Tag: North Carolina

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

Biden + Cooper?

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The Raleigh GOP establishment has helped Roy Cooper portray himself as a certified genius. In the 2016 governor’s race, they gave him a total pass on wrecking the state crime

Just FIVE votes short of killing the debt ceiling raise in the Senate

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Brant Clifton

That makes Traitorous Thom Tillis’ YES vote even tougher to tolerate. Just 36 of the 100 senators — including our own Ted Budd — had the courage to step up

NC’s congressional Republicans sell out party platform, voters, future generations

Posted on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The folks we send to DC are about as bad as the ones we send to Jones Street. We’ve got an astronomical national debt that is strangling our economy and

Dan Bishop ready to oust McCarthy if he tries to pass negotiated debt ceiling deal

Posted on May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Dan Bishop and his Freedom Caucus colleagues held the House GOP caucus’ feet to the fire in the speaker election earlier this year. They managed to win some key