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#ncga: Chamber of (Crony) Commerce

Posted on March 1, 2016March 1, 2016 by Brant Clifton

The North Carolina Chamber appears to be following the national Chamber’s lead in going all-out in support of statism and the establishment.  They told us in ads, last year, that

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: Boles v. Zumwalt in HD 52

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Brant Clifton

It’s been a good TEN years since we last had a barn burner of a race for state House in North Carolina.  Frankly, most people don’t want to be bothered with

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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Pinehurst. pork-barrel. Politicians. (Oh, and NICOLE REVELS !!!!)

Posted on February 29, 2016February 29, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Nicole Revels took a break from her starring role in Jeff Tarte’s nightmares to come to Moore County Thursday night and drop some knowledge on us about HOW BAD this

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: Speaker Moore’s cousin to primary McHenry

Posted on February 29, 2016February 29, 2016 by Brant Clifton

It seems — especially this year — that there is never a dull moment in North Carolina politics:   Jason Falls is chairman of the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners.

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campaign 2016, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Patrick McHenry, Politics
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Another document dump on Moore County Schools prayer kerfluffle

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Brant Clifton

We previously posted HERE and HERE about what looked like an attempt to harass school employees about their religious beliefs and practices. Now, we’re learning more, courtesy of superintendent Bob

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campaign 2016, Media, Moore County, Politics
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Thom @ 24% (Where is THE LOVE, people?)

Posted on February 26, 2016February 26, 2016 by Brant Clifton

The portside proletariats over at Public Policy Polling have produced some data that MIGHT hurt the feelings of Susan Tillis’s husband.  According to PPP, our junior senator — two years

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campaign 2016, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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ConnectNC: “so wide-open …. so vaguely-written it creates endless possibilities”

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Brant Clifton

I talked with a high-powered source from Jones Street about why Republicans there — suposedly so frugal and conservative — were pushing the ConnectNC bond issue. Here was the source’s

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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NC-03: Lil’ Guv says Taylor Griffin ”better” than Walter Jones

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Yep.  The campaign spokesman for Renee Ellmers — who also happens to be Gov. Pat McCrory’s nephew — weighed in with that *expert analysis* in the drive-by media this morning:

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campaign 2016, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers, Walter Jones
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#ncga: Solar goons TRYING to bail out Lil’ Lord Nelson

Posted on February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina has the only renewable energy portfolio mandate in the southeastern United States, and some of the most generous taxpayer-funded benefits for solar energy providers.  When you consider how

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Beaufort GOP straw poll: Cruz, Brannon, W. Jones

Posted on February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 by Brant Clifton

There’s not a whole lot of polling out there to gauge the public’s mood.  I can tell — from listening to people of all political stripes — that there aren’t

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