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Do you know anything about Claude Howell's relationship with Henry Jay Macmillan? Do you know what they would have been doing in 1950? Would love to connect to discuss!

Commented: Friday, March 27th, 2026 @ 12:06 am By: Jack S

What did we learn about the local GOP at their convention Thursday night? One glaring tidbit is the notion that a subcommittee appointed by the chairman has to report to the overall executive committee is out of order by this convention. Think about that for a moment. This is so convoluted that it transcends organizational plans entirely. This is just basic relationships between committees. Summation of the party in a word: Corruption. It will not get better until better leaders come forward.

Commented: Friday, March 27th, 2026 @ 6:52 am By: Van Zant

Tonight at the Beaufort County Court House in the Superior Court Room is the 2026 Beaufort County Republican Party convention. This is a public event. Any Republican may attend.

If you are concerned about what is going on in the Republican party, this is a good place to be. There is a lot of mis-information out there. Come and see for yourself.

Commented: Thursday, March 26th, 2026 @ 6:57 am By: Hood Richardson

Democrats clearly do not care about the American people who are murdered, raped, robbed, etc. by illegal alien criminals, nor those who lose their jobs to illegal aliens. Nor do they care about American air travelers put through hell by their stupid shutdown.

Commented: Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 @ 8:09 pm By: John Steed

The special interest money spent in District 79 primary race is a tremendous red flag. It was a very big factor in the Kidwell loss. Probably the biggest factor. Not the only factor though.

A lot of people have been wondering why such a high priority has been put on controlling the Beaufort County GOP. Why did Kidwell work so hard with Ms. Garris to make the party an exclusive party? And maybe that was actually Ms. Garris helping Kidwell with the execution of that task. I suppose they transformed the local party into a political machine, but the price was the destruction of the party in its traditional role. Even bigger than that was the alienation of a group of conservatives that actually appreciated Kidwell's record in Raleigh but felt attacked by his actions at home. Some of that group still voted for Kidwell in the primary - others did not.

The other thing was the simultaneous public attack by Kidwell and Garris on Stacey Davis. What was that about? Why were they involved at all? Remember Superintendent Cheeseman immediately released a redacted tape to the press before he even spoke with the Board of Education. In fact, I've found that the Board of Education to this day has never acted on the situation. They finally got to see the unredacted tape well after the fact. That is strange to say the least. In fact, I know several people involved that say this unilateral action by the Superintendent resembles a set up more than anything else. Why did Kidwell and Garris jump into this so quickly? Is there some connection with Cheeseman? Could it be so mundane as a potential political appointment favor to a Victory Committee faction? Perhaps both? One has to wonder. Is it something along this line or something else? Finally, is it something rotten or is it just coincidentally stupid?

So many negative things going on in the local Republican Party creates severe weaknesses.

Commented: Tuesday, March 24th, 2026 @ 3:58 pm By: Van Zant

CV: Ahh, she's controlled opposition; that is VERY interesting. She also seems to speak with an "ebonics" flair....very weird. She's definitely trying to play victim BUT.....I think she let a cat outta the bag when talking about the city government going full corporate.

To be honest, it's already corporate......people are just now waking up to it.

Commented: Monday, March 23rd, 2026 @ 11:46 am By: John Valley

John "Sassyattorney" is the wife of the former city manager who beat a hasty retreat when the Sadler machine fell in the last election. From my understanding, she has a law license but does not actually practice law. She has a huge chip on her shoulder over her husband losing the city manager position which paid a nice salary. She resents that GOP involvement in the election that brought down the Sadler machine.

Commented: Monday, March 23rd, 2026 @ 7:51 am By: Conservative Voter

Good that the video now seems to work without the Google sign-in. Everyone should be concerned about special interest dark money buying our legislative seats. They bought some other seats in our primaries away form conservatives in other districts besides Kidwell's. It is good to see both liberals and conservatives concerned about this threat to our elections. That video said it all. This liberal group does not agree on policy with Kidwell, but they value having an honest legislator, even one they disagree with, over a special interest hack like Armst5rong. Tellingly, they identify Armstrong as the real "sellout".

It was Phil Berger who invited the special interests so deeply into our politics with his corrupt pay-for-play tactics. It is good Berger is gone.

Commented: Sunday, March 22nd, 2026 @ 10:36 am By: Rino Hunter

Even in Beaufort County, illegal immigration is the largest unnecessary cost to Beaufort County taxpayers.

Commented: Saturday, March 21st, 2026 @ 9:41 pm By: Stan Deatherage

How many people did Roy Cooper's lockdowns kill in North Carolina? Will Whatley have the backbone to call him out on his totalitarian lockdowns? Don Brown would have.

Commented: Saturday, March 21st, 2026 @ 5:05 pm By: Rino Hunter

This is great news. Cornyn has always been a sell out on immigration. Paxton is solid as a rock.

Commented: Saturday, March 21st, 2026 @ 4:46 pm By: borderhawk