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ROCHESTER - We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays.Dont forget, the library will be closed Monday, Jan. 17in observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

If you are looking for something to do in the winter weeks to come, why not include the library in your to-do list? Whatever your interests, we have you covered! From magazines to DVDs and everything in between, including great downloadable resources, all you need is an active library card. No card, and live in Rochester? Just bring in your photo ID and a recent proof of address (recent mail, car registration, lease, etc.) or if you are a property owner, we can look you up on the Town tax rolls, and we will sign you up for a card.

For out-of-towners who would like to use our resources, we have two options for you to join the library. A $30 will give a 6-month membership and $60 will give a year membership to you and everyone in your household.

The library is excited to offer a new program for local writers. The purpose of this writing group is for people to have a designated time and space to work on their projects individually surrounded by others for moral support. The session will run for two hours with a fifteen-minute break for people to socialize if they wish and the library will provide light refreshments. The group facilitator, Madeline, ran a similar group at a library in Washington State with great success.Join us Thursday, Jan. 20 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Rose Room (2nd floor of the library). Call Abby, our Programming Librarian, at 603-335-7550 with any questions.

Main Desk Librarian (and syndicated cartoonist) Stephanie, and Main Desk LibrarianKarylhave created a series of weekly animated videos recommending book, DVD and other titles available at the library. Enjoy our animated suggestions for titles to start the New Year! See them on our Facebook and Instagram accounts.

This week RPL librarianAmyshares a recent favorite: Although I am not a huge nonfiction reader, 'A Libertarian Walks into a Bear' was recommended to me and I found myself engrossed in the story immediately. It is a thoughtfully written chronicling of a political experiment in Grafton, N.H., by the Free Town Project starting in 2004. The author,Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, is a reporter for the Valley News in Hanover, N.H.He also includes the history of Grafton in an effort to explain why Grafton was the town of interest. Whether you remember John Babiarz running for governor of N.H. or not, this book will have you hooked on his story and all of the other characters as well as the decisions that were made in an effort to be free.I enjoyed every minute of this book. I appreciate Hongoltz-Hetling's writing style.He broke up the information into chunks and delved into why the town was plagued with fires, bears, and terrible roads with humor and wit.I give it five stars!

We are always happy when Kait has some new recommendations. You may not know it, but RPL LibrarianKaitis a Queen of social media and book blogging and her Instagram has many followers. Her recommendations for this week are: Happy 2022!

I would like to share the 22 YA books publishing in the first half of 2022 that Im most excited about! From a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer book to a queer marching band story and everything in between, I hope you will find something to enjoy from this list. Happy reading! (Publication dates are listed after the titles):

When You Get the Chanceby Emma Lord (1-4);The Storytellerby Kathryn Williams (1-11);In Every Generationby Kendare Blake (1-25);Fire Becomes Herby Rosiee Thor (2-1);Mirror Girlsby Kelly McWilliams (2-1);No Filter and Other Liesby Crystal Maldonado (2-1);A Million to Oneby Adiba Jaigirdar (2-15);The Chandler Legaciesby Abdi Nazemian (2-15);Bright Ruined Thingsby Samantha Cohoe (2-15);The One True Me and Youby Remi K. England (3-1);This Golden Stateby Marit Weisenberg (3-1);One For Allby Lillie Lainoff (3-8);Forward Marchby Skye Quinlan (3-8);Alice Austen Lived Hereby Alex Gino (4-5);Message Not Foundby Dante Medema (3-29);Does My Body Offend You?by Maria Cuevas (4-5);Scouts Honorby Lily Anderson (4-5);Queen of the Tilesby Hanna Alkaf (4-19);Why Would I Lie?by Adi Rule (5-1);I Kissed Shara Wheelerby Casey McQuiston (5-3);See You Yesterdayby Rachel Lynn Solomon (5-3);You, Me, and Our Heartstringsby Melissa See (5-31)

For more book lists like these and other bookish fun, follow Kait Plus Books atkaitplusbooks.comor @kaitplusbooks on social media! (Most of Kaits list recommendations can be found in the library. Some are available on the Libby app.)

