The dark clouds in Joe Biden’s latest pronounced promise to his gullible following are that he will dismember the Second Amendment and create their dream of gun control (elimination, that is). I guess Joe really thinks he’s a King of something; I’d suggest he’s the king of fools.

The only way he could do that is by amending our constitution (ours, not his), removing, eliminating, or radically chaining the 2nd. Oh, he might try stacking the SCOTUS, even if that is problematic, but the only other way is by some kind of force.

Either of those routes would be met with equal measures of resistance. So, unless Biden and Democrats can gain supermajorities in both houses of Congress, the only path would be to trigger some kind of reaction they could declare, such as a revolution, then martial law, and try to seize permanent control of the government.

A key for we conservatives is to keep from overreacting to any provocation from the left, hold our ground on our rights, and watch those sons of you know what. Next, we must unite and vote out the Democrats and elect our people. Once we do that and have Trump as President again, we can demand every leftist criminal in or around the government be arrested, prosecuted, and sent to prison for exceedingly long terms.

Never Trumpers need to understand that Trump has not broken any laws, has upheld the constitution, and even if he lacks the proper etiquette or what they expect from a president, he does give us our best chance to save this Republic—better Trump than communist slaves.

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Lily Tang Williams, the front runner Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Hampshire’s 2nd district, issues her statement on Rep. Annie Kuster not seeking a 7th term.

“I want to thank Rep. Kuster for her service and I hope all is well with her and her family.

I am energized that the voters of our district will be offered a choice based on issues rather than incumbency.

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As a legal immigrant who worked hard to earn my citizenship, I believe it is critical that we re-establish our nation’s Border Security to protect our northern and southern borders, reduce government deficit spending, control inflation, and develop all energy resources within a free market economy.”

Lily Tang Williams, born and raised in Communist China, came to the US to seek freedom in 1988. She is a mother of three adult children, two of whom served in the US Military, is a self-employed small businesswoman. She is actively campaigning in NH 2nd Congressional District and has garnered 52 endorsements from current NH State Legislators. Lily’s campaign slogan is “KEEP THE AMERICAN DREAM ALIVE.”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Weare, New Hampshire
March 27, 2024
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For years, Democrats in New Hampshire have pretended to be the Jimmy McMillin of property taxes. Like the rent, they are too damn high. If elected, they promise to do something about it. Lower them. Not taxes; those will go up; you just won’t see them.

The goal is not fewer taxes but less visibility, at least initially. Your property tax bill will get a trim, but your total tax burden will grow substantially. These are Demcorats. It can’t go any other direction but up. Government always comes first; if you’ve any doubts, look left (from New Hampshire) to Vermont.

The Green Mountain State used to be safer and healthier but has been heading in the wrong direction on tax and regulatory policy for a long time. An itch it has gotten more aggressive at scratching as Democrat majorities increased to veto-proof majorities. Vermonters only have themselves ot blame, but it allows the rest of us to learn from their mistakes.

The Vermont House is expected to vote on an $8 billion state spending plan this week. It comes as lawmakers consider millions in new investments and millions in new taxes to fund them.

A key House panel advanced a plan to fund critical priorities in the budget, floated by about $125 million in new taxes.

The House Appropriations Committee is considering a state spending plan, including a big expansion of Medicaid, an expansion of the judiciary and more supports for affordable housing. And those ideas are all funded by new taxes– increases in the corporate income tax, the foreign income tax and the property transfer tax, and a new tax bracket for Vermonters who make more than $500,000 annually.

A proposal to tax unrealized gains like stocks did not advance.

Others, like a potential tax on candy, soda, streaming services and an expansion of the sales tax are still up for debate.

Vermont is already overtaxed. It has environmental aspirations that will cost billions and an education funding debacle it created that requires a 20% hike in … property taxes. That’s unpopular, so the people who made the mess are willing to consider raising less visible taxes as if that helps.

But a revenue option to buy down the property tax hike is not yet on the table, though Vt. House Speaker Jill Krowinski said last week they will work on ways to lower the property tax burden.

