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New Hampshire reporter for @bostonglobe.com. Just assume we disagree. he/him

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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My dispatch from Weirs Beach, N.H., where it became clear last week that Laconia Bike Week sure isn't what it used to be: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/22/m... @bostonglobe.com @globenh.bsky.social
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Tamer crowds and economic clouds linger at Laconia Motorcycle Week - The Boston Globe
Organizers estimate attendance may have dipped by 20 percent in recent years, amid a dip in Canadian tourism and an increase in food and gas prices.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
For the fourth time in a row, a so-called "bathroom bill" approved by the Republican-controlled New Hampshire Legislature has been vetoed by the Republican governor, drawing praise from LGBTQ advocates and criticism from some conservatives. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/22/m... @globenh.bsky.social
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Governor Ayotte again vetoes ‘bathroom bill,’ drawing praise from LGBTQ advocates - The Boston Globe
Governor Kelly Ayotte announced Friday that she has vetoed a Republican-backed proposal that sought to curtail New Hampshire’s anti-discrimination law as it pertains to gender identity protections in ...
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Canadian sculptor Abe Waterman took home First Place in the annual sand-sculpting competition at Hampton Beach, N.H. His towering, 22-foot(!) creation is titled "The Hieght of Stupitidy." Photos by John Tlumacki. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/22/m... @globenh.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com
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A new sand-sculpting champion rises at Hampton Beach - The Boston Globe
The top prize went to a Canadian sculptor for his 22-foot-tall creation critiquing artificial intelligence
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Stacey Ray Lancaster, a former high school educator who was convicted of attempted child sex trafficking in Manchester, N.H., was sentenced Monday to more than 13 years in federal prison. That's less than what prosecutors had sought. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/20/m...
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Educator caught in N.H. child sex trafficking sting sentenced to more than 13 years in prison - The Boston Globe
Stacey Ray Lancaster had been overseeing the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program at Manchester West High School in Manchester, N.H.
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Amanda Milkovits @amandamilkovits.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
‘Helping ICE effectuate mass deportations’: NH Governor Ayotte releases Trump administration’s plans for detainment facilities with 92,600 beds across US, report @reporterporter.bsky.social & @amandagokee.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/12/m...
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‘Helping ICE effectuate mass deportations’: Ayotte releases info on Trump administration’s plans for detainment facilities across US - The Boston Globe
The Merrimack warehouse plan is part of a $38 billion “new detention model” that would be operational by Nov. 30 and would expand ICE’s detention capacity to 92,600 beds nationwide.
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Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
By @reporterporter.bsky.social and @amandagokee.bsky.social -- Trump administration plans for massive detention system revealed www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/12/m...
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Ayotte releases info on Trump administration’s ‘new detention model’ for ICE facilities across the US - The Boston Globe
The Merrimack warehouse is part of a $38 billion plan that would be operational by Nov. 30 and would expand ICE’s detention capacity to 92,600 beds nationwide.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
At this morning's education policy committee meeting in the N.H. House, ranking member Patricia Cornell (D) criticized chair Kristin Noble (R) for her recent "segregated schools" comments: "We cannot allow offensive rhetoric to deflect us from our vital responsibility as education policymakers." 🧵
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
“Nearly 250 years after American colonists threw off their king, this is arguably the closest the country has come during a time of general peace to the centralized authority of a monarch.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
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Trump Takes America’s ‘Imperial Presidency’ to a New Level
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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Video: How ‘Turn and Burn’ Immigration Operations Unleash Chaos — and Sweep up U.S. Citizens
A video analysis of one early morning raid in Los Angeles revealed the vast web of consequences brought by new aggressive Border Patrol tactics.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
“We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people,” the statement said. “We pray for an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence, whether directed at immigrants or at law enforcement. We pray that the Lord may guide the leaders of our nation ...” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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Catholic Bishops Issue Rare Statement Objecting to U.S. Immigration Tactics
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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
AP: Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at an event in Utah, President Trump says
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
History shows such a policy risks disasters from bad intel: “in a 2001 incident, the C.I.A. told the Peruvian government that a plane was smuggling drugs, and its air force shot it down, only to find out that it had instead killed American missionaries.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
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Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Karishma Manzur, a progressive nonprofit leader and medical scientist from Exeter, N.H., launched a campaign for US Senate on Wednesday, making her the first to challenge Chris Pappas for the 2026 Democratic nomination. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/20/m...
