@davidmeuse.bsky.social
NH state rep., amateur photographer, and recovering Red Sox fan.
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The House just defeated HB1642 206-153 which would have temporarily restricted access to guns if a judge deems them a significant danger to themselves or others. #NHPolitics
New Hampshire more than double the rate of firearm deaths as the two states it's gerrymandered majority in state gov't always trying to scare its citizens about - MA and NY.
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Sharing this map mostly because New York ranks so favourably. I also love how relatively well behaved my Texan friends are. Source: buff.ly/tUlRrxb
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The House just defeated HB1642 206-153 which would have temporarily restricted access to guns if a judge deems them a significant danger to themselves or others. #NHPolitics
“The system was not designed for this kind of abuse but…it’s an extraordinary thing that ordinary American citizens sitting as a grand jury stood up for the Constitution, stood up for the truth, against these outrageous abuses.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/n...
Goodlander says failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers is an ‘outrage’ - The Boston Globe
The Justice Department tried to indict six Democratic lawmakers over a video they recorded urging military members to refuse illegal orders.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
“The system was not designed for this kind of abuse but…it’s an extraordinary thing that ordinary American citizens sitting as a grand jury stood up for the Constitution, stood up for the truth, against these outrageous abuses.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/n...
Good for Sen. Tim McGough. Meanwhile, radio silence from NH’s own Pam Bondi—Komplicit Kelly Ayotte. #NHPolitics www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/12/n...
Trump wants ICE facilities in Merrimack, N.H., and across the US. Some Republicans are pushing back. - The Boston Globe
The administration’s plans to convert warehouses into detention facilities face opposition from residents and local officials — including some who have supported him.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Good for Sen. Tim McGough. Meanwhile, radio silence from NH’s own Pam Bondi—Komplicit Kelly Ayotte. #NHPolitics www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/12/n...
Fueled by narcissism masquerading as independence and informed by so-called “experts”from the shadiest corners of the Interwebs, NH Republicans are working hard to make NH #1 in childhood deaths from preventable illnesses. #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/12/v...
Vaccine skeptics renew efforts to rescind New Hampshire’s vaccine requirements in 2026 • New Hampshire Bulletin
A contingent of vaccine skeptics in the New Hampshire House of Representatives has again brought a slate of vaccine-related legislation to the State House in 2026. Some proposals go further than other...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Fueled by narcissism masquerading as independence and informed by so-called “experts”from the shadiest corners of the Interwebs, NH Republicans are working hard to make NH #1 in childhood deaths from preventable illnesses. #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/12/v...
“I find the aloof centrism of New Hampshire’s Democratic congressional delegation troubling, too. I know they long for a grown-up Republican they can do business with, but what kind of business exactly?” #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/10/a...
A reckoning awaits New Hampshire Republicans — but beware the far end of the redemption arc • New Hampshire Bulletin
I don’t know how much worse things are going to get for this country in the months and years ahead, but I do know this: A lot of Republican politicians are going to spend the rest of their careers dis...
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February 11, 2026 at 11:42 AM
“I find the aloof centrism of New Hampshire’s Democratic congressional delegation troubling, too. I know they long for a grown-up Republican they can do business with, but what kind of business exactly?” #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/10/a...
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Please watch the whole thing. It gives a glimpse of a road-map of what actual accountability could look like if the GOP loses their majority.
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Please watch the whole thing. It gives a glimpse of a road-map of what actual accountability could look like if the GOP loses their majority.
“It really is kind of the shiny object as opposed to the hard work, the nuts and bolts of really sweating the details – that is the thing that is actually going to provide some sort of rate relief here in New England.” #NHPolitics www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
Ayotte wants to bring more nuclear power to New Hampshire. How would that work?
Nuclear power faced major opposition in New Hampshire in the 1970s. Half a century later, Ayotte wants to make the state the face of nuclear innovation.
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February 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
“It really is kind of the shiny object as opposed to the hard work, the nuts and bolts of really sweating the details – that is the thing that is actually going to provide some sort of rate relief here in New England.” #NHPolitics www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
“The US ranking…took another hit last year, when Trump gutted the government’s ability to fight public corruption by pausing investigations into corporate foreign bribery and curtailing enforcement of a foreign agent registration law.” www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
The US slips to its lowest-ever rank in a global corruption index | CNN Business
The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures views of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
“The US ranking…took another hit last year, when Trump gutted the government’s ability to fight public corruption by pausing investigations into corporate foreign bribery and curtailing enforcement of a foreign agent registration law.” www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
"This is setting up our public school system to be starved and failed.” #NHPolitics www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/e...
Seacoast schools fight NH open enrollment, say it would create chaos
Seacoast school leaders say NH open enrollment bill would require neighbors of kids who choose to go to school in another town to pay more taxes.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"This is setting up our public school system to be starved and failed.” #NHPolitics www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/e...
