The Daily Haymaker

Average IQ in WRAL newsroom dropping like a rock

Posted on June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

This time, I think it may have to do with more than the continued employment of Butch Leslie — despite her countless professional ethics lapses in recent years. Every time

Hate “hate” or WE will HATE YOU! (Got it?)

Posted on June 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I am enjoying Tucker Carlson’s new mini-shows on Twitter. He spoke on one recent episode about how we USED to know what a crime was. It was pretty well spelled

Complaint: Speaker Timmy a wife-stealer

Posted on June 18, 2023June 18, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It looks and sounds like the tubby little guy at the front of the House chamber is not in for a very good week. Break-ins and surveillance cameras? Holy Watergate!

Should we stay or should we go?

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Brant Clifton

One of the great rock bands of all time asked a similar question several decades ago. Sometimes, it can be tough to choose a path forward when you’ve been

Clapping like trained seals while the country crumbles

Posted on June 17, 2023June 17, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I recently had the, um, “pleasure” of watching some US House committee hold a field hearing in Pinehurst about last December’s blackout. Two things really stuck out to me: DC

Shumaker: STILL not so hot on Mark Robinson

Posted on June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 by Brant Clifton

A prominent North Carolina political consultant with close ties to Thom Tillis and the rest of the GOP establishment does not seem to be impressed with the man many have

NC attorneys admit guilt in federal court to scheme involving fraudulent PAC

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Some of you who have been around the NC political wars for a while may remember the names Nate Pendley and Jack Daly. Both were renowned for their hard-hitting guerilla

Even MORE NCGOP voting app questions

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Brant Clifton

WHO actually got paid to develop and manage the voting app used in the very controversial chairman’s election during this past weekend’s NCGOP convention? Initially, the only entity named on

Even MORE Robinson Family Matters

Posted on June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has made it clear that he and his wife, Yolanda Hill, are a package deal. She has an advanced degree in accounting and is the CFO

The NCGOP exodus begins, and the improper voting affidavits flow in

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I’ve seen a handful of resignations from longtime local-level party activists in the wake of Saturday’s travesty in Greensboro. I’m told there are dozens and dozens of more to follow.