Tag: North Carolina

The Senate race name game

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I’m mainly glad the name Tillis will be gone SOON. From our vantage point here at Haymaker HQ, we see and hear a lot of things. Some are funny and

If you thought $$$-mgmt at Sandhills CC was bad, get a load of Lenoir County, NC.

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Brant Clifton

We’ve written extensively about the really bad and horrible state audit of Sandhills Community College. We’re talking about a $6.2 million screwup and an audit report scolding the college for

Trump to GOP Senate: Stay in DC. DO YOUR JOB!

Posted on July 20, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It’s sad when you have to tell highly-paid adults stuff like this. We raised concerns earlier about the lack of activity in confirming Trump judges and prosecutors. Apparently, the Trump

Thommy Boy’s nausea-inducing “Tha-Tha” Thour

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

Boy, those bridges are burning. Thom Tillis — after all those years of thumbing his nose at us and generally behaving like an anus — is doing his damnedest to

TWO North Carolinians plead guilty to aiding attempted Trump assassination

Posted on July 12, 2025July 12, 2025 by Brant Clifton

You might remember the guy authorities caught hiding in the wooded areas around the Trump golf course down in Palm Beach. He was reportedly equipped and ready to go with

Tillis (apparently) not running for reelection

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Donald Trump got mad at our senior senator for voting against his Big Beautiful Bill. Trump posted on Truth Social that he would be meeting with potential primary challengers for

House Majority Leader: Taking Care of HIS business?

Posted on June 28, 2025June 28, 2025 by Brant Clifton

We gave former state Rep. Jamie Boles — a funeral home operator by trade — grief for introducing several pieces of legislation specifically benefiting people who own and operate funeral

Shrimpers show us HOW IT’S DONE.

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It’s not unusual for Raleigh political hacks and politicians to ignore the outside-the-beltline crowd and cozy up to the crowd hanging around Raleigh with the fat bundles of cash. The

Our pro-mayhem governor

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

It’s hard to take someone seriously as a leader when they are fighting efforts to stop riots and OK-ing refusal to cooperate with law enforcement. But THAT is what we

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