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Purveyors of fear and paranoia, part ii

Purveyors of fear and paranoia

Rogues gallery of N.H. Trump supporters on CNN

Quote of the day: ‘She declined to criticize Trump’

The cynical attempt to dismantle public education in the name of education

This week in N.H. politics: A besieged party chair, a havoc-wreaking Free Stater and a patriotic porn star

Campaign vignette: Al Baldasaro plays a supporting role in Trump campaign shtick

Kelly Ayotte returns campaign contributions tied to controversial Turkish religious sect

Kuster was for accepting 100,000 Syrian refugees before she was against it

Kuster follows vote to halt Syrian refugee program with fundraising email blasting ‘GOP extremist’

Are Koch brothers ditching Frank Guinta for Pam Tucker in 1st District race?

GOP lawmaker warns of ‘invasion’ of ‘Diaper heads’ in email to House colleagues

Americans for Prosperity calls volunteers to action with spurious Thomas Jefferson quotation

GOP lawmakers apoplectic over Secret Service protection for Hillary Clinton at State House

Robert Azzi: Carson’s pyramid scheme foretells ‘dark days of ignorance, bias and prejudice’

ICYMI: Ben Carson proposes ‘separate but equal’ bathrooms for transgender men and women

Rep. Baldasaro promotes anti-Muslim "news story” from white supremacist, neo-Nazi website

N.H. GOP lawmaker embraces Black Lives Matter, heads explode

Baldasaro’s rare twofer spurious quotation meme

The day Jennifer Horn ‘literally runs out of the room’ to avoid addressing Young Republicans dispute

‘Scam PAC’ pioneer advises group planning to raise $1 million for N.H. 2016 election campaign

Did Jeb Bush repackage a 2014 Marilinda Garcia campaign ad? You make the call

N.H. lawmakers say the darndest things: Conspiracists and birthers and Islamophobes, on my!

Hello my name is Caleb Q. Dyer and I'm running for the N.H. House. Ask me anything!

Special election wrap-up: Koch brothers group fails in early test of heralded ground game

GOP lawmakers hurl insults at Michelle Obama, hit Washington Post columnist

N.H. Democrats unite with impassioned calls for more presidential primary debates

ICYMI: Ethics group calls on FTC to investigate former Sen. Scott Brown for diet pill endorsement

N.H. lawmakers got it wrong, Oregon mass shooting site not a gun-free zone

Lawmaker: I have filed the strongest and most effective legislation in state history

Jerry DeLemus crawfishes: ‘I didn't really even care about holding’ Draw Muhammad contest

Anti-abortion group plans counter-protest for Planned Parenthood ‘Pink Out Day’ vigil

Members of Trump’s N.H. leadership team share anti-Muslim beliefs voiced by supporter at rally

GOP lawmaker files legislation calling for impeachment of governor and executive councilors

Burns announces third run for Executive Council seat

O’Brien: Agreement hides Hassan budgeting failures & excesses behind gauze of bipartisan compromise

Republican lawmaker files legislation to ban ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBT minors

The deal Frank Guinta made with party operatives

NH lawmaker falls for ‘cartoonish’ hoax 9/11 video. (The flying saucer was the giveaway)

Labor Day 2015: Will new overtime rules be game changer for progressive political campaigns?

Gun rights activists politicize Manchester shooting death of Union Leader sales representative

N.H. lawmakers stir up a seething cauldron of half-baked conspiracy theories

Charlie Pierce challenges Granite Staters: Ask Scott Walker about undocumented immigrants from Zontar

‘The GOP establishment is getting EXACTLY what it deserves . . . a giant $h!tburger to eat’

House lawmaker blasts law enforcement officials: They 'don't care about human life’

Supporter defends Donald Trump in this profanity-laced tirade and it’s epic!

The day the Patriot Pastor hijacked the Executive Council to lobby against Planned Parenthood

Lawmakers up in arms over fairgrounds gun ban

The day three men limited health care access for 13,000 N.H. women and their families

National group chooses sides in standoff between rival N.H. Young Republican factions

Rep. Frank Edelblut ponies up $250K to explore GOP gubernatorial run

The ‘Dems do it’ rationale for GOP voter fraud

N.H. fails to report names of dangerously mentally ill for gun background checks

N.H. conference signals mainstreaming of anti-Muslim bigotry in GOP presidential primary

Londonderry gun shop owner apologizes for declaring business a ‘Muslim-free zone’

Bill O’Brien claims CDC exploits maternal mortality data to get more funding, then disproves it.

Will the real New Hampshire Young Republican, please stand up?

In fight for control, Young Republican establishment faction elects competing slate of officers

Democratic newcomer drops cool million on 1st District congressional campaign

Free Staters make plans to provoke police with ‘cell phone cookies’

GOP candidate Dan Innis begins 1st District congressional campaign $100,000 in debt

Young Republican infighting continues

Rep. Burt claims police ordered not to speak out, repeats analogy comparing cops to Nazis

Rep. Burt blames law enforcement for concealed carry veto: ‘Hitler’s men remained silent also’

Gun rights advocates wig out over governor’s expected veto of unlicensed concealed carry bill

Frank Guinta claims Obamacare is not working, his numbers don't add up

Kuster fundraising email raises specter of race against Democrats’ favorite bogeyman: Bill O’Brien

‘I simply must respond to all the people . . . who are mourning today's SCOTUS decision’

Jack Kimball, from N.H. GOP political boss to wide-eyed conspiracy theorist: ‘Planet X does exist’

N.H. Tea Party leader defends Confederate flag, suggests Charleston shooting a false flag operation

Free Stater exposes ‘seedy underbelly’ of liberty movement: ‘We attract the dregs of society’

Sen. Kevin Avard teams up with anti-Muslim activist Pamela Geller in attack on first lady

GOP committee member channels Al Pacino to challenge Jennifer Horn: You’re out of order!

