Tag: politics

Greg Murphy vs. Onslow Co. GOP: The tale of the email

Posted on April 18, 2022April 19, 2022 by Brant Clifton

(Links are now fixed.) As we noted earlier, there is a split in the Onslow County GOP over the future of US Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC3rd). A group of activists

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

’22 primaries a target-rich environment for RINO-hunters

Posted on April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Every two years, primary elections give evidence that a species conservatives would like to see go extinct is alive and well — even in conservative habitats. I’m talking about

Tillis, Timmy & Phil all backing Cawthorn primary opponent

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Brant Clifton

All of you trying to convince us of Chuck Edwards’s conservative bona fides — get a load of this: Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is throwing his weight behind

Revenge of the RINOs

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

Remember this story? Well, we’ve got a follow-up (and it’s NOT pretty). It seems that Mr. Whatley and the boys in Raleigh were none too pleased about (1) efforts

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

Poll: NC voters not really paying attention in the two major statewide 2022 races

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

A new poll sponsored and released by NC Values shows the US Senate GOP primary in a dead heat and the state Supreme Court GOP primary as a toss-up.

#ncga : A primary for the pro tem

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Brant Clifton

I hear an awful lot of griping out there about the caliber of people we have “representing” us in Raleigh and DC. We’ve got primaries coming up in May.

Could hit on Robinson have its origins in his own party?

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Brant Clifton

According to some political “household.names”. I’ve talked to, it’s very possible. Said one of my sources: ”It’s not a bit about strengthening the party and winning over more supporters.

Does the NCGOPe really want new vote integrity laws?

Posted on March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s a good question. Moore, Berger and their folks on Jones Street have sat quietly on their hands as The State Board of Elections made up their own rules