"While I'm not totally surprised at the outcome, I was pleasantly surprised by the reasoning—that it was not just a national or ideological reason, but it was also a very local, specific, practical reason related to the disruption that would be caused.” www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...

“This bill has nothing to do with who you are,” Meuse said, “but it has everything to do with where you are.” #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/02/05/n...

Sorry Merrimack. Today a proposed suspension of House rules by Democratic Minority Leader Alexis Simpson is voted down 162-187 along party lines. It would have allowed the drafting of a late bill giving NH communities a chance to choose whether they want ICE detention centers in their towns.

“I can no longer be part of a political party that harms our most vulnerable Granite Staters, threatens our schools and budgets and offers policies which harm our already deteriorating health care system.”—Rep. David Nagel #NHPolitics www.concordmonitor.com/2026/02/05/m...

“A potential ICE detention facility is not a minor zoning issue or a routine federal paperwork exercise. It would carry profound consequences for the host community…For a governor to claim ignorance about such a development is not reassuring. It is a red flag.” www.concordmonitor.com/2026/02/05/m...

Thank you to everyone who weighed in yesterday in-person or online against this pro-hate dumpster fire of a bill. #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/02/02/l...

“The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols… Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.”—ProPublica

“Having armed classmates ‘does not create a sense of freedom. It creates fear and division.’ We agree, and urge lawmakers to reject HB 1793.”—Keene Sentinel Editorial Board. Note: HB 1793 will come to the House floor for a vote on Thursday. www.keenesentinel.com/opinion/edit...

There is so much handwriting on the wall right now for Republicans right now that Joe Sweeney must be thinking about filing a late bill in the NH House to make handwriting on a wall a capital offense. #NHPolitics apnews.com/article/cong...

1/Sanchez isn’t being removed because Ayotte found someone better. It’s because she opposed a series of mean-spirited GOP culture warrior bills that targeted LGBTQ kids. #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/ayott...

NH Republicans continuing to feather the nests of their wealthy masters while finding yet another way to screw over 99% of the people who send their kids to NH public schools. #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/01/31/g...

Fascists don’t care if you don’t want a concentration camp in your town or in your state. The question is: Do you??? #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/01/30/i...

Selected Saturday morning cartoons…

Movie review from Guardian on Melania.

Alarmed yet?

It is worse than those of us outside it can imagine… and it is already a crushing weight, so I can’t imagine what those dear and brave Minnesotans are faced with daily

Question to never Trump conservatives: If you were this wrong about the authoritarianism, corruption, and violence inherent in the Republican party shouldn't you at least consider the possibility that you were wrong about everything else you ever voted for?

"We'll take our stand for this land & the stranger in our midst..." Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis. Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫 1/

"The party of 'election integrity' just broke the chain of custody on 700 boxes of ballots. Ask them why." open.substack.com/pub/lukium/p...

Elected NH haters in action. #NHPolitics www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/29/m...

“People are being told that their names are going on a list, that their personal information is going into a domestic terrorism database, or they’re creating a file on them, all sorts of things that smack of authoritarian regimes.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/29/m...

🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Repealing the exemption would mean overriding decisions made by voters. Along with being good little minions for their out-of-state fossil fuel oligarchy masters, marginalizing voter voices is an elected NH Republican superpower. #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/01/30/n...

“Your voice does matter. You do have an effect. All it takes is that tiny little spark and the whole fire will be lit.” #NHPolitics www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...

So many unique insights and transferable lessons for people struggling with the great existential question we are now asked every day: “So will you do something about it, or just take the bribe offered by your privilege and comfort?” www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...

Great to see so many people pushing back in NH against a federal agency that considers due process optional and is normalizing kidnapping, murder, schoolyard arrests, home invasions and warehousing human beings. #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/01/28/n...

Just look in a mirror to find out. Then thank NH Republicans for downshifting millions in state costs to your community—and to property taxpayers—to pay for them. #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/01/27/w...

As even Susan Collins manages to find the courage to try to get ICE kidnappers and murders out of her state, Kompliant Kelly keeps asking for “more information”. Maybe she should just watch the videos from last weekend? #NHPolitics www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...

And we’re filing bills requiring local budget approval and transparency for any assistance provided to ICE under 287g agreements as well as to prevent state and local tax dollars from being spent on new immigrant detention facilities. #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/01/26/n...

The resistance’s brother-from-another-mother (and former GOP NH US Senator) Gordon Humphrey at #iceoutforgood today in #portsmouthnh along with over 100 hearty souls, including congressional candidate @stefanyshaheen. #NHPolitics

"This small business has been a pillar of the Kittery community for decades and is now facing loss of income and loss of product. Other employees, who happen to be American citizens, are losing out on paychecks themselves. How is this helping anyone?" www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...

What more do we need to see before we finally acknowledge that what is happening to our immigrant neighbors will determine not only how history will define us as a people—but how our children, our grandchildren, and future generations will define us too?

“If these diseases are reintroduced, it is a burden to communities, to kids, to parents who are trying to go to work every day. People haven’t seen these diseases, so we won’t have providers who are educated on this.” #NHPolitics www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/m...

When these Gestapo pricks start kidnapping kids from bus stops in your town, will you look away? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/23/m...

“By and large, the families that have kids in our schools are very happy. Kristin Noble doesn’t have kids in the Bedford School District, and so she doesn’t really have firsthand knowledge of what’s happening in our schools today.” #NHPolitics www.concordmonitor.com/2026/01/20/s...

At some point in your life, you may have the opportunity to make sure that not a single dollar in your state is spent subsidizing a federal responsibility that has become a national embarrassment. It is important that you take that opportunity. #NNPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/01/20/n...

“It’s clear that the oft-touted New Hampshire Advantage exists primarily for the wealthy.” #NHPolitics www.keenesentinel.com/opinion/edit...

The Republican plan? More tax cuts for out-of-state corporations, more $ for school vouchers, axing $ for public education and healthcare, downshifting more and more state service costs to property taxpayers, and strangling local control. #NHPolitics www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...

Unless more people stand up to these lawless police state goons, the detention facilities they say are for “criminal immigrants” will be for your neighbors, your sons, your daughters—and you. apnews.com/article/minn...

"@GOP: This IS who we are" ®™

Let’s do it. democracynh.com/2026/defund_...

From ever-brilliant @rubenbolling.bsky.social another great cartoon. See original here bsky.app/profile/rube... And reminder that a certain SCOTUS member will be immortalized for something other than "I like beer!" We should use his name in every account of these skin-color-based roundups.

Testing our sanity

If you’re a NH Democrat running for federal office and you are not taking about your plan to abolish or to completely remake ICE into an agency that respects human and civil rights while enforcing the law without resorting to violence and terrorism—then go f*ck yourself. www.wmur.com/article/demo...

The NH GOP’s version of Trump’s denial that there is an affordability crisis is the constant drumbeat of our Republican governors that “NH is #1” in everything at a time when homes, energy, and much more are increasingly unaffordable for most. #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/01/14/h...

NH ICE stormtrooper wannabes doing what stormtrooper wannabes do. www.unionleader.com/news/social_...

“We think it’s critical that the public has access to this training, so we can know the rules of the road for how local police should be doing immigration enforcement.” Amen. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/m...

“I have told the clergy of the Episcopal diocese of NH to get their affairs in order…because it may be that now is no longer the time for statements, but for us with our bodies, to stand between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable.” #NHPolitics www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...

New Hampshire Secret Police anyone? Anyone??? Bueller???? Bueller??? #NHPolitics www.wmur.com/article/new-...