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NC-02: Jim Duncan is “testing the waters.” (It begins?)

Posted on February 24, 2015February 24, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It appears that outgoing Chatham County GOP chairman Jim Duncan is hearing the calls for change in the Second Congressional District.  He’s formed something called a ”testing the waters committee”

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Renee Ellmers
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Meanwhile, the amnesty implementation crowd is staffing up in Raleigh

Posted on February 23, 2015February 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Jobs are pretty scarce in North Carolina and across the country — thanks to Barry Obama and his fellow statists in DC.  But — good news — some folks are

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Congress, Law & Order, Media, NC State Government
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Setting the table for the amnesty sellout

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Remember the kerfluffle late last year over the CRomnibus?  Boehner, McConnell & co. all told us that they would only fund Homeland Security through February. The organs of DHS that

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Congress, Media
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‘The hard toll of easy guns’

Posted on February 23, 2015February 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

*SIGH*. That’s the headline of the N&O op-ed that is being echoed and cheered by Blinkin’ Chris and his comrades at Goodmon, Inc. Rush Limbaugh used to have an “SUV

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Law & Order, Media
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Environmental wackos having their way with state coastal policy. Raleigh yawns.

Posted on February 23, 2015February 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

In 2011, the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission submitted a report forecasting sea level rise along the coast for the next three decades.  The new Republican majority dismissed what they

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DENR, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics
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Drive-by crocodile tears over ‘academic freedom’

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It’s particularly disgusting to see our state’s drive-by media try to compare the UNC Board of Governors’ decision to shut down a scam on the Chapel Hill campus to McCarthyism

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Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government
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#ncga: Who wins with film incentives? Movie producers.

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s the thesis of a piece in The Washington Examiner today:  The Oscars are on Sunday, and all eight films nominated for best picture were produced in states or countries

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Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government

#ncga: Bill puts legislator’s hometown’s employees into state health plan

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Senator Bill Rabon (R) — who, by the way, thinks we need to pay more gas tax — has filed a bill seeking to put employees of The Town of

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Media, NC legislature
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#ncga: No ID? Give them an absentee ballot and move on.

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

A group of Democrat senators has introduced a bill calling for JUST that.  Given that the GOP runs the upper chamber, I would lean toward thinking that this bill has

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Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP
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Charlotte aims for rock bottom.

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Just when I  thought I had seen and heard it all.  I never imagined a day would come when our elected officials would be seriously considering legislation allowing one to

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Media
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