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Raymond GA Côté
@rgac.bsky.social
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Long-time techie. Python fan. Trying to find time to learn Elixir. Enjoy live theatre. Conservative Democrat (back when "conservative" had a rational meaning). Retired, but still have too many things to do. Happy Humanist. Loving the NH seasons.
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rgac.bsky.social
Please join me in calling all our government representatives, local, state, and federal, and ask them what they are doing October 18th. Will they take a public stand for our rights and the rule of law and declare America is a democracy without kings or autocrats? #NoKings #nhpolitics
October 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
rgac.bsky.social
I am under no obligation to express government-approved opinions.

I can denounce Charlie Kirk’s murder while condemning what Charlie Kirk stood for.

I can have sympathy for Kirk’s family and not spare a thought for him.

These actions are not mutually exclusive.

#ReleaseTheFiles #IamANTIFA
September 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
rgac.bsky.social
Dear @shaheen.senate.gov, @hassan.senate.gov, and @repgoodlander.bsky.social. I'll be out protesting today. What positive action are you taking today? #USPolitics #NHPolitics
April 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
rgac.bsky.social
Nero fiddled while Rome burned. #Trump golfed while America burned. #USPolitics
April 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
rgac.bsky.social
Thank you @shaheen.senate.gov for rising to speak during @booker.senate.gov filibuster. #NHpolitics #USpolitics
April 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
rgac.bsky.social
#TreasuryDirect site down for maintenance since 7:00PM ET Friday. Second maintenance this month. It's not up as of 6:45PM ET on Sunday. There have been notices it will be back at noon, then 4:00, then 6:00; still not back up. Has #TreasuryDirect been #Doge ‘d? #uspolitics

@altustreasury.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
rgac.bsky.social
Did #BOIreporting. Then find notice that domestic company reporting no longer required; but the rule is interim; effective date is a placeholder based on Federal Register publication; not yet published in the FR. So, is rule in effect or not? And site going down for maintenance in 30 minutes. #AARGH
March 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
rgac.bsky.social
Dear #NHPolitics House Representative: I’m writing to urge your support of HRC 7. It is important to show where you stand on protecting women’s health, including access to abortion services prior to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
www.weareplannedparenthoodaction.org/a/nh-statere...
Urge NH state reps: pass HCR 7!
click.everyaction.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
rgac.bsky.social
#NHPolitics #ICE Anything else I might say is not safe for a family audience...
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Mar 15
ICE agents are torturing a green card holder from New Hampshire, his mother says

www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
A New Hampshire man with a green card was detained by immigration officers at Logan Airport and is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court. Schmidt had been visiting Luxembourg and flew back to the U.S. on Friday. His partner had gone to pick him up at Logan Airport, and waited four hours before calling authorities. “It was just said that his green card was flagged,” said Astrid Senior, his mother. She said she didn’t hear from her son directly until Tuesday, when she learned he’d been hospitalized. Senior described Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair. She said Schmidt told her immigration agents pressured him to give up his green card. She said he was placed on a mat in a bright room with other people at the airport, with little food or water, suffered sleep deprivation, and was denied access to his medication for anxiety and depression.
March 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
ICE agents are torturing a green card holder from New Hampshire, his mother says

www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
A New Hampshire man with a green card was detained by immigration officers at Logan Airport and is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Donald W. Wyatt detention facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court. Schmidt had been visiting Luxembourg and flew back to the U.S. on Friday. His partner had gone to pick him up at Logan Airport, and waited four hours before calling authorities. “It was just said that his green card was flagged,” said Astrid Senior, his mother. She said she didn’t hear from her son directly until Tuesday, when she learned he’d been hospitalized. Senior described Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair. She said Schmidt told her immigration agents pressured him to give up his green card. She said he was placed on a mat in a bright room with other people at the airport, with little food or water, suffered sleep deprivation, and was denied access to his medication for anxiety and depression.
March 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
rgac.bsky.social
The continuing resolution was passed with just a simple majority, both #NHpolitics Senators voted for it, and #USpolitics is so screwed up at the moment that it I really can't tell if keeping the government funded is a good thing or the next step in its total disassembly.
March 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
rgac.bsky.social
Dear Senators @shaheen.senate.gov and Hassan. I don't understand why you would vote for a continuing resolution for funding without providing restrictions on the wholesale dismantling of our government. #NHpolitics #USpolitics
Shaheen: (202) 224-2841
Hassan: (202) 224-3324
March 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
rgac.bsky.social
I'm trying to retake control by taking a political action per week; typically calling/emailing my #USpolitics or #NHpolitics reps. It's a small thing and provides some small measure of control. Action, not anger. Action, not despair. It's what I can do at the moment.
March 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
rgac.bsky.social
Not sure #Amazon is reading the room properly...
#TRUMP
"The Apprentice" advertised on Amazon Prime
March 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
rgac.bsky.social
The EV-only utility of a #Kia #Sportage #PHEV is greatly diminished as it can't figure out the 12V battery needs charging. A week or so of short in-town trips, particularly in the winter, runs the 12V down without any indication it needs charging. Been having to trickle charge in the winter.
March 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
rgac.bsky.social
#USDA cutting more than $1 Billion in local food purchases for schools and food banks. Not mentioned is that's also $1 Billion no longer going to US agriculture. These programs support our farmers throughout the country. #uspolitics

