From here:

NH State Rep Laura Pantelakos (D): “I don’t care about protecting peoples’ Liberty“
NH State Rep  John Mann (D): “liberty” is either an ideology or a gross misrepresentation and oversimplification (accidental or otherwise) of what government is for.”

Neither has read our Declaration of Independence lately, have they?

Seemingly, NH State Rep Mike Bordes, running for re-election from Laconia Wards 1,3,4,5,6 (Belknap District 3) has an issue with your Liberties as well.

Laconia citizens, do you know who the REAL Mike Bordes is, running for a second term in the NH House?  I posit that he is not the Conservative NH State Rep he claims to be.  After all, he’s been attacking other Republicans that are much more Conservative, that have been legislating/voting more in line with the NH GOP Platform, and are far better at defending your Individual Liberties than he has. While he received a B+ from the NH Liberty Alliance in 2021, he slumped badly in 2022 by regressing to a C+ showing his tendency in caring about your Freedom and Liberties: (NHLA 2022    2021  https://www.nhliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021_Liberty_Rating.pdf):

Name                  Vote %       Sponsored          Grade

Bordes,Mike           79.9                   0.5                         B+       2021
Bordes, Mike          64.4                – 0.3                         C+       2022

And while one would expect an elected Republican to adhere to the NH GOP Platform (which indicates what Republicans actually believe), he got worse there as well. Proof is here (Page 1):

There were two major bills sponsored by Republicans this year – putting Parents back in charge of their child’s education (Parental Rights, voting with the Democrats) and the ability to work WITHOUT being forced to join a union (Right To Work). He voted against the Parent Rights bill and showed no political courage on the RTW bill by “taking a walk”; Bordes displayed his true colors by walking out of the House chamber and refusing to vote either way.

Not good when compared to other Belknap County Representatives Republicans (not even close!). Add to that, he’s been constantly attacking real Republicans for their smaller government, lower taxes positions and willingness to seek out and highlight corruption.

Finally, the major legislative accomplish of Rep Bordes in his two years in the House was to remove the daytime speed limits on Lake Winnipesaukee.  Like nearly all of his other proposed legislation, it was killed in the House and never even made it to the Senate for consideration.

So, when it comes time for Laconia voters to cast their ballots in the Republican primary next month, they may wish to consider that any real Republican candidate might be better than Bordes.

Here is the LTE I am sending into the Daily Sun ( an abbreviated version of the above):

Mike Bordes Should Not Be Re-Elected by the Citizens of Laconia

NH State Rep Laura Pantelakos (D): “I don’t care about protecting peoples’ Liberty“ (https://bit.ly/3CpWTeM). Seemingly, NH State Rep Mike Bordes, running for re-election from Laconia Wards 1,3,4,5,6, hasn’t read our Declaration of Independence either and has similar issues with your Liberties.

Laconia citizens, who IS the real Mike Bordes, running for re-election? He’s not the Conservative he’s claiming. He’s been attacking Republicans that are more Conservative, who vote more with the NH GOP Platform, and far better in defending your Liberties.

While he received a B+ from the NH Liberty Alliance (who measures how a Rep defends your Liberty) in 2021, he slumped badly in 2022 to a C+. He only voted on 80% of the NHLA rated bills in 2021 and only 64% in 2022. His adherence to the NH GOP Platform, measured by the House Republican Alliance (https://bit.ly/3pE4QoZ) was barely a “gentleman’s B”.

Further were two major bills sponsored by Republicans this year – putting Parents back in charge of your child’s education (Parental Rights) and your ability to work WITHOUT being forced to join a union (Right To Work). He voted against PR and showed zilch political courage on RTW; his true colors showed by walking out of Reps Hall and refused to vote.

Not even close when compared to other Belknap County Republicans). Further, he’s been constantly attacking other Republicans for smaller government stances, desiring lower taxes, and willingness to seek out corruption; it should give you pause.

Finally, what did he accomplish in his two years in the House? He tried to remove daytime speed limits on Lake Winnipesaukee. Like nearly all his other proposals, it died in the House.

In next month’s Republican Primary, Laconia voters should know there are better Republican candidates than Bordes.

 

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Franklin has a 3 for 2 primary. The candidates are good, bad, and unknown – or perhaps we might say excellent, terrible, and promising.

Dave Testerman is a 3-term Rep with an excellent record, better than 80% of all Republicans during the last six years. Ernesto Gonzales is a newcomer. I am told that “He is a very smart guy, a refugee from Communist Cuba. He is absolutely a patriot and has all the correct values when it comes to education, taxes, Pro-life, the border crisis, etc., etc.”

Jim Mason is a 1-term Rep with a terrible record, worse than 96% of all Republicans these last two years. He voted with Democrats against Republicans 72 times.

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Here are some highlights (lowlights?) of his short career.

Bad votes by Mason, James (R, Franklin) Parental Control     voted AGAINST giving parents more information about students‘ assessments ( 2021 HB194 )     voted FOR evading parental choice regarding vaccinations ( 2022 HB1126 ) Education     voted AGAINST education choice ( 2021 HB609, 2021 CACR3 )     voted AGAINST letting parents sue if their child’s school neglects to protect students from bullying ( 2021 HB140 )     voted AGAINST requiring students to pass a civics test ( 2021 HB320 ) Constitutional Rights     voted AGAINST prohibiting the suspension of civil liberties even during an emergency ( 2021 HB440 )     voted AGAINST property rights ( 2021 HB402, 2022 HB414 ) Right to Life     voted AGAINST prohibiting abortions after 24 weeks ( 2021 HB625, 2021 HB625 )     voted AGAINST right to life for any baby born alive ( 2021 HB233 )     voted FOR weakening the right to life ( 2022 HB1609 ) Election Integrity     voted AGAINST requesting absentee voters to verify their identity ( 2021 HB292 )     voted AGAINST requiring a person who registers to vote without any identification to have his or her photo taken ( 2021 HB523 )     voted FOR making it easier for nonresident aliens to vote illegally ( 2022 HB1093 ) Other     voted AGAINST allowing schools to display the national and state mottos ( 2021 HB69 On almost every one of these votes, more than 90% of Republicans voted the other way.

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With Nitzakhon on hiatus, people have been stepping up on the meme front. For your continued entertainment and as a source of anti-Lefty ammo: Monday memes are Alive! Alive!

Not always in good taste but with an eye toward mockery and a better layout than the one I published last week.

Boom!

 

   

 

And… stop jabbing your kids!

