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Vetting Fails, Fraud Explodes, and Trump Hits Reset This week on the Elsa Kurt Show, America’s Breaking Point – Vetting Fails, Fraud Explodes, and Trump Hits Reset. 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 to … Read more
It is against the law to obstruct federal officers and agents… no matter who the President is, and besides, they still don’t have your back. The angry left continues to make mistakes that have profound implications. Not just hand-raising and a little bit of ‘pick me, please,’ but also advertising: press announcements, public statements. Hey, … Read more
This is not a Louisa May Alcott book, but a call to action. You don’t need to vote in District 2 to answer the call because the action item is to RECRUIT someone in District 2 to primary Senate Ways & Means chair Tim Lang, the namesake of the 2022 Gunstock Lang Gang. You might … Read more
December 15 marks the 234th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. During the Constitutional Convention, some delegates refused to support the proposed Constitution unless it included a Bill of Rights; George Mason and Elbridge Gerry led the way. Delegates James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, … Read more
Why the Executive Council Must Reclaim Its Constitutional Role in Judicial Selection New Hampshire’s Constitution has never been ambiguous about judicial appointments. For more than two centuries, the process has been a shared power: the NH Constitution provides that the Governor and the Executive Council share responsibility for nominating and appointing Judges and Justices. It … Read more
Democrats in Congress are still desperate for a win. Any win. Something that will make their base happy. Wait, you mean they aren’t actually using their legislative and oversight powers for good? No chance of that. They need to make sure the rank-and-file proglodytes fill out (and send) all of their mail-in ballots or goose-step … Read more
During the healthcare segment of the pre-session legislative briefing on the state of Vermont’s economy, Senator Alison Clarkson (D-Windsor) piped up, “At the risk of asking the dumbest question of the day, and having been around when our healthcare costs were $2 billion a year and not $10 [billion], why in the hell do we … Read more
And it was massively inappropriate for kids… This week on the NE Take, A. J. breaks down the “issue” of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” being removed from Merrimack Valley High School curriculum and how it is great that it happened. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, … Read more
I have the pink plastic champagne glass from Augusta Petron’s memorial service on the top of the bookshelf behind me. It’s a piece of NH Political history and a reminder of a wonderful human being. Sometimes you can see it in the background of my podcast (GrokTALK!) or the Morning Update, depending on how I … Read more
Remember that Janet Jackson song What Have You Done For Me Lately? It’s a tune from my teenage years that comes to mind when I think of our Senate Judiciary committee, the body that rubber-stamped HB1002 last year during Queen Sharon’s (committee) leadership and also got that judge-retirement-age question on the ballot. Yeah, we’ve had … Read more
A little over a month ago, we discussed the superficiality of policy debates in New Hampshire in Tax Foundation Rates New Hampshire #3 … So What? … should New Hampshire’s tax policy be to achieve as high a rating as possible on the Tax Foundation’s “competitive index”? The Governor, the local Koch organization, and GOP State … Read more
I am not going to go back too far in time, only to 2020 and the Summer of Love. In the last five years, the Democrats have given us enough to show that they are more concerned and bigger fans of people who commit crimes against Americans than they are of the actual victims of … Read more
News broke this week that the FBI had arrested someone in connection with the placement of two pipe bombs on January 6, 2021. As surprising as that might be, it wasn’t the woman everyone suspected from the videos attributed to that individual. Shauni Rey Kerkhoff, whom an “Expert” suggested was a 94-97% match for the … Read more
A 29-year-old man with no known address is facing arson and unlawful mischief charges after a series of late-November incidents involving fires, vandalism of police vehicles, and damage to the city’s Christmas tree, according to the Barre City Police Department. The first incident occurred on November 25, at around 7:50 p.m., when officers discovered a … Read more
No Independents w/Carla Gericke this week. Instead, we have a recent episode of New Hampshire Right to Life’s The Ever-Living Podcast, featuring guest Kathleen Clark. “Kathleen is a registered nurse and is passionate about caring for others, incorporating faith into healthcare, and helping patients from all walks of life to achieve spiritual, medical, and emotional … Read more
The City of Nashua has been spiralling downward in an epic political shitshow for a number of years, coincidental to the reign of its current Mayor for life, Jim Donchess. It is cloistered, inefficient, and untransparent. At the same time, it wastes millions more taxpayers’ dollars on legal fights to prevent citizens from ensuring government … Read more
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced legislation on Nov. 20 that would prohibit the use of federal funds or tax credits to support solar panel development on productive farmland. The Protecting American Farmland Act mirrors legislation introduced in the House in May by Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH). The bills effectively reverse tax and funding support for … Read more
Another week in the can, and one week closer to Christmas, and whatever that means to you, good or bad, naughty, or nice, we’ll always have a meme or two or fifty or maybe more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Please … Read more
Maine stole our land when we weren’t looking. The historical evidence is overwhelming and clear. For almost 300 years, the Granite State’s northern border ran down through the Piscataqua River, snaked across Maine’s Portsmouth Harbor shoreline, then bisected the Isles of Shoals. New Hampshire’s borders embraced the entire harbor, including Badger’s Island, Seavey’s Island, and … Read more
Today, on the morning update, Trump just tossed another “affordability” grenade over the wall as he rolls back some irresponsible regulatory demands from the Biden Era. Note: The Morning Update now has its own authors page. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, … Read more