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If you want to trigger a gender bender on social media, really make them lose it, this clip from Dr. Jordan Peterson might do it. Not once but multiple times. And this isn’t necessarily the first time he’s made this point, but he drops the hammer on the extremist calling themselves the Transgender affirming left … Read more
Recent reports that so-called “anchor babies” (children born in the US to illegal parents) are consuming as much as 25% or more of public school resources further support conservative positions that legal and illegal immigration must be better controlled. As political conflagration in Los Angeles erupts literally in torched vehicles, increasing numbers of American Independent … Read more
Apparently, being a Muslim Democrat Socialist allows you to be an overt racist, yet the Muslim community is claiming that any criticism of Mamdani is racist. If that is not the height of hypocrisy, then I need to see a more blatant example. Mamdani is the Democrat candidate for mayor of New York City, and … Read more
We can’t escape the fact that there are insincere people on every side of an issue, but it is the left that has gone out of its way to politicize everything because, as Mussolini explained, there can be nothing outside the state. Everything must be political, even the idea that exhortations against the politicization of … Read more
The source of the manufacturers of unwritten cultural mandates is unseen; finalized into laws when the impact of good or bad moral mindsets fills the halls of government. Unfortunately, but necessarily, the nature of free market economies does not limit or force a spirit of righteousness or wickedness upon the people. Public opinion is the … Read more
The USDA is considering approving genetically modified chestnut trees for commercial sale and widespread planting in the wild. If authorized, the new strain would be the first genetically engineered (GE) tree to receive approval and the first time any GE plant has been approved for widespread release in the wild. It would also pave the … Read more
The directionless, leaderless Democrat Party has had only one weapon against Donald Trump, which is to tie up every effort to fulfill his promises to America in court. The Democrats do not have the numbers in the House or Senate to legislate, even if they had the desire to do so. Therefore, they have taken … Read more
If you were wondering what the pollsters think about who the most likely Presidential nominees might be for 2028, feel free to say no. No, I wasn’t thinking about eating another crap sandwich for a few more years. And you’d be right to feel that way. But every next election starts when the last one … Read more
Donald Trump and his allies continue to complain that the central bank isn’t inflating the money supply enough. Last week, Bill Pulte, Trump’s appointee to the Federal Housing and Finance Administration—and the head of Fannie and Freddie—complained that Powell and the FOMC weren’t forcing down interest rates enough. Pulte wrote on X/Twitter: Because President Trump has crushed … Read more
A. J. discusses the political fallout of Trump bombing Iran and whether we should leave it at just the bombing. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit Op-Eds to steve@granitegrok.com Follow … Read more
The Democrats are doing what they do best. Projecting while yesterday’s last-day drop of US Supreme Court decisions had most right-of-center court watchers relieved. Amy Comey Barrett upped her street cred by dissing dopey Judicial “peer’ Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the day couldn’t get much better after that. Schools can’t force kids to participate in … Read more
The Trump administration is mulling policies to make it more difficult and costly for pharmaceutical companies to promote prescription drugs directly to consumers. Big Pharma spends billions on advertising to promote sales, yet not all of its products are necessary or even safe, contributing to the overmedication of many Americans. Concerns about the industry’s excessive … Read more
Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton has determined that, for now, online purveyors of what we call pornography have an obligation to ensure that those accessing their content are of legal age. That states can require it, police it, and presumably punish violators. It seems sensible enough if a culture has decided the minds of children … Read more
In the United States of America, mid 2020s, a clear practice that has been developed over the past decades is running into the reality of modern technology. This is the practice of manufacturing democracy. Mainly developed in Washington, DC, the manufacturing of democracy is an old technique that was important when developments in current events, … Read more
If Zohran Mamdani doesn’t have a campaign slogan, it should be that Democrats get what they deserve. Take Burlington, Vermont. They’ve got a two-party Democracy. Far left Democrats and further left progressives. The result is a city in rapid decline exhibiting the characteristics of every socialist toilet in human history. But it’s not their fault. … Read more
A New York bill that would restrict the size of cattle farms has sparked controversy as urban climate change legislators from the Big Apple seek to limit rural livelihoods by imposing regulatory limits on the number of cows a farm can have. The attack on cow emissions by city slickers who know nothing about farming … Read more
The US Supreme Court has ruled that nationwide injunctions by district court judges infringe on Executive Authority. Thanks to Megan Kelly for the heads up. This puts an end, at least on paper, to judge shopping to freeze executive branch orders, though it will be interesting to see how that plays out. This, for example, … Read more
Democratic leaders who are calling for more protests against ICE agents appear to be playing right into President Donald Trump’s law-enforcing hands. A substantial majority of Americans support deporting violent illegal immigrants, so those on the extreme left screaming for obstruction of justice, harboring illegals, and defending convicted rapists and killers are losing immigration polling … Read more
The beauty of being for less government, a lean bureaucracy, sunsetting regulations, expiring rules, and lower taxes (taxation is theft) is that if an opposing political machine were to assume power, even temporarily, they can’t use what you did against you. Never assume the tyrannies, petty or otherwise, that you implement for political advantage won’t … Read more
There are many reasons for disliking the Federal Reserve, and readers often encounter a wide variety of these reasons in articles and commentary by financial writers and economists. It is often the case, however, that many critics of the Fed attack the Fed for the wrong reasons. For example, one will often see Fed critics attacking the … Read more