This week on The Independents, is the Free State dead? No. Calm down. But maybe stop putting all your eggs in one basket case. On this post-election episode of The Independents, I unpack New Hampshire’s election shakeup, what the school tax-cap vote tells us about voters’ priorities, and where liberty-minded Granite Staters go from here.

An election changes who holds office. It doesn’t erase our communities, our ability to show up, or the long-term case for New Hampshire independence. We discuss opportunities to work across party lines on Defend the Guard, government transparency, privacy, cannabis reform, and more.

I also float a proposal guaranteed to annoy somebody: could a different approach to vice and consumption taxes help reduce our reliance on property taxes? What should government stop spending money on in the first place? Plus: why insulting voters isn’t persuasion, why online attention isn’t a substitute for building a movement, and why your next town budget meeting deserves your attention.

We’re libertarians. We’re not just Republicans. Let’s act like it.

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