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Edu-crats keep pumping out skulls-of-mush. Woe unto our state and nation.

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

It’s graduation season.  Public and private schools across the country are turning out freshly-indoctrinated young people into the workforce.  I had the chance to encounter one of these young people

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#NCGA: Senate weathers leftist disinformation, House reticence and wisely lifts fracking moratorium

Posted on May 26, 2014May 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’re often quite hard on the honorables on Raleigh’s Jones Street. It actually gives us some pleasure to cheer them for doing something sensible.  The Democrats, howling leftist activists, and

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#NCSEN: Are you ready for some foo — um, RACEBAITING ????

Posted on May 23, 2014May 23, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I swear, I truly believe this year’s Senate race will set a new world record for face-palms and the use of the #smh hashtag. The Republican establishment is running like

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campaign 2014, Congress, Democrats, Kay Hagan, Media, Politics
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McCrory moving forward on $$$ for jobs even as new study pooh-poohs idea

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Brant Clifton

In Raleigh, the McCrory Department of Commerce is doing quite a bit of cheerleading for special taxpayer-provided incentives to lure business to North Carolina. We’ve registered our concerns previously about

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campaign 2014, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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The age of apathy: (Not a dime’s worth of difference?)

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

At the national level, Republicans have surrendered on taxes, debt, gays in the military, ObamaCare and amnesty.  On the state level, the NCGOP is in the midst of surrendering on

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Moore County, NCGOP, Politics
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The Brawley Censure: A parting shot from Speaker Thom

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

State House Republican leaders tried hard to spin the censure of one of their colleagues yesterday as anything but a vendetta executed at the order of Speaker Thom Tillis.  We

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCGA: “Hey! Who put this horse head in my bed?”

Posted on May 21, 2014May 21, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Well, it appears Robert Brawley’s political career on Jones Street — and his relationship with the NCGOP powers that be — swims with the fishes.  Just like Luca Brasi.  He

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#NCSEN: “I want to be NUMBER ONE.”

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Well, state House speaker and Republican US Senate nominee has wasted little time in announcing his goals — explaining why we should send him to DC for six years. First,

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Is SOMEONE’S Potomac Fever screwing over NC’s microbrewers?

Posted on May 21, 2014May 21, 2014 by Brant Clifton

A Greensboro TV station ran a report about a local restauranteur frustrated about not being able to sell the beer he, himself, brews. State law requires wholesalers to be inserted into

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campaign 2014, Congress, Education, Media, NC State Government, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCGA: Protecting Tillis. Running out the clock. Blowing a great opportunity.

Posted on May 21, 2014May 21, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I had an interesting talk today with someone who has floor privileges in the legislative building to go along with his flashy job title.  We talked about the passion being exhibited

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