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When you’re attacking stuff YOU put into place, things are going badly for you.

Posted on March 17, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Amy Galey was right:  Phil Berger will burn the whole thing down to save himself. Two weeks after Sam Page‘s stunning upset win in the GOP primary for NC senate

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics
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Town of Southern Pines, NC finds celebrating America’s 250th to be TOO divisive

Posted on March 16, 2026March 16, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Congrats, gang.  I didn’t think ANYONE could top the elected kooks in the Village of Pinehurst.  But you guys now have a, um,  *healthy* lead in that department. But when

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Media, Moore County, Politics, Southern Pines, The Pilot

*Losing Patriotism* and * Becoming Erratic* : Meet Moore County’s team in Raleigh

Posted on March 16, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Our reliably Republican county just went through some bruising primaries in 3 of the county’s FOUR (3 House, 1 Senate) seats in the North Carolina General Assembly.  Only three of

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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*Dust in the wind?* (Ooof. And you wonder why you’re struggling to consolidate the party base.)

Posted on March 15, 2026 by Brant Clifton

It seems failure is a career-builder for GOP campaign consultants in North Carolina.  At least it has been for one particular handle-bar mustachioed Mitt Romney fanboy™. Since coming off his

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics
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Turning Point: BUDD as big a DUD as Tillis

Posted on March 15, 2026 by Brant Clifton

THAT is muy disappointing. You might remember Turning Point as the organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk.  It’s done amazing work bringing young people into the MAGA / conservative

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics, Ted Budd, Thom Tillis

Six Degrees of Separation: Phil Berger edition

Posted on March 12, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Okay.  It’s been done for Kevin Bacon.  Why NOT senator Phil Berger? “The don” is still locked in a close electoral competition with Rockingham County sheriff Sam Page.  Page has

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics
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Shining some sunlight on all that dark $$$ in the Page-Berger clash

Posted on March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 by Brant Clifton

This “Committee,” and THAT “Committee.”  “Citizens for” THIS and “Citizens for” THAT.  Voters in the recently completed GOP primary for state senate district 26 likely got buried in more mailings

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics
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Report offers peek at NC Senate GOP’s lobbyist / Berger -flavored fundraising scheme

Posted on March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 by Brant Clifton

There was a lotta special interest cash floating around the recently-completed party primaries.  A lot of it had connections to Phil Berger as well as interests with business before Berger’s

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campaign 2026, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics

Whatley, Tillis, and Trump.

Posted on March 8, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Okay, let’s review.  Unquestioning devotion to Donald Trump is the be-all, end-all for Republicans. (At least, that’s what we’ve been told.). Meanwhile, Trump-endorsed (2020) Thom Tillis has been raging against

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, Michael Whatley, NC State Government, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics, Thom Tillis, Whatley
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Welcome to Whatley World: (Deja vu ALL OVER AGAIN?)

Posted on March 7, 2026March 10, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Well, the coronation of Michael Whatley is complete.  There is still a long way to go for the unaccomplished schlub.  (*Just ask Governor Mark Robinson about that.*) As a degreed

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, Michael Whatley, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics, Roy Cooper, Whatley
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