On June 5, 1788, Patrick Henry gave a speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention warning that “consolidation” – centralizing of power – would turn the United States into a dangerous empire. 

The speech was prophetic, and if you didn’t know otherwise, you’d assume it was spoken by some modern political analyst.

The convention ran from June 2-22. Participants included James Madison, Edmund Randolph, John Marshall and George Mason. By June 7, Henry was arguing that the new federal government should not be ratified without a Bill of Rights attached to it guaranteeing certain liberties. Two days before that, he spoke on the many reservations he had regarding the proposed Constitution.

In a nutshell, Patrick’s primary fear was that the States would ultimately transition from a decentralized, voluntary confederation into a consolidated empire as the result of expansive federal power, a permanent standing army, and a strong executive branch.

One of the initial targets in his speech was the Constitution’s preamble, which reads, “We the people,” rather than the states. In actuality, this was done for simplicity’s sake, since it wasn’t known which states would ratify it and which ones wouldn’t. Also, constitutional preambles are not legally binding; they serve as expressions of intent, nothing more.

However, Henry viewed the change in the preamble’s language as a move toward centralizing authority:

“Is this a monarchy, like England — a compact between prince and people, with checks on the former to secure the liberty of the latter? Is this a confederacy, like Holland — an association of a number of independent states, each of which retains its individual sovereignty? It is not a democracy, wherein the people retain all their rights securely. Had these principles been adhered to, we should not have been brought to this alarming transition, from a confederacy to a consolidated government.” [Emphasis added]

Henry was also wary of the many new powers bestowed to the federal government. While Federalist supporters of ratification claimed the new general government would be limited in power, he was skeptical:

“We are told that we need not fear; because those in power, being our representatives, will not abuse the powers we put in their hands. I am not well versed in history, but I will submit to your recollection, whether liberty has been destroyed most often by the licentiousness of the people, or by the tyranny of rulers. I imagine, sir, you will find the balance on the side of tyranny.” [Emphasis added]

One of the most understated fears of the founders like Henry was the tyranny of a standing military force, which he adamantly believed would be the result of the new Constitution. While under the Articles of Confederation militia were controlled locally, the new government would have the ability to not only create its own army, but take control of local militia.

“My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants….Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put into the hands of Congress?

“A standing army we shall have, also, to execute the execrable commands of tyranny; and how are you to punish them? Will you order them to be punished? Who shall obey these orders? Will your mace—bearer be a match for a disciplined regiment? In what situation are we to be? [Emphasis added]

Henry argues the inevitable result would be, like Rome, the transformation of a republic into an empire. Like all empires, it will need a permanent military force.

“If we admit this consolidated government, it will be because we like a great, splendid one. Some way or other we must be a great and mighty empire; we must have an army, and a navy, and a number of things. 

If you make the citizens of this country agree to become the subjects of one great consolidated empire of America, your government will not have sufficient energy to keep them together. Such a government is incompatible with the genius of republicanism. There will be no checks, no real balances, in this government.” [Emphasis added]

At the Philadelphia Convention there was significant debate as to the role of the executive. Alexander Hamilton wanted the position to be for life, effectively a king. Even though it was brought down to a mere four-year term, Henry still warned that “your President may easily become king.”

Many of his apprehensions stemmed from the reality that the new government depended on, in his opinion, good men to serve in leadership for it to retain its limited powers.

“Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty! I say that the loss of that dearest privilege has ever followed, with absolute certainty, every such mad attempt.

“If your American chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute! …. Away with your President! we shall have a king: the army will salute him monarch: your militia will leave you, and assist in making him king, and fight against you: and what have you to oppose this force? What will then become of you and your rights? Will not absolute despotism ensue? . . . [Emphasis added]

Proponents of the Constitution at the time highlighted the amendment process; if there were a problem with the new government, there was a way to address it. Yet, Henry saw the three-fourths requirement in both Congress and the states for any amendment to be enacted as a way to guarantee tyranny of the minority in stymieing reforms.

“A bare majority in these four small states may hinder the adoption of amendments; so that we may fairly and justly conclude that one twentieth part of the American people may prevent the removal of the most grievous inconveniences and oppression, by refusing to accede to amendments. Is this the spirit of republicanism?” [Emphasis added]

Before the Constitution was adopted, Henry warned that it would create a “great and mighty empire” headed by a president able to “render himself absolute,” backed by a long-standing army and aided by a Congress that usurped control of the local militia.

At the time, he may have seemed rather melodramatic. But to read those words today in 2022 makes it tempting to wonder if he somehow was given a glimpse into the future and spoke accordingly.

 

 

TJ Martinell | Reposted with permission from The Tenth Amendment Center.

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I almost saw an attractive young woman in the grocery store today. She was wearing a “mask,” and I think that says it all, but she was also a mom of two young children, both of whom were wearing masks.

I just gonna spitball and guess they all got The Jab, and that’s sad.

Vitamins and some basic hygiene would be more than enough protection for most, and if they caught the man-made disaster known in diminishing circles as the Wuhan Flu, their odds of survival with no treatment are about 100% because it’s “that” dangerous.

But there she was, and maybe she had the ugliest mouth in Amherst, which seemed likely – and I do not mean physical appearance. If you are masking your kids in late August of 2022, the words likely to emerge from your masked or unmasked Paxlovid hole on any topic, not just the Rona, are probably toxic to everyone around you.

And then there’s the juice.

We’ve written hundreds of posts, many if not all linked to experts in epidemiology, medicine, science, history, and common sense, that tell us masking doesn’t work and likely makes matters worse. It can do more harm than good, as is the case with the “approved” treatments like the mRNA vaccines, Paxlovid, or Remdesivr.

The best case scenario for that rouges gallery of Public Health “medicinals” is that they do no harm, but there is so much more potential for lasting harm from something worse. This young mother’s devotion to the government’s approved position is being passed down culturally to her children. The single biggest threat after the Jabs (if they got them) and the masking. It will likely end badly for her or her family somewhere down the road if she is not turned from the Dark side and soon.

And that got me thinking.

We knew the non-pharmaceutical interventions were BS as early as April of 2020. The threat posed by the virus, likewise, was clearly minuscule within a few weeks. The real threat was the response and, in parallel, the pressure to conform to it. That pressure continues, and in its wake, I have seen a number of pieces (one example) across the fruited digital plain remarking on the courage of those who stood and still stand against public health tyranny.

 

Banned from their families’ tables at Christmas, they never saw anything so cruel. They lost their jobs, let their careers sink, had no more money … but they didn’t care. They suffered immeasurable discrimination, denunciation, betrayal and humiliation … but they kept going. …

That’s you, you passed an unimaginable test that many of the toughest Marines, Commandos, Green Berets, astronauts and geniuses could not withstand.

You are made of the stuff of the greatest who ever lived, those heroes born among ordinary men who glow in the dark.”

