Dana Wormald
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Editor, New Hampshire Bulletin,
@newhampshirebulletin.com
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@statesnewsroom.com
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over 1 year ago
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A new column, on Ayotte, ICE, and the craven NIMBYism of the GOP.
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Ayotte blocks ICE ā but she had a lot of help from protesters, looming midterms, and a NIMBY GOP ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
Youāve got to hand it to New Hampshire Republicans. Sure, their platform is largely shaped by an aversion to established science and fanciful budget math, with a touch of bigotry and paranoia, but the...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/25/ayotte-blocks-ice-but-she-had-a-lot-of-help-from-protesters-looming-midterms-and-a-nimby-gop/
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New Hampshire Bulletin
10 days ago
"Nickenleyās death cannot be understood as an isolated incident. It reflects a persistent and well-documented pattern of police violence that falls most heavily on Black people and unhoused community members." Commentary from Grace Kindeke and Tanisha Johnson
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The killing of Nickenley Turenne by Manchester police 'demands far more than condolences' ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
We join Nickenley Turenneās family, loved ones, and the broader community in ongoing grief following his killing by three Manchester police officers on Dec. 6, 2025. This loss is devastating, irrepara...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/19/the-killing-of-nickenley-turenne-by-manchester-police-demands-far-more-than-condolences/
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New Hampshire Bulletin
10 days ago
NH House Republicans are moving forward with a new attempt to regulate teaching on race, history, and LGTBQ+ issues in public schools. On Thursday, the chamber passed a bill that would ban certain types of instruction and punish teachers who carried it out. From
@ethandewitt.bsky.social
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House passes bill banning āleftist indoctrinationā and LGBTQ+ teaching in public schools ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
New Hampshire House Republicans are moving forward with a new attempt to regulate teaching on race, history, and LGTBQ+ issues in public schools. On Thursday, the chamber passed a bill that would banā¦
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/19/house-passes-bill-banning-leftist-indoctrination-and-lgbtq-teaching-in-public-schools/
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A new one for me, on the issue that has been front and center throughout my 30-year journalism career in New Hampshire, with no progress to speak of.
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Why pay for New Hampshire schools when you could just methodically destroy them? ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
In New Hampshire, there are two fundamental kinds of policies: Some attempt to directly address a problem and others aim to redefine, often fallaciously, the nature of the problem itself.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/18/why-pay-for-new-hampshire-schools-when-you-could-just-methodically-destroy-them/
10 days ago
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Chad Finn
10 days ago
Remembered seeing Jesse Jackson as a student at UMaine but had a hard time pinning down the date. Finally found it in a partial Maine Campus article in the digital archives. April 23, 1991. That last quote hits hard given where we are now.
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A new column from me, on the coming Romney-ization of MAGA-enabling Republicans and why the redemption arc toward the center-right still leaves N.H. and the nation in a bad (and familiar) spot.
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A reckoning awaits New Hampshire Republicans ā but beware the far end of the redemption arc ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
I donāt know how much worse things are going to get for this country in the months and years ahead, but I do know this: A lot of Republican politicians are going to spend the rest of their careers dis...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/10/a-reckoning-awaits-new-hampshire-republicans-but-beware-the-far-end-of-the-redemption-arc/
19 days ago
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A new one from me, on the old economic myth that still forms the policy foundation of the New Hampshire GOP.
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New Hampshire Republicansā grand plan got its start on a cocktail napkin ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
In Republican-dominated New Hampshire, every year brings predictable policy initiatives.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/04/new-hampshire-republicans-grand-plan-got-its-start-on-a-cocktail-napkin/
24 days ago
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Hereās a new one from me, which took shape yesterday with an early morning text to my mom. Iām trying to understand why life seems harder for families now, in so many ways, than 60 years ago. Hereās where I landed.
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Life seems harder for New Hampshire families than it did 60 years ago. I think thatās because it is. ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
When my parents married in 1965, my mother was making $75 a week and my father was taking home $73. For the first year, they were a two-income household, but my mom left the workforce the next year ā ...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/01/28/life-seems-harder-for-new-hampshire-families-than-it-did-60-years-ago-i-think-thats-because-it-is/?emci=c4b3f9d4-9dfc-f011-8d4c-0022482d279b&emdi=02fdaf0e-0afd-f011-832f-000d3a1f0e4c&ceid=149285
about 1 month ago
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Dana Wormald
New Hampshire Bulletin
about 1 month ago
Federal immigration officers shot a third Minnesotan in as many weeks, according to video posted to social media and confirmed in a post by Gov. Tim Walz. From
@madisonmcvan.bsky.social
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@michellemgriff.bsky.social
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Another Minnesotan shot and killed by feds ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
Over 10 shots can be heard in the video, but itās unclear if more than one agent fired a weapon.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/01/24/repub/another-minnesotan-shot-and-killed-by-feds/
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madi mcvan
about 1 month ago
Being documented vs. undocumented is a spectrum. Lots of the people being detained and deported by ICE have permission to be in the U.S. ā pending asylum claims or visa applications.
