The Daily Haymaker

Tillis signs on to Paris Accord withdrawal (Burr DOES NOT)

Posted on June 10, 2017June 10, 2017 by Brant Clifton

A group of Republican US senators sent a letter to President Trump in late May encouraging him to pull out of the Paris Accord on “climate change.” Amazingly, only 22

NC libs choose Paris over their own neighbors

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Remember how leftists stuck us with those crazy automobile emission standards? Your car HAD to pass in order to get its inspection sticker and stay road-legal. Leftists thumped their chests

MORE free day care, courtesy of the NCGOPe

Posted on June 9, 2017June 9, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The NC House Republican leadership is on the verge of helping Governor Roy Cooper keep another campaign promise: In a moment of bipartisan agreement, North Carolina lawmakers could eliminate the

#ncga: Solar goons score big, get payoff from NCGOPe in NC House

Posted on June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The NCGOPe dominated North Carolina House dropped all pretenses of conservatism today and rammed through the subsidized solar lobby’s wildest fantasy today by a vote of 108-11. HB589 is

#ncga: Take your wife to work?

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Senator Jerry Tillman is an interesting bird to watch. He’s got a “campaign office” 80 miles or so outside the boundaries of his district — on a Raleigh golf course. He’s

Solar goons STILL having their way with the NCGOPe-led NCGA

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

Government subsidies for the solar industry are going up. (So is the bankruptcy rate in the industry.) It’s becoming more and more clear that solar — at best — is

SHOCKER: Leftist Outrage in Chapel Hill

Posted on June 4, 2017June 4, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The next time your unfriendly neighborhood social justice warrior starts howling about “cuts” to — and “starving” of — education, add this story to your collection of rebuttal evidence to

What’s up with BJ Barnes?

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Brant Clifton

I first met the current Guilford County sheriff way back in 1988. He struck me as a no-nonsense, tough-as-nails ‘Dirty Harry’ kind of cop. In fact, one of my fondest

The Stupid Party sees its shadow. (TWO more years of Big Dummy and his grandson.)

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Columnist George Will once labeled the GOP Establishment “the Stupid Party” for its penchant for blowing tremendous opportunities. By a count of 568-445, last year’s coup has been “legitimized.”

#ncga: Barack Hussein DOLLAR. (MMM-MMM-MMM.)

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Brant Clifton

As you can see from this photo, state Rep. Nelson Dollar (R-Cary) is quite the stand-up guy. Too bad he’s standing up for radical environmentalists and the legacy of Barack