Tag: Donald Trump

WSJ: NC congressman’s big bro is the man-to-see in Trump’s DC

Posted on January 4, 2026January 4, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Not every lobbyist gets this kind of schmoozing from The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times when they first arrive in Washington to set up shop. But Ches

NC-01: Laurie Buckhout and the Trump shout-out that was never really there.

Posted on December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Republican candidate Laurie Buckhout lost a close race to congressman Don Davis (D) in 2024. Davis is now representing – and running for reelection in – a much more Republican-friendly

Tillis & Budd: Time to kick Mark Walker to the curb

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Yessirree. Politics IS a contact sport. *Don’t forget it.* You may remember that Republican Mark Walker of Greensboro once represented NC’s sixth congressional district. He left Congress thanks to redistricting.

Trump endorsements in NC defy logic, make little to no sense

Posted on December 14, 2025December 14, 2025 by Brant Clifton

There’s something that a lot of people — especially the political establishment and the really, really stupid Raleigh news media — need to understand. The Make America Great Again (MAGA)

DOGE, D-O-N-E ? (Still eight months to go on its charter …)

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Brant Clifton

We were treated to quite the show during the 2024 presidential campaign and the early days of the second Trump term. We were told about a federal Department of Government

Whatley screwing up task Trump assigned him

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I tell ya — Donald Trump would have zero patience for something like this on his old TV show ‘The Apprentice.’ The president appointed unaccomplished schlub Michael Whatley to head

Biden-lover, Trump-hater, covert DEM aims for city council in bright-red Pinehurst

Posted on October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Moore County is quite a source of frustration for Democrats. It is a dependable source of GOP votes every two years. (Usually in the two-thirds range) Left-wing Yankees are trying

Phil Berger aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand — Trump ???

Posted on September 27, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I’ve been hearing an interesting little anecdote around the state politics arena for weeks now. The Sam Page for NC Senate campaign has apparently decided to take that anecdote public

Trump getting misled by supposed allies? (You don’t say!)

Posted on August 2, 2025August 2, 2025 by Brant Clifton

US senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) said out-loud the other day something we’ve contended for a while: Donald Trump is getting some bad advice from people he thinks are his friends.

Conservatives call out GOPe’s slow-walk of approving Trump nominees. (NC’s Murphy defends it.)

Posted on July 26, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Greg Murphy has to be one of the most audacious, spectacular specimens of liar that I’ve encountered in my nearly four decades in politics. You can’t believe a damn