Tag: politics

Sen. Tom McInnis v. NC high school sports: vengeful power trip or wise move?

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Some folks across the state have a feeling they know WHY there is an effort afoot on Jones Street to take over high school sports: It’s hard enough getting

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

NCGOP’s Whatley earns his party wrong kind of national attention

Posted on September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

NCGOP chairman Michael Whatley spoke at an in-state election integrity event Saturday. (Yes, there is videotape.). Fortunately, the nationally-renowned Gateway Pundit blog had eyes and ears on the ground:

Tilli$$$: Illegals not the problem, unvaccinated Americans ARE

Posted on September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Thom Tillis has barely won two Senate races, yet he continues to thumb his nose at his party’s base — instead of, you know, trying to patch things up.

Sweetheart deal from The Feds, but NO campaign finance filings for last 14 months

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 by Brant Clifton

As long as you have a campaign fund open, you are required to update the reporting on said fund. Former state Rep. David Lewis still has his campaign

‘Riverboat’ Thommy explains the DC shell game to the lil’ people

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Don’t you just love it when one of the honorables on Capitol Hill steps down off his or her pedestal to lecture us on how THEY are right and

David Lewis’s manicured hands get slapped. (* Um, surprise?*)

Posted on August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 by Brant Clifton

He took $400,000 from his donors for personal use, but only got a slap on his manicured hands: After admitting to financial crimes like not paying taxes — as

Roy Cooper and the politics of unemployment

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Okay, see if you can follow me here. In July, our weaselly governor vetoed a bill passed by the GOP-controlled legislature to end the $300 supplement to unemployment benefits.

CRT, Gay stuff and a ‘gender unicorn’ at The North Carolina Governor’s School

Posted on August 1, 2021August 2, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Many of you might already know about Governor’s School. It’s where the supposed best and brightest of our high school kids go to bolster their CVs for college and

Budd: Cooper partnering with far-left on door-to-door vaccine campaign

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Ted Budd — the leading contender for the 2022 Republican nomination — says he believes there is more behind Roy Cooper’s door-to-door vaccination advocacy than a basic concern