The traditional roles of a man are the head of their family: Husband, Provider, Father – and Protector. Sadly, what the so-called Elites are trying to do is to condition and “breed that out” of us. Why?

First, it destroys our natural history of why a Husband and Father are important, not only to the nuclear family but to Society in general. Sheeple, who refuse to do for themselves and expect others to do for them, is not a threat to those that wish to remove the Constitutional Republic that our genius Founding Fathers bequeathed upon us as their legacy. By taking over, bit by bit, how does one dare bit the hand that may not care about your but leverages your spouse and children against those seemingly quaint notions of Freedom from Government and making do for oneself?

And here’s a guy, an ordinary schlub, that simply blows up that entire narrative by being that traditional guy (reformatted, emphasis mine):

Dad shoots would-be intruder who “accosted” kids in backyard

Police in Johnston County, North Carolina are investigating a Father’s Day shooting involving an armed dad and a 23-year-old who allegedly “accosted” an 11-year-old girl before trying to gain entry into the family’s home.  Authorities were called out [to] the scene of a breaking and entering in the small town of Wilson’s Mills around 9 p.m. on Sunday evening, and when they arrived they discovered the body of the 23-year-old at the home, along with the armed homeowner.

Chief A.Z. Williams said, based on the preliminary investigation, the suspect entered the backyard of the home where children were playing outside. The suspect allegedly tried to accost an 11 year-old girl. Other children ran inside the home and alerted the mother and father.

Stupidity flew into that backyard and into this 23-year-old’s skull filled with vacuum for not understanding the MOST important question: “What is it about this house that I don’t know but should?” In this case, his two brain cells were answerless:

Police said the suspect attempted to follow the children into the residence by pulling on the back door handle and shaking it violently.

The homeowner and father shot the 23 year-old suspect who died from his injuries. The name of the suspect is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Chief Williams said this appears to be a case of a father protecting his family. The suspect was unknown to the family.

Failure to even:

• “Play checkers” – to check his next moves and what the responses would be (“What don’t I know?”)
• ask the question, “what’s the worst thing that could happen to ME?” (“What is it about this house that I don’t know about?”)
• Assuming that Dad (based on decades of commercials, sit-coms, movies, and general Societal put-downs) would be just a wimp and of no account.
• Contemplate Dad would become Godzilla when his children were put at risk.

And was armed.  My hat is off to the Dad in this case. Attack my kids, start to attack my home and hearth? Yeah, full Protector beast mode – and justifiably so.

Even then, the armed dad didn’t run outside to confront the man who accosted his daughter. It sounds like if the 23-year-old had wandered off into the gloaming instead of trying to enter the home he’d be alive today, though he might have been in police custody. Based on the public statements by Williams, this wasn’t a case of vigilantism, but of self-defense. A strange man shows up in the yard where kids are playing, tries to grab one of them, and then when the kids run inside tries to gain entry to the home himself. Only then did the homeowner fire the fatal shot; not out of malice or rage, but to prevent the stranger from coming inside and possibly harming the kids and/or the homeowner himself.

I’m betting it was only seconds from start to finish – worst case, 1-2 minutes. Unless a roaming police car was nearby in this 3,000-person village, too short of a time for a “wait for the police” situation – you know, the kind that Big Daddy Government types wish to turn us into. That only Government should be in charge of our self-defense (yep, another oxymoron there), and we should run and hide.

Dad said SCREW THAT, these are MY kids!

You know, Dad didn’t know if that 23-year-old was armed with a firearm or with just a knife or nothing at all. He simply went, I imagine, “Kids -> protect! I will put myself at risk to protect them because *I* am responsible for them.”. Kudos to him.

All of us that own guns have gone over that kind of situation, and many others, in asking ourselves, “How would I react? Would we hesitate? What is my mental checklist? What is the situation? Do I have the skills? How big is the threat? Is there time for the police – or not?” and many others.

The biggest one? “Although the aim is to neutralize a threat, am I prepared to take a life to protect those that I live and that are around me?“. For many, too difficult a question, and their answer is no”. That’s fine, but don’t then be those that would prevent me from answering yes but then rendering me helpless (as I’m closer to 70 than 60 and I, like all at my age, am seeing the biological clock remove muscle mass and strength typical of this age) with “The Equalizer.”

Yes, it is a difficult decision and fraught with all kinds of ramifications leading up to and afterward. Who knows if that Dad had done this “wargaming” ahead of time or just did the right thing instinctively (and YES, it was the right thing to have done)?

What what you do? I know those of you who own guns for various reasons have most likely thought this through – what were your reasoning and your conclusion?

And for those of you who don’t own firearms AND answered “No” to my question, what would YOU do?  How would you protect yourself and those around you? WOULD you protect yourself?

HT | Bearing Arms

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It’s very hard for anyone who has been serially abused as a child to have the courage to speak up as an adult, even more so when the State of New Hampshire endorsed the abuse and the very people arguing both sides of the YDC horror show may have been involved in the cover-ups — for decades.

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I have heard reports that victims of abuse at YDC are being censored about what they say because it incriminates New Hampshire’s Law Enforcement agencies as well, and the AG is protecting those. Why should attorneys be silencing them for speaking the real truth to power? Are those attorneys scared that their own lucrative businesses will be blackballed?

It is critical to shed sunlight on what is happening in New Hampshire. It follows a pattern across the US that can no longer be ignored:

Systemic abuse of children under state care: brainwashing, sexual abuse, violence, trafficking by State agency-backed, DHHS, FBI & CIA-backed operations that public officials can no longer hide.

A lot of it can be tied to the CIA program MK Ultra and Maximus Inc.

The rise in child abuse under New Hampshire state care directly correlates to the introduction of Maximus Inc founded by David Mastram, a Vietnam vet.

New Hampshire was an early target for Maximus via Kathleen Kerr from NH DCYF, who now sits on the board of Maximus, which is located at 10 Ferry Street, Concord, New Hampshire, where a number of other dubious agencies related to the CIA, FBI, children, and drugs are located.

As over 1000 complaints against the State of New Hampshire for child abuse at the Sununu Youth Detention Center get underway, we cannot forget that former NH AG Gordon MacDonald blamed “victim negligence” when Russ Rilee filed the class action lawsuit a couple of years ago for David Meehan et al. v New Hampshire.

