Tag: North Carolina

Tillis + FTX + Dee Stewart

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Brant Clifton

We already know that one of the guys at the center of the FTX bitcoin scandal dumped $700K into a super-PAC tied to Thom Tillis. The PAC’s purpose, at

Drag Queens on, um, “BROAD” Street

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The campaign to rub transsexualism and transgenderism into middle-class suburban Americans’ faces has finally reached Moore County. If you’re around downtown Southern Pines on December 3, you can treat

Meet the New Boss. Different from the old boss …

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Hopefully, like The Who sang, we WON’T get fooled again. If Moore County school board member David Hensley has anything to say about the matter, we won’t. Hensley has

You made the bed. Lay in it.

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

My patience is running out with all of these low-T folks blaming Donald Trump for Tuesday. Trump WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT. The Republican establishment made no changes since

Unfounded. False. Unsubstantiated.

Posted on October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

THOSE are the labels attached to any comments you make regarding the integrity of an election. Apparently, they only get applied to the complaints of Republicans. Al Gore still

#ncsen: Showdown at the Spectrum Corral

Posted on October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

I’ve had time to soak in the developments from Friday night’s US Senate debate. I’ve talked to some not-so-political folks as well as my usual coterie of political animals. Here

Early voting starts October 20

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s about two weeks down the road. A lot of low-information voters are and will be doing research in preparation for heading to the polls for the early voting. We

Columbus County sheriff “sick of these black bastards”

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s what the man reportedly said: On one end of the phone was Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene. On the other was then-Captain Jason Soles, who had just been

ThomT & SusieT: Movin’ On Up like George & Weezy

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Thom Tillis got his start in big-time politics in 2006 by knocking off a conservative stalwart NC House member. He stayed below radar in the House until the election

North Carolina ranks 15th nationally in ‘education freedom’

Posted on September 10, 2022 by Brant Clifton

DC’s conservative Heritage Foundation has ranked all 50 states on the concept of “education freedom.” Florida comes out on top. North Carolina is 15th out of 50, but outranks