Gov. Phil Scott said last week he would consider raising taxes to buy down the $240 million ed fund increase, but he said he would only support that if lawmakers pass widespread systemic reform, which is something that would likely take multiple studies and legislative sessions.

The necessary reform is fewer Democrats and, it has to be said, fewer Republicans like Phil Scott, who can’t stop the Democrats he has and can do little more than appear to resist impulses he shares.

I’m not sure if Vermont can be saved. It would take a level of civic and electoral awareness that people who tend to vote for Demcorats lack. New Hampshire, on the other hand, is teetering on the ends of a bowl, leaning back against a growing army of Democrats trying to push it in. If they succeed in taking the majority and the governor’s office, we’ll be swirling in the blue water behind Maine, which has a bit of a head start but still has a way to go to catch Vermont.

Both places where the more the government takes, the worse everything else gets.

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Incumbent NH State Representative Jose’ Cambrils is running for re-election in Merrimack County District 4 – Canterbury / Loudon.

Jose’ was born in Victoria De Las Tunas, Cuba in 1960. He and his family immigrated (legally) to the United States in 1965 to escape from the Communist Castro regime.

He was very proud to take the oath of citizenship and become a U.S. citizen in June of 1973.

He went on to earn a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., in 1983 and an MBA in Operations Management from the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, Mass., in 1987.

He moved to New Hampshire in 1987, fell in love with this great State, and has been here ever since. He and his wife, Allison, have lived in Loudon for the past eight years.

He has been a life-long “Reagan” Republican since voting for the first time in the 1980 election.

Jose’ worked for Honeywell, Wang Labs, Cal-comp, Sanders Associates, Lockheed-Martin, and BAE Systems over the course of his 35-year career as an Engineer and Engineering Executive in the Commercial and Military Electronics business.

He retired from BAE in September of 2015 at the age of 55. He has remained very active in politics and in local community support. He is also a proud long-time member of the National Rifle Association (NRA), the NH Firearms Coalition (NHFC) and the American Numismatic Association (ANA).

Jose’ is a Republican State Delegate and he was the treasurer of the Merrimack County Republican Committee from September 2017 – January 2024. He continues to be an MCRC member. He was given the Norris Cotton Award for his service by the NH GOP in January 2024.

In 2020 Jose’ won the Republican primary and the general election for one of two seats for NH State Representative in Merrimack County District 9. He became the first Cuban refugee to hold high office in the State of New Hampshire. He ran again and won re-election for State Rep. in 2022 for Merrimack County District 4 – Canterbury/Loudon.

Jose’ served on the Science, Technology & Energy Committee in his first term. In his second term, he was asked to serve on the Finance Committee. He is a member of the Freedom Caucus. He has never missed a House session in four years of service, and he has a 100% vote rating with the House Republican Alliance 4 years in a row. He received the “General John Stark Protector of Freedom” Award from Americans for Prosperity (AFP) in 2021 and a 100% voting record Gold Award from Granite State Taxpayers (GST) in 2022. Additionally, he has been endorsed by NRA, NHFC, NH Liberty Alliance, Cornerstone, CPAC, and RebuildNH with “A” ratings.

He is fluent in Spanish, and his interests include fishing, hunting, coin collecting, and Cuban-style pig roasts. VOTE FOR JOSE.

E-Mail: Jose4NH@comcast.net

WEB Site: Jose4NH.Org

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Local ABC affiliate WMUR reports that pasty white New Hampshire Democrat Colin Van Ostern is stepping up to run for Congress after Ann Kuster announced her retirement. Van  Ostern has been Kuster’s campaign manager, a former Executive Councilor, and one of Chris Sununu’s Dem challengers (he lost).

He is your typical NH Democratic candidate, Pale and White. It’s an interesting way to start the day after Kuster’s announcement: out with one white Democrat candidate, in with another.

Given how they prattle on about rights, equity, and social justice, you’d have expected someone with more melanin to announce first. Prompted perhaps by pasty white Ray Buckley.  Or perhaps that’s all just bullshit, or maybe they, like their ideological ancestors, are a bunch of racists. Dumb racists. Related: Can Democrats Overcome “Systemic Racial Inequality” When They Can’t Manage it in Their Own Primary?