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Karishma Manzur launches progressive campaign for US Senate in N.H., taking on Chris Pappas for Democratic nomination - The Boston Globe
Manzur did not criticize Pappas by name, but framed her candidacy as an effort to “break the grip of big money” on politics.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
What we know so far about N.H. Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill’s official email outreach and how Republicans have responded. One state rep accused her of taxpayer-funded “political lawfare.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/15/m...
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
If another 642 students are approved this fall for voucher-like "education freedom accounts" in New Hampshire (on top of the 10,000 already approved), then enrollment in the EFA program would exactly double what it was a year ago. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/m...
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Enrollment in N.H. ‘education freedom account’ program nearly doubles in one year, with universal eligibility - The Boston Globe
The number of students approved for “education freedom accounts” in New Hampshire has nearly doubled since last fall, and even though the program hit its nominal 10,000-pupil enrollment cap, more appl...
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A federal judge in New Hampshire just issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from following through on threats to defund schools that defy its anti-DEI directives. The judge's order is 82 pages. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/24/m...
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Judge halts enforcement of Trump administration’s anti-DEI orders in education - The Boston Globe
he ruling bars the administration from proceeding with its plans for a so-called “End DEI Portal” and a certification requirement.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A government lawyer presented such a dizzying argument about the status of an international student at Dartmouth College that a federal judge suggested it sounded like something out of a Franz Kafka novel. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/24/m...
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Judge questions ‘Kafkaesque’ argument in dispute over status of Dartmouth student from China - The Boston Globe
Xiaotian Liu’s case illustrates a much broader situation affecting thousands of international students across the country.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Three more immigration judges at the Chelmsford Immigration Court (which handles cases from northern New England & parts of Mass.) were fired abruptly by the Trump administration. The head of their union warned about the risks of undermining due process. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/m...
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Union leader slams Trump administration for firing three more immigration judges in New England - The Boston Globe
At least eight more immigration judges were abruptly fired without cause, including three at the Chelmsford Immigration Court, which handles cases from northern New England and parts of Massachusetts.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
He made it to the courthouse in time for his arraignment on state-level misdemeanor charges, went through security, and rode the elevator to the third floor. But he never made it into the courtroom. 🧵
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Four public school districts in N.H. will soon join a pending lawsuit challenging the rollout of President Trump's anti-DEI directives. Let's recap. 🧵
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Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Good details from the courtroom in this story by @reporterporter.bsky.social: a DOJ attorney couldn’t confirm whether Xiaotian Liu’s F-1 status was terminated by ICE intentionally or inadvertently.
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Judge to grant order protecting Dartmouth doctoral student from China from deportation - The Boston Globe
Xiaotian Liu’s student status was terminated by the federal government without notice or explanation. It’s unclear whether his status was terminated intentionally or inadvertently.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The plaintiffs allege in an amended complaint filed this morning that President Trump has overstepped his legal authority in an effort to “purge transgender people from society.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/12/m... @bostonglobe.com
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Transgender teens in N.H. move to sue Trump over orders seeking to exclude them from girls’ sports - The Boston Globe
Their litigation appears to be the first direct challenge to an order that threatens to ‘rescind all funds’ from programs that fail to enforce sex-based separation.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10/02/2025
i just think if you're going to found a website called "the federalist" you should have to have at least a tiny understanding of what the federalist papers (like, say, 78) have to say about things
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The judge said he was not persuaded by arguments an attorney for the US Department of Justice presented in defense of Trump’s order. “I’m not offended by them either, as a lawyer or a jurist,” he added. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/10/m...
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Trump’s birthright citizenship order blocked temporarily by third federal judge, this time in New Hampshire - The Boston Globe
Joseph N. Laplante, chief judge for the federal district court in New Hampshire, said he was not persuaded by arguments an attorney for the US Department of Justice presented in defense of Trump’s ord...
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
The perfect lil V-tine’s fidget toy for couples trauma-bonded by the pandemic
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Please remember something: if you had said a year ago that Trump would do even a fraction of these things, you would have been mocked, belittled, accused of “Trump derangement syndrome,” and dismissed by certain people. Identify those people and block and shun them.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This is the most important story in the United States right now. www.wired.com/story/treasu...