 

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Every election cycle, candidates make promises to their constituents – but many times, those promises are rarely fulfilled. To make matters worse, once in office, politicians have a 90+% chance for re-election – which is why the swamp never gets drained.

We (the voters) keep repeating this insane cycle. It’s like when Lucy promises to hold the football for Charlie Brown and then pulls it away at the last second. We know exactly what will happen, but Charlie Brown falls for the same false promise every time.

And when it comes to voting, we are a lot like Charlie Brown. We don’t have that same clarity when we cast our votes – and fall for the same unfulfilled promises every election.

This is a never-ending cycle that needs to end.

Related: CD-1 Candidate Tim Baxter: Why the Vote for Speaker of the House is “Almost the Only Vote That Matters”

Up until recently, I could not make sense of our collective naivety. Then it hit me after I heard NH’s Congressional Candidate Tim Baxter identify the importance of the Speaker of the House – and the authoritarian power he has to halt/limit/control all legislation that is brought to the House floor for a vote:

“There’s no amendments, there’s no Bills that are voted on unless the Speaker of the House consents to it.”

“The vote for Speaker is not just about getting a conservative, but about getting someone who isn’t corrupt in office.”

Watch: GIP’s Ken Eyring and Tom Murray Talk with NH Congressional Candidate Tim Baxter

That’s when it dawned on me that there may be self-proclaimed America First Congressional candidates who might be intentionally gaming the system by telling voters they are America First candidates in order to get elected – but plan to cast their Speaker of the House vote for Kevin McCarthy who they know will block the America First agenda from ever coming to the floor for meaningful votes. That way, they can have their cake and eat it too – without voters realizing they were had.

Other candidates may be sincere in their commitment to the America First agenda, but their pledge to vote for McCarthy nullifies their intent – and, more importantly, their effectiveness.

Either way, candidates who pledge to elect Kevin McCarthy to Speaker of the House don’t deserve our votes.

That’s why I believe Tim Baxter is justifiably hammering two of his opponents – Matt Mowers and Karoline Leavitt – for their pledge to elect Kevin McCarthy to Speaker of the House – and essentially empower him to unilaterally block their America First campaigns.

Conservative Review provides “Liberty Scores” for Congress. According to their website,

“Conservative Review’s Liberty Score® grades members of Congress on the top 50 votes over a rolling six-year term. A letter grade is assigned to each member to help you quickly determine whether a lawmaker is supporting conservative principles.”

Kevin McCarthy failed with a score of 52%. An “F.”

Elise Stefanik, the Congresswoman who Leavitt said she would align herself with – failed with a score that is lower than McCarthy’s: 44%. Another “F.”

To put those scores into context, both McCarthy and Stefanik scored LOWER than Liz Cheney, who received an “F” with a Liberty Score of 53%.

We can and must do better! If voters want real change in Washington, then someone other than a Liz Chaney clone needs to be elected to Speaker of the House.

Baxter has pledged to cast his vote for someone like Chip Roy or Andy Biggs. Both received an “A” with a Liberty Score of 100%.

If Mowers or Leavitt help elect McCarthy to Speaker of the House… they would, in essence, be Deep State enablers.

That is why Mowers and Leavitt must renounce their support for McCarthy NOW because McCarthy will kill the MAGA / America First agenda on day one.

Mowers and Leavitt need to step up and be leaders like Tim Baxter and set the example for other Congressional candidates across America… and that means dumping McCarthy as their choice for Speaker of the House.

 

 

This post was first published by the Government Integrity Project

 

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You knew it was coming. The NeverTrump Union Leader has endorsed Chuck Morse, calling him the best candidate to defeat Maggie Hassan. Yes, you read that correctly “Stinky” Joe McQuaid wants you to believe that Morse, who is by far the most inarticulate, inauthentic and uncharismatic candidate seeking the GOP nomination, is the best choice to defeat Maggie Hassan:

In case you have forgotten, “Stinky” Joe’s Union Leader also endorsed Joe Biden, and had this to say about him:

Building this country up sits squarely within the skill set of Joseph Biden. We have found Mr. Biden to be a caring, compassionate and professional public servant. He has repeatedly expressed his desire to be a president for all of America, and we take him at his word. Joe Biden may not be the president we want, but in 2020 he is the president we desperately need. He will be a president to bring people together and right the ship of state.

Morse would be as much of a figurehead Senator as “Stinky” Joe McQuaid’s choice for President, Joe Biden, is a figurehead President. When Morse says “603 Way” what he really means is doing the bidding of the NHGOP-Establishment.

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There’s an article by someone somewhere on the internet (no duh!) about coffee and how it is racist. They say that it is a drink by black people for black people that has become a pillar of white supremacist capitalism.

The article “looks” at a history of abuse regarding coffee as a commodity and a beverage and declares that white supremacy is built-in. So, just like the Democrat party?

But no one mentions the Democrat party.

“The first coffees exported to North America and Europe were harvested by slaves,” Johnson wrote. “Later, enslaved Africans prepared and served coffees for their slave owners, when they were not laboring in the fields.” …

White supremacy is built into the foundation of the coffee industry. The global coffee economy was created through colonialism …

It’s not just that Black folks cannot afford specialty coffee, but the very acceptance of the term “specialty coffee” suggests that some coffee is somehow superior to others, an idea that is rooted in whiteness.  …

And if you put milk in your coffee, you are doubling down on racism. Milk is also racist (almond milk too?).

Or maybe not.

Africans are still enslaving Africans. Islam, completely ignored in most stories about historical slavery, murdered or enslaved millions. People whose lands were colonized by the armies of Allah. Places where non-believers were treated like dirt, if allowed to live at all.

So, slavery is not a white thing. It is a human nature thing. So is the idea of superiority.

The article mentions great accomplishments by blacks, like the pyramids, built by brown people for brown people, who were essentially gods. Talk about a superiority complex.

Travel forward from there in history to the American slave trade, and it ends and begins with southern plantation Democrats who defended the right to enslave blacks to the death. A group whose political party enacted laws to subvert freedoms when they were finally gained. That disarmed black Americans terrorized them, treated them like animals, and even lynched them.

And today, we can look at Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, or Patrisse Cullors of BLM. They have each used blacks to get rich, while their supporters destroyed Black businesses, neighborhoods, and even lives in “the interest” of black people.

And most if not all of them are Democrats.

