Tag: media

NC Supreme Court: A right to privacy for sex offenders?

Posted on August 18, 2019August 18, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Elections have consequences. And, yes, the last two for our state’s high court have had significant ones — like THIS: Sex offenders have rights, too, and in some

Lt. Dan launches, N&O foams at the mouth (collectively).

Posted on August 17, 2019August 17, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I swear. I haven’t seen the newsroom at The N&O this agitated and aggravated since the late, great Jesse Helms prowled the halls of the US Senate. Lt. Governor

The Pinehurst elections

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Brant Clifton

With all the hubbub about the 2019 special elections for Congress, and the March 2020 primaries, it’s important to remember that many parts of North Carolina will be holding

Grab your umbrellas. (Watch for falling drive-by crocodile tears.)

Posted on August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 by Brant Clifton

During the Richard Morgan-Jim Black reign of terror in the North Carolina House (2002-2006) it was quite common for “enemies” of House leadership to be assigned to windowless, out-of-the-way,

A financial investigation at NCGOP?

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That’s what one line item in the state party’s financial report appears to indicate: Here’s the website for Wilmington’s Financial Forensic. According to the website, here

The NCGOP: Speaker Timmy’s kid on the payroll. Michele Nix’s $$$. A $500K hole. (Who crashed the day care van?)

Posted on August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s always fun to take a peek at how the state party is spending what money it still has. Especially now that Dallas & The Defendant are gone from

NC SPIN cut by UNC-TV (Grandpa Tom sees black helicopters, hidden hand of Harry Smith)

Posted on July 27, 2019July 27, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Tom Campbell needs to wake up and smell the coffee. He has been the face of a product that few people have wanted, and has been living on borrowed

Drive-by slimeball bias-meisters tip their hand, show us ‘how it’s done’

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

“False testimony in North Carolina gerrymandering trial? Judges exclude GOP expert witness claims.” That’s the McClatchy headline. Were Republicans caught lying under oath? Let’s read further, shall we? :

Medicaid expansion? THIS is gonna hurt.

Posted on July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Duke scholar, Dr. Christopher Conover, Ph.D., lays out a pretty damning case against Medicaid expansion in the January-February 2-17 issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal. Yet,

Did Clinton crony have financial interest in Grange family business?

Posted on July 21, 2019July 21, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Opinions seem to differ on that question: Sidney Blumenthal has repeatedly claimed that he had no financial interests in a company seeking contracts in post-Gaddafi Libya that he