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Night Cap: Sen. Rand Paul Wants To Abolish FISA

March 1, 2026December 22, 2023 Russ Payne

Wake up to the dangers of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 is up for congressional reauthorization before the end of the year. Congress must stand up for the Fourth Amendment and stop the FBI and NSA violations of personal rights to privacy by passing Senator Rand Pauls bill S.3372 to abolish FISA. … Read more

Are Driver’s Licenses Being Scanned Illegally in New Hampshire?

January 12, 2025December 22, 2023 Deb Johnson

Since writing the first article, Are Convenience Stores Violating Your Privacy, I have been gathering more information and find the Driver License Scanning issue to be quite the bottomless rabbit hole.

Paula Johnson vs. City of Nashua (The Sequel)

November 12, 2024December 22, 2023 Julie Smith

Paula had her day in court this afternoon and I thought a summary of observation would be of interest. Many witnesses were in court this morning in Concord as plaintiffs against Chris Ager, which I’m sure someone else will report on as I wasn’t there.

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The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws

December 22, 2023 Op-Ed

“We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.” — William O. Douglas, dissenting in Osborn v. United States (1966)

Why is Hamas Holding Onto Women Hostages?

December 20, 2023 Op-Ed

In Hamas’ position of releasing some hostages but refusing to release others, one might reasonably ask why it is that many of the hostages remaining in the hands of Hamas are young women.

Rebuilding America

December 20, 2023 Op-Ed

The Epoch Times recently published an article that normally would be a human interest piece but now touches upon America’s ongoing tragedy. Jeff Minick’s ‘Boomers, Uncle Sam Wants You,’ detailed the value of what the grandparents of today can pass down to America’s youngest generation.

NYTimes Tried To Blame Men For One Woman’s Sad Life. But It Doesn’t Add Up

December 20, 2023 Op-Ed

There is a stark difference between the way the Left and Right talk about love, marriage, and children. While neither side is going to agree the other is correct, progressives are so blinded by their hatred for the right they seem incapable of understanding who we are talking to when we preach about reclaiming femininity and motherly virtues.

NHFRW Members Take Stand Against Hypocritical Double Standards

December 19, 2023 Op-Ed

Hampton, NH – New Hampshire’s oldest Republican women’s club and largest NHFRW club chapter, Seacoast Federation of Republican Women, expressed call for the resignation of former NHFRW President Elizabeth Girard as a Director of the state board following hypercritical and self-serving behavior:

Daily Caller Movie ‘Rigged’ To Expose Fallout Of The 2020 Election

December 19, 2023 Op-Ed

For nearly three years, former President Donald Trump has infamously touted how the 2020 election was rigged. He has discussed voter fraud, ballot tampering, and irregularities in the counting process — some combination of which he believes resulted in millions of fraudulent votes for Joe Biden.

See “What I Want You to Know” – Free Documentary Screening This Week!

December 18, 2023 Steve MacDonald

During the tour around the state to gain support for HB229 (Defend the Guard Act), I spoke in front of the State Veterans Advisory Committee. The chair heard my criticism of the US foreign policy with regard to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and linked me up with Catie Foertsch, the director of a new documentary film entitled “What I Want You to Know.”

Arresting a Government Wholesale

December 18, 2023 Op-Ed

Born and raised in the US, I married into Australia in 1980 and stayed there for most of 38 years. The Australian government recently asked for public submissions concerning “the Covid response.” Here I quote parts of my reply, verbatim, dated December 12, 2013, re-arranged with numbering for GraniteGrok.com:

How Will Hunter Bring Dad Down?

December 18, 2023 Op-Ed

There are questions about Hunter Biden and his prior acts in the public arena. To the extent his actions have a bearing on his dad, they may be worthy of note. Those questions include but are not limited to:

Night Cap: Biden, Media Gaslight People about Inflation

December 18, 2023December 17, 2023 Op-Ed

President Biden recently repeated the claim that high prices are caused by greedy businesses. Biden is not alone in trying to gaslight the people into thinking price inflation is rooted in the actions of private individuals and not the fiat money system Americans have lived under since 1971.

Zoning: HB1291 is NOT HB44 On Steroids

September 16, 2024December 17, 2023 Spike

HB1291 reduces the power of our consistently anti-liberty zoning boards to write anti-liberty rules where there is no basis. A typical town’s 1.8-acre minimum lot size has been justified by the scarcity of water and septic capacity and was adopted in an era of poorer understanding and technology.

How Absolute Power Corrupted the President

December 17, 2023 Op-Ed

Power-hungry, lawless and steadfast in its pursuit of authoritarian powers, the government does not voluntarily relinquish those powers once it acquires, uses and inevitably abuses them.

The Bill of Rights: The Only Good Part of the Constitution

December 17, 2023 Op-Ed

The Bill of Rights turns 232 years old today. Adopted in 1791 as a consolation prize for the Anti-Federalists, it has been perhaps the most important part of American legal history since the eighteenth century and has served as an inconvenient reminder of the laissez-faire libertarian philosophy that permeated American political theory in the late 18th century.

Church and State Part I

December 17, 2023 Op-Ed

Hello, Friends of Freedom,

Our wonderful country has been beset with an atmosphere of incivility for quiet sometime now. In my awareness of politics over the last 40 years it keeps going from one depth of darkness to even lower levels of attack not only on candidates but their families as well.

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Night Cap: How Did the U.S. Government Become So Big?

December 16, 2023 Op-Ed

How big is the federal government? Two measures are the number of civilian employees (nearly two million) and the number of agencies (now exceeding 440). These numbers barely hint at their massive meddling into business activities and the personal lives of Americans.

Truth Is the Biggest Threat to Democracy in DC

December 16, 2023 Op-Ed

Early this year, Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard member, was arrested and charged with transmission of national defense information and other charges. Teixeira allegedly leaked classified documents on the Ukraine war and other foreign policy issues to a Discord gaming group.

Housing and Zoning: HB 1291 is HB 44 on Steroids!

December 16, 2023 Op-Ed

Friends, HB 1291 is not just an ordinary bill that allows Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). It is HB 44 on steroids. Here is the bill in PDF format – HB 1291 Please notice the sponsors!