The DNC revoked their First in the Nation Primary position because (drumroll) “people of color.” New Hampshire is too white, you see. We are not diverse enough. A problem for Democrats that I have long argued could have been averted had the proglodytes nominated someone of color in any federal race. You only needed one but it has never happened, but it’s not hard to do. Republicans have nominated blacks and Latinos to run in CD2 (for example) more often than not in the past decade-plus.

When NH CD-1 opened up, they nominated a pasty white guy named Chris Pappas. He’s perched in that position, Pelosi rubber stamp in one hand, chicken finger in the other, for two terms, and he looks whiter every year. Pasty white Kuster announces her departure, and the first face to pop up over the gated community fence is someone whiter than she is—a guy I like to call Colon Van Oscopy.

He’s in: @ColinVanOstern tells @WMUR9 in 1-on-1 interview he’s running for Congress in New Hampshire’s 2nd District https://t.co/gYVcEEE019 #NH02 #NHPolitics #WMUR pic.twitter.com/DwqyuYWFXy

— Adam Sexton (@AdamSextonWMUR) March 28, 2024

And now the Dems in New Hampshire have another problem. They like to discourage primaries, but it behooves them to find someone brown to run against Van Ostern. A “someone” who will likely lose the primary, once again proving they are a party that talks the talk but never walks the walk. Related: Why NH Democrats Should Be Proud to Lose Their Primary

If it matters, the Republican challenger is Lily Tang Williams, a woman from China who escaped Mao’s tyranny. Van Ostern, for the record, will work to duplicate that tyranny here in America.

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In a fast-moving story culminating in the shortest career ever at the NBC News Network, Ronna McDaniel is officially out as a political analyst at MSNBC. The inmates have taken over the asylum as the top echelon of the network has bent their knees, apologized to, and assuaged their celebrity talking heads who began their temper tantrums on air Sunday morning.

With each successive show, the former employees, now network executives, grew louder and bolder. Chuck Todd, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Jen Psaki, Joy Reid, and Rachel Maddow all took their shots at management, condemning them for their lousy decision to hire McDaniel without consulting the rank and file. In reversing their decision because of internal condemnation, the leadership of the NBC / MSNBC network has been transferred to the hired help. TV on-air personalities have inflated egos and elevated personal value, but the camera angles must be adjusted to fit their enlarged heads on the screen.

Here are some of the quotes from Tuesday evening’s shows.

Rachel Maddow, “You wouldn’t hire a made man, like a mobster, to work in the DA’s office (chuckle).”

Jen Psaki, “Our Democracy is in danger because of the lies from people like Ronna McDaniel has pushed on the country.”

Chuck Todd, “She already has a credibility issue she must work through before facing the public.”

Keep in mind that these quotes are from people who pushed the Russian Conspiracy Theory, the dossier, the Trump phone call to Ukraine, denied the existence of the Biden laptop, and that radical Trump supporters killed four Capital police officers on January 6. These people are not afraid of the truth. They have no conception of the truth. Their ambivalence towards McDaniel has little to do with the truth and more about their need for unfettered delivery of the White House and Joe Biden doctrine. They want no debate on the Peacock Network. They want only a continuation of the orchestrated gaslighting that has been the narrative of the Legacy Media, CNN, and MSNBC.

In the official statement from NBC Universal News Chairman, Cesar Conde:

“Our initial decision was made because of our deep commitment to presenting our audiences with a wide diverse set of viewpoints and experiences, particularly during these consequential times.”

It sounds impressive and a welcome change to NBC and MSNBC, which has been more of a Democrat mouthpiece than a news source. Unfortunately, retracting the position to Ronna McDaniel because of the internal grumbling of the staff shows this was an empty line meant to impress but not to be authentic. The lineup of political opinion analysts, there are no actual news shows on MSNBC, does not want diversity in their ranks unless you are talking about skin color or sexual proclivity.

