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Editor, New Hampshire Bulletin,
@newhampshirebulletin.com
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@statesnewsroom.com
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pinned post!
The New Hampshire Bulletin is here:
@nhbulletinnews.bsky.social
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12 months ago
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States Newsroom
3 days 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...
#FairFearlessFree
#LocalJournalism
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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.
#NHPolitics
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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 party’s ...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/05/it-would-be-nice-if-poor-people-were-doing-half-as-well-as-republicans-say-they-are/
3 days 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 — but who can afford it? • New Hampshire Bulletin
There’s a line in the opening narration of the first “Lord of the Rings” movie that I like: “It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.”
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/29/simplicity-is-great-but-who-can-afford-it/
9 days ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
10 days ago
Commentary from
@danawormald.bsky.social
: The simple life has never been so hard — and that's not even the worst part.
#NHPolitics
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Simplicity is great — but who can afford it? • New Hampshire Bulletin
There’s a line in the opening narration of the first “Lord of the Rings” movie that I like: “It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.”
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 Hampshire’s school funding nightmare.
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Behold, another nonsolution to New Hampshire’s school funding nightmare • New Hampshire Bulletin
New Hampshire Republicans seem to understand that the state has a property-tax problem, so that’s 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/
17 days ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
21 days 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 day’s 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 day’s No Kings…
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. Here’s the scene on the State House side of Main at noon.
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21 days ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
21 days ago
“I'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,” 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.
#NHPolitics
21 days 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.
#NHPolitics
21 days ago
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)
21 days 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
21 days 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
22 days 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
#NHPolitics
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What a mess we’ve made • New Hampshire Bulletin
We should have seen it coming — this moment right now — 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.
#NHPolitics
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What a mess we’ve made • New Hampshire Bulletin
We should have seen it coming — this moment right now — 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/
24 days ago
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Here’s 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/
about 1 month ago
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A new column, this one on how entrenched racism, moral panic, and economic policies that favor the wealthy have given Republicans all they needed to win and hold power in New Hampshire and the nation.
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How power is won and held, in New Hampshire and the nation • New Hampshire Bulletin
Several decades ago, Republican campaign consultant Lee Atwater described how, as The Nation put it, “Republicans can win the vote of racists without sounding racist themselves.” Atwater outlined the ...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/01/how-power-is-won-and-held-in-new-hampshire-and-the-nation/
about 1 month ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
about 1 month ago
Commentary from
@danawormald.bsky.social
: To understand why Republican lawmakers in Concord and Washington are willing to deplete a popular program like Medicaid, just consider their core political philosophy. And then follow the money.
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Most Americans support Medicaid. So why is it being targeted in New Hampshire and nationally? • New Hampshire Bulletin
Let’s start at a place where we can all agree: In a nation of 340 million people, systems designed to serve the needs of such a large population will be imperfect.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/09/25/most-americans-support-medicaid-so-why-is-it-being-targeted-in-new-hampshire-and-nationally/
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A new column on the two ideas of government and which one is winning, by a lot.
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There are two ideas of government, and New Hampshire has long since made its choice • New Hampshire Bulletin
In the storybook version of American politics, a fresh idea to benefit the common good is what gets you elected as a public servant. The reality of American politics is that it’s much easier to win a ...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/09/18/there-are-two-ideas-of-government-and-new-hampshire-has-long-since-made-its-choice/
about 2 months ago
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Siobhan Senier
2 months ago
“What these [obscene] dollars actually buy is the carving up of the electorate. ..our back and forth majorities, our do nothing congresses, our career politicians, and the same domestic problems year in and year out.”
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A new column, this one on a potential Sununu-Pappas contest and our very expensive (and therefore broken) elections.
