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Couple Under House Arrest After Testing Positive For COVID-19

July 19, 2020 Ken Eyring

A Kentucky couple is under house arrest because one of them tested positive for COVID-19 and refused to sign self-quarantine papers. Elizabeth Linscott got tested for COVID-19 because she was planning to visit her parents and wanted to be cautious. Although she showed no symptoms, her test came back positive. She verbally agreed to self-quarantine … Read more

Smokers, Mass. lawmakers may have saved N.H. businesses from tax hike

July 18, 2020 Op-Ed

Cigarette smokers and flavored tobacco scavengers from Massachusetts produced a surge of New Hampshire tobacco tax revenue that almost single-handedly prevented a business tax increase, preliminary, unaudited state figures suggest.

Bedford Resident Steve Kenda Announces Run for the New Hampshire House

July 17, 2020 Steve MacDonald

For Immediate Release: July 17, 2020
Contact: Steve Kenda 603.488.5184

Bedford, NH – Steve Kenda filed to represent Bedford in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Returning to Bedford after a 15-year hiatus, Steve released the following statement:

If Your Local NH Public School Reopening Plan Doesn’t Fit Your Needs There Are Alternatives

July 21, 2020July 17, 2020 Op-Ed

The families of New Hampshire K‑12 students face a school-reopening predicament. For many, the plans of the local public school will not fit well with their needs and preferences for education and health. Parents need to know that there are multiple alternatives:

Woman wearing an anti virus protection mask to prevent others from corona COVID-19 and SARS cov 2 infection

The Science Supports Your Right to Choose to Wear a Mask or Not

July 17, 2020 Op-Ed

Every day it seems more and more people are jumping on the mask-wearing bandwagon, even as cases drop in New England. Sure, Texas and Florida cases are rising (not as alarming a rate as the mainstream media portrays, and more on that next time) but how is that relevant to New Hampshire?

Hey, New Hampshire – Here’s a Summary of How The Democrat Majority Legislature Voted this Session

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 Op-Ed

Note – look at each vote total and ask yourself “Who Chooses”? Does this diminish MY right to choose for myself or does it enhance the State’s Power in making those decisions for me (i.e., reducing my Liberty and Freedom and others deciding “it’s good/best for you that WE decide”)? -Skip

We’ve come a long way since the Governor Approved Temporary Remote Instruction

July 16, 2020 Op-Ed

Op-Ed: On January 29, 2020, long before the public was aware of COVID-19, the Department of Education provided its first Health Alert to school leaders about a developing health concern.

No, the NH Log Cabin Republicans Don’t want to Get Government out of Marriage

July 16, 2020 Stephen Scaer

How does taking marriage off the NH GOP platform get the government out of marriage? In his January CNN interview, Jim Morgan, Chairman of the NH Log Cabin Republicans, outlined his strategy to remove the marriage plank from the NH GOP platform:

Niki Kelsey Announces Run for New Hampshire State Representative – Hillsborough 7, Bedford

July 15, 2020 Op-Ed

I am thrilled to announce my candidacy for the New Hampshire House of Representatives as a Republican for Hillsborough District 7, representing the residents of Bedford.

Governor Sununu, Don’t Pass HB 685 To Find Out What’s In It

July 14, 2020 Op-Ed

As the legislature wraps up in Concord, Governor Sununu contemplates whether to veto HB 685, a bill that started its life as an innocuous ambulance billing provision and morphed into a policy that would shutter faith-based employers and lead to years of litigation.

NBC Universal to Cut 24% of Workforce Because They Are White!

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Ken Eyring

NBC Universal chairman Cesar Conde said the white share of NBC’s workforce, now at 74% and divided evenly between men and women, will be chopped to 50%.

Towns can now Tuition Students to Religious Schools

July 13, 2020 Op-Ed

In 2017, the Town of Croydon implemented a town tuitioning program. While getting approval from the State Board of Education, it was told that no religious schools could be included in the program.

Black Lives Matter Supporters Don’t Care if Cops Aren’t Killing More Blacks

July 13, 2020 Skip

CAUTION – NOT SAFE FOR WORK: Documentary maker Ami Horowitz does some research on the question of police killings and is surprised by the answers he found. He then brought those answers to a Black Lives Matter march.

Nashua Assessors office - Image Credit Nashua Telegraph

Why Would You Oppose a Citizen Who Uncovered Unethical Practices in Local Government?

July 13, 2020 Laurie Ortolano

Some Nashua folks have appeared out of nowhere to take a strong position against the uncovering of unethical practices in the Nashua Assessing Office. What drives these folks?

Trump vs. Biden- A Choice, Not a Hollow Echo

July 12, 2020 Norm Silber

You may remember Patty Hearst, the heiress who was kidnapped by a radical left terror organization known as the Symbionese Liberation Army back in 1974. During her confinement, Ms. Hearst somehow became a victim of “Stockholm Syndrome” and began sympathizing with her captors. So I am wondering if Joe Biden is visiting Stockholm as well. … Read more

Petition: “No government nor organization at any level should be able to mandate the public to wear face masks”

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Steve MacDonald

If you like online petitions and you do not like being forced to wear a mask, then this is for you. “No government nor organization at any level should be able to mandate the public to wear face masks” from – Petition at WhiteHouse.gov.

Candidate Announcement, Diane Pauer – NH House (Hills 26) Brookline – Mason

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Op-Ed

For Immediate Release: July 8, 2020
Contact: Diane Pauer (603) 801-5088, staterep@dianepauer.com

Brookline, NH – On June 3, 2020, Diane Pauer filed a declaration of 2020 candidacy for State Representative Hillsborough County District 26 (Brookline/Mason). Diane released the following statement:

Meet NH House Candidate Jackie Casey – Nashua Ward 7 (Hills 34)

July 12, 2020 Op-Ed

My name is Jackie Casey, and I’m running for State Rep, in Nashua Ward 7, Hillsborough District 34, to help keep the free state free.

Did the U.S. Army Call President Trump a White Supremacist? Why Yes… Yes They Did.

July 12, 2020July 11, 2020 Ken Eyring

The U.S. Army joined the list of WOKE organizations that are pushing the White Supremacy narrative and temporarily labeled our Commander-In-Chief a White Supremacist. The Army Missile & Aviation Center’s Equal Employment Opportunity Manager Chaney P. Pickard sent an email to invite employees to listening sessions on race and diversity. Attached to the email was … Read more

New addition to the ‘Grok “Stealing Campaign Signs” Hall of Shame: Jim Babcock of Gilford – Possible Forfeiture of Voting Rights??

July 11, 2020 Skip

I was not aware that this could be part of Jim Babcock’s consequence for angrily stealing Norm Silber’s campaign sign: CHAPTER 664: POLITICAL EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS [snip] [Art.] 11. [Elections and Elective Franchises.] All elections are to be free, and every inhabitant of the state of l8 years of age and upwards shall have an … Read more