Walker and former Gov. Pat McCrory were seated near the front of the room at Saturday night’s closing convention dinner when the endorsement was made.
Published: Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 @ 10:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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James Antle of the Washington Examiner highlights an interesting development among Republicans in Washington, D.C.
Published: Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 @ 4:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This article will explain why the Executive Order and the temporary travel ban is legal and appropriate and why I think it will ultimately be upheld.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 @ 2:27 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Congressional Republicans say they are short of the votes for raising the debt limit and avoiding a first-ever government default. With barely a week before deadline, there's no plan on what to do.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 3:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Republican U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, who serves the 10th Congressional District, said the single term he served in the state House more than a decade ago
Published: Sunday, October 4th, 2015 @ 9:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Barry Obama likes it. Renee Ellmers likes it. John Boehner LOVES IT. So does Nancy Pelosi. (We should ALL be worried.)
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 8:02 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The federal proposal that the president is calling "America's College Promise" has inspired fanfare and controversy that go beyond President Obama's decision earlier this week not to interfere with so-called 529 savings plans.
Published: Saturday, January 31st, 2015 @ 10:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I am sure many of you rushed home last night, cleared your schedule, and camped out in front of the TV awaiting breathlessly the latest pronouncements of our Dear Leader.
Published: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 @ 12:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Both 2nd Congressional District candidates wasted no time leveling zingers at each other Monday during a made-for-TV debate.
Published: Thursday, October 9th, 2014 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University students are applying the skills they've learned in the classroom at a myriad of internships this summer. From working at a military base in North Carolina to the fashion hub of Manhattan, students are gaining valuable on-the-job experience from professionals in their...
Published: Monday, July 14th, 2014 @ 11:49 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The seismometers were going wild around Richmond, Virginia tonight. A political earthquake appears to have catapulted the House Majority Leader into those very crowded unemployment lines.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 9:35 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In a free society, the right to express one's political views without governmental restraint or reprisal ought to be sacrosanct. Unfortunately, it isn't. Some politicians and political activists seem to believe that, because of a sense of moral superiority, they have the right not just to express...
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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First-term U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger faces a challenge from Michael Steinberg in the Republican primary for the 9th Congressional District.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 12:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Renee Ellmers has been proud of her ties to House leadership. She once slipped up - I think - in a conversation with me, referring to House Speaker John Boehner as her "boss."
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2014 @ 2:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Tea Partiers and other grassroots limited government types have been disappointed time and again by the Republican leaders on Capitol Hill they elected and elevated in 2010 and 2012.
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2014 @ 9:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We took a look at Thom Tillis’s money in a previous post. Now, let’s look at the financial doings of Charlotte pastor-turned-candidate Mark Harris.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 7:10 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Regular readers of this site know we tend to be highly critical of congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-NC-2). Miss Renee tends to give us plenty of ammo every time she gets in front of a representative of the mainstream media - like HERE.
Published: Tuesday, August 6th, 2013 @ 12:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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From 1972 to 2002, North Carolina was represented in the US Senate by one of the nation's most preeminent conservatives.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2013 @ 2:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Politico -- hardly a right-wing rag -- has broken a story about a bipartisan group of politicians seeking to exempt themselves and their staffs from the impending implementation of ObamaCare.
Published: Saturday, April 27th, 2013 @ 10:00 am
By: Brant Clifton
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US House Speaker John Boehner and his team have pushed through several pieces of legislation opposed by a majority of Republicans, but supported by a majority of Democrats, and say they will do it again and again.
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2013 @ 10:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The mainstream media and The White House are warning of a coming apocalypse brought on by "draconian" spending cuts in the budget sequester that is to kick in on March 1.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2013 @ 9:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Politicians in Raleigh and DC, aided and abetted by our oft-clueless media, are railing about how the only way to fix our economic mess is to get the 'guv-mint' MO' revenue.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 11:35 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Brant Clifton wrote two short pieces on Friday, and I am writing one today. Does anyone really care?
Published: Sunday, November 11th, 2012 @ 10:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Let us not be so cavalier with the system that our Founders crafted for us, the one secured by the blood of over a million Americans, and the one that the rest of the world looks to.
Published: Friday, November 9th, 2012 @ 6:25 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Congresswoman Renee Ellmers is having quite a rocky relationship with folks in her new majority Republican district. A recent survey by Public Policy Polling found that she was leading her Democrat opponent Steve Wilkins by only 44-28 in this VERY Republican district.
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 3:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Why did freshman U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers draw three Republican primary challengers? That question probably occurred to more than one politico after the filing deadline for North Carolina's May 8 primary closed three weeks ago.
Published: Monday, March 19th, 2012 @ 3:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"One day, I walked into an operating room, to just be an observant, which we would do generally, as a medical resident. It was the 1960's and abortion was still legal.
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2012 @ 10:18 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On Wednesday, April 6, about 800-1000 Tea Party and other conservative groups stood on the Capitol lawn in Washington DC to tell the government to "Cut Spending!"
Published: Saturday, April 9th, 2011 @ 12:03 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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