Dana Wormald
@danawormald.bsky.social
Editor, New Hampshire Bulletin, @newhampshirebulletin.com. Part of @statesnewsroom.com.
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Dana Wormald
@danawormald.bsky.social
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Here’s a new one from me, which took shape yesterday with an early morning text to my mom. I’m trying to understand why life seems harder for families now, in so many ways, than 60 years ago. Here’s where I landed. #NHPolitics
Life seems harder for New Hampshire families than it did 60 years ago. I think that’s because it is. • New Hampshire Bulletin
When my parents married in 1965, my mother was making $75 a week and my father was taking home $73. For the first year, they were a two-income household, but my mom left the workforce the next year — ...
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January 29, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Here’s a new one from me, which took shape yesterday with an early morning text to my mom. I’m trying to understand why life seems harder for families now, in so many ways, than 60 years ago. Here’s where I landed. #NHPolitics
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Federal immigration officers shot a third Minnesotan in as many weeks, according to video posted to social media and confirmed in a post by Gov. Tim Walz. From @madisonmcvan.bsky.social and @michellemgriff.bsky.social via @minnesotareformer.com
Another Minnesotan shot and killed by feds • New Hampshire Bulletin
Over 10 shots can be heard in the video, but it’s unclear if more than one agent fired a weapon.
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January 24, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Federal immigration officers shot a third Minnesotan in as many weeks, according to video posted to social media and confirmed in a post by Gov. Tim Walz. From @madisonmcvan.bsky.social and @michellemgriff.bsky.social via @minnesotareformer.com
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Being documented vs. undocumented is a spectrum. Lots of the people being detained and deported by ICE have permission to be in the U.S. — pending asylum claims or visa applications.
Max and I interviewed Frank, whose has a work permit and a pending application for a U visa — a visa available for victims of crimes in the U.S., so they can cooperate with law enforcement without fearing deportation.
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Being documented vs. undocumented is a spectrum. Lots of the people being detained and deported by ICE have permission to be in the U.S. — pending asylum claims or visa applications.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
New Hampshire Rep. Kristin Noble's comments last week in support of school segregation reveal a lot about her world view — and something about the nature of the Republican coalition, too. #NHPolitics
Anybody have ‘school segregation’ on their 2026 New Hampshire bingo card? • New Hampshire Bulletin
Boy, New Hampshire Legislature, you sure know how to make a national impression.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
New Hampshire Rep. Kristin Noble's comments last week in support of school segregation reveal a lot about her world view — and something about the nature of the Republican coalition, too. #NHPolitics
A new one: In NH, politicians like to use the tyranny of averages to convince people their financial struggles are illusory. While real solutions require real effort and collaboration, tapping into a national reservoir of hatred is easy. And for the GOP, this is the golden age of that kind of easy.
How’s life on Easy Street treating you, New Hampshire? • New Hampshire Bulletin
Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s not wrong about New Hampshire’s collection of accolades from think tanks and special interests, but what she doesn’t mention is the tyranny of averages underlying her rosy picture.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:38 PM
A new one: In NH, politicians like to use the tyranny of averages to convince people their financial struggles are illusory. While real solutions require real effort and collaboration, tapping into a national reservoir of hatred is easy. And for the GOP, this is the golden age of that kind of easy.
Here's something brief I wrote on Friday morning about Renee Good. It's not a column, really, but something between a dream and a prediction.
January 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Here's something brief I wrote on Friday morning about Renee Good. It's not a column, really, but something between a dream and a prediction.
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Beautifully written (as yr. readers have come to expect). The "frame-up" reveals another sick aspect of current US society-- the insistence that people obey *self-proclaimed* lawmakers. I supervised a couple hundred OSHA inspectors at one time. We had enforcement powers, but we were not the police.
January 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Beautifully written (as yr. readers have come to expect). The "frame-up" reveals another sick aspect of current US society-- the insistence that people obey *self-proclaimed* lawmakers. I supervised a couple hundred OSHA inspectors at one time. We had enforcement powers, but we were not the police.
