Tag: Congress

All In The (Burr) Family?

Posted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 by Brant Clifton

We told you earlier about our senior US senator’s stock market transactions right at the start of this whole coronavirus brouhaha. Folks from both sides of the aisle

US Rep. Greg Murphy’s prescription for coping with, coming back from coronavirus

Posted on April 11, 2020April 11, 2020 by Brant Clifton

One of North Carolina’s newest Members of Congress has offered up his two cents on the current crisis and how to find our way out: Periods of

Anger “building” in DC over Burr coronavirus investing

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Some people are dismissing the hubbub as pro-Trump forces paying our senior senator back for giving the Democrats so much help during the Russian collusion hoax. Some are

A spending explosion on Capitol Hill

Posted on March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Two trillion dollars. That’s the price tag on the coronavirus relief bill that just moved its way through Congress. It’s also roughly equal to HALF of

What IF Richard Burr’s Senate seat were to become vacant?

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Brant Clifton

With various folks in the conservative media calling for our senior senator’s resignation and prosecution for insider trading, all kinds of questions are being raised. One big one for

NC-11: Still looking like Bennett v. Davis (But Driscoll on the rise?)

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The race to succeed Mark Meadows in the 11th district out west has been rough-and-tumble (to say the least). A gaggle of Republicans piled into the primary to try

NC11: Meadows, Jordan, Freedom Caucus ALL IN for Lynda Bennett

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The Freedom Caucus, whose members are arguably President Trump’s most loyal foot soldiers in the US House, has gone public with its endorsement of Haywood County GOP activist

NC11: Davis, Bennett pulling away from the rest of the pack?

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by Brant Clifton

That is what we’re being told by authoritative sources (not on the payroll of any campaign) who are keeping a close eye on the race to replace Mark

NC11: House Freedom Caucus NOT supporting Wayne King to replace Meadows?

Posted on January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 by Brant Clifton

THAT is what a recent email from The House Freedom Fund — the caucus’s political / fundraising arm — appears to suggest. In fact, the email lists a

#NC11: Wayne King claiming Trump and Meadows mantle. (But neither appear to be supporting him.)

Posted on January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The Breitbart website can be counted on at the drop of a hat to take dictation for congressional candidate and former Mark Meadows aide Wayne King. They’ve done