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On Monday, a young woman from New Hampshire was featured prominently in a front-page Wall Street Journal story. She didn’t found a company or create a valuable new product. Quite the opposite; she spent the summer canvassing for the Democratic Socialists of America in New York City, where she hopes to get socialist Zohran Mamdani … Read more
The Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution brought a decisive end to slavery in the United States in 1865. The amendment enshrines important principles of justice—self-ownership, individual liberty, and equality before the law. The amendment declares that, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been … Read more
Numerous mainstream media outlets are deliberately lying to American parents about the law regarding COVID-19 vaccines. In August, Vermont’s Supreme Court that ruled a six-year-old boy administered a COVID-19 vaccine against his parents’ specific instructions that he not be jabbed has no state tort remedies and that the family’s sole recourse is a federal claim … Read more
You can call it the ‘Michael Reynolds Law,’ after the Burlington-area transient with more than 1600 police interactions since 2012 and still going strong this month with reported abusive, disruptive, threatening behavior. Or you could call it the ‘Abdirahman Mohammed Law,’ after the 22-year-old Burlington man with a mere 35 run-ins with law enforcement, 11 … Read more
In each of the last few sessions, Democrats get incensed by the idea that “We do not co-parent with the Government!” Support for Parental Rights legislation is an “IN YOUR FACE” rebuttal to the idea that “It takes a village” is part of the Sacred Texts of The Collective – with ITS nuance that we … Read more
When the end of another year rolls around, it is not a bad idea to think about how we might improve ourselves and perhaps even improve the lives of others, given the clean slate of a New Year. Many people resolve to exercise more, eat better, and spend more time with their families. These are … Read more
The Democrat party, exemplified by those fighting to ruin New Hampshire and make it less than the worst of the New England States, has an image problem. Its most recent standard-bearer stood for nothing or, at best, whatever Biden was, which wasn’t good. Funding Foreign wars that kill tens of thousands to “create” good-paying American … Read more
Grok Media LLC and GraniteGrok.com will feature an exclusive new podcast beginning on January 7th. Every Tuesday, Granite State Live will stream from 7 pm to 9 pm ET on Granite Grok’s X account and here on GraniteGrok.com. We will also carry and archive the replay on-site and on our Rumble Channel. Keith Hanson and … Read more
This is a follow-up email sent to the Superintendent of SAU65/Kearsarge. Dear Superintendent Fortney, I am taking my time to inquire about any steps you or your staff have taken to alert families in the school district about the crimes committed by Marc Jacques. Not only was he walking freely around children, soccer players, and … Read more
Another ‘Reporter’ has come out publicly to acknowledge that the watchdog media was too busy chewing on the bones fed to them by ‘The Feds’ to accurately report the mental state of the Commander in Chief. [CBS News legal correspondent Jan] Crawford admitted that Biden’s handlers lied about the outgoing president’s mental fitness to the … Read more
At approximately 3 AM in New Orleans, a vehicle drove into a New Year’s Eve Crowd on Bourbon Street. The New Orleans Police Department said in a statement reported by NBC affiliate WDSU that “mass casualties are reported on Bourbon and Iberville Streets” and that a vehicle may have plowed into people. WDSU NBC 6 New Orleans … Read more
Controversy always surrounds Alexandria “Sandy” Cortez, whether it concerns her socialist ideals, her creation of the Far-Left force, The Squad, her skirting of campaign finance laws, or if she is the future of the Democrat Party. There is much negativity in her wake and so few accomplishments. Undeniably, Cortez is a master of social networking … Read more
For the past 40 years, American politicians have argued how wars in far-flung third-world countries are in the United States’ vital strategic interests. From Iraq to Kosovo, American leaders of both parties squandered trillions of dollars and thousands of lives chasing phantom threats around the world. The rationale behind these interventions has often been based … Read more
This week, Bill and Mike discuss rising crime in Burlington, energy usage in the northeast, and the Matrix of Liberty. Follow The ‘Grok on Rumble.
A new report by the state’s Department of Health indicates that for young Vermonters age 25 and under non-fatal overdose visits to emergency departments have generally risen over recent years. Teenagers may be seeing the most concerning rate of increase. The 9-page report can be read here. Key findings include, “Between 2018 and 2022, unintentional nonfatal overdose … Read more
Sandy Cortez’s squad has had some attrition issues lately. Ironically, they fell off Team Marx via the same tactic Cotezz had tried to get them there in the first place. Sandy’s plan has been to primary old school Dems with young commies, but a few of the citizens seem to have lost interest in that. … Read more
Minnesota governor and former vice presidential candidate Tim Walz said: Once I had my own children, it became so clear to me. And I think it made me a really good teacher, that that child who came through the door was somebody’s most special thing in their life. Thinking of a parent dressing their little … Read more
If you read my 8 AM post this morning, you’ll know I don’t make resolutions at New Year’s because the idea behind them is part of my everyday. That does not diminish the opportunity to use the cultural paradigm of a calendar flip to leverage improvements among bad actors, be it misfeasance or malfeasance. I’m … Read more
In 2024, the Green Mountain State saw education costs, aka property taxes, rise more than 13%. All while academic performance continued to decline. The 13% rise could have been higher had the tax rate not been bought down with one-time funds. The low staff/student ratio, increased compensation costs, the Legislature’s incentivizing local school spending, and … Read more
New Year’s Eve is the premier alcoholic consumption holiday on the planet (even where it is banned or prohibited). I’ve consumed a few myself in years past, but I declared two things tied to this holiday long ago. First, I don’t like how I feel when tipsy, so I don’t drink enough to get there … Read more