Tag: North Carolina

#ncpol campaign 2024: Adding to and subtracting from the field

Posted on July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Well, it appears we’ve gone from four GOPers down to three in the primary field for Labor Commissioner. State Rep. Ben Moss has decided to abandon this effort and run

Folwell: Overriding Cooper’s veto of anti-ESG bill was a good move

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Brant Clifton

State treasurer Dale Folwell says legislators took a bold step toward protecting state retirees’ pensions when they overrode recent vetoes by Governor Doofus: The best interests of North Carolina taxpayers

Tax Dodging. Sketchy business practices. (Holocaust denial???) : Are the wheels coming off The Robinson 2024 Train?

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We’ve heard about the failure to pay taxes on the family vehicles. Our site has led the way reporting on the voluminous questions about the “family business.” Now, one of

Virginia Foxx’s critique hits CLOSE to home for The Robinsons

Posted on July 8, 2023July 8, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We’ve had an up-and-down relationship with congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC). She was a great conservative legislator in Raleigh, but fell off the wagon BIG TIME when she crossed into The

Grassroots Outrage: Popping up like dandelions

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Politicians and bureaucrats — from Greg Murphy to Tim Reeder to Tim Moore to a whole swath of college administrators — across the state have been lying their patooties off

Arguing with inanimate objects: Mark Robinson tussles with a timer during DC speech

Posted on July 1, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Most people tend to look askance at those who engage in arguments with inanimate objects. But what do you do when it’s your lieutenant governor doing the arguing? Lieutenant Governor

Robinson Family Matters: STILL stonewalling

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We’ve reported in-depth on some serious problems with the financial reporting on Mark Robinson and Yolanda Hill-Robinson’s family business, Balanced Nutrition. It’s only fair that a man who so badly

A really bad trade in the works

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s no secret in state politics that congressman Dan Bishop is seriously looking at giving up his safe seat in DC for the attorney general’s office in Raleigh. In DC,

Shumaker: STILL not so hot on Mark Robinson

Posted on June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 by Brant Clifton

A prominent North Carolina political consultant with close ties to Thom Tillis and the rest of the GOP establishment does not seem to be impressed with the man many have

Even More voting app, um, “goodness”

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I’ve heard from an elected official I know and trust. He and his wife attended this weekend’s debacle in Greensboro. Both were delegates from their county. His wife, not long