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The Democrats are doing what they do best. Projecting while yesterday’s last-day drop of US Supreme Court decisions had most right-of-center court watchers relieved. Amy Comey Barrett upped her street cred by dissing dopey Judicial “peer’ Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the day couldn’t get much better after that. Schools can’t force kids to participate in … Read more
The Trump administration is mulling policies to make it more difficult and costly for pharmaceutical companies to promote prescription drugs directly to consumers. Big Pharma spends billions on advertising to promote sales, yet not all of its products are necessary or even safe, contributing to the overmedication of many Americans. Concerns about the industry’s excessive … Read more
Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton has determined that, for now, online purveyors of what we call pornography have an obligation to ensure that those accessing their content are of legal age. That states can require it, police it, and presumably punish violators. It seems sensible enough if a culture has decided the minds of children … Read more
In the United States of America, mid 2020s, a clear practice that has been developed over the past decades is running into the reality of modern technology. This is the practice of manufacturing democracy. Mainly developed in Washington, DC, the manufacturing of democracy is an old technique that was important when developments in current events, … Read more
If Zohran Mamdani doesn’t have a campaign slogan, it should be that Democrats get what they deserve. Take Burlington, Vermont. They’ve got a two-party Democracy. Far left Democrats and further left progressives. The result is a city in rapid decline exhibiting the characteristics of every socialist toilet in human history. But it’s not their fault. … Read more
A New York bill that would restrict the size of cattle farms has sparked controversy as urban climate change legislators from the Big Apple seek to limit rural livelihoods by imposing regulatory limits on the number of cows a farm can have. The attack on cow emissions by city slickers who know nothing about farming … Read more
(Manch Talk 06/25/25) This week, Carla Gericke gives the recap of her experience at the Free State Project’s 22nd Porcupine Freedom Festival, AKA PorcFest, with Ross Ulbricht. Also, what has MAHA been up to? The antiwar message at the end will blow your mind. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of … Read more
HB2, the budget dumpster fire/trailer bill, has a lot of crap in it I like and a lot I don’t. One of the wins was eliminating State motor vehicle inspections for passenger vehicles. The House passed it, the Senate watered it down, but in the end, the original had to land in HB2 or it … Read more
In a virtue-signaling display of institutional Trump Derangement Syndrome, the city of Burlington, Vermont, passed a resolution to spend $3,000 to rename its main shopping corridor from Church Street to Canada Street. The silly effort is premised on the goal of attracting more shoppers to the progressive Gotham’s dying commercial sector in a spiteful swipe … Read more
The US Supreme Court has ruled that nationwide injunctions by district court judges infringe on Executive Authority. Thanks to Megan Kelly for the heads up. This puts an end, at least on paper, to judge shopping to freeze executive branch orders, though it will be interesting to see how that plays out. This, for example, … Read more
Democratic leaders who are calling for more protests against ICE agents appear to be playing right into President Donald Trump’s law-enforcing hands. A substantial majority of Americans support deporting violent illegal immigrants, so those on the extreme left screaming for obstruction of justice, harboring illegals, and defending convicted rapists and killers are losing immigration polling … Read more
The beauty of being for less government, a lean bureaucracy, sunsetting regulations, expiring rules, and lower taxes (taxation is theft) is that if an opposing political machine were to assume power, even temporarily, they can’t use what you did against you. Never assume the tyrannies, petty or otherwise, that you implement for political advantage won’t … Read more
There are many reasons for disliking the Federal Reserve, and readers often encounter a wide variety of these reasons in articles and commentary by financial writers and economists. It is often the case, however, that many critics of the Fed attack the Fed for the wrong reasons. For example, one will often see Fed critics attacking the … Read more
This week we discuss the Climate Scam, including solar and the looming wave of bankruptcies.” 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 Hear It. Comment or submit Op-Eds to steve@granitegrok.com Celebrate Independence Day by Supporting Independent … Read more
Democratic rule under Governor Janet Mills has exchanged a surplus in Augusta for a huge fiscal deficit. In just the last six years, the Democrats have increased the budget 65% from $7 billion to more than $11.5+ billion. Remember, only about 1.4 million people are living in Maine. The current budget amounts to a tax … Read more
Five weeks ago, over on the Substack, I explored how some experts in the UK were uncomfortable about the details of an assisted suicide bill in the House of Commons. Unlike a lot of experts over here, who may see this as a ticket to more revenue, the Royal College of Psychiatrists thought there needed … Read more
When the legislature was voting on H.454, I was, while painting my house (fun!), listening to an audiobook on the battle of Gettysburg. And I can’t help but notice some unfortunate parallels for Republicans with their vote on that bill and Pickett’s Charge, the infamous suicidal attack by the Army of Northern Virginia over a … Read more
Public schools are fully engaged in mental health treatment in New Hampshire’s schools. But does any of this actually help children? We now task school counselors and teachers with assessing and treating a child’s mental health while they attend school. There have been numerous problems with this initiative in our schools. We’ve found that some … Read more
New York City is the largest in the United States, with a population of 10.2 million residents. I say residents because the count includes all illegals living in the Big Apple as of the last census. NYC has more people than 38 states and nearly as many people as all 6 New England states combined. … Read more
A number of bills have been milling about the State legislature to address a problem that should have been addressed years ago. This is not an issue where being fashionably late is a good thing, but we’re here now. Our job, that’s you, me, the grassroots, and tips, is to push this over the top … Read more