If this passes in some form, it raises the possibility that a future legislature—aggrieved by the way something is reported—could take the tax credit away or use it as leverage to suppress unflattering reporting. No thanks... #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/02/09/n...
News Organizations, Legislators Grapple with Bill to Save Local News
How can the state Legislature help to save local news and news outlets?
A bipartisan subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee – several of them former reporters – grappled with that questio...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:59 AM
If this passes in some form, it raises the possibility that a future legislature—aggrieved by the way something is reported—could take the tax credit away or use it as leverage to suppress unflattering reporting. No thanks... #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/02/09/n...
Kelly’s mad because this blew up her plausible deniability gambit. Claiming that you know nothing is so much easier than actually fighting for your state—and punching down on subordinates is far more painless than standing up to ICE and Trump. #NHPolitics www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
Commissioner forced to resign after Merrimack ICE facility controversy
Sarah Stewart served as the commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources since June 2018.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Kelly’s mad because this blew up her plausible deniability gambit. Claiming that you know nothing is so much easier than actually fighting for your state—and punching down on subordinates is far more painless than standing up to ICE and Trump. #NHPolitics www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
“Detention center” is a euphemism for these prisons of due process-free cruelty. It’s time to start calling them what they are: concentration camps. apnews.com/article/immi...
Migrants languish in US detention centers facing dire conditions and prolonged waits
Prolonged detention has become more common in President Donald Trump’s second term, at least partly because a new policy generally prohibits immigration judges from releasing detainees while their dep...
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February 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
“Detention center” is a euphemism for these prisons of due process-free cruelty. It’s time to start calling them what they are: concentration camps. apnews.com/article/immi...
“A number of individuals actually said, ‘We don’t need [international tourists] anyway.’ I’m like, you may not, but we like them, and they’re good for our business.” #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/09/s...
Small inns, hotels bear the burden of slouching Canadian tourism • New Hampshire Bulletin
At certain times, like Laconia’s annual Bike Week, the proportion of Canadian lodgers in the Nutmeg’s guest rooms grew to nearly half. Then, last year, that abruptly changed. During the summer of 2025...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:09 PM
“A number of individuals actually said, ‘We don’t need [international tourists] anyway.’ I’m like, you may not, but we like them, and they’re good for our business.” #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/09/s...
“The best and most efficient way to improve student reading scores is for the state to live up to its constitutional obligation to provide every public school student an adequate education and to pay for it.” #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/02/07/d...
Distant Dome: Student Reading Scores Follow the Money
In my public school days, there were no cell phones to find information in an instant, or communicate with friends or family or someone across the universe, or a mind-boggling number of games to play ...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
“The best and most efficient way to improve student reading scores is for the state to live up to its constitutional obligation to provide every public school student an adequate education and to pay for it.” #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/02/07/d...
"While I'm not totally surprised at the outcome, I was pleasantly surprised by the reasoning—that it was not just a national or ideological reason, but it was also a very local, specific, practical reason related to the disruption that would be caused.” www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
Rockingham County shelves ICE detainee jail deal indefinitely: Here's why
Questions over staffing, leadership, and direction lead Rockingham County to table a controversial ICE contract to house detainees in its jail.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"While I'm not totally surprised at the outcome, I was pleasantly surprised by the reasoning—that it was not just a national or ideological reason, but it was also a very local, specific, practical reason related to the disruption that would be caused.” www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
“This bill has nothing to do with who you are,” Meuse said, “but it has everything to do with where you are.” #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/02/05/n...
NH House Approves Guns on Campus
House Bill 1793 would prohibit colleges, universities and other institutes of higher learning from imposing restrictions on firearms and other weapons if they accept state funding.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:58 PM
“This bill has nothing to do with who you are,” Meuse said, “but it has everything to do with where you are.” #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/02/05/n...
Sorry Merrimack.
Today a proposed suspension of House rules by Democratic Minority Leader Alexis Simpson is voted down 162-187 along party lines. It would have allowed the drafting of a late bill giving NH communities a chance to choose whether they want ICE detention centers in their towns.
Today a proposed suspension of House rules by Democratic Minority Leader Alexis Simpson is voted down 162-187 along party lines. It would have allowed the drafting of a late bill giving NH communities a chance to choose whether they want ICE detention centers in their towns.
February 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Sorry Merrimack.
Today a proposed suspension of House rules by Democratic Minority Leader Alexis Simpson is voted down 162-187 along party lines. It would have allowed the drafting of a late bill giving NH communities a chance to choose whether they want ICE detention centers in their towns.
Today a proposed suspension of House rules by Democratic Minority Leader Alexis Simpson is voted down 162-187 along party lines. It would have allowed the drafting of a late bill giving NH communities a chance to choose whether they want ICE detention centers in their towns.
