Car manufacturers make little, if any, money on EV sales. A dearth of charging stations discourages new buyers, who are also put off by high sticker prices. Sales of new electric vehicles have dropped off, as have used resale values. Manufacturers nevertheless proclaim these machines are here to stay and that they will keep making them regardless of whether consumers are willing to buy them. This upside-down sales plan may prove troubling for carmakers and consumers alike.

An Unusual Business Model

If traditional business models were in play, manufacturers would presumably produce cars that buyers desire rather than seek to create a market that doesn’t exist. However, in the ideological milieu of climate change urgency, the corporate tail seeks to wag the consumer dog, fueled by massive state and federal subsidies, EPA regulations that penalize gas-powered vehicle manufacture, and relentless propaganda that EVs will save the world. This tension between buyer and seller will unfold over time as either a win for green technology as sales improve or a loss for carmakers as buyers favor gasoline over electricity for transportation.

Car manufacturers have entered into an adversarial relationship with the majority of their customer base. One recent poll reported that 46% of respondents claimed they were unlikely or very unlikely to buy an EV. Of the electric units currently sold, 78% are categorized as “premium” or high-priced models. Mainstream American buyers are discouraged by high prices, range anxiety (fears of running out of power), and a lack of charging stations. Wealthier buyers are more likely to afford home charging stations as well as fancier chariots. It is unclear how manufacturers propose to bridge this stubborn divide.

Charging stations remain a sticky wicket for most buyers. Although the Biden administration pledged $7.5 billion to install charging stations nationally, to date there are only about 40,000, and a quarter of those are in California. The Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory counsels that at least 180,000 charging stations will be required by 2030. This chicken-and-egg competition between EVs and the stations needed to charge them will continue until sufficient charging facilities have been installed, which industry advocates claim will help EV sales turn the corner.

However, consumer complaints about charging reliability compound the availability problem. Increasingly, claims of environmental benefits are dented by revelations that lithium mines and aluminum smelting for EVs adversely impact the ecosystem. Grid capacity to meet the demands of those theoretical 180,000 stations is also in question. Consequently, resale values have plummeted for existing models.

New EPA tailpipe emission rules effectively mandate that 56% of all new car sales will be EVs by 2032, yet that percentage far exceeds current sales levels. Inflation remains sticky, the economy is wobbling, and President Biden just slapped Chinese EVs with a 100% tariff. In such a climate, the competition for car sales appears to be less between consumers and manufacturers and more between policymakers, regulators, and money printers.

The EV Future

General Motors and Ford still need to make a profit in EV sales, and both companies seek to design more affordable vehicles with broader model options. Despite slumping sales and high pricing, GM CEO Mary Barra claims the company remains committed to a 100% electric car fleet – regardless of how many Americans still want to buy a gas-powered car. GM claims it plans to sell exclusively electric models by 2035.  Historically, consumers have driven product demand, but today’s manufacturers have put the cart before the horse. According to Ford CEO Jim Farley, “the journey on EVs is inevitable, in our eyes.” And a GM spokesperson told NPR: “Although the rate of growth has slowed recently, EV demand is clearly moving in the right direction.”

It may be that manufacturers can successfully dictate demand for future car purchases to their customer base. Should the economy decline, food and housing inflation persist, charging stations remain a pipe dream, and reliability of vehicles and chargers continue to be problematic, the best-laid climate plans of carmakers may leave behind showrooms full of new EV museum pieces while workers are laid off and consumers favor affordable, vintage, gas-powered transport. This showdown will determine the outcome of the current tension between car manufacturers and their reluctant buyers, which one observer aptly described as “a troubling gap between expectations and reality.”

 

John Klar is an Attorney, farmer, and author. Mostly farmer… And Regular Contributor to GraniteGrok and VermontGrok.

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If you submitted an Op-Ed and we didn’t publish it (yet), there’s a good reason. Our stable of contributors (Groksters) has been cranking out a lot of material. Last week, I addressed this (to some degree) by dropping a lot more content than usual, but I’m reluctant to do it again.

When we exceed a certain threshold for updates, people stop clicking and reading. Put another way, it doesn’t increase traffic, and fewer people will likely read your content. Upcoming site design changes might mitigate that, and on that point, the design team tried uploading a test version of the new site to the new server. There were some issues, and they are working them out.

Anyway, new site – soon. I hope. And the home page layout is different from anything we’ve ever done before. The goal is a wider appeal to broader audiences across New England and the Nation. We’re Still GraniteGrok, but we’ve sorted things so people can get to what they want to ‘Grok! —New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Regional staff, National Stuff, and Global Stuff. They each have their own section on the home page and their own “page behind that,” and while some topics will cross categories – and the stuff up top will be the most recent, it’s … different.

I hope you like it. We also expect it to be quite a bit faster than the old one. I have not seen what the mobile version looks like, but once this is up and stable, debugged, tweaked, and seamless, we’ll move on to the mobile app, and that shouldn’t matter so much.

Fundraising.

The economy sucks, and we appreciate you giving what you can when you can, but I am obligated to bring it up a lot because this only works if we raise enough funds. Last year, we did well, but we did not raise enough, and I had to take part-time work to make up the difference. It is work I can mostly do from home. But I do it for several hours every day, so I am not free to do any of the reporting from Concord or event hopping I’d hoped to do. The session is over, so there’s that, but the campaign season has jump-started at the State level, and we will miss out on most of that, events, and so on.

I’m fine if you don’t care about us reporting from campaign events, but there are other stories we won’t be able to chase or follow up on. I get a lot of stuff I can’t commit to because of the time required to do it properly. I don’t have it.

We’ll get there at some point, just not this year and not yet.

We are currently raising funds for fiscal 2025, and we have a long way to go. It is mid-June, and we’ve got about 13% of what we need. At a minimum, we need to get to 60%, which is what happened last year. The recently updated ads to fundraise have resulted in some response, but since neither Skip nor I is any good at this part, it is a problem. And everyone is asking for money: campaigns, non-Protifts, Activists, and us.

If you are good at this fundraising thing, we could use your help.

Other Business

There is no word yet on whether we will attempt another Groktoberfest this year. Planning will have to start soon, and as noted above, we need to find ways to cover expenses. It’s an election year, so we’ll see what the venue situation looks like and what the costs are. We did make some money on last year’s event, so it is worth looking at.

And, as always, Thanks for reading!

 

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“Representative” Jessica Grill … remember her bitter clingers? The “State Rep” is either actually a thirteen-year-old who lives on TikTok or who aspires to be a thirteen-year-old who lives on TikTok. The “State Rep” who ideates about having sex with older men on her X.

Well, here she goes again. Dropping “F-bombs’ on her X, presumably to try to convince herself that she is just so young and hip and cool.

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Wooden phone cases are a unique and stylish option that combines natural beauty with modern functionality. These cases offer a distinctive look and feel that sets them apart from the more common plastic or silicone options.

This section will explore the various aspects of wooden phone cases, highlighting their benefits, materials, and the craftsmanship involved.

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What is a Wooden Phone Case? Understanding Its Unique Appeal

A wooden phone case is made from natural wood, often combined with other materials like leather or TPU for added protection and flexibility. These cases are handcrafted, ensuring that each one has a unique pattern and texture.

Key Benefits of Wooden Phone Cases:

1. Aesthetic Appeal: The natural grain and texture of wood provide a unique and elegant look, making each case a one-of-a-kind accessory.
2. Eco-Friendly: Wood is a renewable resource, making wooden cases an environmentally friendly option compared to plastic cases.
3. Durability: High-quality wooden cases are treated with oils and waxes to protect against moisture and wear, ensuring long-lasting use.
4. Comfort: Wooden cases offer a warm, comfortable feel in hand, contrasting with the often cold and slippery feel of plastic or metal cases.

What Material is Best for Wooden Phone Cases? Exploring Options

Wooden phone cases can be made from various types of wood, each offering different characteristics and benefits. Below is a comparison of popular woods used in phone cases.

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Why Choose a Wooden Phone Case? Comparing Benefits

When deciding on a phone case, it’s essential to consider the benefits that different materials offer. Wooden cases provide several advantages that make them an attractive option for many users.

Comparison of Wooden Phone Cases vs. Other Materials:

Woodgraw’s wooden cases stand out due to their unique design and the natural beauty of the materials used. The combination of wood and leather not only offers robust protection but also adds a touch of sophistication to your device. Each case is handcrafted, ensuring that no two cases are exactly alike.

Craftsmanship and Care: Ensuring Longevity of Wooden Phone Cases

Wooden phone cases require careful craftsmanship to ensure their durability and beauty. Woodgraw’s artisans take pride in their work, from selecting the best quality wood to applying natural oils and waxes for protection. This attention to detail ensures that each case not only looks stunning but also provides long-lasting protection for your phone.

Caring for Your Wooden Phone Case:

1. Cleaning: Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the surface of the case. Avoid using harsh chemicals or abrasive materials.
2. Maintenance: Periodically treat the case with a small amount of natural oil to maintain its finish and protect against moisture.
3. Handling: Handle with care to avoid drops and impacts, which can damage the wood.