“Contributory negligence is nothing more than the state’s way of saying that I am to blame for the horrendous torture, rape and abuse I endured at the hands of their systems, institutions and employees,” Meehan, 39, said in a phone interview Saturday. “These people were allowed to do the unthinkable and get paid for it, and now they’re being protected, while me and my family suffer.”

AG Gordon MacDonald was talking about children when he blamed “victim negligence.”

When Anna Carrigan blew the whistle on child abuse under state care, she faced retaliation. She, too, was dismissed by former AG Gordon MacDonald, and then she was dismissed by the New Hampshire Supreme Court. When I spoke up about a “Kids for Cash” type enterprise, I was threatened with a defamation suit by Shaheen & Gordon on behalf of the NHCADSV and Amanda Grady Sexton. I was asked to back down while Amanda Grady Sexton was running for re-election in Concord.

This is what matters to Gordon MacDonald and Amanda Grady Sexton — their own careers above a very serious issue in which they/their agencies/ city councils have been involved and which involves serious child abuse paid for with taxpayer money. They/their agencies/city councils are accountable to the public and to the victims of child abuse, coercion, cover-ups, bullying, lying, stalking, and worse.

I’ve heard attorneys dismiss Gordon MacDonald’s response to the class action YDC suit as just a standard response, but it’s not. It shows you the true value the former AG and current New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice assigns to children — zero for their welfare, a lot for the amount of money that can be made in grants and lawsuits from their abuse.

Gordon MacDonald follows in the footsteps of others in the New Hampshire Supreme Court — especially Chuck Douglas Esq, who allegedly ordered a 13-year-old girl back to the Youth Detention Center after she was impregnated and she refused to name her rapist. I understand the State paid for the abortion. Chuck Douglas is the Chair of the Judicial Selection Committee. Why?

Until AG John Formella came along, every AG and every Governor and the entire New Hampshire court system, and the child welfare system ignored, brushed aside, or hid decades of child abuse under State care.

Nobody was charged for ordering an intern to delete files of child sex abuse during a time when the DCYF knew there was a criminal investigation going on. Why not?

All that happens is that the head of the DCYF steps down, and the head of the DHHS steps down.

No charges, no prosecutions. No accountability. That leaves only one answer: The State Officials in New Hampshire — the very ones who disburse federal grants, who are supposed to look out for the constitutional rights of ALL New Hampshire Citizens, who are supposed to be prosecuting employees of the YDC — endorsed the abuse and endorsed the cover-ups of abuse.

If the AG’s office were to prosecute the head of the DCYF or the head of the DHHS, Youth Prosecutors, Sheriffs, or anyone else who is a decision maker, the discovery would reveal the complicity of the AG, the agencies tied to them, and State Officials.

Actually, these need to get exposed for the future safety of all children.

Two prosecutors for the YDC abuse from the AG’s office have resigned. Why?

Millions of documents have been hidden. This is not by accident. It was coordinated. Budgets were approved, contracts were approved, new hires were approved, and reviews were approved. The State was given documents. The people in charge in the AG’s office, DCYF, DHHS, Department of Corrections, Department of Revenue, Executive Committee, NH Bar, and NH Courts, made choices, and those choices indelibly harmed the lives of children and their families— forever.

A Judge has cited conflicts of interest for the State to be playing both sides.

Rockingham Superior Court Judge Andrew Schulman called out the conflict in the Attorney General’s Office prosecuting the former state employees who allegedly abused children, while at the same time defending the state in the civil lawsuit brought by the victims.

The Sununu Youth Services Center was formerly called the Youth Development Center or YDC where juveniles were incarcerated as delinquents.

“But you seem to be saying it’s fine if the person hasn’t been convicted yet, for the state to go to court, seek bail, put somebody on trial, stand up, tell the jury this guy committed aggravated felonious sexual assault on that day, and the state of New Hampshire can come into a different courtroom and say, oh, no, that never happened. The person we called the victim in the other courtroom is a liar. It just — that seems incongruous to me,” Schulman told lawyers for the state during a recent hearing.

It’s not yet clear if any representative from the Attorney General’s Office or the New Hampshire State Police will sit for depositions.

Michael Garrity, communications director for the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, said the matter is being considered.

“We have received the notices, are reviewing them, and will respond as appropriate,” Garrity said.

The deposition notice allows state employees to skip appearing if the state produces documents lawyers for the victims are seeking.

The NHCADSV puts out a message to solicit victims, but the NHCADSV is responsible for the abuse of teenagers: NH v Griffin Furlotte, in which a teen girl testified that police and public officials lied to her, bullied her, stalked her, and turned her life into a nightmare. Furlotte (who was 17 when arrested) indicated he’d been treated as a “monster” in pretrial detention. The NHCADSV meanwhile gloated and turned up at his hearing, wearing pins in support of “the victims.”

A third alleged victim decided not to continue with the charges. She spoke in support of Furlotte in court Monday.

“For months, I was jerked around by the staff at Pembroke Academy, local police and officials involved with the investigation,” she said. “I was manipulated, lied to, kept in the dark and force fed enumerated versions of events that supposedly happened between griffin and I.”

Furlotte has been incarcerated since his arrest in June. He is expected to remain in jail until June 2020.

“He was a teenager who made some mistakes, but he didn’t do the most serious and graphic things he was accused of in this case,” defense attorney Charles Keefe said.

Furlotte will also have to register as a Tier 1 sex offender.

The county attorney’s office said the victims and Pembroke police gave their consent to the sentencing agreement.

Missing from WMUR’s report is the statement by one of the girls who mentioned that she felt manipulated by the prosecutors. Also missing are Furlotte’s own statements about the treatment he received in pretrial detention as a 17-year-old: “I was verbally abused, assaulted and worse as a direct result of these accusations.”

They were accusations. They had not been proven, and the State of New Hampshire, NHCADSV, Police Department, DA’s office, and Department of Corrections thought it was perfectly fine to lie to Furlotte’s mother, cart him off in front of her and then abuse him in pretrial detention and beat him into submission to plea for his life. It’s NOT OK, and there must be accountability.

Here is the NHCADSV’s fickle message regarding the YDC abuse, having celebrated their victory on Griffin Furlotte — putting their hand out to help because they get an estimated 20% of each civil settlement. Like the AG’s office, they play it both sides for their own advantage.

