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Rather than stand on its own merits and create an identity of its own, Maine is working feverishly to be the California of the East Coast. The Progressives who are clustered in the big cities are spending money they don’t have and threatening to lose federal funds by defying Washington edicts. Maine does not have … Read more
If you missed it, sometime contributor and friend of GraniteGrok, JR Hoell (see also NHFC, Rebuild, and so on), was ticketed for violating New Hampshire’s wholly useless and likely dangerous hands-free law. Anyone driving can attest to the accuracy of that last sentence. A lot of people ignore it. Many create more serious hazards by trying … Read more
I am a new voice to New Hampshire but not to homeschooling. Just a short time ago I chose to move my family from the Midwest to the East Coast because I choose to live empowered versus dictated by fear. As my family and I settle into the granite state, I am excited to become … Read more
Paul Ingbretson continues the Claremont Decision discussions with a public Q&A featuring presenters Attorney Greg Sorg and Senate Counsel Attorney Rick Lehmann. Queries and points were brought by a number of N. H. State Representatives and other members of the public. I want to again thank Paul Ingbretson for making these available for us to … Read more
From local elections to legislative debates to legal challenges, discussion of public education in New Hampshire has been dominated by two persistent myths. The first is that more spending is the primary means of producing better educational outcomes. The second is that our educational outcomes are stunted because funding for K-12 public schools has “been slashed,” as … Read more
If you have any doubts about where the Democrat loyalties lay, look at their response to Trump cutting off USAID’s genitals and feeding them to DOGE. New Hampshire families were paying the price for, Goodlander’s party and the bureaucracy that feeds its addictions have been wasting hundreds of billions of taxdollars on things that do … Read more
New Hampshire Family Justice Reminder: The bill to abolish family court has its House hearing this week. Key points to help you draft your testimony to legislators are below. Tuesday, February 11 – House Children and Family Law CommitteeRoom 206-208, Legislative Office Building, 33 N State Street, Concord, NH ‼️1:30PM – HB 652-FN – abolishing the … Read more
I just finished reading the latest routine Judy Aron piece that releases the day after the House meets, something I encourage everyone to do. She writes a great summary with a flair of humor. Near the end, she mentions an enemy camp rep that I usually call “HopeLESS Damon,” a member of House Education (funding) … Read more
Ronald Reagan famously quipped, “The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.” This was on full display in the House Energy & Digital Infrastructure Committee as ranking member Laura Sibilia (I-Dover) made a number of statements about the Renewable Energy Standard (RES) … Read more
This week …Vermont pushes back against Trump orders on sanctuary cities, border, tariffs, education Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side Up, or follow these links to their podcast pages.
I challenge you to give me the name of one person on the Left who has the credentials to judge someone’s level of commitment to religion. The Left is a Godless group that has done all it can to remove God from our everyday life. They find the Ten Commandments offensive and not worthy of … Read more
It is important to remember this maxim when considering anything Democrats do or say. There is never enough of someone else’s money. Never. The government can never be too big or meddlesome. There is no limit to the amount of money it should waste on progressive friends and family. You cannot spend too much; therefore, … Read more
Grokster Beth Scaer shared an article written by Senate Ways and Means Chair Tim Lang. Despite being a Tim Lang critic, I happened to agree with his conservative talking points and funny quips. After the drunken sailor references, he asks the readers the following question: “But seriously, do Democrats actually think Granite Staters are naive … Read more
It’s become the norm for Superintendents to eliminate teachers if they do not get the budget they want. This time the Portsmouth Superintendent is threatening to eliminate teaching positions if he doesn’t get the increase in the school budget. Why is it, they never take that hammer to their own salaries? Most SAU administrators working … Read more
During the school deliberative session, a resident (37:00) in Pelham presented a warrant article to adopt Singapore Math. In part 1, I explained how this was not a bad idea. In fact, it’s better than continuing down the failed path set for students in the school district. What math program would Pelham be replacing ? … Read more
This week on Manch Talk: NH Dems are sneaking in a new surveillance bill (HB 305)—we break it down. Plus, what’s up with DOGE? The wailing and gnashing of teeth tell you all you need to know—corruption runs Deep State deep. Looks like USAID is just a slush fund for dirty politicians and their global … Read more
A story of how the “trans narrative” allowed an opportunistic sex offender to be welcomed into the Kearsarge public school community to offend its children Marc Jacques presented as a loving father and trans advocate in the community of Newbury, NH. He was happily married with two children before the Covid pandemic hit. Then his … Read more
Then NH House Rep. Cindy Rosenwald used to let out-of-state campaign workers use her home address to vote in Nashua. The Democrat then got herself a promotion when she was elected to the State Senate. This has addled her already questionable mental health, a problem she shares with her party in general. Democrats are nuts. … Read more
During the Deliberative Session in Pelham, a resident rose to support a warrant article to change the math program, and replace it with Singapore Math. Why would anyone want to support Singapore Math in their school? There’s a simple answer to that question, Singapore students finish at the top on international math and science tests, … Read more
Boston City Councillors have proposed a tax on sugary beverages, and on Tuesday, John Klar argued against it — fighting on a battleground defined by the adversaries. Let’s start with first principles: There is no “public health.” The public is not a body and does not have a health. All “we” have are statistics involving … Read more