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MACDONALD: Campus Carry “Feelings”

You are endowed by your Creator with certain unalienable rights. They cannot be specific to you or your tribe. As enumerated, they do not provide for location exceptions. No matter where you live, or what you look like, or who you love, you have rights the government may not infringe. Rights that government exists to … Read more

Rosenwald's House

SMITH: Who Should Sell Rosenwald’s House?

It’s already common knowledge that Rosenwald is retiring from the senate, and the enemy camp has selected Telerski to be her replacement.  Queen Sharon called her and Ruth Ward up to her podium to be recognized and receive clocks as retirement gifts and address the rest of the senate.  I expected the usual themes a … Read more

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CORNERSTONE: Right To Try Expansion Passes and Fails

HB 1735: A Setback for Right to Try in New Hampshire After several weeks of negotiations and efforts to rescue HB 1735 — championed from the start by prime sponsor Rep. Brian Cole — the Senate brought the bill to a final vote on Thursday, June 4 and passed it with an amendment that rendered it essentially … Read more

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BEST/GATO: Marisol Fuentes – Do You See What I See

Executive Councilor Janet Stevens has been chasing the Berlin Police Department through 91-A for details on domestic violence protocols followed or not followed by the police prior to Marisol Fuentes’ murder by her husband. The Berlin Police Department is denying access to records, citing privacy issues for Marisol Fuentes. Executive Councilor Janet Stevens is now … Read more

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DE MAYO: Grafton County News

LTE, “Heard at the County, 5/26/26 Commissioners’ Meeting.” Grafton County Commissioners’ discussions & actions on May 26, 2026 include: Nick De Mayo, M. Ed., Sugar Hill, NH  Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Disagree, agree, Got Something to … Read more

BLM Is Wrong

MACDONALD: What Real Reporting Looks Like?

Way back when, GraniteGrok had a digital subscription to the Union Leader. For non-Granite Staters, this is the state’s largest (as in most widely circulated) daily print newspaper. Many years ago, it was the nation’s most conservative daily newspaper, but after William Loeb died, it modernized but didn’t change too much journalistically, not until after … Read more

Jose Cambrils

Jose’ E. Cambrils for NH State Rep. 2027-2028

Incumbent NH State Representative Jose’ Eduardo Cambrils is running for re-election in Merrimack County District 4 – Canterbury / Loudon. Jose’ was born in Victoria De Las Tunas, Cuba in 1960. He and his family immigrated (legally) to the United States in 1965 to escape from the Communist Castro regime. He was very proud to … Read more

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ORTOLANO: Nashua’s Secret Vote

How City Hall Used a Closed-Door Session to Hide the Failed 14 Mulberry Street Land Deal from the Public A deep dive into the April 28, 2026 Board of Aldermen non-public session minutes, now unsealed, reveals a troubling pattern of using executive session not to protect the public’s interest, but to shield elected officials from … Read more

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SMITH: Make Nashua A More WELCOMING City

I just saw a tweet about some “30-minute warning” announcement about a curfew in a city.  The average observer might think of a big box store’s intercom saying, “Attention shoppers, the store closes in 30 minutes, please bring your purchases to the register.”  Not me.  It triggered my contempt for Alderman Wilshire and her insufferable … Read more

Gun Control in NH

ACTION ALERT: The C of C On HB609 Must Be Defeated!!!

The C of C report on HB 609 should be taken off Consent and defeated. As a longtime life member of the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance, I seldom, if ever, take positions against those taken in its “Gold Standard” of recommendations for voting on bills, but this is one of those rare occasions when I … Read more

UNDERWOOD: EdOpt Fair in Claremont June 3 📣

The EdOpt Fair in Claremont is taking place Wednesday June 3! Come join us and have one-on-one conversations with these providers: Don’t forget to stop by the EdOpt table if you want some guidance. Looking forward to seeing you there! This will be our last fair until the end of July. Please check out our … Read more

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MCGUIRE: Your State House

This week, the House and Senate met in 62 committees of conference. I was on one, HB 1109. This had started as a requirement that public employers provide written notice of any suspension from duty, detailing the reason for the suspension within seven days. The Senate had made some wording changes and limited it to … Read more

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LOTHROP: Scott Brown Is NHs Candidate for US Senate

The New Hampshire Political Silly Season is off and running.  A certain NH online news journal recently posted findings from a poll they conducted suggesting that Scott Brown should run away from the NH Republican U.S. Senate race.  They reasoned that Brown is a “distraction causing the John E. Sununu campaign to waste time and … Read more

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Morning Update: Will Goodlander be Indicted?

Today, on the Morning Update, Millionaire Congresscritter Maggie Goodlander and Beta-Male Hubby Jake Sullivan were up to their eyeballs in the treasonous effort to use a fake dossier to unseat a duly elected president. Team Trump is building cases; should Sullivan and Goodlander be worried? 00:00 Introduction to Political Intrigue02:25 The Role of Key Figures … Read more

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SMITH: On Matters of “Civility”

When I opened the Useless Liar’s daily digest email in my inbox, I saw an editorial by Ms. Melanie Levesque and could hardly contain my excitement to read it.  Alas, it was a pay article, and I had to ask a paid member to copy and paste it.  Grokster Beth Scaer, upon sending it, reminded … Read more

Something is Coming…

Granite Grok and Bare Minimum Books are teaming up for something special in July. For one month only, supporters of independent NH journalism will be able to receive PDF editions of Ian Underwood’s books as thank-you gifts for supporting GraniteGrok.com. These aren’t corporate-approved “airport books.” They’re short, sharp, outside-the-box explorations of education, economics, culture, politics, … Read more

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The New England Take: The failures of Thomas Massie and the Libertarian Party! LPNH wins by getting kicked out!

This week on The New England Take, AJ dives into the moral and political failings of the Libertarian Party, the craziness of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire (LPNH) getting kicked out, and Congressman Thomas Massie got his comeuppance. Concord Monitor, “‘Are you guys stupid?’: NH Libertarians ejected from national party after state leader’s speech”: https://www.concordmonitor.com/2026/05/27/are-you-guys-stupid-nh-libertarians-ejected-from-national-party-after-state-leaders-speech/ … Read more

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