Anyone who was physically or sexually assaulted or abused at the YDC is encouraged to contact their local crisis center. Crisis center advocates are available across New Hampshire to provide free and confidential support to anyone impacted by sexual violence. Crisis center services are also available to anyone who has experienced or witnessed abuse, or who is looking to find ways to support someone who has. Crisis centers can provide individual support, support groups, assistance reporting abuse, help understanding options and the legal system, court and hospital accompaniment, housing assistance, and referrals for local services including mental health and substance abuse services. To speak with an advocate, please call the statewide domestic violence hotline at 1–866–644–3574 or the statewide sexual assault hotline at 1–800–277–5570 or find the crisis center nearest you at https://www.nhcadsv.org/member-programs.html.

The YDC cases present conflicts of interest for David Vicinanzo/Nixon Peabody as well since he is legal counsel for the NHCADSV (along with Shaheen & Gordon), and it was to the NHCADSV that AG Gordon MacDonald (formerly David Vincenzo’s partner at Nixon Peabody) referred complainants. Douglas & Leonard have a conflict of interests too.

Letters from Nixon Peabody and Riley & Associates have been going out to solicit more plaintiffs against the state and to get more money for victims. Why are they not going after police, corrections departments, juvenile prosecutors, former AGs, Governors, NH Supreme Court Chief Justices, Department of Corrections, DHHS, DCYF, and other Children’s Agencies who were involved in the coercion of minors, bullying, abuse, drugging, cover-ups? The club is why. The club was referred to in the 1990s in the Washington Post. The same club continues 24 years later in 2023. The club with Chuck Douglas, ex-NH Supreme Court Chief Justice, as Chair of the NH Judicial Selection Committee.

There has been widespread dissatisfaction for some time in New Hampshire, they say, with the state’s clubby, closed-door method of handling complaints against judges and other lawyers.

Not a single thing has changed in 24 years. Why not?

.[more] …

HT | Claire Best – Medium.com

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Strongly worded letters to DOJ! Senator John Kennedy torches Biden nominee! Coming up on Hannity: Lindsey Graham talking tough! Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That’s all we are really getting from the GOP … TALK.

The most important issues to GOP voters are the corrupt DOJ/Deep State and the woke-war being waged by corporate-America against America. In contrast, the GOP’s priorities are Ukraine and … wait for it; wait for it … cutting taxes!

There is more than enough evidence to impeach Mayorkas, Wray, Garland and BIDEN. But the GOP lacks the testosterone to do what the Democrats would have done in an instant:

They impeached Trump twice over nothing and they’re going to send him to prison after they’re done indicting him not once, not twice, not three times, but four times.

And the GOP can’t even bring itself to impeach Biden when it’s in possession of evidence he’s a criminal.

— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) June 22, 2023

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CONCORD, NH (June 23, 2023) – Jason Hennessey, President of NH Right to Life (NHRTL), issued the following comments ahead of the Dobbs anniversary.

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[Today] we celebrate the Dobbs decision, which liberated states from Roe v. Wade, a 49-year travesty of human rights that resulted in the loss of over 60 million innocent human lives. Dobbs restored to the people the power to decide which human rights they want to uphold for preborn children.

New Hampshire is now set free to empower women to choose life. One step in that direction is through NH’s current law, which safeguards women and their child by restricting dangerous and deadly (to both mother and child) elective abortions after 6 months of pregnancy.

The pro-life movement also offers genuine solutions to empower women: free counseling, parenting classes and material assistance through over 14 Pregnancy Help Centers, legislation to require women be informed of the very real deaths and dangers of late term and chemical abortions, and a Safe Haven law that frees pregnant women from raising a child if they are unable.

In contrast, NH Democrats and their pro-abortion allies seek not to empower but to endanger women by trying to repeal NH’s restriction on risky late-term elective abortions after six months.

“Anyone who really wants to empower women should be supporting our Pregnancy Help Centers and the good work they do to enable women to be fully informed about their choices.”

A list of Pregnancy Help Centers can be found on the NHRTL website by clicking Pregnant?.

NH Right to Life is New Hampshire’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to the pro-life cause.

 

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RFK Jr is saying that he ‘supports the 2nd Amendment’.  But I’m pretty sure it’s not the same one that I support.

The written 2nd Amendment — the one that I support — says:

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Not ‘people who don’t scare us’ or ‘people who have filled out the right paperwork and paid the right taxes’.  Just people, period.

Not ‘arms that don’t scare us,’ or ‘arms that are suitable for sporting purposes,’ or ‘arms that meet certain requirements on size and capacity’, or ‘arms that the police would prefer that you not have.’  Just arms, period.

Not taxed, or registered, or tracked, or limited, or prohibited.  Just not infringed, period.

By contrast, here is an approximation to the oral 2nd Amendment — the one in use by courts, legislatures, and government agencies:

The limited right of an approved subset of the people to keep and bear an approved subset of arms shall not be infringed except in ways that are consistent with certain balancing tests, and levels of scrutiny, which the courts will invent as needed, and announce on a case-by-case basis.

It’s oral in the sense communicated by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes when he said:  ‘We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is.’

It’s an approximation in the sense that even if you collect all the rulings of all the courts over the years, with all the concurrences and dissents, and all the law journal articles written by the justices… you still have to guess what the court will say in any given situation.

In defending his pro-gun bona fides, Kennedy didn’t say:  The right to keep and bear arms in clearly protected by the Constitution, and requires no interpretation.  Which is the sort of thing you’d expect a self-described ‘constitutional absolutist’ to say.  Rather, he said that the matter has been settled by the Supreme Court.

The Constitution is what the judges say it is, right?

In explaining his views on gun control, he said:  I’m not going to take away anybody’s guns.  He did not say:  I can’t take away your guns, because someday you may need them to remove me from office.

One of those is an empty promise.  The other demonstrates an understanding of the proper relationship between citizens and their government.

