NH Rep. Brandon Phinney switches to Libertarian Party

CONCORD, N.H. – Rep. Brandon Phinney (Strafford 24), formerly a member of the Republican Party, announced today on the State House steps he is changing his party affiliation to Libertarian.

For the third time this year, a sitting state legislator has left his party and joined the LP. Rep. Caleb Q. Dyer (Hillsborough 37) switched to Libertarian from Republican in February, and Rep. Joseph Stallcop (Cheshire 4) left the Democratic Party in May. |More…

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Inspectors find 24 violations at White River Junction VA Hospital

Federal inspectors have ordered the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction to improve its standards for patient care in 24 areas.

The Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs described the issues at the hospital in a report Tuesday. The report was based on a Dec. 5 site visit. |More…

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Man sentenced for illegal attempt to buy guns in NH town

CONCORD — A Massachusetts man was sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison for an illegal effort to purchase two firearms.

According to court documents, Michael Younge, 27, formerly of Framingham and Boston, Massachusetts, and three friends, Rafael Soriano, Adrian Aleman, and Tasha Gardner visited a federally licensed firearms dealer in Hooksett. Only Gardner was legally eligible to buy handguns. | More…

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CNN Producer Says Russia Narrative “Mostly bullsh*t …”

(NEW YORK) — Project Veritas has released a video of CNN Producer John Bonifield who was caught on hidden camera admitting that there is no proof to CNN’s Russia narrative.

“I mean, it’s mostly bullsh*t right now,” Bonifield says. “Like, we don’t have any giant proof.” | More…

| Project Veritas

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Claremont NH Schools Outsource Food Service

Claremont — Fresh fruit and vegetables, made to order sandwiches and more locally sourced foods are being promised to students returning to Claremont schools this fall following the School Board’s vote to contract with The Abbey Group, of Enosburg, Vt., for food services.

The School Board voted Wednesday after hearing the recommendation of the food services committee — two board members and four staff members — for The Abbey Group over Fresh Picks Cafe of Manchester. The school district has been providing its own food service but officials have been discussing moving to an outside service for a few years. The food services committee has spent several months looking at the different options. |More…

*|Valley News 

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Man gets 12 years in prison for selling fatal fentanyl dose

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man has been sentenced in federal court in New Hampshire to 12 years in prison for distributing fentanyl told to a man who died of an overdose.

Court documents say 62-year-old Kenneth Chapman, formerly of Kingston, New Hampshire, sold the drug to an Atkinson man last year who was found dead the next day. | More…

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Sex case in which student baked bread as penance called off

BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — The sexual assault trial of a former student from an elite New Hampshire prep school who was encouraged to bake bread for his accuser as an act of weekly “penance” has been called off by the prosecutor. | More…

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Free State Project EXPOSED! How Libertarians Took Over New Hampshire

On May 24 2017 I attended, “Exposing the Free State Project,” 90 minutes of slander and lies by Zandra Rice Hawkins. Hawkins is a propagandist with Granite State Progress, a political arm of the New Hampshire Democrats. She apparently missed her calling as a preacher of the fire and brimstone variety, given the fear, mistrust, and terror she attempted to sow throughout the crowd. | More…

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The Emperor’s New Climate

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It Looks Like Justice Gorsuch is Good On Gun Rights. Very Good.

“The most natural reading of this definition encompasses public carry. I find it extremely improbable that the Framers understood the Second Amendment to protect little more than carrying a gun from the bedroom to the kitchen.” |More…

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