Happy Birthday to Christa McAuliffe. She would have been 78 years old today. 💔 nhpbs.org/christa/
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America’s first teacher selected for space, Christa McAuliffe is the focus of a powerful documentary
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Verify your voter registration status. Often! www.nass.org/can-I-vote/v... Website of the National Association of Secretaries of State
Voter Registration Status | NASS
Not sure if you're already registered, or need to update your information? Select your state in the drop down menu to check.
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A legacy unmatched. We mark 59 years since Thurgood Marshall’s SCOTUS confirmation. A judge of honor, dedication, and passion. He sat on the bench to ensure this country upheld the Constitution and Black people’s rights were always protected. We carry his legacy into every courtroom today.
AP is offering two essential AI courses this fall, brought to you by AP staff. Looks pretty interesting! www.ap.org/solutions/le...
Learning | The Associated Press
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🚨The City of Piedmont, CA, who forced a Black family out of their home in 1924, is now using the courts to further harm the family and deny them what they're rightfully owed. We’re not dropping our lawsuit. The City of Piedmont must be held accountable and right their wrongs. https://bit.ly/46ygxCQ
LDF Continues to Demand Accountability in Court After California City Illegally Seized Black Homeowner’s Property
A California court ruled today that LDF must amend its lawsuit against the City of Piedmont, California, if the lawsuit is to proceed. The lawsuit, originally filed in February 2026 by LDF and co-coun...
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TX also reducing number of polling locations in large counties, has laws that you can't bring food and water to people in line to vote. u cant bring more than 3 ppl to the polls in your car. It's insane. We do have early voting. I encourage ppl to do that bc Abbott will fuck up the mail in ballots 💯
Their removal means there are no longer anymore statues honoring people who served in the Confederacy in its former capital of Richmond, Va. www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Crews remove Confederate statues from Capitol Square in Richmond: 'This is a moment in history'
Crews could be seen working to remove three Confederate-linked statues from Virginia's Capitol Square on Friday morning after a state senator introduced legislation to remove them earlier this year.
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Maine freshman shared her knowledge through a coding camp for students: codeforme.org Then she designed a textbook for teachers who had no coding experience. www.mainepublic.org/education-ne...
After finding few resources in her community, a Bath 16-year-old started her own coding camp
Steenstra designed the camp for students who have nowhere to turn to advance their skills. She was in the same situation in second grade when first introduced to coding, and she fell in love with it.
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Trump Is Once Again Weaponing the Postal Service to Try to Undermine Mail Voting ...
Trump Is Once Again Weaponing the Postal Service to Try to Undermine Mail Voting
Millions could be disenfranchised with less than 70 days left before the midterms, says journalist Ari Berman.
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Dolly being Dolly, generous with her praise. “I was so excited that Lil Nas X had done my song ‘Jolene.’ I had to listen to it immediately…and it’s really, really good. Of course, I love him anyway. I was surprised and I’m honored and flattered." www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWjn...
Lil Nas X - Jolene (Dolly Parton Cover) in the Live Lounge
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I've never seen anyone who's been given everything and still has such a vendetta against society.
It's Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. Get a gd clue! The US is the land of immigrants. 10 US cities are named Mexico. 5 US cities & 1 county are named Ontario. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump mulls renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America.' Canadians balk at the idea
President Donald Trump is floating the idea of renaming Lake Ontario to become “Lake America” as his trade war with Canada intensifies.
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He’s neither a showman nor a social media star. But “he’s anything but boring. I think he’s authentic." Roy Cooper, former NC governor and current Dem nominee for Senate. www.thebulwark.com/p/roy-cooper...
Roy Cooper’s Radical Strategy: Act Normal
His message is simple, his persona is unglamorous, and his old-school North Carolina Senate bid is working.
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Tom Toles retired in 2020: His last cartoon is prophetic: Climate change, Trump, AI. www.gocomics.com/tomtoles/202...
Tom Toles by Tom Toles for November 1, 2020 | GoComics
Read Tom Toles—a comic strip by creator Tom Toles—for today, November 1, 2020, and check out other great comics, too!
