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The travesty of the release of the CIA “torture” report

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Some of us are old enough to remember the damage done in the 70s to our intelligence community by the Congress’s Church and Pike committees.  The Democrats — acting on

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Congress
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You can’t do THAT! WHY, it’s — um, er — RACIST !!!! (Yeah, that’s it. Racist.)

Posted on December 10, 2014December 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The UNC Board of Governors is holding hearings on whether to consolidate or cancel out all of these state-funded “institutes” and “centers” based on the UNC system campuses. Lefties don’t

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Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government
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PPP Poll: 31% approval? (Burr, that’s cold.)

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

That’s right. He will have been in office for 12 years when the 2016 campaign heats up.  But, according to the leftist Public Policy Polling organization, 31 percent of voters

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Congress, Media, Richard Burr, Thom Tillis
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The $1T lame-duck sellout

Posted on December 10, 2014December 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

[Methinks this graphic will be getting a lot of work during the upcoming congressional session.] Voters just gave Republicans one hell of a mandate: Stop Obama. Stop ObamaCare. Stop Amnesty.

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Congress, Economy, Media, Politics
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#ncga: A ploy to ratchet up state spending?

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

  I stumbled across something interesting yesterday while nosing through cyberspace.  State Rep. David Lewis (R-Harnett) released some documentation for the legislature’s Revenue Laws Committee meeting yesterday.  (Even though they

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Walter Jones: Boehner & co. “screwing over the American people” with spending bill

Posted on December 9, 2014December 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

He’s added his name to a letter seeking a short-term government funding bill that defunds any agency that would facilitate amnesty. Now, congressman Walter Jones is criticizing his caucus’s leadership

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Congress, Economy, Media, Politics, Walter Jones
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New Hanover County: voting machine admin password, config info leaked to public

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Brant Clifton

A protest of the results in a county commissioner race in this southeastern county has blossomed into a full-blown PR fiasco for the local and state elections boards. A significant

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Law & Order, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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govt shutdown or amnesty: which one “costs” more?

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The DC GOP establishment, and their media puppets on Fox News, are quaking over the idea of a government “shutdown.”  Give the Democrats what they want.  Don’t make Barry mad,

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Congress, Economy, Law & Order, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Playing to the mob in the street: ‘Indicting’ an entire profession

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I was floored to see that North Carolinians actually voted to make their right to a jury trial optional. Now, the constant drumbeat of drive-by generated negative publicity about a couple

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Media
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National defense bill loaded with non-military pork (like Renee’s museum)

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The US House is loading up a defense authorization bill with so much non-defense related pork that even The Washington Post is appalled: A sweeping $521 billion package that authorizes

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Congress, Media, Renee Ellmers
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