Attorney General Roy NIFONG
Apparently, our esteemed state attorney general learned NOTHING from the Duke lacrosse case. In that 2006 case, you had white defendants and a black victim — complemented by a media circus
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#NCSEN: polls agree (1) Brannon & Tillis lead GOP pack, and (2) roughly 50 % of primary voters undecided
The mainstream media and the political establishment are trying to tell us that state House speaker Thom Tillis is all but nominated to take on Kay Hagan in November. Public
Continue reading#NCSEN: Lobbyists lining up, placing bets on Hagan, Tillis
Lots of folks are trying to compare this year’s US Senate race with Kentucky’s 2010 contest. But political old-timers like myself can see some similarities to North Carolina’s 1984 contest
Continue readingBeing Bi-partisan: offering Thom a helping hand
We’ve already raised questions about Speaker Thom, his movie contributions, the beer distributor bucks, and his ties to a certain well-connected Massachusetts law firm. We found a few more areas
Continue reading#NCSEN: Giving Kay a helping hand
Yep. You read that right. You can just imagine that –when you’re scurrying all over the nation scooping up special interest money — it can be a challenge to find
Continue readingFeeding the beast: Amazon to start collecting state taxes from NC customers
Open up your wallets, folks. It’s official. The North Carolina Department of Revenue will start getting a cut of your purchases from Amazon.com starting February 1. It’s not entirely clear
Continue reading#NCSEN: Wrong on the money
Carter Wrenn — Richard Morgan’s pre-weight loss doppelganger — has surfaced like Captain Ahab’s white whale to do a wee bit of the GOP establishment’s dirty work in a post
Continue readingThe NC State Bar: Keeping lawyers liberal
Every day I come across more evidence that we have too frickin’ many lawyers gracing the surface of our beautiful planet and using up valuable oxygen. Take our state’s top
Continue readingThe ObamaCare “study”: stoves are hot, ice is cold, socialism is BAD
Setting up a commission or a committee to “study” an issue is a great way for politicians to show they “care” –without actually doing anything substantive. “Fast and Furious,” anyone?
Continue readingRocky Mount “racism” update
We told you the other day about the outrageous behavior of the Rocky Mount City Council. Well, the good folks at Civitas have offered up the details that led to
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