The Daily Haymaker

McCarthy’s exit, ‘Pee Wee’ McHenry’s elevation, Nancy’s ‘eviction’

Posted on October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention, but there has been a wee bit more drama than usual in the halls of Congress. Kevin McCarthy has become the first

The Robinson family business: More (gov’t) money, more problems.

Posted on October 3, 2023October 4, 2023 by Brant Clifton

There’s a government program out there called Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). In North Carolina, it is funded by tax dollars transferred from the US Department of Agriculture

‘No-Show’ Robinson gives debate advice to GOP presidential hopefuls

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The same guy who cannot be bothered to step on a stage with his four gubernatorial primary opponents is out telling folks how they ought to run their presidential campaigns:

Profile in Courage: Robinson announces opposition to casinos AFTER they were pulled from budget

Posted on September 30, 2023September 30, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Since Jim Gardner captured the lieutenant governor post for the GOP in 1988, the 2nd ranking post in state government has been pretty-well neutered. Since that time, the president pro

Causey: Berger’s petty politics creating safety concerns

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Brant Clifton

One of the more negative aspects of the recent passage of the state budget was the stripping of state fire marshal duties from Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey. Sadly, this is

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: A RABIES outbreak ???

Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Raccoons? Foxes? Dogs? Cats? No, sorry. This time, it’s mostly the vacation-rental-obsessed, perpetually screaming and complaining disciples of ‘Parachute Pat’ Pizzella and worstmayorever John Strickland. (At least Strickland has the

Any Shame here? Any at all? Anyone? (Um, O-kay.)

Posted on September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Catching a politician engaging in a disgraceful display of hypocrisy is not all that unusual. But, thanks to his behavior throughout the extended budget brouhaha, we’re going to scrutinize Phil

Cooper administration has been VERY, VERY GOOD to Robinson family business

Posted on September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 by Brant Clifton

IF Mark Robinson gets to be the GOP nominee for governor, it will be tough for him to criticize the tenure of Democrat Roy Cooper. The financial records for Robinson’s

Mess with the bull? Get the horns. (Mess with the butterball? Get the closet.)

Posted on September 23, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It seems like only yesterday that we heard Republican legislators moaning about the Morgan-Black regime in the NC House banishing critics into repurposed out-of-the-way broom closets. Now that the partisan

Dare County officials ambushed by state budget “deal”

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Boy, this hot mess of a backroom “deal” on the state budget is continuing to deliver in the surprise department: Following in the footsteps of Nags Head and Manteo, leaders