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The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Great to join Rick Ganley on @nhpr.bsky.social this morning to help recap this week's New Hampshire news. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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NH News Recap: Gov. advisory panels on police accountability and diversity eliminated
State advisory panels on policing and diversity initiatives are no more after former Gov. Chris Sununu rescinded over a hundred executive orders before he left office.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
SUBJECT: New Annual Media Rotation Program for Pentagon Press Corps
For over a half-century, the Pentagon Press Corps has benefited from working out of individual office spaces that provide coveted and open access to some of the Department's top military and civilian leaders.
Known as the Correspondents' Corridor, this office space loaned to media outlets by the
Secretary of Defense stands as a tribute to the importance the Department has long placed on informing the public about the U.S. military and all it does to project peace through strength. It also honors the many correspondents who put their lives on the line, and in many cases died, while covering our finest in battle.
In order to broaden access to the limited space of the Correspondents' Corridor to outlets
that have not previously enjoyed the privilege and journalistic value of working from physical office space in the Pentagon, beginning February 14, 2025, the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs will implement a new Annual Media Rotation Program for those dedicated media spaces.
Each year, one outlet from each press medium - print, online, television and radio - that
has enjoyed working from a physical office in the Pentagon will rotate out of the building to allow a new outlet from the same medium that has not had the unique opportunity to report as a resident member of the Pentagon Press Corps.
This year, the following news outlets will begin their rotation by vacating their physical
office space effective Friday, February 14, 2025:
Print - The New York Times
TV - NBC News
Radio - National Public Radio
Online News - POLITICO
In their place, the following outlets from each medium will be invited to move into the
Correspondents' Corridor workspaces formerly occupied by the above four outlets.
Print - New York Post
TV - One America News Network
Radio - Breitbart News Network
Online News - HuffPost News (aka The Huffington Post)To be clear, the outlets that vacate the spaces loaned to them by the Secretary will remain as full members of the Pentagon Press Corps. They will continue to enjoy the same media access to the Pentagon and will be able to attend and cover briefings and be considered for travel with civilian and military leaders in the Department as they have previously.
The only change will be giving up their physical workspaces in the building to allow new
outlets to have their turn to become resident members of the Pentagon Press Corps.
Thank you in advance for participating in the Pentagon Press Corps Annual Media
Rotation Program. By turning over the office space loaned to you by the Secretary, you will ensure that new outlets will have the same opportunity you have enjoyed covering our nation's finest up close from office spaces inside the walls of the Pentagon.
(John Ullyot
Acting
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 31/01/2025
If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Purges and loyalty tests in the security services. Right out of the authoritarian playbook
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The government website that warned transgender Americans about the risks of traveling to certain other countries that refuse to recognize their existence now refuses to recognize their existence. travel.state.gov/content/trav...
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/23/m...
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Judge temporarily blocks President Trump’s order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
A judge ruled in the case brought by the states of Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon, which argue the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court case law have cemented birthright citizenship.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The husband and wife, who came into the US on tourist visas in 2023, are now well into the third trimester of her pregnancy. The outcome of this legal fight in New Hampshire could shape the entire course of their child’s life. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/22/m... @globenh.bsky.social
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New Hampshire couple from Indonesia on front lines of fight over birthright citizenship - The Boston Globe
President Trump’s executive order could create a “multigenerational subclass of people born in the US but who are denied full rights,” an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union warned.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
President Trump said he was pardoning about 1,500 defendants and issuing six commutations, delivering on promise to release those who tried to help him overturn his 2020 defeat. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/20/m...
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President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office - The Boston Globe
Dozens of executive orders were prepared for his signature to clamp down on border crossings, increase fossil fuel development, and end diversity and inclusion programs across the federal government.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
“Trump added a long list of policies that sounded more like a State of the Union speech than an Inauguration Day speech. But the broad themes were fundamentally Trumpian, setting himself up as a national savior.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/20/n...
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Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country’s past leaders and makes sweeping promises - The Boston Globe
Donald Trump’s speech tracked his campaign rally approach: big promises of national success due to his leadership, with plenty of sweeping indictments of the status quo.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 20/01/2025
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president inside the US Capitol, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington, and set out to reshape the country’s institutions. Follow more live updates. trib.al/fJQYbHe
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Governor Kelly Ayotte told @globenh.bsky.social she hasn't decided whether to reappoint incumbent state agency heads (incl. Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut). "I haven't made any decisions yet on whether I will replace any of the commissioners," she said. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/17/m...
