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Fascism’s creep picks up speed

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

We get a lot of lip service from lefties about the importance of respecting minorities and the minority opinion.  But, when they are in charge, just try to question their

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Education, Law & Order, Media

#NCSEN: Inside the Tillis fundraising juggernaut

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I had an interesting conversation a couple of nights ago with an old friend of mine who lives on the North Carolina coast.  He’s a successful businessman with a BIG

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: polls agree (1) Brannon & Tillis lead GOP pack, and (2) roughly 50 % of primary voters undecided

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The mainstream media and the political establishment are trying to tell us that state House speaker Thom Tillis is all but nominated to take on Kay Hagan in November.  Public

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, Moore County, NCGOP, Politics, Tea Party, Thom Tillis
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THE Pope: It’s ALL The Haymaker’s fault!

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

A reader forwarded to us an email conversation they had with NCGOP chairman Claude Pope.  (Of course, we came up.) The reader asked THE Pope about reports on our site

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campaign 2014, Claude Pope, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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ThomTV: What? No mention of the NCGA success story?

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I’m in the Raleigh media market.  We’ve just now started seeing Thom Tillis’ TV ad that the mainstream media has been cooing about for weeks.  In the ad, the speaker

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#NCSEN: Lobbyists lining up, placing bets on Hagan, Tillis

Posted on January 24, 2014January 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Lots of folks are trying to compare this year’s US Senate race with Kentucky’s 2010 contest.  But political old-timers like myself can see some similarities to North Carolina’s 1984 contest

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campaign 2014, Congress, Kay Hagan, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Being Bi-partisan: offering Thom a helping hand

Posted on January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve already raised questions about Speaker Thom, his movie contributions, the beer distributor bucks, and his ties to a certain well-connected Massachusetts law firm. We found a few more areas

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: Giving Kay a helping hand

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

Yep.  You read that right.  You can just imagine that –when you’re scurrying all over the nation scooping up special interest money — it can be a challenge to find

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campaign 2014, Congress, Kay Hagan, Media, Politics
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Memo to The Round Rev: It takes ONE to know ONE

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Brant Clifton

”[…] And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have

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campaign 2014, Media, Politics, South Carolina, Tea Party
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Public Schools: Starving? (Hardly.)

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Teacher pay and other education spending are supposed to dominate the upcoming short session at the General Assembly.  For months, we’ve been pounded by stories like this one – mainly

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