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New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate race will be very expensive. And that’s a big problem. • New Hampshire Bulletin
I know the American divide is real — but so, too, is its absence.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/09/04/new-hampshires-u-s-senate-race-will-be-very-expensive-and-thats-a-big-problem/
2 months ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
2 months ago
How expensive will New Hampshire's U.S. Senate race be? Very, and that's one of America's very biggest problems. Commentary from
@danawormald.bsky.social
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New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate race will be very expensive. And that’s a big problem. • New Hampshire Bulletin
I know the American divide is real — but so, too, is its absence.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/09/04/new-hampshires-u-s-senate-race-will-be-very-expensive-and-thats-a-big-problem/
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Heliotropist
3 months ago
I read this thoughtful little piece 3 times in a row. I’ll be thinking about restlessness realized as grace vs restlessness realized as grievance for a while…
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US House Equality
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You won't see something this insightful from the Washington Post or the New York Times. Not on CNN, CBS, Meet the Press or Morning Mika. It wouldn't even get a single one of Jake Tapper's patented curious puppy head-tilts. All of the
@statesnewsroom.com
affiliates are worthy of your attention.
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Andrew Kitchenman
3 months ago
My parting thoughts on my time as the
@alaskabeacon.com
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This week, I wrote about the politics of grace and grievance — and how each influences the degree to which the electorate in New Hampshire and beyond accepts the policies driving vast inequality.
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The Granite State’s engineered rise to grievance • New Hampshire Bulletin
If you’ve ever attempted to observe your own thoughts, even for a moment, maybe you noticed how easily the mind can move between grace and grievance.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/08/20/the-granite-states-engineered-rise-to-grievance/
3 months ago
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Here's a new one, on the easy movement from grace to grievance in New Hampshire (and American) politics.
#NHPolitics
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The Granite State’s engineered rise to grievance • New Hampshire Bulletin
If you’ve ever attempted to observe your own thoughts, even for a moment, maybe you noticed how easily the mind can move between grace and grievance.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/08/20/the-granite-states-engineered-rise-to-grievance/
3 months ago
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Matthew Cheney
3 months ago
This is a good, brief overview of the higher ed catastrophe in NH. More horrible news is coming, at least from Plymouth (my school). Massive cuts to programs, staff, faculty. NH has disinvested from all public goods.
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A new column, this one on New Hampshire's public higher education problem and the price we all pay — and will continue paying.
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New Hampshire is paying a long-term price for the high cost of a college education • New Hampshire Bulletin
August is an anxious month for parents preparing to drop off their young adults at the University of New Hampshire.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/08/14/new-hampshire-is-paying-a-long-term-price-for-the-high-cost-of-a-college-education/
3 months ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
3 months ago
"It seems like not-so-great fiscal management to give piles of taxpayer cash to well-to-do families who were going to send their kids to private school whether the state chipped in or not." Commentary from
@danawormald.bsky.social
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Beware of all the blind spots in New Hampshire’s school voucher vision • New Hampshire Bulletin
I was certain that the distance between each of the four-square poles was not the cause of my failed effort to string outdoor lights around the patio area last weekend. Positively certain.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/08/05/beware-of-all-the-blind-spots-in-new-hampshires-school-voucher-vision/
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As New Hampshire reaches its 10,000-student cap for universal "education freedom accounts," here's a new column about various elements of the voucher push and the role of blind spots.
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Beware of all the blind spots in New Hampshire’s school voucher vision • New Hampshire Bulletin
I was certain that the distance between each of the four-square poles was not the cause of my failed effort to string outdoor lights around the patio area last weekend. Positively certain.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/08/05/beware-of-all-the-blind-spots-in-new-hampshires-school-voucher-vision/
3 months ago
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A new column, this one on how nothing we're seeing is a distraction — but why the perils of distraction remain.
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There are no distractions — and New Hampshire can’t afford to be distracted • New Hampshire Bulletin
To refer to any of the various right-wing attacks on vulnerable groups as a “distraction” will rightfully enrage a healthy portion of the left.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/07/30/there-are-no-distractions-and-new-hampshire-cant-afford-to-be-distracted/
3 months ago
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Anne Lutz Fernandez
3 months ago
I wrote about the effect AI hype is having on workers and students: It's preparing them to do more for and accept less from their employers.
