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OPINION: My Breakfast With Claude

With Claude (Anthropic) — in genuine collaboration with a human who had all the ideas. A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — March 2026 Two articles landed in the queue before the bacon was finished. Both were about artificial intelligence. All were unsettling to varying degrees. The only way to make the morning bearable, … Read more

The Independents

The Independents: Liberty Forum Recap

This week, on The Independents, join Carla Gericke for a lively recap of the Free State Project’s Liberty Forum—one of the best gatherings of pro-liberty thinkers and doers in the country. What were the biggest ideas, moments, and takeaways from this year’s event? Plus, get a preview of what’s ahead for the 23rd Annual Porcupine … Read more

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MACDONALD: Disenfranchised Voters

The professional Proglodytes doing business as elected Democrats and their media moron allies have been working overtime to paint the SAVE ACT as a thing that will disenfranchise “voters.” I know, what do you mean, another SAVE ACT Post? Sorry, I thought I’d take a different angle on it than last time. The Donkey party … Read more

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Friday meme Thing

It’s the end of the week, and time to clean up all the extra memes that are lying around this place. Thanks again to Deb, Matt, Brian, and David, who provide the bulk of these things so you can enjoy them. Unless you are a lib or a RINO, then enjoy is the wrong word. … Read more

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CLOUDFLARE Issue Update

Some Brave and Edge Browser users have been encountering a security conflict. You can bypass it by right-clicking and opening the Grok link in private or incognito mode, but we’ve been trying to solve this. It keeps some readers from accessing content, and may have a solution. From my web developer. At the browser level, … Read more

3-13-26 Morning update

Morning Update: Is The NEA a Terrorist Organization?

Today on the Morning Update, Teachers Unions don’t represent teachers and haven’t for a very long time. Maybe ever. And they are sort of kind of admitting it. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Ep. 127 Link(s) Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent … Read more

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CLINE: Prospect of Open Enrollment Is Already Prompting Talk of Improving Public Schools’ Appeal

A bill to create universal open enrollment for New Hampshire public schools is already prompting school boards to consider marketing their districts to families. And the bill hasn’t passed either chamber of the Legislature yet. Senate Bill 101, sponsored by Sen. Tim Lang, R-Sanbornton, would require all school districts to “establish an open enrollment policy … Read more

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Right Side Up: Ed Reform Issues

This week on Right Side Up, Alison and I discuss Act 73 issues, Medicaid data requests from the Feds, and some miscellaneous bills in the legislature. You Can Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok … Read more

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MACDONALD: Cornyn’s Pitch to End Filibuster [Updated]

Just the other day I opined on the notion that the Republican Primary between Paxton and Cornyn was becoming a bargaining chip to get some stuff out of the US Senate. Since then, both Trump and Paxton have come out saying that Republicans have to ditch the filibuster and pass the SAVE ACT. No pauses, … Read more

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SMITH: Pretend-Republicans Harpoon Right to Work

HB1704, aka Right to Work, was the last bill of the day when the House met yesterday, and a Dem moved to indefinitely postpone it.  He got his way, 177-159, with the help of 20 accomplices that pretend to be Republicans.  Out of those 20 rogues, half of them are ENEMIES OF 91A, a serious … Read more

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COLQUHOUN: The Ongoing Fight for Open Government in New Hampshire

For many years, I heard references to “Sunshine Week” without understanding what it truly represented. I assumed it was simply a New Hampshire expression signaling the arrival of spring. Only later did I learn that it stands for something far more significant, something that has become personally very important to me. When I purchased my … Read more

3-12-26 Morning update

Morning Update: Shut The ‘F’ Up!

We’ve all been saying what Gene Simmons just said for years. That being a wealthy, connected Entertainer doesn’t make you an expert on anything but your art, and no one should care what you think about politics. If the embedded video does not load, you can watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel Ep.126 Link(s) Authors’ … Read more

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PAYNE: A Journey From the Classroom to Civil War

Will our school children cause a communist takeover of our nation? As in the 1930s, today this question would probably be ridiculed.  What makes Americans so vulnerable in this hate-filled climate? Revolution starts in the mind.  Consider Minnesota, which was once the rural Christian home of Little House on the Prairie, an example of rugged … Read more

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MACDONALD: Temp Data Totalitarianism

Anthony Watts became famous for and has since run one of the most widely popular websites in the virtual world. Watts Up With That cut its teeth on a scandal of global temperature reporting. All that warming the Marxist-Globalist Cabal was citing to rob us blind and make us dependent on their energy whimsy was … Read more

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