The Daily Haymaker

Sen. Tom Mcinnis moves against local government overreach

Posted on April 27, 2025April 27, 2025 by Brant Clifton

This site is in an unfamiliar — and somewhat uncomfortable — position. We find ourselves on the same side of a debate as state senator Tom McInnis and the newsroom

Mark & Yolanda hit with demand letter seeking repayment of $100,000+ in tax dollars

Posted on April 24, 2025April 24, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The Mark Robinson era in North Carolina politics is over, but he and his family continue to leave their mark. The gubernatorial campaign is over. The appeals process appears to

Berger ally strikes blow against NCGA GOP

Posted on April 23, 2025 by Brant Clifton

“Isn’t it ironic, don’t ya think?” — Alanis Morrisette Readers of this website and voters in Rockingham County may recognize the name of Judge Ed Wilson. Wilson, a

Thom Tillis is a BIG part of THE PROBLEM. (* Um, SURPRISE ???*)

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Brant Clifton

On this site, we’ve made our lack of enthusiasm for North Carolina’s senior US senator quite clear. We’ve got an extensive archive of his anti-conservative shenanigans leading back to his

Flowers are blooming. Temperatures rising. Berger Team? (Back in Court.)

Posted on April 21, 2025April 21, 2025 by Brant Clifton

A lawsuit that had its origins in Rockingham County may now have seismic consequences for state Republican politics. A former Rockingham County commissioner — and critic of casinos and other

A sensible move on teacher licensing

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Over on Jones Street, legislators are reforming teacher licensure so that the process and end-product play a less important role in staffing our schools. Of course, the educrats — the

Chickens coming home to roost re: betting on college sports

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I’m old enough to remember when the gambling industry was kept at arms-length from college sports. It was a noble attempt to try and preserve some integrity for extracurricular activities

‘He has to shrink away from greatness’ : The NY Times on Thom Tillis’s ‘poignant surrender’

Posted on April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 by Brant Clifton

‘Greatness,’ eh? The New York Times slobbering lovingly over a Republican sets off my alarm bells and should do the same for every other conservative out there. Apparently, to The

A wee bit of truth to water down the tariff hysteria

Posted on April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Never mind the damage that Biden and Obama and the Bushes did to our national economy. What Trump is doing with these tariffs is — we’re told by our marxist

Study: NC a national leader in refusing to cooperate with ICE

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Brant Clifton

While Raleigh Republicans are swooning over our radical left-wing governor-by-default, a bigger problem is brewing at the state level. A new study from The Center for Immigration Studies indicates that