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Governor Ayotte has vetoed a fourth bill protecting the privacy of women and girls — after the legislature answered her own objections. We also have good news on childcare, the election season ahead, and a free legal resource for churches this summer. Governor Vetoes Locker Room Privacy Bill — Again Governor Ayotte has vetoed HB 1442 — … Read more
Time to Lead with Courage, Not Contradiction She celebrates the Supreme Court’s defense of biological sex in sports but refuses to protect privacy and safety in locker rooms and bathrooms. Blanket vetoes without collaboration are insulting — New Hampshire deserves better. I am deeply disappointed in Governor Kelly Ayotte for her continued failure to support … Read more
Kelly Ayotte is all about Kelly Ayotte, anything outside her personal wish list be damned. We’ve seen it with her serial vetoing of women’s bills, and don’t forget school “library lewdness,” because she vetoed SB434 today. Like any other governor, she has signed many bills that may or may not be relevant to most ordinary … Read more
This week: a critical bill protecting women and girls is on the Governor’s desk — and she needs to hear from you. Tell the Governor: Sign HB 1442 — Protect Women and Girls The New Hampshire legislature has just sent Governor Ayotte another chance to protect the privacy and safety of women and girls. HB 1442 passed … Read more
A missed opportunity for true leadership: Choosing repetition over courage while leaving privacy, fairness, and safety unprotected. As the NH State Representative for The Independent Women’s Network, an athlete, a girls’ and women’s gymnastics coach, and an advocate for women’s and girls’ single-sex spaces, I expected more from our first female republican governor. This was … Read more
Some people know me as a “numbers person,” and I might irritate many with my “today in history” posts, but let’s get the following item out of the way. June 27 is Kelly Ayotte’s birthday. There will be tweets, posts, and comments by her operatives and members of her fan club claiming how great she … Read more
Granite Staters — girls, women, boys, and men — we stand at a crossroads. New Hampshire’s motto is “Live Free or Die.” Today, that freedom includes protecting the hard-won rights of women and girls in sports. I walked away from the Democratic Party because they abandoned biological reality—allowing biological males into women’s sports, erasing fair … Read more
Most people are at least vaguely familiar with the behaviorist BF Skinner. If not, he can be looked up. Decades after Pavlov founded CLASSICAL conditioning using dogs(more canine talk in a moment) as his subjects, Skinner founded OPERANT conditioning using other animals, mainly mice. In a nutshell, operant conditioning is behavior modification based on CONTINGENCY, … Read more
Youth mental health has become one of the defining public policy concerns of our time. Anxiety, depression, isolation, and behavioral struggles among children and teenagers are rising, and families across New Hampshire are searching for answers. Governor Kelly Ayotte recently addressed the issue by criticizing Anthem Insurance for not covering certain mental health services for … Read more
Growing up Jewish in the West Texas Baptist Bible Belt, I was fortunate as I experienced very little antisemitism — at least not in any form I recognized. A sideways comment here, a stereotype there, but nothing overt, nothing frightening. I knew the term “Antisemitism,” of course. But for much of my life, it remained … Read more
We’ve been working on this for so very long that I’m not sure how to feel about it. Excited, relieved, ecstatic, ready for what comes next. HB323 takes effect in 60 days, long before the midterms, and tightens the rules on which photo IDs can be used to vote. [Related: End Out-Of-State Students’ Extra Constitutional … Read more
You remember COGE (Commission on Government Efficiency), don’t you? Kelly Ayotte’s answer to DOGE, which she packed with NHGOP insiders, her cronies, and her donors. COGE produced “hard-hitting” recommendations such as “creating ‘sponsorship and naming programs’ to generate money from state-owned parks and recreational sites.” House Bill 1706, which would repeal the Department of Health and … Read more
And Now We Know Why NH’s AG Would Have “Tanked” The Automobile Inspections Case. This post follows up on our post, Did New Hampshire’s Attorney General Deliberately ‘Tank’ The Automobile Inspections Case?, where we discussed the Attorney General’s failure to properly defend the lawsuit brought by Gordon-Darby to block a law scheduled to go into effect … Read more
Do y’all recall when Kelly Ayotte ran, successfully, for U.S. Senator in 2010? She ran as a hard-liner on Illegal Immigration. She promised a secure border and to oppose amnesty. She even wanted to make English the official language and end birthright citizenship. But by 2013, Ayotte was supporting “comprehensive immigration reform,” which is that … Read more
Why a “Conservative” Leader Risks Her Office by Ignoring 80% of Voters on Girls’ Safety and Fairness. As a woman, athlete, and gymnastics coach dedicated to mentoring girls, I was deeply disappointed to see Governor Kelly Ayotte once again veto legislation that would have safeguarded the rights, privacy, and safety of women across New Hampshire. … Read more
As SCOTUS weighs West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Hecox v. Little, New Hampshire’s governor still refuses to sign clear protections for women’s sports and single-sex spaces, even as Granite State women, parents, and coaches mobilize to defend biological reality. Tomorrow’s Supreme Court hearings are about more than one athlete, one state, or one season. They … Read more
We can’t imagine why Governor Ayotte, after promising not to ‘Mass Up New Hampshire’, signed several bills that would allow predatory developers from out of state to start soliciting homeowners in neighborhoods that were formerly zoned single-family with offers to help turn those neighborhoods into rental zones. Make no mistake, these companies are not interested … Read more
One of my favorite Simpsons sound bytes is when Principal Skinner is on stage for a ceremonious event and says “thank you and I will now take pre approved questions from honor roll students.” What enamors me is that it predates the institution of memes and social media by decades and it speaks truth about … Read more
New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte has repeatedly placed equal blame on both parties for the federal government shutdown. Examples: Apparently, Ayotte believes that Democrats are NOT to blame for refusing to pass the same type of “clean” continuing resolution (maintaining current spending) that was passed thirteen times under Biden. Apparently, she believes that Republicans should … Read more
Dear Members of the Executive Council, As you get ready to consider the re-appointment of John Formella to the Attorney General’s position, I urge you to consider the following. (Please note that this is not personal against John Formella, but it is an indictment against the Attorney General’s office over the last several AGs in … Read more