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Ann Kuster heads out the door of the US Capitol (for the last time as a member of Congress) with what shall be, in our opinion, the defining moment of her tenure. Her lasting legacy. Context? ‘Annie’ voted not to deport illegal alien sex offenders. And I’m betting that Anne Kuster would be very happy … Read more
There were a lot of surprises on the morning of November 6th, 2024. The Democrats lost the US House, the US Senate, and the Oval Office, and the abortion issue was unable to overshadow the problems plaguing regular Americans. If Democrats can’t win with abortion, what are they going to do? It didn’t work in … Read more
Today we learned that the first year of the 169th General Court is up and running. Committee assignments have been made, members have been seated, bills have been submitted, and the House today adopted a bunch of new House Rules and voted down a bunch of others. Oh, and new license plates were issued to … Read more
In the book Crisis and Leviathan, libertarian thinker Robert Higgs pointed out that the state uses crises to ratchet up its power and control over citizens. With each new “crisis” – often directly or indirectly caused by the state itself – government grows and our freedom shrinks. The root cause of the September 11, 2001 … Read more
GrokTALK is back, and I have Ian and Jody Underwood lined up to talk about education freedom accounts, Public ed in New Hampshire, and so on. We were going to record on Monday evening, but I was incapacitated. I cannot speak (at least not clearly), so talking to anyone for an hour was out of … Read more
Following the seismic gains Vermont Republicans made in the state senate last November, shifting the partisan balance in the body from 7-23 to 13-17, Republican Randy Brock (R-Franklin) is making a bid to be Senate President Pro Tem which, if successful, would oust the current holder of that position, Philip Baruth (D/P-Chittenden). This is good … Read more
We’ve heard stories about transplant and other patients being denied care for refusing a COVID-19 injection in the past. It was wrong then, and it’s wrong now. But not at Dartmouth Hitchcock. It is reportedly denied a life-saving transplant to a patient (Dec 23, 2024) because she never received a COVID-19 injection. Yes, in 2025. … Read more
The Medal of Freedom is the highest award given to civilians for the best and brightest of our country. These medals are for contributions that contribute to the betterment of America. The people who receive the Medal of Freedom deserve a thank you from every American. Joe Biden has destroyed the spirit and value of … Read more
If their duty, their honor, and their oaths will not bind them, let us not put into their hands our liberty and all our other great interests.” These are the powerful words of Gouverneur Morris, the “Penman of the Constitution” and author of its preamble. Morris did not mince words during the Philadelphia Convention of … Read more
And ideological ones as well. I would think that Lloyd Alter, a former architect, entrepreneur, and professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, would better grasp small and large numbers and how they interplay for setting Contexts. Yes, with a capital “C” as he, along with many other Eco-Socialists, continuously try to use “small number anecdotes” to … Read more
Just days before Christmas, we followed up on the 197 missing votes in Windham originally reported back in November. Observers from the Secretary of State’s Office had released a report on their experience but made no mention of the difference between the number of ballots and the number of votes. Tom Murray and Ken Eyring … Read more
This government “will swallow the liberties of the people, without giving them previous notice.” That’s one of many stark warnings Patrick Henry gave us in 1788. In a series of fiery speeches during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, he laid out some of the most powerful anti-Federalist arguments against the Constitution. He predicted all kinds of abuses … Read more
The Bow School District (Bow) tried to get away with intimidating parents and denying them their constitutional rights, and the Concord Monitor (CM) attempted to provide air cover. Ann Marie Banfield visited this on Sunday. Bow thinks it can suppress the constitutional right to peaceful protest. The School District is in a court battle and … Read more
At this point, President Joe Biden — the absent president, the ghost president — could only salvage a snippet of his legacy if he awarded John Daly with the Presidential Medal of Freedom and decreed that henceforth, every summer will be “White Boy Summer.” Biden, instead, is handing out participation trophies for some of the … Read more
The silent crisis of the United Nations continues to move our nation into world government. Nevertheless, it is respected and protected by “deep state” control of government and the legacy media. Why is UN danger ignored? The UN is based on an ideology that the government is the grantor of human rights. It is the … Read more
Then it Became Condescending and Orwellian So “Bard” was one of the names for Google’s earlier Artificial Intelligence forays, and I decided, given what others were doing then, to “test” it a bit. The common complaint, back in its early days (otherwise called January 2024), was that it would not answer direct questions asked by … Read more
Welcome to the premier episode of Granite State Live! with Keith Hanson and Terese Bastarche! Live every Tuesday from 7-9 pm ET and replayed here on GraniteGrok.com/Grok Facebook/Grok X This Week: Be part of the program with live call-ins, video call-ins or via email IN studio audio issue gets resolved: jump to min 4 and … Read more
From my perch and particular time in life, there has been this continuing growth of a fundamental absence, an essence that was practically universal during our Founding. More concerning is that this missing link has become ingrained within portions of our elected leaders. Specifically, what’s missing is a basic love of country, which entails the … Read more
This will be our 5th piece on a proposed NH House Rule Change (over just three days). The change, as explained to us, would allow committees to table any bill, meaning no public hearing. Save time and streamline. Eliminate redundancy. That was the plan, and everyone I’ve since heard was on board. It had bi-partisan … Read more
In the most significant act of Vice President Harris’s term, she declared Donald J. Trump the victor of the November election and the 47th President of the United States. Trump is the man who rose from political death, overcame a legal assault by Joe Biden’s Justice Department, and an all-out assault by a biased media … Read more