The Daily Haymaker

#ncpol: Thilli$$$ picks a fight (with a GIRL)

Posted on August 6, 2017August 6, 2017 by Brant Clifton

When it took you thirty-some years (some 17 community colleges and an online correspondence program) to get your bachelor’s degree, it takes some pretty big cojones to act all superior

#ncga: Finance is HARD.

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Brant Clifton

He’s chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and vice-chairman of the House Finance Committee. He’s got a lot of say in the financial affairs of state government (as well as

#ncga: Auditing Mr. Saine

Posted on August 4, 2017August 5, 2017 by Brant Clifton

He’s vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Senior Chairman of the Finance Committee. He has a lot of say on issues relating to the state’s finances and the your

Thilli$$$ theams with Dems to Thry and Thump Trump

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Our very own ethically-challenged junior senator is once again “crossing the aisle.” Thom The Therrible and his sidekick Susie spent the entire Republican National Convention following the Trumps around, trying

#ncga: Rallyin’ against RINOs

Posted on August 1, 2017August 1, 2017 by Brant Clifton

THAT is what they will be doing in Raleigh Thursday. As the “honorables” stagger back into town for their litigation-inspired special session, the good folks at Grass Roots NC will

#ncpol: NCDems give NCGOP a fundraising spanking

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Brant Clifton

We were told North Carolina Republicans NEEDED Robin Hayes. He’s a fundraising impressario, we were told. Cash rains down on him. Let’s see how he’s done: The North Carolina Democratic

How’s THIS for “party disloyalty”?

Posted on July 29, 2017July 29, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Reports of conservative activists in western North Carolina being allegedly persecuted and harassed over “party disloyalty” for the offense of criticizing the ruling NCGOP junta in Raleigh have us thinking.

What does it MEAN to be Republican?

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Smaller government? Not necessarily. The Republican majorities in Raleigh and DC have been steadily increasing spending over the years they’ve been in charge. Our “team” in Raleigh continues to say

#ncga: Cooper signs on to keeping solar goons at the trough

Posted on July 28, 2017July 28, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Our Accidental Governor™ has signed H589 on the dotted line. The solar goons get even more years at the trough. The alleged “conservative revolution” in Raleigh is now on the

A HELL of a ride with Miss Virginia …

Posted on July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 by Brant Clifton

This is a little dated, but it gives one heck of a peek into the mindset of at least one of the folks we send to Washington every two years.