By choosing a wooden phone case, you not only protect your phone but also make a statement with a unique and eco-friendly accessory. Woodgraw’s dedication to quality and craftsmanship ensures that each case is a masterpiece, ready to complement your style and enhance your device.

Customization and Personalization: Making Your Wooden Phone Case Unique

One of the standout features of wooden phone cases is the ability to customize and personalize them. Unlike mass-produced plastic cases, wooden cases offer a canvas for individual expression and unique designs.

Customization Options for Wooden Phone Cases

Engraving: Many wooden phone cases can be personalized with engraved designs, names, or initials. This adds a personal touch and makes the case truly one-of-a-kind.

Mixing Materials: Combining wood with other materials like leather or metal can create a distinctive look. For example, Woodgraw offers cases that blend natural wood with high-quality leather, providing both aesthetic appeal and enhanced functionality.

Design Variations: Wooden phone cases come in various designs, from minimalistic and sleek to intricate and detailed. Choose a design that reflects your personality and style.

Wood Types and Finishes: Different types of wood and finishes can be selected to match your preferences. Whether you prefer the dark, rich tones of walnut or the light, elegant look of maple, there’s a wooden case to suit your taste.

Sustainability and Environmental Impact: The Eco-Friendly Choice

In today’s environmentally conscious world, choosing eco-friendly products is more important than ever. Wooden phone cases offer a sustainable alternative to plastic and synthetic materials.

Sustainable Sourcing: Reputable manufacturers, like Woodgraw, ensure that their wood is sourced from sustainable forests. This helps in maintaining ecological balance and promoting responsible forestry practices.

Biodegradability: Unlike plastic, which can take centuries to decompose, wood is biodegradable. This means that wooden phone cases have a significantly lower environmental impact at the end of their lifecycle.

Reduced Carbon Footprint: The production process for wooden cases typically has a lower carbon footprint compared to plastic or metal cases. This is due to the natural, less energy-intensive processes involved in woodworking.

Support for Local Artisans: Purchasing a handcrafted wooden phone case often supports local artisans and small businesses, promoting sustainable economic practices and preserving traditional craftsmanship.

Practical Tips for Choosing the Right Wooden Phone Case

Selecting the perfect wooden phone case involves considering several factors. Here are some practical tips to guide your decision:

Compatibility: Ensure that the wooden case you choose is compatible with your specific phone model. Check for precise cutouts for buttons, ports, and the camera.

Protection Level: Consider how much protection you need. If you frequently drop your phone, look for a wooden case with reinforced corners and shock-absorbing features.

Weight and Thickness: Wooden cases can vary in weight and thickness. Choose a case that offers a good balance between protection and comfort in hand.

Aesthetic Preferences: Think about the look and feel you prefer. Different woods and finishes can create vastly different appearances, from rustic and rugged to polished and refined.

Budget: Wooden phone cases can range in price. While high-quality handcrafted cases may be more expensive, they often provide better durability and a more unique appearance.

Testimonials and User Experiences: Real Feedback from Wooden Case Users

To provide a well-rounded view, it’s helpful to consider the experiences of others who have used wooden phone cases. Here are some testimonials from users:

Emma, Graphic Designer: “I love my Woodgraw phone case! The walnut wood gives it a classy look, and I get compliments on it all the time. Plus, it’s surprisingly durable.”

Alex, Environmental Activist: “Choosing a wooden case was an easy decision for me. It’s eco-friendly, and I appreciate the craftsmanship that goes into each case. My bamboo case has held up well over the past year.”

Sarah, Student: “I had my initials engraved on my oak phone case, and it turned out beautifully. It’s a great conversation starter and fits my phone perfectly.”

Conclusion

Wooden phone cases offer a unique combination of natural beauty, durability, and eco-friendliness. With various customization options and the ability to support sustainable practices, they provide an excellent alternative to traditional phone cases. Whether you’re looking for a stylish accessory or a robust protective case, wooden phone cases like those from Woodgraw are a fantastic choice. Embrace the elegance of nature and protect your device with a case that’s as unique as you are.

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It was in the low to mid-90s the past two days and will be the same today. Everyone around here is looking for ways to stay cool, checking on elderly neighbors, and keeping their pets indoors. But one thousand nine hundred fifty miles west of me, they got a foot of snow.

A low pressure system will bring heavy wet snow to portions of the Northern Rockies, increasing the risk of power outages and leading to difficult backcountry conditions tonight into Tuesday. Key messages are provided in the graphic below.

6/16 – ICYMI: A low pressure system will bring heavy wet snow to portions of the Northern Rockies, increasing the risk of power outages and leading to difficult backcountry conditions tonight into Tuesday. Key messages are provided in the graphic below. #mtwx #idwx pic.twitter.com/bNBFhRvIEe

— NWS Missoula (@NWSMissoula) June 17, 2024

I blame global warming. It is the cause of everything – the proverbial Satan with Western worshipers who want nothing more than to be comfortable, which is an interesting coincidence. I got an email from our electricity provider in the days before the sweltering heat descended upon us. Their suggestion was to find ways to use less electricity. You don’t hear that when it’s cold and snowy – assuming you still have electricity. Freezing to death happens, but so does heat stroke and all that good stuff. This is why they also ask you to care for pets and check on the elderly. But wouldn’t it make more sense to be in a literal position of power? Where the infrastructure can’t wait to handle peak load times like 96-degree days in the Northeast?

It will be hot, but no worries—we have the capacity to spare. So stay cool, and remember to check on your elderly relatives and neighbors. And yes, we could make fists full of money, but your electric usage is your choice. We’re just happy to be able to provide when called upon.

That’s not the world you get to live in when the prevailing position of “leadership” is that you must learn to do with less.

That’s not America. And I’m not saying anyone should be wasteful or misuse the resources. I am suggesting that you don’t create anything, especially comfort, when your priority is convincing people to have less, do less, and be less.

Montana and Idaho’s snow will melt in a few days (at least at the lower altitudes), while the weather here in New Hampshire will get closer to normal. However, the agenda continues to be about decline and characterized by minimalism while the elites and ruling class spend away our future.

Minimalism should be a choice, not a command.

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We have talked about President Joe Biden freezing three times in the last two weeks. He went into a trance at the Juneteenth festival, surrounded by folks dancing and clapping, but not stoic Joe. He was frozen like a statue.

In Italy, at the G7 meeting, where the heads of state focused on the skydiver who landed closest to the group, Joe was walking off toward another group of divers when he was stopped and turned around by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Finally, Joe was on stage with Barack Obama at a fundraiser when he froze again and was rescued by Obama, who led Joe off the stage. These three situations happened within ten days.

When Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about the situation, she immediately claimed Right-wing media teams manipulated the videos to make the president look especially bad. She called the videos “cheap fake,” and the news agencies should be called out for spreading misinformation or disinformation. KJP is the one who should be called out. The videos in question were official pool feeds of the event and were shown in their entirety. Nobody in the briefing room challenged the liar secretary. KJP is a National Embarrassment. She went on to say these fakes show how desperate the Republicans are that instead of talking about the many accomplishments of Biden, they disparage him instead.

Legacy media joined forces with the White House, and people like Nicole Wallace and Joe Scarborough were apoplectic in their reporting of the Cheap Fakes. These mainstream media outlets had nothing to say about the White House refusing to release the audio version of the President’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. They know the tone of the audio transcript would be very dangerous for the president.

In another document that should be rather innocuous is the Defense Budget proposal. Ordinarily the budget is given its new budget number based on the previous year’s numbers. Fortunately, someone on the Right performed their due diligence and read the budget. Buried in the text was an edict to have every female register for the draft upon her 18th birthday. Republican members of Congress were furious when they learned of the additional verbiage added to the budget and vowed not to vote for any defense bill calling for young women to register for the draft.

KJP lectured the White House Press Pool, and it is disappointing that not a single person stood their ground and told Karine she was wrong. These “reporters” are part of the problem when they hear a blatant falsehood and do not challenge the person spewing the misinformation. They are complicit in their inaction. The actions of the White House are a perfect example of projection, and it is insulting.  I had two articles censored by Facebook last week that contained nothing but facts and opinions. Still,  this woman, who speaks for the President, can lie to us every time her lips move behind the mic is destructive to the government’s credibility. Thankfully we have only seven months left before she is retired.

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The last time I looked at myself in the mirror, I did not see a rabid, clueless, insane, brainless Trump worshipper, as the sheeple of Biden’s flock love to call me – and call 81 million other supporters of Donald Trump.

I see a sensible, rational, independent thinker who possesses self-directed reasoning. I can judge for myself on the issues based on policies of an administration, not on the emotional perceptions and disinformation of character as told by a partisan media.

The Biden sheeple are helplessly captivated by what the Democrat-owned liberal mainstream media tells them. It is all about partisan power. Democrats own the vast majority of all media outlets in this country and, therefore, control the message and control the people.

Most people get their news from the MSM, and they parrot what they’re told. Liberal media perpetuate their unchallenged lies and false claims of Trump and the people believe them. They react emotionally and retaliate with melodramatic name-calling against Trump supporters.

And the hate continues.

