Tag: North Carolina

NONE for me, thanks.

Posted on May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

For years, North Carolina pols have kept Thom Tillis at arm’s length. No one was calling him to campaign for them. No one was posing for pictures with him

NCGOP okey-dokey with felons in leadership

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Brant Clifton

You might remember this story. Folks in Granville County got upset over reports they were hearing, and decided to put forth a resolution barring convicted felons — especially sex

Lies and the (elected) liars who tell them

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

It’s really depressing each time elections roll around. We have scores and scores of politicos in Raleigh and DC regularly lying their a$$es off to convince us to give

Who to vote FOR: statewide edition

Posted on May 7, 2022May 7, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Here is a list of candidates we think (AS OF NOW) deserve your vote. Things CAN change. Early voting is underway, but there is still plenty of time until

Pat McCrory appointee brought CRT to North Carolina schools

Posted on April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 by Brant Clifton

(Who needs Democrats when you have Republicans like this?) According to the US edition of The Spectator (UK) magazine, that headline is the God’s-honest truth: GOP Senate candidate Pat McCrory

Just HOW LOW will the NCGOP establishment go?

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

They beat up on a black man. Now they’re smacking around a young guy in a wheel chair. What’s next? What do Mark Robinson and Madison Cawthorn have in

Dale Folwell leading the way in NC: screwing Russia while protecting North Carolina money

Posted on March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 by Brant Clifton

State treasurer Dale Folwell has had enough. He’s seen what we all have on the ol’ boob tube in re: Russia and Ukraine. And he’s ready to do something

Monkey Business Report: Using COVID to justify poor public school performance

Posted on November 20, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Things have been so busy elsewhere that we haven’t given our, um, “friends” on Jones Street the proper amount of attention. For instance, we should take a look at

Oh, look. A congressional redistricting map.

Posted on October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 by Brant Clifton

It’s that time again. We’ll soon find out which charlatan we’ll see on our ballots next November. State Senator Warren Daniel (R) from out west has released a proposed map:

NC school board association seeks to SHUT UP the little people

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

The lobbyists for local school boards want to make sure we forget all about that pesky First Amendment. The “behavior” she is babbling about involves all those parents