Every Democrat-run urban area in the US includes political leaders who are black, enriched, and empowered at the expense of, for lack of a better term, their own people; folks trapped in poverty and forced to live in crime-riddled neighborhoods. Different plantations but the same systemic superiority.

Modern-day Africa is filled with dark-skinned despots who deem themselves superior, living the high life on the pain and suffering of the lower classes. The same is true in parts of Central and South America.

People of color get rich off the labors of people of color by selling coffee beans to white people (or drugs or human beings).

Human and sex trafficking is slavery unless Jeffrey Epstein (a Democrat) does it.

In other words, being white has nothing to do with it, nor does coffee, a product whose global success may have been inevitable regardless of who found a way to get it to the world.

But if your head is far enough up you a**, you can be very specific about the sorts of racism you’d like to promote while completely ignoring every other kind. A thought process typical to the Democrat party, which, to this day, still believes it is superior to everyone else and is working diligently to enslave all of us under the boot of authoritarian rule, regardless of color.

If you are not paying attention, that’s what they mean by equity.

 

 

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A “Big Lie” is a lie that is endlessly repeated and amplified enough to overwhelm any criticism and achieve general acceptance.

The misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA) is a “Big Lie” promoted and celebrated by the media.  The Congressional Budget Office says it will have a negligible effect on inflation (shorturl. at/bstw0).  In the near term, its spending exacerbates today’s already painful inflation.

Even people who voted for the IRA can’t explain how it reduces inflation (see the first 4 minutes).

Another “Big Lie” is President Biden’s claim that no one with an income less than $400,000 will pay another penny in taxes.  The Joint Committee on Taxation says the IRA will raise income taxes at every level, even for incomes under $10,000   (http://alturl.com/7zq8h).  This is on top of increased taxes, fees, and royalties on energy which will increase the costs of almost everything.

Even these may understate the tax increases on poor people who can’t afford the tax experts that rich people use to find loopholes, and dispute IRS audits.  ABC reports on a Syracuse University study indicating that poor people are audited at a rate 3 times greater than people with $1,000,000 incomes and 5 times greater than all people who aren’t poor (New study finds IRS audits low-income workers at a rate 5x higher than everyone else – ABC13 Houston).  All Democrats voted against an amendment to limit audits funded by this bill to people earning over $400,000.

Recently Biden tried to deceive the American people by stating that there was no inflation in July.  It’s normal to talk about inflation on an annual basis; the cost of living was 8.5% higher in July than a year earlier and 7.1% higher than when Biden took office.

Biden blamed Putin’s war for our inflation and high energy prices…another “Big Lie”.  Inflation and energy prices skyrocketed well before Putin invaded Ukraine.

Biden also claimed that the US isn’t in a recession despite having two-quarters of negative growth, the traditional indicator.  The media provided numerous talking heads providing all sorts of additional reasons why we aren’t in a recession; this was another “Big Lie”.

Some other examples:  Mayorkas (Homeland Security): “our border is Closed!” (Despite 2 million annual illegal border crossers, some violently harming Americans, and others bringing the illegal drugs that kill 50,000 to 100,000 Americans annually).  “CRT isn’t in our schools”, although parents watched it in their children’s remote learning.  Obama: “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.”

It’s easy for Democrats to pull off “Big Lies” since the vast majority of the media repeats and promotes their claims, and attacks anyone questioning or providing evidence disproving Democrat claims.  It’s nearly impossible to pull off a “Big Lie” when most of the media questions, disputes, and attacks your claims, as it does with most Republican claims.

An example is Trump’s claim (which he certainly believes and therefore is not a lie) that the 2020 election was stolen.  Trump’s belief is based on the many irregularities in ballot handling and counting (e.g., use of illegal ballot harvesting and drop boxes, selective ballot curing only in Democrat areas, excluding Republican poll watchers from vote counting, unreliable mailed ballots, etc.).

Trump’s claim is overwhelmed by the attacks and criticisms from almost all the media, all Democrats, and some, mostly big-government, Republicans.  Trump’s claim may be incorrect, but it’s not a lie, big or small.

What is certain is that Biden is President and Democrats control Congress, and the American people and millions of people around the world are suffering because of it.

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Each Sunday, I take a step away from daily politics and focus on someone who has done extraordinary things or who we may need to know a little better. This week’s focus is on a man who has inspired me for years. This week’s light shines on Nicholas James Vujicic.

I am forever amazed by people who have overcome unfathomable hardships or challenges. I especially admire those who can set aside their situation and turn it into something that motivates others to strive beyond their self-inflicted boundaries. Jimmy Johnny Jones, who I wrote about a couple of weeks ago, is such a person who has incredible wit and wisdom derived from the loss of his legs thanks to an IED in Afghanistan.

Nicholas James Vujicic (/ˈvuːɪtʃɪtʃ/ VOO-itch-itch; born December 4, 1982) is an Australian American Christian evangelist and motivational speaker born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of arms and legs. Born without limbs and rejected at birth by his parents, Nicholas has devoted his life to motivating others. Seeing him speak to a group while “walking” around a raised platform on the stubs leaving his body where his legs should be, is enough to believe that anything is possible. The words he then speaks are but reinforcement in case the visual evidence is not adequate.

Nicholas is still a young man but has a way of connecting with young people, and they buy into his message of spirituality, faith, and hope. It would have been easy for Nicholas to cash in his chips and abandon his fight, but that is not who he is. Maybe his parents turning their backs on him gave him his incredible strength. It doesn’t matter the source but that you have harnessed your strength and message to impart a bit of his power to others.

In 2008 in McKinney, Texas, near Dallas, he met Kanae Miyahara. They married on February 12, 201. The couple has two sons and two daughters and resides in Southern California. Without limbs, he can type 43 words per minute on a computer. God gave him this talent to pen eight books translated into 32 languages. 

If you can’t get a miracle, become one – Nick Vujicic

Vujicic founded an organization, Attitude is Altitude, which focuses on Social and Emotional learning, positivity, and anti-bullying. The primary purpose of this foundation is to help and inspire the students for their careers. In 2009, he appeared in a short film, The Butterfly Circus, and played a small role as Will. Following his astonishing performance, he was awarded the Best Actor award at the 2010 Method Fest Independent Film Festival.

Nicholas has accomplished great things with no arms, legs, fingers, or thumbs. He has shown us that with what God has given us, there are no limits to our potential. He has shown us that when we need to feel sorry for ourselves for the challenges we face, we should think of him, standing before us with no limbs, and give ourselves a boot in the butt to get us to move on. It is with his mind and his tongue that he has shown us there is nothing we cannot accomplish if we put our minds to the task.

