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#ncga: A wee bit creepy

Posted on August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 by Brant Clifton

(No, Dallas. I’m not talking about YOU.) I found a link to the House Republican Caucus website on Twitter. It led me to a post about HD-63 candidate Erica McAdoo

#ncga: Viva Las Vegas! (Hey, let’s eat.)

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Yes, boys and girls, that appears to be the theme for state Rep. Jason Saine’s Q1 2018 campaign finance report. He DID have a primary opponent, but it is amazing

Kelly Hastings’s 2015 campaign reports: So, um, nice, they got filed THRICE!

Posted on April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 by Brant Clifton

I for one am not comforted by guys and gals, charged with making important dollars-and-cents decisions for our state, struggling with properly filling out their campaign finance reports. (Looking at

#ncga: Trouble for Timmy?

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Uh-oh. Just as Republicans were ramping up their ethics attacks on Roy Cooper, along comes a shady, mysterious non-profit with allegations against a top Raleigh Republican: A government watchdog group

#ncpol: Kelly Hastings’s head EXPLODES.

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Brant Clifton

That Svengali of campaign finance is convinced they’re out to get him: What’s he talking about? WHO is he talking about? He’s talking about Charlene High, his first-ever GOP challenger

#ncga: Traveling & Eating (on special interests’ dime) with Jason

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Only in America — specifically North Carolina and the NCGOP — can a guy go from broke and unemployed to making major financial decisions for the future of the state

NCGOPe’s Love /Hate relationship with Josh Stein

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The GOP leadership on Jones Street lashed out hard at Attorney General Josh Stein for hamstringing efforts to carry out death sentences in North Carolina. Meanwhile, another top legislative Republican

Why so skeered-a ALEC?

Posted on December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 by Brant Clifton

I mean — look at their incoming chairman. Jason Saine was on unemployment when he got appointed to the state House in 2011. He’s got a clear record of not

#ncga: NCFEF ratings reward crony capitalists

Posted on November 20, 2017November 20, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Words like “conservative” and “free enterprise” sure do get bandied about quite liberally. We’ve got something here in North Carolina called The North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation that claims to

Raleigh Rubber Street: Explained

Posted on October 13, 2017October 13, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Jason Saine is a mover and shaker in the House. The guy went from unemployment to vice-chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Finance Committee. You’d THINK