Mrs. Chester from Bedford testifies in favor of HB1441
She says the Feds are breaking the backs of citizens
https://www.youtube.com/live/9xo8X8a5sqk?si=dN2w3xM4f6HxbvVm&t=18694
I haven’t listened to the hearings yet but they should provide a lot of material to call talk radio about.
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NH HB1441 status:
Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/05/2026 HJ 3
https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB1441/2026
Here is Glenn Bailey’s response to my question:
Yes, this was voted ITL by its State-Federal Relations committee, and put on the consent calendar. The consent calendar is always the first vote of any session day and the initial motion of the various bills on the consent calendar – be they OTP or ITL – are passed together by a general voice vote. I think there were about 96 bills on the consent calendar this time, and about 26 voted individually on the floor.
It is possible to pull a bill off of the consent calendar- if and only if - ten representatives will agree to such a withdrawal. That occasionally happens. It is said that one might do that if one wished to either make a either speech or a motion. This time there was a medical marijuana bill (HB1446) slated for ITL on the consent calendar, but its sponsors and adherents wanted to instead “table” the bill and they succeeded in making that happen. That kept the a therapeutic cannabis bill alive in a coma rather than killed outright. It might then be possible to craft some amendment that alters the bill and its fate.
What we gained was a chance for Carla and others to speak on the subject at its public hearing. (I am not much of a public speaker and did not expect to have much to say, nor time to say it, but the committee members were unexpectedly full of questions). Carla and the others gave effective speeches. Kudos!
Glenn
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Cars that we cannot purchase in the US
What would happen after NHexit?
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The FSP Liberty Forum Dialog Sessions schedule has two presentation/discussion events directly related to secession.
"Should northern Maine join a Greater New Hampshire?
Presenter: Eric Brakey
Moderator: Keith Bessette
Saturday March 6, 1:00 - 2:20 pm
Should Puerto Rico leave the U.S.?
Presenter: Christina Mojica
Moderator: Jason Sorens
Saturday March 6, 9:00 - 10:20 am
https://nhlibertyforum.com/speakers/
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https://nhjournal.com/red-flag-for-nashua-court-declares-flagpole-policy-unconstitutional/
The ruling is yet another black eye for United States District Court Judge Landya McCafferty, who sided with the City of Nashua in the original case and saw her ruling overturned. McCafferty, an Obama appointee, is known for her progressive jurisprudence.
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2022
The Scaers, represented by the Institute for Free Speech, took Nashua to court last year after city officials denied them permission to fly an ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Pine Tree flag on City Hall’s “Citizen’s Flag Pole.” According to the lawsuit, the city used vague language in its 2022 flagpole policy to deny the request.
In March, United States District Court Judge Landya McCafferty ruled against the couple. In her ruling, McCafferty agreed with Magistrate Judge Talesha Saint-Marc’s December report on the case which argued the city is exempt from First Amendment considerations thanks to the flagpole policy that defined the pole as government property.
“[Saint-Marc] correctly found that the undisputed facts indicate that the flags displayed on the Citizen Flag Pole pursuant to Nashua’s 2022 Flagpole Policy constituted government speech not regulated by the First Amendment,” McCafferty wrote.
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2024
“This issue ‘is not even a close call,’” McCafferty wrote in her ruling. “HB 1205, on its face, discriminates against transgender girls.”
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St. Paul’s School - Concord NH first job out of Harvard
https://ballotpedia.org/Landya_McCafferty
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2025 Landya McCafferty
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1915462251932508200
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Ahhh one of the Tentacles grabbing us from Wash. DC
Obama appointee Landya McCafferty
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Mrs. Chester from Bedford testifies in favor of HB1441
She says the Feds are breaking the backs of citizens
https://www.youtube.com/live/9xo8X8a5sqk?si=dN2w3xM4f6HxbvVm&t=18694
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Chris Waide from NHexit.US testifies before the NH House State-Federal Relation and Veterans Affairs committee in favor of Independence
https://www.youtube.com/live/9xo8X8a5sqk?si=1G6dB6_FOwNbY6OR&t=18133
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Adam Thompson testifies against HB1441
As a Marine Corp Veteran He finds it Abhorrent
https://www.youtube.com/live/9xo8X8a5sqk?si=-3lwD5e7FTv7OObu&t=17886
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Carla Gericke takes some questions regarding secession and HB1441
https://www.youtube.com/live/9xo8X8a5sqk?si=ghJRXrc2tVQWQFUZ&t=16689
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Carla Gericke answers questions on inflation and HB1441
https://x.com/nhexitnow/status/2014842975290065209
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Carla Gericke 9min testimony for HB1441
https://x.com/nhexitnow/status/2014841111161012711
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NH government recording of HB1441 testimony:
https://www.youtube.com/live/9xo8X8a5sqk?t=14483s
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Carla Gericke
TESTIMONY FOR HB 1441:
Chairperson, honorable members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today in strong support of HB 1441.
