The Daily Haymaker

A WINE FRIDGE in the office: Time to audit the auditor?

Posted on July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 by Brant Clifton

There’s been a small, yet significant piece of theatre playing out recently in Raleigh. Act One featured an effort by senator Jim Perry (R-Kinston) – the blow-dried, dry-cleaned and pressed

Some, um, “nutritious” Qs for Mark & Yolanda

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The drive-by media — the alleged “mainstream media” — is falling down on its job as our supposed eyes-and-ears and defenders of The First Amendment. They didn’t want to tell

UNC’s answer to SCOTUS rejection of race-based admissions? FREE school for “certain” folks.

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The lefties in Chapel Hill are not taking The US Supreme Court’s blow to UNC’s race-based admissions policies lightly. It’s been pounded into our heads that it is wrong and

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Parachute Pat’s War on Trucks

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Here’s a special piece of information for all of you downtown Pinehurst merchants who fell all over yourselves in 2021 to raise money and get-out-the-vote for political influence peddler “Parachute

Virginia Foxx’s critique hits CLOSE to home for The Robinsons

Posted on July 8, 2023July 8, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We’ve had an up-and-down relationship with congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC). She was a great conservative legislator in Raleigh, but fell off the wagon BIG TIME when she crossed into The

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: “Parachute Pat” zeroes in on a new target

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

First, let’s get a few things straight. Some of Pat Pizzella’s chablis-sipping, pinkie-in-the-air downtown pals have been contacting me about what they see as “disrespecting” their guy. They claim “Parachute

Medicaid Expansion: Windfall for hospitals. Higher costs for consumers. (We told you so.)

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

“Conservative revolutionaries” Tim Moore and Phil Berger. their fiscally-generous lobbyist pals, and our cowardly “representatives” shoved Medicaid expansion down our throats earlier this year. We were told by those folks

It ain’t OVER: Gov. Stoopid stands with pervs and groomers

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s amazing how so many Raleigh politicians have to be dragged kicking and screaming to the conclusion that mutilating two year olds — and grooming them into the cult of

Socialism rearing its ugly head amidst our veto-proof “conservative” revolution in Raleigh

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Some may also call it “fascism.” Some may call it good ol’ fashioned cronyism. Anyway, right now in Raleigh it’s known as NCInnovation. And what is it all about? :

“Resolved” ????

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Brant Clifton

THAT is what an attorney for Scott Lassiter is telling the drive-bys about their client’s alienation-of-affection complaint against Speaker Timmy. Sources close to Timmy — i.e., MOST of the drive-bys