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The Dean Phillips challenge: Do NH voters have the courage to lead the way?

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Dean Phillips wants your vote on Jan. 23. Call it a belated birthday gift if you want to, but Phillips prefers you see him as the only best choice to move the country forward. You’ll find him (literally) somewhere near the bottom of the actual NH Democratic ballot. But at least he’s on there, unlike his main opponent, President Biden, who is skipping New Hampshire and moving straight to South Carolina on the game board that has become this year’s presidential primary.

Beto O’Rourke: Tiny NH taqueria frames candidate’s campaign cornerstone

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Beto O’Rourke grew up in El Paso, Texas, a city of about a million people right on the U.S. border with Mexico. His choice of venue here and his decision to open his remarks in Spanish underscored a cornerstone of his campaign: He says he believes immigration and immigrants are important to the U.S.

Social media-driven democracy? There’s an app for that: Check out Brigade

read more…: Social media-driven democracy? There’s an app for that: Check out Brigade

Brigade is a tech start-up founded in 2014 to tackle the problem of declining citizen power and engagement in our democracy, which has created a Ballot Guide app being piloted in only two U.S. cities – here in Manchester, and San Franciso – to give the voting public a way to declare their beliefs, organize with others, and take action to shape the policies affecting their lives.

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