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This week the House of Representatives slammed the door on bigger defense budgets without more accountability. The fissure opened at the end of the 118th Congress among Republicans voting on funding for the U.S. military. After much wrangling, the Senate and House agreed to set the Pentagon’s budget in fiscal 2025 to $884 billion. But that’s not … Read more
The 603 Alliance held a fantastic local Presidential Inauguration Gala when Trump won last time, and they are doing it again. Dinner, dancing, music by the B-Street Bombers, no political speeches, and we plan to live stream the events in DC. If you can’t afford to attend the real thing (most of us can’t), would … Read more
After Donald Trump’s election and the embarrassing loss suffered by Kamala Harris and, by extension, the Biden Administration, Joe Biden promised a smooth and professional transition and transfer of power. Biden assured the American people that transferring power from the Biden to Trump teams would be seamless. The period for the transition is a sensitive … Read more
One of the more amusing facts about the Ukraine war is that it has nothing to do with independence or democracy or stopping a renewed Soviet-era-like advance by Putin. It is about a US/Allied interest in natural resources. Energy, minerals. That’s right, left-wing rage-heads, it looks like you are supporting blood for oil, more or … Read more
What is clearly a joint US-Israeli plan to remake the Mideast map is now well underway. Changes will be seismic. The Biden administration, by now almost totally controlled by pro-Israel neocons, is making its final major moves by loosing a Parthian shaft into the heart of the Mideast. Syria – or what’s left of it … Read more
Alleged shooter Natalie Rupnow, age 15, underage and unable to legally possess or own a handgun, illegally obtained a firearm, entered a gun-free zone at Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin, and opened fire on a classroom before allegedly using the gun to kill herself. Six were injured, and three died (one of which is … Read more
Mark Twain’s wit, perhaps, describes the dilemma the majority of the U.S. Congress has suffered for decades since December 7, 1941: “It’s better to keep silent and appear stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” Our military sons and daughters show courage in fulfilling their duty, even unto death, but our Congress has found … Read more
Vermont has a law that jacks the minimum wage up every year. Either 5% or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower, which makes you think the Dems running the place (for the most part) would want a bit more honesty when it comes to reporting inflation, and that’s not happening (maybe Trumps DOL will … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly looking to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), three people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post in a report published Sunday. Trump has made known his desire to detach the USPS from the federal government in conversations at his Mar-a-Lago estate, sources informed the outlet, including with Howard Lutnick, … Read more
Repealing the 17th Amendment has become a rallying cry for those seeking to restore federalism. But the Anti-Federalists warned during the ratification debates that structural flaws in the Senate run much deeper than merely the method of election. Corruption, careerism, and usurpations of power won’t disappear with repeal alone – not even close. The Anti-Federalists … Read more
The Valley News is a reliable member of the progressive handmaiden media. They toe the right lines and nurture the approved narratives. They also give voice to the troglodytes that, in most outlets of this shade, are a way to express the publisher’s political preference at someone else’s expense. One letter writer I stumbled across … Read more
While it’s recently been announced that Vermont will have to pay the highest premiums in the nation for health insurance for 2025, much of the tab for those struggling to pay will be picked up by taxpayers. “This year, many Vermonters will be eligible for better coverage plans at lower premium costs due to increased … Read more
Former President Barack Obama had long been rumored as the catalyst for the 2020 Joe Biden nomination — and thereafter played the whispering puppeteer behind the subsequent lost Biden administration years. As such he and his coterie proved the virtual architects of the Biden administration, one of the most unpopular and failed presidencies in American history. Recall … Read more
As predictions go, the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season went better than usual. In recent years, Mother Earth has stymied the experts at every turn, refusing to bend the knee to their predictions. That is probably because Mother Nature doesn’t mix science with emotions or the partisan politics required to keep the grant money flowing. Unless … Read more
Reviving American manufacturing is a hot topic in the nation and New Hampshire once again. A new Department of Business and Economic Affairs report on the state’s advanced manufacturing sector has drawn attention to that field’s recent growth here (well above the New England average) as well as its economic benefits (tens of thousands of jobs, billions … Read more
With the advent of representative democracy over a century ago in most of the West, the popular belief was that the “rule of the few” would be relegated to the dustbin of history. This never happened, of course, as has become clearer to the “many” over the decades. Indeed, the ruling Western oligarchy has become more visible … Read more
The ridiculous E Jean Carroll case has come around to bite George Stephanopoulos and ABC News in the ass. They are paying Trump’s legal fees (one million dollars) and settling out of court for fifteen million. Stephanopoulos and ABC News will issue statements of “regret” as an editor’s note at the bottom of a March … Read more
In over 20 years of my research on public education, it’s easy to see how federal dollars are flushed down the toilet. There is plenty of money being spent by the federal government that does nothing to improve education, but also assists in its demise. DOGE is the new federal Department Of Government Efficiency that … Read more
Governor-Elect Kelly Ayotte is on the record as ready to assist President Trump with the deportation of illegal aliens. “Part of the way we keep New Hampshire safe is making sure that we have dangerous criminals off our streets. If there are those that are on the terror watch list, they shouldn’t be on our … Read more
Disputes over municipal records in Nashua are characterized by significant contention. City officials operate through a distorted political lens. To engage with the Nashua government, one needs to align with their political views in order to receive cooperation and timely access to governmental records as required by New Hampshire’s Right-to-Know (RTK) Law (RSA 91-A). Any … Read more