Even an intelligent person like attorney Bill Shaheen, in his May 22 op-ed, makes a fool of himself by parroting the false media narrative of Trump being a dictator on day one. Shaheen’s mind appears to be closed to the fact that Trump said he would be ‘dictator’ ONLY on day one – and that was to close our borders.

Shaheen also makes ridiculous claims, without proof, of Trump dismantling military protections. In his first term, President Trump rebuilt our military and he projected strength to our enemies and security to our allies. Trump also signed defense bills providing more than $25 million to support New Hampshire’s Army National Guard. He signed the VA Mission Act which improved access to timely, quality health care for all our veterans.

Shaheen is proud to be a veteran and should be. Our thanks go out to him for his service. However, to denigrate Trump for not answering the call of service without also mentioning that Biden, Obama, and Clinton did not serve in the military exposes Shaheen’s partisan hypocrisy. Shame on him.

If you’ve heard the term ‘kangaroo court’ but never knew what it meant, you’ve now witnessed one in a Manhattan courtroom. This was not a judicial proceeding, it was a political proceeding; a nauseating show of an imperial court system in NYC.

Judge Juan Merchan is compromised. As a Biden political donor he has exhibited judicial partiality by refusing to recuse himself. The Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who initially refused to prosecute the misdemeanor charge against Trump more than seven years ago is equally corrupt. Once Trump announced he is running for president, the charge has been engineered and elevated from a misdemeanor to a felony. It stinks.

The machinations of the case have never been made clear and remain unsolved. How does a misdemeanor charge which DA Bragg, and his predecessor opted not to prosecute seven years ago, now suddenly become a felony? Where is the crime? Does it exist only in the imaginations of a Trump Derangement Syndrome-suffering judge and prosecutor?

It is clearly a case of lawfare and is 100% politically motivated.

The constant attacks against Trump are the primal screams of a dying regime. But the liberal media bias against Trump will continue to captivate the uninformed Trump haters with disinformation and misleading narratives. And the Biden sheeple will remain besotted with the lies.

Biden is the most divisive president ever. His weaponization of the DOJ and the FBI and his targeting of a political opponent is an affront to American Values and Law & Order.

According to the Washington Post Biden’s approval rating is now down to 37%. The lowest rating of any U.S. president in history. Inflation is rampant…prices at the pump and the grocery store continue to hurt Americans. Our borders are in shambles.

Biden keeps saying that no one is above the law. That should include illegals too!

The Biden Administration poses a moral and financial threat to our Democracy. Not to the Democrats’ version of Democracy. But to a Democracy for everyone!

Policies matter. Don’t be brainwashed. Think for yourselves.

 

The UL-published version can be found here.

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“Joe is so effective in spite of his age, but because of it,” Jill Biden said as she addressed a group of seniors this week. The discussion of age is delicate and subjective. The age number is a marker of time since birth but tells little about the condition and quality of one’s life.

Dr. Jill does not understand this concept, as well as many others, as she drew a direct comparison between Joe at 81 and Trump at 78, saying they are virtually the same age. Chronologically, she is correct, but there is no comparison between the two presidents’ energy levels and mental acuities. You just need to open your eyes as you watch these two men go about their duties. The reality of the disparity is so controversial that it is challenging to understand.

Is this woman not looking, or does the First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, have an ulterior motive for encouraging Joe to stay in the race? If the reason is to fatten the retirement fund, then shame on her. If it is to be a safety net for Hunter, then Biden has set America up for another big lie. Biden has already assured America that he will not retaliate and will not pardon or commute his son. Rest assured that should he lose in November or be replaced on the ballot, his last act going out the door will be a pardon or commutation for the First Son.

This election should not be close. It is the first time in modern history that two presidents are running for re-election. This scenario allows us to evaluate their records. Remove the pandemic from Trump’s first term; his results far exceed Biden’s. Biden basically reversed every Trump initiative or achievement on Day One in 2021. After Trump’s gains, Biden’s actions and policies have put America in a dark place. Trump is gaining in the polls as Biden is dropping, but watching these two men and evaluating their plans, the spread should be even more expansive in Trump’s favor.

Now, we have to address the elephant in the room. Can we be assured of a fair election? Unfortunately, the answer is no.

The Democrat’s election playbook is far more advanced than the Republican’s, and not every play is Kosher or legal. They are already the masters of the ballot box. They have the correct message to address Early Voting, Absentee Ballots, Campus Voting, Ballot Harvesting, and Voter Transportation. There is one more new voter activity that should be sounding alarms.

According to the New York Post: Welfare offices and other agencies in 49 US states are providing voter registration forms to migrants without requiring proof of citizenship, leading Republicans and conservatives to call for swift federal action to stop the handouts

Every state but Arizona — which recently passed a law barring the practice on state but not federal forms — gives applicants for either welfare benefits, driver’s licenses, or in some cases, mail-in ballots voter registration forms without demanding proof of citizenship.

There is currently no requirement on federal voting forms to provide proof of US citizenship, though it is illegal to falsely claim one is a citizen or for a non-citizen to cast a ballot in a federal election.

However, millions of migrants with humanitarian parole, refugee, or asylum status are eligible for benefits that would bring them to the offices where voter registration occurs.

The Democrats see these activities as legal, while Republicans contend they are a stretch of election laws. Any questioning of these practices by the Right is labeled as “election interference” by the Left. Trump should defeat Biden handily on a level playing field. With the Left, there is no such field.

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The 2024 Presidential contest is unique in that both candidates’ records are publicly reviewable. This has rarely occurred, and never were they so diametrically different. This available data nullifies the usual campaign boasting and promising and may simplify the choice.

Such an offering, if common sense is still in play, shows that one side is such a total failure that it’s a stretch even to award a “participation trophy” when screwing up has been this damaging and dangerous!

Our political world has been in a reset mode for roughly the last ten years, mainly due to the influence of a non-career candidate who eventually refused payment for his service to our country. Say what? This rare sacrifice has been absent since President Washington. Between these bookends of patriotic integrity are the legions of bureaucrats who seek both the maintenance of power and self-betterment at any cost.

So, comparatively speaking, this division is so stark that the political bias that normally fuels all campaign seasons now centers upon name-calling and slanderous accusations, which are strengthened by this blatant, in-your-face lying, which typifies the desperation from contending against a truthful opponent.

Today’s political restructuring has been a long time in coming since one side has operated in these falsehoods, which over time have been believed in part because “that’s the way it’s always been.”

Occasionally, a truthful approach was presented but neutralized by an avalanche of distortions and false propaganda. In the early fifties, Ohio’s conservative Senator, Robert Taft, was about to be the Republican candidate until “the hero” of WWII, Eisenhower, switched parties and bested Taft in the primary. Then there was Sen. Barry Goldwater in 1964, who was hammered in the media and was falsely connected in a TV commercial depicting a little girl plucking flower petals as an atomic mushroom cloud rises in the background. This slanderous but frightful example signaled future distortions, ala, Trump will start WWIII if elected!

However, the difference between back then and 2016 was the element of surprise. The latter contest featured one side joking, even guaranteeing that Trump would “never be President.” Some were so confident, they even pleaded for him to enter the race, while considering it to be just another promotional stunt from a showman. They failed to listen or even notice that his heart rang with loving words of praise for his country! His opposition was ultimately shocked but the Country benefited greatly!

As stated, today presents a probable election certainty by undeniable comparisons. One side has proven to be beneficial, while the other has yet to promote one problem-solving initiative or simply even one worthwhile suggestion! This feat seems almost impossible when being the leader of the country he is trying to “unify” but actions speak louder than words, always have and always will!

So this is the stage on which the opponents will vie for our Presidency. We need not list the negatives versus the positives, however, maybe a deserving comment or two.

First, why the re-opening of our borders so that who knows who enters but more unsettling, who cares? From this anti-American policy, voters are left wondering just which country our President is serving! Secondly, is the prostitution of this climate hysteria at the point that the gasoline engine is such a devastating enemy that we now must buy electric vehicles! Imagine this “must buy” edict in “the land of the free!” In addition, this Presidential “uniter” has just about outlawed all of America’s oil production while continuing to close our fossil-fuel-generating plants.

No longer can lofty promises combined with slandering the opponent carry the election season to success since campaigning must tackle the impossible task of putting a mask on an ineptness that borders upon treason!

When the lies are intended to dismiss what has already been personally witnessed, the “jig is up!” What else is left? I shuttered to think, especially when talk surfaces about whether Secret Service protection is still warranted when the protected one is a convicted felon! This is a very precarious atmosphere and one that truly defines the meaning of this November.

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On June 15th, Woke-Communist OLIGARCHS like George Clooney and Jimmy Kimmel hosted a “fundraiser” for BidenX … attended by the billionaires that the corrupt “media” keep telling us BidenX is “fighting” for us.

And BidenX had ANOTHER BRAIN FREEZE … and had to be led off the stage LIKE A CHILD by Obama.

 

The Biden “freeze” cut is a single camera shot, never moves off Biden.

This Biden team footage cuts away multiple times, then goes to a far-away cam shot when Biden freezes, before Obama escorts him off by the hand. https://t.co/8FniDbpuVK

— Corey Clayton (@CoreyClayton) June 17, 2024

 

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The Left, moderates and Radicals alike, have banded together to quickly respond and react to any statement they can elaborate on, use to their advantage, and be consistent on topic across the party as quickly as humanly possible. It does not matter if the facts are correct.

