Category Archives: Local NH Politics
Girard at Large: On Air News Read for August 30, 2017
New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald and Secretary of State Bill Gardner issued a statement yesterday saying that archived copies of the state’s voter database won’t be turned over to the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity or available to the … Continue reading
Posted in Girard At Large, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News
Tagged News Read, Rich Girard
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Dartmouth Professors Show Support for Lecturer After Antifa Interviews
More than 100 faculty members at Dartmouth College have signed a letter to Philip J. Hanlon, its president, asking him to retract a statement that disavows comments by Mark Bray, a lecturer. Since this month’s deadly rally in Charlottesville, Va., Mr. Bray … Continue reading
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Tagged Antifa, Chronicle.com, Dartmouth, Mark Bray, Professors, Support
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NH Attorney general warns of Harvey assistance scams
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s attorney general is asking people to be cautious before donating to help those who are in need in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Gordon MacDonald says every time disaster strikes, there are scam artists … Continue reading
Justice Alito temporarily blocks order for Texas voting map to be redrawn
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday agreed to a request from Texas officials to temporarily block a lower court order directing Texas to redraw two of the state’s 36 congressional districts. The case, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott v. Shannon Perez, centers on … Continue reading
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Tagged Congressional Districts, Greg Abbott, Justice Alito, Texas
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Why Officials Didn’t Order The Evacuation Of Houston.
As Hurricane Harvey churned toward the Texas coast, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told people to stay put. Don’t evacuate, he said. Ride out the storm. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sounded a different note, telling Houstonians that if he were living in the … Continue reading
Data Point – Traffic deaths….Colorado….pot
Federal and state data show that the number of drivers involved in fatal crashes in Colorado who tested positive for marijuana has more than doubled since 2013. A Denver Post analysis of the data and coroner reports provides the most comprehensive look … Continue reading
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Tagged Colarado, Fatalities, Marijuana, Motor Vehicles, Pot
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Libertarians wrestle with the alt-right
Christopher Cantwell, the self-described anti-Semite and alt-right activist who starred in a viral Vice News documentary about the deadly protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, is now facing three charges based on his conduct. Unlike some of the other marchers, Cantwell was … Continue reading
L.A. Mayor to Spend the Day in New Hampshire
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will be in New Hampshire Monday afternoon. Garcetti will be spending the day stumping for Manchester Mayoral candidate Joyce Craig. The Democratic mayor will start the day meeting with volunteers. He’ll then head to a happy … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Local NH Politics
Tagged Eric Garcetti, Joyce Craig, Los Angeles, Manchester
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Black-clad antifa attack peaceful right wing demonstrators in Berkeley
Their faces hidden behind black bandannas and hoodies, about a 100 anarchists and antifa — “anti-fascist” — barreled into a protest Sunday afternoon in Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park. Jumping over plastic and concrete barriers, the group melted into a larger … Continue reading
Student body prez: UC-Berkeley ‘not bound to Constitution’
American and African American Studies Assistant Professor Michael Cohen took to Twitter on August 23 to demonstrate his outrage with the decision (By Berkeley) and chastise the administration for failing to ban the speakers from campus. “Our campus has responded … Continue reading
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Tagged African American Studies, Assistant Professor, Michael Cohen, US Berkeley
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The New Media Militia 