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We had a wonderful start to the Independent Women’s Network – New Hampshire fall film series with our first event on Friday, September 18, featuring Real History: Watergate. We had a great turnout and an invigorating conversation afterward, and we’re excited to continue the series! Please join us for our second event on Friday, October … Read more
Last night, username GASTON called attention to a WMUR story about Granite Staters suddenly being harassed by the registry for unpaid out-of-state tickets that were issued decades ago. If a prosecutor or plaintiff can’t unleash litigation over crimes and grievances that long ago, why should the registry get to? I wanted answers, and the WMUR … Read more
This Saturday, October 3, from 2-4 pm, is our next EdOpt Fair at Evergreen Elementary in Hudson (near Nashua). Thanks to Tiffany Diamond for organizing and putting a creative touch on this fair! It’ll be a Fall Fest theme with Trunk-or-Treat and a food truck — the same delicious one from our Bow fair! The … Read more
This week on GrokTALK!, Democrats have bills for 2027 to pass a sales and income tax, raise business taxes, and tax retirement income (Interest and dividends). The November elections in the Granite State are about stopping a sales and income tax and whether you love New Hampshire enough to vote to stop both. “Tradition is … Read more
Though New Hampshire legislators have passed about 30 housing reform bills in the last three years, possibly the biggest reform—lowering minimum lot sizes—has remained elusive. Many legislators have refused to support it because they view it as too controversial. Yet a new St. Anselm College Poll shows that legalizing small homes on small lots is … Read more
The Democrat Party has a long anti-democratic history; now it’s fielding Democrat Socialists of America (DSA) candidates who want to replace the American Constitution that protects our rights, and implement policies that will make American life more dangerous, less free, and much poorer. Democrats use government to violate our rights or allow them to … Read more
The recent $44.6 million dollar overbid contract before the Governor and Executive Council for the replacement of the Cannon Mountain aerial tramway asks a continuing question: Should New Hampshire be in the ski area business? Completed in 1980 and used beyond its design capabilities, the tramway is a centerpiece of a ski area inside a … Read more
It’s that time of the month. My appearance on WFEA’s Morning Update with Jeff Chidester. This week, we start with campaign commercials, specifically the dueling montage directed at the open U.S. Senate seat in New Hampshire. Jeff and Steve kick off the segment by dissecting the latest wave of Senate race attack ads aimed at … Read more
I got up and spoke out against former Gordon MacDonald at his Executive Council confirmation hearing. Everyone was running and scrambling to set up their microphones as if Elvis had just walked into the building. I got up after introducing myself to the council and handed AG MacDonald my not-guilty slip, which I still have. … Read more
A WMUR headline story ran yesterday afternoon about the closure of the Queen City Bridge (QCB) in Manchester. Readers with no ties to Manchester might not care about the QCB because it’s “out of sight, out of mind,” so to speak, but I’ll explain why everyone should pay attention. No sound-minded person would want a … Read more
Gordon MacDonald should never have been the AG. He lied on his application to the Supreme Court as well. He said he didn’t have any conflicts of interest but failed to mention that he was still listed as an agent at Nixon Peabody for a firm managed by Gordon Humphrey, whom he listed as a … Read more
. It is with great disappointment that the League Board has decided to CANCEL our annual 2A FREEDOM RALLY this year. We’ve dealt with sub-freezing temperatures; snow, sleet, and rain before, but the winds are always a killer. State House Plaza is already a wind tunnel – we can attest to the many canopies and … Read more
Don Bolduc’s never-ending attacks against President Trump are monotonous: “Trump’s troubled second term boils down to leadership” Sept. 14). Yet when he ran for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire in 2020 and 2022, you fully supported Donald Trump. It’s easier to attack the remedy than to confront the reality. General Bolduc’s claim of the Trump … Read more
Here is the fact that swallows the rest of the argument. No voting machine in any New Hampshire town hall has been examined to see whether it can reach the internet. RSA 656:42, X is not a suggestion. It says no electronic ballot counting device shall have access to or be connected to the Internet. … Read more
New Hampshire Republicans promised Granite Staters last week that they would keep working to make their lives easier. Democrats will keep hating Trump Republicans and anyone who disagrees with them. They will continue to obstruct federal agents from enforcing actual laws, to go after their political enemies (that includes you), allow criminals to walk your … Read more
This week, two separate justices rejected a last-ditch effort to keep a school district spending cap question off this November’s ballot. Those dual orders clear the way for New Hampshire voters to decide this fall whether to cap the rate of growth of their local school district budgets, as well as the size of school … Read more
The Final Question In these troubled times, which are well-defined by maladies like rising costs, rising debts, and the rise of socialism, there’s no shortage of questions you could ask a Congressional candidate. But one question has lingered most persistently. Maggie Goodlander and Lily Tang Williams are very distinct candidates. But to understand this question—and … Read more
This week, on The Independents, Carla Gericke breaks down a first-of-its-kind New Hampshire case: a jury just acquitted Jaxen Cole of two Class B felony “fraudulent use of deepfakes” charges after he posted a 57-second Valentine’s Day spoof of booking-room bodycam audio. No face. No badge. No department. Caption: “Do you think this officer wants … Read more
The left’s complete lack of messaging hasn’t sunk their leaky blue dinghy yet, which suggests people are still as gullible as ever. They want to believe the lies and seem hesitant to acknowledge the truths. Democrats in New Hampshire want an income tax. They propose it every year or nearly every year. They concoct Rube … Read more
Previous: Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV. I have tried to serialize this misbegotten behavior by SAU86, which I will bring mostly to a close soon. However, the “steamroll” part of the title. DCYF (NH Department of Children, Youth and Family) is supposed to protect children mostly from really bad and abusive … Read more