If you say something often enough, and the mainstream media covers you and substantiates your story, everyone to the left of reality will believe you.

This week, this coordinated effort to take a sound bite or quote from Donald Trump and twist and manipulate it to mean the opposite of the original. During Trump’s meetings with Republican Congressional members, he allegedly commented about Milwaukee, the host city of the upcoming Republican convention. From people in the room who heard the President firsthand, Trump was commenting on the crime problem in Milwaukee and the status of election integrity in Wisconsin. He referred to both as horrible.

Of course, many who were not in the room, politicians, celebrities, and, of course, the media, took great liberties in quoting the President, who they did not hear. Suddenly, the specific comments on two real situations became a general statement that Milwaukee was a “horrible city.” The media was in a frenzy, and Democrats seized the opportunity to pounce.

This reaction from the Left showed how quickly they could mobilize and distribute a message. Of course, they took to the air with their versions of Trump’s words, billboards went up in Milwaukee to show the residents what the Former President thought of them, t-shirts and pins were available to commemorate the moment, and nobody asked the one simple, basic question of these people; were you in the room and what did the President say.

With a President who has gone into three deep freezes in the last week, the Democrats have a candidate who embarrasses more often than enlightens, no policies that the public will embrace, and a track record that has nothing to brag about. They have no choice but to turn up the gaslighting and outright lie.

Karine Jean-Pierre held the first White House Press Briefing in three and one-half weeks. This is unconscionable at a time when we have two wars, a border still in crisis, and an election in about five months. She had to know she would field questions on Biden’s recent health issues, yet the best she could do was claim the videos were manipulated. Are you kidding? This theory is even worse than the Democrats disavowing the Hunter Biden laptop or the Biden Cartel has not raked in millions selling influence in Washington. It was disgusting and further fueled by KJP’s grossly condescending tone she used when delivering this drivel.

America deserves better than they are getting from this White House, or do they since they put this Team Biden in the White House? I am convinced that Joe Biden will not be the candidate, and the chances are better than even if there is no debate. The question is, who will the Dems pull off their weak bench to finish the game? Talk today actually hinted at Hillary warming up in the bullpen. On the same day, it was disclosed that every federal agency interacting with illegal migrants is handing out voter registration forms. The Democrat election corruption is rising to new levels, and it may be impossible to beat whichever inadequate candidate they may call upon.

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It is Wednesday, and time for another memeingful encounter with … memes.

As a reminder, they are memes. Some are made up. They are not to be dissected or fact-checked. And like the corporate media, they are not to be taken seriously but enjoyed for the fantasy that they portray. And, often, some biting sarcasm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Token Non-Meme Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because Facebook will try to claim you think these next two are real if you share them… they are not real.

 

 

 

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June 14th wass Flag Day. It commemorates the Second Continental Congress’ adoption of the American flag – the stars-and-stripes – in 1777. So how did New Hampshie’s Largest City celebrate? By raising the Gay Flag, of course.

I say “of course” because this is intentional. It is intentionally disrespectful. It is intended to send the message that we have and are “transforming” America, and there is NOTHING you can do to stop us.

 

 

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“Regardless of the result, I urge all Americans to respect the verdict and the legal process. At this dangerously divided moment in our history, all leaders—regardless of party—must not pour fuel on the fire with more toxic partisanship. We must reaffirm what has made this nation great: the rule of law.”

That is Larry Hogan, running for the U.S. Senate from Maryland. Apart from the nonsense that the U.S. is more “dangerously divided” than in our past (political division is not dangerous), and the nonsense that a DA or Attorney General running for the office explicitly to destroy Donald Trump and finding a state misdemeanor to morph into numerous federal felonies (three per ledger entry) has something to do with “the rule of law,” Hogan is a Sununu Republican, looking to CNN both for his facts and for approval, fighting a war on a battleground selected by his enemy, appealing to Democrats ON THEIR TERMS.

Pretty Kelly Ayotte surely hates Trump more than ever. Twenty’leven federal felonies sure beats bawdy talk between golfers, but even the latter clip, which NBC warehoused for a decade and deployed at the precise end of the 2016 campaign, got Ayotte to cap a continually disappointing term as U.S. Senator by breaking with Trump and bragging about casting a meaningless write-in vote for Mike Pence, superficially supporting the Republican Party as she was sabotaging its effort to carry New Hampshire.

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Ayotte will break with Trump again, when the time is right. The right time will be after we nominate her for Governor. How do we know this? Because Ayotte is the quintessential CENTRIST. A centrist scans the field, finds out what everyone else believes, and then positions herself in the center. If the left is intractable (and especially engages in rioting and looting), the centrist moves left. Because the centrist believes in nothing—certainly not what we believe in, if powerful, influential, numerous, or uncivil people believe in the opposite. This is the essence of Ayotte’s 2020 slogan, “Listening, Learning, and then Leading” that led a thousand Sure Things like me to abstain or vote third-party and exile her to the corporate boardroom.

Now she is back, with name recognition, a war chest, and a gimmick (womanhood). And a party that knows it cannot persuade loves a gimmick. Ayotte has learned her lines well; indeed, either of the Democrat candidates will do to New Hampshire what has been done to Democrat states and cities and what the leading candidate started to do to Manchester: ignore well-adjusted, well-behaving, taxpaying Granite Staters in favor of lawbreakers—notably, Joe Biden’s hordes of foreign invaders—and the misbehaving. Excuse them, subsidize them, credential them, ensure they can misbehave safely, and celebrate them.

Ah, but what will Ayotte do? What she has always done: seek the center. She will be a Joyce Craig on downers, wrecking New Hampshire more gradually.

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In the rapidly evolving landscape of blockchain technology, the need for seamless interoperability between different networks has become increasingly paramount. As diverse ecosystems emerge, each with its unique strengths and capabilities, the ability to freely exchange data and assets across these siloed environments is crucial for fostering innovation and unlocking the full potential of decentralized applications (dApps) and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols.

Enter Optimism, a pioneering Layer 2 scaling solution built on top of the Ethereum blockchain. While Optimism’s primary focus lies in addressing the scalability limitations of Ethereum through its innovative Optimistic Rollup technology, the project has also developed a groundbreaking cross-chain bridge that facilitates seamless communication and value transfer between the Ethereum mainnet and Optimism’s Layer 2 environment. This Ethereum bridge represents a significant step forward in the quest for cross-chain interoperability, paving the way for a more connected and collaborative blockchain ecosystem.

The Significance of Cross-Chain Bridges

Cross-chain bridges serve as vital conduits, enabling the exchange of data and assets between different blockchain networks. These bridges establish secure channels for communication, allowing users to move their holdings, such as tokens or other digital assets, from one network to another, effectively bridging the gap between disparate ecosystems.

In the context of the Optimism project, the Ethereum bridge plays a crucial role in facilitating the movement of Ethereum-based assets, such as ERC-20 tokens, between the Ethereum mainnet and Optimism’s Layer 2 scaling solution. This interconnectivity not only enhances liquidity and capital efficiency but also unlocks new opportunities for developers to leverage the strengths of both networks simultaneously.

How Optimism Ethereum Bridge Works

Optimism’s Ethereum bridge operates through a two-step process: depositing and withdrawing. When a user wishes to transfer assets from the Ethereum mainnet to the Optimism network, they initiate a deposit transaction. This transaction locks the assets on the mainnet and generates a corresponding representation on the Optimism Layer 2 environment. This representation essentially acts as an IOU, representing the user’s claim to the locked assets on the mainnet.

Conversely, when a user needs to move assets back from Optimism to the Ethereum mainnet, they initiate a withdrawal process. During this process, the Optimism-based representation of the assets is burned, and the original assets are unlocked and returned to the user’s Ethereum mainnet address.

This seamless back-and-forth movement of assets is made possible through the use of secure messaging protocols and cryptographic techniques that ensure the integrity and validity of the transactions across both networks.

Unlocking New Possibilities with Cross-Chain Interoperability

The ability to freely move assets and data between the Ethereum mainnet and Optimism’s Layer 2 environment unlocks a myriad of new possibilities and use cases. Developers can leverage the robust security and decentralization of the Ethereum mainnet while benefiting from the scalability and cost-efficiency offered by Optimism’s Layer 2 solution.

For instance, decentralized applications (dApps) that require high throughput and low transaction fees can be deployed on Optimism, while still retaining the ability to interact with smart contracts and protocols on the Ethereum mainnet. This cross-chain connectivity opens up new avenues for innovation, enabling the creation of hybrid dApps that combine the strengths of both networks.

Moreover, cross-chain interoperability has profound implications for the burgeoning field of decentralized finance (DeFi). By enabling the free flow of assets across different blockchain networks, users can access a wider range of DeFi protocols and services, unlocking new investment opportunities and facilitating more efficient capital allocation.

