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Steve MacDonald 
Florida AG Pam Bondi recently underwent her ritual abuse before a US Senate committee as Donald Trump’s nominee for US Attorney General, but twelve years ago, she sat down with GraniteGrok for a few minutes to talk to Skip at the Americans for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit. Here it is. When you’re done … Read more
New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella might be a great guy to watch the game with or drink a beer. Maybe he plays an instrument (wasn’t everyone in New England in a garage band at least once?). Decent singing voice? Donates to puppy rescue shelters? Hands out sandwiches at homeless camps. I have no clue, … Read more
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease-fire, but don’t let Biden’s Handmaiden media mislead you. This deal only happened because Donald Trump was President. First of all, the Biden Administration has allegedly been trying to broker a peace deal for over a year now. Regular readers will recall Biden’s negotiations have, for some reason, been led … Read more
Many a soul has resisted the national call to accept REAL ID in place of most states’ standard driver’s licenses. Every state is in compliance with the federal mandate, though not every driving licensed citizen needs to be. Those concerned about giving more information to the Feds to archive have friends in every state, including … Read more
Last January, NewsGuard caught up with GraniteGrok to ask some questions about articles we had published, with which we can only assume they took umbrage—things about COVID, Masks, J6, 9/11, that sort of thing. We got a rating (in the mid-30s), and I used it the same way we do all assaults on our platform. … Read more
Donald Trump is about to be Inaugurated President, but over ten weeks after the historic win, the Town of Windham, New Hampshire, still hasn’t reconciled its ballots and counts. The resolution will not affect any federal races, nor will any local races be flipped. Still, given the systemic problems evident once again in the most … Read more
There are so many things demanding our attention that lots of things never attract at all or, just as likely, more current distractions have elbowed past knowledge out of the way, with a few of them falling off our memory radar altogether. This might be one of them. Biden ordered all flags flown at half-staff … Read more
You may, by now, know the name Jamie Mannina. Long story short, he worked for the FBI and Hillary for President, after which his focus was Russian and Chinese election interference. Based on the reporting, he’s still clinging to the debunked Russia Collusion narrative from 2016. I wonder if this counter-intelligence expert also believes Hunter’s … Read more
Canada is ready for a political change. Justin Trudeau is at the end of his political leash and has promised to step down as soon as his tyrannical party agrees to a replacement. He has no chance of winning the upcoming election (sounds like Biden), and they need a plan B (like Kamala) who will … Read more
I read what Ian Underwood writes on these pages about education Freedom Accounts (EFAs), education, funding, and learning goals. I have to say I agree, and like Ian, I like the idea of EFAs, so I hope you will tune in tomorrow for my interview with Ian and Jody. We talk about education. From money … Read more
We don’t have a hearing date yet, but New Hampshire’s Bill to protect raccoons and squirrels as pets has language we can read. If you missed it, we covered the story back in November when the legislative service request popped up in the wake of a raid in New York State, resulting in the euthanization … Read more
Democrats in elected office tend to get bullied into doing what leadership wants, or they get primaried. Using New Hampshire as an example, it has long been the practice of House leadership on the Left to bully and intimidate members who won in more moderate districts to leap left or get the f out. For … Read more
Longtime readers may recall a pair of stories in 2023 regarding state laws and convenience stores scanning the barcodes on people’s driver’s licenses. The outlets had foregone looking at the front to confirm the age for cigarette and alcohol purchases, instead scanning the barcode on the back to pull in that and a pile of … Read more
Anne Kirkpatrick got the ass end of the cybersphere handed to her on New Year’s Day and for several days following it. She looked like another clueless diversity hire, a problem she failed to resolve – much like Plan B (Kamal Harris) – by opening her mouth and speaking. People died, and her response didn’t … Read more
There may not be enough room to fit a module in on why New Hampshire is so much more successful than states like Vermont (Maine, Mass, CT, RI, NY, And so on). You’ve got all that DEI crap. Then there’s gender yoga, where you stretch reality to deliberately confuse your captured audience about whether they … Read more
Three days ago, we shared a report regarding a woman who was refused a kidney transplant by Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) because she did not meet their immunization requirements. No COVID jab, specifically. Shannon, the patient, did not want to but bucked to the pressure and got one shot, but that was not enough. … Read more
I’ve seen a rise in town fire department and emergency service issues reports from readers around the state. They all seem to be having problems. And? I wonder if this is how we break the SAU local school district’s death grip on property taxes. Few if any will say property taxes are low or just … Read more
A few years ago, I led with this headline: “If NH AG Pushes Civil Rights “Case” Against White Nationalists, He’s Going to Lose.” The case John Formella’s office brought, former governor Sununus’ AG, was a civil rights violation case against a White Supremacy Group. NSC 131 displayed a banner on a bridge over Route 95. … Read more
Whenever Republicans hold the majority in the lower chamber of the legislature, they ensure the House Rules allow for concealed carry of a firearm. Democrats repeal the rule and prohibit firearms everywhere they can, when in charge. And they try to get them banned when they are not in charge. We’ve had armed Reps on … Read more