Cold and flu season protocols: Cold and flu season, as well as COVID-19, is upon us. If anyone in your family comes down with COVID-19, contact us for help with items you may not be able to return on time. Call us at 603-335-7549 or 603-332-1428 with any questions. While we love to share our books, we do not want to share germs! Please remember that if you or your child is too sick to go to work or school, you are too sick to visit the library.

Winter Story Time: Winter Story Times are almost full! Call us at 603-3357549 or come to the library to check for space availability. The programs are free and begin the week of Jan. 10 and will run for six weeks.They will start in our meeting room and will last about 20 minutes. We will share three to four books alternating with finger plays, songs, and movement, and then follow that with a 30-minute Stay & Play in the Childrens Room.This time will be for children to participate in unstructured play and socialize, while adults will have an opportunity to meet other families in our community.

We respectfully request that accompanying adults wear masks during Story Time.

Collage Rainbow ~Take It & Make It Craft: Families can pick up a kit beginning Saturday, Jan. 8 through Saturday, Jan. 15 or until they are gone. Pick up times are during library open hours only. The kits will be inside the Childrens Room entryway. (One kit per child please).

Main Floor: Beatlemania: Whether or not you watched the Get Back documentary series on Disney+, or are a new or old Beatle fan, we have a fab display filled with books, DVDs and CDs of all your favorite songs. Check out a few and have your own Beatle festival.

Are you a local artist interested in exhibiting your work at the Rochester Public Library? We would love to hear from you! Please email a short bio with images of your work to RPLReference@rochesternh.net

Having problems with a new smartphone or tablet? Want help setting up Libby or hoopla so you can read or listen to free ebooks and audiobooks? Emerging Technology SpecialistJessicais here to help you if you need it! Give us a call to make an appointment at 603-332-1428 or RPLReference@rochesternh.net.

Contacting RPL: Visit the Librarys website: https://rpl.lib.nh.us/; Email the reference librarian Rplreference@rochesternh.net. Message us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rplnh/ or https://www.facebook.com/RPLChildrensRoom

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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) Election season is right around the corner and Thursday candidates in state and local elections can begin collecting signatures.

Illinois candidates running for federal, state, and county elected positions have until March to get enough signatures in order to see their name on the ballot for their respective political party ahead of Junes primary election.

Illinois primary election season officially started Thursday for candidates. At the McLean County Clerks Office, candidates could pick their petition packets up in person or online.

You can download these ahead of time, but the only problem is for candidates is you dont want to start getting your signatures on petitions until today (Thursday), said McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael.

Candidates from the Republican, Democrat, and Libertarian parties started their process for the June primaries in hopes of making it all the way to the general election in the fall.

What youre doing is youre selecting the candidates that will represent each party in November for the general election, said Executive Director of Peoria County Election Commission, Tom Bride.

This year the primary election was pushed until June 28th due to a delay in the states redistricting of state and federal seats. Bride said that also shortened the amount of time candidates have to get their required amount of signatures.

Typically theres 90 days to collect the signatures, this year theres only 60 days so the actual signature requirement was reduced by one-third, too, Bride said.

County clerks and local election commissions handle the petitions and election process for county leaders and local races. In McLean and other counties. sheriffs, clerks and county board members will all appear on the primary ballots.

We have 10 districts and we have two representatives in each district, so all 20 of those because of the redistricting and remapping. They all have to run this time. Usually, its staggered; one year 10 run and two years later the other 10 run, Michael said.

Michael said in June voters will see federal and state lawmakers running for positions in primary battles as well. Those petitions are handled by their respective election commissions.

The deadline to file most petitions for Illinois is March 7 and the final day to turn them in is March 14 by 5 p.m.

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Powder Springs, GA, Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- viaNewMediaWire--CBMJ Inc. (OTC:CBMJ) Conservative Broadcast Media & Journalism Announced that Quarter over Quarter Revenue increased by 68% from $785K in 2020 to $1.32M in Q-4 of 2021.

The Companys full year revenue came in at $4.44M which is an 82% increase over 2020 revenue of $2.43M.

Product sales through e-commerce including Flag & Cross, Patriot Depot, Coffee and Cigar Sales accounted for 75% of total sales. The other 25% came from Consulting Services, Database Email sales and rentals and Media Services.