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Excellent piece - and SPOT ON! There is no such thing as a ‘moderate Republican’ if they voted for this insanity and inhumanity and aren’t now renouncing it full force. Sitting back, pocketing the gains, waiting for whatever comes next is unconscionable.
"The administrations in power never missed an opportunity...to articulate just how black and white they viewed the world, nor did they underplay the inhuman lengths to which they would go to...punish the people they consider unworthy of an American existence." Commentary, @danawormald.bsky.social
Sorry, would-be moderate Republicans, but there is only one Republican Party • New Hampshire Bulletin
In the middle of December, a “grateful” John Sununu shared a list of new endorsers for his U.S. Senate campaign, through which he plans to “bring New Hampshire common-sense” to Washington.
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January 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Excellent piece - and SPOT ON! There is no such thing as a ‘moderate Republican’ if they voted for this insanity and inhumanity and aren’t now renouncing it full force. Sitting back, pocketing the gains, waiting for whatever comes next is unconscionable.
An unofficial column: A presidential address to the nation. Someday, maybe.
January 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
An unofficial column: A presidential address to the nation. Someday, maybe.
A new column: "To be a modern Republican is to declare that there is very little you won’t endorse, whether through applause or silence, to accomplish whatever it was that made you a conservative to begin with." #NHPolitics
Sorry, would-be moderate Republicans, but there is only one Republican Party • New Hampshire Bulletin
In the middle of December, a “grateful” John Sununu shared a list of new endorsers for his U.S. Senate campaign, through which he plans to “bring New Hampshire common-sense” to Washington.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:47 PM
A new column: "To be a modern Republican is to declare that there is very little you won’t endorse, whether through applause or silence, to accomplish whatever it was that made you a conservative to begin with." #NHPolitics
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The Bulletin’s William Skipworth has won a Collier Spotlight award for his three-part report on abuse and neglect in New Hampshire’s intellectual and developmental disability care system. #NHPolitics
Bulletin’s Skipworth wins Collier Spotlight award for investigation of NH disability care system • New Hampshire Bulletin
The Bulletin’s William Skipworth has won a Collier Spotlight award for his three-part report on abuse and neglect in New Hampshire’s intellectual and developmental disability care system.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The Bulletin’s William Skipworth has won a Collier Spotlight award for his three-part report on abuse and neglect in New Hampshire’s intellectual and developmental disability care system. #NHPolitics
A new one from me about school vouchers, but also the politics of disconnection and how it enables sweeping cruelty. And, finally, how in such a world small kindnesses serve as an act of rebellion. #NHPolitics
The lasting harm of the politics of disconnection • New Hampshire Bulletin
Ours is a nation of small kindnesses and large cruelties.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A new one from me about school vouchers, but also the politics of disconnection and how it enables sweeping cruelty. And, finally, how in such a world small kindnesses serve as an act of rebellion. #NHPolitics
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"Individual disconnection enables large cruelties — and this country is more disconnected than it is divided. In such a place, there is nothing small about small kindnesses." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics
The lasting harm of the politics of disconnection • New Hampshire Bulletin
Ours is a nation of small kindnesses and large cruelties.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Individual disconnection enables large cruelties — and this country is more disconnected than it is divided. In such a place, there is nothing small about small kindnesses." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics
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"The idea, reflected in the state and national policies of tax cuts for the wealthy and simultaneous cuts to supports and services for everyone else, is that wealthy people deserve to keep their full wealth and poor people deserve to keep their full poverty." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social
New Hampshire lost a fortune with a tax repeal, but I bet the wealthy spent it on lots of cool stuff • New Hampshire Bulletin
In the year that has passed since New Hampshire Republicans held a news conference to celebrate the repeal of the state’s Interest and Dividends Tax, I’ve thought (and written) a lot about the $150…
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December 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"The idea, reflected in the state and national policies of tax cuts for the wealthy and simultaneous cuts to supports and services for everyone else, is that wealthy people deserve to keep their full wealth and poor people deserve to keep their full poverty." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social
A new column: How committed are New Hampshire Republicans to wealth inequality? From the infamous tax repeal to universal vouchers to “Don’t Mass Up New Hampshire,” the answer is “totally.” #NHPolitics
New Hampshire lost a fortune with a tax repeal, but I bet the wealthy spent it on lots of cool stuff • New Hampshire Bulletin
In the year that has passed since New Hampshire Republicans held a news conference to celebrate the repeal of the state’s Interest and Dividends Tax, I’ve thought (and written) a lot about the $150 mi...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A new column: How committed are New Hampshire Republicans to wealth inequality? From the infamous tax repeal to universal vouchers to “Don’t Mass Up New Hampshire,” the answer is “totally.” #NHPolitics
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
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December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential.
