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WHAT education cuts?

Posted on July 27, 2013July 27, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Bill Barber’s cheering section / steno pool at McClatchy and WRAL have been bombarding us with stories about draconian spending cuts to education rammed through the GOP-dominated General Assembly.  *Kids

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Economy, Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics
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Greg Brannon: BOTH of NC’s senators need to join the fight to defund ObamaCare

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Polling shows two-thirds to three-quarters of North Carolinians expressing serious dissatisfaction with ObamaCare.  The North Carolina General Assembly has voted to refuse federal money earmarked for funding health insurance exchanges

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campaign 2014, Congress, Economy, Kay Hagan, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Another Moral Monday, MORE media malpractice

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Brant Clifton

McClatchy-Raleigh breathlessly reported on the addition of “youth speakers” to Bill Barber’s weekly freak show on the Halifax Mall.  The leader of the youth speakers, quoted by McClatchy, was a

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Media, Politics
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Good riddance to straight-ticket voting

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Brant Clifton

The NC General Assembly is moving to accomplish something long overdue — killing off straight-ticket voting.    North Carolina has been ONE of only 15 states to allow straight-ticket voting.

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Economy, Law & Order, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Burr: Resistance to ObamaCare implementation is “the dumbest idea”

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Brant Clifton

From 1972 to 2002, North Carolina was represented in the US Senate by one of the nation’s most preeminent conservatives. Since 2004, we’ve been stuck with Richard Burr — a

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Republicans
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Renee Ellmers: hugging up tighter to the GOP’s left wing

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Brant Clifton

She slipped into office in 2010 with enthusiastic Tea Party support — vanquishing Bob ” The Sidewalk Assassin” Etheridge.  Lefties beat her up as a stalking horse for “tea-baggers.”  But

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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The tale of the voice mail: The plot thickens in NCGOP-Davidson Co. GOP tiff

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  We reported earlier on an uproar in Davidson County about filling a vacant state House seat.  State Rep. Jerry Dockham (R), the area’s legislator since the 90s, resigned to

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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So. We’re cutting taxes — AND SPENDING MORE ??????

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  The conservative revolution rolls on in The City of Oaks. The mainstream media has been regaling us all day with stories about the $20.6 BILLION budget deal reached by

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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McClatchy Rob: Phil Berger’s embrace of lower taxes, smaller govt betrays his working class roots

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      Rob “Mr. Politics” Christensen — who has spent THREE decades at The N&O missing stuff like John Edwards’s blonde with the camera, Mike Easley’s corruption, and Dennis

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Media, Politics
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The WSJ LOVES Raleigh’s tax cut deal

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Brant Clifton

We heard a lot about major tax reform during the 2012 elections.  Steve Moore — a nationally renowned economist, free market fan, and editorial board member at The Wall Street

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics, Thom Tillis
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