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In this installment of the Elsa Kurt Show, we track how fast today’s headlines move while the deeper patterns stay stubbornly the same, from Iran’s stalled negotiations and Strait of Hormuz tensions to US politics and media double standards. We also weigh what accountability looks like when officials resign, narratives spin, and public safety risks … Read more
Barry Soetero, also known as Barry Obama or Barack Obama, is part-Kenyan. “Barry Soetoro” was the childhood name used by Barack Obama between roughly 1967 and 1971 while living in Jakarta, Indonesia, with his mother, Ann Dunham, and his Indonesian stepfather, Lolo Soetoro. Barack Obama is also named after his biological father, while his grandfather was … Read more
I do not sleep well, and my day often starts at 2 am. I am actually participating in a sleep study at the University of Utah on the impact of cancer on sleep in patients and survivors. Glad to say I am in the latter group. I tend to do my deepest thinking and most … Read more
The NHCADSV were the primary opposers to House Bill 1633, introduced by Rep. Ellen Read (D) and killed today by the Senate. The Bill was a simple no-brainer to allow victims of sexual assault better access (via a palm card or similar posted in the offices of public agencies) to know what their rights are … Read more
When I think back, most textbooks began with WWII and skipped earlier events, except for the Civil War. And while WWII was the defining event of the last century, it still hasn’t been fully recognized for its impact. This reminds me of what two friends, both sons of WWII veterans—one who served in the Pacific … Read more
The evolution of Karens into AWFLs seems like sound demographic science. Women who probably bought into at least one or more waves of feminism and have been jilted at the secular humanist altar. Absent children either altogether or anymore (because they’ve grown up and moved out), the forever single and divorced need something to care … Read more
Rural Vermonters have certainly woken up to the dangers of Act 181, the state land use law that threatens to basically steal the property rights away from landowners living outside the 2.5 percent of the state deemed to be “urban settlement.” The “Vermont Act 181” Facebook group has exploded almost overnight to 11,400 members, the … Read more
This week, on NE TAKE, A. J. reflects on hitting the five-year mark of the New England Take and the state of local media in New Hampshire, followed by a deep dive into the US Department of Justice indicting the Southern Poverty Law Center for funding the very organizations it is allegedly fighting! Authors’ and … Read more
The Human diet precedes woke experts and opportunists by millions of years, and while there were several variations of humans before the one we know won the “evolution” game, we all ate meat. Our ancestors survived significant and recurring geologic catastrophes. The sorts of things that would wipe out the vegan faction and most of … Read more
President Donald Trump boasts that his administration “ended DEI in America.” However, on closer inspection, DEI and Affirmative Action policies are alive and well at America’s elite universities. In the face of national pressure and threats of investigation from the Trump administration, our nation’s most prestigious universities have disguised and hidden their DEI initiatives while … Read more
Here are some helpful lessons or reminders sent by one of our readers on how to engage law enforcement after a self-defense incident. Someone attacked you or your family, or a life was in danger. You drew your weapon, perhaps fired it. It seemed like the right thing to do at that moment, but no … Read more
One of the things that is becoming more obvious as the years pass, and is really quite sad to a traditionalist like me, is our connection to our heritage. That connection could have been to nationality, religion, or both, but the reality is that in today’s culture, that connection is weak at best. I was … Read more
The Hive Mind is having a rough couple of years. Trump is dismantling their government laundromat. He started with USAID, but the hammer has come down all across the Executive branch. DOGE is still the disease that keeps the fraudsters awake at night. Fewer headlines, but plenty of internal action. ACT Blue is getting legal … Read more
Federal Reserve nominee Kevin Warsh mocked Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s question during his Tuesday confirmation hearing. President Donald Trump nominated Warsh to replace Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, whose term officially ends on May 15. During the Senate Banking Committee’s confirmation hearing, Warren challenged Warsh to name one aspect of Trump’s “agenda” that he disagreed … Read more
This week, on The Independents, Carla Gericke explores a growing breakdown in trust between individuals and large institutions—especially around health, risk, and personal experience. This is a conversation about: This episode is not about telling you what to think. It’s about asking better questions. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent … Read more
Ilhan Omar is no stranger to controversy. Like many a Squad member, she invites it. It amps her Q rating with cat-litter-lugging divorced liberal wine moms. Karens, AWFLs, they love that stuff. It makes someone committed to creating an American Despotism, possibly even a Theocratic one, look like she’s a rebel fighting the system. The … Read more
Another Breakfast With Claude A unscripted conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — April 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one old conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. Before beginning the chat, I uploaded a 250-word text file … Read more
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
Sometimes you hear a story, and it snaps you back in time to the old supermarket tabloids where aliens were overtaking Mother Earth every week. Today’s story falls into the bizarre category, and you have to wonder if every elected official, from school board to city council, has lost their collective minds. According to multiple … Read more
Today, on the Morning Update, if you follow the progressive dots from exit taxes to we won’t let you leave, and the dots leading from compassionate calls for assisted suicide to systemic use of suicide as economic and social engineering, what happens when those paths converge? Transcript below Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if … Read more