 

There are many iterations of this but with the same theme. Wow, you stood up to one of the fiercest pressure campaigns ever devised, not just locally but globally. From friends and family to employers and even spouses. Relationships were broken, but you stood firm. Way to go!

Not everyone was able to resist, but on a good note, many of those will no longer give further tribute to these false public health gods. And not just because they do not suspect some level of risk that they are now willing to embrace. Many have come to reject the idea that the State, regardless of at what level, is capable of managing the problem (real or imagined).

Not enough of them, certainly, but some. And several treatments have emerged to help them detox from the systemic weakening of their natural immune systems. There is hope for them as well, and we need hope. Without it, we all become the young masked mom normalizing the idea that blocking your airway is better for you than breathing freely.

The latter is true, not the former, and maybe those kids will rebel and toss aside the masks one day.

Or perhaps the mom will encounter a Road to Damascus public health moment as some have. The unexplained sudden death of a healthy friend or loved one. Maybe a trusted acquaintance finds fissures in that bug-eating, can’t charge the EV, COVID Karen’s resolve and works them gently until they crack and crumble away.

Or, perhaps, they just discover through conservation and experience (of other failed government promises) that most if not all of what the super-state wants to do produce results contrary to those advertised.

For many, perhaps millions, that might never happen leaving those who “passed the unimaginable test” (and their unmasked offspring) to take the wheel and work the levers of whatever remains of our society. To do the work that those sickened or weakened by progressive power are unwilling or unable to do.

In other words, the unvaccinated may be the ones who inherit the earth, and if so, how bad would that be? We might not be many, but at least we’ll be free (and probably well armed).

 

 

 

 

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I have hit the tipping point. I have been called a racist, misogynist, and threat to Democracy for the last time. No longer. The next Liberal from the Left who calls me out as being either of these will have me in their face. The gloves are off, and I cannot just accept the name-calling and projection.

I listened today to the washed-up and forgotten Left-wing nut, James Carville, rant about how evil anyone who declares themselves as Republican is. James Carville, go to hell. You do not know me, nothing of my past or beliefs, but I know about you. You are a person who is no longer relevant and think if you say something stupid, FOX will air it. Congrats, it worked, and you look like the buffoon we know you have become.

The hatred and hyperbole are palpable. You cannot discuss or debate these people on the Left. Facts are an inconvenient truth that gets in the way of the argument. Emotions and feelings are the mantras of the Left, and anyone who disagrees is not only wrong but evil.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is ending his fifty-year career with the U.S. government. He served under six Presidents and is the highest paid federal employee. Once his retirement is official, he will receive the largest pension ever given to a retired employee. There is no need to throw Fauci or to recap his career. He will injure himself, patting himself on the back and rewriting history. He is turning every negative comment about him around to criticize the speaker. His “God” complex is evident in every interview. Dr. Fauci, don’t let the door hit you on the way out the door.

Another individual spending too much time in front of the cameras is Congressman Eric Swalwell. He is outraged at the documents recovered during the Mar-A-Lago raid of Donald Trump’s Florida residence. Eric Swalwell not only had an extra-marital affair with a Chinese spy with the improbable name Fang Fang, but he tipped her off that the FBI was on to her, and she escaped the country and returned to China before she could be questioned.

Congressman Swalwell serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. For his impropriety with Fang Fang, he should have, in the least, been removed from a critical and sensitive committee. For the security breach of his actions, he should have been censured or removed from office. His concern was not for his country and national security but the Chinese spy with whom he was sleeping. He is a self-righteous ass who should also be embarrassed to represent the California sesspool of San Francisco.

These people make it easy to despise them and certainly not respect them. The interesting element of this story is how the mainstream media fawns over these two and other extreme radicals like them. The negative impact Fauci had on Americans, and the people of the world, and the security risk that is Eric Swalwell should not be a Left or Right issue. It is a shame the media cannot be objective and call a spade a spade.

 

 

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I don’t think there were any Jews bragging about how they’d been jabbed with experimental drugs by the Germans. No peer pressure either, I suspect. What do you mean they’ve not experimented on you? What’s wrong with you? Are you some sort of denier?

The Nazis experimented on innumerable prisoners over the years, never with their consent. They also sterilized millions of citizens. These abuses post-war led to the Nuremberg trials.

German physicians responsible for conducting unethical medical procedures on humans during the war were tried. They focused on physicians who conducted inhumane and unethical human experiments in concentration camps, in addition to those who were involved in over 3.5 million sterilizations of German citizens.

Seventy-five years ago, on August 20th, 1947, the Nuremberg trials ended, and the ten points of the Nuremberg Code of Medical Ethics were enshrined in history. Only to be ignored 73 years later by nearly every government and public health apparatus on the planet.

The success of this new worldview has emboldened the globalists, the elitist mountebanks selling the Great Reset or the new World order. They’ve gone public with all manner of things the average earthling would typically find ridiculous or offensive, like this latest truth bomb from the frontman for the NWO, the World Economic Forum.

They think it’s a good idea to “chip” your kids. Microchips and tracking devices loaded (perhaps) with all sorts of personal and/or medical information. Maybe even a tiny dose of something to kill them in their sleep remotely when we run low on bugs, right, Klaus?

They are selling it as inevitable. We’re all cyborgs, or will be, so let’s jump on board and get this train moving. What could go wrong? Well, what could go wrong is a great question, and true leaders who lead by example should volunteer so we can find out.

I’d start with requiring all members of congress to get one, heads of executive branches of government, the President and Vice president, and anyone who donates large sums of money to politicians or receives large some from the government.

Okay, maybe not all of those people but most of them. We’ll call it the Brundelfly project.

Chip everyone on the Atlantic Council, the WEF, the UN, World Bank, the Rothschilds, Gettys, that whole lot.

The implantation will be public by medical professionals fired for refusing The Jab.

Our “chipped” elites should also have to receive an additional dose of the mRNA vaccine (get dipped) every three months for the duration of the trial. We wouldn’t want our test subjects to get sick from COVID.

And we’ll even update your chip (passport) to keep track; yes, there will be limitations on public access and travel if you fall behind.

Bill Gates and the board of directors of Pfizer should probably also be chipped and dipped. The head honchos at CDC, NIH, FDA, (Tony Fauci, and I don’t care if he’s retired by then) – feel free to add more names in the comments. The test rial can’t be broad enough. You know, in the name of progress.

The device should also include software that estimates their carbon footprint and deducts money from their bank account to pay for offsets. I assume they’ll be in love with that idea since they are so keen on making other people pay to offset their modern lifestyles (see also, enrich themselves and their cronies).

Let’s add social credit scores and Geo Tracking to that too, shall we?

Look at all those private planes in one place. Is that a climate conference or the new Epstein Island?

Remember, nothing says “leadership” like leading when something is inevitable, so you first. And there are mild to no side effects to worry about; this will be safe and effective.

Ten years of being chained to the machine ought to be enough.

And by then, perhaps enough people will have recovered from the COVID stupidity to have the sense to tell you to go to hell themselves. And if they want to get chipped privately, none of my business.

