The Daily Haymaker

#ncpol: ”Awwww. Isn’t that SWEET?”

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Brant Clifton

All of us have “exes” out there. Just be glad THIS particular “sweetheart” wasn’t YOURS: A Raleigh police officer stopped Cheree Maria Bandy for driving with an expired registration sticker

Libs fighting to KEEP Asheville in the dark

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

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any kookier there — they DO. (I swear I think the kooky libs in Buncombe, Orange and Durham counties are in some frantic

Monkey Business Report: Grandpa & Dallas edition

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We get a lot of lip service about bottom-up governance coming out of Raleigh, but end up getting an awful lot of heavy-handedness from up above. Case in point, THIS

#ncpol: The N&O, the chicken plant, Jesus and the KKK

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

The last few stragglers in The N&O newsroom must be auditioning for jobs at NC PolicyWatch. Some of the “reporting” is reaching such extreme, bottom-of-the-barrel lows that Blinky & Scowly

#ncga: Chad and Bob hug it out

Posted on March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The Chad Adams show become “The Bob Steinburg Show” today. The alleged “voice of North Carolina conservatives” turned the mike, and control of his show, over to the embattled legislator

Monkey Business Report: NCGA per diem edition

Posted on March 26, 2018March 27, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Hang around state politics enough and you’re bound to hear whining about how little our legislators are compensated. According to state law, rank-and-file legislators (not in leadership) get paid $13,951

#ncga: Mrs. Lexo goes to Raleigh?

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

President Harry Truman had the nickname “Give ’em hell” Harry. The voters in state Senate district 25 very well could be sending “Give ’em Hell” Michelle to our fair state

#ncga: More on the NC Dem wish list

Posted on March 24, 2018March 24, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We told you earlier about Spectrum News’s “scoop” on the Democrat wish list for the NC House races in 2018. One of the names on that wish list was Rep.

#ncpol: When Indian casino lobbyists attack

Posted on March 24, 2018March 24, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Pete Benton probably thought his Saturday morning was going to be simple. He had been asked to be a surrogate for congressman Walter Jones at the Craven County GOP convention.

#ncga: Kelly Hastings and his campaign finances. (SIGH)

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We’ve reported at length on state Rep. Kelly Hastings and the, um, adventurous style with which he manages his campaign finances. His year-end 2017 report is living up to the