My message to political candidates is:

Until you come out and flatly say that the reason for the 2nd Amendment is to make sure the people are better armed than their government — and that it therefore makes no sense to allow that government place limits on what kinds of arms can be kept, or where and when they can be borne — your ‘support’ for ‘the Second Amendment’ puts you solidly in the same camp as

Hillary Clinton,
John Kerry,
Barack Obama,
Donald ‘Ban Bump Stocks’ Trump,
Ronald ‘Disarm the Black Panthers’ Reagan,
Tulsi ‘Keep Guns Away From High-Risk Individuals’ Gabbard,
Joe ‘We’re not changing the Constitution, we’re being reasonable’ Biden,

and so on.

And the reason for this is simple:  Any other use that you can think of for the various arms that you might want to keep and bear could — in theory, although not in practice — be handled better by government.  Government can protect you from criminals.  Government can let you check out your weapons to hunt, or participate in sporting events.  And so on.

That makes them irresistible targets for cost-benefit analyses.  And you know who will pay the cost, and who will reap the benefit.

But the one thing that government can’t, even in theory, do better is to fight itself.  Once you admit that, all the other arguments for gun control evaporate like dew in sunshine.

 

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Transgender Former Democrat New Hampshire State Rep Stacie Laughton, who has been charged with calling in bomb scares, credit card fraud, stalking, and harassment (to name a few), has been arrested again.

 

On Tuesday, June 20, Nashua police responded to a local facility for a juvenile matter, officials said in a release. Officers spoke with individuals there who indicated Laughton allegedly distributed sexually explicit images of children, police said.

Detectives from the Special Investigations Division applied for and were granted a warrant for Laughton’s arrest. She was arrested Thursday with distribution of child sexual abuse images. She was also charged with three additional counts of distribution of child sexual abuse images, Nashua police said.

 

This should be an open-and-shut case. Stacie Laughton (who has a long list of criminality as straight man Barry Laughton in a couples act with then-wife Lisa) should identify in court as a librarian.

Schools and Public libraries distribute sexual abuse images all the time – to children. Democrats defend this material, which includes heterosexual abuse, drug abuse, adult-child-sex, and even drawings or depictions of sex with adolescents.

Stacie should stand up and accuse the state of banning “her” books. Call some school board members or a superintendent or two as character witnesses. Maybe even ask the Dover “book” review committee for their thoughts as expert witnesses.

It might be worth a try.

 

HT | TGP

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It may be a symbolic gesture, but the House Republicans passed a resolution on Wednesday to censure Representative Adam Schiff. This resolution passed on a party vote, but to censure a representative is the second highest penalty imparted on a House member, the highest being expulsion. The censure was based on the Republican consensus that Adam Schiff propagated the lie of Russian collusion with Donald Trump. They contend that Adam Schiff knowingly continued to claim he had evidence of the conspiracy, used the lie to impact the 2020 election, and spent $32 million of taxpayer money to investigate the lie. When Schiff was called to the well of the House to answer the claims, he showed the qualities that make him the least respected member of the House. Schiff did not apologize for his actions but thanked the MAGA Republicans for honoring him with the censure. He called the censure a Badge of Honor.

The Democrats disrupted Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy as he announced the vote tally, repeatedly yelling ” shame ” in unison. They also surrounded and engulfed Schiff as he came to the well, celebrating their hero. These people can find no low they will not sink to embarrass themselves, their Party, the House of Representatives, and their country. These people, not just Schiff, have lived the collusion lie for the last four years. They all have manipulated the system, affected an election, and used the media to collude with them.

Not that Republicans are without sin or have people of questionable character in their ranks. You need to look no further than Representative George Santos of New York. The difference with Republicans is they do not celebrate their misfits like cult heroes. But how can you explain or justify the abhorrent behavior of many in the Democrat Party? It is a nearly impossible feat, but one accomplished by the media daily.

Just this week, the media was unified in their defense of the Hunter Biden court case proceedings and blasted Republicans for their continued abuse of a man who went through a difficult time in his life and successfully rehabilitated himself. Who sends the master directive to all media outlets to ensure they have the same talking points and spread the same message? Who tells these outlets what stories to cover and which to ignore? These mainstream media outlets continue to survive the tainted news they report as fact and have no issues jeopardizing their reputations.

Adam Schiff will not just survive being censured. He will turn it into a fundraising theme. He also believes that his days in the House are numbered. His eyes are on the Senate seat of Diane Feinstein, who recently turned 90 and will leave the Senate when her term ends in 2025. The only thing that will sidetrack his plan is if Feinstein leaves the Senate before her term ends. If that happened, Governor Newsom has already committed to naming a Black woman to serve out Feinstein’s term. This sequence would leave Schiff in limbo and stuck in the lower chamber. He knows he is destined for higher office. He is alone in his belief. He deserves expulsion and an indictment. A man can dream, can’t he?

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Family and planning both infer the existence of something and its future. The Left has long defined abortion as the only valid definition. Family planning to a Democrat is a void left empty and you don’t get any of that monopoly money they print in DC if you are not on board.

 

 

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $4.5 million this year to the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) to spend on “family planning services,” a sum it quickly rescinded after OSDH chose not to spend the Title X grant on abortion. …

Oklahoma law prohibits them from using it to pay for abortion, so the Bidenistas demanded it back. Even though …

 

The most startling part of the administration’s decision is that it’s out of step with its very own federal parameters under Title X. Each year since 1976, Congress has reaffirmed that Title X funds “shall not be expended for abortions,” but should instead be directed toward pregnancy prevention, testing, and for screenings as well as disease treatment and counseling.

 

Pregnancy prevention is also abortion prevention, and while Planned Parenthood (PP) talks up contraception, their core business -their mission –  is abortion. And Demcorats don’t get paid for preventing pregnancy. Abortion powers the laundromat—tax dollars make dead babies, which become Democrat campaign contributions.

Title X (to them) is a way to get your money into their pockets, and Whoever is Running the Biden Administration has drawn a line in the bloody sand. No dead babies, no dollars for “family planning.” It’s a message. Don’t pass any laws like the one in Oklahoma.

This may also be a bit of Biden Payback. Under Trump, PP – whose defenders have long claimed could keep the family planning and abortion money separate (taxpayers were not paying for abortions) had to stop applying for Title X money. They could say it but could not prove they were able to separate the funds.

Tax dollars were paying for abortions. Democrats knew it. Everyone probably knew. But it took Trump to make them show their hand, and the Biden Administration just made it official. There is no separation between abortion and planning; if you don’t use Title X money to fund abortion clinics, you won’t get any of it.

