Tag: North Carolina

Tillis, Burr, and other NCGOPers push for MORE migrant workers

Posted on August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 by Brant Clifton

We get ads from NFIB claiming Thom Tillis is “fighting to save North Carolina jobs” and then we hear THIS: A few months before mass joblessness

Calling the Guv’s bluff: LIVE from Raleigh — It’s The Council of State.

Posted on August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Most people don’t know much about The Council of State. It is a state government body composed of all of the state officials who are elected statewide —

Campaign polling ???????

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Yes, indeed. Perhaps it’s time to interrupt the wall-to-wall COVID talk to remind ourselves there is a pretty big election coming up in a few months. Cardinal Point

Hey, Roy. We’re having a parade.

Posted on June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 by Brant Clifton

While most of the state is quivering and laying awake at night worrying about the consequences of violating one of Gov. Doofus’s executive orders, most people in Moore

Tillis 2020 re-elect campaign lifts strategy from failed 2017 VA GOP governor effort

Posted on June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Hey, if you’re going to copy someone, make sure it’s someone who suffered the worst beat-down in the state’s political history: Sen. Thom Tillis’ (R-NC) campaign spokesman

Vultures already circling Richard Burr? (TIMMY for Senate ???)

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Things are looking rough for US senator Richard Burr. The FBI is paying a lot of attention to him. (They have his iPhone, as well.). He’s lost his

Forest sees potential monkey business in state elections board request

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Lt. Gov Dan Forest sounded the alarm today. And the way he tells it, things don’t sound good: “Tomorrow, the Democrat-controlled State Board of Elections will ask the Rules

Elected statewide leaders criticize Cooper’s handling of COVID-19 lockdown

Posted on May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The Council of State is composed of the ten popularly elected executive branch leaders in North Carolina state government. The group includes: the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general,

Different driveby boss, same driveby bias

Posted on April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 by Brant Clifton

While at The N&O, AndyPaul Specht dazzled us with reporting that made Darren Jackson and Wayne Goodwin jump up and down and clap like jayvee cheerleaders. Now,

Folwell spearheads effort to combat coronavirus in state corrections system

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Brant Clifton

The state treasurer’s office and the state health plan have teamed up to provide some much needed help in combating the coronavirus: State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell,