Tag: politics

Biden’s EEOC: ‘Watch who you call “sir”!’

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Brant Clifton

As if things in DC couldn’t get any crazier: The Biden administration has rolled out a set of new guidelines, under which an employer would be deemed liable for harassment

DPI’s lame-duck Team Truitt settles with fired CRT / DEI critic

Posted on May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Back in 2022, David Phillips had been an accomplished instructor at The North Carolina Governor’s School – which falls under the domain of The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Folwell: Fed court’s ruling puts viability and longevity of state health plan at risk

Posted on May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 by Brant Clifton

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that the NC State Health Plan violates customers’ rights under the “equal protection clause” of The US Constitution by

By jove, I think Ted’s got it! (Or at least, he’s getting there.)

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Brant Clifton

I was pleasantly surprised to see Ted Budd’s NO vote off-setting Therrible Thom’s awful YES on the recent foreign aid giveaway to Ukraine, Israel, and all points between. (The package

Robinson family biz on state’s DO-NOT-PAY list since 2021. (Why are they still getting paid?)

Posted on April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 by Brant Clifton

That’s an interesting question. Let’s dig in: Okay. So, if you browse to the Office of State Budget and Management’s online Suspension of Funding List (SOFL), you’ll find THIS among

We’re broker than broke and being invaded, but DC pols keep shipping cash-we-don’t-have overseas

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Brant Clifton

If this doesn’t convince you that your opinion means less than that of party leaders and lobbyists in DC, I don’t know what can be done for you. While we

NC legislators. Lobbyists. The Virginia mountains. Serious injuries. (And some serious questions. )

Posted on April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 by Brant Clifton

At first, I didn’t hold out much hope for The Assembly website. It was billed as a North Carolina politics website run by folks who used to cover the subject

Yolanda vs. NC DHHS: Butting heads over fiscal review of Robinson family biz

Posted on April 18, 2024 by Brant Clifton

A fiscal review of Greensboro-based Balanced Nutrition, the Robinson family business, had been scheduled for the duration of this week. The firm, a contractor for state government which manages millions

Surprise! UNC board of governors smacks down DEI.

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Boy, this issue has really found its legs quickly. At the beginning of April, we heard from UNC-CH trustee Jim Blaine – a close associate of state senate president pro

Yolanda: NC DHHS probe of Robinson family business part ‘of some type of vendetta’