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Maybe it is old-school thinking that people who run for office at any level, but especially the President, should be from the best and brightest of Americans. They should be someone we can look to, and who can unite and guide us toward a better America. That is not a slur on the present America, … Read more
“Now for the rest of the story,” as Paul Harvey used to say. Our tale resumes in the pivotal year of 1967. The Bar Association of the State of New Hampshire (BASNH), a creature born of the Legislature 94 years earlier and still a purely voluntary association, appeared before the General Court with a seemingly … Read more
Most of the narratives about working together and being bipartisan come from the bot machines and narrative dinghies on the left. The media pressure and the social media trends are all pressure campaigns to convince Republicans that Americans won’t like them if they behave like Democrats. The left is ruthless. When they have a majority, … Read more
The mask is off. The deep state operatives in Pennsylvania – that battleground fortress we fought tooth and nail to reclaim – have finally confessed to a treasonous betrayal that reeks of the swamp’s foulest underbelly. For decades, non-citizens, including illegals flooding our borders like an unchecked invasion, have been handed the keys to our sacred ballot box. … Read more
This week on the NE Take, NH Rep. Paige Beauchemin, RN, PMH-C, is running for Congress against fellow Democrat, Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander. She and A. J. dive into the progressive v. establishment fight in the party and why she is running to unseat Goodlander. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of … Read more
After years of necessarily making everything cost more, hating on fossil fuels, has the net-zero green agenda trap just caught the Left’s new “affordability” narrative mouse by the nose? Always in motion is the future. Wise words from Yoda, but we could just as easily say, always emotion, is the future. It isn’t easy to … Read more
People will believe a big lie sooner than a little one, and if you repeat it frequently enough, people will sooner or later believe it. ― Walter Langer On November 19, 2025, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article entitled “Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of Modified mRNA Influenza Vaccine.” This article purportedly reviewed the results of Pfizer’s Phase … Read more
A handful of New Hampshire Republicans put on a show this week. The message? Thank you, Governor Healey, for keeping Taxachusetts, taxachusetts. Mass Fiscal and the New Hampshire lawmakers pointed to a list of 15 taxes implemented in Massachusetts, 12 of which New Hampshire does not have. Those include an income tax, a millionaire’s tax, … Read more
America’s heartland bleeds red, white, and blue, but in the shadows of Detroit’s rusting factories, a foreign army advances with calculated fury. It’s no accident. It’s a blueprint forged in the fires of conquest: immigrate as the oppressed, multiply like a storm front, demand your caliphate’s laws, and crush the infidel culture beneath your boot. … Read more
Stanford Researchers wanted to know how the COVID-19 mRNA injections lead to myocarditis. This presumes some things that the medical establishment has been shy about admitting, and some that linger with the researchers and the reporting (link may be paywalled). “As a cardiologist, we get asked all the time, ‘How exactly does [the vaccine cause … Read more
It has recently come to the attention of many members of our legislature that a big national war chest has been made available to the enemy camp in Concord. Many members have already taken to social media with requests for donations to (committees to elect) Team Red in both chambers and campaign coffers of their … Read more
Stop Panicking About Your Assessment This week on The Independents, with Caral Gericke, Property taxes in New Hampshire spark more panic than an unexpected October snowstorm—but most of it stems from misunderstanding how assessments actually work. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, … Read more
Fifth Circuit Ruling Stands – Government cannot censor speech, but it has no First Amendment obligation to provide it. The US Supreme and Circuit Courts have already answered a question that, by extension, applies to many First Amendment challenges. Mostly progressive plaintiffs continue to argue that defunding NPR or rejecting some titles that are then … Read more
Here’s a thought experiment for you to try. Imagine that you meet with your employer to tell him all the things you want to buy, and how much money you’d need to be able to pay for them. You tell him that you think you should get paid whatever amount would be needed to make … Read more
Welcome to Friday, and the Friday meme thing, AND the reality that there are only twelve more shopping days until Christmas! Don’t worry. We’re here to help, and not just with Grok affiliate links to Amazon.com, where you can get still get deals shipped in time for the Big Day! We’ve got (drumroll…) memes! Lots … Read more
Kamala Harris is not ready to be written off, but that assumes she was ever on. Kamala was not. It is very sad to watch her desperately try to stay in the spotlight. It is amazing that the two women whom Donald Trump defeated to become President cannot accept the loss and move on. They … Read more
It doesn’t go well for them Today, on the Morning Update, eight teens from Philadelphia got to meet an American Treasure. Polk County Sheriff, Grady Judd. We know him. And now they do too. Links: Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or … Read more
A Wary Eye on the Food Supply In 2006-2007, Americans’ pet cats and dogs began dying mysteriously from kidney failure. The mystery was not long-lived: authorities quickly discerned the cause to be pet foods laced with a chemical called melamine, or some combination of chemicals that likely included melamine and cyanuric acid. This was a … Read more
Last week, members of the Vermont House and Senate gathered for an all-day, pre-session briefing on the issues they will have to confront when they return for real in January. The agenda included presentations on another looming double-digit property tax increase, our collapsing healthcare system, infrastructure woes, and our generally moribund economy. Serious stuff. But … Read more
This week on Right Side Up, we discuss Act 180 of 2024 and its apparent adverse effects on public safety. And, is your firewood pile safe in Vermont?” Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, We Want … Read more