The Daily Haymaker

Tillis, Budd team up to grow the welfare state

Posted on February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Indian reservations have arguably outlived their usefulness. They did some good amid the turmoil of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But nowadays, Indian reservations and related programs do

Blue Cross moves from PR attacks to the legal arena in fight with Folwell

Posted on February 19, 2023July 9, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Blue Cross Blue Shield is not accepting their loss of the State Health Plan’s business very well. (Sometimes, bad customer service comes back to bite you.) Blue Cross deployed some

A $40,000 fine for saying ‘HOMO,’ and other tales from ‘The Woke World of Sports’

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The same people who have been screeching for decades about ‘free speech’ are sure breaking their necks to kill that concept in 2023. Check out the latest from the National

Folwell: While economy & health care falter, hospital execs feed at public trough and prosper

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The hospital industry must be giddy. Their bought-and-paid for lackeys on Jones Street have put them one step closer to a HUUUGE influx of cash. Meanwhile, a new report by

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: NC Court of Appeals time!

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Way back in October 2021, mayor John Strickland and his henchmen attempted some dirty tricks against then-councilman Kevin Drum and councilmember Lydia Boesch. Strickland, village manager Jeff Sanborn, and Strickland’s

Tom Murry for NC Attorney General?

Posted on February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I am hearing from all corners of the state that the former Wake County legislator, former state courts official, and current prosecutor is giving a run for that office a

Medicaid expanded: Once again, the special interests win.

Posted on February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Again, is this another example of the *great things* a Republican majority brings us? They’ve sold us down the river on gun rights, energy, and now on health care and

BOHICA: Medicaid expansion zooming toward reality in Raleigh

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Brant Clifton

*So, THIS is what a Republican majority in The General Assembly gets you these days.* “Parental Rights” is getting slow-walked along Jones Street, but putting everybody under the wasteful, fraud-infested

NCGOPers Murphy, Hudson hop on The Green New Deal train

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

Senator Thom Tillis set the standard for betraying the party base and disrespecting the party platform. It sounds like some of his fellow GOPers in the NC congressional delegation have

State Rep. Neal Jackson stands up for COVID shot skeptics

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Moore County’s newest legislator is co-sponsoring legislation that forbids government entities from discriminating against or harassing people who refuse to (a) get vaccinated against COVID, or (b) provide evidence of