To bring political diversity to NBC and MSNBC would expose their audience to a storyline that would be very foreign to them. It may also prompt people to view the network as a biased entity that has been gaslighting since its inception. That is something we have been trying to tell them for years.

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On the morning of March 26, the Francis Scott Key bridge across the Patapsco River in the upper Chesapeake Bay suffered critical damage after a cargo ship, the Singapore-owned Dali, crashed into one of its key support struts. This noteworthy incident has captured international headlines and dominated US political conversation since. The key question swirls: Who did it?

The answer is simple once you consider all of the potential culprits. First, establish what actually happened. A single review of the video footage makes it clear that the incident was a cyber attack. The ship lost power multiple times. During the power issues, it drastically changed course and veered directly into the strut. No ship captain onboard would make such a maneuver. It’s a career-ending mistake. Such a steering action could only be intentional and could only have been done by special operatives hijacking the ship or by remote control through a cyber-attack.

Whether it was a cyber attack or spec-ops is irrelevant because both point to the same conclusion– it was actors within the government of the United States of America itself who committed the attack.

Let’s do a quick review to confirm this by asking the simple question necessary in all geopolitical analysis: Cui bono? Who benefits?

Among all countries capable of remote cyberattack—the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, France, Germany, Russia, China, and Japan—which would care about Baltimore Harbor? And which would care about an attack right now? What is the context of this attack?

Baltimore is in a state of decay. The city badly needs revival and direction. Nationally, in the US, Trump just received a windfall reduction in a key court case being waged against him for the 2024 presidential election. Another key candidate, RFK Jr, just announced his VP pick and it does not look like a good call for Team Biden. On the international scene, Israel ignored the Biden administration’s advice to delay or defer an attack on Rafah, the last part of Gaza that has yet to be cleaned out by its military operations following the October 7 events. Russia just suffered a humiliating and devastating terrorist attack on civilians in the Moscow suburbs. So, ask again, cui bono?

Of course, the Biden administration benefits from this attack. First, it distracts from the Trump and RFK campaign moves with a clickbait event– a negative event that forces Biden to act positively. Second, it provides a platform for Biden to make positive infrastructural promises for a solidly Blue area in Baltimore. Third, it provides Baltimore with a positive infrastructure project that will generate economic activity for the city. This economic activity is regionally a boon for the US economy as a whole– there will be more requests for permits in new locations due to rerouted transportation, other ports will receive boosts in shipping activity, and shipping routes will be longer so overland US shipping companies will see higher revenues. This is all in line with Biden’s general policy platform, which has favored corporations over citizens and sought consistently to boost government and corporate profits at the expense of citizens.

Ultimately, the FSK bridge is an inconsequential target, despite Lara Logan’s assertions otherwise, in the sense that the US transportation infrastructure in the Baltimore area is quite strong. There are many other routes for key overland shipping. There are also many other ports that can accept large freight cargo ships and transportation networks that can reroute deliveries. It does not pose a major problem. If anything, it protects Baltimore from the risks associated with an open shipping lane. It is defensive to shut shipping lanes there and effectively close Baltimore harbor.

And what about Israel? Netanyahu and Biden have sparred publicly on the international stage in the run-up to the Rafah ground offensive, which is starting this week. A large-scale international event like the FSK bridge attack provides cover in US domestic media and some international media channels for the Rafah offensive. Many people will focus on Baltimore and forget about Rafah, at least until it is too late and Israel has already achieved its objectives there in rooting out the last Hamas tunnel terrorist networks.

Finally, there is the Moscow theater terror attack. It seems that the FSK bridge attack could potentially be a response to the Moscow attack. The USA said that it was ISIS-K that conducted the attack, which means it was an organization with US links. The assailants fled towards Ukraine, which means they were likely Ukrainian or seeking NATO shelter. So, for Russia to strike back at the US seems like an expected occurrence. Yet, the twist is that for the Biden administration, in attacking Baltimore itself, it allows the US to remain in control of the conflict. Since the US is the assailant, others will not conduct attacks, thinking that the Moscow theater counterattack has already occurred. Russia might even think someone else has acted on their behalf.

