Tag: NC House

GOP VIP sounds off on partisan local elections

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Many of you may know Miriam Chu from her many years of service to the state and local Republican Party organizations. She has served statewide as vice-chairman of the NC

Once again, Team Berger panders to big donors while shivving small businesses

Posted on June 21, 2025June 21, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It’s not hard to imagine a PTSD epidemic sweeping across our state’s commercial fishing business. Organizations — like the CCA — have been stuffing Raleigh politician pockets with cash for

DEI “officially done in North Carolina”? (Better look again.)

Posted on May 10, 2025 by Brant Clifton

DEI is D-O-N-E, folks. That’s what state Rep. Brenden Jones tells us. Somebody better check in with the diminutive president of Sandhills Community College, Dr. Sandy Stewart, about that. He

Raleigh’s conservative revolution talking out of both sides of their mouths re: DEI

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Yet another outbreak of ‘mealy-mouth’ disease in Raleigh shouldn’t surprise much of anyone. On Jones Street, the lies come pouring out so fast and furious that it’s often hard to

While MAGA cuts in DC, Raleigh is fattening up

Posted on February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Since 2017, we’ve been hearing talk from the General Assembly about revenue surpluses. Surpluses in revenue occur when they take too much money from us in April of each year.

Good riddance.

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Brant Clifton

With Tim Moore and Jason Saine leaving the NC House for $$$greener$$ pastures, the stink in-and-around the Jones Street legislative complex should be lessened by about — oh — 11

‘Maserati Timmy’ really stinking the joint up on his way out the door

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Brant Clifton

I’m old enough to remember when Republicans were a minority in the General Assembly and hollering to high heaven about corruption by the Democrat majority. (Boy, has the worm turned.)

‘Maserati Timmy’ and his slush fund

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Seriously. WHO is surprised by another story about the tubby little guy from Kings Mountain using taxpayer-funded resources to benefit HIMSELF? (He’ll fit in sooooo well with those pikers in

Overreaching in the wake of campus chaos

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Brant Clifton

We’ve been treated to a close up look at how bad humans can treat each other these past few weeks. We’ve heard about antisemitism. We’ve heard about racism. We’ve heard

A risky gamble with state funds, employee pension funds?

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Brant Clifton

A lot of my libertarian friends get like kids on Christmas when talking about bitcoin. I agree with them on most things in the economics arena, but I’m going to