 

 

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Strafford county district 3 (New Durham, Middleton) has a 2 for 1 primary. Mackenzie Brisson is a promising newcomer who could be great. (More info here: www.citizenscount.org/candidate/mackenzie-brisson/running). David Bickford is a multi-term RINO who might be hoping that people have forgotten about his terrible voting record.

This report is based on his record from 2013-16. I have not examined his earlier record.

In 2013-14 Bickford voted 113 times with Democrats against Republicans. The following term he voted 111 times with Democrats. Bickford earns the RINO Hall of Shame with those triple digits of bad votes in two separate terms. I can find only 15 other RINOs who voted that badly in the last decade.

Here are some highlights (lowlights?) of Bickford’s career.

Bad votes by Bickford, David (R, New Durham)

Parental Control
voted AGAINST giving parents the right to remove their child from taking the state annual assessment ( 2016 HB1338 )

Cost of Living
voted AGAINST lowering business taxes ( 2014 HB1475 )
voted AGAINST reducing business taxes ( 2013 HB434 )
voted AGAINST requiring a 3/5 vote to raise taxes ( 2013 CACR1 )
voted FOR raising boat registration fees ( 2014 HB292 )

Right to Life
voted AGAINST making it a crime to kill a wanted fetus ( 2015 HB560, 2015 SB40 )
voted AGAINST prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortions ( 2016 HB1684 )
voted FOR studying euthanasia ( 2016 SB426 )

Election Integrity
voted AGAINST ensuring that only NH residents vote in NH ( 2016 SB4)

On all of these votes, more than 80% of Republicans voted the other way.

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Here is the latest Real Clear Politics poll average of generic Congressional support. NOT good news for Republicans:

The “red wave” that we have heard so much about has disappeared … which begs the question: WHY? Things are not materially better now than they were at the peak of the “red wave.” The border remains wide open; inflation continues to rage; crime is still out of control.

The regime media and our Big-Tech overlords are in overdrive, creating the false perception that things are getting better. While numerous GOP “leaders” are more concerned with defending Ukraine’s border and the indefensible FBI against the supposed “extremists” within the GOP than with battling the misinformation.

The Democrats handed the GOP a political wonder weapon in the form of 87,000 new IRS agents intended to squeeze working and middle-class people. Yet their poll numbers have improved … because Cocaine-Mitch and his octogenarian cronies are obsessed with preventing Donald Trump from being the GOP nominee in 2024 and mini-Mitches like Dan McCrenshaw think MTG, not the Biden-regime, is the opposition to be defeated.

 

 

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Whatever they are doing in Florida, we could use some of that here. In Yesterday’s elections across the state, voters rejected the destructive leftwing ideology in public education and flipped 13 county schoolboards to conservative majorities.

 

School boards that @1776ProjectPac flipped seats and won several conservative majorities:

– Bay
– Brevard
– Clay
– Duval
– Flager
– Hernando
– Hillsborough
– Martin
– Miami-Dade
– Okaloosa
– Polk
– Putnam
– Sarasota

— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) August 24, 2022

 

So who, or what was the wind beneath these wings?

 

Many of the winning candidates have been endorsed by the 1776 Project PAC, an organization that has been instrumental in flipping school boards from liberal to conservative across the country.

“We saw massive election victories all throughout the state of Florida tonight,” 1776 Project PAC founder Ryan Girdusky told Breitbart News Tuesday. “It shows the desire of parents and residents across the country for some normalcy in our education system, and that means pushing against transgender ideology, critical race theory, critical gender ideology, and equity which destroys merit in education.”

“The 1776 Project PAC hopes to take these successes across the country,” he said.

 

It’s worth noting that there are 67 counties in the state of Florida, so while this is impressive, it’s only the beginning. It is also imperative that those who show up to flip school boards or board seats show up at meetings to ensure their newly elected board members represent their interests and support them when they do.

The left never sleeps, so neither can we.

 

 

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As a veteran, I was irritated by the attack on General Bolduc about riding in an antique vehicle which was followed by a small confederate flag. It wasn’t like he had a white hooded robe on while burning a cross.

I was even more irritated that, as a one-star General, he apologized for it. Maybe it’s because I’m a Marine enlisted veteran, and I just don’t understand.

Maybe it’s because this is my 1st political run, and all the things that I’ve seen so far about politics don’t leave me with a warm fuzzy feeling about our political leadership.

This is not a hit job on the General at all. Maybe I just expected more. I realize that the only person you’ll ever agree with 100% of the time is you.

Full disclosure I’m also a candidate for US Senate. I realize that I’m not as high profile as others however, as a voter, I do have an issue with none of them supporting Trump publicly, and that’s fine, but it irritates me when I’ve seen them apologize for things they shouldn’t. As a voter, I’d want them to say piss off. I’m not apologizing.

 

 

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Joe Biden has told us for three years that walls do not work. That is why he promised that not another foot of the wall at our Southern Border would be built under his watch. Mind you, the materials were all purchased and paid for, but now they rust away in the Texas desert.

So we have no wall at the Border to curb the uncontrolled flow of illegal immigrants. And when they do encounter a locked fence guarded by Texas law enforcement, the federal guards step in and unlock the gate.

These folks are so hypocritical. That is an overused term but one that aptly fits so often. Preach green energy, then fly your private jet to a climate conference. Live in a luxury apartment in a gated community and call for defunding the police. Drive an $80,000 Tesla and then complain about the burden of your student loans. Or, and this is my favorite, declare the Southern Border open, allow two million illegals into our country, and then bill the people $500,000 for a wall built around your Delaware property.

We grew up seeing beautiful pictures of our houses of government. The Capitol, White House, and even the Supreme Court are now seen through the grid of chain link fences, and if you want a picture, you need to be sure an armed guard is not photo-bombing your shot. I believe that Barack Obama was the first to wall his personal property on the American dime and also the first to claim there is no need to secure our Border.

Aside from the hypocrisy, these Left Wing Globalists have ignored the fact that to be a country, you need the sovereignty of defined and secure borders. And one of the primary tasks of a President is to secure the safety of the people. Allowing two to four million unvetted people from over one hundred and fifty countries is not making us a safe country or people.

In the case of Joe Biden, his new wall, which is to take nearly two years to build, maybe to keep Hunter in then evil people out. After all, most crime families in America live in walled compounds. In my mind, America’s two most prominent crime families are the Bidens and the Pelosi clan. Both families reside in homes surrounded by barrier walls.

These two families have built tremendous personal wealth using the knowledge and influence of their positions. Pelosi and her husband, who should be a felon after his latest DWI driving incident, have amassed over $25 Million. Most of these millions came from inside trading deals by Paul at the direction of Nancy. She knew what pieces of legislation would be profitable, and Paul would make the buy. She also took her son with her on her Far East trip, and, like Hunter Biden, he used the trip to secure business contracts with Lithium miners. These people are so brazen that they do not hide their illicit acts. Nancy has a sense of urgency, as she knows she will probably be out as Speaker when the Republicans take control in November.

