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This week on the program, our guests are Chris Bright, Belknap County Sheriff Bill Wright, and NH Social Media Influence Tyler Beaton. This week on Granite State Live, our guests are Chris Bright, Belknap County Sheriff Bill Wright, and NH Social Media Influence Tyler Beaton. #nhpolitics #GraniteStateLive https://t.co/NbgTmJa1Rm — GraniteGrok (@GraniteGrok) March 18, 2025 Watch … Read more
Thursday, March 20th, the House will be voting on HB 254, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide for those facing an illness deemed likely to be terminal within six months by a physician. Last year, this bill passed in the House by the skin of its teeth — a mere two votes sent it to the Senate where it was ultimately defeated. To … Read more
Last year 68 so-called “Republicans” voted with 152 Dems to pass HB 1291. Fortunately we knew who they were because it was a roll call vote. Thankfully one Senator killed it when it crossed over. On the 13th of March “Republican” anarchists pushed through a number of damaging House bills on voice votes. Is there … Read more
While the Gulf of Maine boondoggle is on hold pending review despite existing undeveloped lease sales, we’ve been stomping on the accelerator to increase public awareness to stop it. We’ve published a few dozen posts on why it’s a bad idea, not the least of which is GOM advocates past remarks about how fragile its … Read more
Good governance utilizing democratic processes, capitalist economies, meritocracy and healthy work ethic, and the Rules of Law and Private Property (among other things) have raised billions out of abject poverty. From a world where poverty was the normal state of being for thousands of years of human existence. Yet, one of Lloyd Alter’s Carbon Upfront! … Read more
When the Biden administration announced $27 billion in environmental grants last April, it set the clock ticking on a predicament: how to get the unprecedented sums for the President’s envisioned NetZero future out the door before the fiscal year ended on Sept. 30? The task was complicated by the fact most of the money – $20 … Read more
If Turnabout is Fair Play Sergey Nechayev, the author of “The Blueprint for communist revolution,” observed in his pamphlet, The Revolutionary Catechism, that “The only form of revolution beneficial to the people is one which destroys the entire State to the roots and exterminates all the state traditions, institutions, and classes… “Our task is terrible, … Read more
The term “spring cleaning” refers to a long overdue responsibility that addresses the need—in the case of our government—for a return to its constitutionally mandated size. Owning up to this duty will uproot everything that has illegally been established. This unhindered growth is a testament to the tenure of public ignorance, which has been force-fed … Read more
The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, in partnership with EdChoice, has released an analysis of the fiscal effects of two Education Freedom Account expansion proposals, one presented by Gov. Kelly Ayotte in her budget and the other in House Bill 115, representing the House leadership plan. At the state level, the fiscal effects range … Read more
This week on Right Side Up, Mike and his co-host discuss the lack of free speech in Montpelier, Vermont, the Democratic Party’s costly and destructive energy policy, and the questions surrounding school choice. Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side Up, or … Read more
Elon Musk, the relentless force driving electric vehicle dominance and SpaceX into the cosmos, has redirected his insatiable appetite for disruption toward an unexpected target: the sprawling machinery of the U.S. federal government. On January 20, 2025, through an executive order signed by President Trump, Musk took charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a new entity … Read more
Americans love their hamburgers as much as buffalo wings and fried eggs, and all three are increasing in price. Mainstream media headlines suggest President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs could increase food inflation, and critics started blaming him for high egg prices within hours after his swearing in. It appears many would be apoplectic if Trump … Read more
School districts and boards across the fruited plain are wrestling with a problem. The previous commander in chief, or whoever was running his auto-pen, signed proclamations about rules that the current president has since changed. The new rules are like the old rules (as in for decades before President Auto-pen). Boys can’t be girls and … Read more
The Democratic Party has dropped to a new record low among Americans, reaching only a 29% favorability rating, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. In the CNN/SSRS poll conducted from March 6-9, 1,206 respondents were asked about their views on both the Republican and Democratic parties, with a margin of sampling error of +/- 3.3 for … Read more
Elon Musk, the relentless force driving electric vehicle dominance and SpaceX into the cosmos, has redirected his insatiable appetite for disruption toward an unexpected target: the sprawling machinery of the U.S. federal government. On January 20, 2025, through an executive order signed by President Trump, Musk took charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a new entity … Read more
Air travel has had a lot of bad press lately. From fatal crashes to nearly inexplicable events (like “landing” a plane upside down on a runway), airlines are not sending warm fuzzy messaging that invites travelers to hop on an airliner. — Two small planes collided in midair near an Arizona airport in mid-February, killing two people who were … Read more
The unparalleled electoral, political, and executive power successes of Donald Trump in eliminating the criminal bureaucracy control of Washington, D.C. has revealed a dark and alarming secret of the American governmental system: Judicial Tyranny – disrespect for the U.S. Constitution and the Rule of Law. Despite the unequivocal language of Section 1, Article II of … Read more
It’s been two years (August, 2023) since the local ABC affiliate published anything related to Long COVID. The state’s largest newspaper, the Union Leader, published a piece on January 9th (but little else of value) based on a study from the NH Fiscal Policy Institute (also a suspect source). Besides that, it is not a … Read more
This week, we talk about the scheduled educational event hosted by the Vermont Family Alliance to educate Vermonters about the growing detransition phenomenon and how Trans activists disrupted the event. The VDC story video made Jesse Watters’ show on Fox. . Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite … Read more
HB652-FN – Abolishing Family CourtThank you to everyone who called, wrote, and testified.The House Children and Family Law Committee voted to retain the bill. This means it will be held back from going to the House floor until early next year. The committee can work on the bill any time between now and then. Retaining … Read more