Abortion or Bust.

 

Oklahoma law itself limits the use of taxpayer funds to prenatal and postnatal services that “provide health care services for pregnant women, decrease infant mortality and facilitate the birth of a live child.” The state’s statutes clearly indicate that “health care services [do] not include abortion, abortion referral, or abortion counseling.”

 

Oklahoma’s Representatives have written letters to Secretary Xavier Becerra opposing the move by DHHS, which I expect he’ll abort into his circular file as Democrats look for ways to use this in ads for the 2024 elections. That’s usually enough to scare off a Republican but hang on to your principles for a minute.

There is no denying that tax dollars are paying for abortions. The money can’t be separated, and based on what is h happening in Oklahoma, the Dems won’t give you any if you try. There might be an election Ad in there too.

 

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Greta Thunberg has been the darling of the Leftist climate nuts for a while now.  Greta is an Asperger syndrome patient, which is an autism spectrum disorder. Asperger’s is characterized by abnormalities in social interactions. 

She focuses deeply on one idea or interest, climate change. Bottom line, she’s a developmentally challenged attention seeker.

It was five years ago that Greta warned, “climate change will wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels over the next five years.”  The press found her to be an attractive narrative carrier.  Her tweet made fear junkies everywhere wet with excitement.

As a child activist, Greta Thunberg promoted a top climate scientist’s warning.  Thunberg later deleted her June 21, 2018 Twitter post.  Well, we haven’t stopped using fossil fuels… It is 2023 … Humanity has not been wiped out …  Oh, Chicken Little… Whatever shall we do?

In fairness, Harvard professor James Anderson was the scientist whose work Thunberg referenced.  He insists his words were distorted by Grit Post.    The article about his work, like the Thunberg tweet, has been deleted. This was another example of the media using half-truths to intentionally mislead the public.

In 2018 Anderson expressed support for a “…Marshall Plan-style endeavor in which all of the world takes extreme measures to transition off of fossil fuels completely within the next five years…” according to Forbes. He also suggested, “… there will be no floating ice remaining [in the Arctic Ocean] by 2022,” absent major action on climate change.

Guess what, climate fear junkies… your hysterical predictions are wrong … again.  Your leaders are as bad as your science.  Our media are distorting and promoting the comments they find useful in perpetrating their own narratives, regardless of the truth.  They spew propaganda.

It is difficult to understand how people can vote for fear and panic instead of solid science and common sense.  Why must the rest of us submit to such over-the-top insanity?  Why is Biden President?  Vote truth, not hate.

Why did we waste about $11 trillion on covid?

We might as well have simply burned the money… for all the good done with it.  Stop being lazy, do your homework before deciding what to believe.

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Texas voters who elected you three times, mainly due to your impeccable record and service, I am disheartened, disappointed, and frankly, quite angry, learning that a few disenfranchised political hacks filed 20 articles of impeachment, led by Rep. Andrew Murr. This is an illegal investigation. The Texas Constitution prohibits this “impeachment. This secret committee is a farce.

Throughout your distinguished career, you have served Texas with honor and dignity. I have been blessed to know your wonderful family. It takes great bravery to stand up to our enemies but just as much to stand up to our friends. When you stand up for what is right, you are attacked by the left and sometimes by the right, as we have witnessed with Senator Ted Cruz and President Trump, who stood up to the Deep State. Now, this scenario is being repeated against you.

I am asking the voters to bombard the Texas Senate switchboard by dialing 1-512 463-0100 to express our outrage. Ken has diligently stood up against illegal same-sex marriage to fight Biden’s abuse of executive power.

Most of us agree that politics is an outlandish craft. Irrespective of all considerations, you always have political enemies who want nothing more than your jugular ripped apart.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s tireless campaign and forthright exposition of his vision assure the electorate and voters that the best-qualified public servant is at the helm in the office of the Attorney General. We can’t allow him to stand alone at this crucial moment.

If the Texas Senate does not listen to the “We the Texans,” they will be disgracefully removed from office like Republican Texas legislators who voted to impeach the Honorable Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Mark my words. You WILL be removed from office. I PROMISE you.

As President Trump repeatedly states: “They’re not after me. They are after you. I’m just in the way.”
Sincerely Yours,
Amil Imani

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The choice is yours. You can live in the real world … or you can lie in the pretend world where the 2020 election was free and fair and, therefore, a massive repudiation of Trump; and the 2022 election confirmed that repudiation of Trump because the GOP underperformed because they ran “bad” (as in Trump-backed) candidates like Fetterman (oops, never mind! Fetterman is a Democrat and a Senator). If you want to live in the real world … that is, the world where you get called an “election-denier” by Fake-Republicans like Mikey Graham and Sun-King Sununu … then there is a MUST-READ article in the Federalist. Some highlights:

The IRS whistleblower transcripts released on Thursday, however, add new layers to the election rigging. According to the IRS agents who came forward, federal agencies abandoned standard procedures to slow-walk investigations into Hunter Biden, ignored agents who pushed for the investigation to move forward properly, retaliated against those agents, and — crucially — interfered even further in the 2020 election by making sure not to go public with details of their investigation until Donald Trump was on his way out the door and Joe Biden was safely elected. …

The Democrat regime interfered in the election, plain and simple. Local officials did so by unlawfully changing rules at the last minute. Big Tech did so by hiding damaging information on their preferred candidates and censoring conservatives. Billionaire activists did so by pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into government offices in the blue areas of swing states to run get-out-the-vote operations. The media did it by lying to voters, day in and day out.

But the regime’s deep-state footsoldiers are perhaps the most egregious offenders. Their censorship and legal malpractice to shield the Biden family were in-kind campaign contributions to the now-president — who likely wouldn’t hold that title without their help.

With all we now know, there is a word that precisely describes Mikey Graham and Sun-King Chris Sununu and all the other alleged Republicans still carrying water for Joe Biden: LIAR. And it strongly suggests that Mikey and the Sun-King and the others were always part of the rigging of the 2020 election.

 

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The Left’s war on women continues in front of Congress, and Riley Gaines is standing up for women. Their privacy, their rights, and the indifference the #woke cuckold left has for these girls and women.

It’s fun to watch. She knows her stuff, speaks well, and enough from me. Here you go.

