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CLINE: Join Us in Reviving the Free Exchange of Ideas in New Hampshire

On September 9, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) released its 2026 campus free speech rankings, concluding that “America’s colleges get an ‘F’ for poor free speech climate.”  “More students than ever think violence and chaos are acceptable alternatives to peaceful protest,” FIRE Chief Research Advisor Sean Stevens said on the report’s release. “This … Read more

Freedom Walk was a Huge Success – Videos, Photos, and Total Raised

Hello friends! Thank you all for your donations, sponsorships, prayers, for volunteering, and for walking with us! You made this event possible! This was our 2nd Annual Freedom Walk to raise awareness of the historical significance of the National Monument to the Forefathers. All proceeds went towards purchasing Forefathers Monument Guidebooks and Posters to donate … Read more

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PRESS RELEASE: Kelley Potenza Ends Mayoral Pursuit

Endorses Matt Mayberry for Mayor of Rochester FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2025 Rochester, NH — State Representative Kelley Potenza today announced that she has withdrawn from the race for Mayor of Rochester and is endorsing Matt Mayberry for the city’s top post. Potenza said her decision is based on her belief that Mayberry is … Read more

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PAGE: Barre Freshmen Organize TPUSA Club

Seth Fewer and Javion Kastner are freshmen at Spaulding High School in Barre. Last night, they attended the Americans for Prosperity legislative forum in Barre, where they told VDC about their plans to start Vermont’s (for now) only high school Turning Point USA club. Since June, Seth – a big Charlie Kirk fan who, like … Read more

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PAYNE: Blueprint for Liberty

Below is an invitation to view the eternal wisdom of our Founding Fathers, the reason for American Exceptionalism that has blessed our nation with more freedom than all other people who have walked the face of the earth. As we as a nation have moved further and further away from these founding principles, the closer … Read more

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OPINION: Why They Must Go

I just finished reading a comment in response to a video about Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and it got me thinking. This person was, reasonably, wondering about whether it is okay to fire an employee because they had celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death publicly. I had to wonder if we should go in the cancellation direction, so … Read more

OPINION: Remove Bobby Williams from Keene City Council

Dear Mayor Kahn and City Council On September 17, Keene City Councilor Bobby Williams offered a sort of “apology” about his vile and offensive comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination, which he posted on Facebook. In his apparent apology, he called Kirk’s assassination a tragedy when it was, in fact, an atrocity. A tragedy is a … Read more

BRADLEY: Mental Illness

Every time it happens, we say never again … JFK, RFK, MLK! Let’s face the fact: Mental Illness often requires institutionalization! Until our society acknowledges that the shuttering of mental institutions in the late 1980s, as I recall, has enabled and escalated violence in our society, the violence will continue! Charles, what makes you think … Read more

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RICHARD: Remonstrance to Repeal NH’s Unconstitutional Education Property Tax

Please join me tomorrow when we (concerned citizens and taxpayers) file this Remonstrance with the General Court (the legislature) to restore parental choice in education, and repeal the unconstitutional property tax forced upon us by government to fund their indoctrination centers called public schools! Please PM me for time and location! https://x.com/DRichardNH https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100053269301465 To the … Read more

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BEST: On NHs “Next” Attorney General

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

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MANUSE: Perfection Is Our Goal, But Not Our Reality

A recent survey from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University noted that about 50 percent of Americans, and WAY TOO MANY Christians, believe that they are perfect and have no need of improvement. This is false doctrine, and it is our objective at First Fruits Ministries to correct false doctrine by teaching the Truth. As … Read more

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ADAM DICK: The People Score Two Victories Against Automated License Plate Readers

Eleven years back, John W. Whitehead warned in his weekly column about the danger from government’s proliferating use of automated license plate readers across America. Whitehead included these devices among the tools being employed in the construction of what he termed an “electronic concentration camp.” This “electronic concentration camp,” wrote Whitehead, “as I have dubbed the surveillance … Read more

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SHURTLEFF: Happy Birthday Constitution

Wednesday, September 17, marks the 238th anniversary of the end of the Constitutional Convention, which created what Daniel Webster said was the “works of the purest patriots and wisest statemen that ever existed.”  He, of course, was referring to the U.S. Constitution.  Sadly, far too many Americans know little to nothing about the Constitution.   … Read more

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BOVARD: Schools Make Kids Crazy

Almost one-third of government schools nationwide are now surveilling the mental health of students. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed a bill to bring “universal mental health screening” to two million Illinois students as part of his Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative. But this rescue effort will ravage many students and is a warning shot … Read more

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PAGE: The Vermont Left’s Long History of Making Change with Out-of-State Money

As noted by Behind the Lines columnist Rob Roper (“Roper: More climate propaganda and left-wing bias from VT Digger“) and FYIVT researcher Dave Soulia (“Dark Money in Vermont: It’s Not Coming From AFP“) there has been widespread protest from many politicians and non-profit organizations about the decision by Americans for Prosperity to support efforts to reduce taxation and … Read more

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OPINION: It Doesn’t Pass The Common Sense Test

“To Build (a new Grafton County courthouse) or Not to Build…..that is The Question……” However, The Question was never presented to the people/taxpayers of Grafton County, who are expected to foot the bill for this project. Nor was it ever conveyed to the people of Grafton County through NH State Representatives, or given adequate media … Read more

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OPINION: Nothing Matters More to the Democrat Party Than Power

While it may give the half of the country that believes we are a Judeo-Christian backed Constitutional Republic a warm fuzzy over the country’s response to the Democrat Party’s lawfare, don’t get tooexcited. If you think the party that has seemingly gone full-blown Marxist cares about Trump’s fundraising, post-conviction, or how ridiculous President Biden’s response … Read more

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