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Dissent, Terrorism, Insurrection and Running for Office
The Biden DHS Provides a Rationale for Lawsuits to Prevent People from Running for Office. Democrats' prospects in 2022 appear bleak due to a variety of factors. Democrats in DC have pursued several paths to 2022 success in spite of their poor record. A failed take...
Constitutional Amendment (CACR 36) to Require Voters to be Residents of NH
The Proposed Constitutional Amendment (CACR 36) Would Limit Voting to NH and US Citizens Sen. Regina Birdsell has filed legislation that would amend the New Hampshire Constitution to ensure that only citizens of the United States and citizens of New Hampshire can vote...
Why School Choice is the Most Powerful Reform
By Andrew Cline of the Josiah Bartlett Center. As School Choice Week kicks off, it’s worth considering why there’s no such thing as Grocery Choice Week. Or Clothing Choice Week. Or Home Choice Week. When it comes to the basic necessities of life — food, clothing and...
Filibuster Prevails Thanks to Sens. Manchin, Sinema and Senate Republicans
Senate Democrats Fail to End the Filibuster and Take Over Elections. On January 19, 2020, Senate Leader Schumer attempted to pass their Federal Election takeover. Granite State Taxpayers has reported on his plan and the positions of NH Senators Shaheen and Hassan....
“Zuckerbucks” and the 2020 Election
GST has previously commented on Issues from the 2020 Election that Undermined its Integrity. In a recent Imprimis from Hillsdale College, Mollie Hemingway sheds a whole new light on integrity issues. We're familiar with Facebook and its actions to stifle speech that...
Is Ensuring Election Integrity Anti-Democratic?
GST has previously commented on Election Issues relative to Absentee and "Mail-In" voting. In a recent Imprimis from Hillsdale College, John R. Lott, Jr. comments on those same issues. He presents an interesting comparison between US laws on absentee voting and laws...
Schumer Plans US Senate Vote on Filibuster and Freedom to Vote Act
Democrats are desperate to pass S.2747, the Freedom to Vote Act. Like H.R. 1, S.2747 is a Federal takeover of voting laws and impose practices known to enable fraud. Democrats need to move quickly to counter State Legislatures working to fix problems found in 2020....
Executive Council Reports from Councilor Janet Stevens for 2021
Executive Councilor Janet Stevens Reports on Meetings of the Executive Council. Councilor Stevens issues periodic reports to inform constituents about business conducted there. We're happy to post her status reports on issues before the Executive Council. It's...
Vose: The Real Energy Efficiency Problem
Granite State utility ratepayers owe the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission a big high five. It said “No” in November to a plan to double the cost of an energy efficiency program known as NHSaves. The commission prevented an increase that would have required...
Norquist: After Biden’s Bumpy 2021, What Will 2022 Look Like?
The first year of the Joe Biden administration is drawing to a close. What happened in the last 12 months in American politics and policy? Biden was elected promising to end COVID and unite the country. That didn’t happen. Now in response to the Omicron variant, Biden...