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My full interview with Melissa Blasek will air Monday at 8 pm. In it, she dissects a few of the good, bad, and ugly points in HB2, the trailer bill that functions as a legislative scow, dragging every bit of leftover garbage from the session across the finish line. Don’t take that the wrong way, … Read more
It is now VERY important to contact the Governor and tell her that 1,106 people on our petition hope that she will VETO HB 577, as it would eradicate and outlaw single-family neighborhoods just like they did in California. And we all know what a disaster that was! You can call and leave a polite … Read more
(Manch Talk 06/25/25) This week, Carla Gericke gives the recap of her experience at the Free State Project’s 22nd Porcupine Freedom Festival, AKA PorcFest, with Ross Ulbricht. Also, what has MAHA been up to? The antiwar message at the end will blow your mind. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of … Read more
HB2, the budget dumpster fire/trailer bill, has a lot of crap in it I like and a lot I don’t. One of the wins was eliminating State motor vehicle inspections for passenger vehicles. The House passed it, the Senate watered it down, but in the end, the original had to land in HB2 or it … Read more
Public schools are fully engaged in mental health treatment in New Hampshire’s schools. But does any of this actually help children? We now task school counselors and teachers with assessing and treating a child’s mental health while they attend school. There have been numerous problems with this initiative in our schools. We’ve found that some … Read more
Welcome back for another week of news and opinion with Jocelyn and her guests 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 these links for additional content from … Read more
Try not to act too surprised. The guy we all said was the GOP Establishment’s preferred candidate to replace the departing Jeanne Shaheen before she announced her retirement has announced he’s doing what we all said he would. Ambassador Scott Brown is running for the open US Senate Seat in New Hampshire. This is like … Read more
HB2, the Budget Bill, HB357, and Now Vaccine Mandates – What on Earth is Going On? Q. What was HB357 all about? https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=444&inflect=2 A. The purpose of HB357 was to end the mandates of varicella, Hep B, and HIB vaccines. The way to achieve this was to repeal the commissioner’s authority to mandate vaccines by rulemaking. Q. But … Read more
This week, almost 50 committees of conference met on House bills amended by the Senate and Senate bills amended by the House. The most important, of course, is the budget; Dan is working on that and they meet all day, every day, up to the deadline on Thursday at 4 pm. I was assigned to … Read more
This week’s guests are Col Robert Maness, a combat veteran of the US Air Force. Then its Historian, Anton Chaitkin, Author of Who We Are: America’s Fight for Universal Progress, from Franklin to Kennedy: Volume II – 1830s to 1890s. We’re talking about Iran this week, with voices on both sides of the debate. We’ll also be … Read more
In the late 80s, I had a boss who made us keep the radio on Oldies 103. As a young adult at the time, I had little appreciation for the genre of music popular when my parents were that age. However, I have since acquired a taste for it and a good memory of those … Read more
Leah Cushman joins me for GrokTALK! on its new night to review her impressive fisking of HB2, the nH State Budget trailer bill, and the garbage hidden inside. You won’t believe a Republican majority put this crapstorm together. Central Planning, Workforce Housing, Digital State IDs, Babysitting funds?, Fake IDs, the pension system shenanigans, using kids … Read more
I connected the dots on The Learning Initiative here: Snake Oil Coming from New Hampshire’s Learning Initiative. As you can see, this organization is focused on pushing failed fads on our public schools. If Competency-Based Education was so successful, why are private and parochial schools so reluctant to adopt it? Perhaps because they recognize that … Read more
While I am not an unconditional member of the Massie fan club, I will share something that JR tweeted about him. The meme asks why he votes NO on every bill, and the answer is that he reads them. JR is also a gun club partner of Councilor Wheeler. I observed a conversation between Karen … Read more
Yesterday, a reader sent me a short email with a pair of pictures. Someone had posted a flyer on a phone pole on Middle Street in Claremont to recruit Communists. Their thinking was that the city likely had a few takes. I’d guess more than a few. I took a digital trip to the website, … Read more
When Mike Soucy was running for mayor in 2023, he made a few preemptive disclosure statements to friendly audiences to prepare his potential and future supporters for dealing with the Donchess Donkeys and their defenders. One of them had to do with his county commissioner record. The mayor regularly complained (and presumably still complains) that … Read more
Professor Seth C. Oranburg, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, breaks down NH HB 551-FN, recently signed by Governor Kelly Ayotte, and how it goes far beyond Sig Sauer, even though media outlets and Democrats pretend they are the only company involved. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, … Read more
Carla is at PorcFest this week, so there’s no new Manch Talk this week. However, our own Laurie Ortolano was featured a few months back, and she’s so awesome and dedicated to uncovering corruption that it’s worth a second visit, or a first one if you missed it. When you’re down watching Laurie, read her … Read more
My late friend and mentor, Sam Blumenfeld, once remarked that the government school system is a “sick, obsolete dinosaur being propped up by powerful lobbyists like the National Education Association and government officials.” The truth of that statement was on full display recently at the Wolfeboro Library. On June 10th, New Hampshire Education Options held … Read more
…After Sheriff Partnership Announcement “We have criminal illegal aliens in our city—and our police are being told to look the other way.” MANCHESTER, NH — Following the announcement that Hillsborough County Sheriff Brian Newcomb has joined the federal 287(g) program, empowering his deputies to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in detaining criminal illegal … Read more