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Paul Chesser

Paul Chesser publishes CarolinaPlottHound.com, a news aggregator for North Carolina, and is a contributor of articles, research and investigative reports for both national and state-level free-market think tanks.
by | Sep 29, 2010

Politico today has another story in the formerly mainstream media‘s year-long series about division within the Republican Party. The theme throughout this journalistic endeavor is to interview Beltway GOPers about how divisive those candidates are who are supported by grassroots…

by | Sep 28, 2010

The Hill (via Drudge): ‘Dems to stuff 20 bills into post-election lame duck session:’ Democrats are considering cramming as many as 20 pieces of legislation into the lame-duck session they plan to hold after the Nov. 2 election. The array…

by | Sep 28, 2010

Don’t miss the Washington Examiner‘s weeklong special series, led by editorial page editor Mark Tapscott, about the influence of “Big Green” on elections, regulations, and lucrative paybacks. As they wrote yesterday: They got comfortable wielding political, regulatory and legislative power….

by | Sep 27, 2010

Vulnerable Rep. Betsy Markey, and many fellow Colorado Democrats, has been the beneficiary of liberal billionaire heiress Pat Stryker’s generous political contributions, which helped transform it into a Blue State a few short years ago. Now it appears that Markey…

by | Sep 27, 2010

Yet more shovel-ready busy-work funded by taxpayers, discovered by the Freedom Foundation of Minnesota and Watchdog.org: St. Cloud Regional Airport touts lots of amenities on its website—a café, ATM, free wi-fi, free parking and a $5 million completely renovated terminal…

by | Sep 26, 2010

And as the current playbook demands, anti-Koch Industries (the new Exxon) also. The take-home quote: “I don’t think you want the Tea Party running your community, running your family, running your government.” In case you need a reminder:

by | Sep 26, 2010

Hat tip to the Wall Street Journal‘s John Fund for the head’s up on this campaign ad by Let Freedom Ring, which criticizes Sen. Lisa Murkowski over her write-in campaign after she lost the Alaska Republican primary to newcomer Joe…

by | Sep 26, 2010

This was taken on a pretty busy thoroughfare in south Raleigh. The three Democrat congressmen listed on the sign — Bob Etheridge, Brad Miller and David Price — all have significant portions of their districts in North Carolina’s state capital.

by | Sep 24, 2010

All I saw on the homepage of CNN was the headline/link “Republican takes on heckler,” and I knew who it had to be:

by | Sep 24, 2010

Colin Beavan, the author of “No Impact Man,” which chronicled his yearlong experiment of taking his family off the electricity grid (and from what I hear, toilet paper), has made the rounds this summer at colleges and business forums promoting…

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