Leah Cushman, Author at Granite Grok

CUSHMAN: Public Health Cannot Rest on Corrupted Science

February 5, 2026 Leah Cushman

Public officials routinely defend vaccine mandates by invoking “the science.” We are told the benefits are clear, the risks minimal, and the tradeoffs settled. But that confidence depends on an assumption that no longer holds: that the scientific system producing these claims is reliable, transparent, and worthy of public trust. It isn’t. For years now, … Read more

NH Family Justice Updates

April 22, 2025 Leah Cushman

📢 House Executive Sessions (Committee Votes) 📢Email/call the Committee members- look them up here. 📅 Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 – 👨‍⚖️House Judiciary CommitteeRoom 206-208, Legislative Office Building, 33 N State Street, Concord ✅ Support ✅Any time after 10:00AM – SB141- extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases.This bill creates an … Read more

NH Family Justice Updates

April 13, 2025 Leah Cushman

Hearings Next Week!Tuesday, April 15th, 2025 – 11:00AMHouse Children and Family LawRoom 206-208, Legislative Office Building, 33 N State Street, Concord👀 Watch 👀Continuing Education with Administrative Judge Ellen V. Christo, NH circuit court.Watch the judicial system and Chairman Mark Pearson continue to spin their narrative that everything in the Family Court is lawful, that due process can … Read more

NH Family Justice Updates: HB553 KILLED! THANK YOU

March 30, 2025 Leah Cushman

Thanks to everyone who contacted their representatives this week, this bill that would have greatly expanded definitions of child abuse to include vague and subjective terms that are open to broad interpretation, making normal parenting a legal minefield, was tabled nearly unanimously by the House.This is a huge victory for the movement for due process … Read more

NH Family Justice Updates

May 11, 2025March 16, 2025 Leah Cushman

HB652-FN – Abolishing Family CourtThank you to everyone who called, wrote, and testified.The House Children and Family Law Committee voted to retain the bill. This means it will be held back from going to the House floor until early next year. The committee can work on the bill any time between now and then. Retaining … Read more

NH Family Justice to host Family Court Information Session for State Representatives

January 15, 2026February 26, 2025 Leah Cushman

👉Please email your state representatives and ask them to attend one of the two zoom sessions as noticed in the House Calendar. Sunday, March 2 at 8 pm or Monday, March 3 at 8 pm Details in the Member Notices section of the House Calendar.State Representatives only. Update on HB652-FN – Abolishing Family Court The committee will … Read more

The Bill to Abolish Family Court has Its House Hearing This Week.

February 9, 2025 Leah Cushman

New Hampshire Family Justice Reminder: The bill to abolish family court has its House hearing this week. Key points to help you draft your testimony to legislators are below. Tuesday, February 11 – House Children and Family Law CommitteeRoom 206-208, Legislative Office Building, 33 N State Street, Concord, NH ‼️1:30PM – HB 652-FN – abolishing the … Read more

Upcoming Bill Hearings: Mark Your Calendars

February 8, 2025February 2, 2025 Leah Cushman

NH Family Justice Monday, February 3 – House Judiciary CommitteeRoom 206-208, Legislative Office Building, 33 N State Street, Concord, NH⚠️9:30AM – CACR 7 – relating to the presumption of innocence. Providing that in all cases and suits of the state against one of the people, the defendant shall be innocent unless proven guilty.✅ Support ✅This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution … Read more

Bad Bill Alert – Defend Child and Parental Rights, Demand Due Process

February 8, 2025January 26, 2025 Leah Cushman

Upcoming Hearings – Mark Your CalendarsShow Up and Testify Tuesday, January 28 – House Children and Family Law CommitteeRoom 206-208, Legislative Office Building, 33 N State St., Concord, NH⚠️1:30PM – HB553-FN – relative to the definition of abuse and neglect and conditions triggering a rebuttable presumption of harm in abuse and neglect cases❌ Oppose ❌It is highly … Read more

Subpoenas, Warrants, Contempt, and Punishment Power of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

June 9, 2025October 27, 2024 Leah Cushman

The House is the grand inquest of the state. It is entrusted to carry out investigations and impeachments as a body independent of the judicial and executive branches. House investigative committees have certain powers to carry out their investigations, including collecting sworn or unsworn testimony, utilizing subpoenas to demand the appearance of witnesses for testimony … Read more

A Request to Suspend House Rules And Create a Special Investigative Committee …

February 8, 2025June 12, 2024 Leah Cushman

This is an email I sent to the whole NH House. I met with the Speaker yesterday and the clerk. This motion will take place early in the day. Please email your state representative and ask them to support the motion. Good evening, As many of you know, the People have been asking us legislators … Read more

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The Jab or Your Job? Meet the NH Healthcare Workers Coalition

February 8, 2025August 7, 2021 Leah Cushman

Medical professionals and other employees of healthcare systems across the state are reaching out to their legislators in a panic, as the New Hampshire Hospital Association issued a statement in support of hospitals and health systems to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for employees.

State Health Department Quietly Begins Mass-Collection of Vaccine Data, Including Refusals

February 8, 2025May 1, 2021 Leah Cushman

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has finally launched the long-contested vaccination registry to track all vaccination “events” which includes vaccination administration as well as refusals. We’d like to thank NH State Rep Leah Cushman for this Op-Ed. If you have an Op-Ed or LTE you would like us to consider please … Read more

It Is Time for New Hampshire To Stop Adding Fluoride to Public Drinking Water

February 8, 2025January 26, 2021 Leah Cushman

Municipal water fluoridation is a form of forced medicating by majority rule. If 51% of a community votes in favor of water fluoridation, the minority who don’t want fluoridated water have no choice but to purchase expensive filtration systems to remove fluoride, travel to collect spring water, or purchase unfluoridated bottled water.