The Daily Haymaker

State Employees endorse Dale Folwell for governor

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Everyone seems ready to blow off the primaries and just let Mark Robinson and Josh Stein just GET TO IT. Apparently, somebody forgot to clue in North Carolina’s state employees

Report: Stroud -Dillon switchout on NC Court of Appeals part of NEW Newby “plan”

Posted on January 7, 2024January 7, 2024 by Brant Clifton

The state’s political universe has been buzzing about Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby‘s removal of fellow Republican judge Donna Stroud as chief judge of the state’s Court of Appeals. Lots

Harvard’s (now former) president, DEI, and the lessons needed to be learned

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Brant Clifton

I always thought it was settled — in the 1860s AND 1960s — that discrimination based on ethnicity was and is WRONG WRONG WRONG (and illegal). We’ve moved from that

The 2024 race for state treasurer

Posted on December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

With incumbent Dale Folwell‘s decision to pursue the GOP gubernatorial nomination, there are some BIG SHOES to fill over at the office of state treasurer in 2024. Folwell has won

2024 about inserting Phil Berger at top of Raleigh’s political “food chain”?

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

There was a popular game making the rounds years ago called something along the lines of “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.” The object was to take a person’s name and

Tim Moore: Unacceptable

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

It looks like another one of my bleak predictions is coming true. The last vestiges of conservatism are being stomped out of our state’s congressional delegation. Congressman Dan Bishop —

Mirror, mirror on the wall, WHO is the LGBTQ-est of them ALL?

Posted on December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The Williams Institute at UCLA’s School of Law says they have the answer to that question and more. What state or region of this country has cornered the market on

Corruption of the word “conservative”

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The political universe has done a masterful job of sucking all the meaning out of being a “Republican.” These days, you don’t have to actually believe in one iota of

‘Bumpin’ uglies’ in the parking lot ??? (Welcome to Moore County.)

Posted on December 21, 2023December 21, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Our local paper here has titilated us with allegations of ‘contempt of court’ directed at Moore County Clerk of Superior Court Todd Maness by District Court Judge Beth Tanner. Much

Time for a Truth Bomb, eh?

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

THIS has been floating around social media today. (*SNIFF*! I do believe someone is trying to blow smoke up my posterior!) Gee, where do I start? “Citizen Governor” ??? Mark