Steve MacDonald

Back in June 2014, New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen took her Obama-Party talking points to the press and announced that she was grateful for Bowe Bergdahl’s courage while we (and many others) were reporting that he was a deserter and a traitor.

Two years later, in August of 2016, she didn’t have anything to say about his being charged with treason, even though we (sort of) asked.

So I’m going to go out on a limb here and say, she isn’t going to call his pleading guilty to treason ‘courage’ either.

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Newmarket, NH Democrat Ellen Read has proposed we add a ‘Community Rights Amendment’ to the New Hampshire State Constitution. What is that, you ask? According to its proponents it, “…would guarantee local communities the authority to protect the health, safety, and welfare of individuals, communities, and nature.”

Authority to protect Nature?

Danger Will Robinson, Danger!!!

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This is going to push the “all abortion all the time” Democrats over the edge. It is from the HHS 2012-2022 Strategic Plan.

Mission Statement

The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services.

Organizational Structure

HHS accomplishes its mission through programs and initiatives that cover a wide spectrum of activities, serving and protecting Americans at every stage of life, beginning at conception. 

Here’s a link to the HHS PDF. THe document is also embedded below.

H/T NRO

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In a piece over at The Hill.com, two writers outline why Mr. Trump’s Iran Speech matters. The Obama deal was a sham with a payoff.

President Obama promised that on his watch Iran would not get nuclear weapons. Obama achieved this by cutting a deal that effectively paid off Iran upfront to delay a nuclear breakout until after he left office. He did this at the cost of greatly fortifying Iran’s predatory, Islamist regime, without ending its nuclear program. That is what Trump has inherited. As he accurately summed it up: “We got weak inspections in exchange for no more than a purely short-term and temporary delay in Iran’s path to nuclear weapons.”

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Governor Moonbeam Jerry Brown’s open borders, sanctuary state is in the news again.

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday declared a state of emergency to control a hepatitis A outbreak.

Last month, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency declared local outbreaks in September. The Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency began issuing health alerts about the virus in May.

A third world problem comes to a first world sanctuary state? No kidding, really?

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The Trump administration has issued its final warning to a handful of ‘jurisdictions’ is claims are still in violation of federal law.

The Justice Department has issued a final warning to five of the 10 jurisdictions it accused of having “sanctuary” policies that defy federal immigration laws, saying they have until Oct. 27 to submit additional evidence proving compliance or risk losing grant money.

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Yesterday, news broke that New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu was doing us all a huge favor by offering Speaker Shawn Jasper a job as the Agriculture Commissioner. This would mean Jasper is stepping down from his Statehouse seat and relinquishing the Speaker’s chair.

I think Jasper will take up the Governor up on his offer.

So who will replace him as Speaker?

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In this day and age, it’s interesting to see all three branches of government agree on something. Bailing out insurance companies against the will of the court and Congress is coming to an end.

The payments had specifically been denied by Congress but President Obama had made them anyway, drawing a rebuke from a court who said he was overstepping his powers. The case has raged for months, and both the Obama and Trump administrations had continued making payments — until now.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, in a statement, said the Justice Department has concluded the judge’s ruling is correct, and there is no valid legal ability to make the payments.

What does this mean for ObamaCare?

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From Cornerstone – (Copied Email alert in its entirety)

Action Item: Contact Members of Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services had its public hearing on September 13 about its proposed rule change to let Medicaid dollars pay for “gender reassignment” surgery. Thanks to all of you who contacted DHHS with your concerns.

Now, the proposed rule will go before the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (JLCAR). Members include state representatives and Senators from both parties. They need to hear from you! 

We do not know when the rule will come before JLCAR, since the committee’s agenda is usually posted only a few days in advance of meetings. Make a note on your calendar that the next scheduled meeting is Thursday, October 19, at 9 a.m. in rooms 306-308 of the Legislative Office Building in Concord.

Right now, before the rule appears on the agenda, please contact committee members. Their contact information is below. Forward a copy of your message to Governor Sununu.

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