Twenty-one arrested as hundreds of Trump supporters and counter protesters clash at Berkeley rally.
As one tweet stated, “The utterly predictable consequence of ‘punching Nazis’ as a strategy.” This is particularly true when the so-called “Nazi punchers” are themselves the Nazis despite their claim to be antifascist. It seems most of the antifascists seen running away in the distance are dressed in black. Kind of ironic, eh? More thoughts…
Rich shared about the obstruction that House Speaker Shawn Jasper is leveling against Republicans. He read a post that State Representative Victoria Sullivan posted on Facebook and shared about a failure of leadership in the House. Source page
Casino Free NH Friends:
Just a quick reminder that the SB 242 casino hearing in Ways & Means is tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18. We hold our press conference at 9 AM, and if you can stand as a backdrop to our speakers, we’d be grateful. Meet in the lobby of the Legislative Office Building at 9:00 AM, and the conference kicks off at 9:15.
After the press conference, the Ways & Means hearing starts at 10 AM, LOB Rooms 202-204. There are four representatives on the fence, so your testimony and/or presence could make the difference.
Please sign the sheet in opposition to the bill when you go in You don’t need to speak, but you should check in. If you can’t stay for the hearing, please sign the opposition sheet before you leave.
Thanks for being there for New Hampshire!
Brian Beihl
Casino Free NH
603-620-8300
A recent motion to remove Henniker select board chairman Kris Blomback from his position for allegedly violating state right-to-know laws was called “appalling” and “inappropriate” by other board members. More…
Get Your New Media Militia updates on Facebook or Twitter
*Print media sites may limit content or require a subscription
Mother Cecilia, who was born in Manchester as Marie-Josephine Clarice Gaudette, is the oldest person living in Italy and the fifth oldest in the world. She turned 115 on March 25 at the Rome, Italy convent where she has lived since 1958. More…
| UL
Get Your New Media Militia updates on Facebook or Twitter
*Print media sites may limit content or require a subscription
With Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on board, advocates for marijuana decriminalization hope this is the year New Hampshire joins its New England neighbors in removing criminal penalties for possessing pot.
But the measure is facing challenges in the Senate, where lawmakers aligned with police chiefs are working to water it down. More…
On Wednesday, the Bedford Town Council will once again be discussing whether or not to put a cell tower in place in an area where residents have already fought against it. The previous tower was proposed to be at 190 feet. The new tower is proposed to be at 130. Why the difference – the application for the tower at 190 feet would have to be approved by the zoning board again, the same board that didn’t pass it before. At 130 feet, the tower only has to be approved by the Bedford Town Council. And that’s where the story gets interesting. More…
If you are receiving an email every time a new post is published on the New Media Militia but would rather get a daily digest, here’s how to do that.
At the bottom of every email update, you should see a link to manage subscriptions.
Click ‘Manage Subscriptions.’ This should open a browser page that allows you to change how you receive your email updates. To get one daily digest select the drop down for New Media Militia and choose daily. Save the change.
You can change this setting anytime you like by following these instructions.
Thanks for following The New Media Militia.
Three small Granite State towns — Harrisville, Dublin, and Lyme — voted at town meetings last month to declare themselves as “sanctuary towns.” However, bigger areas like Durham, home to the University of New Hampshire, and Portsmouth failed to pass similar measures. Students at Dartmouth College in Hanover passed around a petition after the November election seeking for the university to declare itself a “sanctuary school.” More…
The conservative view is that Republicans propose letting New Hampshire Businesses keep an additional $81 million they earned, that the state is opting not to plunder those earnings. So why not say, state lawmakers propose giving $81 million back to New Hampshire’s business owners? Flavor it with some “hard working families” or “engines of the economy.” Look, free stimulus! More…
The New Media Militia 