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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
The full impact of the DOGE raid on USAID may not be fully known until the 2026 midterms. With billions brought back into the barn and tethered, the army of NGOs that used to launder them into Democratic campaigns will have to find resources somewhere else. Don’t look at your donor class. Deep Pocketed Dems … Read more
How could so many dimwits run such a successful scam for so long without being discovered? Especially in light of their salaries versus the mansions they have suddenly acquired! This should have provided all the proof required for a serious investigation. Could it be that what was originally deemed to be the government’s unofficial watchdogs … Read more
It is not clear yet if anyone is going to swing (rhetorically) for all the corruption, fraud, and waste being unearthed within the payment systems of your federal government, but someone needs to go to jail. I think everyone can agree on that. The issue is who can be held accountable for the rank incompetence … Read more
You can tell a lot about where people get their “NEWS,” by the narratives people regurgitate. Phil Scott, the ‘Republican’ Governor of Vermont, was asked if he’d consider a DOGE-like forensic inspection of Vermont. Here’s his response. Scott doesn’t think giving anyone “unfettered access” to state data is a good idea. And, it’s not on … Read more