Tag: NCGOP

Sweetheart deal from The Feds, but NO campaign finance filings for last 14 months

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 by Brant Clifton

As long as you have a campaign fund open, you are required to update the reporting on said fund. Former state Rep. David Lewis still has his campaign

Who did Jason Saine ACTUALLY pay?

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Brant Clifton

We were perusing NC House Appropriations Committee chairman Jason Saine’s 2021 mid-year campaign report when we noticed something interesting. On January 19, 2021 Saine’s report showed a $5,000 payment

Are Jones St. GOPers giving NC its very own Green New Deal?

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

That’s what appears to be happening with HB 951, which passed the GOP-controlled House and is sitting in the GOP-controlled Senate. (If you click on the aforementioned link, you’ll

GOP lawmakers already jockeying for state House speaker job?

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, some Republicans in the state House are sensing an eminent vacancy in the Speaker’s office. Has Timmy got some big ambitions? (Like getting elected to something in DC?)

Budd nails down Trump blessing. McCrory gets ‘Tricky Dick’ Burr.

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The two guys NO ONE SANE would want anywhere near their campaign have joined forces for North Carolina’s 2022 US Senate race: Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) is backing

Trump appears to be a ‘Yuuuuuuuuuge’ factor in 2022 US Senate race

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Meeting Street Insights has released a poll showing that — when people learn President Trump has endorsed Ted Budd — support for Budd grows while the two other major

NC House members raise concerns about integrity of state’s voting machines

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Back in May, we posted a piece about whether the machines used in North Carolina polling places were equipped with modems, thereby facilitating potential remote online tampering. State board

A STRAW POLL ???

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The big news coming out of this weekend’s NCGOP state convention was President Trump’s endorsement of congressman Ted Budd’s 2022 US Senate campaign. A lot of establishment types were

Why are Jones St. GOPers spending $$$ like drunken sailors? (Better yet, why is Cooper working the Chick-fil-A drive-thru?)

Posted on June 5, 2021June 5, 2021 by Brant Clifton

These have been strange days indeed. Apparently our governor, Roy Cooper, has enough time on his hands to go work the drive-thru at a local Chick-fil-A. The

Being pro-Trump (only when it’s ‘convenient’)

Posted on May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Many Republican members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation are doing quite the balancing act while walking a tightrope: keeping the RINO establishment Trump-haters happy and writing checks while, at