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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, a senior member of the Senate's Armed Services Committee, does not see an end in sight to the war in Iran, nor does she see that any progress has been made toward the goals Trump announced when bombing commenced on Feb. 28. www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
Shaheen: Iran war has no end in sight — and no clear U.S. strategy
"What we've seen is that the president went into this war without an adequate plan or strategy for how he was going to conduct it,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said.
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The rule change proposed on Monday would see three anticoagulant rodenticides added to the state’s list of restricted-use pesticides
New Hampshire Bulletin@newhampshirebulletin.com · 2w ago"The proposed changes to the rule known as Pes 700 would impose new restrictions on a handful of chemicals used to kill rodents and insects." From @mollyrains.bsky.social #NHPolitics
If you've not added alt text on Bluesky before, this can help you. www.accessible-social.com/images-and-v...
Alt Text on Bluesky
How to add and view alt text on Bluesky to make images accessible for blind and low-vision social media users.
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happy bday poet Dorothy Parker, b.1893, Long Branch, NJ. “In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you.”
Another Fortnightly Rant www.nhgazette.com/2026/08/21/t...
Time to Jump-Start Congress - The New Hampshire Gazette
Another fortnight has come and gone—and not just any fortnight. Continuing a trend that began in 2015—and mirroring, in the political realm, the ratcheting up of global temperatures and resultant…
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“The costs [of adequate education] do not disappear because [NH] refuses to define or confront them.... The State now wants credit for those LOCAL taxes as though that were the State fulfilling its own responsibility.” #NHpolitics fairfundingnh.org/state-asks-n...
State Asks NH Supreme Court to Overturn Claremont in School Funding Appeal - NH School Funding Fairness Project
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Activists in small paddle boats protested against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in the waters near his private island off Port Clyde, Maine. www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic...
Oyez, Oyez and Ahoy! Paddlers Protest John Roberts' Private Island
Kayakers, canoeists and one dog made a watery dissent against the Supreme Court chief justice.
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I'm excited to be teaming up with fellow Executive Council candidate Melanie Levesque and @exeternhdems.bsky.social on this fundraiser in Exeter next week. Hope you can join us! Get your tickets: actblue.com/donate/exeter-aug-24-ml-lks #nhpolitics
NH Dems & Repubs made unlikely alliances to overpower a handful of the governor’s vetoes, securing the two-thirds threshold for an override. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
Lawmakers override Ayotte vetoes on toll hikes and right to new trial, among others
Lawmakers rejected seven of the governor's 31 vetoes in Wednesday's session at the State House.
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With help from @rcfp.org’s free Legal Hotline, journalist @willskipworth.bsky.social obtained records revealing systemic failures in New Hampshire’s disability care network. His investigation sparked legislative reforms and won the Livingston Award for local reporting.
Reporters Committee’s free legal hotline helps journalist investigate abuse, neglect in New Hampshire’s disability care system
New Hampshire Bulletin reporter William Skipworth’s reporting recently won awards and sparked legislative reforms in the state.
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AT THIS RATE WHY END THE WAR???? Eight major oil producers earned almost $93 billion between April and June 2026, nearly double their combined profit in the same quarter of 2025. The near-halt in tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz produced what the IEA oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
Oil Majors Reap $93 Billion Windfall From the Iran War | OilPrice.com
Eight major oil companies earned nearly $93 billion in the second quarter as the Iran war and disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz drove energy prices sharply higher.
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“These states look more like the country,” as a whole. YES! NH has to stop being a bully about this. It's embarrassing. Dem 2028 primary: SC leads off voting in Jan., followed by NV on Feb. 1. Then NH, NM, MI & VA round out the Feb states. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
Democrats approve 2028 presidential calendar that puts South Carolina in lead spot
The new lineup pushes New Hampshire to third place from its traditional top primary spot. Granite State political leaders vow to still make sure New Hampshire holds the leadoff primary in 2028.
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On a dog walk in New Castle NH & came across the goats of Fort Constitution.
