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OPINION: “Heard at the County”

After attending the online Zoom Grafton County Commissioners’ Meetings every Tuesday morning for the last year and a half, I have come to learn much about County goings-on.  In turn, I feel I must alert Grafton County residents and taxpayers of important upcoming monetary decisions.  And you thought Paul Revere died in Boston on May 10, 1818?!  … Read more

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KLAR: Yes, Glyphosate Is Harmful to Humans

On Monday, April 27, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Monsanto Company v Durnell case, which centers on whether or not the plaintiff’s cancer was due to Monsanto’s failure to warn of its product’s dangers. A protest called “The People v Poison” has been organized beginning at 9:00 a.m. to oppose granting legal immunity … Read more

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The Independents: What is Love? 

Do you think there are more rom-coms or horror movies in the world? Did you know there are 20+ types of love? What good things flow from love? Does “wokeness,” whether Left or Right, destroy love? Can creating more love help heal the world? Join Carla Gericke now for this week’s deep dive into the … Read more

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MACDONALD: The Only Promise They Will Keep

How you feel is not science, but the proglodytes are masters of weaponizing feels. They can convince any number of folks to ignore reality in exchange for acting almost entirely on emotion. It’s brainwashing en masse. The PsyOp. Mass hypnosis. There is a science to understanding how and why people are consumed by their feelings, … Read more

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BELCHER: How the Senate Killed the CHARLIE Act

The CHARLIE Act was designed to enact paradigm change on public education for the better. On April 29, 2026, the Senate Education Committee gutted the CHARLIE Act. What had been introduced as the Countering Hate And Revolutionary Leftist Indoctrination in Education Act—a bill that named what it was prohibiting and grounded its authority in the … Read more

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Friday Meme Thing

Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither “fact-checked” nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Read more

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ROPER: The Thing Vermonters Can’t Afford Is Our Government

The Vermont Senate Republicans dropped a post earlier this week outlining just how out of control state spending is and has been for a long time. Though they cite a figure for FY27 spending of $9.1 billion (projected) and a 1.6 percent year-over-year increase, where I see a $9.34 billion number coming out of the … Read more

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Morning Update: The Blue State Doom Loop

Today on the Morning Update, Blue States follow a predictable pattern. Take control. Increase spending, add regulations, increase taxes, add new ones, which eventually drive wealth and job creators away. Vermont wanted to be like California. Like New York. And so they are. 00:00 Introduction and Overview of Perrigo’s Business Model01:26 Financial Performance and Challenges … Read more

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HOHENSEE: When Public Meetings become Police Operations

On October 13, 2021, NH State police arrested nine members of the public during a regularly scheduled open public meeting of the NH Executive Council with Governor Sununu. To put this in perspective, the event occurred during the Covid “emergency” shutdown of the state, during which time Governor Sununu, acting as Emperor, issued 90 Emergency Orders, which … Read more

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KLAR: The Coming Food Crisis

I invite my readers to purchase my new book, The Coming Food Crisis: How Corporations, Activists, and Climate Alarmists Are Waging War on Farmers. The book describes the steadily increasing consolidation of farming and food production into the market-controlling hands of the largest corporations in the world, and the threats to human health and liberties this presents. … Read more

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Right Side Up: Regional Planning, Land Use, And Climate

This week, on Right Side Up, Alison and Mike do a quick S.325 update (regional planning), discuss Acts 181 (Land Use) & 59 (Community Resilience and Biodiversity Protection Act), who wasn’t included in the room & a WSJ op-ed on climate data. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. … Read more

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MACDONALD: Progressive Red Flags

Amsterdam has one of the highest crime rates in the Netherlands despite legalizing prostitution and some drugs. Those are not crimes anymore. Take them off the docket, and it’s still 90 incidents per 1000 residents. Crime per capita averages across Europe range from 45-65/1000. For contrast, America’s most crime-riddled cities, like Memphis, Detroit, and Baltimore, … Read more

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PAGE: Tax Rebellion Growing Nationwide, Not Just in Vermont

Don’t look now, but repeal of Act 181, the 2024 Act 250 expansion bill enacted over Gov. Phil Scott’s veto in 2024, isn’t the only ongoing citizen rebellion. Repeal of Act 181’s Tier Two and Tier Three is scheduled to go to the House floor tomorrow. The House changes to bill S.325 would eliminate the road … Read more

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KLAR: Kentucky Legislature and Supreme Court Go to War

Kentucky’s legislature and state supreme court are facing off in an epic battle over the parameters of their respective authority. This separation-of-powers turf war centers on a legislative effort to impeach a sitting judge. The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that only the judiciary has this power in the absence of serious impropriety. In response, … Read more

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Morning Update: Gatekeepers

Today, on the Morning Update, associations have gatekeepers who create cratels that are overrun by progressives who make them into ideological litmus tests for various professions. They control who gets certified or licensed in a wide range of fields, from Education to medicine, entertainment, to the trades, even journalism; the list is long, and it … Read more

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CARDELLO: Maine Needs to be Aware of the Trojan Horse

We have seen enough examples of Democrats misrepresenting themselves to fool the naive voters. Abigail Spanberger is the poster child for candidates who run as a moderate and miraculously become a radical progressive when their hand touches the bible as they are sworn in. Some tell you exactly what they will be and get elected … Read more

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NITZAKHON: More Links From My Jarhead Friend

Top of the fold The Dems hate violence, just ask them.  Unless it’s done to further a cause they SUPPORT you see (like getting rid of Trump): He/Him ‘Teacher of the Year’ Was Trump Gunman | Frontpage Mag Related:  Once you read his “manifesto” his reasons become pretty obvious.  And they are ALL left-wing “talking … Read more

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Justice 4 All: The Year of Exposure

NH Muckraker Regina Barnes fills in for Jocelyn on another installment of Justice 4 All with local, state, and national news and opinion. If the video embed doesn’t load, go here. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Disagree, … Read more

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MACDONALD: Dems Suddenly Hate Surveillance?

Democrats don’t hate the police, and they love surveillance. Their dystopian socialist utopia is impossible without both. They don’t hate guns either, just guns that might interfere with their militarized police state. So, the whole defund the police thing was a smoke screen. It wasn’t about bad cops or systemic racism; it was an excuse … Read more

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