The New Hampshire Gazette

2004—George W.[MD] Bush nominates a new AG. Alberto Gonzales ends up making John Ashcroft look just a tad less terrible by comparison. 1989—GOP lobbyist, coke-head, blackmailer, and big spender on male prostitutes Craig J. Spence is found dead in a locked Boston hotel room. 1982—The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a gift to the nation from those it had shunned, opens in Washington...

2020—“What is the downside for humoring him…?” a “senior Republican official” asks the Washington Post. “It’s not like he’s plotting how to prevent Joe Biden from taking power.” 1998—Brokers who rigged the game at NASDAQ are compelled to pay their bilked customers $1 billion. 1989—TheBerlin Wall suddenly becomes unexpectedly porous. 1979—Zbigniew Brzezinski gets a call: “250…...

2016—Donald J. Trump wins the Presidency. Everybody else is a loser. 2013—The Navy lifts Ted “Twig” Branch’s clearance, so he can’t read secrets anymore, but leaves him in his job as head of Naval Intelligence. 2010—On TV, George W.[MD] Bush says his mom once asked him for a ride to the hospital, showing him a miscarried sibling in a jar. 2000—At 2:16 a.m., Fox News “reporter...

2020—The Wall Street Journal runs an op-ed by Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney under the headline, “If he loses, Trump will concede gracefully.” 2007—Private Jessica Lynch accuses the Pentagon of exploiting her capture for propaganda purposes. 2000—Sen. John Ashcroft [R-Mo.] is unseated by a dead opponent. 1974—Whistleblower Karen Silkwood’s apartment is found to be heavily conta...

2024—Trump cultists gloat that Project 2025—of which he’s been claiming ignorance—“is the agenda. Lol.” 2016—FBI Director James Comey says never mind about those emails. 2012—Trump tweets, “The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.” 2000—Saddam Hussein stops accepting dollars for oil, thus undermining U.S. hegemony and possibly shortening his own life.