The Daily Haymaker

#ncga: ‘NO, we will NOT be leaving ECU alone.’

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

So said the NC House majority leader at a House GOP confab earlier today on Jones Street. Rep. John Bell’s comment came in response to a long, drawn-out diatribe from

Whatley cabal leaving party activists hanging out to dry, facing multi-million dollar fines?

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

After talking with Guilford County NCGOP activist Clark Porter, that appears to be exactly what is happening. You may remember the Pat McCrory campaign and the NCGOP making noises and

Folwell backs ban on using ESG as employment, investment criteria

Posted on June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 by Brant Clifton

State treasurer Dale Folwell is backing legislation over on Jones Street that bans the use of far-left ESG (environmental, social and governance) ideology by state agencies and state pension plan

The SCC Files: Waking up at SCC? Trustees strike a blow to DEI, Black Lives Matter AND LGBTQ activists

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s a college parked in the middle of one of the state’s more conservative counties. They’ve racked up an impressive endowment funded by a lot of conservative donors. Yet, they’ve

We’ve got mail. Lots and lots and lots of email.

Posted on June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The emails from the ECU medical school — dealing with the whole issue of transgendering minors — have finally been released. After months and weeks of stonewalling — trying to

Biden + Cooper?

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The Raleigh GOP establishment has helped Roy Cooper portray himself as a certified genius. In the 2016 governor’s race, they gave him a total pass on wrecking the state crime

Guess who’s back? Back Again. Dallas is back. Tell a friend. (2023 re-mix)

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The last we heard about Dallas Woodhouse was that he was ditching the Pope cartel in Raleigh and heading off to the greener pastures of Columbia, SC and the SC

Interesting federal probes HERE and around the country

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Brant Clifton

There’s a pretty big FBI probe that got started last year in Minnesota. Apparently, it involved a non-profit with the mission of feeding underprivileged kids: […] A Star Tribune reporter

Sen. Jim Perry: Gamblin’ Man

Posted on June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 by Brant Clifton

As if we needed another example of how big money from special interests rules the day — every day — in the North Carolina General Assembly. Perry, the state Senate

NCGOPe hacks belittle grassroots, compare them to pre-schoolers