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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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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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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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#ncga: Common Core, coal ash commissions (and their price tags)

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I’ve never been a big fan of study commissions organized by politicians. They are almost always easy ways out for politicians looking to avoid having to take a tough stand

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Congress, Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP
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