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How much will be ENOUGH? Moral Monday-style “Mo’ Money” demands hit Moore County AGAIN

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Brant Clifton

It’s starting to sound like a broken record.  Every year, the political hacks over at the Moore County public schools’ central office whip up public hysteria against the county commissioners.

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campaign 2014, Education, Media, Moore County, Moral Monday, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics

Burr-McCain-Flake-Coburn VA bill a good first step, but needs to go FURTHER

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Reports are out that our senior US senator has joined fellow Republicans McCain of Arizona, Flake of Arizona, and Coburn of Oklahoma in sponsoring a bill to make significant changes

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Congress, Media
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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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Uncategorized
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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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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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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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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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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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