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*Breaking News!* More federal spending = More local and state spending

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It always cracks me up to hear politicians and bureaucrats tell voters: “It won’t cost you a thing! We swear.  The feds are picking up the tab.” Yeah.  And WHERE pray

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncpol: Soooooo. How’s YOUR governor doing?

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Morning Consult, a national political website, conducted a months-long survey of 75,000 voters in all 50 states.  Here’s what they found: Voters take a dim view of just about everything

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campaign 2016, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: Ronda Rousey, meet Tammy Covil.

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s an old saying about bringing a knife to a gunfight.  (Was it Indiana Jones?)   Anyway, NC House candidate Tammy Covil shows up at gunfights with both fully-automatic barrels

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#nc-03: Jones, Syria and THE REST OF THE STORY

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve heard all kinds of coverage of this Syria refugee bill pushed through the Congress in response to the Paris terror attacks.  We heard about 47 Democrats joining the Republican

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campaign 2016, Walter Jones
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#ncga #ncpol: No pressure. (*REALLY*)

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Imagine that you are at work one day.  Your boss walks in with his arm around some guy.  They come over to you and your boss says: “Hey, I want

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#ncga: The claws come out!

Posted on November 19, 2015November 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Who’da thunk that the BENGHAZI SCANDAL would become a major issue in a North Carolina House race ???  Well, it apparently HAS:  A day after officially learning she will have

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: GOP House candidate’s ONLY donor so far is a Democrat House member !!!

Posted on November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Some of you may remember our post on Sharon Pearce — the Davidson County Republican seeking to replace Rayne Brown in the state House.  Curiously, she’s been a frequent donor

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#nc-02: STILL looking for that shame. (Anybody seen it?)

Posted on November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We chronicled our efforts earlier to identify at least ONE shred of shame in Renee Ellmers.   Check out what Big Government Barbie™ is promoting on her campaign website:  Hmmm.

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campaign 2016, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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#ncga: Weeeeeeell, THAT didn’t take long.

Posted on November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We reported to you earlier about the announcement of New Hanover County school board member Tammy Covil’s intention to run for the NC House seat currently held by retiring Rep.

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: Technically Incorrect.

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The General Assembly has a procedure called “technical corrections.”  It’s sort of like a proofreading session. Grammatical errors in legislation are corrected.  Factual errors in legislation are corrected.  The i’s

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