“The cry of our enemies was dreadful, especially when our men ran out to recover their arms.”
GUNS & GRAVY: THE PILGRIM GANG THAT COULDN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT
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I WAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CAN CONFIRM THAT EVERYTHING CHUCK TODD SAYS IS COMPLETELY STUPID
My point is to draw a comparison between the horse-race repetition and robotic uniformity of the kind of trash commercial bigs, from putrid right-wing radio to elitist broadsheets like the Post, reported out of New Hampshire this week, and the unique features that our squad produced.
NUCLEAR DECISIONS: THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DON’T ALL AGREE ON
“Right now, we just don’t know what to do with nuclear waste. It lasts 100,000 years ... It’s shockingly toxic. We’re going to have to figure out what to do with that waste for sure. I mean, 100,000 years."
A DISABLED REPORTER WALKS INTO A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY EVENT…
I attended three carefully chosen events with three separate candidates over the course of 24 hours: Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders. All three candidates stood out for me because they have been more actively courting the disability vote, as compared to their peers in the candidate pool.
“HE JUST NEEDS TO GET KNOWN”: PATRICK SUPPORTERS IN NH HAVE EYES SET ON OTHER STATES
“I know his polling numbers are low. My hope is as time goes on he’s able to build some momentum and potentially be a viable candidate."
SMALL BUT LOUD: THE GRANITE STATE’S RELIGIOUS LEFT REMINDS YOU TO VOTE
“The biggest misconception about progressive people of faith is that not wearing religion on your sleeve means it’s not important to you. Westboro Baptist Church’s faith is not more real because they scream the loudest about it."
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIDEN’S ELECTION EVE RALLY AND BERNIE’S STROKES CONCERT
“Check me out,” Biden told a crowd of near 150. “If you like what you see, help me out, if not, vote for the other guy.”
PHOTO GALLERY: MAGA MERCHANTS OF MANCHESTER CASH IN DURING TRUMP RALLY
“I used to work for NASA, had a sweet job making $29.90 an hour. Then Obama come in and said, ‘We don’t need no space program no more.’”
BIG CHILL: A YAWN OF A CENTENNIAL, DINNER WITH MICHAEL J. FOX, AND THE MICHAEL BENNET PRIMARY TEST
“I’ve read and listened to so much stuff from the architects of the New Green Deal,” Jay said. “The number one thing I’d want Michael Bennet to say to someone like me is how his plan would be different [than Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’] plan.”
AS CLASS DIVIDES BUTTIGIEG AND SANDERS SUPPORTERS, MAYOR PETE AIMS TO WIN OVER SUBURBAN VOTERS
In these relatively affluent towns, voters are less inclined to care if Pete has 40 billionaires, as Sanders noted in Friday’s debate at Saint Anselm College, contributing to his campaign.
GIG DEAL: WHEN IT COMES TO UNCONVENTIONAL JOBS, ONLY ONE CANDIDATE (ALMOST) GETS IT
This year, workers’ rights, the economy, and wealth distribution are focal points in the campaigns of progressive Democratic candidates, particularly US senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and businessman Andrew Yang. But do the candidates have a clear policy for government reform that integrates the new nature of business and protects gig workers?
“IT’S PRIMITIVE.” RETHINKING “ELECTABILITY” AND THE POLITICS OF THE POSSIBLE ON THE NH CAMPAIGN TRAIL
After the days spent traveling New Hampshire in search of novel insights prognosticating the coming months of our political spectacle, of inroads to the minds of candidates and organizers seeking leadership roles in our market of ideas and government jobs, to compare the frame of mind of the wide-eyed visiting volunteers and resident voters of outsize influence with those in my home community, and to generally learn whether I could fairly expect my anxieties to be quieted by our process, I was left vexed.
ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE STATE: ON THE ROAD WITH FASTBALL, EAGLEMANIA & CLEVER GIRL IN NH DURING PRIMARY WEEK
Music is the original gig economy, and the concerns of the musical underclass are shaped by America at large.
DAYS OF OLD: VOTERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE DON’T SEEM TO GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE AGE OF CANDIDATES
“I don’t care if they’re young or old, I want them to have a good mind, to be able to have some good policies.”
THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE CORRUPTION CHORUS SINGS, AND THE GHOST OF “GRANNY D” STILL WALKS IN NH
“We work mostly in New Hampshire to fight money in politics and end gerrymandering ... This includes everything from lobbying reform, transparency, closing the LLC loophole, and exposing dark money.”
TULSI’S LAST STAND: CANDIDATE SNUBBED BY OWN PARTY MAKES FINAL PLEA TO NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS
“I was alarmed by some of the answers from the other candidates at the debates the other night,” she said. “I will end those wasteful regime change wars.”
IN GOD’S HANDS: BERNIE SURROGATES TURN TO CHRIST ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
"If there is an afterlife, you don’t get to enjoy it unless you got a permission slip from the poor."
“MODERATES AREN’T ELECTABLE ANYWAY”: SOCIALISM ON TRIAL IN LEAD-UP TO NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY
“The things we’re talking about with Sanders are things I’ve wanted my whole life."
LAST MAN STANDING: WHICH DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WOULD EXECUTE THE LAST MAN ON DEATH ROW IN NH?
As the only man left on death row, an African-American in a state that is 93% Caucasian, sitting in the secure housing unit at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men, he seemed far from the concerns of the candidates on stage.
CAMPAIGNSPOTTING: A NONSCIENTIFIC COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SANDERS AND WARREN DEBATE PARTIES
Whereas the Bernie party embraced imagery we’ve all been brainwashed into associating with right wingery—plastic furniture designed for outdoor use, a concession selling hot dogs to cover costs for a traveling little league baseball team—the Warren watch party looked like a casting call for an L.L. Bean commercial.
“MAKE ELECTIONS FAIR AGAIN”: PROTEST AGAINST BIG MONEY IN POLITICS RETURNS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE
“The easiest way for them to get elected is to go to big donors and get campaign donations. There are favors that are being given to special interests, whether it’s a corporation, a union, or some billionaire."
THE SILENCER MAJORITY: NEW HAMPSHIRE RESIDENTS REACT TO CANDIDATES’ POSITIONS ON GUN CONTROL
“It’s none of your fucking business what I own ... I haven’t broken any laws. Why do I have to register my shit? Leave me alone.”
CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.
From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.
THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED
After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.
YOUR AVERAGE CONSERVATIVE AND THE #FALSEFLAG PEOPLE ARE ONE IN THE SAME
There’s no difference between someone making a cowardly attempt to sound moderate on the subject, and the people writing the kind of shit I copied from Twitter and pasted below.
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GUNS IN MASS (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)
Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality
‘HIS CRIME, YOUR TIME’
Meet LIPSTICK, Boston’s ladies involved in putting a stop to inner-city killing
CT HIGH COURT RULING OPENS UP MASS GUN SELLER TO SANDY HOOK LAWSUIT
It could be years before the Newtown case works its way up through the Supreme Court of the United States, where it is inevitably headed. In the meantime, DigBoston and BINJ will continue to report on the firearm economy in Mass and to identify the politicians, including Baker, who speak out against harm while accepting money from gun dealers and distributors.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE
Mass State Police and local law enforcement have spent millions amassing an arsenal of Tasers, but there’s minimal accountability for those doing the purchasing, or for those doing the tasing
LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS: FOR BLACK GUN ADVOCATES IN PURPLE MASS, CRITICISM COMES IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE
“With the political turmoil in this country right now, I just take people policy by policy where I can,” Salomon says. “Where I can’t, I just keep it moving.
