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#ncga: Changing their tune on primary date. (Hearing footsteps? Smelling the smoke of the mob’s torches?)

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

At first, legislative leaders — led by Rep. David Lewis — were cheerleading hard for moving North Carolina’s presidential primary from May to March.  The move, he and his allies

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#ncga: Legit campaign expense, or home-away-from-home bachelor pad / man-cave? (You make the call.)

Posted on September 3, 2015September 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Our legislators get roughly $100 per day to cover food and lodging expenses while the legislature is in session. A number of legislators I spoke with said there are several

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#ncga: Mucho GOP love for departing Glazier. For his replacement? NOT SO MUCH.

Posted on September 1, 2015September 2, 2015 by Brant Clifton

A friend in the General Assembly passed along this email that was mass-mailed to the GOP House caucus by Wake Rep. Gary Pendleton: From: Rep. Gary Pendleton  Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015

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#NCSEN: Susie, we’re not in Kan — er, Raleigh anymore.

Posted on September 1, 2015September 1, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Susan Tillis – Whife of Thom — got a little publicity a few days back for criticizing (via Facebook) North Carolina House leaders’ strategy in the budget reconciliation process.  Her

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis

#ncga: Tillman defends support for solar subsidies, citing economic development and jobs

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I had a brief, yet interesting conversation with state Senator Jerry Tillman yesterday afternoon.  The legislator left me a message praising my work, but wanting to talk about “a few things” I

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#ncga: The mushroom treatment

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s some serious grumbling coming from the House Republican caucus on Jones Street.  Their chamber is currently involved in negotiations to reconcile the budgetary differences it has with the General

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Campaign 2016: Illegal immigration, birthright citizenship & The 14th Amendment

Posted on August 30, 2015August 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Donald Trump have the drive-by media and the professional  left in a tizzy over their proposals to end birthright citizenship — the policy that

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NC RINOs stampede to “JEB!”

Posted on August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 by Brant Clifton

If you had any doubt that JEB!™ Bush  was the GOPe’s man, look no further than the membership of his newly-announced steering committee: […] Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is

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campaign 2016, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Shootings and the media: Charleston church vs. On-Air in Virginia

Posted on August 27, 2015August 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

In June, a low-life nutcase loser took a loaded weapon into a church in Charleston, South Carolina and shot the place up.  Instead of taking it at face-value as the

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#ncga: Senators slam drive-by, Dem spin on alleged harm to schools by budget delay

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Blinkin’ Chris and his unruly mob have been on a tear telling us how the children will all get dumb and fail in life because legislators have not coughed up

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