New Hampshire
Santos took office one month ago and his New York district says he’s got to go
Judy Ornstein, a voter in New York’s third congressional district, stood exterior the congressional workplace of George Santos in Queens, N.Y., this week and made clear she wasn’t joyful together with her new consultant.
She factors to the identify of the earlier congressman, Democrat Tom Suozzi, nonetheless splashed throughout the constructing’s awning.
“Properly it positive does not appear like Congressman Santos workplace as a result of it nonetheless says Suozzi throughout it,” she says.
It has been three months since Santos received the election right here. A full month has handed since he was sworn in. However lots of his constituents on Lengthy Island and in Queens say he is a no-show.
Santos lied about virtually the whole lot earlier than taking workplace, inventing a lot of his life story, faking his skilled credentials and allegedly mendacity about the place he acquired a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars} to gasoline his marketing campaign.
Now Ornstein says Santos simply is not doing the job. He hasn’t been seen within the district and reaching him has been inconceivable.
“I’ve tried twice to name his workplace a few matter that I really need constituent service on; I’ve a tax query,” she says.
Santos reveals a stark distinction to the best way lawmakers often function
This can be a stark distinction to the best way lawmakers often function.
For many Home members, particularly new ones like Santos, constituent companies are a make-or-break precedence.
“Ship outcomes, outcomes that they will see, outcomes that they will scent so to talk,” says Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, a freshman Republican from the neighboring 4th Congressional District on Lengthy Island.
D’Esposito says his workplace is now fielding calls from constituents in Santos’ district “those who both cannot attain [Santos] or do not need to, so we’re joyful to take care of that.”
In response to D’Esposito, he is listening to one message from folks on Lengthy Island: Santos has to go.
“Near 80% of individuals polled suppose he shouldn’t be in workplace. It has been an absolute distraction at a time after we must be rolling up our sleeves and attending to work. Each alternative that there’s to do one thing good, he single-handedly takes the oxygen out of the room,” D’Esposito says.
The ballot D’Esposito references was launched on Tuesday by the Siena Faculty Analysis Institute. It discovered even Republican voters who elected Santos need him to resign.
He is develop into an more and more poisonous determine nationally for the GOP
“, we have not often seen this dramatic a end result inside a particular congressional district,” Siena spokesman Don Levy says. “There’s actually no significant assist for Mr. Santos anyplace throughout his district in any respect.”
Santos argues that he was elected pretty and intends to get to work serving constituents. He is described his lies as “errors” and “elaborations.”
“I need to put this previous me so I can ship for the American folks,” Santos mentioned in December on Fox Information’ Tucker Carlson Tonight.
However after a month on the job, together with quite a few appearances on conservative or far-right media shops, there is no proof voters are accepting his apologies.
With a number of investigations now underway into his enterprise dealings and his private funds, Santos could also be extra of a pariah than ever.
Beneath rising strain, Santos introduced this week he’ll step away from serving on two Home committees, additional limiting his effectiveness.
He is additionally develop into an more and more poisonous determine nationally for the GOP, however up to now Republican leaders in Washington are sticking by him.
“The voters have elected him and he’ll have a voice right here in Congress,” Speaker Of The Home Kevin McCarthy instructed reporters this week.
Joanne Goldstein, a voter from Nice Neck, N.Y. in Santos’ district, says she hopes public strain will develop till Santos is compelled out.
“They need to have him step down. He displays very poorly on the Republican Occasion,” Goldstein says. “I believe he’s somebody who has no real interest in serving the district. District 3 not has a consultant.”
JD Allen and Terry Sheridan at member station WSHU contributed to this report. contributed to this story
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New Hampshire
Dog Perishes In Barnstead Manufactured Home Fire: Watch
BARNSTEAD, NH — Fire and rescue teams from Barnstead and surrounding communities were sent to a fire at a residence in town Tuesday.
Just before 4:30 p.m., Capital Region and Lakes Region dispatch began receiving reports about a fire at a home on South Barnstead Road. Lakes Region Dispatch said a caller reported the building was fully involved. It was unknown if anyone was inside. Firefighters, tankers, and engines from Barnstead, Alton, Gilmanton, Loudon, Pittsfield, and Stratford were sent to the scene.
The first arriving fire commander stated the 40-foot-by-20-foot home had two corners fully involved.
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About five minutes later, a second alarm was struck, and Allenstown, Belmont, Epsom, Farmington, and New Durham firefighters and the Chichester rescue team were also sent to the scene.
Firefighters tapped into a hydrant behind the town’s library to assist in putting out the fire.
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The fire commander confirmed with the homeowner that no one was inside, but a dog inside could not be saved.
Later, the Tri-Town Ambulance assisted with mutual aid coverage.
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New Hampshire
12 Places in New Hampshire People Would Escape to if Society Collapsed
It’s a scene straight out of The Walking Dead, The Last of Us, A Quiet Place, and every other post-apocalyptic show or movie in existence.
