, NC Dems’ Goodwin INDICTED

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The saga swirling around Raleigh attorney Mark Bibbs appears to prove that political corruption IS bipartisan: […] Raleigh attorney and lobbyist Mark Bibbs faces ten criminal charges stemming from an

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#ncga: Um, “mystery” solved?

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Brant Clifton

    The drivebys and their Democrat buddies are in quite a tizzy.  Legislative Republicans are heading back to Raleigh, and some liberal spidey-senses are a-tinglin’.  Colon “Toilet Boy” Campbell

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#NC-08: Moore County’s McNeill to take on Hudson

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Moore County Democrats — a rather hapless, hopeless bunch over the years — are showing some life for the 2018 cycle. They’ve fielded a candidate for sheriff, for state representative,

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Raleigh superhero Lil’ Josh, his sidekick AndyPaul KNOW smack

Posted on February 3, 2018February 4, 2018 by Brant Clifton

McClatchy’s Politifact gets presented as something serious and important, but usually ends up coming off like something dreamed up during one of Wayne Goodwin’s daily extended stints in the porcelain

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BIGGER not always better

Posted on February 1, 2018February 1, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We’re really getting soft-pedaled and spun about the UNC Health Care / Carolinas Medical merger.   I, for one (and as a former patient with both), don’t see much good for

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#NC-03: The LONG arm of the Law?

Posted on January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Oh, The Third Congressional District’s GOP primary is living up to its reputation for soap-opera and drama.  DC lobbyist (and Craven County commissioner) Scott Dacey is already in as a

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Walter Jones
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EVERYBODY loves Donald

Posted on January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The drivebys want to tell you President Trump is despised, hated, loathed in all corners.  Yet, you’re getting big business types — well-known suckups to Dems — praising our CINC. 

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Earmarks, the Helms way.

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Somebody recently shared this letter-to-the-editor in The Wall Street Journal by Wayne Boyles, a former coworker during my Capitol Hill days: Rep. Mark Walker is correct (“GOP Maps a Road

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Popping the “Blue Monday” bubble

Posted on January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 by Brant Clifton

  Well, the state Democrat Party has rolled out more challengers for incumbent Jones Street Republicans.  One that threw me for a loop was Lowell Simon of Moore County challenging

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