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#ncpol: Apparently hitting too close to home for lil’ Richard

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

It’s really something to have your veracity challenged by a guy who made up a business to conceal the fact he’s been nothing but a paid political hack all of his

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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What? Six — almost seven — years is NOT ENOUGH ????

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

All kinds of stuff is trickling out into the driveby media, from gutless Republican career politicians, about anxiety over repealing ObamaCare. Richard Hudson told us he talked to 12,000 people

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: Dollar, Saine scoring political points at county govt expense

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Brant Clifton

A reader raised this possibility earlier.  After looking into it, I think the reader may have a point. There was existing legislation granting property tax exemptions for the first $45,000

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Media, NC legislature, Politics
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MSNBC, the Woodhouses, and Colon Campbell gets let down by Nelson Dollar

Posted on January 27, 2017January 27, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Here’s one disappointed young man: For a guy who has made his living chlllin’ ’round the urinals, that had to be hard to take! But fear not, young Mr. Campbell

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: 2016 ACU ratings (Who’s conservative, who’s NOT)

Posted on January 27, 2017January 27, 2017 by Brant Clifton

    The American Conservative Union always has me a bit skeptical.  They have that word “conservative” in their name, but the flavor of much of what they do is GOPe.

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A (not-so) civil war in Pope-land?

Posted on January 27, 2017January 27, 2017 by Brant Clifton

THAT is what it is looking like.  Gazillionaire Art Pope has his hand — and cash — behind an awful lot of things political that are purportedly conservative.  The John

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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“It’s NOT my job.” (Bravo.)

Posted on January 26, 2017January 27, 2017 by Brant Clifton

The first instinct of most politicians is to grovel and pander to voters — especially those with BIG bank accounts.  THAT is not the case with Mecklenburg County commissioner Matthew

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Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Dale Folwell wants NEW TAXES.

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Brant Clifton

I soooo hoped that this is some of that fake news that our state drivebys are so fond of concocting. But it isn’t.   I don’t know how much more

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Economy, Media, NC State Government, Politics
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Tillis bill ANOTHER ‘Gang of Eight’-style amnesty scam

Posted on January 26, 2017January 26, 2017 by Brant Clifton

THAT is the verdict that is coming in:  […]Immigration experts like Mark Krikorian with the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) have taken to social media to call out Tillis’ legislation

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campaign 2016, Congress, Thom Tillis
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#ncga: Tilting at windmills

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Inquiring minds WANT TO KNOW:  Is Speaker Timmy already screwing over a significant number of members of his caucus?  Apparently, so.  Tim Moore was one of a number of legislators

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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