The Daily Haymaker

#ncga: Trouble for Timmy?

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Uh-oh. Just as Republicans were ramping up their ethics attacks on Roy Cooper, along comes a shady, mysterious non-profit with allegations against a top Raleigh Republican: A government watchdog group

L’affaire Hall: Democrat family feud bubbles to the surface

Posted on March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 by Brant Clifton

In a written statement (and ensuing interview with a WUNC driveby) state Rep. Duane Hall is firing back and defending himself with both barrels: In earlier reporting, we mentioned that

PROBATION for FATAL hit-and-run ???

Posted on March 4, 2018March 6, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Face it folks. Our legal system is little more than lawyers scratching each other’s backs. They’re all buddies in the local bar. They get each other elected to the legislature.

#ncga: Solar school scheme seeking growth in NC besieged by lawsuits in SC

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Remember the guys who were seeking the General Assembly’s permission to use government money to develop school buildings (with a bunch of solar panels on them, of course) that can

#ncga: Hall hit by ‘friendly fire’

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Brant Clifton

My suspicions were correct. It appears Rep. Duane Hall was the victim of a political “hit” — by a powerful figure on his side of the political fence. (This does

#ncga: l’affaire Hall

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

It’s amazing how quiet a lot of folks in the big city of Raleigh are in the wake of the Duane Hall allegations. On the D-side, you’ve got folks falling

#ncga: Duane Hall, NSFW.

Posted on February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 by Brant Clifton

It would appear that one of the loudest mouths in “The Party of Women” stands accused of being quite ungentlemanly to some of those ladies he and his comrades claim

#NCGA’s Bob Steinburg: “[…]delusional at best or intentionally untrue at worst”

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Yes, those were the words used by retiring senator Bill Cook (R-Beaufort) to describe the rantings of his GOP House colleague seeking to replace him in Raleigh: […] Cook defended

#ncpol: Marine’s death earns Hudson some unwanted attention

Posted on February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Here’s the story from Big League Politics: In late January, a Marine Reconnaissance Scout died in a multi-mission parachute training accident in Coolidge, Arizona. “Alex was one in a million.

#ncpol: Kelly Hastings’s head EXPLODES.

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Brant Clifton

That Svengali of campaign finance is convinced they’re out to get him: What’s he talking about? WHO is he talking about? He’s talking about Charlene High, his first-ever GOP challenger