My name is Carla Gericke. I am a longtime leader in the Free State movement, president of the Foundation for New Hampshire Independence—a federally recognized 501(c)(3) focused on public education—and a key organizer with NHExit, a decentralized grassroots effort advancing peaceful, democratic exploration of New Hampshire’s sovereign options through civic engagement and legislative pathways.
Let me be very clear at the outset: HB 1441 is not about secession.
It is about preparedness.
And preparedness is not radical — it’s responsible.
Studying an option is not the same as choosing it. But refusing to study it is choosing ignorance.
Through the Free State Project and related efforts, thousands of liberty-minded people have already relocated to New Hampshire, joining hundreds of thousands of Granite Staters who value local control, low taxes, and personal freedom. NHExit builds on that civic culture by encouraging peaceful dialogue, research, and democratic participation. This bill is not a break from who we are — it is an extension of New Hampshire’s “Live Free or Die” tradition.
That tradition is embedded in our constitution. Articles 7 and 10 affirm that government exists to serve the people, and that the people retain the right to alter or reform it when it no longer does. HB 1441 honors that principle by proposing study — not action — and information before ideology.
We’ve been here before.
In 2022, CACR 32 proposed an immediate declaration of independence and was rejected as too abrupt.
In 2024, CACR 20 proposed conditional independence tied to federal debt levels and also failed.
Those measures asked for a decision.
HB 1441 asks for understanding.
As my grandmother used to say: Proper preparation prevents poor performance. It’s better to have a plan and not need it than to need one and not have it.
This commission would bring together legislators, public members, and experts to examine real-world questions: fiscal impacts, currency, interstate commerce, law enforcement, health care, energy, defense, federal entitlements, citizenship, and immigration. The goal is not to advocate an outcome — it’s to understand consequences.
In other words, HB 1441 does what responsible governments do: it stress-tests reality before ideology.
Peaceful independence is not theoretical. It has happened. Czechoslovakia separated peacefully. Singapore separated and prospered. Greenland is currently studying greater sovereignty through democratic inquiry. The common thread is preparation first, decision later.
Let me offer one concrete modern comparison: Estonia. Estonia has a population of about 1.3 million people—very close to New Hampshire’s—and regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. It faced exactly the questions this commission would study: how to create a currency, restructure health care and entitlements, establish independent courts and law enforcement, manage citizenship and immigration, defend itself geopolitically, and transition from a centralized command economy to a free-market one.
Through deliberate planning, commissions, and legal reform, Estonia emerged from economic collapse and political repression to become one of the most digitally advanced and economically free countries in the world, with low public debt and high trust in institutions. And here’s the key point: Estonia had to build sovereignty from the ashes. New Hampshire would be building it from strength. Our per-capita GDP is more than double Estonia’s, we sit next to major markets, and we already operate under a low-tax, high-freedom model. If Estonia could succeed under far harsher conditions, it is entirely reasonable to study what sovereignty could look like for New Hampshire—carefully, responsibly, and with eyes wide open.
Decentralization itself is a global trend. Two hundred years ago, there were about 50 sovereign states. Today, there are nearly 200. Smaller, more cohesive polities often govern more effectively because decisions are made closer to the people affected by them.
New Hampshire has always led. We adopted the first independent constitution in 1776. We resisted unjust rule in the Pine Tree Riot. We hold the First-in-the-Nation primary. And through the Free State Project, we’ve become the world’s first intentional community dedicated to peaceful civic concentration around liberty and self-ownership.
That culture produces results. New Hampshire ranks #1 in economic freedom nationally. We have no broad-based income or sales tax, high household incomes, and strong civic participation. If sovereignty were ever chosen, we would be starting from strength — not desperation.
Which brings me to the federal reality driving this discussion. As of this year, U.S. national debt stands at roughly $38.5 trillion, growing by billions per day. Interest costs alone are approaching $1.2 trillion annually. New Hampshire taxpayers are fiscally responsible — yet we’re locked into underwriting a system that is not.
HB 1441 does not launch a lifeboat.
It simply asks whether one could be built.
If we were designing a new society today — on Mars, for example — we would not burden it with unsustainable debt, endless regulation, or perpetual conflict. We would design for efficiency, liberty, and sustainability.
HB 1441 asks us to think like founders again — not rebels, not dreamers, but builders.
In a polarized era, refusing to plan is the real risk. Studying peaceful, democratic options is not division — it is stewardship.
I urge you to pass HB 1441 and allow New Hampshire to lead responsibly once again.
Thank you, and I’m happy to answer any questions.
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Hunter Ash explains why we must leave the union.
“It would be cool if I could simply live my life, work, earn and spend money in a community I choose without a horde of people arguing that they deserve some of it, that they have a say over how I live, that I have to allow them into my nation. I don’t want to think about politics. It’s so boring. I hate how much of my brain is devoted to it. I want to think about science and literature and history.
