{"id":26325,"date":"2026-05-30T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=26325"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:36:10","slug":"new-england-take-the-failures-of-thomas-massie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=26325","title":{"rendered":"New England Take | The failures of Thomas Massie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A. J. dives into the moral and political failings of the Libertarian Party, the craziness of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire (LPNH) getting kicked out, and Congressman Thomas Massie got his comeuppance.<\/p>\n<p>Concord Monitor, &#8220;\u2018Are you guys stupid?\u2019: NH Libertarians ejected from national party after state leader\u2019s speech&#8221;:\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.concordmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/27\/are-you-guys-stupid-nh-libertarians-ejected-from-national-party-after-state-leaders-speech\/\" href=\"https:\/\/gate.sc\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.concordmonitor.com%2F2026%2F05%2F27%2Fare-you-guys-stupid-nh-libertarians-ejected-from-national-party-after-state-leaders-speech%2F&amp;token=61ca82-1-1780065098351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\">www.concordmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/27\/ar\u2026aders-speech\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBC News Kentucky District 4 Primary Results:\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-primary-elections\/kentucky-us-house-district-4-results\" href=\"https:\/\/gate.sc\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fpolitics%2F2026-primary-elections%2Fkentucky-us-house-district-4-results&amp;token=14d41a-1-1780065098351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\">www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-pri\u2026istrict-4-results<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join the Substack at\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/newenglandtake.com\" href=\"https:\/\/gate.sc\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewenglandtake.com&amp;token=885085-1-1780065098351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\">newenglandtake.com<\/a>\u00a0and email the show at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:aj@newenglandtake.com\">aj@newenglandtake.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%3Atracks%3A2329690442%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-2nZb24nux3y&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate, 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: 100; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"WKXL - NH Talk Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wkxl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WKXL &#8211; NH Talk Radio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"New England Take | The failures of Thomas Massie\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wkxl\/new-england-take-the-failures\/s-2nZb24nux3y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Take | The failures of Thomas Massie<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player lazyload\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zSEDSAPnLt0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A. J. dives into the moral and political failings of the Libertarian Party, the craziness of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire (LPNH) getting kicked out, and Congressman Thomas Massie got his comeuppance. 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