The Bidens are a bit more secretive, and a blind and ignorant media aid this. The facts are apparent that Hunter peddled his father’s name and cashed in big for the Biden Cartel, but the money is hidden well. Like Capone, who was guilty of much, it will be the IRS that ultimately brings down the Bidens on tax evasion. How ironic if it is one of Biden’s 87,000 new IRS agents that brings about the end of him and his cartel. The poor thing for Joe is that he will not remember any of this.

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I’m reading an article on the deliberations being undertaken by U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart over how much of the affidavit used to obtain the search warrant for Mar-a-Lago can be released to the public.

And what is most striking — to me, anyway — is how often Reinhart makes comments like this:

I cannot say at this point that partial redactions will be so extensive that they will result in a meaningless disclosure, but I may ultimately reach that conclusion after hearing further from the government.

Does he imagine that he’s not part of the government?

Who signs his paychecks?

Suppose you buy a car made by General Motors. And there is a problem with the car — the brakes aren’t designed properly, and you’re severely injured in a car crash. So you want to sue GM.

And suppose you’re required to do that in a court that is owned and operated by GM. In particular, the judge and the other officers of the court are employees of GM.

You go to the judge to voice your concern about this. And he tells you:  Oh, there’s no conflict of interest because the court is a separate part of the company.

Would anyone buy this argument?  If not, then why does everyone seems to be buying the exact same argument when it’s made by Reinhart?

 

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Friday, August 5th at 4 pm over 300 patriots gathered at the Kingswood Art Center in Wolfeboro, NH for The Resolve Initiative Candidate Debates. Twenty candidates attended to share their platform and, if possible, debate their counterparts throughout the six-hour event (which can still be viewed).

If you are unfamiliar with The Resolve, it is a massive orchestrated write-in campaign to force a hand count in the election for Resolve nominees.

This will help ensure that we the people can elect liberty-minded officials who will help return us to the Constitution and our God-given rights. You can sign up and become a member at any time on the website listed above with just an email (to receive newsletters), and your zip code.

There will be a sample ballot out soon with The Resolve candidates for you to use and share. Also, you can join in on the recruiting and “get your 10” by picking up cards and signs at many locations across the state.

Inside the arts center, over 300 attendees could purchase Resolve merchandise, enter raffles, get copies of the NH Constitution (because if you don’t know your rights, you don’t have any!) as well as meet candidates one-on-one and discuss the issues at hand. It’s hard to describe the feeling within that lobby as anything other than powerful. The buzz of people sharing their concerns and having real conversations with the candidates sparked hope inside me that we are witnessing a real shift among the people – recognizing our strength and working to take back our freedoms.

Taking the stage for State Senate was Dave Devoy (District 2), Nancy Cunning (District 3), Ed Laplante (District 9), Ian Freeman (District 10), Keith Carlsen speaking for Michael Yakubovich (District 16), Richard H. Girard via video recording(District 20), Peter Torosian (District 22), and Lou Gargiulo (District 24). For Executive Council , we heard from Harold French and Kim Strathdee (District 2), Anne Copp (District 5), and Terese Grinnell (District 4). Justin Worthley (running for Carroll County Sherriff) also made an appearance at the end of the night. And finally the candidates for Governor: Jay Lewis, Karen Testerman, Julian Acciard, and Thad Riley. Chris Sununu was invited but declined to RSVP….

Constitutional scholar Daniel Richard acted as moderator, asking questions about the Governor’s source and limit of authority, what the candidates believed would constitute a mandate or executive order, acceptance, and dispersion of federal aid, absentee voting, etc. The candidates each had their own unique and well-formed answers but all agreed on their stances, citing the Constitution and vowing to stop the government overreach we’ve seen these last few years.

The audience was also invited to fill out index cards with questions they had for the candidates but unfortunately, they ran out of time to answer them. Luckily, Karen Testerman, Thad Riley, and Julian Acciard did all find the time to answer the questions supplied – those answers can be found on the We the People NH Facebook group and their Telegram channel.

The end of the debate signaled the beginning of the online vote on The Resolve’s website to choose the State Senate candidate for District 2 as well as the Governor candidate. After a weeklong window in which anyone could input their email and zip code to make their vote count, Karen Testerman was selected as the official Resolve candidate for Governor.

Those who voted for her cited her position on the 2nd amendment, sanctity of life, her vast knowledge of the Constitution, and her lack of concern for what the “establishment” might think of her.

Personally, when I first met Karen, I had no idea who she was. I just saw her as a welcoming fellow patriot live streaming and joining in the fight. It wasn’t until later I knew who she was and that she was running for office. The fact that she was there, proudly standing with us and sharing it with the world made a very big impact on me. She is truly one of us.

With the candidates selected and less than a month to go before primaries, now is the time. Spread the word, help register voters, organize an event in your area, volunteer as a door knocker…get the word out! It is up to the US to ensure we take back New Hampshire and we can do it, together. With God and potentially hundreds of thousands of Resolve members joining arms and standing behind her against the establishment…we cannot fail. Make sure to sign up for The Resolve at www.wethepeoplenh.org/the-resolve and sign up as a volunteer at www.karentesterman.com.

When Daniel Richards stepped up to the podium Friday night with a smile, he said:

“Welcome to the revolution.”

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What: Demonstration & hearing at Ballot Law Commission.
When: 12:00pm Wed, August 24.

Who:  NHexit & friends, supporters of the New Hampshire state reps who backed your right to vote on independence.  And probably there will be some pro-DC folks…who we invite to discuss with us why they back an institution that starts roughly one new war every five years.
Where:  Outside the State Archives building, 9 Ratification Way, Concord, NH.

We want to thank Dave Ridley for this Press Release. Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.

I understand there’s an attempt to prevent 14 state reps from running for re-election…this in retaliation for their support of CACR 32.  ’32 was a constitutional amendment that would have allowed all New Hampshire voters to decide whether we become an independent nation.  Other activists have scheduled a demonstration in support of “The Fourteen.”  This is scheduled to occur outside the State Archives building, right before the Ballot Law Commission considers a complaint filed against them.

A recent SurveyUSA poll showed that 42% of New Hampshire voters want a referendum on leaving the U.S.  But through their actions, the complainants actively support the Federal Government…an institution that runs torture chambers.  Meanwhile, they oppose  NH legislators voting on peaceable legislation and oppose you being allowed to vote for either the legislators or the legislation.

Details:

DC Apologist Files Complaint To Remove Pro-Independence Reps From Ballot

Dave Ridley / NHexit.com / (603) 213-8248
“If Ukraine deserves independence, why doesn’t New Hampshire?”

 

 

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Both New Hampshire and Vermont have unemployment rates below their pre-fake-pandemic numbers. Reporting for July puts Vermont at 2.1% and New Hampshire at 2.0%. But there’s a critical difference hiding in that reported 0.1%.