But they’ve made it clear they will never leave us alone. So we have to think about politics. We have to think about power. The only way we’ll ever be left alone is if we seize everything and keep them out by force. They won’t listen to your arguments. Every procedural or legalistic point they make is just a tactic to disarm you, slow you down. We cannot give them an inch. We cannot play fair. We cannot allow them a seat at the table, because they will forever use it to rob us. The people who want to be left alone must unionize. We must shut the takers and meddlers out of power permanently. I don’t care what it takes to achieve this. It has to be done. I will not live my life under someone else’s thumb.”
- Hunter Ash
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Our Political Director wants to fly out to New Hampshire and speak in support of the resolution. Could he participate in public hearing
We would fly him out there
Political Director JJ Aimes
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Former FEMA speech writer
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He teaches political science and federal government at the University level
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Has worked on 67 campaigns
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He has worked in DC for 4 decades
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Hard core supporter of CALEXIT
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I have a few thoughts on the present and future of the NH economy.
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NH has never been perfectly Self-Sustaining. Even at Fort at Number 4 - Wikipedia in the 1700 the blacksmiths were ordering tools from England that cost lots of money and took months to get there. We have traded with other countries this whole time. I think we can continue that. The only hindrance to that would be a US blockade, and they do not do that to too many nations.
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On the other hand, they probably mostly “fed themselves” back in the 16-1700s. Like you mentioned, they transitioned to trade as better farmland was found in Ohio and such … and we have been trading for cheaper/better food since then. I think that can continue. We buy lots of foods that are not grown in other parts of the US.
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There are many nations that cannot completely feed themselves. It is not just city-states like Hong Kong. There are landlocked central asian countries that rely on trade as well as island nations. We will have an advantage over most of these, since we are more prosperous than all but a handful (Monaco, Lux, Liecht) and above Switzerland, Norway, and the US.
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We also have the potential to become a Tax Haven and Free Trade Hub, that puts us in league with Bermuda, Cayman Islands, and Singapore, but with a cooler climate and New England culture.
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Tourism doesn’t need to be subsidized by NH, but it should not be restricted. I believe we will get more visitors when we are our own little unique nation for people to check out.
We will have to work out the electric grid, more electric production, transmission and pipelines. Those are all wonderful topics for the Commission to explore.
We are not shoving a certain way of life on NH citizens, just giving them a choice to cut US entanglements. We don’t even have to dump US Tea or whatever would be the equivalent.
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2026 House Bill 1441
“AN ACT, establishing a commission to study the economic, legal, and sociological aspects of New Ha
mpshire exerting its sovereign state rights.” Sponsored by Glenn Bailey
Has a public hearing in Committee on Friday January 23 1pm GP 228
1 Granite Place, Concord, NH 03301 https://maps.app.goo.gl/nggj4fargTXxyw5w5
https://gc.nh.gov/house/legislation/billinfo.aspx?id=1935&sy=
https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1935&version-id=23440
https://legiscan.com/NH/text/HB1441/id/3288575
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Texan view of our current situation:
New Hampshire is set to take a significant step in the growing national conversation about state sovereignty. House Bill 1441, which would establish a commission to study the implications of New Hampshire exercising its sovereign rights—including the possibility of independence—is heading to a public hearing on Friday, January 23.
The bill calls for a temporary statutory commission to examine the economic, legal, and sociological implications of secession through November 2027. The study would address fiscal considerations, legal frameworks, social impacts, and security matters, providing New Hampshire residents with a comprehensive analysis of what independence could mean for the Granite State.
The NHEXIT movement, New Hampshire’s organized independence effort, is mobilizing supporters ahead of the hearing.
-How Texans Can Help-
While the hearing takes place over 1,800 miles from Texas, supporters of self-determination can still make their voices heard. Those unable to attend in person can contact New Hampshire legislators directly to express support for the bill’s passage.
The public hearing is scheduled for 1:00 PM on Friday, January 23 at Granite Place, 1 Granite Place, Concord, NH 03301. The venue is serving as a temporary location while the Legislative Office Building undergoes renovations.
-A Growing Movement-
New Hampshire’s effort represents another front in the broader conversation about state sovereignty and self-determination. As Texans continue working toward their own independence through democratic means, movements like NHEXIT demonstrate that the question of who governs is being asked in statehouses across America.
The Texas Nationalist Movement encourages supporters to stand in solidarity with independence advocates in New Hampshire by contacting legislators and, if possible, providing testimony in support of HB 1441.
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NH needs to Exit the US before this happens here.
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NH House Bill 1441
Public Hearing: 01/23/2026 01:00 pm GP 228
https://gc.nh.gov/house/legislation/billinfo.aspx?id=1935&sy=
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House Bill 1441 for 2026
Due out of Committee 3/5/2026
https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1935&version-id=23440
i have been thinking…
Thus far, we have been thinking about preparing for secession of NH from the US.
With the US in the condition it is now, I think we might want to consider preparing for what might happen if the union was involuntarily dis-united. That is to say, how would NH fare if forced to fend for itself because of chaotic dis-union of the country?
This is not completely out of the realm of possibility. It is essentially what happened with the downfall of the Soviet Union.