God Bless you, Nicholas James Vujicic, and give you the strength to carry on spreading your message for years to come. We who are touched by you are better people for the experience.

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On August 17th, General Don Bolduc held a town hall meeting right here in Hollis, NH, accompanied by Baseball Great, Rico Petrocelli, and Lt Col Stu Scheller (retired). Petrocelli told us why he’s supporting Bolduc, Ltc Scheller spoke about corruption and poor leadership damaging our armed forces, and Gen Bolduc gave a great stump speech – Enjoy!

 
Segment 1 – Rico Petrocelli tells us a bit about baseball and a lot about why he’s all in for Bolduc:

 

 

Segment 2 – Don Bolduc talks about failures of leadership, and how we need to bring back responsibility and accountability in the military and in our government:

 

 

Segment 3 – Ltc Stu Scheller talks about failures of leadership in the armed forces, and how he gave that failed leadership indigestion:

 

 

Segment 4 – Ltc Scheller Q&A:

 

 

Segment 5 – General Don Bolduc gives a great wrapup speech and call to action – he deserves our support:

 

 

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Hate is a destructive emotion that can rob us of our compassion, our dignity, and even our common sense. For six years now, Democrats have been consumed with an overpowering hatred of the man who left public office nearly two years ago.

It’s the same man who gave our country energy independence, secure borders, and a strong economy with low inflation.

That aside, all those Trump-haters were granted a brief reprieve recently from the self-destructive rage that’s been eating away at them for so many years. In the aftermath of the FBI raid on Trump’s residence, they found a moment of elation. For just an instant, all that rage turned to jubilation as they joyfully bantered about the possible sentences Trump would receive after he’s convicted on whatever criminal charges that might arise from the raid. At long last, they would find true everlasting peace.

More objective observers saw something entirely different in the unprecedented raid at Mar-a-Lago. Considering the likewise unprecedented dual impeachment proceedings Democrats initiated against Trump, they saw this as another ruthless and desperate attempt to eliminate a popular figure from the political arena. They saw a breach of long-standing protocol and the introduction of third-world tactics by a politically biased Department of Justice. They saw a fishing expedition setting out to find something – anything that can be used to indict the former president. Democrats would see it, too, if they weren’t blinded by rage.

The search warrant makes it clear that, this time around, investigators are focused on the handling – or mishandling – of national defense and classified information. It authorizes the seizure of “any government and/or Presidential Records created between January 20, 2017 and January 20, 2021,” essentially any and all documents created during Trumps’ Administration. It’s hard to interpret that as anything but a fishing expedition.

But there is a much larger issue than the wording on the search warrant. It’s the blatant inconsistencies by our DOJ and the excessive overreach in this case. Most would agree that a fair and objective system of justice is the lynchpin of all free societies. It’s what distinguishes democracies from totalitarian regimes. The unambiguous political bias of this DOJ is systematically destroying all trust in the American justice system, once the envy of the world.

Just a few years ago, Democrat Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was under intense scrutiny for mishandling highly classified information. It was essentially the same violation now alleged against Trump. Only Clinton’s malfeasance was abundantly clear. Her long-time ally, James Carville, thought her purpose in setting up a private email server was simply to avoid congressional oversight. He said, “I suspect she didn’t want Louie Gohmert rifling through her e-mails…” But anyone who’s ever worked for the U.S. Government knows that her use of a private, unsecure server was a breathtaking breach of government security regulations, and that the destruction of those subpoenaed emails was a clear violation of federal law.

In fact, after an FBI investigation, Director James Comey announced that the bureau found “evidence of potential violations of the statutes involving the handling of classified information.” He also admitted that “it is possible that hostile actors gained access to Clinton’s personal emails.” That FBI investigation seemed, at best, perfunctory. It certainly didn’t include any nine-hour raids. Yet Comey casually dismissed the whole issue with these words, “…no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.”

Then there’s the Hunter Biden case, one potentially far more damaging to national security. When allegations of influence peddling at the highest level of government are made, we would expect all Americans to be concerned. When those allegations involve U.S. adversaries, like Russia and China, we would expect universal outcry for a thorough investigation.

Yet those were the allegations against the Biden family during the 2020 presidential campaign. And they were more than just accusations. There was a mountain of evidence, including Hunter’s unexplained wealth, witness testimony, emails, and the infamous laptop. There was also irrefutable evidence of weapons violations by Hunter and the real possibility of coercion or blackmail of a U.S. President because of his son’s nefarious indiscretions.

The FBI has been in possession of the incriminating laptop since December, 2019, but there’s no indication they have any interest in investigating the case. Officially, FBI representatives deflect any questions about the case using the “ongoing investigation” pretext. But several intrepid whistleblowers inside the organization have confirmed what most Americans instinctively know – the FBI has essentially deep-sixed the Hunter Biden case.

The eventual outcome of Garland’s fishing expedition is far from certain, but the immediate impact was clear. Garland has managed to galvanize Trump’s supporters and widen the division of an already deeply divided country. He’s also accelerated the growing distrust of a justice system already perceived as corrupt.

Like the fictional Captain Ahab, it’s clear that Merrick Garland is obsessed with one thing. But if he really wants to land a big one, he would find the fishing much better in the Washington swamp.

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SAU 8, the Concord, New Hampshire School District, just posted a job opening on Indeed.com (today!) for a Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ). The job starts at $95,000.00 a year plus benefits. To do what?

Violate state law, most likely, but here is their job description.

 

The Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) is an integral member of the Concord School District leadership team and is responsible for guiding DEIJ efforts while also creating opportunities to define, assess, and promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. The Director works with students and staff and is responsible for prioritizing and operationalizing DEIJ initiatives, particularly those dealing with curriculum and professional development, as well as the advancement of cultural competencies.This is a full time position with a comprehensive benefit package.

 

Those of you familiar with what DEIJ is really about will understand that the district is dumping a wad of cash on a director of grievance and progressive propaganda.

Pay that is almost $30,000 more per year than the average teacher statewide and $17K more than the average SAU 8 teacher’s salary.

So, while this is Concord (very progressive), parents may still want to get involved at the soonest opportunity to address this waste of resources. Most of what the DEIJ is supposed to promote runs precariously close to violating state law. The position or policies that spring from it will, very likely, result in a series of lawsuits the District will have to defend.

But if that’s how you want to spend your education tax dollars, it’s your money.