At its peak before the politicians collapsed the job market, the Granite State’s labor force was 777,514, and unemployment was at 2.6%. A month into the flu scare, the labor force fell to 736,472 as over 41,000 people (5.3%) were out of the workforce or no longer counted.

The Granite State’s workforce currently includes 1500 more people than before the Wuhan Flu. In other words, that 2%  unemployment rate results from not just having a larger workforce than pre-pandemic levels but employing more of them.

New Hampshire also started adding people back into its workforce the month after the initial collapse. In May of 2021, the NH workforce was back to 759,700; in August 2021, it was at 766,720. It would float around 750,000 plus or minus until the Spring of 2022 when it would begin to climb to its current high.

Across the Connecticut River in the Blue Green Mountain State, the Labor force was at 358,276 before Gov. Scott began rolling out his employment suppression policies statewide. Unlike New Hampshire, Vermont didn’t experience a one-month collapse. Their first-month drop was only 15,000 (4.2%), which would continue to decline until it hit bottom in January of 2021 at 324,435, with a total of 33,841 people (9.4%)  knocked out of their workforce.

A more significant overall percentage than in the Granite State.

Vermont was experiencing a historically significant labor force participation expansion before the overreaction to COVID19 but has failed to get back to that total. So, where did those people go? Why did they give up looking for work? The state, like New Hampshire, has plenty of jobs in every sector. Even traditional entry-level employment starts at 15-18.00 per hour or more.

Vermont has fewer people looking for work and 2.1% unemployment, while New Hampshire has more people looking at 2% unemployment.

Some of that may be the demographics of both the state and jobs. It could be unemployment compensation rates. New Hampshire has a larger population and GDP. We also abandoned the Federal COVID handouts several months before Vermont. The state is also not blue. Vermont has been developing its hippie entitlement culture for decades, while New Hampshire clings to the mask of Live Free or Die.

There’s no good explanation, but I’d like to think it is because we don’t want to pay people to sit on their asses, but I’m not convinced that’s why. Whatever the case, New Hampshire is doing something better than most of New England, and we need to make sure we keep doing it and, if possible, doing it better.

 

 

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“A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.”
-James Madison

The IRS has stockpiled 4,500 guns and five million rounds of ammunition in recent years, including 621 shotguns, 539 long-barrel rifles, and 15 submachine guns.

The Veterans Administration (VA) purchased 11 million rounds of ammunition (equivalent to 2,800 rounds for each of their officers), along with camouflage uniforms, riot helmets and shields, specialized image enhancement devices, and tactical lighting.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) acquired 4 million rounds of ammunition, in addition to 1,300 guns, including five submachine guns and 189 automatic firearms, for its Office of Inspector General.

According to an in-depth report on “The Militarization of the U.S. Executive Agencies,” the Social Security Administration secured 800,000 rounds of ammunition for their special agents, as well as armor and guns.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) owns 600 guns. And the Smithsonian now employs 620-armed “special agents.”

This is how it begins.

We have what the founders feared most: a “standing” or permanent army on American soil.

This de facto standing army is made up of weaponized, militarized, civilian forces which look like, dress like, and act like the military; are armed with guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment; are authorized to make arrests; and are trained in military tactics.

Mind you, this de facto standing army of bureaucratic, administrative, non-military, paper-pushing, non-traditional law enforcement agencies may look and act like the military, but they are not the military.

Rather, they are foot soldiers of the police state’s standing army, and they are growing in number at an alarming rate.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the number of federal agents armed with guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment, authorized to make arrests, and trained in military tactics has nearly tripled over the past several decades.

There are now more bureaucratic (non-military) government agents armed with weapons than U.S. Marines. As Adam Andrzejewski writes for Forbes, “the federal government has become one never-ending gun show.”

While Americans have to jump through an increasing number of hoops in order to own a gun, federal agencies have been placing orders for hundreds of millions of rounds of hollow point bullets and military gear. Among the agencies being supplied with night-vision equipment, body armor, hollow-point bullets, shotguns, drones, assault rifles, and LP gas cannons are the Smithsonian, U.S. Mint, Health and Human Services, IRS, FDA, Small Business Administration, Social Security Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Education Department, Energy Department, Bureau of Engraving and Printing and an assortment of public universities.

Add in the Biden Administration’s plans to grow the nation’s police forces by 100,000 more cops and swell the ranks of the IRS by 87,000 new employees (some of whom will have arrest-and-firearm authority), and you’ve got a nation in the throes of martial law.

The militarization of America’s police forces in recent decades has merely sped up the timeline by which the nation is transformed into an authoritarian regime.

What began with the militarization of the police in the 1980s during the government’s war on drugs has snowballed into a full-fledged integration of military weaponry, technology, and tactics into police protocol. To our detriment, local police—clad in jackboots, helmets, and shields and wielding batons, pepper spray, stun guns, and assault rifles—have increasingly come to resemble occupying forces in our communities.

As Andrew Becker and G.W. Schulz report, more than $34 billion in federal government grants made available to local police agencies in the wake of 9/11 “ha[ve] fueled a rapid, broad transformation of police operations… across the country. More than ever before, police rely on quasi-military tactics and equipment… [P]olice departments around the U.S. have transformed into small army-like forces.”

This standing army has been imposed on the American people in clear violation of the spirit—if not the letter of the law—of the Posse Comitatus Act, which restricts the government’s ability to use the U.S. military as a police force.

A standing army—something that propelled the early colonists into revolution—strips the American people of any vestige of freedom.

It was for this reason that those who established America vested control of the military in a civilian government with a civilian commander-in-chief. They did not want a military government ruled by force.

Rather, they opted for a republic bound by the rule of law: the U.S. Constitution.

Unfortunately, with the Constitution under constant attack, the military’s power, influence, and authority have grown dramatically. Even the Posse Comitatus Act, which makes it a crime for the government to use the military to carry out arrests, searches, seizure of evidence, and other activities normally handled by a civilian police force, has been greatly weakened by exemptions allowing troops to deploy domestically and arrest civilians in the wake of alleged terrorist acts.

The increasing militarization of the police, the use of sophisticated weaponry against Americans, and the government’s increasing tendency to employ military personnel domestically have all but eviscerated historic prohibitions such as the Posse Comitatus Act.

Indeed, there are a growing number of exceptions to which Posse Comitatus does not apply. These exceptions serve to further acclimate the nation to the sight and sounds of military personnel on American soil and the imposition of martial law.

Now we find ourselves struggling to retain some semblance of freedom in the face of administrative, police, and law enforcement agencies that look and act like the military with little to no regard for the Fourth Amendment, laws such as the NDAA that allow the military to arrest and indefinitely detain American citizens, and military drills that acclimate the American people to the sight of armored tanks in the streets, military encampments in cities, and combat aircraft patrolling overhead.

The menace of a national police force—a.k.a. a standing army—vested with the power to completely disregard the Constitution cannot be overstated, nor can its danger be ignored.

