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Texas Won’t Accept New Refugees, Gov. Greg Abbott Says

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Texas Won’t Accept New Refugees, Gov. Greg Abbott Says : NPR

No governor is empowered to refuse the Federal government in this way. It is outside their purview. It is also bigoted and unAmerican as F*ck. There is no excuse for spitting on the soul of this country and pretending Lady Liberty does not exist, None. Period.

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NH Supreme Court: Cash bail OK for suspects with flight risk

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Proponents of bail reform argue the changes have halved the detainee population in the county jails, which save counties roughly $2,500 per month, per prisoner, by forcing prosecutors to prove a specific suspect poses a threat to the community if they were to be released.

…Law enforcement has been vocally critical of bail reform, providing numerous anecdotal examples of individuals arrested given a personal reconnaissance (PR) bail, not showing up to their court date, getting arrested on a warrant for failing to appear (FTA), receiving another PR bail and failing to appear again, and in some instances, multiple times. Toussaint calls the current bail situation “catch and release.”

…Police departments and prosecutors critical of the new law have been unable to provide adequate data that quantifies how many suspects charged with Class A misdemeanors, versus Class B misdemeanors, versus civil violations are not appearing in court.

NH Supreme Court: Cash bail OK for suspects with flight risk – News – seacoastonline.com – Portsmouth, NH

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A Federal Judge Orders Sweeping Changes To Bond Hearings In Boston Immigration Court

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Saris ruled that asking an undocumented immigrant who is eligible for bond to prove why they are neither a flight risk nor a threat to the community violates the individual’s due process.

Moving forward, the burden of proof will be placed instead on federal immigration officials, similar to how bond hearings are decided in criminal court proceedings. 

Saris additionally ordered immigration judges to consider alternative conditions to detention, like GPS monitoring and orders of supervision that require regular check-ins with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

A Federal Judge Orders Sweeping Changes To Bond Hearings In Boston Immigration Court | WBUR News

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Julian Castro whines that NH not diverse enough to hold first primary, and if he didn’t succeed there it can’t be that he didn’t show up enough it has to be the fact that there are too many white people there

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Reacting to Castro’s comments, New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley told WMUR, “I can imagine he’s frustrated but blaming his campaign’s challenges on the voters of Iowa and New Hampshire is a bit much.”

Julian Castro says NH not diverse enough to hold first primary, time for change

Man, he never stops whining, does he?

Surely his comments that the first four states aren’t diverse enough has NOTHING to do with the fact that his poll numners are in the basement.

Number one, don’t expect to do well in retail campaigning state without showing up. And more importantly, when you are asking for the most powerful job in the Western World don’t be a whiny little bitch when things don’t go your way.

Bye, Felicia!

Kamala Harris shutters offices throughout New Hampshire

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“The campaign has made a strategic decision to realign resources to go all-in on Iowa, resulting in office closures and staff realignments and reductions in New Hampshire,” said spokesman Nate Evans.

…The campaign’s field organizers working in the state were all laid off Thursday, per a campaign source. The remaining skeletal staff will work out of Manchester.

The office there appeared closed and empty during two visits in the morning, but a light was on later in the day. A man walked out in the early afternoon and said the campaign was going well. There were still dozens of bright yellow lawn signs, a big drawing of the phonetic pronunciation of “Kamala” and information about how to receive text messages from the campaign.

New Hampshire has never been seen as a priority for Harris, though until this week she had insisted that she intended to compete vigorously here.

…The top-tier Democratic candidates have dozens of staffers on the ground here, some over 60, with offices in each of the ten counties throughout the state.

Kamala Harris shutters offices throughout New Hampshire – POLITICO

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Sen. Shaheen named 2019 ‘beer champion’ for brewery support

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Shaheen was selected for her leadership in championing policies that provide tax relief for all brewers and beer importers and encouraged free trade.

…New Hampshire is home to 116 breweries, and the beer industry helps create 13,000 jobs in the state.

