The Daily Haymaker

Mike Causey’s grande cojones

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Insurance commissioner Mike Causey appears to be competing with treasurer Dale Folwell for the honor of being the biggest grassroots maverick in state government. You may recall that Causey blew

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Oh, grow up.

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Brant Clifton

People have been asking for my take on the “big” Pinehurst story in Sunday’s edition of our local paper. The mayor of Pinehurst and his city manager apparently ran to

A slugfest in Cabarrus

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

Local politics can quite often get nasty and personal. But it’s rare when Raleigh has to step in and referee multiple issues under dispute in a local organization. The Cabarrus County

#ncga: No Girls Allowed?

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Brant Clifton

A number of years back we had an LA to a Democrat senator get busted on social media for attacking General Assembly Republicans. If I recall correctly, she ended up

DC lefties praise NC’s McHenry as ‘responsible’

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Brant Clifton

DC can change a person. I can remember — back in the day — when movement conservatives mocked people who came to DC as conservatives but transformed into establishment-types as

Experiencing a little DAN time

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

It seems like ages since conservative lions Jesse Helms and Lauch Faircloth rode off into the sunset. Conservatives were spoiled for a while with Mark Meadows in the US House.

What? ERIC is un-invited?

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, so. That is what state Rep. Mitch Setzer’s recently filed bill would apparently accomplish. We’ve told you about this multi-state boondoggle to put our private information into the hands

“Common-sense conservative,” eh?

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

*That sounds familiar. * (Masthead. *COUGH* Masthead.) Two young legislators – Ben Moss and Jon Hardister – are running for state labor commissioner. THIS got posted on Twitter: Interesting. Ben

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: ‘Fabricated’ Emails ???

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Brant Clifton

This one ranks right there with ‘the dog ate my homework.’ You’ve all heard bad excuses from kids who have been caught red-handed misbehaving. You expect this stuff from kids,

‘Queer Bingo’, DEI and The 4-H

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

Every day, it seems, marxists are making it harder and harder for us to have nice stuff. You can come along with something wholesome for the kids and the rest