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max nesterak
about 1 month ago
Itās -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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New Hampshire Rep. Kristin Noble's comments last week in support of school segregation reveal a lot about her world view ā and something about the nature of the Republican coalition, too.
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Anybody have āschool segregationā on their 2026 New Hampshire bingo card? ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
Boy, New Hampshire Legislature, you sure know how to make a national impression.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/01/21/anybody-have-school-segregation-on-their-2026-new-hampshire-bingo-card/
about 1 month ago
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A new one: In NH, politicians like to use the tyranny of averages to convince people their financial struggles are illusory. While real solutions require real effort and collaboration, tapping into a national reservoir of hatred is easy. And for the GOP, this is the golden age of that kind of easy.
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Howās life on Easy Street treating you, New Hampshire? ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
Gov. Kelly Ayotteās not wrong about New Hampshireās collection of accolades from think tanks and special interests, but what she doesnāt mention is the tyranny of averages underlying her rosy picture.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/01/14/hows-life-on-easy-street-treating-you-new-hampshire/
about 2 months ago
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Here's something brief I wrote on Friday morning about Renee Good. It's not a column, really, but something between a dream and a prediction.
about 2 months ago
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Adam M. Finkel, Sc.D., CIH
about 2 months ago
Beautifully written (as yr. readers have come to expect). The "frame-up" reveals another sick aspect of current US society-- the insistence that people obey *self-proclaimed* lawmakers. I supervised a couple hundred OSHA inspectors at one time. We had enforcement powers, but we were not the police.
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K8
about 2 months ago
Excellent piece - and SPOT ON! There is no such thing as a āmoderate Republicanā if they voted for this insanity and inhumanity and arenāt now renouncing it full force. Sitting back, pocketing the gains, waiting for whatever comes next is unconscionable.
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An unofficial column: A presidential address to the nation. Someday, maybe.
about 2 months ago
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A new column: "To be a modern Republican is to declare that there is very little you wonāt endorse, whether through applause or silence, to accomplish whatever it was that made you a conservative to begin with."
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Sorry, would-be moderate Republicans, but there is only one Republican Party ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
In the middle of December, a āgratefulā John Sununu shared a list of new endorsers for his U.S. Senate campaign, through which he plans to ābring New Hampshire common-senseā to Washington.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/01/07/sorry-would-be-moderate-republicans-but-there-is-only-one-republican-party/
about 2 months ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
about 2 months ago
The Bulletinās William Skipworth has won a Collier Spotlight award for his three-part report on abuse and neglect in New Hampshireās intellectual and developmental disability care system.
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Bulletinās Skipworth wins Collier Spotlight award for investigation of NH disability care system ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
The Bulletinās William Skipworth has won a Collier Spotlight award for his three-part report on abuse and neglect in New Hampshireās intellectual and developmental disability care system.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/bulletins-skipworth-wins-collier-spotlight-award-for-investigation-of-nh-disability-care-system/
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A new one from me about school vouchers, but also the politics of disconnection and how it enables sweeping cruelty. And, finally, how in such a world small kindnesses serve as an act of rebellion.