stocks.apple.com/ApSDxVwrUT-S...
USDA cuts more than $1bn in local food purchases for schools, food banks — Guardian US
Millions of children could lose free school meals as food costs rise, warns School Nutrition Association president
stocks.apple.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
rgac.bsky.social
Stock market sure seems happy with Trump disbanding the folks who help put together the gross domestic product (GDP) data. /s
Dow Jones -588.51, NASDAQ -670.68, S&P 500 -134.17.
March 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
rgac.bsky.social
I like how most of the animal sacrifices to the gods in the Illiad turn into BBQ feasts.
March 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
rgac.bsky.social
Thank you Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill for your regular updates. It's more important than ever to hear what our elected officials are actually DOING!

Please join me in asking karen@karenliothill.com to join the growing #NHPolitics community on BlueSky.

mailchi.mp/karenliothil...
News from Councilor KLH - Time to Resist!
mailchi.mp
March 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
rgac.bsky.social
Supporting two #NEFirst teams for the 2025 #reefscape season. Check out the videos from team 319/BOB at the Salem NH (MABRI) event and team 1729/Inconceivable at the Southern Maine (MAFAL) event.

frc-events.firstinspires.org/2025/team/319
frc-events.firstinspires.org/2025/team/1729
FRC Event Web : Team 319 (2025)
Information and results from FIRST Robotics Competition Team Number 319 in the 2025 season
frc-events.firstinspires.org
March 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
rgac.bsky.social
Not a good start to the day when your broker's email is bouncing due to a missing domain!

➜ ~ ping edward-jones.com
ping: cannot resolve edward-jones.com: Unknown host

(Yes, the Edward Jones email domain has a hyphen, their website domain does not.)
February 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
rgac.bsky.social
So now we're going to be cross-referencing social security and employment records against your registered state party affiliation?
justinbaragona.bsky.social Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · Feb 18
Zachary Levi ran to Fox News last night to beg Elon Musk to save MAGA voters from DOGE cuts:

"But there are good people, people that voted for Donald Trump who are losing their job. And we got to make sure that we don’t leave those folks behind."

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Zachary Levi begs Elon Musk to save ‘good’ MAGA workers from DOGE cuts
‘But there are good people, people that voted for Donald Trump who are losing their job. And we got to make sure that we don’t leave those folks behind,’ Zachary Levi said in an interview with Fox New...
www.independent.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
rgac.bsky.social
I know it is a minor thing in comparison to the #DOGE #muskavites daily dismantling of our democracy, but the ravaging of the #KennedyCenter is the an action that saddened me.

#politics #art
February 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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lobsters-feed.bsky.social
DOGE as a National Cyberattack https://lobste.rs/s/luwzuy ##security
DOGE as a National Cyberattack - Schneier on Security
In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, but through official orders by a billionaire with a poorly defined government role. And the implications for national security are profound. First, it was reported that people associated with the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had accessed the US Treasury computer system, giving them the ability to collect data on and potentially control the department’s roughly ...
www.schneier.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
rgac.bsky.social
My email to the NH Attorney General requesting NH join the NYAG lawsuit to stop DODGE.

gist.githubusercontent.com/rgacote/cc21...

#NHPolitics
gist.githubusercontent.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM