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Convention of States” wants to protect gun rights and destroy them, too The National Constitution Center is an organization that trains volunteers and activists to rewrite the US Constitution through the Constitutional Convention process. They call this the “Constitutional Drafting Project”, and in 2020 they worked with so-called “Constitutional Scholars” to convene three different teams … Read more
It appears New Hampshire will very likely lose millions of dollars in tax revenue and much-needed local property tax relief. Somewhat recently, Governor Kelly Ayotte announced her support for a moratorium on the construction of data centers in New Hampshire. “It does not make sense to site a data center in New Hampshire,” Ayotte said. … Read more
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Rebuttal to Michael Granger’s Article in response to Haley’s Shaw’s Article calling for an Article V Convention of States Application New Hampshire has a representative who takes pride in personally killing the Convention of States application, session after session. Read his own argument closely and what you find isn’t a constitutional case — it’s a … Read more
Urges Voters to Turn Out for Sept. 8 Primary CONCORD, N.H. – August 31 – The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance (NHLA) has endorsed 46 candidates in contested primary races ahead of New Hampshire’s September 8 State Primary, giving liberty-minded voters a researched guide to the candidates NHLA believes are most likely to defend individual and … Read more
“I’m Katie Hobbs, and the rules don’t apply to me.” That might as well run at the end of the next campaign ad featuring Arizona’s governor. Since taking office in 2023, Hobbs has been building a rap sheet of scandals that would make Minnesota Governor Tim Walz blush. From one of the largest Medicaid fraud scandals in Arizona history to a pay-to-play … Read more
Flock cameras and the online surveillance network behind them offer many ways for law enforcement officials and other government bureaucrats to abuse their access to information about taxpayers’ personal lives. For example, a Kentucky police officer has been caught using the surveillance network to stalk women. Another officer in Massachusetts has been accused of using Flock cameras to … Read more
A New England fiscal policy organization is pushing back against Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amanda Janoo’s contention that free-market forces threaten Vermont’s ability to maintain dairy processing and other production capacity. The Fiscal Alliance Foundation said the recent closure or announced closure of four Vermont dairy processing facilities should instead prompt lawmakers to examine the state’s … Read more
NH hasn’t passed an Article V Convention Application because I keep killing them, and I’ll do it again. You may have heard various groups calling for a “Convention of States”, as they call it. They claim that if we pass a “Convention of States Application”, we’d be able to pass a variety of constitutional amendments … Read more
On August 14, the New Hampshire Attorney General filed an appeal to the state Supreme Court that could change how the state funds public education. In the appeal, the AG’s Office argued that the court’s Claremont school funding decisions were so legally flawed that they should be overturned. In a series of decisions starting in 1993, the … Read more
A Christian biblical counselor in Vermont recently sent VDC a commentary warning that Proposition 4, the proposed “Equality of Rights” amendment headed to voters in November, could threaten his ability to counsel people according to his religious beliefs — and, he fears, ultimately force him to shut down his work. A Christian biblical counselor is … Read more
Our state motto — Live Free or Die — says just about everything you need to know about New Hampshire. The Granite State has never been one to wait around for someone else to give it permission. In 1772, New Hampshire men stood up in the Pine Tree Riot against British officials enforcing the Crown’s … Read more
Be on guard! Collectivist Marxism, labeled on the surface as communism, socialism, Nazism, and Fascism, has a death toll that speaks loud and clear. There is bloody murder and heartbreaking misery of hundreds of millions of subjects and prisoners under statist monopolies of government force that gained ground in the 20th Century and is still … Read more
Candidate for Merrimack County Sheriff If you feel elections don’t change the fundamental problem with government – that there is no accountability – you aren’t alone. As a state representative (2022-24), I saw firsthand how state law was blatantly ignored and real oversight prevented by the bureaucratic establishment. Yet, there is an effective way to … Read more
Unfinished certification, no parts list, and a Secretary of State who programs, verifies, audits, and clerks the review The New Hampshire Ballot Law Commission meets Thursday, September 17, at 1:00 p.m. at the State Archives Building, 9 Ratification Way, Concord. The public should be there. The Commission approves the machines that count our paper ballots. … Read more
First, the most obvious and charged question: Does NBC support the sexual grooming of minors? In her write-up covering a “Reagan-appointed” judge striking down Texas SB12, NBC News’ Raquel Coronell Uribe mentions “drag” five times and gives children and minors zero mention. The issue with that is that the law – designed to limit “sexually oriented performances” … Read more
“Evil is turned into Good, and Good into Evil” Written almost 300 years ago, Thomas Gordon warned us about political parties being little more than cults that promise to protect your country – while really killing it. It was so prophetic that it sounds like it was written today. THE INVERSION Writing in 1744, Gordon … Read more
This week the House met for my last time, to consider the Governor’s vetoes. August is unusually early for a veto session, but we did get about 320 representatives attending. There were 21 House bills we needed to vote on, plus as many Senate bills as they overrode, starting with nine vetoed. Every vote was … Read more
Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark, on Wednesday, August 26, joined 24 other state attorneys general in suing the U.S. Postal Service over new rules governing the delivery of mail-in ballots, arguing the changes unlawfully interfere with states’ authority to administer elections. The lawsuit follows an Aug. 21 USPS rule requiring states to register voters eligible … Read more
During the past election cycle, I had the pleasure of meeting Matt one-on-one during my run for Speaker of the House. We talked at Wally’s in Hampton Beach during a Hampton Republican Committee fundraising event. From the beginning, I recognized Matt was a very respectful man, with conviction in his principles. He was also one … Read more