15 May 2016 - Granite Grok

May 15, 2016

Bernie v Hillary Getting Ugly in Nevada: Medic Requested at Convention

Last night supporters for the two Democrats vying for the nomination clashed at the Nevada Democrat Convention to the point the police came in to disperse the crowd (not really a surprise given the party — there’s a history here.).  One poor socialist was face down on video requiring a medic. Ahh, the things you …

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RICO-20 Emails Released

Winning The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) prevailed in a Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA) lawsuit against George Mason University (GMU). The VFOIA request sought public records showing how the “RICO-20” group of academics, using public funding, organized their call for a federal racketeering investigation of “corporations and other entities” who disagreed with them on …

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Facebook “Trending News” Scandal Gets a Status Update

Facebook’s fiddling with what appears to be a trending topic has had a ‘status update.’ An instruction guide published by The Guardian on Thursday shows that from start to finish the Trending Topics sidebar was designed to allow a small group of Facebook “news curators” to elevate, or suppress, topics and outlets. The Guardian has documents outlining …

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May 14th, 2016 Podcast

Ashley McGuire from The Catholic Association joins us to talk religious liberty, and Jody and Ian Underwood stop in to discuss school choice. Update: The NH House did manage to fix HB 1637 after all.