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For someone like me who loves this country and has a sense of patriotism nurtured from birth, this article is challenging to write and even more difficult to fathom. We have become a nation not just divided by two vastly different ideologies with a common goal, but we are a people divided by what is … Read more
A Maine family’s then-five-year-old son was vaccinated in November 2021 with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a public school without his parents’ consent. After the family filed suit, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that their state claims for damages were pre-empted by the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, holding that their … Read more
Financial privacy is a right under the Constitution, as is free speech. Under the guise of “credit review,” Stripe is now rolling out a requirement that appears to target conservative or “anti-vax” Substack authors. Stripe is requiring that these authors provide all of their current and historic financial records associated with the bank account into … Read more
The excuse that this regime is better than it was, or might otherwise have been, only lasts so long. Every transition government in history has deployed that trope. Think the Girondins in France, Kerensky in Russia, Weimar in Germany, the Second Spanish Republic, Chiang Kai-shek in China, and so on. In order, they were replaced … Read more
David Hogg is something of a Kardashian in Democrat circles. He’s famous for being famous for shouting and fist-waving after the Parkland shootings. A student of the school at the time, though, like Sandy Cortez, was neither present nor in danger. Hogg, to his credit, did not pretend to cry at the fence line, but … Read more
The party that doesn’t know what a woman is happens to be the one that defends “mostly peaceful” protests. But that’s not what they’re protesting. No King’s Day attendees had signs that said “protesting is not illegal.” No shit. Everyone knows this. It is a fundamental right, protected by the First Amendment. What they may … Read more
Far-left extremists crave something to hate. That is their cult — hate and suffering. Fortunately, the hate cult is waning in the face of truth. Aldous Huxley observed: “The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To … Read more
My son once said, “Dad, I think you were once a bit of a hippy!” I told him that if you grew up in the Sixties, it was unavoidable. LBJ’s war resulted in 52,000 dead young American men in Vietnam. Whether we can admit it to ourselves or not, the United States is again in the … Read more
With a Side Order of House Cleaning by RFKJ The Trump Administration just fired every content creator working at Climate.gov. It has sent shockwaves through the green graft community. The Climateers are worried the new Administration might “turn into a propaganda website for this administration, because that’s not at all what it was.” Not at … Read more
GM revving up to create new V-8 engines as EVs flounder Americans aren’t as excited about electric vehicles (EVs) as they once were, so now General Motors (GM) is getting back in the gas-burning game. The company announced a major production shift at its Tonawanda Propulsion plant in New York state. GM has abandoned its … Read more
Everyone likes to be flattered by being called “great,” especially Donald Trump. Equally as flattering is to have one’s entire country called “great” if not “the greatest,” “exceptional,” or “indispensable.” Or perhaps even “a shining city on a hill,” reminiscent of “The Emerald City” of The Wizard of Oz. In the political world, however, there are … Read more
One of the reasons the American political establishment really hates it when Trump is president is that his administration has a tendency to bring out and exaggerate dynamics at play in Washington, DC that the establishment would prefer to keep hidden. One such example is the weaponization of media access. Right at the beginning of … Read more
I had a new episode of GrokTALK! in the works, complete with lots of clips, moving parts, and commentary, when it crashed. This is not typically an issue, but when I reloaded the app, it had changed, and I was unable, try as I might, to log back into it. I hope to find a … Read more
It might appear at first blush that the Supreme Court’s June 2 rejection of a Petition for Writ of Certiorari challenging Maryland’s 2013 ban of so-called “assault rifles” means blue-state restrictions on these and other controversial weapons are constitutionally secure. However, the Court has not decided any such thing; it has only deferred when that … Read more
The left has settled on a fresh justification for the Los Angeles riots. “California was part of Mexico, all of the Southwest is Mexico, so the roots are really deep in that region,” said former Univision anchor María Elena Salinas on a CNN panel. “And what they’re saying is ‘No, not in our community.’ Because … Read more
Day after day, the key Democrats of this country are continuing to deny the violence that is entering its sixth night in Los Angeles. It would be comical how ignorant these people sound if the reason we have been writing about L.A. for days were not so serious. Maxine Waters, whose expiration date is far … Read more
I would love to write a post about an outstanding bill that addressed a significant issue facing our country and passed through Congress with a unanimous vote. Our Supreme Court, which many believe is divided, broken, and politically motivated, often votes with a 9-0 consensus. Unfortunately, our Congress is broken far more than anyone wants … Read more
It’s long past time to deal with the core problem that persists from the Covid era: the remaining EUA and the PREP Act. These must be revoked if we are to finally put an end to our long nightmare. The mRNA injections that were produced ostensibly to end the Covid crisis were released under Emergency … Read more
Jocelyn and her guest(s) are back to dissect the week’s local and national news Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Agree? Disagree? Submit Op-Eds to steve@granitegrok.com – We want to hear from you, too! Please like, follow, or subscribe to … Read more
Last week’s dramatic blowout between President Trump and his one-time top collaborator Elon Musk was shocking yet predictable. According to media reports, a cold war had been brewing between Musk’s people and Trump’s appointees and it was bound to break out into the open. It was only a matter of time. On the campaign trail, … Read more