Ud Haz Mat Kingston Ma. HM Team and FD have relocated to 95 Grove St. (where mercury came from) FD also reports finding a grenade there. Bomb Squad enroute, Haz Mat team still working. (Reports of a large amount of Mercury).
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Since it bombed so horribly last time, lets try revitalizing the 2A Train once again.
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
If you would like to have the option in Massachusetts to Recall corrupt elected officials, please follow and help make our constitutional amendment a reality.
California is going to take 37 days to count 9 million mail in ballots with 0 of the voters showing ID.
This is totally fine with John Thune.
Think about that.
@FallRiverReport If you think they will stop here you're lying to yourself. They just opened the gateway to complete authoritarian state and there will be nothing to stop it!
We did a beef giveaway a few weeks ago and figured we'd do it again!
One of our favorite parts of this business is getting premium Texas beef into the hands of people who may have never had the chance to try it before.
So we're GIVING AWAY a box with:
🥩 2 Boneless Ribeyes
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🥩 2 Filets
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Appreciate y'all being here and supporting our family’s passion.
Rascal’s been on the road, and this week he’s found a patriot who knows exactly what kind of American she is.
Last week we asked, “What kind of American are you?” This week, Harvey’s Famous Weekly Giveaway proudly spotlights @Lily4Liberty . She survived Mao’s Cultural Revolution in communist China and now travels America warning about the dangers of communism and tyranny while championing our God‑given freedoms. Now she is running in the Live Free Or Die state to represent these liberties and the traditional American heritage in congress!
Given Lily's experience with communism and tyrannical governments, she’s vowed never again to live under a government that fears armed citizens more than criminals, and she has built her campaign around an unapologetic defense of the right to keep and bear arms. She supports national constitutional carry and rolling back federal gun-control laws that target law‑abiding gun owners.
Rascal was inspired and decided on a liberty & New Hampshire themed giveaway. He wants to arm YET ANOTHER freedom loving and freedom defending American while also bringing attention to the campaign of the fellow freedom lover.
So this weeks firearm is a New Hampshire made Sig Sauer Tread Coil V2 rifle with optic in 5.56!
We celebrate the kind of American who knows that “Live Free or Die” isn’t a mere slogan, it’s a warning for would‑be tyrants, foreign or domestic.
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House Audit Bill H.5469 🚩🚩🚩RED FLAGS 🚩🚩🚩 This bill appears designed to create the appearance of transparency while significantly limiting the practical impact of the audit voters approved.
Biggest Red Flags (this is kind of long, but worth understanding.)
🚩 Red Flag #1: They redefine what can be audited
The 72% vote was sold to voters as allowing the State Auditor to audit the Legislature.
This bill narrows that dramatically by creating a new category called "Administrative Functions" and limiting audits only to those functions.
The definition is restricted to:
Budgets
Official audits
Spending of appropriated funds
Settlement agreements
It excludes anything they define as a "Constitutional Function."
If the Legislature can simply label an activity as related to deliberation, policymaking, legislative judgment, internal operations, communications, or constitutional duties, they can claim it is off limits.
The language is incredibly broad:
"any function directly or indirectly related to the discharge of the constitutional privileges and duties of the senate or house of representatives."
That phrase "directly or indirectly related" could swallow almost everything.
🚩 Red Flag #2: Legislature decides who can be interviewed
The Auditor cannot simply interview legislative employees.
The Auditor must ask permission first.
The presiding officer may:
Approve the interview
Approve with conditions
Deny the interview entirely
And then merely provide a justification.
Imagine auditing a city government where the mayor gets to decide whether employees may talk to auditors.
No serious audit works that way.
🚩 Red Flag #3: No enforcement whatsoever
This may be the most important provision in the entire bill.
If the Legislature refuses records or interviews:
The Auditor's only remedy is to complain about it in the audit report.
Then comes the killer provision:
"No court shall have jurisdiction to compel the production of records, to enforce any interview request or to adjudicate any dispute arising under an audit conducted pursuant to this section."
Translation
If legislative leaders say:
"No."
The Auditor cannot:
Force production
Obtain a court order
Compel testimony
Seek judicial review
The only option is writing a paragraph saying they refused.
That is not an enforceable audit.
🚩 Red Flag #4: Legislature controls what records can be requested
The bill creates a very short list of records the Auditor may ask for:
Official budget
Official audits
Transaction listings
Settlement listings
That's it.
Notice what's missing:
Emails
Internal communications
Contracts
Procurement files
Payroll records
Timekeeping records
Grant records
Vendor documentation
Supporting documentation for expenditures
The Auditor gets summaries, not necessarily underlying records.
🚩 Red Flag #5: The Legislature gets 60 days before responding
The Auditor requests records.
The Legislature has up to 60 days to respond.
Then another 30 days for interview requests.
Then another 60 days to respond to draft findings.
This creates a process that can be dragged out for months.
The "Transparency" Section Also Has Loopholes
The bill creates a new legislative records process, which sounds good.
However...
🚩 Red Flag #6: Legislature remains exempt from the Public Records Law
The bill explicitly states:
"This section shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedy for obtaining access to records of the general court."
And:
"No provision of chapter 66 or any other law providing for public access to records shall apply to the general court."
Translation
Instead of simply putting the Legislature under the same public records law that applies to everyone else, they create their own separate system.
They remain a special class.
🚩 Red Flag #7: Legislature decides what records are public
The bill defines "Legislative Records."
If a document doesn't fit their definition, it can be withheld.
This is very different from the normal Public Records Law framework where records are presumed public unless exempt.
🚩 Red Flag #8: Internal legislative review before court review
If a records request is denied:
Appeal goes back to the same legislative records officer.
Then to the Rules Committee.
Only then can the requester go to court.
The Legislature effectively reviews its own decisions first.
Most Concerning Language
"Directly or indirectly related"
"...any function directly or indirectly related to the discharge of the constitutional privileges and duties of the senate or house of representatives."
Extremely broad exemption.
"Authorize the interview"
"The presiding officer ... shall authorize the state auditor to conduct the proposed interview..."
Why does the auditee control interviews?
"Exclusive remedy"
"The exclusive remedy available..."
Means no meaningful enforcement.
"No court shall have jurisdiction."
"No court shall have jurisdiction to compel the production of records..."
This is arguably the strongest anti-audit language in the bill.
"Sole and exclusive remedy"
"...sole and exclusive remedy for obtaining access to records of the general court..."
Keeps the Legislature outside the normal public records law.
The bill gives the State Auditor permission to conduct a limited audit of only those records and interviews legislative leaders choose to make available, while stripping courts of the power to enforce compliance if the Legislature refuses to cooperate.
Voters approved an audit of the Legislature. H.5469 creates an audit that the Legislature can largely control, limit, delay, and ultimately refuse to comply with, without any meaningful enforcement mechanism.
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Anyone in Massachusetts that voted for the Audit needs to contact your State Rep and Senator NOW. The house just passed out of committee H.5469, which allows the Legislature to decide what they have to hand the Auditor, while also denying our right to go to court to challenge it.