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Kelly Ayotte settling into N.H. governor’s office, with tough decisions ahead - The Boston Globe
While calling for her state to impose tougher criminal penalties than its New England neighbors, the GOP leader said her team is focused on "delivering value for taxpayers."
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
When a local police officer began investigating, Frank T. Hobbs Jr. of Goffstown argued with the officer and asked whether it’s illegal to pick up “roadside trash,” according to the New Hampshire attorney general's complaint. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/16/m... @globenh.bsky.social
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Civil rights charges filed against N.H. official over stolen Pride sign he called ‘roadside trash’ - The Boston Globe
Frank Hobbs was arrested last summer and charged with a misdemeanor, but that case was dismissed. The state is seeking up to $5,000 in civil penalties and an injunction.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
A church planned to work with local nonprofits to build workforce housing & emergency shelter on its property. The bank threw a wrench in things; now the church is suing. At issue: The conditions a donor imposed when he gave land to the church 60 years ago. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/m... ⛪
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Fighting for survival, N.H. church sues TD Bank for blocking workforce housing project - The Boston Globe
The bank says the church’s multifaceted plans aren’t exclusively “ecclesiastical.” The church disagrees and says upending the collaborative effort will threaten the congregation’s ability to exist.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Rye Harbor Lobster Pound claims corruption by Geno Marconi (and others), alleging he used his position as director of the N.H. Division of Ports and Harbors to hamper their seasonal business, while his family's competing chowder shop planned to expand. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/15/m... 🦞
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Lobster shack owners allege corrupt N.H. officials conspired against their chowder business - The Boston Globe
The owners of Rye Harbor Lobster Pound allege that Geno Marconi, the long-serving director of the New Hampshire Division of Ports and Harbors, was hampering them in order to benefit his family’s compe...
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I hate to brag, but … 🏆
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
This is the definition of specious reasoning. Klippenstein suggests it’s “elitism” to exercise any editorial discretion on the basis of “the public interest,” while he himself exercises such discretion daily … and conflates “the public interest” with raw content analytics. 🙄
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Gmail: You have two options; either delete old messages, or pay for more storage. Me: OK, I’ll delete old emails. Gmail: {*blink*} You have one option …
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
“I honestly kind of thought he would last longer than three days,” N.H. State Rep Ellen Read said shortly after clearing the mannequin torso, goat mask, and debris from the city plaza this morning. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/10/m... @globenh.bsky.social
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Satanic Temple holiday display in New Hampshire toppled and damaged in apparent act of vandalism - The Boston Globe
While the mayor and others have criticized the display as intentionally provocative, proponents contend they aim to promote rational thought, not denigrate Christianity.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Alice Marwick: “2024 was the year ‘disinformation’ outlasted its usefulness. Moving forward, we should not be concerned with isolated incorrect facts, but with the deeply-rooted stories that circulate at all levels of culture and shape our points of view.“
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
“Just because we’re not large in numbers doesn’t mean our beliefs are less important than any of the other religions represented here,” minister Vivian Kelly said during the unveiling ceremony, hailing Satan as a symbol of rebellion “against arbitrary authority.” www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/09/m...
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Satanic Temple installs holiday display on plaza in front of New Hampshire State House, near nativity - The Boston Globe
Concord city officials said they had to decide “whether to ban all holiday displays” and opted instead to grant a permit for the Satanic display “to avoid litigation.”
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
New Hampshire residents often worry building a lot of new homes in their community will increase school spending & drive property taxes higher, but New Hampshire Housing’s Sarah Wrightsman outlined some recent myth-busting research. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/09/m... @globenh.bsky.social
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A common fear about new housing in New Hampshire is ‘reasonable,’ but wrong, expert says - The Boston Globe
Research rebuts a persistent “myth” about the link between new residential construction and property taxes, says a representative from New Hampshire Housing.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
If the only tool you have is a hammer, then you’re ill-equipped for journalism. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Los Angeles Times Owner Plans to Launch Tech-Driven “Bias Meter” On Articles Next Year
Patrick Soon-Shiong says that his team is building a product where "the reader can press a button and get both sides" of a story.
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Steven Porter @reporterporter.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
“The framing of this incident as some opening blow in a class war and not a brutal murder is especially alarming.” www.nbcnews.com/investigatio...
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Insurance executive's murder sparks online praise and hate
Support for the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, as well as sympathy for it, has spread on social media, alarming experts.
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