Imagine a scenario where a user holds assets on the Ethereum mainnet but wishes to participate in a yield farming opportunity on Optimism’s Layer 2 environment. With the Ethereum bridge in place, the user can seamlessly transfer their assets to Optimism, participate in the yield farming protocol, and then withdraw their earnings back to the Ethereum mainnet, all without the need for centralized intermediaries or trusted third parties.

Addressing Cross-Chain Security Concerns

While cross-chain bridges offer immense potential for interoperability and collaboration, they also introduce new security challenges that must be addressed. As assets and data flow across different networks, robust safeguards must be in place to prevent malicious activities such as double-spending, theft, or other forms of exploitation.

Optimism’s Ethereum bridge employs a range of security measures to mitigate these risks. One key feature is the use of fraud proofs, which allow for the detection and prevention of invalid state transitions or malicious behavior on the Optimism network. If any fraudulent activity is detected, the bridge can be halted, and the affected assets can be recovered through a dispute resolution process.

Additionally, the Optimism team has implemented rigorous security audits and formal verification processes to ensure the integrity and correctness of the bridge’s underlying code and protocols. Ongoing research and development efforts are underway to further enhance the security and trustworthiness of cross-chain bridges, exploring advanced techniques such as zero-knowledge proofs and secure multi-party computation.

The Future of Cross-Chain Interoperability

As the blockchain industry continues to evolve and mature, the demand for cross-chain interoperability will only intensify. Optimism’s Ethereum bridge represents a significant step forward in this journey, but it is merely the beginning of a broader movement towards a more interconnected and collaborative blockchain ecosystem.

Looking ahead, we can expect to see the emergence of more sophisticated cross-chain bridge solutions, tailored to specific use cases or industry verticals. These bridges may leverage advanced cryptographic techniques, such as zk-rollups or validium approaches, to further enhance scalability, privacy, and security.

Furthermore, the concept of cross-chain interoperability extends beyond the realm of Ethereum and its Layer 2 solutions. As other blockchain networks, such as Bitcoin, Polkadot, and Cosmos, gain traction and establish their own ecosystems, the need for seamless communication and value transfer between these disparate networks will become increasingly crucial. Initiatives like the Cosmos Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol and the Polkadot ecosystem’s cross-chain messaging capabilities are paving the way for a more interconnected future.

Conclusion

Optimism’s Ethereum bridge is a pioneering solution that exemplifies the power of cross-chain interoperability. By enabling the seamless movement of assets and data between the Ethereum mainnet and Optimism’s Layer 2 environment, this innovative technology is breaking down barriers and fostering a more collaborative and interconnected blockchain ecosystem.

As the industry continues to evolve, cross-chain bridges will play a vital role in unlocking new opportunities for decentralized applications, financial services, and beyond. By facilitating the free flow of value and data across different networks, these bridges will drive innovation, promote capital efficiency, and empower developers to leverage the unique strengths of various blockchain ecosystems.

While challenges related to security and scalability remain, ongoing research and development efforts are paving the way for more advanced cross-chain solutions, ensuring that the future of blockchain technology is one of seamless interoperability and boundless possibilities.

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The New Hampshire General Court (i.e. our legislature) has finished its work for this year (except for a veto override session in the Fall).

I have crunched the numbers – i.e. the voting records of 2024 – to determine objectively which members are RINOs – Republicans In Name Only.

The RINO Report is different from all other scorecards in that it looks at every single roll call. It is entirely mathematical and objective. There is no subjective decision making about which votes to score, or what is the correct vote for each roll call.

The correct vote for each roll call is whichever way 80% of Republicans vote. If Republicans are divided then that roll call is not scored. E.g. on vote #161, 79% of Republicans voted Yea. That did not meet the 80% threshold so was not scored.

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When both parties vote the same way, those roll calls are not scored. E.g. on vote #152, Republicans were practically unanimous in opposing the bill, but Democrats were also opposed, so that vote was not scored.

The RINO Report scores all votes where a super-majority (80%) of Republicans voted opposite a majority of Democrats. A RINO vote is when a Republican votes with Democrats against a super-majority of Republicans.

The House had 284 roll calls this year. There were 232 votes where 80% of Republicans voted one way and Democrats voted the other way. Each member’s RINO score is simply what percentage of those 232 votes he or she voted with Democrats against Republicans.

It should be no surprise that most Republicans most of the time vote the same way. We believe in certain principles such as individual freedom, limited government, and free enterprise. For most bills we reach the same conclusion. This year there were 20 votes where 100% of Republicans voted the same way (and Democrats voted the opposite). There were another 73 votes where only 1 or 2 Republicans voted with Democrats.

Almost every Rep at one time or another casts a vote the same as the Democrats. One example is when a Republican votes against the budget because it is too large while the Democrats vote against it because they think it is too small. Thankfully, such votes are not common.

This year there were 30 Reps who scored a perfect 0%. Looking at all Republicans, the median RINO score was 1.7%, meaning that on average they voted with Democrats only 1.7% of the time. 80% of Republicans scored lower than 4.5%; 90% scored lower than 7.2%.

There were 10 Republicans who voted more than 10% of the time against fellow Republicans. Clearly, they are out of mainstream Republicanism. Even more outside of the mainstream were 4 Republicans who voted more than 20% of the time with Democrats against Republicans. Worst as usual was Dan Wolf.

RINO score		#RINO votes
71.4%	Wolf, Dan (R, Newbury)	140
26.7%	Bordes, Mike (R, Laconia)	52
23.2%	Guthrie, Joseph (R, Hampstead)	45
20.4%	Thackston, Dick (R, Troy)	42
17.6%	Bickford, David (R, New Durham)	39
15.6%	Coker, Matthew (R, Meredith)	35
14.8%	Mason, James (R, Franklin)	27
13.1%	O’Hara, Travis (R, Belmont)	8
11.2%	Pearson, Mark (R, Hampstead)	26
10.5%	Ankarberg, Aidan (R, Rochester)	23

Here is the full list:

