A new column, on Ayotte, ICE, and the craven NIMBYism of the GOP. #NHPolitics

"Nickenley’s 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 #NHPolitics

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 #NHPolitics

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. #NHPolitics

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.

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. #NHPolitics

A new one from me, on the old economic myth that still forms the policy foundation of the New Hampshire GOP. #NHPolitics

Here’s a new one from me, which took shape yesterday with an early morning text to my mom. I’m trying to understand why life seems harder for families now, in so many ways, than 60 years ago. Here’s where I landed. #NHPolitics

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 and @michellemgriff.bsky.social via @minnesotareformer.com

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. — pending asylum claims or visa applications.

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

New Hampshire Rep. Kristin Noble's comments last week in support of school segregation reveal a lot about her world view — and something about the nature of the Republican coalition, too. #NHPolitics

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.

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.

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.

Excellent piece - and SPOT ON! There is no such thing as a ‘moderate Republican’ if they voted for this insanity and inhumanity and aren’t now renouncing it full force. Sitting back, pocketing the gains, waiting for whatever comes next is unconscionable.

An unofficial column: A presidential address to the nation. Someday, maybe.

A new column: "To be a modern Republican is to declare that there is very little you won’t endorse, whether through applause or silence, to accomplish whatever it was that made you a conservative to begin with." #NHPolitics

The Bulletin’s William Skipworth has won a Collier Spotlight award for his three-part report on abuse and neglect in New Hampshire’s intellectual and developmental disability care system. #NHPolitics

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. #NHPolitics

"Individual disconnection enables large cruelties — 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 #NHPolitics

"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 @danawormald.bsky.social

A new column: How committed are New Hampshire Republicans to wealth inequality? From the infamous tax repeal to universal vouchers to “Don’t Mass Up New Hampshire,” the answer is “totally.” #NHPolitics

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...

Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds

Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social: "Expansive, policy-driven inequality is the Republican Party’s guiding light, whether you call it Reaganomics, or neoliberalism, or Trumpism, or trickle-down economics." #NHPolitics

"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 #NHPolitics

Here's a new one from me, on America's screwy perception of what it means to be "poor" and "middle class." #NHPolitics

Beautifully written piece on a beautiful film

A new column, in lieu of saying grace. Happy Almost Thanksgiving, and best wishes to you all.

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. #NHPolitics

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: buff.ly/FeJJu5G

A new column, this one on Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, and the price of bailing on a stand. #NHPolitics

THREAD: When Lucas Houle, who has intellectual and developmental disabilities, was pinned to the ground and beaten by his own caretakers, he screamed, “Please stop, don’t beat me up.” His story and others are told today in "A System of Harm," an investigative series by me. (1/10)

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

A new column, this one on those lucky devils known as the poor who Republicans say are doing quite well for themselves. #NHPolitics

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. #NHPolitics

Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social : The simple life has never been so hard — and that's not even the worst part. #NHPolitics

A new one from me: Behold, another nonsolution to New Hampshire’s school funding nightmare. #NHPolitics

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 #NHPolitics

No Kings is officially underway in Concord. Here’s the scene on the State House side of Main at noon.

“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

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

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

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.)

States Newsroom is covering today's No Kings protests throughout the nation. Follow the national live feed here:

"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

A new column, this one on the mess we've all made and how we can get out of it, maybe. #NHPolitics

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.)