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AI is Already Disempowering Workers Through Hype
Workers and students are being prepped for less power in the workplace
https://nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/ai-is-already-disempowering-workers-through-hype/
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A new column, this one on Republican bootstrap mythology and why zooming out on policy — nationally and in New Hampshire — is more important than ever. With thanks to
@elishabrown.bsky.social
and
@darrickhamilton.bsky.social
for the prompt.
#NHPolitics
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Good luck with those bootstraps, New Hampshire • New Hampshire Bulletin
In New Hampshire, a state of 1.4 million people, 186,000 children and adults are enrolled in Medicaid, according to KFF. That’s about 1 in 7 Granite Staters covered by a federal-state health insurance...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/07/23/good-luck-with-those-bootstraps-new-hampshire/
4 months ago
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A new column, this one on Gov. Kelly Ayotte's wise vetoes and what those rejected bills say about the state of her party.
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Ayotte’s vetoes are good for New Hampshire. The pillars of her party’s platform are not. • New Hampshire Bulletin
It’s not hard to see. The thread running through much of the Republican political agenda is an overall low opinion of the American people. So low, in fact, that many of the GOP’s pursuits could accura...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/07/16/ayottes-vetoes-are-good-for-new-hampshire-the-pillars-of-her-partys-platform-are-not/
4 months ago
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A new column on New Hampshire Republicans' barbershop test for which policies are important and which ones — like Medicaid reimbursement rates — aren't.
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Sorry, low-income people of New Hampshire, but Medicaid doesn’t pass the barbershop test • New Hampshire Bulletin
Over the weekend, Deputy House Democratic Leader Laura Telerski published an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union Leader in which she castigated House Majority Leader Jason Osborne for his “out of touch” ...
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/07/08/sorry-low-income-people-of-new-hampshire-but-medicaid-doesnt-pass-the-barbershop-test/
4 months ago
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“Over the last 50 years, the economy performed best during the Clinton presidency, which saw 3.9 percent real annual growth, robust wage increases, and booming private investment,” said the report. “Notably, this economic success followed tax increases, not tax cuts.” (gift link)
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Republicans Say Tax Cuts Will Spur Growth. It Hasn’t Worked in the Past.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/growth-taxes-republican-policy-bill.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R08.71jA.BfLR2bqzu-my&smid=url-share
5 months ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
5 months ago
The chaotic final days of the New Hampshire budget process may soon be over. Late Wednesday, hours before the House and Senate were scheduled to meet, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said she had come to an agreement with legislative leaders after a week of discord. From
@ethandewitt.bsky.social
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With Ayotte saying deal has been reached, here’s what to know about Thursday’s budget showdown • New Hampshire Bulletin
New Hampshire’s budget process is in turmoil after lawmakers proposed a series of last-minute cuts, prompting a veto pledge from Gov. Kelly Ayotte. On Thursday, the full House and Senate will meet to…
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/06/25/with-ayotte-saying-deal-has-been-reached-heres-what-to-know-about-thursdays-budget-showdown/
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Anne Lutz Fernandez
5 months ago
I haven't published a piece in a while--because there has been too much to write about. But here's my latest, in which I write too much about the too much.