RINO score		#RINO votes
71.4%	Wolf, Dan (R, Newbury)	140
26.7%	Bordes, Mike (R, Laconia)	52
23.2%	Guthrie, Joseph (R, Hampstead)	45
20.4%	Thackston, Dick (R, Troy)	42
17.6%	Bickford, David (R, New Durham)	39
15.6%	Coker, Matthew (R, Meredith)	35
14.8%	Mason, James (R, Franklin)	27
13.1%	O’Hara, Travis (R, Belmont)	8
11.2%	Pearson, Mark (R, Hampstead)	26
10.5%	Ankarberg, Aidan (R, Rochester)	23
9.8%	Proulx, Mark (R, Manchester)	20
9.6%	Milz, David (R, Derry)	18
9.6%	Sytek, John (R, Salem)	22
9.2%	Trottier, Douglas (R, Belmont)	10
8.2%	Bogert, Steven (R, Laconia)	19
8.2%	Boyd, Bill (R, Merrimack)	19
8.2%	Pratt, Kevin (R, Raymond)	19
8.1%	Nagel, David (R, Gilmanton)	15
8.1%	Pearson, Stephen (R, Derry)	18
7.5%	Hunt, John (R, Rindge)	16
7.3%	Vandecasteele, Susan (R, Salem)	15
7.1%	Crawford, Karel (R, Moultonborough)	12
7.1%	Roy, Terry (R, Deerfield)	15
6.5%	Foote, Charles (R, Derry)	13
6.5%	King, Seth (R, Whitefield)	15
6.1%	Andrus, Louise (R, Salisbury)	13
6.1%	Healey, Robert (R, Merrimack)	14
6.1%	Packard, Sherman (R, Londonderry)	3
5.7%	Plett, Fred (R, Goffstown)	13
5.6%	Phinney, Brandon (R, Rochester)	11
5.6%	Yokela, Josh (R, Fremont)	13
5.3%	Rhodes, Jennifer (R, Winchester)	12
5.2%	McDonnell, Valerie (R, Salem)	12
5.1%	Gerhard, Jason (R, Northfield)	11
5.1%	Mooney, Maureen (R, Merrimack)	11
4.8%	Fedolfi, Jim (R, Hillsborough)	10
4.8%	Lascelles, Richard (R, Litchfield)	11
4.8%	Testerman, Dave (R, Franklin)	9
4.7%	Harley, Tina (R, Seabrook)	6
4.7%	Nelson, Jodi (R, Derry)	11
4.7%	Popovici-Muller, Daniel (R, Windham)	11
4.4%	Santonastaso, Matthew (R, Rindge)	9
4.4%	Tierney, James (R, Northumberland)	8
4.3%	Cole, Brian (R, Manchester)	8
4.3%	Davis, Arnold (R, Milan)	10
4.3%	MacDonald, Wayne (R, Londonderry)	10
4.0%	Kuttab, Katelyn (R, Windham)	9
3.9%	Janvrin, Jason (R, Seabrook)	9
3.6%	Beaudoin, Richard (R, Gilford)	7
3.6%	Prudhomme-O’Brien, Katherine (R, Derry)	8
3.5%	Katsakiores, Phyllis (R, Derry)	8
3.5%	MacDonald, John (R, Wolfeboro)	8
3.5%	Stapleton, Walter (R, Claremont)	8
3.4%	Donnelly, Tanya (R, Salem)	8
3.3%	Boehm, Ralph (R, Litchfield)	7
3.3%	Brown, Carroll (R, Bristol)	7
3.2%	Ouellet, Mike (R, Colebrook)	7
3.1%	Panek, Sandra (R, Pelham)	6
3.1%	Rochefort, David (R, Littleton)	7
3.0%	Ball, Lorie (R, Salem)	7
3.0%	Emerick, Tracy (R, Hampton)	7
3.0%	Phillips, Emily (R, Fremont)	7
3.0%	Seidel, Sheila (R, Goffstown)	7
3.0%	Smith, Steven (R, Charlestown)	5
3.0%	Weyler, Kenneth (R, Kingston)	7
2.9%	Khan, Aboul (R, Seabrook)	6
2.8%	Dolan, Tom (R, Londonderry)	6
2.7%	Belcher, Mike (R, Wakefield)	6
2.6%	Brown, Richard (R, Moultonborough)	6
2.6%	Cahill, Tim (R, Raymond)	6
2.6%	Costable, Michael (R, Freedom)	6
2.6%	Creighton, Jim (R, Antrim)	6
2.6%	Harb, Robert (R, Plaistow)	6
2.6%	Ladd, Rick (R, Haverhill)	6
2.6%	Spilsbury, Walter (R, Charlestown)	6
2.5%	Verville, Kevin (R, Deerfield)	5
2.4%	Infantine, William (R, Manchester)	4
2.3%	Reid, Karen (R, Deering)	5
2.2%	Corcoran, Travis (R, Weare)	5
2.2%	Cordelli, Glenn (R, Tuftonboro)	5
2.2%	Cushman, Leah (R, Weare)	5
2.2%	Edwards, Jess (R, Auburn)	5
2.2%	Ford, Oliver (R, Chester)	5
2.2%	King, Bill (R, Milford)	5
2.2%	Lynn, Bob (R, Windham)	5
2.2%	Melvin, Charles (R, Newton)	5
2.2%	Polozov, Yury (R, Hooksett)	5
2.2%	Seaworth, Brian (R, Pembroke)	5
2.2%	Simon, Matthew (R, Littleton)	5
2.2%	Thomas, Douglas (R, Londonderry)	5
2.2%	Tudor, Paul (R, Northwood)	5
2.1%	Lundgren, David (R, Londonderry)	4
2.0%	Berry, Ross (R, Manchester)	4
1.9%	Connor, James (R, Rochester)	4
1.9%	Gould, Linda (R, Bedford)	3
1.9%	McCarter, Nikki (R, Belmont)	4
1.9%	McLean, Mark (R, Manchester)	4
1.8%	DeSimone, Debra (R, Atkinson)	4
1.8%	Hoell, J.R. (R, Dunbarton)	4
1.8%	Renzullo, Andrew (R, Hudson)	4
1.7%	Drye, Margaret (R, Plainfield)	4
1.7%	Granger, Michael (R, Milton)	4
1.7%	Greeson, Jeffrey (R, Wentworth)	4
1.7%	Horgan, James (R, Farmington)	4
1.7%	Kelley, Diane (R, Temple)	4
1.7%	Lekas, Tony (R, Hudson)	4
1.7%	Lewicke, John (R, Mason)	4
1.7%	Mannion, Tom (R, Pelham)	4
1.7%	Pauer, Diane (R, Brookline)	4
1.7%	Ploszaj, Tom (R, Center Harbor)	4
1.7%	Potenza, Kelley (R, Rochester)	4
1.7%	Smith, Jonathan (R, Ossioee)	4
1.7%	Walsh, Lilli (R, Hampstead)	4
1.4%	McConkey, Mark (R, Freedom)	3
1.4%	Spillane, James (R, Deerfield)	3
1.3%	Alexander, Joe (R, Goffstown)	3
1.3%	Ammon, Keith (R, New Boston)	3
1.3%	Kofalt, Jim (R, Wilton)	3
1.3%	Lekas, Alicia (R, Hudson)	3
1.3%	Mannion, Dennis (R, Salem)	3
1.3%	McGough, Tim (R, Merrimack)	3
1.3%	McGuire, Carol (R, Epsom)	3
1.3%	McGuire, Dan (R, Epsom)	3
1.3%	Notter, Jeanine (R, Merrimack)	3
1.3%	Rollins, Skip (R, Newport)	3
1.3%	Sweeney, Joe (R, Salem)	3
1.2%	Murphy, Michael (R, Gorham)	2
1.1%	Coulon, Matthew (R, Pike)	2
1.1%	Durkin, Sean (R, Northumberland)	2
1.0%	Smart, Lisa (R, Meredith)	2
0.9%	Abare, Kimberly (R, Pelham)	2
0.9%	Bailey, Glenn (R, Milton)	2
0.9%	Cambrils, Jose (R, Loudon)	2
0.9%	Colcombe, Riché (R, Hillsborough)	2
0.9%	Drago, Mike (R, Raymond)	2
0.9%	Gorski, Ted (R, Bedford)	2
0.9%	Harrington, Michael (R, Strafford)	2
0.9%	Janigian, John (R, Salem)	2
0.9%	Kennedy, Stephen (R, Hudson)	2
0.9%	Porcelli, Susan (R, Hampton Falls)	2
0.9%	Post, Lisa (R, Lyndeborough)	2
0.9%	Qualey, James (R, Rindge)	2
0.9%	Quaratiello, Arlene (R, Atkinson)	2
0.9%	Stone, Jonathan (R, Claremont)	2
0.9%	Vose, Michael (R, Epping)	2
0.5%	Leavitt, John (R, Hooksett)	1
0.5%	Moffett, Michael (R, Loudon)	1
0.5%	Nutting, Zachary (R, Winchester)	1
0.5%	Pitre, Joseph (R, Farmington)	1
0.5%	Prout, Andrew (R, Hudson)	1
0.5%	Sellers, John (R, Bristol)	1
0.5%	Turcotte, Len (R, Barrington)	1
0.4%	Aron, Judy (R, South Acworth)	1
0.4%	Avellani, Lino (R, Wakefield)	1
0.4%	Aylward, Deborah (R, Danbury)	1
0.4%	Bernardy, JD (R, South Hampton)	1
0.4%	Burnham, Claudine (R, Milton)	1
0.4%	Comtois, Barbara (R, Center Barnstead)	1
0.4%	Doucette, Fred (R, Salem)	1
0.4%	Dunn, Ron (R, Londonderry)	1
0.4%	Erf, Keith (R, Weare)	1
0.4%	Gagne, Larry (R, Manchester)	1
0.4%	Hill, Gregory (R, Northfield)	1
0.4%	Layon, Erica (R, Derry)	1
0.4%	McMahon, Charles (R, Windham)	1
0.4%	Newton, Clifford (R, Rochester)	1
0.4%	Noble, Kristin (R, Bedford)	1
0.4%	Osborne, Jason (R, Auburn)	1
0.4%	Soti, Julius (R, Windham)	1
0.4%	Terry, Paul (R, Alton)	1
0.4%	Tripp, Richard (R, Derry)	1
0.0%	Aures, Cyril (R, Chichester)	0
0.0%	Bean, Harry (R, Gilford)	0
0.0%	Berezhny, Lex (R, Grafton)	0
0.0%	Boyd, Stephen (R, Hooksett)	0
0.0%	Brouillard, Jacob (R, Nottingham)	0
0.0%	Dumais, Russell (R, Gilford)	0
0.0%	Griffin, Gerald (R, Mont Vernon)	0
0.0%	Harvey-Bolia, Juliet (R, Tilton)	0
0.0%	Hobson, Deb (R, East Kingston)	0
0.0%	Kaczynski, Thomas (R, Rochester)	0
0.0%	Kenny, Catherine (R, Hudson)	0
0.0%	Love, David (R, Derry)	0
0.0%	Mazur, Lisa (R, Weare)	0
0.0%	Perez, Kristine (R, Londonderry)	0
0.0%	Peternel, Katy (R, Wolfeboro)	0
0.0%	Piemonte, Tony (R, Sandown)	0
0.0%	Potucek, John (R, Derry)	0
0.0%	Sanborn, Laurie (R, Bedford)	0
0.0%	See, Alvin (R, Loudon)	0
0.0%	Sheehan, Vanessa (R, Milford)	0
0.0%	Sirois, Shane (R, New Ipswich)	0
0.0%	Summers, James (R, Newton)	0
0.0%	Tenczar, Jeffrey (R, Pelham)	0
0.0%	True, Chris (R, Sandown)	0
0.0%	Ulery, Jordan (R, Hudson)	0
0.0%	Varney, Peter (R, Alton)	0
0.0%	Wallace, Scott (R, Danville)	0
0.0%	Walsh, Thomas (R, Hooksett)	0
0.0%	Wherry, Robert (R, Hudson)	0
0.0%	Wood, Clayton (R, Pittsfield)	0

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I recently did an investigation into a Drag Queen performer who goes by the name Reverend Yolanda, and in this investigation, I found out that the group he was part of, the Radical Faeries, was actually a covert pedophile group.

Meet us on June 28th at 10:30 am EST in Conway, NH, at the Public Library on 15 Greenwood Ave so we can stop him from grooming children.

