Chris Galdieri
@cgaldieri.bsky.social
Political scientist; NH politics; carpetbagging; pop culture
Author, “Stranger in a Strange State” and “Donald Trump and New Hampshire Politics”
Author, “Stranger in a Strange State” and “Donald Trump and New Hampshire Politics”
This was a fun opportunity to get granular about #NHPolitics!
We've got a jam-packed podcast this week!
First up is @jlray.bsky.social to discuss a fascinating polling experiment we conducted w/YouGov Blue.
Then we talk to @cgaldieri.bsky.social about all things New Hampshire, including the already nasty GOP Senate primary.
Listen here!
First up is @jlray.bsky.social to discuss a fascinating polling experiment we conducted w/YouGov Blue.
Then we talk to @cgaldieri.bsky.social about all things New Hampshire, including the already nasty GOP Senate primary.
Listen here!
The inside scoop on The Downballot's new polling
Listen now | And a deep dive into New Hampshire politics with Chris Galdieri
www.the-downballot.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This was a fun opportunity to get granular about #NHPolitics!
In class, I liken it to paying somebody else to go to the gym for you.
Gen AI is a tool that allows people to cheat themselves of growth.
A pretty bleak thing that GenAI is revealing is that a significant percentage of the population seems to have no interest in actually learning or doing anything. They want to ChatGPT their way out of hobbies, art making, everything... www.thecut.com/article/woul...
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In class, I liken it to paying somebody else to go to the gym for you.
Yeah, William McKinley really dropped the ball when it came to the Epstein files.
Q: In the interests of transparency, why not just go ahead and release the full Epstein files?
LEAVITT: This administration has done more with respect to Epstein transparency than any administration ever
LEAVITT: This administration has done more with respect to Epstein transparency than any administration ever
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yeah, William McKinley really dropped the ball when it came to the Epstein files.
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The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
Also almost nobody watched that movie, it was three hours long.
Same group of writers on a Friday the 13th movie: “We’d LIKE to get started on the script, but the tricky thing is, they killed Jason off in the last one…”
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Also almost nobody watched that movie, it was three hours long.
#NHPolitics
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Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#NHPolitics
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Joining CBC News around 9:40 ET to discuss the end of the shutdown and the (sigh) Giuliani and other pardons
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Joining CBC News around 9:40 ET to discuss the end of the shutdown and the (sigh) Giuliani and other pardons
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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Ramesh Ponnuru: Dick Cheney was right not to get over Jan. 6, and the rest of America shouldn’t either. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Dick Cheney couldn’t get over Jan. 6
Other Republicans returned to Trump, but the former vice president was unforgiving, to his credit.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ramesh Ponnuru: Dick Cheney was right not to get over Jan. 6, and the rest of America shouldn’t either. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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One thing I have marveled at is the way that crowds have been disciplined in capturing immigration enforcement’s lack of discipline.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
One thing I have marveled at is the way that crowds have been disciplined in capturing immigration enforcement’s lack of discipline.
We saw him play Ben Franklin in an outstanding production of 1776 at the Guthrie Theater almost 20 years ago
November 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We saw him play Ben Franklin in an outstanding production of 1776 at the Guthrie Theater almost 20 years ago
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"Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
The chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court and a senior staffer who collected a nearly $50,000 payout at taxpayer expense when she switched jobs earlier this year have each lawyered up, as their unusual situation draws scrutiny from the state attorney general’s office.
Highest-ranking N.H. judge lawyers up as senior staffer’s $50k payday draws scrutiny - The Boston Globe
A human resources manager who voiced ethical concerns in March warned that the New Hampshire Judicial Branch would ‘see fall out’ when the situation came to light.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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A striking feature of Trump 2.0 is that while elites capitulated immediately, ordinary citizens are using democratic institutions--e.g. the right to trial-by-jury--to the absolute hilt in defence of democracy.
Robber barons and sincecured pundits gave in; the citizenry fights back harder than ever.
Robber barons and sincecured pundits gave in; the citizenry fights back harder than ever.
straight-up jury nullification. this guy did it, confessed to it, and the jury instructions explicitly said that if he did it intentionally, it was assault.
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A striking feature of Trump 2.0 is that while elites capitulated immediately, ordinary citizens are using democratic institutions--e.g. the right to trial-by-jury--to the absolute hilt in defence of democracy.
Robber barons and sincecured pundits gave in; the citizenry fights back harder than ever.
Robber barons and sincecured pundits gave in; the citizenry fights back harder than ever.
To be fair, maybe he was going to carve an SOS message on a coconut.
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
To be fair, maybe he was going to carve an SOS message on a coconut.
I spotted at least three Karoline Leavitts in this clip.
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I spotted at least three Karoline Leavitts in this clip.
"Come to New Hampshire! We have no housing, and what we do have is insanely expensive - you'll feel like you never left NYC!"
Gov. Ayotte uses campaign funds to send billboard truck to NYC
https://www.europesays.com/us/359964/
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte used campaign funds to send a billboard around Manhattan, encouraging businesses to flee…#ny #nyc #newyork #nynews #nycnews #newyorknews #us #news #usnews
https://www.europesays.com/us/359964/
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte used campaign funds to send a billboard around Manhattan, encouraging businesses to flee…#ny #nyc #newyork #nynews #nycnews #newyorknews #us #news #usnews
Gov. Ayotte uses campaign funds to send billboard truck to NYC - United States
Governor Kelly Ayotte used campaign funds to send a billboard around Manhattan, encouraging businesses to flee the Big Apple for the Granite State.
www.europesays.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Come to New Hampshire! We have no housing, and what we do have is insanely expensive - you'll feel like you never left NYC!"
Ain't no party like a Sliwa party 'cuz a Sliwa party has weird potluck dishes, off-brand soda, a surprisingly banger playlist, and lots of cats, you might wind up with a new cat by the end of the night if the cat decides to like you, who can say
strangely looks more fun to be at the Sliwa election night party than at Cuomo's
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ain't no party like a Sliwa party 'cuz a Sliwa party has weird potluck dishes, off-brand soda, a surprisingly banger playlist, and lots of cats, you might wind up with a new cat by the end of the night if the cat decides to like you, who can say
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Happy 70th anniversary to the invention of the flux capacitor
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy 70th anniversary to the invention of the flux capacitor
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Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...