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#NCSEN: Tillis goes Hollywood, backs $40 million in additional state incentives for film industry

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Brant Clifton

During the recently-completed GOP primary for US Senate, speaker Thom Tillis told a fundraiser crowd in Wilmington he favored the retention of state incentives for studios shooting movies and TV

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: Paying people to stay home with the kids?

Posted on July 31, 2014July 31, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Kay Hagan thinks businesses should be mandated to provide PAID leave to employees to deal with family concerns like childbirth or sick children.   On the face of it, that

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campaign 2014, Congress, Economy, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Keep that PC-ness coming: New UNC BOG boss a big fan of “diversity”

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Brant Clifton

If you thought the GOP takeover of Raleigh was going to loosen the leftist stranglehold on the UNC system and strike a blow against political correctness, THINK AGAIN.  The UNC Board

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campaign 2014, Education, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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#NCSEN: A NEW Tillis campaign fund

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve been keeping an eye on the FEC web site. We’ve seen a couple of extra Thom Tillis-affiliated organizations pop up, but one of the extras is finally seeing some

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Feds dumping border-crossing kids in the Carolinas

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The Department of Homeland Security is pretty much ignoring the flood of illegals pouring across our southern border.  But they have PLENTY of time and manpower to go raid the

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campaign 2014, Congress, Law & Order, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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#NCGA: Even MORE UNC BOG – campaign finance *Goodness*

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Thom Tillis took a little heat a while back for pushing through an appointment of a Democrat to the UNC Board of Governors.  Tillis defended the appointment by talking about

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campaign 2014, Congress, Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Heritage Action: Meadows top conservative for NC, Duncan on top for SC

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Heritage Action has updated their conservatism rankings for the current session of Congress.  There HAS been some shakeup in the North Carolina delegation.  For the current 113th Congress (2013-2014) ,

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#NCSEN: The Longleaf Pine PAC (Kay’s slush fund?)

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve heard a lot of belly-aching from the drive-by media about how much money the Koch brothers have put into the Tillis campaign. We’ve heard from the Hagan campaign about

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics

Roy Cooper doesn’t want to do his job? He needs to GO.

Posted on July 29, 2014July 29, 2014 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina attorney general Roy Cooper is starting to remind me of Peter Gibbons, the main character in the cult hit movie “Office Space.”  : Joanna: So, where do you

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campaign 2014, Democrats, Media, NC legislature, Politics
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#NCSEN: CBS News / NYT/ YouGov poll shows dead heat

Posted on July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Recent polling from in-state sources like Civitas and Public Policy Polling have showed incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan slowly building a lead over Republican nominee Thom Tillis.  A new national survey

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