Historically, the establishment of a national police force accelerates a nation’s transformation into a police state, serving as the fundamental and final building block for every totalitarian regime that has ever wreaked havoc on humanity.

Then again, for all intents and perhaps, the American police state is already governed by martial law: Battlefield tactics. Militarized police. Riot and camouflage gear. Armored vehicles. Mass arrests. Pepper spray. Tear gas. Batons. Strip searches. Drones. Less-than-lethal weapons unleashed with deadly force. Rubber bullets. Water cannons. Concussion grenades. Intimidation tactics. Brute force. Laws conveniently discarded when it suits the government’s purpose.

This is what martial law looks like, when a government disregards constitutional freedoms and imposes its will through military force, only this is martial law without any government body having to declare it.

The ease with which Americans are prepared to welcome boots on the ground, regional lockdowns, routine invasions of their privacy, and the dismantling of every constitutional right intended to serve as a bulwark against government abuses is beyond unnerving.

We are sliding fast down a slippery slope to a Constitution-free America.

This quasi-state of martial law has been helped along by government policies and court rulings that have made it easier for the police to shoot unarmed citizens, for law enforcement agencies to seize cash and other valuable private property under the guise of asset forfeiture, for military weapons and tactics to be deployed on American soil, for government agencies to carry out round-the-clock surveillance, for legislatures to render otherwise lawful activities as extremist if they appear to be anti-government, for profit-driven private prisons to lock up greater numbers of Americans, for homes to be raided and searched under the pretext of national security, for American citizens to be labeled terrorists and stripped of their rights merely on the say-so of a government bureaucrat, and for pre-crime tactics to be adopted nationwide that strip Americans of the right to be assumed innocent until proven guilty and creates a suspect society in which we are all guilty until proven otherwise.

All of these assaults on the constitutional framework of the nation have been sold to the public as necessary for national security.

Time and again, the public has fallen for the ploy hook, line, and sinker

We’re being reeled in, folks, and you know what happens when we get to the end of that line?

As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People and in its fictional counterpart The Erik Blair Diaries, we’ll be cleaned, gutted, and strung up.

 

 

John Whitehead | Reposted with permission from The Tenth Amendment Center.

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 Upfront disclosure: I [Mary Maxwell] have a slight personal prejudice against Alex Jones’ InfoWars show. In 2006, I was campaigning for a seat in Congress with the theme “9/11 was an inside job.” Infowars invited me to speak about this on the radio. They told me what I should say.

When I explained that this was not what I wanted to say, they summarily hung up on me!

My Unreality book mentions several Sandy Hook deniers: Prof James Fetzer, Prof James Tracy, ex-trooper Wolfgang Halbig, the late Prof Winfield Abbe, the late media critic William Shanley, the late Robert Steele, and not-yet-late me. Mainstream media has avoided mentioning us. Presumably, they would not want it known that serious scholars doubted the Sandy Hook tragedy.

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But suddenly, there are many stories about Alex Jones having recently been ordered to pay $450 million in damages to Len Pozner, (and possibly some money to another Sandy Hook dad, Neil Heslin). To say that the threat to all journalists is ‘chilling’ is an understatement. It even chills “thoughtcrime.”

The deceit is that MSM implies that Jones lost in court by having his hoax claim refuted.  No, not at all. The matter did not even come up for discussion! The judge in Texas made a default judgment, as Jones did not cooperate in delivering financial papers.

(Let’s say A sues B for vandalism.  B does not show up in court. The judge can, and usually does, award the repair money to A.)

As for James Fetzer, he received a summary judgement (see Addendum above). This is not the same as a default judgement. Fetzer was sued by Pozner — for defamation and hurt feelings — which Fetzer could have defended himself against. He wanted to open the issue of the child’s death certificate, but the judge did not let him. The public does not know of this and assumes Fetzer lost. “Must have been a good death certificate after all.” So people think Fetzer is being properly punished!

Elizabeth Williamson of the New York Times has the chutzpah to use the word “truth” in the title of her new, deceptive book: Sandy Hook: an American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth.” A blurb:

 

“Based on hundreds of hours of research, interviews, and access to exclusive sources and materials, Sandy Hook is Elizabeth Williamson’s landmark investigation of the aftermath of a school shooting, the work of Sandy Hook parents who fought to defend themselves, and the truth of their children’s fate against the frenzied distortions of online deniers and conspiracy theorists.”

 

Goodness, gracious!  (Just for the record, since I am a conspiracy theorist: I don’t distort, and I’m not the least bit frenzied.)

So was there a trial for Jones? Well, yes, same as for Fetzer. After the judges, without benefit of jury, made their rulings against both men, juries had to be called up in order to assess how much money Pozner should receive. Note: Prof Fetzer has to pay an additional $600,000 for breaking a non-disclosure agreement.)

Williamson’s book came out on March 8, 2022. It got a “top review” on March 10 by a person named MN:

“A compelling survey of the lunatic fringe that rose through social media over the last ten years. Most Americans were stunned on 1/6, taken unawares by the dark forces that suddenly washed up on the [Capiyol] steps. The Newtown parents and family members portrayed in this book were not; Jones had been tormenting them for years, for no better reason than to sell supplements to gullible marks, and because their pain didn’t matter to him.”

On March 13, 2022, an anonymous reviewer at Amazon said:

“I’ve heard friends start saying some of these theories, and I could not figure out how on earth they could say some of this nonsense with a straight face. Thank you for explaining where this came from and the important steps people are taking to fight misinformation and hate.”

I am hoping that those reviews came from “the troops” and were paid.

The Maureen Crowley Quote

In an appendix to my book Unreality: Sandy Hook Messes Minds, I quoted Prof Winfield Abbe of the University of Georgia.  He, in turn, quoted a Connecticut woman, Maureen Crowley, who — he said — published “An Essay on Sandy Hook” online on August 29, 2016. I don’t like third-hand items, but I will run this now as it contains the unique remark that organized crime had a hand in Sandy Hook. See what you think. This is, allegedly, from Crowley:

 

“Yes, it is my opinion that organized crime paid a huge role in pulling off the Sandy Hook Hoax. And when I dropped off this essay at the offices of Catholic Bishop Tobin in Providence, in 2015, he called the Rhode Island State Police, who then called to interrogate me. Here is a slightly updated version of the essay:

“Who on earth originally would have reason to not trust the heads of a state police department. or in their wildest dreams believe these law enforcement officers would be integral in taking a TOPOFF (stands for top official) Capstone Drill, and passing it off as a mass casualty event? It seemed inconceivable they were utilizing the federal agencies of DHS, FBI, FEMA, etc. for a massive fraud that also made use of, in my opinion, organized crime in Connecticut, to implement a massive agenda, of which gun control was but one component?…

Sandy Hook researcher and retired Florida Safe School Commissioner Wolfgang Halbig, got threatened at his own home in Florida, at the behest of Conn. State Police, not once but twice. His wife has been threatened where she works.