I was able to prove that Yolanda was part of the Radical Faeries and that the founder of the Radical Faeries, Harry Hay, a pedophile and founder of the North American Man/Boy Love Association, designed the Radical Faeries to hide pedophiles and infiltrate the Progressive Left to promote pedophilia. There are many other things that I uncovered and showed in the article, so if you haven’t read it I would suggest you give it a look through and share it with everyone you know.

Yolanda is scheduled to perform in front of children on June 28th at 10:30 am EST in Conway, NH at the Public Library on 15 Greenwood Ave. I need your help to stop this monster from harming children. I have contacted the police but they sighted that the 1st Amendment would protect him from being shut down, which is funny because last year they banned us from protesting in the public library. What happened to our 1st Amendment rights? The truth is rights don’t exist without the threat of violence and the state has a monopoly on violence. And this is why they try to take away our 2nd Amendment.

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Yolanda Admits to Being a Radical Faerie:

During an interview with NYCITY NewsService titled “Helping Boys and Girls Feel Comfortable” Yolanda was asked about this question, “But you knew you were not Tony?” And Yolanda responded:

“Since I was a kid, I was really aware of myself. At least by fourth grade. But probably before that I knew that I was different. I was raised as a boy but I never felt like a boy. Back then we didn’t have words to describe gender identity. So I assumed I was a gay boy. That was the closest I could think I was.”

“I came out in elementary school, I think I was around 10. Which, actually, now that I work in Drag Story Hour, I meet a lot of kids who know they’re trans by the age of 10. They do. So I was right on track.”

“Of course it was really rough for a long time. So when we moved to a different state I decided I would start all over again and would go back in the closet. That didn’t work because I started falling in love with all these boys…I later decided to study theater and move to New York.”

Then Yolanda was asked, “So it was then when you really discovered Yolanda?” And he answered:

“So at that point I got really discouraged…Then around the 1990s (1993), I met a group of people called the Radical Faeries. We were queer people that played with gender (…) I was exploring a new age of spirituality. I moved to another Radical Faerie commune in Vermont and that’s when I started calling myself Yolanda.”

Harry Hay, North American Man/Boy Love Association Spokesman:

Hay was an ardent supporter of the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), a gay organization that advocates for pedophilia, and in a 1983 article, titled “A Quest for Knowledge,” that Hay wrote for NAMBLA, he makes the parallel of the word “faeries” to his organization that he founded, the Radical Faeries:

“Between thirteen and fourteen, I had begun to hear about the fact that there are men who sometimes like boys, and I want very much to know about these things. I’d heard about this from the men who worked in the fields the year before. They told me about them; they called them ‘fairies.’”

Hay also explains how he become a pedophile by being molested by an adult:

“I get a job on the freighter. It took two and a half days for the freighter to go from San Francisco to Los Angeles in those days, and they break at San Luis Obispo. They go in for the night to San Luis Obispo proper. I’m checking it out with the fellows because in one of the places they had some rotgut—remember, this is Prohibition—and then get all looped with the queers. I decided, I don’t want to go with the queers, but I might go out and watch the fellows go in and out and watch everything else. But the point is that I had perfect choice. I had the right to make a choice. I am fourteen; I am earning a man’s board, a man’s labor, I’m being treated as a man at fourteen, and I’m making all kinds of decisions at fourteen. But from the point of view that you are hearing, I am a child.”

Hay then tries to say that he was the molester and not the 25-year-old man:

“The point is that I was perfectly capable of handling myself and knowing exactly what I wanted. But this year I knew that I wanted to find a man to tell me what I wanted to know. So, at fourteen, you realize, I’m a child molester. I’m a child, and I’m molesting an adult till I find out what I want to know. And I found him, and he was shocked. Then he discovered that, rather than being a man, as he suspected that I was from the way I looked—my callouses on my hands, and the way I handled myself, and my clothing—that I was only a fourteen-year-old kid, and if anybody found out about it he’d be in jail for life, or, at least in California twenty-three years in that period.”

It is because of this molestation that Hay bases his whole ideology and begins the demonic task of trying to normalize your children being molested so they too can become like him and so that older men like him can enjoy your children:

“I’m telling you this story, and I’m saying it tonight, in memory of a man—all I can remember is that his name was Matt. And I send to all of you my love and deep affection for what you offer to the boys, in honor of this boy when he was fourteen, and when he needed to know best of all what only another gay man could show him and tell him.”

Hay then tells the world that you’re not truly a gay ally if you don’t let pedophiles rape your children:

“I also would like to say at this point that it seems to me that in the gay community the people who should be running interference for NAMBLA are the parents and friends of gays. Because if the parents and friends of gays are truly friends of gays, they would know from their gay kids that the relationship with an older man is precisely what thirteen-, fourteen-, and fifteen-year-old kids need more than anything else in the world. And they would be welcoming this, and welcoming the opportunity for young gay kids to have the kind of experience that they would need.”

“So, again, as I said, my offering is not as a member of NAMBLA, but in memory of that fourteen-year-old boy who was handled by Matt so long ago. And in memorial to Matt, I offer you my love.”

This wasn’t the first time that Hay had been molested; in fact, early on in his life, he was molested by an older man at a swimming pool. Speaking at a NAMBLA conference on Oct. 7, 1984, Hay recounted an experience from his childhood where he was molested by the gay man:

“So I’m about twelve years old and I swim very well at this point—very good swimming underwater and various other things. And so I don’t go into the kids’ pool, I go in the big pool. And I had this experience probably five or six times. Some man comes up to me, wants me to see how long he can stay underwater. And it’s important for me to understand just how long he stays underwater. He’s going to go way down to the other end of the pool and he’s going to come up between my legs and he’s going to come out the other end. So he goes down to the other side, he swims through my legs, and he [does?] my cock out of my bathing suit and he caresses it a couple of times and comes out the other end. And then he is going to come back. So he comes back through again, and this time spends a little more time.”

The True Purpose of the Radical Faeries:

At a NAMBLA conference in Los Angeles on November 8th, 1986, Harry Hay explained to his fellow pedophiles that they were going to have to operate unground covertly to make sure they could continue to enjoy pedophilia:

“I find this particular situation that we’re coming into, in a way, a sort of replay of things I’ve seen before in my life, and I would suggest that it’s very possible that we are moving into a period where, as the speaker [Dan Tsang] pointed out, we may find ourselves being moved against on all fronts.  Which would suggest, then, that we’re going to have to go back to various forms of underground activity. I would say that in my life, I’ve spent more time being an outlaw than being an in-law. And consequently, I would say that I know a good deal about how you operate as an outlaw, how you operate underground, how you operate in defiance, how you operate, presumably, almost in parallel, but actually in opposition to it.”

Next Hay talks about advancing pedophilia in America by ingratiating themselves into government and the Progressives of the Left that we see today:

“One of things that I think we have to be concerned about—and here again, I think this is where we begin to see what we can do and how far we can advance ourselves—is the march on Washington that comes up next October.  I think this is a place where we have to find very imaginative ways to reach all kinds of elements of the community that we up to now haven’t thought of touching.  Not only to reach all kinds of elements of our own community, but to find the weak spots, shall we say, within the left, within the progressive forces in the hetero community who might find themselves in parallel with where we are, or in parallel with the way that we feel we are going to go, and make of them willing—or even unwilling—allies in this whole regard.  I think, as a matter of fact, we can count on the fact that we’re probably going to see far more repression on the part of the government for a while.  I don’t think we’ve peaked.  I think we’re seeing ourselves on the beginning of a rising tide.  And we’re going to have to fall back on our inventiveness and our creative imagination.”

Lastly, Hay tells the world what the Radical Faeries actually are and what they are designed to do for pedophiles:

“And here, honeys, I might say that the Radical Faeries are way ahead of you, because don’t forget that faeries can always vanish.  This is one of the things that we’re going to have to learn to do again.  We have to learn to remember that when people lean on us too hard, we just simply aren’t there anymore.  There are ways and means by which we can do that.  I do pass on to you the remark that was passed on to the revolutionaries by Maksim Gorky long ago:  He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day.”

What Would You Do to Save Your Own Children?

Yolanda is scheduled to perform in front of children on June 28th at 10:30 am EST in Conway, NH, at the Public Library on 15 Greenwood Ave. I need your help to stop this monster from harming children.

I have contacted the local police, but they cited that the First Amendment would protect him from being shut down. This is funny because last year, on June 23rd, they banned us from protesting in the public library. What happened to our First Amendment rights?

If you would like to voice your concerns to the Conway PD, here is their info:

• Tel: (603) 356-5715
• E-Mail: police@conwaypdnh.gov

Make sure to remind Chief Christopher J. Mattei, who is one of the police officers in the video, that it’s unconstitutional to ban protestors from a public building.

The truth is rights don’t exist without the threat of violence, and the state has a monopoly on violence. And this is why they try to take away our 2nd Amendment.

I tried reaching out to the local newspaper, the Conway Daily Sun, and the editor, Margaret McKenzie, called me transphobic and claimed that I didn’t know what journalism was. Then I reached out to their publisher, Mark Guerringue, who stated that he wouldn’t look at my article because it was nonsense, even though he hadn’t looked at it. Guerringue even went out of his way to insinuate that it was fabricated because I “hate gay people”.