"One of our goals in 2021 was to drive Revenue which was accomplished with organic growth along with the acquisition of Patriot Depot in June 2021. Although sales were strong, we did not achieve our net income goals in 2021 due to inventory adjustments, added shipping costs, advertising censorship from big tech and managing the integration of the two businesses. With the hiring of Hanford Jordan as CEO of CBMJs subsidiaries DeDonato Enterprises/Patriot Depot, which was announced yesterday, we expect to rectify those issues and achieve both sales and earnings goals in 2022. The goal in 2022 is to achieve 10% earnings bottom line as a percentage of sales," stated CBMJs CEO Mark Schaftlein.

Correction: Yesterdays press release from CBMJ announcingHanford Jordan as being hired asCEO of its subsidiaries DeDonato Enterprises/Patriot Depot stated in error that prior he had been an auditor with KPMC. Is should have stated that prior he had been an auditor with KPMG International Limited, a British-Dutch multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations.

About DeDonato Enterprises:DeDonato Enterprises, L.L.C. is a Digital Marketing Agency based in Metro-Atlanta that specializes in reaching a conservative/libertarian/religious audience. DeDonato was acquired by CBMJ in October of 2020.

About Patriot Depot:Patriot Depot is an online retailer that distributes and sells Conservative and Christian themed supplies, apparel, pins, flags, patriotic gifts, glasses, novelties, books, DVDs and more.Patriot Depot was acquired by CBMJ mid-2021.

About CBMJ:(CBMJ) Conservative Broadcast Media and Journalism is a Digital Marketing Company based in Metro-Atlanta that specializes in reaching a conservative/libertarian/religious audience. Among other assets, CBMJ operates numerous social media accounts across several platforms with over 2 million followers, owns an active database of over 20 million opt-in email subscribers, and publishes a network of 47 monetized political/news websites generating 10 million page views per month. Some of the marquis sites includewww.flagandcross.com,www.patriotdepot.comandwww.militarygradecoffee.com. The Company also maintains one of the largest collections of historical documents on the web athttp://constitution.com/.

In addition, CBMJ operates a brick-and-mortar coffee shop in Hiram, GA, and e-commerce websites includingwww.thrashercoffee.com/,www.valloranicigars.com, and an e-commerce portal at their primary sitewww.store.flagandcross.com/. CBMJ now also distributes the increasingly popular TV, radio, and social media segment "The Schaftlein Report" hosted by economic analyst, political commentator, and CBMJs CEO Mark Schaftlein.https://schaftleinreport.com/

Forward-Looking Statements: This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, based on current expectations and assumptions concerning future events or future performance of the company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. In evaluating such statements, prospective investors should review carefully various risks and uncertainties identified in this release and matters disclosed atwww.otcmarkets.com. These risks and uncertainties could cause the company's actual results to differ materially.

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Rep. David ValadaoDavid Goncalves ValadaoEach state's population center, visualized Jarring GOP divisions come back into spotlight Trump allies target Katko over infrastructure vote MORE (R-Calif.), one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President TrumpDonald TrumpMcCarthy says he won't cooperate with 'illegitimate' Jan. 6 probe McEnany sits down with Jan. 6 investigators Hillicon Valley YouTube takes some heat MORE last year, announced on Wednesday that he would be running in California's newly drawn 22nd congressional district.

Ill continue to be an independent member of Congress who will stand up to the divisive partisanship in Washington D.C., get things done to grow our local economy, and deliver more water for our farmers and communities, Valadao said in a statement. Im excited to earn the vote of old friends as well as new voters across Kern, Kings, and Tulare Counties.

Valadao currently represents the 21st congressional district in California, which includes Kings County in addition to parts of Kern, Fresno and Tulare Counties.

The former president was impeached in the House last year for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Trump was eventually acquitted in the Senate.

Several House Republicans, including Reps. Adam KinzingerAdam Daniel KinzingerMcCarthy says he won't cooperate with 'illegitimate' Jan. 6 probe On The Trail: Retirements offer window into House Democratic mood House GOP members introduce legislation targeting Russia over Ukraine MORE (R-Ill.) and Anthony GonzalezAnthony GonzalezOn The Trail: Retirements offer window into House Democratic mood Lessons learned from 1990s internet commerce regulation: First, do no harm GOP's Rice says he regrets Jan. 6 vote against Biden's election MORE (R-Ohio), who voted to impeach Trump announced last year that they would not be seeking re-election, indicating there is less room within the Republican Party for those who spoke out against the former president to continue their political careers.

