#NCSEN: Playing footsie with the sock puppet
You can almost feel the breeze from the mainstream media’s collective sigh of relief. Kay Hagan — New York senator Chuck Schumer’s sock puppet™ — has filed for reelection. I
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#NCSEN #NCGA: 2012 Tillis House campaign accepted $4K from wife of figure in federal bribery case
North Carolina state House speaker Thom Tillis has established quite a reputation as a prolific fundraiser. He’s been credited with providing the ammo needed for the GOP to take over
Continue readingBeing Bi-partisan: offering Thom a helping hand
We’ve already raised questions about Speaker Thom, his movie contributions, the beer distributor bucks, and his ties to a certain well-connected Massachusetts law firm. We found a few more areas
Continue reading#NCSEN: Giving Kay a helping hand
Yep. You read that right. You can just imagine that –when you’re scurrying all over the nation scooping up special interest money — it can be a challenge to find
Continue readingWhile beer fight brewed in NCGA, $$$ from beer interests flowed to Tillis Senate campaign
In September, craft brewers and beer distributors were knocking heads over state regulations some viewed as favoring the interests of large beer distributors over these small brewers: North Carolina politicians
Continue readingUnder the Radar (and under the rug?): The senator and the mystery of the disappearing audit
Back in January, we got a whole lot of ethics-related news regarding state Sen. Fletcher Hartsell (R-Cabarrus). Apparently, he spent $100,000 in campaign funds — in an election
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North Carolina’s ‘baby-mama drama’ : Will John Edwards — um — GET OFF?
As a former journalist who has covered more than my fair share of trials — my experience has found that, the longer a jury deliberates, the better the chances are
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John Edwards: STILL a sleazeball
We’ve been hit with a lot of sympathetic coverage of former US senator and presidential candidate John Edwards lately. Our local paper has been cooing over
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