NY resident Jonathan Reich was arrested and hit with a $50,000 bond for legitimately asking questions of Connecticut medical examiner Wayne Carver, as to how bill 1054 got passed in Ct. in 2011, that prohibited autopsies of juvenile murder victims from being made public.

A schoolteacher in NY, Adam Heller, who legally purchased a firearm, was met at his home by seven policemen, then tossed into a mental institution. He lost his job for questioning Sandy Hook. Connecticut State Police Major William Podgorski — a lead investigator into Sandy Hook — who was privy to extensive FBI redaction of documents, received minor surgery, then was transferred from Bristol Hospital to Yale’s New Haven facility. 49 years old and the father of three children, Podgorski shockingly died, and there was NO mention whatsoever in Connecticut mass media, of his connection to the investigation of Sandy Hook, or his cause of death.

My discus account has been blocked from commenting on the New Haven Register page about his death.

Many participants in the scam have retired, as well. The school is sawdust, with construction workers employed in its demolition forced to sign non-disclosure agreements. No footage whatsoever of “Adam” on the newly acquired school security system. Columbine is still intact, and there’s plenty of video footage of shooters Klebold and Harris.

I will also point out that there are tweeted pictures of Danbury Fire fighters, police cars, and fire engines filling up the parking lot of the firehouse (several feet away from Sandy Hook Elementary School) tweeted at 9:13 AM. — yet “Adam Lanza” according to the official report, did not arrive at the school until 9:30, with calls for ambulances going right up until 10:05.

There are even reports of the media filling up the very large local ball park, Treadwell Memorial, as early as 7 A.M.!”.  Citizens had the fear of God instilled in them to utter a peep if the school was closed lest they might not wake up in the morning.” [Emphasis added]

 

 

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Seabrook, like many other towns, has two districts. Unlike most towns, All of the candidates have voting records, i.e. they are current or recent Reps.

Rockingham 30 (Seabrook alone) has a 3 for 2 primary. There are two good guys and one bad buy. Tina Harley had one of the best records of all Republicans in 2021-22. She voted only three times with Democrats against Republicans. William Fowler had a very good record, with just nine bad votes.

Aboul Khan’s record runs from bad to very bad. For the last three terms, he has averaged more than 40 bad votes, putting him in the top (i.e., worst) 15% of RINOs. In the 2013-14 term, he voted with Democrats against Republicans 111 times, putting him in the top 10% of RINOs.

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Rockingham 40 (Seabrook and Hampton) has a 2 for 1 primary. Neither candidate has a good voting record, but one is clearly worse than the other. Jason Janvrin voted with Democrats against Republicans 82 times in the 2017-18 term. Cross-checking with the House Republican Alliance scorecard confirms that Janvrin is the worse of the two. Abramson’s average HRA score for the last three terms was 89.7%, right about the middle of all Republicans. Janvrin’s HRA score was 71.6%, which put him firmly in the bottom (worst) 15% of all Republicans. Here are some highlights (lowlights?) of Khan’s and Janvrin’s careers.   Bad votes by Khan, Aboul (R, Seabrook) Parental Control     voted FOR restricting parental choice ( 2021 HB251 ) Education     voted AGAINST education choice ( 2018 SB193 )     voted AGAINST repealing the mandate that schools provide menstrual products ( 2021 HB458 ) Cost of Living     voted AGAINST reducing tobacco taxes ( 2013 HB335 )     voted FOR an income tax ( 2018 HB628 )     voted FOR higher property taxes for most owners ( 2021 SB102 )     voted FOR higher rooms tax ( 2018 HB1609 )     voted FOR requiring state taxpayers to make up for poor investments by the Retirement Board ( 2022 HB1417 ) Constitutional Rights     voted FOR restricting property rights ( 2021 HB177 ) Other     voted AGAINST right to join or not join a union ( 2021 SB61 )     voted AGAINST strengthening the right-to-know law ( 2017 HB365 On all of these votes, more than 80% of Republicans voted the other way. Bad votes by Janvrin, Jason (R, Seabrook) Cost of Living     voted AGAINST lower energy rates ( 2018 HB592 )     voted FOR an income tax ( 2018 HB628, 2018 HB628 )     voted FOR higher energy rates ( 2018 HB559 ) Other     voted AGAINST prohibiting sex change surgery for minors ( 2018 HB1532 )     voted AGAINST strengthening the right-to-know law ( 2017 HB365 On all of these votes, more than 80% of Republicans voted the other way.

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In the run-up to the 2010 wave election that wiped Obamacrats out of the US House and in state legislatures across the country, NH Dems tried to label Republican candidates as extremists. So, what’s happening to the Belknap County Delegation is just more of the same, and like in 2010, they should embrace it.

Both links in the pull quote are long dead, by the way.

 

Mary Jane Wellner and Marjorie Smith, who head the Committee to elect House Democrats, (and we must assume Ray Buckley) have themselves a new web page.  It’s called the Extreme 16.  It’s some lame left wing fund-raising gimmick that pits 16 Republican House candidates against each other and asks (presumably, Democrat) visitors to vote to decide who the most extreme GOP nominated candidate is. It’s set up like a tournament. The Moon Bat Final Four.

 

We broke the story and what followed was a rush by Republicans to ask why they were not in the brackets. Candidates took it and used it not only to embrace the accusation but to then define it, defend it, and control the narrative to wreck the opposition’s narrative.

I’ve not had much to say about the Gunstock situation or the Belknap delegation – nothing, actually – because it’s Skip’s “neighborhood,” and he’s got it covered.  But the extremist thing seems like it needed another kick in the tires.

A professional leftist hack hiding behind another fake-centrist facade is using Left-wing power and money to rally TransDemocrats (RINOS) and anyone they can dupe into thinking that local control, individualism, bylaws, rules of order, transparency, and rule of law are extremist positions.

They are extreme if you happen to be a 14th-century Monarch or a 20th-century Marxist. And that’s being kind. The majority of human experience on planet earth has been dominated by authoritarians convincing others that they are better, smarter, and entitled to make decisions for others, both basic and life-changing.

If reasonably low taxes that allow you to keep more of what you earned is extremist, then I’m on board.

If letting you make decisions about what is important to your children and family is extremist, count me in.

Do you see where we’re going here?

The 2010 Dems Extreme 16 was a failure for them and a victory for Republicans, who went on to take veto-proof supermajority control of the NH House and NH Senate. The November 2022 midterms are shaping up with some of the same potential as we saw in 2010. And up in Belknap County, the Left is playing an old game.

If Belknap Republicans have the sense to take that bull by the horns, they can force Citizens for Belknap and local Democrats into a corner because the only extremists are the Democrats who would replace them and deprive everyone of local control, property, and liberty at the first opportunity.

 

 

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CONCORD, NH John Paul Moran, GOUSA founder, “was given the opportunity to ask Trump if he would support GOUSA’s OppScore®, the “Rotten Tomatoes of Politics” political credit rating to throw out the corrupt, self-serving rotten politicians and elect Pro- America people like him … Trump mused the question, then … he said, “Sure, I would endorse it!”