 

Here’s the fearless ⁦@Riley_Gaines_⁩ explaining what it was like to have a 6’4” biological man in her locker room – and being told to shut up about it. This is the “tolerance” of the left pic.twitter.com/KjbhGkhmtV

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) June 21, 2023

 

Then there’s this. A different witness says that no male tennis player could beat Serena Williams, to which Gaines replies (among other things) that “Both Serena and Venus lost to the 203rd ranked male tennis player.”

Take that liberal tripe!

 

Dem witness: “There’s been this news article about men that think they can beat Serena Williams in tennis. And it’s just not the case. She is stronger than them.” @Riley_Gaines_: “Both Serena and Venus lost to the 203rd ranked male tennis player.” pic.twitter.com/MSAnV6IA5t

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 21, 2023

 

And finally, this gem on William ‘Lia” Thomas: “This is a male mansplaining what it is to be a feminist.”

 

“Feminism is not a fluid term…[it means] to uphold, respect, honor, embrace, and celebrate WOMEN,” says @Riley_Gaines_ when @HawleyMO asks about Lia Thomas’ criticizing her.

“This is a male mansplaining what it is to be a feminist.”

pic.twitter.com/aMqQb0WTct

— Abigail Marone (@abigailmarone) June 21, 2023

HT | RedState

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I’m not sure what the “next hardest” wheel configuration but compared to the last bicycle Palate Cleanser with square wheels, this seems to be a bit harder to ride for those with back issues. That said, still looks FAR more “stable” than what I would have thought:

Why stop at square wheels? After the success of last month’s square-wheeled bike design, The Q went back to the drawing board to see if they could come up with a bike design featuring triangular wheels. They succeeded, and unlike the square-wheeled bike, these triangular wheels actually roll like round ones. It’s an idea that seems either impossible, or at least like it would be incredibly uncomfortable to ride.



But by slightly curving each side of the triangular wheels and engineering a pair of articulating (but limiter-equipped) arms allowing the center of each wheel to move up and down, the bike can be ridden without the rider experiencing hardly any up and down movements at all.

Still, I’d rather use a normal round tired bike than being the “unusual” one – just too many joints, at this stage of my life, that are aching to fail.

(H/T: Gizmodo)

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The support from our readers has been humbling. Thank you for helping to facilitate this transition and to ensure that GraniteGrok can move forward instead of backward. We’ve passed 20% of the goal, but we still have a ways to go.

We’d like to get to 25% or better by the end of June, but this initial lift means I can start as soon as my layoff is official. Ideally, we’ll have raised more in the intervening weeks to keep me in a position to run things, and we hope you can continue to help. Can we get to 50% by the end of July and 75% at the end of August?

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Hunter Biden had a great day today as he proved there is a two-tier level of Justice in America. I don’t think of myself as naive, but I honestly thought Hunter Biden would feel some pain from the Justice Department, but I just tortured myself with the possibilities.

After a five-year investigation, you would think the folks at Justice would want to save face and at least level a few guilty charges on the derelict son of Joe Biden. Nope, the Justice Department, probably at the direction of The Big Guy, Joe Biden. Biden will deny any involvement in the case.

Hunter also won the daily double today as he negotiated a deal in the Arkansas court where he was contesting child support payments to his daughter, Navy. Navy is Hunter’s daughter and our President’s granddaughter, and neither will acknowledge her existence. That is proof of how strongly the Bidens feel about family and obligations.

It appeared that the Arkansas judge was going to play hardball with Hunter. She insisted he attend any court hearings and that she would be scrutinizing all of his financial records. Hunter was looking for a reduction in his $20,000 a month support decree, and it looked like this trial could do what the Justice Department could not, and that was to explore all of the overseas money traveling into and through Hunter’s accounts. The Bidens could never let this happen as it would surely sink Joe’s reelection bid if not his Presidency. Miraculously, Hunter worked out a deal where he would pay $5,000 per month, and the case would be closed. No investigation into payoffs from Burisma, China, Russia, and Romania. No looking into the dozens of shell companies created by Hunter to funnel money through, and most importantly, no money trail to The Big Guy, who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, for now.

The deal with the Justice Department is even more laughable. After five years and God knows how much wasted taxpayer dollars, Hunter will cop a plea deal that is tantamount to a slap on the wrist by one of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Instead of going to jail for extorting millions from foreign businesses and governments and never reporting or paying taxes on any of it, he will plead guilty to two minor tax violations. Instead of a felony conviction for misrepresenting, okay, lying on a gun background check, he will be charged with a misdemeanor and get probation. It is convenient to have the last name of Biden. Just think if it were Trump!

Hunter’s lawyers claim the Justice Department’s investigation is now closed, although that is not the official word from Justice. Why would you be negotiating plea deals prematurely if it is still open? You wouldn’t. Justice is totally ignoring all of the information surfacing about payouts to Hunter, Joe, and numerous other Bidens, except for Navy. She gets none of the Burisma cash. They are protecting Hunter and, more importantly, the President. With these two cases settled now, they will not haunt Joe for the remainder of the campaign. Of course, the Congressional Committees are still looking into the Biden money laundering activity, but nobody knows about those except FOX News fans.

The media is already closing the book on this business and playing the sympathy card for Hunter. He was a poor soul caught up in drugs, hookers, and porn who made unfortunate mistakes while smoking Crack. They will play this up as a story of the strength and resilience of the Bidens and condemn anyone who dares say that we have a two-tier system of Justice and Hunter Biden is still the poster child for corruption in Washington. There, I said it.

 

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We’ve all thought about it, some of us have written about it, and I think most of us understand the problems with the direction in which public education has gone. Scores are down, issues are up, and as with everything the political or cultural left touches, they are the ones that broke it.

I’d say on purpose, but it hardly matters how we got here from there if we’re talking about solutions. The systemic failure of public education is harming children. The politicization of the classroom is hurting children. The sex and gender cult (what I like to call Pubic Education) harms children.

Public education isn’t about education anymore. It’s not even about making children feel better. They are worse off academically and mentally, more confused, and at greater risk of self-harm than at any point in the history of government schooling.

If you’d like an excellent, condensed review, you might not be able to do better than this.

A parent, speaking to a school board, has the goods in a three-minute rant that includes this gem.