 

 

 

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Is this how Colebrook decides its vote? Recent ripples in social media over candidates who supposedly lobbed letters and tossed Tootsie Rolls at a parade surfaced some interesting commentary. The debate that reared among would-be voters revolved around candidate character.

People spoke their minds and shared their feelings, which seems a fine thing. We all know the heart of America’s democracy is driven by public participation: a good election is one where we connect with our preferred candidates and support their political positions.

Or is it?

Over a decade of research(1) shows consistently that people who consume multiple news media streams are more likely to be civically and politically involved. It turns out that messages in Facebook feeds are like a social contagion. If a friend posts a comment, you are going to believe it, like it, and share it. And so, connecting with our political candidates has become a bit of a superficial affair.

Our Founding Fathers printed flyers and wrote articles, then gathered in groups to educate, motivate, and inspire the people they were seeking to serve. Today’s political candidates must master a virtual arena of public opinion, where ill-informed onlookers are ready to pounce with outrage.

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An incident is fed into the gladiatorial ring of social media friends and acquaintances. The ripping of character begins with a few words, then a frenzy of likes and shares. Your friends do not need to observe and confirm the real event. Instead, to show their bonds, they click a “like” button that says they stand with you against all the unlikeables out there. Before you realize it, your shared social media feed makes you part of a maliciously deliberate, coordinated, and sustained attack on someone’s personality, character, and integrity.

A recent political spat posted in Colebrook social media circles proves the point, with candidate Mike Ouellet using his daughter and grandkids as weapons of a word war. Posting on social media, Kami Ouellet champions her father to her friends and acquaintances, declaring moral indignation – “…approaching someone at a community event is socially inappropriate, it’s disgusting”. The friends rush to agree, it was a public parade and there were CHILDREN in the car! Hmm, but wait…

Dear friend Kami is worried about her children being exposed to political BS in public, and yet she has forgotten to take a deep look in the rearview mirror. Because her father Mike in his public pants may be sitting on a political stain or two.

If Kami Ouellet is concerned about what her children see and hear, she could start by telling their grandpa Mike that it is not appropriate to post demeaning memes of women political candidates. When people like Mike Ouellet use social media to repeatedly mock strong women with bold opinions, it makes the North Country look backward. He is pushing a belief that women should know their place in the kitchen – or laundromat, as Mike’s meme suggested, “when washer stops, remove all your clothes”. Is that a message Kami wants for her children?

Being a traditionally conservative is not grounds for shaming women or sharing racist diatribes – especially not as a public official. Yet it is not even clear if Mike Ouellet is a true conservative. In 2008 and 2010, Mike was a registered Democrat and voted Democrat in both elections, per the Republican National Committee (RNC) database. But it is better to veer away from further social scrutiny of Mike Ouellet’s public face and personal values before this article descends into the realm of character assassination.

Instead, let us look at the real issue at hand: how can the voters in Columbia, Colebrook, and Stewartstown ensure they are voting for the right candidate to represent them in Concord? If our friends’ social media feeds tend to be flawed, how can voters who truly care about their families and their communities make a better decision?

Politicians are meant to serve people. However, experts point out that politicians are motivated to come to power, to stay in power, and, to the extent that they can, to keep control over money(2). So how can the ordinary voter move beyond the potential follies of social media feeds as they get to know their political candidates?

First, ask the hard questions. How has the long-time politician stayed in power?

It is easy to observe the patterns of political control. The voter who cares will check whether a political candidate is surrounded by a core inner circle of power brokers, whose wants – and often greed – outweigh the needs of the common people.

Second, look for the political money trail. Are there hints or rumors of backs being scratched or self-interest? Of bullying tactics and political maneuvering in service delivery?

Notice any short-term political promises that will cost the taxpayer more dearly in the long term? Remember, money will always be an instrument of power. Self-serving politicians often hide behind hush-hush real estate deals and high property taxes.

Third, look at the politician’s results over their entire career. What has substantially changed for the better during their tenure?

Measure results that really matter. Like the shrinking food on your table, the smaller paycheck in your pocket, your promised sidewalks still in ruin, the dwindling jobs in your community, and fewer opportunities for local businesses to thrive.

If the political candidate is new to the campaign field, skip social media feeds and dig deeper. Do you see passion and zeal that point to them being a game-changer who will rattle Concord’s political cages? To be sure, here is a checklist:

• Do they have a vision for your community and for the Granite State?
• Have you heard them talk about action plans that will get better results?
• Does that talk match what they have achieved in their past?

Remember, visions and plans are great only if they are matched with the energy to serve the interests of the community.

Be curious about a new candidate’s proven track record, because you’re looking for someone who delivers. Past performance is a good predictor of future outcomes.

It takes more than a quick scroll and a casual comment to be an informed voter who cares.

Ultimately, the social media profiles and preferences of our friends are poor filters for politics. The likes and shares of our virtual connections are trivial and unreliable. In the wisdom of the Bible, we know that man’s tendency is to look at outward appearance, and not the heart. Even more so in a virtual world that is shallow and phony. If you care about your vote, make sure you free yourself from the limits of your friends’ social media feeds.

When the election rolls around in September, you have an opportunity to check a box. That box is an American symbol of hard-fought freedom and people’s rights. It should also be a framework for responsibility and results – everything you expect from the candidate who wins. It is the present and the future for your family, your community, your local businesses, and the Granite State.

Be more vigilant – show that you care about how you cast your vote.

(1) https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/social-media-influence-politics-participation-engagement-meta-analysis/
(2) Moynihan, Michael (September 24, 2011). “Book Review: Dictator’s Handbook“. The Wall Street Journal.

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Teachers in SAU21 will be forced to sit through a political training session in September. Seacoast Outright will be conducting the training, which everyone is being told, is not being done by a political organization. It’s almost comical at this point that anyone believes that Seacoast Outright is not a political organization.

Two leftist organizations (Seacoast Outright and Black Lives Matter) work in conjunction to push a political narrative. This time, teachers will be subjected to  all of this during their training.

But what do teachers really think of time spent on political matters? It’s hard to say because many will remain silent because they need their job. That is why I keep all information I receive from teachers confidential. I’m unable to share information brought to me by teachers. I do not want to put their livelihood in jeopardy. This is happening across the country.

In this video, you can read testimonials from teachers working in the Hamilton Southeastern School (HSE) District in Fishers, Indiana. HSE was an SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) pilot school in Indiana. Parents are now pulling their children out of HSE in droves.  The music is a little dramatic, but here is what teachers are afraid to say out loud. 