However, the situation is different in the Senate. Sen. Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann MurkowskiNYT columnist floats Biden-Cheney ticket in 2024 Schumer, McConnell clash over filibuster amid voting rights push Trump rips GOP senator who called 2020 election 'fair' MORE (R-Alaska) one of seven senators to vote to impeach Trump announced she would be running for re-election last November.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the chairman of the Senate GOP campaign arm, said in November he would help her reelection efforts despite the fact that Trump already endorsed her GOP primary challenger.

You had said you're going to support all incumbents. And I'm just curious, does that include Lisa Murkowski, where the former president has endorsed a primary challenger? And when you say you support, does that mean you will financially support Lisa Murkowski and actually help run a campaign against a primary opponent? Meet the Press hostChuck ToddCharles (Chuck) David ToddFormer Biden adviser says US won't get more than 70 percent vaccinated 'without a mandate' Raskin: Grisham told Jan. 6 panel about 'names that I had not heard before' Lightfoot calls Chicago Teachers Union walkout 'illegal' MORE asked Scott last November.

Absolutely. ... We support all of our incumbents, Scott answered. And fortunately for us, we've got great candidates running in our primaries. And fortunately for us, we've got Bernie SandersBernie SandersOvernight Health Care CDC won't change mask recommendation Briahna Joy Gray: Voting rights advocates 'frustrated' with Biden The Memo: Biden's overpromising problem MORE candidates on the other side in many primaries, and so we're going to be in a great position in 22.

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After President Joe Biden delivered a speech imploring the Senate to pass a voting-rights bill, an angry Mitt Romney took to the Senate floor to denounce him. Biden accused a number of my good and principled colleagues in the Senate of having sinister, even racist inclinations, he complained. (Imagine! Racists! In the Republican Party! In this day and age!)

But more troubling, Romney continued, was Bidens description of Republican voting restrictions as part of a scheme to turn the will of the voters into a mere suggestion. Here Romney unsheathed his sharpest insult, comparing Biden to Donald Trump: And so, President Biden goes down the same tragic road taken by President Trump casting doubt on the reliability of American elections.

Romney speaks for an important faction of Republican elites who may abhor Trumps naked authoritarianism (either openly, like Romney, or more often in private) but also believe fervently in their partys policy of voter suppression. Romneys position holds the pivotal point in the U.S. Senate: Anti-Trump, pro-voter-suppression Republicans like him are the key impediment to passing any voting-rights bills.

The Trump strain and the Romney strain have crucial differences. Trump is willing to support almost any measure, legal or extralegal, in order to maintain power. Romney abhors violence and venerates rule-following but shares Trumps belief that the franchise is more privilege than a right, and supports his partys blizzard of voting impediments to keep the Democratic hordes at bay.

Romneys allies in the Republican partys non-insurrectionary wing see their stance as the antithesis of Trumpism. What they seem unable to grasp is the degree to which his crude and even violent brand of authoritarianism is a product of their refined elitist version.

Traditional Republicans generally subscribe to some or all of the following three propositions:

First, Democrats habitually engage in wide-scale, undetected vote fraud, especially in large cities. (A leading congressional Republican once confided at an off-the-record event that he doubted the legitimacy of Bill Clintons 1996 election, which Clinton won by 8.5 percent of the vote, owing to presumptive vote-padding.)

Second, even if the votes are technically legal, the geographically concentrated nature of Democratic voting reduces its legitimacy. This is a belief expressed by the ubiquitous conflation of maps showing red occupying most land space with Republican majorities. This belief is the only way to make sense of otherwise bizarre comments, like Robin Vos,the Republican Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, casually asserting, If you took Madison and Milwaukee out of the state-election formula, we would have a clear majority.

And third, elections would be better if the electorate was refined by winnowing out uninformed or unmotivated voters. Conservative pundits proudly and openly write lines like this, from National Review in 2016: We must weed out ignorant Americans from the electorate. And Republicans occasionally blurt out comments like this, by the Republican chair of Arizonas Government and Elections Committee: Everybody shouldnt be voting Not everybody wants to vote, and if somebody is uninterested in voting, that probably means that theyre totally uninformed on the issues. Quantity is important, but we have to look at the quality of votes, as well.