“I can no longer be part of a political party that harms our most vulnerable Granite Staters, threatens our schools and budgets and offers policies which harm our already deteriorating health care system.”—Rep. David Nagel #NHPolitics www.concordmonitor.com/2026/02/05/m...
Opinion: People over party — Why I’m changing my affiliation - Concord Monitor
New Hampshire State Representative leaves Republican Party, becomes Democrat to fight for vulnerable and improve healthcare. Goals remain the same.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
“I can no longer be part of a political party that harms our most vulnerable Granite Staters, threatens our schools and budgets and offers policies which harm our already deteriorating health care system.”—Rep. David Nagel #NHPolitics www.concordmonitor.com/2026/02/05/m...
“A potential ICE detention facility is not a minor zoning issue or a routine federal paperwork exercise. It would carry profound consequences for the host community…For a governor to claim ignorance about such a development is not reassuring. It is a red flag.” www.concordmonitor.com/2026/02/05/m...
Opinion: If the Governor 'didn’t know,' that’s the problem - Concord Monitor
Governor's lack of knowledge on potential ICE facility in New Hampshire raises concerns about leadership, transparency, and accountability.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
“A potential ICE detention facility is not a minor zoning issue or a routine federal paperwork exercise. It would carry profound consequences for the host community…For a governor to claim ignorance about such a development is not reassuring. It is a red flag.” www.concordmonitor.com/2026/02/05/m...
Thank you to everyone who weighed in yesterday in-person or online against this pro-hate dumpster fire of a bill. #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/02/02/l...
Lawmakers Seek To Intervene in Public School Curriculum
Education and educators are targeted in two bills that would prohibit the teaching of personal identity ideologies, critical race theory, LGBTQ+ ideologies and alleged Marxist derived educational theo...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Thank you to everyone who weighed in yesterday in-person or online against this pro-hate dumpster fire of a bill. #NHPolitics indepthnh.org/2026/02/02/l...
“The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols… Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.”—ProPublica
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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February 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
“The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols… Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.”—ProPublica
“Having armed classmates ‘does not create a sense of freedom. It creates fear and division.’ We agree, and urge lawmakers to reject HB 1793.”—Keene Sentinel Editorial Board.
Note: HB 1793 will come to the House floor for a vote on Thursday.
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Note: HB 1793 will come to the House floor for a vote on Thursday.
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Sentinel Opinion: Campus guns; A bill to allow students to carry firearms at colleges would decrease safety for all
Every time Granite Staters think the state GOP’s zeal for the Second Amendment has gone as far as possible, the party finds another ill-advised step to take. The latest, making
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February 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
“Having armed classmates ‘does not create a sense of freedom. It creates fear and division.’ We agree, and urge lawmakers to reject HB 1793.”—Keene Sentinel Editorial Board.
Note: HB 1793 will come to the House floor for a vote on Thursday.
www.keenesentinel.com/opinion/edit...
Note: HB 1793 will come to the House floor for a vote on Thursday.
www.keenesentinel.com/opinion/edit...
There is so much handwriting on the wall right now for Republicans right now that Joe Sweeney must be thinking about filing a late bill in the NH House to make handwriting on a wall a capital offense. #NHPolitics apnews.com/article/cong...
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
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February 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
There is so much handwriting on the wall right now for Republicans right now that Joe Sweeney must be thinking about filing a late bill in the NH House to make handwriting on a wall a capital offense. #NHPolitics apnews.com/article/cong...
3/As a reward, the GOP legislature tried to defund her office—and now Komplicit Kelly has kicked her to the curb. Decisions like this are why NH is on the hook for $2 billion in YDC abuse settlements. newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/07/17/f...
For New Hampshire’s child advocate, budget cut means smaller team and bigger worries • New Hampshire Bulletin
Cassandra Sanchez, New Hampshire’s child advocate, saw her team shrink nearly by half this month. When New Hampshire’s state budget went into effect July 1, so too did a major cut to the Office of the...
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February 1, 2026 at 12:22 PM
3/As a reward, the GOP legislature tried to defund her office—and now Komplicit Kelly has kicked her to the curb. Decisions like this are why NH is on the hook for $2 billion in YDC abuse settlements. newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/07/17/f...
2/Sanchez proved time and time again that she wasn’t afraid to break glass in other departments to help vulnerable kids. newhampshirebulletin.com/2023/08/23/c...
Child advocates: Damning report on Tennessee youth facility is one worry of many • New Hampshire Bulletin
Child Advocate Cassandra Sanchez was intentionally detailed and unsparing in describing what she saw and heard while checking on two boys the Department of Health and Human Services had sent to a Tenn...
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February 1, 2026 at 12:22 PM
2/Sanchez proved time and time again that she wasn’t afraid to break glass in other departments to help vulnerable kids. newhampshirebulletin.com/2023/08/23/c...