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Chris Pappas’ Red Flags & Maura Healey’s Door-to-Door Nanny Brigade: Steve MacDonald on WFEA
Chris Pappas’ Red Flags & Maura Healey’s Door-to-Door Nanny Brigade: Steve MacDonald on WFEA

During this segment WFEA offers some  hard-hitting commentary and unfiltered political satire as WFEA host Jeff Chidester is joined by Steve MacDonald, Managing Editor of one of New Hampshire’s most read daily political commentary hubs, GraniteGrok.

Jeff and Steve kick off the segment by dissecting the latest wave of Senate race attack ads aimed at Chris Pappas and John E. Sununu. Between slickly produced campaign spots and spottyfacts,the guys break down the spin, the strategy, and the ongoing attempts to address Chris Pappas’ persistentsocialist problemin the Granite State.

Then, Jeff and Steve turn their attention south toward Massachusetts to unpack Governor Maura Healey’s latest head-spinning policy proposal: dispatching state employees directly to the front doors of newborn babies for home wellness checks.

Because nothing sayswelcome to the worldquite like a government clip-board arriving at your doorstep. Jeff and Steve take a sharp, sarcastic look at the ultimatenanny stateinitiative, asking the obvious question: with good intentions like these, what could possibly go wrong?

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