These convictions inspire voting restrictions that bring together pro-Trump and Trump-skeptical Republicans alike. Republicans, with little to no intraparty dissent, have passed laws to winnow the electorate of voters who are either illegal or, in Republican eyes, undeserving. These measures include reducing the hours of voting or the locations where votes can be cast, requiring voters to jump through bureaucratic hoops (separate registration and acquiring papers or identification, often at different buildings open only during working hours), or even (in Florida) to pay back fines in order to vote.

One indication of the depth of Republican unanimity on voting restriction is their complete unwillingness to entertain any protections against abusive voter suppression. In November, Senator Joe Manchin proposed a compromise voting-rights bill. His plan would have allowed voter identification requirements, but required states to allow an array of legitimate acceptable identification, including utility bills. (States like Texas recognize gun permits, but not student identification, as legitimate ID.) It would combine automatic vote registration with measures to clean up voting rolls, make Election Day a national holiday, let volunteers provide water and snacks to voters waiting in long lines, accept provisional ballots from registered voters who appear at the wrong precinct, and other modest proposals to make voting less burdensome.

The only Senate Republican to show any interest in Manchins compromise is barely-a-Republican Lisa Murkowski. The rest of the caucus has taken the view that restricting the electorate as it sees fit is a matter of states rights.

It is important to understand that many Republican advocates of voter suppression hold Trump in at least equal contempt as advocates of voting rights. Georgia governor Brian Kemp may represent the archetype of the anti-Trump vote suppressor. In 2018, while simultaneously running for his office and serving in a job overseeing elections as secretary of State, Kemp closed 200 polling locations, primarily in minority neighborhoods, and purged hundreds of thousands of people from the voting rolls, many of the victims merely for failing to cast a vote in the previous election.

Its impossible to tell whether these restrictions played a decisive role in his narrow win. (Precisely how many people were deterred from voting, and how many of them would have voted for his opponent, is a matter of conjecture.) But Kemp was perfectly clear beforehand that he saw minority turnout as a primary threat to his success, telling supporters, You know the Democrats are working hard, and all these stories about them, you know, registering all these minority voters that are out there and others that are sitting on the sidelines, if they can do that, they can win these elections in November.

Yet Kemp also bravely defied Trumps efforts to undo the 2020 election results in the state, making himself a target of a Trump-backed primary that threatens to end his career. Its important to understand that many advocates of these laws hold Trump and liberal supporters of voting rights in at least equal contempt. From their standpoint, they occupy the midpoint between two equally noxious populist threats: to their left, Democrats who would open the floodgates to illegal or unqualified voters and delegitimize any outcome those restrictions produced, and to their right, Trump supporters who push to overturn elections Democrats win in spite of Republican-designed voting restrictions.

None of these Republicans seem to have contemplated how their assumptions about Democratic perfidy directly inspired Trumps response. Trumps most powerful appeal to the Republican base has always been to cast the partys leadership as weak losers who passively accept defeat.

If Its Not Close, They Cant Cheat is the title of a book by conservative talk-show host Hugh Hewitt. The book is not dedicated to uncovering Democratic vote fraud it provides barely a wisp of evidence for any but, rather, assumes its pervasive existence as a starting point. Hewitt reasoned that, since Republicans cant stop Democrats from cheating at the polls, their best recourse is to win elections by overwhelming margins. That book came out in 2004, before Republicans responded to Barack Obamas election by emphasizing vote-suppression measures. Two years later, he wrote a book making the case for Romney as the partys presidential nominee.

Trumpism offers a more intuitive response to the assumptions Republicans like Hewitt have long held. If it is true that Democrats always cheat, why should Republicans have to win by huge margins every time? Why not fight fire with fire?

The approach to elections of a Romney or a Kemp is not as dangerous as Trumps, not by a long shot. It is, at least, peaceful and stable, lacking the reckless Trump lurch into total systemic collapse virtues we cannot take for granted. But it also falls far short of the democratic ideal Americans have taught themselves as a shared creed. You might even call it sinister.

Analysis and commentary on the latest political news from New York columnist Jonathan Chait.

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