 



 

Teachers do need parents to push back and demand that their schools return to a focus on academics. While it’s true that the public schools are self-destructing while pushing this overt agenda in the classroom, you’re also paying for all of this.

These children deserve better, and they need you to show some courage and fight for them. The teachers are leaving in droves, if you want to retain good teachers, you have to step up and fight for them.

 

 

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Here’s how I figure the costs of owning electric vehicles (EVs) that they are pushing on us. The present cost of gasoline doesn’t even figure into the calculation.

COST: EVs are running about $50,000 or more, with comparable gas-powered vehicles running about $30,000. So, you are buying the equivalent of a $30,000 car for $50,000.

MILES BEFORE FUELING: An average SUV can go about 350 miles on an 18-gallon tank, but reports are that EVs can go only about 100 miles or so per charge.

REFUELING TIME: A gasoline-powered vehicle takes about five minutes to refill. EVs can take four hours or more to recharge. If you are waiting in line at a public recharging station, add an hour or more to the time.

COST OF REPLACEMENT: Gasoline vehicles can easily hit 250,000 miles without major repairs. EVs will need a $15,000 battery replacement at about 30,000 miles or less.

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RECYCLING: Parts from gas vehicles can be recycled conventionally when they are scrapped. EV batteries have no known method of safely recycling.

TRADE-INS: Gas vehicles are given trade-in value according to industry standards, e.g., Kelly Blue Book. What trade-in allowance will be given for an EV with equivalent mileage but with a battery that needs replacement (my guess is that owners will likely trade in their low mileage EVs rather than replacing the costly batteries)? Will car owners be assessed a huge “disposition fee” because of the batteries involved?

ROUTINE COSTS: With gasoline prices now about double or more from January 2021, and electric rates rising dramatically this year, will there be any savings in routine costs of recharging EVs at home or a public station?

INSURANCE: Because of the fire danger for EVs and the difficulty in knocking down those fires, will insurance rates for EVs be much greater than gas vehicles?

Based on the above considerations, I will not be purchasing an EV any time soon. If and when technology evolves to make EVs both economical and practical (such as shorter charge times, greater battery capacity, a solution for recycling used batteries, etc.), I may consider one. Until then, I’ll keep my reliable, trusty gas machine.

(H/T: Matt)

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My friend is an English-born naturalized American citizen, and he is troubled. His brother, who lives in England, was stricken by severe abdominal pain, diagnosed with an acute gallbladder, and hospitalized for several weeks. They sent him home and as an outpatient, he had a tube placed in his gallbladder.

With the tube finally removed, he now waits months, on a National Healthcare list, to have his gallbladder removed. A walking time bomb [In America it would have been out the first week]. My friend’s experience with his brother brought back memories of his aged father in a hospital ward crying on the phone because he had to wait to be changed – he was left by indifferent nurses, in his own excrement, a man who fought at Alamein and Normandy, and on the Rhine, was finally broken, not by the Nazis but by the callousness of the English National Health Service.

My friend’s aunt, who at 80 needed a hip replacement, waited 11 months in pain. She died four years later after suffering 20% of her last five years. And his cousin bragged about free Canadian Health Care until he had a back problem requiring surgery. The wait was two years, and this politically liberal Canadian Health Care braggart happily took his company’s offer to go to a private clinic and be taken care of.

My friend was so thankful to live in America where these horrors didn’t happen, but as the progressive schemes to socialize American healthcare gained strength, he wondered if it was only a matter of time.

There is no doubt Americans are becoming more dependent on government subsidies and government-run healthcare plans.

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Combining Medicaid {welfare for the poor}, Children’s Health Insurance Program {welfare for children}, Medicare {Government healthcare for seniors}, Obamacare exchanges (subsidies), Tri-Care {Veterans insurance} and the Veteran’s Administration Hospitals {VA} approximately 161 million {Total American Population around 330 million} Americans have their healthcare paid for directly or subsidized by the government.

What each of these healthcare-providing entities (except the VA} has in common is none pay healthcare providers (physicians) and healthcare facilities (hospitals) rates that allow sufficient profit to stay in business. Private insurance, mostly provided by employers and partially paid for by the employees, makes up the difference. This is referred to as cost shifting. By paying 3 to 4 times more than the Government supported programs for the same service, working Americans subsidize the entire healthcare system.

The Public Option

If President Biden is able to open the door to Americans buying into Medicare {The Public Option} a catastrophic series of events will occur. In a brief time, a critical mass of Americans will shift to the cheaper government-run program, which does not pay enough to sustain the system. The pressure on the private insurance industry to increase prices to support the new cost-shifting would not be sustainable and private healthcare insurance would collapse. Ushering in Government controlled, socialized medicine.

What’s happening to Medicare Physician Payment is ominous. The government’s decision to have another decade of no appreciable physician reimbursement increases will drive change. In the previous decade, physicians accepted no Medicare reimbursement increases because losses due to inflation were minimal and could be matched with increased revenue from private insurance, but with the new progressive 8 to 10% inflation/year, this is no longer a viable option. In plain English, a Medicare patient is not going to be worth seeing, and the lines will start to lengthen.

The Canary in the Coal Mine

All across America in places with a high percentage of Medicare patients, Concierge Medicine is starting to take root. Individuals pay a set yearly fee to join an entity (kind of like a health club) that provides health care. The club consists of a variety of providers with physicians making up the backbone. Other services, including laboratories, x-ray, and cardiology capability, might be on campus. The Healthcare Club guarantees efficient service with same-day doctor appointments. Often the Club’s doctors will follow a hospitalized patient and make sure the care given is top-notch. The price tag ranges {depending on services} from $1200/year up to $20,000 per annum.

A quick calculation {based on a real-life Florida example} demonstrates the point. If a group of 4 top quality physicians was able to each obtain 200 patients paying $5000 a year {Club fee} the total revenue to the practice would be $4 million. In general, 50% of practice revenue goes to overhead costs, leaving each physician $500,000 a year in compensation. This does not include what they would collect from Medicare billing and all other ancillary services.

The usual primary care doctor has a panel of around 1000 patients and is paid approximately $200,000/ year. In this case, the entire group would have 800 patients and be able to give more time and quality service to their patients. Top physicians would soon tire of being forced by managed care and large healthcare corporations to see a patient every 15 minutes and be paid much less. The migration to concierge medicine is in its infancy, but unless things change, it is the future. This future will be defined by the” haves” {club members} receiving top-quality physician services and the “have nots” waiting powerlessly in line. Praying, a spot opens up to see a Nurse practitioner or a Physician Assistant.

