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#NCGA: Another bill watering down E-Verify introduced in House

Posted on June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

In 2013, Gov. Pat McCrory lost a veto fight with the legislature over the use of E-Verify for checking citizenship of workers in North Carolina. Late last week, some Republican

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campaign 2014, Economy, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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BOHICA Alert: Jacking up our electric bills to save us from the ‘horror’ of carbon dioxide

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

You expel CO² every time you exhale. It’s found in your sodas and beer. It’s found in baking soda.  The word is that that about the only risks related to

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Obama, Politics
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#NCSEN: ”Did I say ‘unelectable’? I meant UN-Baptist.”

Posted on June 1, 2014June 1, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I wanted to be wrong about Mark Harris.  My first thought — when the Charlotte pastor filed for US Senate — was that he was a plant, a stalking horse,

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Congress, Media
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Some food for thought on independent campaigns, write-ins, and forming new parties

Posted on May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 by Brant Clifton

There is still a lot of grumbling out there among conservatives in the wake of the recently completed primaries.  An effort is alive to stage a conservative write-in effort for

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Are Bill Barber & The NCDP writing N&O headlines, now?

Posted on May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Hmmm.  Misleading information in the N&O.  I know, I know.  What else is new?  But today’s edition really takes the cake.  The headline on the lead story this morning on

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Even politicians get shaken down

Posted on May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Ever wonder why so few elected officials question the actions of their party leaders or the actions of their respective chambers? Ever wonder why politicians spend SO MUCH time fundraising?

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#NCGA: Even MORE surrender on taxes?

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Brant Clifton

This week the Republican majority on Jones Street slapped an excise tax on the sale of e-cigarettes.  (That’s ON TOP of the sales tax already collected.)  In the Senate, the

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: A conservative write-in campaign?

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Brant Clifton

In 2006, Thom Tillis ousted fellow Republican and incumbent John Rhodes in a nasty primary fight for a Mecklenburg County state House seat.  In 2014, Rhodes COULD end up making

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Tea Party, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: A sock puppet fight over climate change

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

US Senator Kay Hagan (D- NC  NY) — affectionately known in many of these parts as Chuck Schumer’s Sock Puppet™– lashed out at GOP nominee Thom Tillis — recently promoted to

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campaign 2014, Congress, Economy, Kay Hagan, Media, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCGA: Skip Stam endorses toll roads

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Brant Clifton

State House speaker Pro Tem Skip Stam has posted an endorsement of toll roads on his official site — which still IDs him as the “North Carolina House Republican Leader”.

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campaign 2014, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Paul Stam, Politics
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