Melissa Blasek Archives

GrokTALK!: The NH State Budget Is Law – Here’s Some Good, Bad, and Ugly

July 14, 2025June 30, 2025 GrokTALK!

Rebuild New Hampshire Executive Director Melissa Blasek joins me to deliver an after-action report on the State budget, which is now law. We’ve got a lot of good news, and a bit of bad, and ugly, so join us for an HB2 round-up, a few laughs, some eyerolls, and a breakdown of what got dragged … Read more

Legislative Update Week of Jan. 15, 2024 – END TOWN MASK MANDATES Plus Other Public Hearings

January 15, 2024 Op-Ed

Our bill to end town mask mandates forever has made a surprising reappearance in the Senate thanks to Rep. Juliet Harvey-Bolia and Senator James Gray. The vote will be on the 18th, and we need everyone to call Senator Ricciardi and Senator Avard and urge them to support the floor amendment to SB63.

The 2024 Legislative Season Begins – Take Action on Two Important Bills This Week

January 7, 2024January 7, 2024 Op-Ed

As the 2024 legislative season begins, I wanted to thank you all for your continued support and help furthering liberty in New Hampshire.

NH-NeverTrump … Wash, Rinse, Repeat

October 1, 2023 Ed Mosca

There is a truly remarkable … remarkable for its, at best, lack of substance and, at worst, casual disregard for facts … op-ed in the Union “Leader” (should be Misleader) regurgitating the same stale NeverTrump arguments against Trump that have failed to resonate for months. Here it is and then some comments: First, how ironic … Read more

State House Special Election Alert

August 31, 2023 Op-Ed

September 19th is a critical special election for the seat that will determine the balance in the New Hampshire House.

Petty And Stupid

August 9, 2023 Ed Mosca

Quick … two words to describe Ron DeSantis’ New Hampshire surrogates. If you picked PETTY and STUPID … bingo! These people aren’t serious about winning the next election. At best, they are serious about grifting and winning control of the NHGOP.

An Incredibly Stupid Take On The Coming Trump Indictment (Jan. 6th)

July 20, 2023 Ed Mosca

An awful lot of stupid tweets flow from DeSantis’ New Hampshire twitter-surrogates. For example, there was Jason Osborne’s silly claim that voters simply vote straight-ticket based on their choice for top-of-the-ticket and that, therefore, Trump as the nominee in 2024 guaranteed a Democrat majority in the New Hampshire House. Jason apparently has some issues with … Read more

Keep Politics Out Of Emergencies

June 1, 2023 Op-Ed

In 2021, a group of state representatives angled to have a bill reforming New Hampshire’s state of emergency laws included in the state budget. It became the single issue that the budget debate hinged on. We were partially successful but not completely.

Parent Bill of Rights Fails

May 22, 2023 Op-Ed

I dislike reporting on such bad news, but SB 272, the parent bill of rights, failed in the House. After a series of floor amendments gutted this bill, rendering it impotent and actually harmful to parental rights (see director’s report for more detail), the bill was voted “Indefinitely Postponed,” which means it can not be brought up again until 2025.

Critical Bills Reach the House Floor Take Action Today

May 15, 2023 Op-Ed

The House will meet on May 18th to vote on the bills below. We are looking for volunteers to hand out fliers with our recommendations to the Reps as they enter for session on the morning on the 18th. Please respond if you are interested.

Upcoming Judicial Appointments

May 11, 2023 Op-Ed

In New Hampshire, judges are nominated by the Governor and confirmed by the Executive Council. The mandatory retirement age for a judge is 70 years old. This year, Supreme Court Justice Hicks will reach mandatory retirement, and the process of replacing him will begin.

Foster Family Vaccine Bill Take Action Today

April 30, 2023 Op-Ed

HB 408 would make it so that the families of foster children would not be mandated to be fully vaccinated to the ACIP schedule without exemptions (current requirement for fostering a child under the age of 6). The bill was supposed to be voted on in committee last week but was pushed off to this week.