Math is Mike Pence’s friend. In a stump-style speech in Manchester, Pence rolled through the numbers on the U.S. economy in the first year of the Trump administration and, by […]
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President Trump Brings Big Government to the Granite State to Fight Opioid Addiction—And Republicans Cheer!
Based on the enthusiastic response to President Donald Trump’s speech in New Hampshire, the era of small government is over. The crowd at Manchester Community College on Monday was in […]
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Jeff Flake’s Throwdowns on Donald Trump Brought NH Audience to Its Feet
Standing ovations are rare at the “Politics and Eggs” breakfasts—two longtime attendees told me they’d never seen one, while a spokesperson for the New Hampshire Institute of Politics called them […]
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Weather Postpones Kristol NH Visit. Will He Head to Iowa Instead?
Late Monday afternoon, the hosts of the “Politics and Eggs” event in New Hampshire sent out a note announcing that Wednesday’s provocative visit by commentator and prominent #NeverTrumper Bill Kristol […]
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Warren Out, Kristol In?
Senator Elizabeth Warren made headlines Sunday morning with her repeated assertions that “I am not running for president in 2020.” But is another 2020 storyline unfolding under the radar? On Wednesday, […]
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Turning Away GOP Customers in NH May Not Be Smart, But It’s Not Illegal
When the Used Apple Store of Derry, NH announced that Republican customers would be turned away—for being “evil”—it wasn’t doing anything illegal. Or, it turns out, all that unusual. The […]
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Democrats Have Picked Up 41 State Legislative Seats Nationwide Since Trump Took Office
Spagnuolo Flips GOP Held Seat The Belknap County seat became vacant when 8-term Republican Don Flanders passed away. New Hampshire Republican heavyweights like Gov. Chris Sununu campaigned for their candidate […]
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The Smallest “Big Tent” in American Politics: Is There Room for a Pro-Life Democrat? (Updated)
Spagnuolo: “I Believe in the Sanctity of Life” For decades, New Hampshire lore has been filled with tales of rare, exotic creatures: Wood Devils of the North Country, Bigfoot sightings […]
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Schools Failing to Educate Kids Now Want to Treat Their Mental Health
There’s never a moment in the world of public education that it’s safe to let your guard down. Just when you begin to think the tide is beginning to turn […]
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With Temps Falling, New England Relies Increasingly on Oil for Excess Generation Capacity
In 2017, it was a polar vortex. Now 2018 is off to a frigid start with a so-called “bomb cyclone” that has sent temperatures plummeting on the East Coast and […]