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They do this at the behest of their Antifa allies.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 6:15 pm
By: LifeZette
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The Republicans are suing Newsom on mail-in ballots.
Published: Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 @ 3:20 pm
By: LifeZette
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper insists Medicaid expansion be included in the General Fund budget, and the Republican-dominated General Assembly unequivocally refuses.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 8:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Rep. William Brisson, D-Bladen, said he is switching to the Republican Party because Democrats have become too progressive
Published: Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 5:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Draw North Carolina's election maps fairly, and we'll end up with representation that more closely resembles this state's tight partisan split. Right?
Published: Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 @ 2:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When trying to make sense of North Carolina's legal fights over electoral redistricting, one is reminded of an old line from baseball stadium vendors: "You can't tell the players without a scorecard."
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 3:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper's pick to head North Carolina’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, former state Rep. Larry Hall, received unanimous approval last week from the Senate committee tasked to confirm him
Published: Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 @ 1:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a 3-2 party-line vote, the State Board of Elections on Wednesday ordered a machine recount of more than 90,000 ballots that were reported late on election night
Published: Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As Democrats and Republicans actively contest North Carolina's governorship, U.S. Senate seat, and 15 electoral votes for president this fall, don't expect them to ignore other races on the ballot
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2016 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite being controlled by Republicans, the State Board of Elections didn't seem to heed a request to make "party-line changes" last week when it approved plans for early voting this fall
Published: Thursday, September 15th, 2016 @ 7:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It sounds like something out of one of The Godfather movies, or the final days of Nixon. But the reports we're getting make that headline look like a real possibility.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2015 @ 5:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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During the Tea Party era, the Tenth Amendment to The US Constitution has been getting some much needed attention.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2015 @ 4:22 am
By: Brant Clifton
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That’s a mighty apt take on the current environment on Jones Street, as supplied from one disgusted insider who confided in me.
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2015 @ 10:35 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I never thought I’d see the Democrat Party actually be able to get to the right of Republicans on taxes.
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2015 @ 11:37 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Well, the GOP has officially surrendered their advantage in the area of taxes. After so many decades montyhallas the low – / anti-tax party, the GOP majority on Jones Street pushed through increases in the state gasoline tax.
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 12:32 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In 2011, the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission submitted a report forecasting sea level rise along the coast for the next three decades.
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 4:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Democrats have, for decades, made mincemeat out of GOP nominees simply because they disagreed with them.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 4:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We've provided extensive coverage of the political drama around the state Sea Level Rise (SLR) panel and its revision - mandated by the GOP majority in the legislature - of the projected sea level rise on the North Carolina coast.
Published: Monday, February 2nd, 2015 @ 6:08 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the honorables - and, in some cases, we are using that term veeeeeeeerrrrrry loosely - are back in town ready to run your life and spend your money.
Published: Thursday, January 15th, 2015 @ 12:41 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Barry Obama and John Boehner got their $1 trillion spending monstrosity pushed through the House last night by a 219-206 margin. Amnesty got fully funded.
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 12:38 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We’ve had our issues with a lot of decisions made by this governor. But we do have to give him kudos for his positions on illegal immigration. In 2013, he resisted General Assembly efforts (led by Thom Tillis) to water down e-verify citizenship requirements for the state’s employers.
Published: Thursday, December 4th, 2014 @ 12:11 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We’ve learned that there just might be a crony capitalism angle in the amnesty fight for at least one powerful House Republican.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 8:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It is absolutely amazing how many people have reacted to the recently completed elections in the same fashion as they would to athletic events. Yay, Blue Devils! Yay, Panthers! Yay, Thom!
Published: Monday, November 10th, 2014 @ 11:04 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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$100 million for THIS? Somebody needs to talk to the manager or ask for a refund or something.
Published: Friday, November 7th, 2014 @ 9:42 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Republican Ken Smith says his campaign to oust Democratic incumbent Rep. William Brisson from the House District 22 seat in the General Assembly is nothing personal.
Published: Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 @ 1:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Renee Ellmers has spent nearly four years in Congress. For that entire period, the Dunn Republican has served in a Republican majority.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 12:42 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Several drive-by sources are already chalking up Tillis’s troubles to the “unpopular” Republican majority in the North Carolina General Assembly. Never mind that the average voter can’t name their state representative or state senator.
Published: Thursday, October 9th, 2014 @ 1:21 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In Hobby Lobby, the Court ruled that the Obamacare law and its related regulations cannot compel closely held or family-owned companies from providing certain kinds of contraceptive coverage if doing so violates the owners' religious beliefs.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 11:23 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In Mississippi, when incumbent US senator Thad Cochran appeared to be going down in flames to Tea Party candidate Chris McDaniel, GOP establishment types sold their souls and threw in with Democrats to fend off the conservative hordes.
Published: Sunday, July 20th, 2014 @ 4:11 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Medicaid is trying to break North Carolina's economy. It's an out-of-control mess.
Published: Friday, July 18th, 2014 @ 7:42 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A week back, leftist pollster PPP came out with a poll showing the state of the race as: Hagan 39, Tillis 34, Haugh 11.
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 1:40 am
By: Brant Clifton
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After November 2012, when Pat McCrory was elected North Carolina's first Republican governor since 1992 and voters reelected a GOP majority in both legislative chambers for the first time since the 1860s, displaced Democrats, liberal editorialists, and left-wing activists began pursuing a...
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2014 @ 12:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I participated in the big 9/12/09 march on Washington that is credited with being the coming-out party for The Tea Party movement.
Published: Tuesday, May 13th, 2014 @ 7:54 am
By: Brant Clifton
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