A large, catastrophic event happens, whether that’s the spread of a dangerous virus, aliens invading the Earth, or a natural disaster unleashing chaos. Society as we know it collapses. Your daily life and future plans have come to a grinding halt, and your only focus becomes surviving and protecting your loved ones.
There’s a reason why films and programs about this topic continue to be produced. The concept of survival in the face of uncontrollable events is a universal one, and every human being can journey into their imagination and wonder what they would do if such a disaster were to happen.
Would you hide in your home and hope for the best? Journey to a rural, uninhabited area and live out the rest of your days on the land? Maybe you and your buddies would invade a grocery store, Walmart, or Costco to wait things out in relative security. Or if you’re like this writer, you think you’d somehow kick the bucket in 0.5 seconds and that would be that.
We decided to go on Facebook and ask our readers where in New Hampshire they would escape to if society collapsed. The answers ranged from serious to humorous, but either way, let’s see what people said (and fingers crossed we never have to find out for real).
12 New Hampshire Places People Would Escape to if Society Collapsed
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New Hampshire
Heath: Our kids deserve better
On Friday nights at our offices in Portsmouth you’ll hear the sound of laughter coming from one of the many classrooms in our building. You are likely to see a group of middle and high school students working on an art project, debriefing their school week, or talking about their latest crush. They come from diverse families and backgrounds across the Seacoast (and beyond). What ties them together is their experience as LGBTQ+ youth and students. They have an opportunity to be seen, heard, and held in a community of their peers. It is my incredible privilege as the Executive Director of Seacoast Outright to help create space for community and joy in a time when our kids (and their families) are increasingly under attack.
I have long been proud that New Hampshire has consistently, and clearly, supported the rights of LGBTQ+ Granite Staters, and in particular, those of our LGBTQ+ youth. In 2018, Governor Sununu signed a landmark transgender anti-discrimination bill into law. This bill offered critical protections in housing, public accommodations, and more for transgender Granite Staters. He also signed a bill that banned the harmful practice of conversion therapy for minors. Governor Sununu did the right thing then. My question is: what about now, Governor?
The last two years have seen unprecedented attacks on LGBTQ+ youth. We stand on the precipice of the passage of multiple pieces of devastating legislation for transgender youth and their families in New Hampshire. Despite a resounding defeat last May, we are again facing a bill that forcibly outs students to their parents. The legislature is considering multiple bans on the participation of transgender girls in sports, and a major dismantling of the 2018 non-discrimination protections our Governor was eager to sign just five years ago. But this time around, Sununu has been silent.
On behalf of LGBTQ+ youth and families across the Granite State, I want to be loud and clear: nothing has changed since 2018, Governor Sununu. Instead, the national climate for LGBTQ+ youth has gotten more hostile, not less.
Middle school and high school are hard enough already – for all kids. Being trans in this climate makes it even harder. They don’t need politicians bullying them by allowing these dangerous bills to become law.
There is a deep and profound cost to the dehumanizing rhetoric we are seeing at the State House and the silence we are seeing from Governor Sununu. We see its impact every day at Seacoast Outright. Our kids and their families are terrified and struggling. We have lost youth in the LGBTQ+ community in New Hampshire to suicide in the last year as a result of having to watch their personhood be debated by those who are charged to protect and care for them.
The Trevor Project recently released a statistic that 47% of transgender and non-binary youth believe their chances of living to 35 are low. My heart breaks when I read that data, and yet, I understand why it can feel that way. They see too few adults working to protect and care for them, and far too many doing the opposite.
All of our kids deserve to be safe at school. They deserve confidential access to safe adults to process their coming out stories and identities on their own terms. They deserve access to spaces and places they need to thrive.
All of our kids deserve the protective factors that come with being part of a team sport. What young person doesn’t hope for a deeper sense of belonging, the camaraderie of their peers, and a chance to excel at something? This is an essential piece of growing up.
Instead, we are on the cusp of making schools less safe and taking away access to sports. Our kids deserve better than this, Governor Sununu. Seacoast Outright’s kids, your kids, and all of the children of the Granite State deserve better.
This is an opportunity to remember your own words from 2018: “Discrimination – in any form – is unacceptable and runs contrary to New Hampshire’s Live Free or Die Spirit. If we really want to be the Live Free or Die State, we must ensure that New Hampshire is a place where every person, regardless of their background, has an equal and full opportunity to pursue their dreams and to make a better life for themselves and their families.”
At our Outright parents and caregivers group we ask the question: who are you here for? I’ll ask that same question to you, Governor. Who are YOU here for? Our state’s LGBTQ+ youth deserve to know. It’s time for you to speak up now. Granite Staters are waiting.
Heidi Carrington Heath (she/hers) serves as the Executive Director of Seacoast Outright, NH’s oldest LGBTQ+ organization. Seacoast Outright serves, supports, and advocates for LGBTQ+ youth across New Hampshire. Heidi is passionate about building a Granite State where all of NH’s kids can thrive. She lives in Exeter.
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