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the spy balloon shows how far we’ve fallen behind china in steampunk technology
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This is a ludicrously easy housing crisis to fix if you have even *slightly* flexible zoning codes.
Three states together can't build 50,000 net new urban homes in 3 years?
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Maine “was the only state in the country where the median age declined from 2020 to 2021…largely the result of young people moving in” nytimes.com/2023/02/03/us/
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You know who can handle that spy balloon...
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The easiest way to get the feds to stop the Chinese Spy Balloon is to load it up with American-made goods and try floating it between 2 US ports.
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"$31 trillion in gross federal debt is unprecedented in U.S. history. This level of debt is greater than the annual economic output of the entire country, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP)."
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Our daily record low of -32F (set in 1963) has already been broken and is expected to plunge even lower overnight. You can track how low ambient air temperatures go on our Current Summit Conditions page: mountwashington.org/experience-the
Or view the weather live at: mountwashington.org/weathercams/de
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In 1964, 17-year-old slashed his amp & invented punk rock, heavy metal & power pop all at once. His birthday (76) is a good reminder that sometimes boldly rebelling against the popular fashion really can change the world.
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This is a slow-motion, avoidable disaster that will end with tremendous self-imposed costs and ultimately death.
I do not exaggerate.
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N.H. House votes 301-63 to kill bill allowing municipalities to pass rent control ordinances.
Power move by the House...
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I was told this would never happen...
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Fiscal policy is about to become a lot less pleasant:
cbo.gov/publication/58
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Today's Morning Update is STUFFED with Vt. journalist Rob Roper on their crazy global warming law, , , , & the attorney suing Conway over its sign ordinance enforcement. 99.9FM, 1370AM, 1370wfea.com #nhpolitics
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Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?
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Brett Favre owns the NFL comebacks after retirement record with 2. Tom Brady doesn't have to let this stand. One more record he can break.
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That article about having books in the house being smug and middle class attracted a lot of comment and derision. But it comes from a long line of "Love something? This is why it is bad" school of journalism. Thread:
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Which will result in less housing being built, which will raise prices, making the city less affordable.
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The CT Dems 2022 Agenda:
Biggest tax cut in CT history
The 2023 agenda includes:
Income tax cut
Earned Income Tax Credit expansion
Small business tax cuts
Biggest tax cut in CT history
The 2023 agenda includes:
Income tax cut
Earned Income Tax Credit expansion
Small business tax cuts
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Let the Daniels 2024 movement begin…
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News: in statement Mitch Daniels says he has decided not to run for Indiana Senate seat
“It’s not the job for me, not the town for me, not the town for me, and not the life I want to live at this point”
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It's invaluable experience.
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Younger reporters: if you ever have a chance to cover the state budget process -- do it. I'm no longer a full-time statehouse reporter and it's already paid dividends in my new beat.
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Enjoying a great conversation with on right now. Join us on 99.9FM, 1370AM, or streaming at 1370wfea.com. #nhpolitics
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On today's Morning Update, , , , & . Lots of #nhpolitics today! Listen on 99.9FM, 1370AM, 1370wfea.com
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This could go on city welcome signs...
"Welcome to Manchester. There will be more yelling soon."
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Update from Lowell and Elm: a guy just now hates every one of the [expletive] because of something they did to his Porsche. I can hear him, but I'm not turning my head because I have too much to write. Never a dull moment in this city. There will be more yelling soon enough.
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Just fixed my internet with duct tape.
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New Hampshire's housing shortage explained in one chart...
#nhpolitics #charts #housing #housingcrisis
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With under-appreciated coming timing and a gift for the ad-libbed one liner.
"I was going to make espresso..."
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Happy birthday to Gene Hackman, 93-years-old, one of the most versatile film actors of the last century.
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Yes! 13 is way too young for kids to be on social media. Early puberty seems to be the most vulnerable period; rapid changes in identity and in frontal cortex. Let kids get through that. Raise the age to 16, and enforce it.
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Wow, this editorial on the city's school bus system...
bostonglobe.com/2023/01/27/opi
"The high cost and poor performance of the buses has even fueled calls to end busing altogether, return to neighborhood schools, and re-invest those millions in the classroom."
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Everyone loves outdoor dining so much that Portsmouth unanimously approved its extension this year.
seacoastonline.com/story/news/loc
Good thing the state legalized outdoor dining in... 2021!
jbartlett.org/2021/06/legisl
Did you know NH had to legalize this just 2 years ago?
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The course of world history would have been radically different
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Sad!
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Former Trump OMB Director, Mick Mulvaney, to @thedispatch: "The truth of the matter is that the first two years of the Trump administration, when the Republicans had the House and the Senate, we raised spending faster than the last couple of years of the Obama administration." twitter.com/crampell/statu…
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The 's new poll has Ron DeSantis with a big lead over Donald Trump among likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire -- 42% to 30%. (scholars.unh.edu/survey_center_)
What do you think about that result?
We'll talk with UNH pollster Andy Smith at 7.
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How many national rankings can NH win? It's getting ridiculous.
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Only 49 years after George Will achieved the beachhead.
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The @NRO takeover of the Washington Post is going according to plan. Congrats to @RameshPonnuru and @jimgeraghty!
washingtonpost.com/pr/2023/01/25/
Another ranking for NH to top.
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We have an exciting new report out @NTUF this morning - ranking every state on how it treats remote workers: ntu.org/foundation/det
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