Meet the disgraced political operative and alleged sexual predator behind the NH dark money group that spent over $200k on NH "liberty" candidates in 2022. #NHPolitics 1/9 (Photo: Gage Skidmore)
In January 2021, Young Americans for Liberty president Cliff Maloney was fired following a flood of accusations—using Twitter hashtag #YALtoo—of rape, sexual assault, harassment, and a toxic, misogynist culture at YAL. #NHPolitics 2/9
Among the reports was an accusation that NH congressional candidate and former state Rep. Tim Baxter (R-Seabrook) groped a fellow YAL state chair. "[H]is groping me started my dive into YAL's sham HR and spiraled into #YALtoo." #NHPolitics 3/9
After leaving YAL, Maloney founded Citizens Alliance of America and launched an initiative called the Liberty State Project with the goal of electing 250 libertarian candidates to state legislatures. He identified NH, Idaho, and Pennsylvania as his focus for 2022. #NHPolitics 4/9
In a Liberty Uninterrupted podcast, Maloney explained that he selected Idaho and NH because of their existing "culture of liberty," low cost per race, the potential for statewide wins, and current libertarian leadership. #NHPolitics 5/9
Then, in April 2022, Maloney was arrested for allegedly drugging and raping a college classmate in 2013. He has denied the allegations and is awaiting trial. #NHPolitics 6/9 thedailybeast.com/young-american…
Meanwhile, Citizens Alliance of NH registered as a NH nonprofit corporation and campaign committee in August and launched a cookie-cutter website that is virtually identical to the Idaho group's site. Tim Baxter joined the board after his September primary loss. #NHPolitics 7/9
Citizens Alliance of NH reported spending $212k on independent expenditures supporting 90+ candidates for the NH House and Senate. $129k of that went to Mobilize the Message, a political consulting firm owned by — wait for it — Cliff Maloney. #NHPolitics 8/9
To gain the group's endorsement, candidates signed the 10-point Citizens Alliance pledge promising support for broad libertarian policy initiatives. More than 60 of the endorsed candidates won their races and now hold seats in the NH legislature. #NHPolitics 9/9
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Parents, one a NH state lawmaker, of the girl alleged to have been sexually assaulted by Free State Project activist and one-time GOP state rep nominee Elliot "Alu" Axelman demanded $20K "restitution" in exchange for not reporting the 2022 Porcfest incident. #NHPolitics 1/
@NBC10Boston reported Axelman met the girl's father in a Hooksett Starbucks where he was presented with a contract requiring Axelman to agree to six demands before leaving the meeting or the couple would "report the incident to the proper authorities." 2/ nbcboston.com/news/local/nh-…
The agreement required Axelman to make a series of confessions and apologies and provide proof that he was receiving therapy. The restitution, $150/week until the victim is 18 years old, was described as payment for "weekly psychiatric therapy … needed for her restoration." 3/
The story of the pseudo-legal, sovereign citizen "notices and affidavits" that culminated in the appointment and then removal of Rep. Leah Cushman (R-Weare) as chair of the House Special Committee on DCYF — and who's behind it — is a wild one. #NHPolitics 🧵 1/
Last year, Cushman began conferring with sovereign citizen activist David Jose Romero Watson (aka David Jose, aka RealDaveCares4u) and Bethlehem NH resident Chris Noyes, who helped "educate" her on their pseudo-legal approach to the law. #NHPolitics 2/
In a Twitter Space with Watson (aka David Jose), Noyes described the process that led to Cushman chairing the House Special Committee on DCYF: "the reason she opened this committee is to follow up on the notices and affidavits of the people." 3/
Libertarian poster boy and NH House Majority Leader Jason Osborn obtained millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded loans, grants, and incentives for his debt collection business before closing the doors and laying off 521 employees. #NHPolitics 🧵
In 2016, when Credit Adjustments, Inc. announced plans to expand and build a new headquarters, the Defiance City Council gave the company two parcels of city-owned land for the project, more than 22 acres, at no cost to the company. #NHPolitics 2/
The next year, the Defiance County Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) approved the transfer of an additional 5 acres of city land to a company affiliated with CAI as part of the incentive package for the construction project. #NHPolitics 3/
An outspoken white supremacist and Holocaust denier has announced he is running for a seat in the NH House of Representatives. Ryan J. Murdough, a 41-year-old licensed nursing assistant, says he is running to oppose "Jewish power" and will run as a Republican. #NHPolitics 🧵
This will be Murdough's second run for a seat in the state legislature. In 2010, the state GOP disavowed his candidacy after the Monitor published his letter to the editor calling on NH whites to "preserve their racial identity" and establish "their own homeland." #NHPolitics 2/
“Mr. Murdough is a despicable racist, the @NHGOP spokesman said then. "His racist views are abhorrent and he is not welcome in the NH GOP.” Despite that denunciation, Murdough went on to receive 296 votes in the primary, finishing 161 votes behind the winners. #NHPolitics 3/