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Uh-oh, I’ve got mail. (Hint: LESBIAN RESEARCH)

Posted on May 3, 2017May 3, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Now, if THAT doesn’t get your attention. Here’s a piece of mail from UNC-CH administration that — somehow — made it into our inbox: From: Kaplan, Roger Jay <kaplan@unc.edu> Sent: Monday, May

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Education, Media, Politics
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Seriously. WHY BOTHER continuing to vote GOP?

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Brant Clifton

In Raleigh, we’ve got ethical lapses galore.  Our GOP majority is coming up with new ways to grow government’s influence — and make money off of the bureaucracy — that

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Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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Robin Hayes: “Mebbe it IS my fault.”

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Brant Clifton

There sure is a lot of blame being passed around.  A lot of finger-pointing. Two weeks ago, during a speech in Raleigh, NCGOP chairman Robin Hayes said Pat McCrory’s loss

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Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Robin Hayes: “It ain’t MY fault.”

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Brant Clifton

It was just 2012 in Tampa when then-NCGOP chairman Robin Hayes was caught on camera brow-beating his state’s delegates in a manner that surely had Lyndon Baines Johnson looking up

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Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: Solar. Mike Hager was AGAINST IT (before he started lobbying FOR IT)

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Brant Clifton

For those of you sold on the concept of former state Rep. Mike Hager as some kind of principled, rock-ribbed conservative — think again.   Hager established quite a record

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: It lives. (Again)

Posted on April 30, 2017April 30, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Robbie Ferris and the folks at First Floor Energy Positive are getting another crack at the public cash trough.  With  former House majority leader Mike Hager leading the lobbying effort

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncgop district conventions roundup: Dallas, YOU have a problem.

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

It was not a good day to be Dallas (or his grandpa).   In the First Congressional District, Thomas Hill — who, in 2013, guided his county party to endorse

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Media, NCGOP, Politics
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An “Assistant Dean for Inclusive Excellence”???? (Holy crap.)

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

Let’s see.  The GOP still controls state government.  They still dominate the UNC governing boards.  Their appointee, Margaret Spellings, is STILL president.  So, what is the deal with creating positions

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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Mark Binker, RIP.

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The passing of former WRAL reporter and current Insider editor Mark Binker was certainly a shock. It’s one thing to tease or challenge or debate someone.  It’s all part of

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Media, Politics
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Is the NCGOP paying for Robin Hayes’s “private” plane?

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Brant Clifton

At first glance, the answer would appear to be an emphatic “YES.” To find stuff like this, you have to really dig into the byzantine flings submitted to the Federal

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Media, NCGOP, Politics
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