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The lasting harm of the politics of disconnection ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
Ours is a nation of small kindnesses and large cruelties.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/12/18/the-lasting-harm-of-the-politics-of-disconnection/
2 months ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
2 months ago
"Individual disconnection enables large cruelties ā and this country is more disconnected than it is divided. In such a place, there is nothing small about small kindnesses." Commentary from
@danawormald.bsky.social
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The lasting harm of the politics of disconnection ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
Ours is a nation of small kindnesses and large cruelties.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/12/18/the-lasting-harm-of-the-politics-of-disconnection/
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New Hampshire Bulletin
3 months ago
"The idea, reflected in the state and national policies of tax cuts for the wealthy and simultaneous cuts to supports and services for everyone else, is that wealthy people deserve to keep their full wealth and poor people deserve to keep their full poverty." Commentary from
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New Hampshire lost a fortune with a tax repeal, but I bet the wealthy spent it on lots of cool stuff ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
In the year that has passed since New Hampshire Republicans held a news conference to celebrate the repeal of the stateās Interest and Dividends Tax, Iāve thought (and written) a lot about the $150ā¦
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/12/09/new-hampshire-lost-a-fortune-with-a-tax-repeal-but-i-bet-the-wealthy-spent-it-on-lots-of-cool-stuff/
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A new column: How committed are New Hampshire Republicans to wealth inequality? From the infamous tax repeal to universal vouchers to āDonāt Mass Up New Hampshire,ā the answer is ātotally.ā
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New Hampshire lost a fortune with a tax repeal, but I bet the wealthy spent it on lots of cool stuff ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
In the year that has passed since New Hampshire Republicans held a news conference to celebrate the repeal of the stateās Interest and Dividends Tax, Iāve thought (and written) a lot about the $150 mi...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/12/09/new-hampshire-lost-a-fortune-with-a-tax-repeal-but-i-bet-the-wealthy-spent-it-on-lots-of-cool-stuff/
3 months ago
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George Monbiot
3 months ago
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% Fewer than 60,000 people ā 0.001% of the worldās population ā control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential. The authoritative World Inequality Report 2026, based on data compiled by 200 researchers, also found that the top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% combined, while the poorest half captures less than 10% of total global earnings. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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New Hampshire Bulletin
3 months ago
Commentary from
@danawormald.bsky.social
: "Expansive, policy-driven inequality is the Republican Partyās guiding light, whether you call it Reaganomics, or neoliberalism, or Trumpism, or trickle-down economics."
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New Hampshire lost a fortune with a tax repeal, but I bet the wealthy spent it on lots of cool stuff ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
In the year that has passed since New Hampshire Republicans held a news conference to celebrate the repeal of the stateās Interest and Dividends Tax, Iāve thought (and written) a lot about the $150ā¦
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/12/09/new-hampshire-lost-a-fortune-with-a-tax-repeal-but-i-bet-the-wealthy-spent-it-on-lots-of-cool-stuff/
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New Hampshire Bulletin
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"As just about any working-class American family will tell you, the real 'distortion of reality' is the idea that a family of four can do anything but suffer on $32,150 a year." Commentary from
@danawormald.bsky.social
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How much does it cost to stop being poor in America? ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
Last month, a Wall Street portfolio manager named Michael Green created a bit of a stir with a Substack article headlined, āHow a broken benchmark quietly broke America.ā His provocative economicā¦
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/12/02/how-much-does-it-cost-to-stop-being-poor-in-america/
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Here's a new one from me, on America's screwy perception of what it means to be "poor" and "middle class."
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How much does it cost to stop being poor in America? ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
Last month, a Wall Street portfolio manager named Michael Green created a bit of a stir with a Substack article headlined, āHow a broken benchmark quietly broke America.ā His provocative economic argu...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/12/02/how-much-does-it-cost-to-stop-being-poor-in-america/
3 months ago
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Beautifully written piece on a beautiful film
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3 months ago
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A new column, in lieu of saying grace. Happy Almost Thanksgiving, and best wishes to you all.
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In gratitude. An American Thanksgiving, 2025. ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
Everywhere, abundance. That is the theme of the American Thanksgiving. Family and friends crowded around tables overflowing with food, thick moments of conversation, laughter, remembrance. It is a day...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/25/in-gratitude-an-american-thanksgiving-2025/
3 months ago
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What does New Hampshire Republicans' renewed attack on the Office of Health Access (formerly the Office of Health Equity) reveal about this political moment in America? Just about everything.
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When Donny strikes up the band ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
In the symphony that is modern American conservatism, harmony is the enemy.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/19/when-donny-strikes-up-the-band/
3 months ago
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Will Skipworth
4 months ago
INVESTIGATION: In December 2022, the Weidlichs heard a knock on their door. Police were there to tell them their disabled son was found dead in the woods behind his care home. Read more in Part II of "A System of Harm," an investigative series by me for
@NewHampshireBulletin.com
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buff.ly/FeJJu5G
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A man with disabilities was found dead in the woods. New Hampshire was supposed to protect him. ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
They call it the disability cliff. When young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities finish high school, they lose access to the extensive services provided by public school specialā¦
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/12/a-man-with-disabilities-was-found-dead-in-the-woods-new-hampshire-was-supposed-to-protect-him/
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A new column, this one on Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, and the price of bailing on a stand.
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The big political stand that wasnāt ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
I spend as little time as possible thinking about the game of politics, but the gambit was doomed from the beginning.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/12/the-big-political-stand-that-wasnt/
4 months ago
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Will Skipworth
4 months ago
THREAD: When Lucas Houle, who has intellectual and developmental disabilities, was pinned to the ground and beaten by his own caretakers, he screamed, āPlease stop, donāt beat me up.ā His story and others are told today in "A System of Harm," an investigative series by me. (1/10)
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States Newsroom
4 months ago
Just two days until Stories From The States launches! Listen to a teaser for our new weekly podcast and subscribe here.
www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/excl...
