NightSide With Dan Rea

It’s a heavy politics driven night and for Dan’s last hour of radio this week, he heard your predictions for who will dominate New Hampshire’s primary!

Why is the New Hampshire primary important and how will its results impact the 2024 presidential race? Dan gets into the politics behind the NH primary, what’s at stake, and what to pay attention to when Tuesday’s primary day rolls around.

Two challenges have been filed in MA to keep former President Donald Trump off the Massachusetts’ Republican primary ballot. Dan looked at the challenges and had a strong opinion about it.

First up is the upcoming New Hampshire Primary with NH Gov. Chris Sununu.

Oliver Barker, Director of the Cape Ann Museum told us about “Gloucester’s So Salty”, the third Annual Festival that brings together cultural institutions and businesses to provide free activities to community.

Joe Connolly – Director of KIA (a group of Vets who come together to honor hometown heroes) and how the group helped return a WWII letter found on the street to rightful family.

And, Professor Peter Ubertaccio, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Stonehill College with the current state of politics.

Pastor Chris Avell of the church, “Dad’s Place” in Bryan, Ohio has received numerous criminal charges for housing homeless residents, who have nowhere else to go, at his church. As of New Years Eve, law enforcement served Avell 18 criminal charges for zoning violations in front of his congregation.

Pastor Chris Avell of the church, “Dad’s Place” in Bryan, Ohio has received numerous criminal charges for housing homeless residents, who have nowhere else to go, at his church. As of New Years Eve, law enforcement served Avell 18 criminal charges for zoning violations in front of his congregation. Should the pastor be criminally charged for doing what he religiously believes “we're called to do”?

Attorney Jeremy Dys joined Dan in this hour to discuss the case.

With a year under her belt as governor, Maura Healey delivered her first State of the Commonwealth speech. Healey boasted that her administration met every one of their first-year goals saying, “Massachusetts is more affordable, more competitive, and more equitable than it was a year ago.” Following Healey’s speech MA Sen. Peter Durant gave the Republican response. He joined Dan Rea to discuss it.

First up, Kirk Smalley, co-founder of Stand for the Silent on how schools can get more serious about bullying.

Then, Brad Greer, CEO of first-aid company DrySee with tips on road safety and what emergency supplies people should have in their vehicles during storms.

Next, Hunter Chaney, Director of Marketing and Communications for the Collings Foundation / American Heritage Museum to talk about American Heritage Museum who will unveil an original WWII railcar from the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

And finally, Cyber Security Expert John Bromfield on AI generated disinformation, phishing attacks top concerns for 2024 election.

The NH primary is almost upon us with less than a week to go! The NH GOP primary appears to be a two-person race between former President Trump and presidential candidate Nikki Haley. A new Globe/Suffolk/NBC-10 poll shows Trump leading Haley by 16 points.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that if you are under 21 and commit a crime, you cannot be sentenced to life without parole. The highest court raised the age from 18 to 21. The idea behind the ruling is that a person's brain is not fully developed by then, and they may act more impulsively than someone older. State Rep. Attorney Jeffrey Turco joined Dan to discuss.