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Chris Galdieri

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Political scientist; NH politics; carpetbagging; pop culture Author, “Stranger in a Strange State” and “Donald Trump and New Hampshire Politics”

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For sale: Shamwow Shlomi. Never used.

04.03.2026 02:02 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Who among us did not mistake Genesis of the Daleks for an historical record

02.03.2026 22:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It was bizarre to me that Zinke would go from Cabinet secretary back to the House in the first place.

02.03.2026 20:07 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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A Directionless War Meets a Constitutional Crisis Welcome to the new era of Trumpism.

Hegseth: “We didn’t start this war, but under President Trump, we are finishing it.”

The truth: We did start this war two days ago. And now, apparently, we're not going to finish it in a way that will make it worth fighting. And we have a constitutional crisis.

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

02.03.2026 14:45 — 👍 2309    🔁 686    💬 151    📌 36

Joining CBC News in a few moments to talk about political fallout from the US attack on Iran.

01.03.2026 12:02 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Heavens to Betsy!

28.02.2026 22:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump has offered effectively zero rationale to the public and the result is confusion and diffidence - 68% say not justified or not sure; only 62% of Rs say justified

28.02.2026 22:08 — 👍 52    🔁 18    💬 4    📌 1

I think states will regret weakening the taboo on heads of states not being targets during war

28.02.2026 20:54 — 👍 2354    🔁 310    💬 21    📌 16

A further update: www.wcax.com/2026/02/27/f...

28.02.2026 22:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That, too, but at least some Republicans are going to support this simply because Trump's the one doing it.

28.02.2026 16:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bypassing Congress and ignoring the opposition party basically guarantees there won’t be a rally effect. Rallies rely on buy-in from the other party.

28.02.2026 14:37 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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28.02.2026 14:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

that top DOD officials spent the entire day feuding with a tech company and the boy scouts before launching a war in the middle of the night should probably inform your opinion about how well planned and executed this will be

28.02.2026 08:22 — 👍 3259    🔁 845    💬 31    📌 22

Not the most important thing, but "Operation Epic Fury" sounds like it was written by a 12-year-old boy rolling 20-sided dice with a random name generator table.

28.02.2026 12:19 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Grim thought: the "axis of evil" has really learned that a nuclear weapon is regime insurance.

28.02.2026 12:34 — 👍 94    🔁 16    💬 3    📌 2

Trump has launched an illegal regime change war in Iran with American lives at risk. Congress must convene on Monday to vote on Rep. Thomas Massie & my WPR to stop this. Every member of Congress should go on record this weekend on how they will vote.

28.02.2026 11:55 — 👍 1133    🔁 395    💬 130    📌 33

Just a basic question: what is the point of this attack? What do they hope to achieve? Because I am pretty sure that unless it is just distraction sauce, they are not going to achieve anything in terms of moving Iran on its policy stances.

28.02.2026 11:20 — 👍 49    🔁 7    💬 4    📌 1
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As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter

28.02.2026 08:27 — 👍 6151    🔁 1820    💬 156    📌 95

It is! The response from the community - from folks online to the Lebanon PD to Walmart and more - has been heartening. Thanks for boosting the signal!

27.02.2026 16:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

UPDATE:

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27.02.2026 06:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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I love the use of vertical lines for shading on the smaller Hulk figure holding who I assume to be Mariette Hartley.

27.02.2026 03:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
I just watched the longest state of the union speech ever | About That
YouTube video by CBC News I just watched the longest state of the union speech ever | About That

I joined CBC News’ “About That with Andrew Chang” to discuss the State of the Union:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUmp...

26.02.2026 15:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"What one finds in the partisan braying of Tuesday night is the same sentiment articulated when Jonathan Ross called Renee Good a 'fucking bitch' after putting a bullet in her head."

Good @aselrod.bsky.social piece drawing through line from ICE brownshirts to Trump's GOP collaborators in Congress:

26.02.2026 14:53 — 👍 477    🔁 183    💬 8    📌 1
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Fetterman’s poll numbers are now in Sinema territory: sunk too deep with his party to win a primary, artificially inflated by Republicans who’d never actually vote for him, trapped in a negative-partisanship era that makes an independent bid implausible. His seat is up in 2028.

26.02.2026 03:09 — 👍 1583    🔁 352    💬 111    📌 67

There was a GOP senate primary here in 2022 where the late spending in support of the non-Bolduc candidate was *so* late it all went to stuff like ads during 3 am infomercials out of Boston and Portland.

26.02.2026 02:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It could also be where the ad space was available a week out from primary day.

26.02.2026 02:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This is my wife and daughter's troop. Please think about donating or buying some cookies if you're able to do so.

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