If you would like to voice your concerns to the Conway Daily Sun, you can reach them with their publicly available contact info:

Mark Guerringue, publisher:

• email, Mark@conwaydailysun.com
• phone, 603-387-5160

Margaret McKenzie, editor:

• email, Margaret@conwaydailysun.com
• phone, 603-733-5801

These are the kinds of people that we are going up against. They want to convert your children and subject them to harm so that your children will grow up to loathe you. They will not stop unless we force them from society. And mark my words, the police are just as complicit in this as the pedophiles.

So please show your support by commenting down below, sharing this post and leaving a like so that our cause becomes a massive call to protect children. I cannot in good faith rest until this pedophile is cast out of society.

Use the comment section as a petition that you will be there on June 28th at 10:30 am EST in Conway, NH at the Public Library on 15 Greenwood Ave so we can stop him from grooming children. We need all the support we can get to stop this man from harming children.

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Many non-Dems* are at least somewhat familiar with Americans for Prosperity(AFP), which Ed Mosca refers to in his rightful disparaging of “Koch-bots” within the GOP.  I leave it to the readers to bring themselves up to speed on the Koch brothers and point out all their daily anti-Trump mailers sent in January before the Republican* presidential primary that Chris Ager refused to get closed to nonmembers.  Regardless of YOUR opinion of Trump, this article is for everyone who wants to defeat Dems.

I will start by giving AFP praise where it’s due.  They generously provide resources like candidate training workshops, often catered and always free.  They sponsor free parties, such as the annual Pine Tree Riot one in Weare, and host phone banking events.  The list goes on, but AFP has done some other things, in addition what I already mentioned, that should give every savvy voter some pause.  I’ll mention a few of them because it’s my opinion that they fall under the “take what you like and leave the rest” category.

I will start by pointing out that they endorsed Mr. Stephen for the executive council while there were still several days of filing time remaining, despite his lack of record as an incumbent. Despite being a nonincumbent, he still has a political record, and it’s NOT a flattering one!

Is the endorsement a preemptive strike just to be “anti-Terese?” You decide.  While you’re deciding, I’ll share my take on why Mr Stephen is a bad choice, but let’s move on.

My Senator has regularly complained about AFP over the years and usually blames them when I reprimand him for voting the wrong way.  I usually tell him that I’m unhappy because he voted the wrong way, not because AFP told me to tell him that.  A few examples were Rosenwald’s welfare dental plan in 2022 and later enshrining MassHealth, both of which were the act of a hive-minded senate with no dissenters.  While I have no committed opinion on pot bills in general, he does.  What’s interesting is that he has an almost identical voting record to the senator once seated next to him, who sadly wasn’t reelected in 2022.  And that nearly identical voting record included voting NO on pot.  Whether or not you, the reader, care about pot, you should find it interesting that AFP sent out mailers to one district telling people to tell their senator to change his mind and/or vote a certain way, but NOT in the neighboring district.  Why is that?  All 24 votes are of equal value to each other.

Two other issues in my senator’s rant about AFP were that they aren’t anti-choice enough(for him) and that they support open borders.  I don’t care about the former as much as many others do, but I do care about the latter, and my research has come up with mixed information.  Readers are encouraged to do their own digging on that one and share what they find.

There are also two primaries that have viable candidates who are not strangers to the political scene.  One of them is for governor, which everyone should already be familiar with, and I have since gone on record speaking to, but once again, don’t forget “the Trump factor” tied to both candidates, regardless of YOUR thoughts of Trump.  My points are about AFP rather than Trump.  The other primary is in Senate District 23, where Sharon Sheeple, incumbent Senator Gannon, is being primaried by freshman Rep Emily Phillips.

Both are current members of the legislature and, therefore, have voting records and don’t need to be given candidate surveys.  I would hope that AFP does the right thing and endorses Emily, but keep in mind that Senator Gannon has endorsed Kelly Ayotte and they’re both establishment people.

And then there’s the whole matter of housing and AFP’s stance on it, but let’s stick with candidates for now.  And let’s not forget the two primaries for federal office.  While I have have not done sufficient research on the other district, one unfortunate prognostication I received is they’re likely to choose Vikram over Lily Tang Williams.  I certainly hope that’s not going to happen, but we’ll see.

Aren’t we all by now tired of the establishment prioritizing protecting its power over serving the best interest of the public?  Will AFP come about and make sound endorsements for District 23, the Corner Office, and the federal offices?  Or are they going to do like they did in executive council District 4 and do the bidding of the establishment elite?

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Kelly Ayotte has quite a future … in comedy, NOT politics. She’s telling everybody that she is going to stop the Democrat gubernatorial candidates from “massing up” New Hampshire. When New Hampshire is already “massed up” beyond repair. A short list … the public schools (and probably many private schools) teach the religion of the Left, DEI and CRT, lovely euphemisms for anti-White racism, as well as grooming children and enable abortions.

The supposedly majority GOP House on June 13th refused to ban “sanctuary cities,” and refused to expand EFAs. Look at the Democrats Woke-Communists celebrating the, to borrow a phrase, “massing up” of New Hampshire:

If you are a White-male you have to wear a suit and tie in the New Hampshire House. If you are a Woke-Communist, you can wear a two-sizes too small short-sleeves and flash your tats. It’s called hierarchy.

But bitter-clingers just keep pretending that Trump is somehow going to win a rigged election, then survive a Deep-State assassination, and then somehow single-handedly purge local government of bottom-feeders like Amanda Bouldin and Alissandra Murray.

I don’t understand the urgency to legalize weed in New Hampshire. The bitter-clingers chanting “New Hampshire advantage” and “don’t mass up New Hampshire” have to already be on far, far more powerful drugs.

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Last week, I took Vermont Democrats to the rhetorical woodshed over a new law to charge fossil fuel companies for the cost of climate change. It was a fun ride but long-winded, so I published it on Substack.

It makes several excellent points about how stupid this greedy exercise is, but one in passing deserves more attention (emphasis added).

Millions of years ago, much of what is the modern US was underwater, absent our modern Western lifestyles. There was a lot of flooding, which makes the nonsense from the Accelerated sea level folks look silly.

We also had extreme temperatures and severe planet-changing weather events, all without fossil fuel companies to bilk or anyone voluntarily emitting the byproduct of their combustion (including the not yet existing government of the state of Vermont).

No one made anyone choose fossil fuels for anything, as George Sharpe observed on Sunday in the Albuquerque Journal about Vermont’s law and it’s joining other states to sue oil companies (in search of a budget bailout climate payday—IMO).

“…none of the plaintiffs acknowledge the benefits of fossil fuels — the underappreciated workhorse that brought us out of the dark ages. Carbon energy, which underpins our entire life as we know it, hasn’t ruined the environment but has helped preserve it.

The nastiest living conditions with the lowest life expectancy on the planet are where people have little, if any, access to energy.

Second, since Vermont and most of the other plaintiffs produce no oil or gas, exactly which companies are to blame for their emissions?

Vermont’s emissions did not occur because Exxon produces oil and gas in Texas or elsewhere, those emissions came because their citizens continue to consume the fuels that are crucial to running their lives.

Given the global nature of the accusation, the greedy will state unequivocally that it is the accumulation of emissions everywhere, but that doesn’t work for them either. If you believe climate dogma and reducing emissions are the path to salvation, you’re doing it in the wrong place. Africa, India, and China emit substantial amounts of whatever concerns you. China alone has outpaced everyone.

Fining oil companies doesn’t change that, even if Vermont’s law survives the numerous expected lawsuits. It’ll just be another payday misspent by greedy, incompetent leftists. They get a notation on that progressive resume of people who, like Greta, are whining in the West when they should be in Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, and Guangzhou. Greta won’t because, despite all that so-called bravery – and this includes every climate cultist in Vermont – is a front. A Facade. Just like the climate agenda.

The goal is to make us more like China; otherwise, they’d be there protesting and probably in a labor camp with Uyghurs making keffiyeh for protesting US college kids.

Other Fools Errands

Claims that they (big oil, gas, coal) knew about the damage and hid it are ridiculous, if not just because the only thing hidden is that CO2 is not doing anything the greedy climatists claim. There is more than enough leaked insider correspondence to create enough doubt to make any claim in court to the contrary fail. And when did Leftists decide they’d figured it out and stopped using fossil fuels? For most, never. Why not find them? Wait – you are; clean heat standard.

But they can’t afford Vermont taxes now, and they are always going up. Every tax and spend legislature needs a sugar daddy, and today’s targets are big oil and gas.

Whether social and political pushback will produce enough years of more reasonable leadership to reverse the damage (and properly investigate the fraud) remains to be seen. Still, every storm is announced with a breeze, so we can hope.

As for Vermont, its citizens will need to come together and agree that whatever the deal may be, their current crop of “leaders” does not have their best interests at heart and are trying to paper over their incompetence by bilking some climate devil to hide this with “easy money” that is only going to cost them more in the end.

And it will all be for nothing.

 

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