It’s safe to say Senator Terry Williams (R-Rutland) and the Republican senators landed a blow with their parliamentary attempt to strip the Natural Resources & Energy Committee of the Clean Heat Standard repeal bill (S.68) and bring it to the floor for an up or down vote. Though all seventeen senate Democrats banded together to … Read more
While I agree with the late Tom Anderson, who said with a distinct Southern drawl, “Debating a liberal is as futile as putting talcum powder on a hog,” I occasionally do so. Not that I think that my reason and logic will change the mind of a liberal, but for others who may be reading or listening. … Read more
Donald Trump used a moment during his address to Congress last week to address the Progressive side of the chamber that was intent on sitting on their hands unless they were protesting. He made a statement with two parts sarcasm, two parts frustration, one part humor, and ten parts the truth. He pointed out that … Read more
There are some topics that you think would garner unanimous acceptance. You might think that a young boy who survived over a dozen brain surgeries to beat cancer and who dreams of being a cop or a young girl who survived an injury on the volleyball court but may suffer the effects for a lifetime … Read more
The Democrats have had some dynamic orators in our lifetime. People like JFK, Bill Clinton, and even Barack Obama could capture a crowd with their spoken word, but there does not appear to be anyone to fill that void, and we are left with word salads, TikTok sound bites, or meaningless ramblings as we heard … Read more
Very few industries rely on polling data as much as politics. That includes the 24/7 campaign machine, for, after all, politicians’ primary job is to run for and be reelected to office. Nothing written or spoken is released before it is poll-tested. Even the big-dollar donors do not write checks with lots of zeros to … Read more
The Democrat Party has undergone some dramatic changes in recent years, changes that can best be described as bizarre, maybe even un-American. One of the earliest signs of trouble appeared in 2020, after George Floyd’s death at the hands of a police officer. Democrats went berserk, launching an all-out effort to defund police departments across … Read more
Clipped from this week’s edition of Granite State Live, Keith uses a clueless mayor’s remarks to launch another epic rant. This time it’s on crime, cops, Democrats, and gun rights. It was something special and I didn’t want anyone to miss it. Note: It is clipped to address an audio issue but you’re not missing … Read more
Democrats have nothing. Well, that’s not entirely true. They are still adept at getting Republicans to eat each other’s lunch. It works like this. Every side has factions and pundits scrabbling for eyeballs, which results in (at least) two things. Click bait bullshit headlines and hyperbolic exhortations. Dems do it, Bees do it, everyone does … Read more
We have a lot of mental deficients in my town. You probably do, too. People who think that there are local House Dems who put people over politics. It’s a nice thought, but rarely, if ever, is the case, and the Dems who attended Tuesday’s joint session of Congress just handed you a rhetorical cudgel … Read more
When Vermont voters threw out a historic number of Democrats in the November 2024 elections, including the chair of the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee chair, breaking the supermajorities in both chambers of the legislature, a very big reason was the Clean Heat Standard. That was a signal that nobody apart from the special … Read more
So many examples from the last four years indicated we had lost our collective minds. That statement may not be entirely fair as it was just the Democrats in the position of power that were stripping the country of common beliefs and replacing them with WOKE ideas. This philosophy was taking the country down a … Read more
DCNFThe court cases are coming fast and furious to attempt to stop President Trump’s efforts to streamline the federal government. On Friday a federal judge in San Francisco put a halt on the administration’s plans to fire even probationary employees was unlawful. The Supreme Court upheld Trump’s ability to freeze foreign aid. In another ruling last week, a federal … Read more
The New York Times has crowned a fresh Resistance leader to fight back against the fascist Trump/Musk administration: a former establishment neoliberal posing as a populist who makes Hillary Clinton look like a rogue libertarian strapped with an AR-15. Okay, not actually, though. The new prince in question, Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, is pretty … Read more
My initial gut feelings appear to have legs – that the endless war in Ukraine folks bent Voldomyr’s ears pre-oval office meeting and convinced him to press his case in front of the world. I’m quite sure his fanciful overestimation of his strength and the U.S. support for him was due to people like Antony … Read more
A. J. Kierstead asks contributor Dexter Tarbox and Beyond Politics Host Matt Robison if the GOP can survive being a unified party in this new Trump era. Will JD Vance take up the mantle? Will the Democratic party screw up, again? What even are these parties anymore? Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok … Read more
Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to the White House on Friday for a free lunch and a check, but to his chagrin, he did not realize there was a new sheriff in town and the cash flow from the American people was shut down. The little man from Ukraine flew to Washington with a plan, but it … Read more
They Can’t Stand To See Him Win Upon hearing the news of Voldemort Zelenskyy’s tiff in the oval, my first thought was who told him to do it. By all accounts, the diplomatic process had secured a minerals agreement and a stepping stone toward peace. Russia would have to give back some of Ukraine in … Read more
A basic principle of the martial art Aikido is that instead of struggling against an attacker’s force, you work with it. As I listen to Democrats continue to complain about how DOGE shouldn’t be given access to the private data of American citizens because it is staffed by ‘unelected employees’, it occurs to me that … Read more
After watching the last segment of Granite State Live on Tuesday, I felt it imperative to pull it and share it as a standalone for people who missed it live but might not dive into a 160-minute deep podcast. Keith Hanson and Julian Acciard have a conversation about the Democrat Party’s black history when it … Read more