There is one goal for the educatioal system. It shoudl be to prepare children to enter careers to be productive members of society. It is not a counseling session. It is not a self-help area, it is not somwhere to find yourself, and we should not be lead by the children, for goodness sake.

You’ll want to hear the whole thing.

Here is the non-Twitter version for those who are averse to giving the platform their clicks.

BEST RANT EVER: This Mom speaks on behalf of the majority of American people and lets the school board know she’s seen enough of their woke policies and indoctrination of our children pic.twitter.com/6GgQsAPP3J

— • ᗰISᑕᕼIᗴᖴ • (@4Mischief) June 22, 2023

 

Boom.

Share It!

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To all those who are sending in memes, thank you!  Keep them coming please, as it helps me gather weaponry to fight the Left.  Please do share this post, and if you share an individual meme, consider mentioning you saw it on the Grok!

Speaking of, from this week, Monday Memes and Meme Overflow.  Also don’t forget my Survival Sunday feature.

 

*** Warning, a few possibly off-color ones, in case tender eyes are about ***

 

 

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Ancient Roman Philosophers’ Life Lessons Men Learn Too Late In Life

 

 

I have become a big fan of stoicism, and read the book A Guide to the Good Life, about that life philosophy.  I was actually astonished at how much of it I was already practicing!

 

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This video by Dr. Bill Warner of Political Islam about the Crusades is excellent:

 

Bill Warner, PhD: Jihad vs Crusades

 

 

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PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/brain-transparency.mp4

 

Ready for Brain Transparency? > World Economic Forum Annual Meeting | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

In the US Constitution, the Fifth Amendment reads (bolding added):

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

You cannot be forced to testify against yourself.  But what if you can be forced to be mind-scanned to “be sure you’re telling the truth”?  Just to avoid perjury, you know.  Given the absolute rape of the Constitution that we’ve seen over the past years… the past decades… do you really believe that some pretext / rationalization for using this technology would never be found?

Orwell’s Thoughtcrime, indeed:

In contemporary English usage, the word thoughtcrime describes the personal beliefs that are contrary to the accepted norms of society…

Now, risking exposure.  (Sci fi aside: In “Songs of a Distant Earth” a suspect is interrogated by drugging them, then while they’re lacking control and awareness the interviewer asks YES/NO questions.  There’s little that can’t be ferreted out by unlimited YES/NO questions, especially when you don’t have the mental wherewithal to evade.  This looks to be well beyond that.)

Kind of related, at least to me, is this.  Not just Apple’s thing, now this.  Your entire life, from the moment you don them to when you doff them, recorded and doubtless analyzed.  Do they still hear what’s going on, as most smartphones – and certainly Alexa – does?  What you look at.  Where you go.  Etc.  Every single detail of your life, recorded – and analyzed.  And imagine if you have these on while you surf the web?  It sees what you see.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/alexa-glasses.mp4

 

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I remember, not long after Trump was elected, hearing about some Dem bigwig saying that he needed to be taken down HARD, not just to get him out but to serve as an example so that “another one like him” never rises.  Related:

 

 

Remember this is their RELIGION.  This is not a war over politics or shades-of-grey on governance.  This is a life and death struggle for absolute power over the country, and the world.

 

 

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On the Jab

 

How does anyone with a soul look at this and then say “Yes, sure, they’re ‘safe and effective'”?

 

 

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An Inconvenient Truth: 24-1

 

 

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This guy’s ducking all sorts of debates.  As I understand it, the pool of money that is available to go to this guy’s favorite charity if he goes on and debates RFK Jr. is over a million dollars (per the latest Tucker show – number 6 IIRC).

 

 

Dr. McCullough calls on Dr. Hotez to debate him on vaccine safety data – One America News Network (oann.com)

This reminds me of an interview, a few years ago, of Phil Jones of “climate change” fame who refused to even be in the same room with a climate change skeptic.  He physically got up and left the room while that critic was also interviewed.

People with the data and the courage of convictions don’t flee honest and free debate.  Indeed, my own personal experience is that people rally and rush to defend their point of view.  At least, people who honestly believe what they believe and think they have the data to prove it.

 

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It’s OUR new world order

 

 

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Pick of the Post:

 

 

Yes.  Yes they did.

And yet… there are people out there who are still holding out hope for 2024.

TINVOWOOT.

 

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This is the last post for a while.

Please understand – I am “on” 24/7.  Even when dreaming, I’m seeing my America and my civilization under attack and even if sleeping I’m cogitating on how I can work to change things.  I spend enormous amounts of time gathering memes, organizing, posting.  Slowly writing too.  So I’m taking a breather for a few weeks.  I have to.  Stress from this is eating me up.

But don’t worry.  I’m not quitting.

 

 

I’ll be back.  I just need to massively detox and recharge.

 

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Palate Cleansers:

 

 

All I ask is to win enough money in the lottery to have this, and to otherwise prove that having that much money won’t spoil me!

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Read this.

Then ask yourself: If 70 or 75 percent of parents want (or don’t want) their children to be treated a certain way, how is it that teachers and administrators are able to ignore them?

It’s because we pretend that these positions are not political when in fact, they are.  So they are protected by things like unions and tenure in ways that can’t happen for positions like state representative, selectman, or school board member.

When you pay for something with taxes, it’s inherently political.  It’s delusional to pretend that it’s not. Someone teaching your child, helping decide how your child will be taught, or just interacting with your child in a tax-funded school is engaged in politics, and the only sane way to continue with tax-funded schools is to acknowledge this by putting those positions up for election.

It may take a little work to get your head around this, but consider that all the difficulties we’re seeing with respect to issues like gender and pornography — to say nothing of the fact that nearly 2/3 of students are below proficiency in reading! — are happening because we aren’t letting taxpayers have a significant voice in how their taxes are being spent.

Electing teachers sounds crazy… until you realize that the alternative is crazier.

 

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Are you looking for ways to spruce up your office? Whether in the home or the workplace, you all need a little inspiration when creating an environment that helps promote productivity and creativity. According to recent studies, having an inviting work area can help spark motivation and increase efficiency levels. Fortunately, there are many different solutions that you can implement into your workspace to jazz up your office space in no time. From vibrant colors to exciting textures, this blog post will provide unique ways to give your office an energizing makeover.