The authoritative World Inequality Report 2026, based on data compiled by 200 researchers, also found that the top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% combined, while the poorest half captures less than 10% of total global earnings. Continue reading...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
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Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social: "Expansive, policy-driven inequality is the Republican Party’s guiding light, whether you call it Reaganomics, or neoliberalism, or Trumpism, or trickle-down economics." #NHPolitics
New Hampshire lost a fortune with a tax repeal, but I bet the wealthy spent it on lots of cool stuff • New Hampshire Bulletin
In the year that has passed since New Hampshire Republicans held a news conference to celebrate the repeal of the state’s Interest and Dividends Tax, I’ve thought (and written) a lot about the $150…
newhampshirebulletin.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social: "Expansive, policy-driven inequality is the Republican Party’s guiding light, whether you call it Reaganomics, or neoliberalism, or Trumpism, or trickle-down economics." #NHPolitics
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"As just about any working-class American family will tell you, the real 'distortion of reality' is the idea that a family of four can do anything but suffer on $32,150 a year." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics
How much does it cost to stop being poor in America? • New Hampshire Bulletin
Last month, a Wall Street portfolio manager named Michael Green created a bit of a stir with a Substack article headlined, “How a broken benchmark quietly broke America.” His provocative economic…
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December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"As just about any working-class American family will tell you, the real 'distortion of reality' is the idea that a family of four can do anything but suffer on $32,150 a year." Commentary from @danawormald.bsky.social #NHPolitics
Here's a new one from me, on America's screwy perception of what it means to be "poor" and "middle class." #NHPolitics
How much does it cost to stop being poor in America? • New Hampshire Bulletin
Last month, a Wall Street portfolio manager named Michael Green created a bit of a stir with a Substack article headlined, “How a broken benchmark quietly broke America.” His provocative economic argu...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Here's a new one from me, on America's screwy perception of what it means to be "poor" and "middle class." #NHPolitics
Beautifully written piece on a beautiful film
The very lovely TRAIN DREAMS, starring the very lovely Joel Edgerton and based on Denis Johnson's acclaimed novella, premieres on Netflix tomorrow after its brief theatrical run (if you can catch it in a theater, do):
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‘Train Dreams’ Review: Life, Understood in Reverse
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November 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Beautifully written piece on a beautiful film
A new column, in lieu of saying grace. Happy Almost Thanksgiving, and best wishes to you all.
In gratitude. An American Thanksgiving, 2025. • New Hampshire Bulletin
Everywhere, abundance. That is the theme of the American Thanksgiving. Family and friends crowded around tables overflowing with food, thick moments of conversation, laughter, remembrance. It is a day...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A new column, in lieu of saying grace. Happy Almost Thanksgiving, and best wishes to you all.
What does New Hampshire Republicans' renewed attack on the Office of Health Access (formerly the Office of Health Equity) reveal about this political moment in America? Just about everything. #NHPolitics
When Donny strikes up the band • New Hampshire Bulletin
In the symphony that is modern American conservatism, harmony is the enemy.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
What does New Hampshire Republicans' renewed attack on the Office of Health Access (formerly the Office of Health Equity) reveal about this political moment in America? Just about everything. #NHPolitics