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Unless you’re a brand new Granite Stater outside of Wheeler’s district, you ought to be familiar with Ms Melanie Levesque. While she’s not the only one who voted for an income tax, she’s the one who gets the most bent out of shape when her vote is mentioned. For those who care to learn more … Read more
New Hampshire is once again the freest state both in the United States and on the North American continent, topping each index in this year’s Economic Freedom of North America report, released today by the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute. “Granite Staters continue to choose policies that empower people, not … Read more
Governor-Elect Ayotte ran successfully on a slogan we put on shirts, mugs, stickers, and barware: “Don’t Mass up New Hampshire.” Her campaign’s take was slightly different, and on the whole, neither is original. Granite Staters have been mumbling about Massholes (I suspect) for as long as there’s been a Union. More so, since the cradle … Read more
In what has become a perennial waste of time, New Hampshire House Democrats have placed yet another Legislative Service Request (LSR) “prohibiting possession of a firearm at a polling place.” This year’s popular blonde (with a penis and five o’clock shadow) is 2025-0360. Its sponsors are Timothy Horrigan, Suzanne Vail, David Meuse, Jodi Newell, Loren Selig Last year’s effort, … Read more
In an interview on WVMT’s Morning Drive, the newly elected Democrat Majority Leader in the Vermont House, Lori Houghton (D-Essex), blamed their historic election losses on (drumroll) poor communications. Asked by host Kurt Wright what lessons she took from November 5th, Houghton replied, “Vermonters didn’t understand that what we passed will help them. And we … Read more
The Jones Act “requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried on ships that have been constructed in the United States and that fly the U.S. flag, are owned by U.S. citizens, and are crewed by U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents.” It was passed over 100 years ago as part … Read more
Remember Seth Moulton? He of the church of the sudden change of heart. The Massachusetts Congressman did a complete 180 from pro-trans sports to keep the boys off the girls’ teams and his fellow Democrats have been howling ever since. It reminds me of how NH Dems responded to local Democrat Jonah Wheeler when he … Read more
The Patch has a useful story today with details from the NH Attorney General’s Office. Holiday Scams are a problem, and they felt they should warn Granite Staters to be wary. Someone is pretending to be from law enforcement, telling marks they missed a court date and there is a warrant out for their arrest. … Read more
If you missed the memo, NH Bulletin is run by States Newsroom, a well-funded, national progressive project to advance approved narratives. It is a quasi-moderate Potemkin online village trying to shoehorn “right-thinking” Leftism into the collective consciousness. They are also a place to look for low-hanging fruit. Here’s the headline: “What’s next for abortion laws … Read more
Today we learned that you are very lucky!!! I got re-elected for another 2 year term and will continue to write and report on House proceedings and let you all know what we learned along the way! We also learned that today was Organization Day in the NH House (and Senate)! That means that House … Read more
New Hampshire is the No. 3 state in the country for outbound cigarette smuggling, resulting in a revenue windfall, concludes the latest annual report on interstate cigarette smuggling from the Tax Foundation and Mackinac Center for Public Policy. From 2007-2022, New Hampshire earned $955 million in state revenue from cigarette buyers who then smuggled their purchases to … Read more
Governor Sununu is being sued as part of a wrongful arrest claim against him, and today, he was handed his summons to appear in court. The soon-to-be former governor is implicated along with the state police on seven counts, including violating citizens’ First, Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendment rights. Nine citizens were arrested at an … Read more
Sane people are puzzled over the question of how our Vermont public school system can lose roughly twenty-five percent of its student population since Act 60 “reform” in 1997, yet now cost three times as much – and return worse results for students. But conversations in the Commission on the Future of Education in Vermont … Read more
The House voted today on their speaker for the next two years, and Sherm Packard will retain the gavel. Rep. Kim Rice had mounted a challenge to his leadership for some pretty good reasons, which I have learned. There’s no point in getting into that now, but Packard remains the speaker, and his leadership team … Read more
I have written several articles labeling the judicial-legal system as one that operates on connections: it’s about who you know, not what you know. A recent article on GraniteGrok by Andrew Cline, titled “Rising Up, Not Against Institutions, but Elitism,” highlights that citizens are not opposed to institutions themselves but rather to the elitism represented … Read more
The “Duty to Speak Up” was the theme of this month’s Safety Forum at the Manchester Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Medical Center. The people at the table seemed well-intentioned, but if you’ve read my previous series about what happens to whistleblowers at the VA, you know speaking up leads to an endless loop of broken promises, … Read more
This week, we talk about the war on Thanksgiving, how DEI is harming our students’ mental health, and how Firewood is in the government’s crosshairs.
Who is pushing shots on New Hampshire children, including mRNA Covid shots, unproven monoclonal antibodies, and more, and how much are they spending to do it? As your New Hampshire advocate for transparency and choice regarding vaccines, it has been my duty to learn the ins and outs of the vaccine program in New Hampshire … Read more
On Wednesday, December 4, the Executive Council will meet and vote on the nominee for State Librarian, Mindy Atwood. We are asking our supporters to call their Executive Councilor and urge them to vote NO on this nominee. This nominee has a history of promoting progressive library policies, including preventing school boards from “censoring” LGBTQ books and pornographic material … Read more