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An Exclusive Sneak Peek: Stories From The States | News From The States
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/exclusive-sneak-peek-stories-states
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A new column, this one on those lucky devils known as the poor who Republicans say are doing quite well for themselves.
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It would be nice if poor people were doing half as well as Republicans say they are ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
The Republican instinct to block funding that assists those nefarious actors known as low-income people, in advance of any examination of the system in question, is indicative not only of the partyās ...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/05/it-would-be-nice-if-poor-people-were-doing-half-as-well-as-republicans-say-they-are/
4 months ago
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My column this week focuses on a couple of ideas. One, that a simple life worth celebrating is prohibitively expensive for most and, two, that the right's response to that fact is the damaging lie that to provide opportunity for one it must be seized from another.
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Simplicity is great ā but who can afford it? ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
Thereās a line in the opening narration of the first āLord of the Ringsā movie that I like: āIt is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.ā
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/29/simplicity-is-great-but-who-can-afford-it/
4 months ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
4 months ago
Commentary from
@danawormald.bsky.social
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Simplicity is great ā but who can afford it? ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
Thereās a line in the opening narration of the first āLord of the Ringsā movie that I like: āIt is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.ā
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/29/simplicity-is-great-but-who-can-afford-it/
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A new one from me: Behold, another nonsolution to New Hampshireās school funding nightmare.
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Behold, another nonsolution to New Hampshireās school funding nightmare ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
New Hampshire Republicans seem to understand that the state has a property-tax problem, so thatās good. The bad news is that their idea of problem-solving consistently rests on finding new ways to bla...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/22/behold-another-nonsolution-to-new-hampshires-school-funding-nightmare/
4 months ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
4 months ago
Granite Staters who took to the streets Oct. 18 in Concord said concerns about health care, immigration, racism, disability rights, free speech, and more motivated them to join that dayās No Kings protest. From Molly Rains
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Second No Kings protest draws thousands in New Hampshire ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
Granite Staters who took to the streets Oct. 18 in Concord said concerns about health care, immigration, racism, disability rights, free speech, and more motivated them to join that dayās No Kingsā¦
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/18/second-no-kings-protest-draws-thousands-in-new-hampshire/
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No Kings is officially underway in Concord. Hereās the scene on the State House side of Main at noon.
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New Hampshire Bulletin
4 months ago
āI'm an eighth generation New Hampshire native. I was raised a Republican, fiscally conservative, socially responsible, protectors of the environment, party of Lincoln, and so now I'm a very active Democrat,ā said Meredith resident Sandy Mucci in Concord. Photo by Molly Rains/New Hampshire Bulletin
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Still a half-hour out from the official start of the
#NoKings
protest, a growing row of signs elicits steady beeping on North Main St. in front of the State House in Concord.
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4 months ago
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An hour before the No Kings rally is set to begin in downtown Concord, protesters have started arriving on the State House grounds with signs, slogans, and a few guitars.
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4 months ago
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)
4 months ago
Credit to
@statesnewsroom.com
for making a big commitment to cover this enormous
#NoKings
story. Live coverage across the country. That's a big deal. (Also: there's a State Newsroom digital outlet in your state- find it at the link below, sign up and support. It's free, no paywall.)
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New Hampshire Bulletin
4 months ago
States Newsroom is covering today's No Kings protests throughout the nation. Follow the national live feed here:
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No Kings protest coverage | News From The States
Protestors march in a No Kings demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama on Oct. 18, 2025. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector)
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no-kings-protest-coverage
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New Hampshire Bulletin
4 months ago
"We should have known that our ever-dimming enlightenment would open the door to the most strident champions of our basest instincts." What a mess we've made: Commentary from
@danawormald.bsky.social
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What a mess weāve made ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
We should have seen it coming ā this moment right now ā a long time ago, whenever it was that we made politics a central form of entertainment.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/15/what-a-mess-weve-made/
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A new column, this one on the mess we've all made and how we can get out of it, maybe.
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What a mess weāve made ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
We should have seen it coming ā this moment right now ā a long time ago, whenever it was that we made politics a central form of entertainment.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/15/what-a-mess-weve-made/
5 months ago
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Hereās a new one, on what 100 imaginary villagers can teach us about economic inequality. (And also, NH needs an income tax and the US needs Medicare for All.)
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The villagers are restless, but not in the way they should be ⢠New Hampshire Bulletin
If we were a village of 100 instead of a nation of 340 million, I wonder if the perceptions would be different.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/08/the-villagers-are-restless-but-not-in-the-way-they-should-be/
5 months ago
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