This is a classic full spectrum dominance move, if it were the US. Not only does it provide a positive platform for Biden to act upon with strength, but it also allows the US to remain in control of the conflict, on its own terms. No other country has an interest in Baltimore bridges. Any such action from Russia, China, Israel, or another country, would have been aimed at a much more serious target and intended to do much more damage.

Why would the attack occur at 1:30 am? Well, to reduce casualties. That’s why this was a carefully calculated move of self-sabotage. A move meant by the US to protect its own interests, to provide cover, and to make it seem as if the country is under attack.

This is why the FBI came out almost immediately, saying the attack was not a terrorist incident. It’s why Biden says he doesn’t want insurance companies investigating and why he moved so quickly to announce the repair packages.

Such is the nature of geopolitical events.

Here’s the kicker and the giveaway that the Chinese-influenced Biden administration was behind this– the name of the container ship, Dali, means ‘big knife’ in Chinese. If any country other than the US did it, it was China and Biden’s Chinese connections.

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Maine politics is not dull in this new Liberal era for The Pine Tree State. Every week, we see a different Progressive attempt to outdo the previous outlandish piece of legislation. When you look at the range of laws passed, starting with the legalization of Marijuana in 2016.

This law did not take effect until 2020, when the way was cleared for recreational pot dispensaries. Maine has 218 licensed dispensaries. In comparison, there are only 159 Dunkin’ Donuts in Maine.

We have talked about some of the more controversial laws passed, such as:

• Expand online voter registration, which welcomes fraud.
• The most progressive abortion bill in the country allows abortion up to the time of birth.
• Established Maine as a sanctuary state for minors from more restrictive states seeking abortion or transgender services.

These are just a few examples, but they give you a good look at the trend line for the powers-to-be in Augusta. The trend line is straight down. There is no idea too Progressive for these elite Libs. The problem is they are not destroying themselves alone. They are dragging Conservatives down into their cesspool with them.

Maine House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) has introduced a bill to establish a state “social equity program” and advisory board to push affirmative action business development initiatives for disproportionately incarcerated populations. That is a typical word salad. Let’s reword. Ross is introducing a WOKE bill to give $12,000 to people who have been convicted of marijuana-related charges so they can set up a business for themselves in Maine’s marijuana environment. We will also set up a board to seek out and identify these lucky folks who law-abiding Mainers will fund their new business venture. So, it is not only a way to waste your tax dollars but sets up a new bureaucracy at the same time. Excellent job, Speaker. Is anyone in the family high on the list to get the $12,000 check? This thinking is tantamount to taking pedophiles with DWI convictions and making them school bus drivers.

So, in the epitome of Democrat philosophy, we are going to play identity politics. We are going to single out people who have already been convicted of crimes, and then we are going to single out minorities within those ranks. Then, we will take tax dollars from everyone outside the box to benefit the few. So, who is benefiting from this ridiculous bill?

We have over 300 illegal, Chinese-owned pot facilities in the state. Yes, the state and local police have been raiding these facilities, but none seem to be put out of commission. We also have an Attorney General in Merrick Garland and a nonresponsive Department of Justice that has ignored calls for help from members of Congress since last August. We have a State Justice Department that has produced a list of crimes that will no longer be recognized for arrest or prosecution. Rather than direct efforts and resources in a direction, the elected of Maine have opted for identity politics. Rather than help every Mainer by creating a state that is a positive environment for all business owners, we are singling out past offenders. This decision is beyond reason and comprehension. It is terrible pieces of legislation, such as the social equity program, that prompt the question of whether anyone who votes to put these WOKE liberal hacks into office ever makes themselves aware of the actions of these people. I would have to say no. There is no way a person can justify this stupidity unless they have a vested interest in the foolishness.

I asked the question in a previous article if we have passed the point of no return. People like Maine House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) are on a mission to ensure we have gotten to the edge of the cliff and are taking our turns to jump.

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