Governance in the Shadows

What New Hampshire’s GOP Signal Chat Reveals About a Dangerous National Pattern

It began, like so many political scandals in recent years, with a leak. A private Signal chat used by Republican members of the New Hampshire House Education Policy and Administration Committee surfaced around January 14, 2026. In it, Representative Kristin Noble, the committee chair, made a comment that would ignite outrage across the state and beyond:

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