For twenty years, GraniteGrok has been offering opinions, observations, and reporting stories the media either ignore or would never report from “that angle.” Many of these stories are the result of tips and leads from readers. We platform people who go where Handmaid media won’t go, and offer news and opinion that aren’t beholden to advertisers, political parties, or campaigns.
We don’t always get it right, but we try harder and report the truth no one else will touch. We are still, for example, waiting on ‘The Media’ in New Hampshire to correct the record on just about everything about the response to COVID, how Trump was right about the 202 fraud in Georgia (and not just Georgia), and that’s just for starters. You are and always will be an essential part of that. And why not kick off 2026 with a bang?
We don’t raise enough annually for me to have time to wander the state doing what passes for actual journalism (please feel encouraged to help us with that), but I have a platform and a lot of reach if you do.
New Hampshire has roughly 687 preschool or daycare centers. New Hampshire has fraud, sketchy voting practices, plenty of Democrats, and a habit of passing laws with no teeth and appointing AGs who are often too busy trying to create civil rights violations to be bothered.
If there’s no jackpot justice in it, it’s low on our list of priorities, so you will have to do the legwork – we will support and platform you.
How Many Child Care Centers?
Childcare Center US claims there are 687 childcare centers in New Hampshire, over 2100 in Massachusetts, and over 1300 childcare centers in Vermont. We should check them all, but who, besides me, thinks the Vermont number looks a little high?
Blue state, lots of Dems, worth looking into.
Here’s the link again for New Hampshire.
And Massachusetts.
Most will be legit, and many will be good, better, or even exceptional, but are they all?
Nick Shirley blew the lid off a massive fraud scheme that was also laundering taxdollars into Democratic party candidates’ campaigns in Minnesota. Steve Robinson at The Maine Wire has been doing the same for Triad (China) Weed in Maine and their Somali fraud scandal, among others. There are stories breaking in Ohio and Michigan, among others. Democrats are notorious for duplicating a model, so the odds are excellent it’s in all fifty states, including yours and mine.
That sucks, but we have great news.
You don’t need to build a website or nurture reach; we already have that. Send your tips or leads to steve@granitegrok.com, and that includes any sketchiness on any issue in or around your town. You can remain anonymous or not, as long as we know who you are. You can report it yourself, or we can help you do it.
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