Rufer founded The Morning Star Company, which supplies 40% of the US market for tomato paste & diced tomatoes 🍅. He has donated over $5 million to GOP & Libertarian candidates & PACs and up to $1 million/yr to the Koch network 💰. #NHPolitics 2/ usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

Closer to home, Rufer donated $295k to Make Liberty Win, a PAC that spent $632k on 79 NH House & NH Senate "liberty" candidates in 2020. He has given the max $5800 to Tim Baxter's #NH01 campaign, 1 of just 5 congressional candidates Rufer has supported this cycle. #NHPolitics 3/

In January 2021, articles of incorporation for two new nonprofits, Respect America Inc. & Respect America Foundation Inc., were filed with the Idaho Secretary of State's office. Chris Rufer & two longtime associates are listed as directors of the two nonprofits. #NHPolitics 4/

Why Idaho? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But the original registered agent for both companies was Dustin Hurst of Idaho Freedom Foundation, a libertarian think tank & member of the rightwing State Policy Network funded w/ Koch network dark money. And there's a Respect Idaho website. #NHPolitics 5/

The IRS has granted 501(c)(3) status to Respect America Foundation & 501(c)(4) status to Respect America Inc. They share a Sacramento address with Advocates for Self-Government & The Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity, related nonprofits overseen by Rufer. #NHPolitics 6/

In Feb 2021, Respect NH's Andrew Demers registered as a lobbyist w/ the NH Sec of State's office. He identified his client as "Respect NH, a project of Respect America." In May, Respect America registered the Respect NH logo for trademark protection w/ the @USPTO. #NHPolitics 7/

Respect NH describes itself as "an independent community dedicated to giving Granite Staters a voice in state & local government" but the lack of transparency about who is behind it & how it is funded suggests this ostensibly grassroots campaign is anything but. #NHPolitics /end

The are a number of reasons a woman may choose to have an #abortion and none of them are your business. #itsherdecision

Today's Consumer Price Index report showed inflation continues to climb to record rates. But the media keeps missing this part of the story: corporations are using inflation as an excuse to raise prices and make fatter profits.

"I'm simply saying the racists believe he's a racist." White supremacist and neo-Nazi Ryan Murdough: "Don Bolduc seems like he is the most friendly to the interests of White people and White nationalists." #NHPolitics #NHSen

just found this tag on the inside of my wedding dress -- the ILGWU was a primarily Jewish, immigrant and female-led labor union that helped organize a 20,000 person walkout at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1909 and a 60k-person revolt of cloak makers the following year

Great find & #union thread via Tori Bedford #ILGWU #EvyDubrow William E. Spriggs Larry Mishel @larrymishel.bsky.social NH Labor News Susan Sternberg Steven Greenhouse Sara Goldrick-Rab Bob Lucore

Portsmouth followers: The attorney general has announced the person allegedly responsible for the February defamation of downtown businesses and houses of worship with hate speech. Facing 22 counts of violating the state's Civil Rights Act is Loren Faulkner.

My daughter is reading this book right now for her AP Language class and would love to ask you some questions Steven Greenhouse

In Los Angeles, the hotel workers' union has long complained that L.A. hotels don't hire enough Black workers But when L.A.'s hotel workers went on strike, the hotels suddenly hired many Black workers to keep operating— & will let them go after the strike labornotes.org/2023/08/hotel-…

The Trump indictment invokes an anti-KKK law. That feels like a long overdue collision with the arc of justice That’s because Trump’s entire political career has been built on exploiting racial fears & a warped sense of racial entitlement inquirer.com/opinion/trump-… Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social

It's time to finally #TurnThePage from chaos to #RealSolutions for a better life! AFT AFT Prog Caucus Florida Education Association Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩‍🎓📚 Fedrick Ingram Evelyn DeJesus AFTExecVP 🇺🇸🇵🇷📚👩🏻‍🏫⛪️ Andrew Spar AFL-CIO ✊ SEIU UNITE HERE NH Labor News Kamala Harris Tim Walz Gwen Walz Doug Emhoff

Why does every time I watch Last Week Tonight with John Oliver I feel embarrassed for how my country treats people, especially those who are poor or disabled. We must do better. #lastweektonight #Disability #SocialSecurityAdministration #ssi #Ssdi

“In essence, ‘Right-to-Work’ undermines the democratic freedoms and constitutional rights of employees, a stance that every legislator in New Hampshire should reject. These laws deprive workers of freedom and flexibility, sacrificing job security and benefits. Implementing

I just wrote a Protect NH Families letter: Protect New Hampshire Workers— Stand Against Right-to-Work. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/protec…