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A few years ago, I led with this headline: “If NH AG Pushes Civil Rights “Case” Against White Nationalists, He’s Going to Lose.” The case John Formella’s office brought, former governor Sununus’ AG, was a civil rights violation case against a White Supremacy Group. NSC 131 displayed a banner on a bridge over Route 95. … Read more
Camp Constitution will hold its 17th Annual Family Camp at the Singing Hills Christian Camp https://www.singinghills.net/ Plainfield, NH. from Sunday, July 13 to Frida,y July 18, 2025 Returning instructors include Pastor David Whitney of the Institute on the Constitution, Keith Hanson of Critical Dynamic, Professor Willie Soon, world-renowned astrophysicist and climate realist, Catherine White of … Read more
Parents showed up to the recent budget meeting in Merrimack to ask the committee to reconsider what the school administrators are proposing. The school budget, and spending, has climbed by an alarming rate over the last few years, $5M per year since 2021. This is in addition to all of the ESSER (federal) funds Merrimack … Read more
Maine’s Voter ID for Me movement and The Dinner Table Action Team have achieved another milestone. Boxes of notarized petitions, containing far more than the required number of signatures, were delivered to the Secretary of State this week. These petitions will require the state of Maine to put the Voter ID question on the ballot … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Title: The New Hampshire March for Life, NH’s largest annual human rights demonstration, tomorrow Jan 11 (Concord, NH Jan 10, 2025) New Hampshire Right to Life (NHRTL) welcomes the public and press to join the annual state-wide March for Life in Concord, NH tomorrow, Sat Jan 11. This March is NH’s largest annual human rights demonstration.This year’s … Read more
Nobody expected a virus to remake rural America’s housing market. Here we are, watching property values soar in places like Cornish, New Hampshire, where assessments rocketed up 78% last year (Cornish, NH Official Website, 2024)2. ping from $895 million to $1.6 billion1. Behind these numbers lurks a story of displacement, change, and the unexpected consequences … Read more
Londonderry has the Leach Library, which is overseen by a group of seven Library Trustees on the Library board. Recently, the Trustee Chair stepped down entirely from the board, leaving a vacancy to be filled by appointment until the Town Election in March. What baffles those of us who are conservative in Londonderry is why Liz … Read more
Whenever Republicans hold the majority in the lower chamber of the legislature, they ensure the House Rules allow for concealed carry of a firearm. Democrats repeal the rule and prohibit firearms everywhere they can, when in charge. And they try to get them banned when they are not in charge. We’ve had armed Reps on … Read more
Content Warning Kevin Gagnon’s son is an 8th-grade student at SAU 57 in Salem, NH. His son’s only Christmas wish this year was to return to public school to be with his friends. His father had become increasingly concerned about age-appropriate content in the school libraries. He was already upset by the Covid measures that he … Read more
In response to Ron Willoughby, who is concerned about school spending in Haverhill, NH (“Haverhill Taxpayers-Are you happy?”, Caledonian-Record), he and every Grafton County resident/taxpayer should be deeply concerned about spending at the Grafton County Complex. While there is a minority of Republicans who make up the County Delegation and the Executive Committee, with every … Read more
Transcript above, Video below. Mr. Speaker, Madame President, Mr. Chief Justice, honorable members of the House, Senate, Councilors, former Governors, my fellow citizens: It is humbling to stand before you today. It’s so wonderful to see so many of my family here, especially my parents. Thank you! In this chamber, I see friends, colleagues, and dedicated … Read more
Please humor me for a moment, close your eyes, and picture the Mr Bean meme. It’s a quartet of him standing with his hands on his hips, looking at his watch, sitting Indian style, and lying down. The caption says, “Me waiting for (insert long-awaited item here).” I’m starting with that exercise because, just like … Read more
If you wanted a bill written that was impossible to implement on poorly planned deadlines and outrageously expensive, you’d call a Vermont Democrat. Their track record is hard to beat. But Dems in Maskachusetts are vying for a spot on the podium. Last year they passed a bill mandating better backup facilities NOW, but the … Read more
Today we learned that the first year of the 169th General Court is up and running. Committee assignments have been made, members have been seated, bills have been submitted, and the House today adopted a bunch of new House Rules and voted down a bunch of others. Oh, and new license plates were issued to … Read more
Following the seismic gains Vermont Republicans made in the state senate last November, shifting the partisan balance in the body from 7-23 to 13-17, Republican Randy Brock (R-Franklin) is making a bid to be Senate President Pro Tem which, if successful, would oust the current holder of that position, Philip Baruth (D/P-Chittenden). This is good … Read more
We’ve heard stories about transplant and other patients being denied care for refusing a COVID-19 injection in the past. It was wrong then, and it’s wrong now. But not at Dartmouth Hitchcock. It is reportedly denied a life-saving transplant to a patient (Dec 23, 2024) because she never received a COVID-19 injection. Yes, in 2025. … Read more
Just days before Christmas, we followed up on the 197 missing votes in Windham originally reported back in November. Observers from the Secretary of State’s Office had released a report on their experience but made no mention of the difference between the number of ballots and the number of votes. Tom Murray and Ken Eyring … Read more
The Bow School District (Bow) tried to get away with intimidating parents and denying them their constitutional rights, and the Concord Monitor (CM) attempted to provide air cover. Ann Marie Banfield visited this on Sunday. Bow thinks it can suppress the constitutional right to peaceful protest. The School District is in a court battle and … Read more
Welcome to the premier episode of Granite State Live! with Keith Hanson and Terese Bastarche! Live every Tuesday from 7-9 pm ET and replayed here on GraniteGrok.com/Grok Facebook/Grok X This Week: Be part of the program with live call-ins, video call-ins or via email IN studio audio issue gets resolved: jump to min 4 and … Read more
This will be our 5th piece on a proposed NH House Rule Change (over just three days). The change, as explained to us, would allow committees to table any bill, meaning no public hearing. Save time and streamline. Eliminate redundancy. That was the plan, and everyone I’ve since heard was on board. It had bi-partisan … Read more