Tag Archives: New Hampshire

Baptist Pastor Gets 10-23 Years For Making Child Porn

Manchester’s ABC affiliate reports: The former pastor of a Nashua church is on his way to prison after pleading guilty Thursday to the manufacture and possession of child sex abuse images. Stephen Bates, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of the manufacture of child sex abuse images and 10 counts of possession of such images. Bates was pastor at the …

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New Hampshire Becomes Third State To Okay PragerU

The Daily Beast reports: The uber-conservative advocacy group PragerU officially infiltrated another state’s classrooms on Thursday, with the New Hampshire Board of Education voting unanimously to allow a portion of their content to be used by students. New Hampshire is now the third state to approve PragerU material this summer, but its agreement with the right-wing non-profit appears to vary …

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Cultists Heckle Pence Outside New Hampshire Event

Mediaite reports: Pissed-off supporters of ex-President Donald Trump heckled ex-VP Mike Pence to his face as he greeted supporters in the parking lot of his event in New Hampshire. The indictment also seems to have awakened something in Pence, who suddenly leaned very hard into ripping Trump over his effort to pressure Pence into changing the result of the electoral …

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GOP Ex-Sen. Kelly Ayotte Launches Bid For NH Gov

New Hampshire Public Radio reports: Kelly Ayotte is officially back in campaign politics. The former U.S. Senator and New Hampshire Attorney General is announcing her campaign for governor Monday, aiming to succeed Gov. Chris Sununu when he leaves office in 2025. Ayotte, whose last campaign for office was in 2016 – a U.S. Senate re-election bid she lost by fewer …

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Pence: I’m Not Interested In Trading Insults With Trump

ABC News reports: “I would love to see you be president of the United States. I’m just gonna give you an honest comment. I don’t believe you ever will be until the day you stand up to that man,” Tom Loughlin, a 77-year-old part-time New Hampshire resident, told Pence in reference to Trump. “Maybe you’re too good a Christian to …

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Nazis Sieg Heil And Menace NH Drag Story Time [Video]

Manchester’s ABC affiliate reports: The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office said it’s looking into an incident outside of a café in Concord. Cell phone video shows a group of people protesting outside of the Teatotaller on Sunday while the café was hosting its monthly drag story hour event. “All we were doing was promoting literacy and providing kids with cute, …

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New Hampshire GOP Senator Arrested After Bar Fight

Patch New Hampshire reports: One of the Queen City’s state Senators has been arrested on assault and criminal threatening charges, according to police. Keith Murphy, 47, of Chestnut Street in Manchester, was arrested Monday on two counts of simple assault and a criminal threatening charge on a warrant. According to police, an employee at Murphy’s Taproom filed a complaint with …

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NH Gov. Chris Sununu: I’m Not Running For President

Manchester’s ABC affiliate reports: Gov. Chris Sununu said Monday he is not running for president. The governor was one of a dwindling number of Republican contenders still on the fence about whether to seek the White House. Sununu traveled the country over the last year, testing the waters of a potential presidential campaign. In deciding not to run, the process …

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Axios: Christie To Launch White House Bid On Tuesday

Axios reports: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to announce his 2024 Republican candidacy for president next Tuesday in New Hampshire, Axios has learned. Christie, 60, is a former close Trump ally who now calls the former president a “coward” and “puppet of Putin.” He gives traditional Republicans a horse — but seems to have a narrow market …

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New Hampshire Pastor Indicted On Child Sex Charges

Manchester’s ABC affiliate reports: A former New Hampshire minister is accused of strangulation and sexual assault and is being investigated for similar charges in Florida. Ossipee police said at the time of the allegations, Kevin Straughan, 67, was the head minister of Agape Ministries Church in Ossipee and Moultonborough. Straughan has been indicted on several charges, including four counts of …

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NH Governor Expected To Launch WH Bid Next Month

The Dispatch reports: Chris Sununu is accelerating plans to run for president, with close allies telling The Dispatch the New Hampshire governor wants to seek the Republican nomination and is exploring avenues for mounting a viable 2024 campaign. In telephone calls and in-person meetings, Sununu is pitching a potential White House bid to wealthy Republican donors in New Hampshire who …

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Sununu Rips Fox “Echo Chamber” In Speech To RNC

NPR reports: At the Republican National Committee’s spring retreat in Tennessee over the weekend, a swing-state GOP governor told major donors the party’s future political success depended in part on Fox News. In a speech about attracting independents and young people to the Republican Party, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said he had urged Fox News to break out of …

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GOP NH Gov Launches 2024 Fundraising Committee

NBC News reports: New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has taken his most significant step yet in exploring a White House bid, launching a national political organization that’s a popular tool for prospective presidential candidates testing the waters. The governor first confirmed to NBC News on Wednesday that he had formed the “Live Free or Die” committee (borrowed from his state’s …

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NH Mountain Sees US Record -108 Wind Chill [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: The wind chill at the summit of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington dropped to minus-108 degrees on Friday, marking what meteorologists and climate scientists say is probably the lowest recorded in the history of the United States at a time when the Northeast is getting battered with dangerously cold air. Videos recorded by the nonprofit Mount Washington …

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NH Gov: Yes, I’m Considering Running For President

Florida Politics reports: A potential political rival for Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged the Florida Governor has the momentum for a presidential run. “Obviously Ron DeSantis is looking to run for President, which is fine,” said New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu. “He’d probably win New Hampshire right now, without a doubt.” Sununu spoke about the 2024 presidential election in an appearance …

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NH Governor Not Considering WH Bid “Right Now”

The Hill reports: Newly reelected New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) on Wednesday told CNN he’s not considering mounting a 2024 presidential campaign “right now.” “Right now, I’m not,” Sununu told Jake Tapper when asked about his plans during an appearance on the network. Sununu, who supported former President Trump’s two successful presidential bids but broke with him by declaring …

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Sen. Maggie Hassan Defeats Don “Litter Boxes” Bolduc

NBC News reports: New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan won re-election Tuesday, NBC News projects, defeating Republican Don Bolduc and keeping a critical seat in Democratic hands. While the race attracted less attention than some others, Hassan won her Senate seat six years ago in one of the closest races in the country, and Democrats had grown increasingly nervous in …

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GOP NH Senate Nominee Repeats “Litter Boxes” Claim: Kids Are “Hissing And Licking Themselves Like Cats”

“Guess what? We have furries and fuzzies in classrooms. They lick themselves, they’re cats. When they don’t like something, they hiss – people walk down the hallway and jump out. “And get this, get this. They’re putting litter boxes, right? Litter boxes for that. These are the same people that are concerned about spreading germs. “Yet they let children lick …

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GOP Yanks Ads For New Hampshire Senate Candidate

The Hill reports: The GOP’s Senate campaign arm is reportedly pulling millions of dollars out of the New Hampshire Senate race and redirecting it to other states. The announcement comes as Bolduc has faced controversy in his candidacy and his poll numbers consistently trail Hassan’s. Bolduc falsely claimed that former President Trump won the 2020 presidential election and once called …

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Dem Hassan +11 Over Bolduc In First NH Senate Poll

Emerson College Polling reports: The first Emerson College/WHDH New Hampshire General Election poll finds incumbent Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan with an 11-point lead over newly-nominated Republican Donald Bolduc, leading 51% to 40%. Six percent (6%) of voters are undecided, and 4% plan to support someone else. “Independent voters break for Hassan by a 12-point margin,” Spencer Kimball, Executive Director of …

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