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‘The senator from Thime Warner has the floor …’

Posted on February 27, 2015February 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Word from Washington today is that freshman U.S. senator Thom Tillis is upset with the Federal Communications Commission. Why, you ask? Let’s find out:  U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., is

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Congress, Media, NC legislature, Thom Tillis
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Steve Forbes ON THE MONEY in re: gas tax

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

In Washington, we have REPUBLICANS seriously considering raising the federal gas tax.  In Raleigh, we’ve had Republicans actually push a  gas tax hike through the state Senate.  One of the

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Congress, Economy, Media, NC legislature
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Walter Jones bill seeks mandatory PUBLIC reporting on crimes by immigrants

Posted on February 26, 2015February 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

if you want money from the Department of Homeland Security, you will need to start keeping track of the immigration status of suspects you arrest.  That’s the reality congressman Walter

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Congress, Media, Politics, Walter Jones
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Burr, Tillis join Senate cave on amnesty

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Remember the CRomnibus fight on Capitol Hill?  Republicans said they would not hold up that spending bill and cause the dreaded government shutdown. We were told that the Department of Homeland

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Congress, Media, Richard Burr, Thom Tillis
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NC-02: Liberal GOPers fawn over Renee

Posted on February 25, 2015February 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The Ripon Society — a left-leaning Republican group that basically wants to evict the church-going, Ronald Reagan / Barry Goldwater / Hesse Helms — idolizing crowd from the GOP —

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Congress, Media, Renee Ellmers
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#ncga: GOPers pushing for a little less skin in the game for mortgage brokers

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

State Reps. John Bell (R) and Jonathan Jordan (R) have introduced some reforms for the mortgage industry that deserve some discussion and scrutiny. One of them does away with a

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Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics

They’re CAVING. (Um, SURPRISE ?????)

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Remember the bill of goods we got sold about the CRomnibus vote? Every North Carolina Republican — except Walter Jones and Mark Meadows — followed right along with leadership in

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Congress, Media
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Ol’ Rob: Missing the action or just plain Mis-leading ????

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Rob Christensen has been hanging out in Raleigh watching the political action for a loooooooong time.  (Sources tell me he once had to flee town just minutes before General Sherman’s

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Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP

#ncga: An ORGY of taxing & spending breaks out amid the ‘conservative revolution’

Posted on February 25, 2015February 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It seems the folks on Jones Street have kicked off one heck of an orgy — apparently in honor of the box office success of ’50 Shades of Grey.’ Let’s

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NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP
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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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