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Medicaid: That GIANT sucking sound

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Roy Cooper sees the expansion of Medicaid as a “job creation” tool.  In 1992, Ross Perot talked about that giant sucking sound produced from NAFTA taking all our jobs to

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Roy’s World: Clueless. Not so excellent.

Posted on July 13, 2016July 13, 2016 by Brant Clifton

I don’t know about YOU, but I *sure* appreciate it when someone who has (a) never done what I do and /or (b) has no clue exactly what I do

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#ncga: Free Needle & Drug Paraphernalia giveaway?

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Here’s the bill being reported solely as a ”police body cam” piece of legislation: […] § 90-113.27. Needle and hypodermic syringe exchange programs authorized; limited immunity. (a) Any governmental or

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#ncpol: McCrory, Burr lag in fundraising

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina’s top two Republican incumbents are lagging behind their Democrat challengers in the fundraising department.   Here’s the latest from the Senate race:  Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Deborah Ross

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#ncga: Brother, can you spare a needle?

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Brant Clifton

There was quite a bit of hubbub about Gov. Pat McCrory signing a bill limiting police body cam footage from public access. This played right into the narrative being pushed by

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Thilli$$$$ eyeing the NR$C prize

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Brant Clifton

In DC, when they talk these days about the Dynamic Duo, they’re not referring to Barry & Joe, or The Donald & Newt.  It’s all about Thom & Cory. No,

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campaign 2016, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#ncga: House GOP’s chief fundraiser, a deadbeat?

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Brant Clifton

THAT is what a lawsuit filed against state Rep. Charles Jeter (R-Huntersville) appears to insinuate:  A state legislator from our area is accused of not paying his bills– to the

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The Second Coming of John Edwards

Posted on July 9, 2016July 9, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Those of us who are old enough remember the 1998 US Senate race.  Incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth was facing off against a blow-dried, relatively-unknown ambulance chaser from Raleigh named John

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The demons of the 1960s resurrected

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Brant Clifton

The godawful disgrace in Dallas   got me thinking about a discussion I had not long ago with a friend who served in the Army during Vietnam.  He went overseas into

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Study: Solar subsidies = higher power bills (*Surprise!*)

Posted on July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got an army of lobbyists all over Jones Street lining pockets with cash to protect “alternative energy mandates.”  We’ve got a guy in Charlotte with too much time and

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