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So Long Systems, Come on Conspiracies
MAGA campaign conspiracies are becoming federal and state policy
https://nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/so-long-systems-come-on-conspiracies/
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New Hampshire Bulletin
5 months ago
Republicans and Democrats on a U.S. House Education and Workforce subcommittee agreed at a Tuesday hearing that child care affordability was a problem, but proposed different solutions. From Shauneen Miranda
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Dems, GOP members of US House panel split on solution to high cost of child care • New Hampshire Bulletin
Republicans and Democrats on a U.S. House Education and Workforce subcommittee agreed at a Tuesday hearing that child care affordability was a problem, but proposed different solutions.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/06/25/repub/dems-gop-members-of-us-house-panel-split-on-solution-to-high-cost-of-child-care/
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From Yale’s
@jacobhacker.bsky.social
and Patrick Sullivan.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
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Opinion | The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/opinion/trump-republicans-megabill.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Rk8.ruIM.RQ5vake0ePHr&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
5 months ago
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Edwin Park
5 months ago
My colleague
@joanalker1.bsky.social
explains how the preliminary Senate Finance reconciliation language made the
#Medicaid
cuts even worse for children and families:
ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/24/t...
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Things Just Got Worse for Children and Families in the Senate Version of OBBB
The Wallstreet Journal and other news outlets previously reported that some Republican moderates in the House who expressed concerns about the deep Medicaid cuts in the budget reconciliation bill w…
https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/24/things-just-got-worse-for-children-and-families-in-the-senate-version-of-obbb/
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I wrote a quick column about New Hampshire's budget mess — and also Ron Swanson.
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New Hampshire Republicans have the budget disconnect they’ve been working on for years • New Hampshire Bulletin
There’s nothing easy about crafting a state budget. Not only do you have to match squishy revenue projections with real spending, but the line between needs and wants is both subjective and blurry.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/06/20/new-hampshire-republicans-have-the-budget-disconnect-theyve-been-working-on-for-years/
5 months ago
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A new column on political fragmentation, the targeting of "out-groups," and the policy price we all pay for the far-right's crusade against imagined enemies.
#NHPolitics
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New Hampshire is stuck in the politics of fragmentation, and the price is paid by the whole • New Hampshire Bulletin
When American politics is healthy — or as healthy as this two-party game can be — policy is created when the refined ideas of opposing philosophies collide, melding at their strongest points.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/06/17/new-hampshire-is-stuck-in-the-politics-of-fragmentation-and-the-price-is-paid-by-the-whole/
5 months ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
5 months ago
Law enforcement officers on Sunday night arrested Vance Boelter, who is accused of assassinating Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband as part of a larger plot to kill Democratic elected officials and other advocates of abortion rights. Via Madison McVan of
@minnesotareformer.com
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Vance Boelter, accused of assassination of DFL House leader Melissa Hortman, apprehended • New Hampshire Bulletin
Law enforcement officers on Sunday night arrested Vance Boelter, who is accused of assassinating Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband at their home in Brooklyn Park as part of a larger plot to kill…
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/06/16/vance-boelter-accused-of-assassination-of-dfl-house-leader-melissa-hortman-apprehended/
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Commentary from J. Patrick Coolican, editor of
@minnesotareformer.com
: "Right-wing influencers marred Hortman’s death and smeared Walz on a pile of lies."
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A Democratic legislator was assassinated; right-wing influencers coughed out disinformation • Minnesota Reformer
Right-wing influencers marred Hortman’s death and smeared Walz on a pile of lies.
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/14/a-democratic-legislator-was-assassinated-right-wing-influencers-coughed-out-disinformation/
5 months ago
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Chronic Venous Insufficiency Sufferer
5 months ago
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New Hampshire Bulletin
5 months ago
A crowd that appeared to number in the thousands packed the lawn in front of the State House and lined North Main Street in Concord Saturday, joining a nationwide protest against President Donald Trump. From
@willskipworth.bsky.social
#NHPolitics
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New Hampshire protesters join nationwide ‘No Kings’ demonstration against Donald Trump • New Hampshire Bulletin
A crowd that appeared to number in the thousands packed the lawn in front of the State House and lined North Main Street in Concord Saturday, joining a nationwide protest against President Donald…
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/06/14/new-hampshire-protesters-join-nationwide-no-kings-demonstration-against-donald-trump/
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“It’s the same old story: fear masked as policy.”
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Both sides of N. Main filling up in Concord.
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