“What an honor for John Paul Moran and GOUSA to receive the endorsement of Donald J. Trump,” said Karen Testerman, candidate for NH Governor. This gives special significance to my GOUSA OppScore® of 4.75, which is better than former President Ronald Reagan’s.”

The Opportunity Score® is the very first nonpartisan political credit rating system of its kind that rates elected officials against two standards:

• No. 1: are they following the law and the Constitution, and
• No. 2: are they supporting the Will of the People?

The good news is that the OppScore research shows that most Americans are strongly united on principles 80% of the time. GOUSA rates all members of Congress and their challengers and key Gubernatorial and other state-level races. More information may be found at www.go-usa.us.

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Any student over 18 has the right to vote, assuming they’ve not done something to lose that right. In New Hampshire, Student Voting Rights translate as follows: out-of-state students attending college in New Hampshire have more voting rights than actual residents.

You will likely see or hear the term’ Student Voting Rights’ on social media, Democrat candidate campaigns supporting “Student voting rights,” or in the press from whiny leftist groups (including “the press”).

You do not need to engage in lengthy debates about domicile, residency, if someone feels like they might stay in NH, or whether anyone else can know their feelings.

None of that matters. Why? Because we’re talking about voting rights. Equality or equity or non-discrimination means everyone has the same damn rights. Right? Wrong.

Related: NH Election Flaw: “Extra Rights” Misrepresented as “Voting Rights” Violates “Equal Rights”

Out-of-state college students in New Hampshire have more rights than actual New Hampshire residents. The NH Dems know it, the NHGOP knows it, and Chris Sununu and his AG know it. The Secretary of State knows it too.

When someone brings up student voting rights, the only question anyone needs to answer is this. Why can these students “legally” vote in either of two states, but I can only vote in one?

A student from California matriculating on campus in the Granite State can, according to the NH Democrats, vote in California or New Hampshire. You can only vote in New Hampshire.

Even when the “students” are in their home state learning remotely, NH Dems encourage these students to vote in New Hampshire by mail but asking them to vote from here by mail to their home state is vote suppression, even though Democrats support all absentee or all mail-in voting.

Okay. Can you mail a completed ballot to any other state than New Hampshire?

Nope.

Student Voting Rights is a code for giving a class of likely Democrat voters not just more rights than you but denying you the same rights given to them.

Related: NH Dems – College Students Are Too Dumb to Understand What It Means to be a Resident of New Hampshire (I’m Not Kidding) …

Student Voting Rights means they can vote in either of two states  (three or more in the case of out-of-state campaign workers) in every or any election they choose.

These Students can vote in your state or their state, but you can only vote here. And this is something you can use in at least two different ways. First, you can use it to challenge claims by groups squawking about Student Voting Rights. Second, you can use it against Democrat candidates who claim to support special rights for a class of individuals instead of all of them.

Challenge them.

Why do you believe they should have more rights than me? (You may have to explain it.)

How am I suppressing votes when these students can vote in two states?

And if I can’t vote in two states, how are you not suppressing my voting rights?

And remember, NH students who truly live in NH can’t vote in any other state either.

Take it wherever you want from here. I think you’ve got this.

 

 

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So, what is it that Commissioners Lambert, Wood, and Conroy are afraid of that will now be public? Catherine at the Laconia Daily Sun reports that all three voted to shut down the investigative sub-Committees (Legal, Audit). Why? 

Late today, I received emails containing 60 pages of materials from the Gunstock Area Commission’s Audit Committee that was investigating possible allegations of “things not right.”

You know, that sub-committee that Commissioners Doug Lambert (of DGF Industrial ), Jade Wood (NH GOP Area 5 Vice-Chair), and Denise Conroy (who hates both of them) just killed off (along with the LEGAL sub-committee that was looking into the deep reasons why the GAC was suing the Belknap County Delegation (seems to me to be a made up reason for politics to draw attention to the REAL reason(s) – like why did Gary Kiedaisch spend $110,000 in legal bills without the GAC voting to allow it?  Using it as his own piggy bank for lawfare purposes?).  They made sure to deep-six the sub-Committees.

So what ARE you hiding, Doug Lambert, Jade Wood, and Denise Conroy?

I have been promised more – much more.  And knowing that the Laconia Daily Sun’s Catherine McLaughlin put in a similar RSA 91A for the Audit Committee records – I shared them with her this afternoon. This should turn out to be quite interesting on several different levels.

I’m betting it will make for some riveting reading!

Here is that Right To Know:

Pursuant to the Right to Know Law (RSA. 91-A:4 (I) ), I am demanding access, within 5 business days, to the below enumerated governmental records. Otherwise, if demand this cannot be fulfilled within that mandated 5 business day window per RSA 91-A, please advise when the Responsive Records will be made available.

This request is for any emails as well as for any and all assorted documents/materials involving all of the Gunstock Area Commission’s Audit Committee (“GAC-AC”) activity for the period of January 1, 2022, through August 17, 2022.

Responsive records will include (but not to exclude others not specifically enumerated in these general categories):

• Any and all hardcopy-based information: workflow papers, financial records, financial and audit trail Standard Operating Procedures, GAC-AC interim work, and analysis materials.
• Any similar information of the above but in computer-readable formats: all computer based file types such as databases, voicemails, images, name/publisher of software used, spreadsheets, word processing documents, financial records accessed, et al.

Also any email/voice /written communications between the GAC-AC members, Gunstock Area Commissioners, and Gunstock Mountain Resort staff concerning any and all Audit Committee work.

For emails, the information for each responsive record shall include:

• TO fields, FROM fields – all addresses
• CC fields, BCC fields – all addresses
• DATE fields
• SUBJECT field
• The Body of the email itself
• Any and all attachments of any email message having such

Per RSA 91-A:4 IV(c): If you deny any portion of this request, please cite the specific exemption used to justify the denial to make each record, or part thereof, unavailable for inspection along with a brief explanation of how the exemption applies to the information withheld.

As you are aware, in 2016, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that a governmental body in possession of records is required to produce them in electronic media using standard common file formats: Green v. SAU #55, 168 N.H. 796, 801 (2016). Unless there is some reason that it is not reasonably practical to produce such, explain why it is not practical to comply.

Please also note, per RSA 91-A:4 III, III-a, and III-b, you are required to maintain the safety and accessibility of such responsive records. This also includes such responsive records (e.g., emails) which may have been deleted from respective Inboxes but are still available on the applicable email server or in your / email host backup system(s).

Please let me know when these records will be sent to me for inspection. You may email the responsive records to Skip@GraniteGrok.com. If the volume turns out to be substantial, I have already set up a Dropbox folder to use in uploading those responsive records.

Partial release of demanded information is allowable (e.g. some, but not all materials, as it may take a bit of time to gather and deliver). If there is a substantial amount of hardcopy materials, I will come review them at an agreed upon time and place.

Thank you for your lawful attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Skip Murphy
GraniteGrok.com

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