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Drain the Swamp: The flaming HOT MESS at Appalachian State

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Brant Clifton

With all of this talk of ‘draining the swamp,’  Appalachian State University is looking like a great place to get started. Here is the Boone campus’s latest foray into the

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#ncpol: Mrs. ‘Cabarrus Marketing’ makes her move to 1600 Penn.

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Renee Hudson, the wife of Cabarrus Marketing CEO Richard Hudson, has been picked for a nice job within the Trump administration:  Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump and one of

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: State-subsidized internet? Pushed by Republicans? (*SIGH*)

Posted on February 11, 2017February 11, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Yep.  State House Republicans are following the lead of Al Gore and Bill Clinton and pushing for broadband internet service in rural areas — paid for by YOU and ME.  Reps.

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#ncga: Our cute, cuddly FUBAR drivebys

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

You know those folks I am talking about.  They are the ones who have done a horrible job for years keeping the people of North Carolina informed about the happenings

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#ncga: A budget surplus ??? (GIVE IT BACK)

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

Guess what?  They shook more money out of us than they needed:  North Carolina government revenues are projected to exceed expectations by more than a half-billion dollars this fiscal year,

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From Helms v. Kennedy to McConnell v. Warren: Massachusetts senators STILL won’t follow the rules

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

There’s been a lot of hubbub about the US Senate Republican takedown of Elizabeth Warren the other night for her smear of Jeff Sessions.  A friend and fellow Jesse Helms

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Congress, Media, Politics
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Lefties cheer attempt to “buy” Richard Burr’s vote

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Brant Clifton

NCPolicyWatch — run by that madly-blinking space alien Chris Fitzsimon and his BFF Rob, and funded by WRAL owner Jim Goodmon — has the gory details:  Given what we know

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Richard Burr
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Suspicious Minds: House GOPers cast wary eyes upon Speaker Timmy

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Brant Clifton

We’re caught in a trap I can’t walk out  […] We can’t go on together With suspicious minds (suspicious minds) And we can’t build our dreams On suspicious minds […]

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“SERIOUS” News ???? N&O teams with GossipExtra

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

I recently got an email advertisement from The Raleigh News & Observer promoting itself as the place to go for serious news coverage in North Carolina.  Well, McClatchy’s driveby media

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Media, Politics, Uncategorized
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Hijab Awareness Week (Olly Ock-bar!)

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Oh, what has happened to Meredith College — that quaint, genteel, conservative southern all-girls finishing school nestled deep within the bowels of our capital city? Check out one of the

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