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#NCSEN: For Chuck Schumer’s sock puppet, it’s all about the (special interest) Benjamins

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) — affectionately referred to in many parts as Chuck Schumers’ sock puppet — is in complete agreement with one Mr.P- Diddy:  It’s ALL about the Benjamins.

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Congress, Democrats, Kay Hagan, Media, NCGOP, Politics

Burr’s dalliances with the Democrats date back to at least 2002

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

I’ve heard some grumbling from folks about Senator Richard Burr’s steadfast support for congressman Mel Watt in his efforts to become Barry Obama’s new director of the Federal Housing Finance

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Richard Burr
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Richard Burr stands by his man. (And THAT man is Mel Watt.)

Posted on November 3, 2013November 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Barry Obama is trying to appoint the most leftist member of North Carolina’s congressional delegation to a key administration post.  And North Carolina’s only Republican senator is trying to help

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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No Chance to Win? Change parties, bash your old one.

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Jason Thigpen is ripping a page from former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s political playbook in his race against Walter Jones in North Carolina’s Third Congressional District. In 2010, Crist was

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Wayne Goodwin’s free pass on O-Care catastrophe in NC

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Brant Clifton

The remnants of our state’s mainstream media and their partners over at BluePrintNC have been obsessed with beating on NCDHHS secretary Aldona Wos.  We got warnings — just before October

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Media, NC State Government, Politics
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“Official” or “unofficial”? Loophole allows Congress, staff to weasel out of O-Care compliance

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    The stuff the, um, honorables on Capitol Hill think is so good for us is apparently not always so good for them and their staffs. Word is coming

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics
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Southern Pines Police seeking private alternative to Roy Cooper’s crime lab

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      The typically peaceful Moore County hamlet of Southern Pines has been rocked recently with some troubling violent crimes.  In response to some bad publicity and questions from

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Law & Order, Moore County, NC State Government, Politics
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Hagan: “Dahling, she loves you but give her Park Avenue …”

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    US Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) just can’t stay away from the ritzy, limousine-liberal enclave on Park Avenue in Noo Yawk City. The pantsuited-Greensborian is appearing to morph into

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campaign 2014, Congress, Kay Hagan, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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You can shift money around AND change the entity’s name — but it’s STILL a bureaucratic, money-bleeding mess

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Earlier this year, we got bombarded with information about what a cronyism-infested money-wasting mess the state’s Rural Center was. State commerce secretary Sharon Decker was in town recently on one

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Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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Moral Monday & McClatchy: Preachers in Court. (What’s this about F.I.S.T?)

Posted on October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  For months, we’ve been subjected to stories from our state’s dwindling, money-bleeding mainstream media fawning over Big Bill Barber’s Traveling Circus & Freak Show.  We’ve been told that Moral

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Media, NC legislature, Politics
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