#ncpol: Ellmers joins Dems in bringing Ex-Im Bank back from dead
It was a nasty piece of government waste and cronyism. It needed to go. Its charter expired on June 30. It WAS dead. But congressional Democrats — and some Republicans
Continue reading#nc-02: Nee-Nee does the Ex-Im dance
The GOPe is at it again. Just when you thought it was dead, the Export-Import Bank is coming back from the dead with a vengeance like we haven’t seen since
Continue readingArchitects of leftist takeover in Lee County now bankrolling Gov. Pat
In 2014, Lee County conservatives were dealt a crushing blow as left-wingers took over local government — thanks in BIG part to a group called LEED PAC. LEED PAC helped
Continue reading#BOHICA: More debt. More spending. Boehner & co. strike ANOTHER DEAL with Obama
Great. Another closed-door deal. If major decisions are getting made by a handful of folks behind a closed door, WHAT IS THE POINT of sending 535 folks up there to
Continue reading#ncpol: Drivebys latch onto Dallas
Normally, you’d expect an executive director of a political party to be out there promoting the agenda of said party. In North Carolina, the NCGOP executive director has apparently become
Continue readingSC’s Mulvaney: amnesty foes ‘absurd,’ ‘stupid’
If you thought things were bad on the north side of the border, take a trip a little ways south to check out alleged Tea Party hero Mick Mulvaney: […]
Continue reading#ncga: The money fairies of Jones Street
Politicians using the public treasury to pay off or payback cronies back home is nothing new. But it is something different when the crowd that spent decades griping about such
Continue reading#ncpol: Primaries, primaries, and primaries
On this site, and elsewhere, we spend a lot of time griping about Washington. You can’t fix the Democrats. We’ve wiped out all of them we possibly can in our
Continue readingAre we being played on Boehner-McCarthy-Ryan speaker “drama”?
El Rushbo apparently thinks so: […] Limbaugh suggested that the House Freedom Caucus members engaged in large-scale Kabuki dance in conjunction with the Republican establishment to ensure Ryan’s Speakership. After
Continue reading#nc-03: A split decision on Paul Ryan
Walter Jones has clearly not had John Boehner as a part of his fan club. There’s been evidence that Boehner and sources close to him have been behind recent primary
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