GOP candidates line up for District 18 state Senate primary contest

Rival factions battle for control of N.H. Young Republicans group

N.H. Young Republicans Federation loses charter over pre-convention squabble with N.H. GOP

Plans for a controversial New Hampshire ‘Draw Muhammad art contest’ announced

Pro-gun survey provides textbook example of 'poll’ designed to elicit specific response

Sununu to conservatives: Hold your nose in 2016 and vote for GOP nominee -- unless it's Rand Paul

Jade Helm 15 update: ‘Tanks massing in New Hampshibe’

Donald Trump names controversial figure to N.H. leadership team

O’Connor targets Guinta with direct mail

The enemy of my enemy is my friend: O’Brien loyalists defend Guinta

Guinta stonewall strategy: Agree to wrongdoing, apologize, deny responsibility

Spurious quotation paints founding father as ‘anti-statist prophet’

Rand Paul struggles to hold on to father’s base while broadening his support

FSP president to legislature: ‘Stop writing words on pieces of paper and thinking anyone gives a crap!’

Special election profile: Yvonne Dean-Bailey, ‘the Michele Bachmann of Mount Holyoke’

Pro-life activists go on the attack against N.H. GOP

Second survey finds overwhelming support for concealed carry license requirement

Politically incorrect: Rep. Kyle Tasker holds forth on drugs, alcohol and domestic violence

Survey: N.H. voters overwhelmingly oppose measure to repeal license requirement for concealed carry

Bill O’Brien blasts Kelly Ayotte — again

Special election preview: Hampstead and Kingston voters head to the polls to fill vacant House seat

RINO hunters cull the herd of presidential candidates

Estevez on luncheon incident: My vision of working together to advance public interest failed miserably

O’Connor self-funds campaign with $500,000 loan

Bill O'Brien slams Frank Guinta after congressman pleads for increased mental health funding

One week before candidate summit, N.H. GOP removes controversial platform section from website

Rep. Eric Estevez makes headlines — again

Meet the Chicago-area man spending $250K to elect ‘liberty-leaning’ candidates to N.H. legislature

Rep. David Bates’ selective targeting of ‘unscrupulous people’

Epic fail: Undeliverable mail result of ‘obvious clerical errors’ by group alleging voter fraud

Cornerstone’s shockingly deceptive attack

When 85 N.H. lawmakers voted to sanction discrimination against gays and lesbians

Rep. Dan McGuire: Medicaid expansion may be responsible for heroin epidemic

A libertarian asks, ‘Can law enforcement and the Free State Project coexist?’

Spurious quotations (part umpteen)

Commission rejects GOP petition to purge Dover checklists, require voters to re-register in person

Voter suppression scheme would require voters to re-register in person or be removed from checklist

N.H. GOP chair in more honest days: ‘Donald Trump is not a credible candidate for President’

A former lawmaker’s unabashed racism

NH-1 campaign follies: Does Shawn O’Connor have a Jon Huntsman problem?

Rep. Abramson refuses to meet with Speaker Jasper ‘for reasons that would be impolite to repeat’

Rep. Warren Groen: ‘Don’t frack my mother’

Kelly Ayotte: ‘Interesting to be criticized about a letter that quotes the U.S. Constitution’

Watch: GOP lawmaker’s ‘jaw drop moment’ of ‘incredible disrespect’ toward Speaker Jasper

Simpatico: Tea party lawmakers woo young, male, slim-legged pants wearing Free Staters

State House review: Democrats team up with Republican minority to win key votes

VIDEO: NH1 follows up on National Right to Work Committee campaign funding scheme

Tales from the fringe: CPAC 2015

Shawn O'Connor targets LGBT community with fundraising pitch: 'We're going to make history'

O'Brien's shadow caucus funded by out-of-state corporate interests -- and presidential wannabes

Noted without comment

Quote of the day: Obama is a 'racist marxist muslim'

Rep. Warren Groen compares abortion to slavery: 'It's about ownership'

More guns equal more gun deaths, in one chart

National Right to Work Committee funneled over $25K to state Senate candidates in 2014

Lawmaker spreads anti-vaccine disinformation

Bill to prohibit enforcement of federal firearms laws written by outsider group of 'nullifier kooks'

Measles outbreak sheds light on N.H. anti-vaxxers

State Rep. Rideout blames measles outbreak on Obama immigration policy

Marple Tunnel Syndrome: Lawmaker seeks to remove public officials who violate state's sovereignty

Quote of the day: Power-hungry despots

Grafton's Free Stater band of merry pranksters target upcoming town meeting

N.H. Republicans launch 'frontal attack on access to abortion and reproductive health services'

Third Way Democrat looks to First District race

Rep. John Burt: MOAR GUNZ!

'Our party is more united than it's ever been' — all evidence to the contrary

Kuster statement opposing Dodd-Frank roll-back at odds with congressional voting record

Lawmaker seeks to defund Planned Parenthood for 'cutting children into small pieces'

Jack Kimball: 'BBC admits Paris shooting fake!!'

GOP state representative from Nottingham resigns

GOP lawmaker: Anyone who voted for State House gun ban 'is possibly NOT an American!'

Committee chair answers O'Brien, says he asked Jasper to remove lawmaker with felony conviction

O'Brien blasts Jasper for removing lawmaker with felony conviction from criminal justice panel

Drama over N.H. House seating assignments: What goes around comes around