Shaheen cosponsored the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (S. 362) to provide permanent excise tax relief to America’s brewers and beer importers, ensuring they have the resources to reinvest in their businesses, hire new employees and continue to innovate and create America’s favorite beers. She also cosponsored the Aluminum Pricing Examination (APEX) Act (S. 1953) to allow more oversight and investigation into the aluminum market, providing transparency and stability brewers need to can their beer for consumers.

Sen. Shaheen named 2019 ‘beer champion’ for brewery support – News – seacoastonline.com – Portsmouth, NH

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Kamala Harris Touts Tough Image as Her 2020 Presidential Campaign Slips in Key Early States

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Harris’ national press secretary, gave the story—and several similar takes throughout the day—a retweet. 

“This now has 5 million views,” Lily Adams, Harris’ communications director, wrote on Twitter, linking to a C-SPAN video that showed the full exchange between Harris and Barr.

But far outside Washington, on the presidential campaign trail, Harris is receiving less attention. 

…While strategists and activists agree it’s hardly too late for the California senator to pull off a surprise victory, warning signs are popping up for her campaign in Iowa and beyond. 

“In June she said we were going to be seeing her a lot,” Drahozal said. “We have not heard back from her directly.”

…“If the strategy is New Hampshire is not important to their campaign, that’s an OK strategy, but don’t get mad when people point it out,” one Democrat who has long worked in the state said.

…“For Kamala, what happened in these states is that she didn’t stake out a lane and stay focused in that lane,” one Democratic strategist in the state unaffiliated with any campaign, said. “I think she underestimated the strength in the black community of Joe Biden, and she underestimated the strength of the progressive community” for Warren.

Kamala Harris Touts Tough Image as Her 2020 Presidential Campaign Slips in Key Early States

The world inside the DC bubble is often not reflected in the real world. You cannot campaign in South Carolina or New Hampshire the same way you do in California. Both of these points seem to have eluded the Senator’s organization. If she still wants to be President of the United States -as opposed to, say, President of California- she would do well to heed them.

Irate mom calls for teacher’s ouster after he cuts student’s hair as punishment – New York Daily News

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A New Hampshire mother is calling for the removal of a teacher who she said grabbed her daughter and chopped a chunk of hair when she wouldn’t stop playing with it.

Irate mom calls for teacher’s ouster after he cuts student’s hair as punishment – New York Daily News

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History and Hoping for a New Hampshire Miracle

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Even though it flies in the face of all the glib certainties TV pundits are fond of proclaiming …[is that] it is too soon to be writing off anyone with a credible record and proven history of winning elections (with the strong exception of Bill de Blasio and Tulsi Gabbard).

…I recall pundits declaring with voice-of-God certainty in late summer of 2015 that the only Republicans who could plausibly win the 2016 nomination were Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.

New Hampshire voters, in particular, are late deciders—and, even then, mercurial in their selections. 

“Most New Hampshire voters aren’t really paying attention yet,” said pollster Andy Smith, the director of the University of New Hampshire’s Survey Center. 

…TV [and] print [news] would rather ballyhoo the shallow preferences of voters who are, in truth, still undecided than admit how much of the 2020 campaign is still in flux.

…The secret of winning a presidential nomination—or coming tantalizingly close—lies in peaking at the right moment. …”t’s a lot better to pop in January than to pop in August.” 

The Also-Rans Hoping for a New Hampshire Miracle | The New Republic

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Vermont is not New Hampshire

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Aesthetics, however, is where the similarities between Vermont and New Hampshire end. Though the physical landscapes of these two bucolic states share much in common, their political landscapes are quite different. In fact, from a policy and political standpoint, these two neighboring states are on opposite ends of the spectrum. 

With annual state spending equivalent to 17% of state GDP, Vermont has the seventh largest state government in the country relative to the size of its state economy. New Hampshire, meanwhile, with state spending equaling less than 8% of GDP, has the smallest state government in the country except for Texas. 

Vermont, New Hampshire, And Joe Biden’s Confusion

Bill O’Brien is a tool. If he “got” New Hampshire, he’d still be in control of the NH House.