What has set America’s health care system apart is the vast majority of Americans who have access {only 8% don’t} to healthcare (especially Medicare), regardless of race, gender, age, or social-economic status, are treated expeditiously and fairly. People with means don’t have a problem if quality care is readily available, and the less fortunate around them also have access.

The rub occurs when wealthy people no longer perceive quality care as readily available. They will then find private options {Think Concierge Medicine}. Once this happens, they will no longer have a stake in the average American’s healthcare pool and will not care about the system’s quality. The natural evolution to a two-tier system will occur with people of means enjoying the present level of service through a private option, while the masses have healthcare rationing. It’s not hypothetical, it’s happened across the pond and north of our border (think about my English American friend’s family) and it’s starting to happen here.

We have seen what unchecked Progressive elected officials have done with 20 months of power.

Dividing our nation with the discrimination of equity, energy prices sky high, millions of illegals crossing our open borders with sex traffickers, and youth killing Fentanyl coming across daily. Inflation is ravaging people’s retirement, destroying their futures. The world is on fire and our great cities have been turned into crime-ridden cesspools. The DOJ and FBI have been corrupted {think Russiagate and the raid on Trump’s home} as our Military is weakened {think Afghanistan withdrawal} and Armed Service Recruitment is falling short because of “wokeness” in the ranks.

Washington DC progressive elected officials are back in their States and districts lying about their culpability in tearing America apart. Make no mistake, if left in power, they will come for the progressive “Holy Grail” of nationalized healthcare, and just like the unfortunate brother of my English friend, it will be you or your loved one waiting in line for essential health care. Ticking time bombs, ready to go off, while the Progressive elites enjoy unlimited access to a private healthcare alternative.

2022 is here

Vote

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NH House District Carroll 3 (Moultonborough, Tamworth, Madison) has a 3-for-2 Republican primary election. Two candidates are newcomers; the third is terrible.

Karel Crawford has bounced back and forth between terrible and mediocre. In her first term, 2013-14, she voted with Democrats against Republicans 130 times, which placed her 10th worst RINO of all Republicans. In her second term, she improved all the way to mediocre, with “just” 84 bad votes. That term there were so many other even worse RINOs, that she was only 46th worst.

In the last six years, 2017-22, Crawford had two more terrible terms near the top 10 (9th and 12th) worst RINOs. Between those two, she had a mediocre term where she was still worse than 60% of Republicans.

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Here are some highlights (lowlights?) of her all-too-long career.

Bad votes by Crawford, Karel (R, Moultonborough)

Parental Control

• voted AGAINST giving parents more information about students‘ assessments ( 2021 HB194 )
• voted FOR restricting parental choice ( 2021 HB251 )

Education

• voted AGAINST education choice ( 2018 SB193, 2021 HB609, 2021 HB278 )
• voted AGAINST repealing the un-Constitutional unfunded mandate that schools provide menstrual products ( 2021 HB458 )
• voted AGAINST requiring students to pass a civics test ( 2021 HB320, 2021 HB319 )

Cost of Living

• voted AGAINST lower energy rates ( 2018 HB592 )
• voted AGAINST reducing business taxes ( 2013 HB434 )
• voted AGAINST reducing tobacco taxes ( 2013 HB335 )
• voted FOR an income tax ( 2018 HB628, 2018 HB628 )
• voted FOR higher electric rates for most users ( 2019 SB165 )

Constitutional Rights

• voted AGAINST prohibiting the suspension of civil liberties even during an emergency ( 2021 HB440 )
• voted AGAINST property rights ( 2022 HB414 )
• voted AGAINST repealing a never-used and unconstitutional infringement on free speech ( 2016 HB1570, 2019 HB124 )
• voted AGAINST rights of conscience ( 2021 HB63 )
• voted AGAINST the right to keep and bear arms ( 2016 HB582, 2016 SB336, 2015 SB116, 2013 HB451 )
• voted FOR restricting property rights ( 2021 HB177, 2021 HB177 )

Right to Life

• voted AGAINST collecting abortion statistics ( 2018 HB471 )
• voted AGAINST making it a crime to kill a wanted fetus ( 2015 HB560, 2015 SB40 )
• voted AGAINST punishing fetal homicide ( 2017 SB66 )

Other

• voted AGAINST prohibiting sex change surgery for minors ( 2018 HB1532

On all of these votes at least 80% – in most cases more than 90% – of Republicans voted the other way.

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First Street Foundation has been releasing cataclysmic climate reports on par with the many failed predictions of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). I wondered whether UCS had passed the sputtering torch of failed climate cataclysm to a “new player.”

Not entirely. UCS is still mucking about, making predictions doomed to fail. First Street is just another pile of Lefty money adding more noise that Marxists at the Portland Press Herald have gotten fond of sharing.

 

The First Street Foundation’s sixth National Risk Assessment: Hazardous Heat study said that because of climate change Androscoggin County will have almost two dozen 90-degree days in an average year by 2053 — the most of any county in the state. Kennebec and York counties follow with 21 90-degree days by 2053.

 

It’s their sixth study, so, not new, but still new enough. The UCS has been getting it wrong for almost 50 years, and we doubt First Street will do any better.

The formula is the same. It’s bad, it’s your fault, but you have to wait thirty years to see if we’re right. Until then, here’s a bunch of government interventions you’ll have to pay for to prevent it. It’ll be expensive, but we promise that a) we’re right and b) with enough of your hard-earned wages and a “small” sacrifice in personal liberties, the government can fix it.

And?

It’s not broken, and even if it were, the government can’t fix anything. Just look at the history of the Democrat party agenda for proof of that. Unless we haggle over the intended meaning of “fix.” Most if not all of the planned “improvements” fix something, just not the thing advertised.

And their record on predictions is abysmal. But you already knew that because you are a regular reader of these pages. From politicians to pundits, pseudo-scientists, to actual scientists on the Cult payroll, we’ve shared dozens of cataclysmic prophecies, none of which has come to pass or whose effects have anything to do with CO2 or warming. And that’s important.

The climate does change. In New England, from day to day. No one denies that. But we are happy to refute the nonsense groups like UCS and First Street peddle for their Marxist paymasters. The cabal of elites that use scary weather predictions to advance socialist economic policy.