Hang Artwork or Photographs with Motivational or Thought-Provoking Messages to Inspire Creativity

Surrounding yourself with inspiration is a powerful tool. It’s easy to get bogged down in the day-to-day routine, and creativity can often get lost in the chaos. That’s where hanging artwork or photographs with motivational or thought-provoking messages comes in. It helps to keep creativity at the forefront of your mind. Whether it’s a quote from your favorite author or an image that sparks your imagination, having it on the wall in your workspace can help to motivate and inspire you throughout the day.

Switch Up the Lighting, Switch Out Any Fluorescent Bulbs for Softer LED Lights

Lighting is often an overlooked aspect of office space but can significantly impact productivity and mood. By switching out fluorescent bulbs for softer LED lights, you can create a more welcoming and comfortable environment for employees. Fluorescent bulbs can cause eye strain and headaches, while softer LED lights offer a more natural and calming light source. Not only will this switch improve the overall atmosphere of your workspace, but it can also reduce energy costs and be more eco-friendly.

Place a Few Plants or Flowers Around the Office to Bring Life and Color

Working in an office can sometimes be dull and draining, but adding a touch of nature can make a big difference. Placing a few plants or flowers around the office creates a refreshing and inviting atmosphere. The pops of color and fresh scents can boost your mood and stimulate your senses, ultimately increasing productivity and overall efficiency. Not to mention, plants have been known to purify the air, promoting a healthier work environment. So, why not bring a little bit of the outdoors into your workspace?

Invest in Comfortable Furniture That Is Both Stylish and Functional for Your Office Space

Your office space should be a reflection of yourself and your work ethic. You spend a considerable amount of time in your workspace, so it is essential to invest in comfortable, stylish, and functional furniture. This way, productivity is stimulated, and work can be accomplished without stress. A great way to achieve this is by investing in furniture that complements the look of your space while keeping your comfort in mind. When you are physically at ease, your concentration and creativity are exercised better, ensuring performance at its peak. So, explore various options and find the perfect mix of comfortable and stylish furniture for your office space.

Also, get some fun, comfy spaces for people to utilize and discuss ideas. A comfy bean bag chair is suitable for brainstorming and a quick break. If you’re on a budget, you can find an excellent alternative to Pillowsac that is just as comfy but can be cheaper. Additionally, opt for enjoyable activities, such as an arcade game table or a foosball table, to take a break from work.

Conclusion

Sprucing up your office space doesn’t have to be a difficult or expensive task. These simple solutions can quickly create an office atmosphere that promotes productivity and creativity. So, don’t be afraid to get creative and explore the possibilities of jazzing up your office space. Remember, a comfortable and inviting workspace can make all the difference in productivity.

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It has been a couple of months since I have written about Nashua and the Court system. I continue to file RTK lawsuits, and the City continues to lock records down and limit access to City Hall.

The Court doesn’t have the responsiveness to address the Petitions that have come before it. So, for now, the City wins.

It is an election year, so Mayor Donchess wants to control the narrative, and the Mayor’s narrative is that a few people are destroying the City. Our Mayor is the unethical virtuous blame game expert.

The Administrative Office of the Court continues to be difficult to work with. The Office is not responsive, and it is unclear who should fix administrative problems in the Court. The Judges also play a role here, but it is nearly impossible to figure out what that is. The scheduling of RTK cases needs to be appealed to the Supreme Court for help. It is all so cumbersome.

As I wrote in the past, the Court was mis-scheduling Right-to-Know cases and creating expensive litigation trials designed to keep the public from accessing records. Administration Order AO 2013-08, directed by Justice Tina Nadeau, was intended to eliminate six court rules from cases that should be expedited. I am not a fan of Justice Nadeau’s performance in that she appears to have failed miserably in her oversight of the Court in verifying that orders are being followed. The abuse of this order has gone on for over ten years, and it has cost taxpayers millions of dollars and prevented litigants from achieving justice and fairness.

According to Judge Delker (Manchester), New Hampshire is the only state with language built into our Constitution (Part 1, Article 8) to protect our right to an open, accessible government. This, coupled with RSA 91-A, the Right-to-Know Law, was supposed to make our State something to marvel at. In 2015, New Hampshire ranked 49th, only beating out Wyoming by 1 point for the worst score on public access to information in the recent State Integrity Investigation published by the Center for Public Integrity. And this low score for New Hampshire is in “the worst performing category in the State Integrity Investigation,” according to an article on the report, where 44 states earned an F.

While 2015 may seem like a long time ago, it is not when it comes to improving records access in New Hampshire. The neutralizing of our unique complimentary Constitutional/Statutory rights has occurred at the hands of the Courts. They have created such high costs for access to information by ignoring the rules that only a select few can obtain governmental records. The opening of the Office of the Ombudsman will hopefully improve our access. In Nashua, the Court has worked handily with the City to stifle citizens. The City carries a reputation of long-standing corruption (a reputation I believe is well deserved), and ethical Attorneys don’t want to litigate here.

In May, Nashua citizens were able to get a series of RTK Petitions before the Court on May 8, 9, 10, & 11 (a hearing had been scheduled for the 12th as well.) as I pushed for corrections with the scheduling and was able to get the hearing schedules in line with AO 2013-08 and expedited.

It was a rather amazing week in Court in that there was Attorney Misconduct, Judicial misconduct, and a whole bunch of ridiculousness that has left me nauseated when recognizing that the legal/Judicial profession is largely unethical and dishonorable. That resulted in numerous complaints filed with the Attorney Discipline Office for misconduct against Attorney Bolton and Attorney Leonard. The ADO is not an office quick to fix problems. Cronies stick together, and they love applying confidentiality rules to threaten complainants into silence.

So, for everyone’s information, Nashua, according to our city website, is the “Welcoming City” and the “Transparency City.” Our Budget book puts Citizens at the top of the flow chart in the budget process – and -we are rated by WalletHub as the best of the best. It is the perfect place for like-minded people who like high property taxes.

In reality, citizens are threatened with arrest for standing in the public City Hall Hallways of Our Welcoming City, the doors to public offices are locked, records are hidden and destroyed, and citizens who don’t support the Mayor’s popular partisan position are treated like the gum on the bottom of a shoe. If you’re an independent thinker on the move, think twice about moving to Nashua.

 

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