Tag: North Carolina

Everybody may love RAYMOND. But, Thom Tillis? (Not so much.)

Posted on March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It appears Senate Republican leader John Thune is sick of him. President Donald Trump is fed up. Now it appears that nearly HALF of North Carolina’s Republicans in the US

How sausage gets made at The N&O

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Things have been a wee bit tough over in the sparsely-populated N&O newsroom. McClatchy paid waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much for this rag to the people who now own our local paper.

A Berger-spawned RINO roars, thumbs his nose at the base. (Uncle Phil is pleased.)

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Recent alums of Phil Berger’s legislative staff are now calling the shots in the state auditor’s office. We’ve all witnessed the havoc Berger’s Jones Street team has played with conservative

#NCSEN26: Tillis tangling w/ Vance, Trump political teams

Posted on March 7, 2025March 7, 2025 by Brant Clifton

He’s won two US Senate races by the hair of his chinny-chin-chin. He’s never seen 50 percent of the vote against a Democrat Senate candidate, but somehow — based on

The SCC Files: College defying Trump on DEI

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The shot-callers at Sandhils Community College have already made it pretty clear about the lack of respect they have for the people whose money keeps the doors open over there.

Robinsons appeal state fine over Balanced Nutrition finances

Posted on February 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Mark Robinson has been out of office for a little more than a month. Surely, he and the family have enjoyed the quiet. But Balanced Nutrition (BNI) — the

Scraggly Thom Tillis giving us a foreign- AND domestic-brand screwing

Posted on February 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Western North Carolina still has a mess on its hands. Scraggly Thom showed up once for a photo op with the US secretary of transportation, and then did THIS: THIS

Trump tired of Thom Tillis TOO?

Posted on February 15, 2025February 15, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Welcome to the party, Mr. President. If you recall, there was a lot of drama around the confirmation of Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense. Word came out that our

Rockingham sheriff has senator Berger in his sights

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Folks, we may have the chance to rid ourselves of TWO scoundrels in one primary. US senator Thom Tillis has at least one primary opponent. Now, it’s clear that

Berger backs BIGGER unemployment checks

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The de facto leader of the NCGOP is defying his party’s national fervor for cutting spending and waste. State senator Phil Berger, his chamber’s president pro tem, has made it