Tag: Phil Berger

Rockingham sheriff has senator Berger in his sights

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Folks, we may have the chance to rid ourselves of TWO scoundrels in one primary. US senator Thom Tillis has at least one primary opponent. Now, it’s clear that

Berger backs BIGGER unemployment checks

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The de facto leader of the NCGOP is defying his party’s national fervor for cutting spending and waste. State senator Phil Berger, his chamber’s president pro tem, has made it

DISLOYALTY: Is somebody in Raleigh about to get ‘The Richard Morgan Treatment’?

Posted on February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Those of you who have been in North Carolina politics for a few decades — at least — are likely to remember Moore County’s very own state Rep. Richard Morgan

Ex Parte time: As The (Berger) World Turns

Posted on January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It’s hard to watch – or discuss, for that matter — Republican power politics in Raleigh these days without bringing up lawyers or antics worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster script.

It’s Phil Berger’s World. We’re just allowed (for a price) to live in it.

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Brant Clifton

“Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” was a popular game making the rounds of pop culture some years back. The object was to take any random individual or event or object

Careening recklessly toward authoritarianism

Posted on December 7, 2024December 7, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Vote *Red.* Yep. That’s the slogan we got bombarded with during the recently completed election. The color red has long been associated with communism. Is that where the GOP hierarchy

Berger crony, former Democrat operative are new Republican treasurer’s first two hires

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Brant Clifton

*ChapelHillRepublican* Bradford Paisley Briner IV is already making his mark on the state treasurer’s office he’s set to take over upon incumbent Dale Folwell’s retirement at the end of the

Monkey Business Report: Rockingham County GOP edition

Posted on November 4, 2024November 4, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Senator Phil Berger‘s passion for benefiting himself, his friends and family at all our expense is becoming precariously close to hurting GOP fortunes in his county and screwing the rest

Monkey Business SPECIAL REPORT: NCGOP mailer omits GOP opponents of Berger’s casinos

Posted on October 27, 2024October 27, 2024 by Brant Clifton

So, are Phil Berger’s personal agenda items and pet projects NOW priority-one for the North Carolina Republican Party? It’s really beginning to look like it. We told you about a

Monkey Business Report: NCGOP mailer touts Berger cronies, disses rest of GOP ticket

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Brant Clifton

If things fail into place as expected, Raleigh politics will be tightly controlled and governed by state senator Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and his political machine. The governor’s office has been