This business about Maine is no different. As is the likelihood that these predictions will fail because getting it right isn’t even the point.

Reaching escape velocity is. Rags like the Portsmouth Press Herald are forever seeking eyeball-gathering disaster predictions to make their medium appear relevant. But if you went back 162 years to its beginnings, how many of these headlines and climate predictions that include statements by experts would turn out to be true?

Few to none.

The climate fraud game is as old as time. Leverage fear to centralize command and control infrastructure at great expense. First Street Foundation is just another mule releasing “reports” based on “research” calculated with models that can’t predict much even a few days out, let alone thirty years from now. The earth’s climate system is too complex, and their goal is so much more mundane.

Pump out garbage to scare people into giving up their western lifestyle and use the press to legitimize it.

And we’re happy to point that out.

 

 

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If a NHGOP-Establishment candidate wins a primary, the mantra will be “UNITY.” For example, if Mowers wins the CD-1 primary we will be told over-and-over-and-over again … by the same voices who refused to support Trump in 2016 and 2020 … that all that matters now is defeating Chris Pappas, that Mowers may not have been your first choice but we have to focus on what UNTES us not what divides us, UNITY, UNITY, UNITY.

EMPTY WORDS … because Sun-King Sununu and his cronies have no intention of supporting Don Bolduc if he is the nominee. Indeed, Sununu’s left-brain, Paul Collins, said as much, without directly saying so, when asked by NH-NeverTrump Journal, if Sununu would support Bolduc:

Granite State Republican insiders tell NHJournal the governor’s brutal attacks on Bolduc mean it is all but certain he will endorse in the race. “How can you say the front-runner isn’t acceptable and then sit on the sidelines and watch him win?” one NHGOP insider said.

So, would Sununu back Bolduc if he becomes the party’s nominee to take on Sen. Maggie Hassan, another target of the governor’s attacks?

“As he always has, the Governor plans to support the republican ticket in November,” said Sununu senior advisor Paul Collins.

Collins could have said YES. He didn’t. Collins could have said that Sun-King will support the nominee. He didn’t. “Support[ing] the Republican ticket in November” is Establishment-speak for Sununu and his cronies have NO intention of supporting Bolduc. They just can’t say so directly because that would make it difficult to preach UNITY if their candidates win in CD-1 and CD-2.

By the way, this is NOT an endorsement of Bolduc. I haven’t decided if or how I’ll vote, but if I were to vote right now it would likely be for Fenton. And, to be clear, this is NOT an endorsement of Fenton either.

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Tim Baxter is running for NH’s Congressional District 1, and he participated in the Government Integrity Project’s (GIP) debate for that office this past weekend (link here, debate begins at 51:40).

That was followed up with an interview last night with the GIP’s Ken Eyring and Tom Murray.

Eyring and Murray found Baxter to be a confident, thoughtful, personable, and well-spoken individual who says what he means and means what he says… something that is sorely missing in Congress.

“Increasingly, the vote for Speaker is not only the first vote, the most important… but it’s almost the only vote that matters. And that’s because the Speakership in Congress, which is suppose to be the people’s branch – it’s really run like a dictatorship unfortunately. There’s no amendments, there’s no Bills that are voted on unless the Speaker of the House consents to it.

“The vote for Speaker is not just about getting a conservative, but about getting someone who isn’t corrupt in office, and that’s why I am so strongly against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker.”

Related: Now I Know Why Matt Mowers is Hiding in His Basement Like Joe Biden

When Baxter was asked how he would cast his vote for Speaker, he said Chip Roy or Andy Biggs, and added he keeps hearing the name Andy Biggs from the people who are steadfast on voting against McCarthy.

Later on in the interview, he said,

“The GIP debate was really important for me because it allowed me to distinguish myself from [Karoline] Leavitt.”

“If you are someone who considers yourself a fighter or a Constitutionalist… most of those people are probably deciding between us two.”

“That was really important that I could distinguish myself. We’re running an ad with it now. It’s been on national television that exchange multiple times so, that debate might be more important than the WMUR for me.”

Here is that exchange:

My RINO opponent @kleavittnh is LYING to the people of New Hampshire. She endorsed @GOPLeader and he still wouldn't endorse her. SAD! pic.twitter.com/QvymYZo9BS

— Tim Baxter (@TimBaxterNH) August 17, 2022

Tim Baxter has the receipts regarding how he would represent NH,

“My record as a State Representative has been fighting for the Constitution. I have 100% with the HRA which is NH’s constitutional group. You swore an oath when you become a member of Congress, you swear an oath to the Constitution, not to the swamp.”

The fact that Baxter has a proven voting record is meaningful. Voters have an opportunity to review how he has represented NH in the statehouse – which is an excellent indicator of how he would represent NH in Washington.”

Here is Tim’s interview with the GIP co-founders:

There will be at least three more CD-1 debates before the September 13th GOP Primary: Jack Heath (Radio) this coming Tuesday, WMUR a week before the election, followed two days later by Chris Ryan on the radio.

There are good candidates running for the GOP CD-1 nomination. Baxter is clearly one of them.

 

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The political Left has been obsessed with population control since before Hitler. From contraception to wage and job antics to actual castration preventing lesser persons from procreating is a hallmark of the progressive pursuit of Utopia. Gender-affirming surgery looks to me to be more of the same.

This strange cult has one major sponsor—the ideological descendants of the progressive social engineers. And what better way to hollow out the gene pool than by creating a cultural concept (Gender spectrum), a legal protection framework (gender rights), and a clinical process (gender-affirming surgery) that is defended as if it were a hill on which to die (as long as it is someone else doing the dying).

The machine uses its monopoly on education to effectively mind-f*** other people’s kids into thinking they are the opposite sex and then insists it is a natural right to allow the same machine to mutilate and disfigure them with chemicals or surgery.

Culture and peer pressure create an army of parents with Munchehasuen by proxy who just go along with it. Others are undermined by a system intent on separating future generations from their parents for strictly political reasons.

Anyone who objects is a hater, a bigot, guilty of discrimination, and pilloried in public for objecting to the propagandizing and mutilation of children.

Millions of lives could be affected. A culling of the masses and at least a few others, all of whom are simply proving themselves unworthy by how easily they are convinced by people who will genealogically inherit the earth.

Many, perhaps a majority of those modified, we’ll eventually commit suicide resulting in a body count that may one day make genocidal authoritarians like Hilter, Mao, and Stalin look like pikers.

 

 

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