Tuesday • April 21 • 2026
Vol.XVIII • No.XVII
Manchester, N.H.
Iran’s IRGC is in it for the long haul, while America thinks in the short term, and politicians must face a quickly bored public. As the dust settles over the ruins of IRGC headquarters and the smoke clears from the latest round of precision strikes, a dangerous narrative is taking root in Washington. The narrative ... Read more
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The Democrats love to claim that they are the keepers of Democracy and that they are the Party of the working class. Maybe they were 60 years ago, though it seems like some of the senior Dems have been in office since the Kennedy years; they could not be more removed from my parents’ Democrat ... Read more
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This week, on GrokTALK!, we share a great piece by Michal Doran at Tablet Mag, fisking and debunking the Left’s “Iran myths” and Mr. Maggie Goodlander (Jake Sullivan’s) left-wing approved disinformation campaign. There was a plan, and it’s clear as day if you aren’t befuddled by your TDS. We lay it out, follow Doran’s logic ... Read more
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I am responsible for a flurry of recent content on wealth taxes. Rich Democrats like to play class warfare games, using emotion, envy, not of them, but of the other rich people. It’s an easy move, though not typically as effective in America, but it has found more traction on the left thanks to years ... Read more
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✅ CALL TO ACTION – LAST CHANCE TO PROTECT WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRETuesday, April 21, 2026This is it. “Strong Support for HB 1217, HB 1299 & HB 1447 – Protect Biological Reality” The Governor has already vetoed these bills twice. Next week is the final public hearing before they go back to the full ... Read more
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Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither “fact-checked” nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more
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The Real Obsession Is Erasing Women’s Rights and Denying Biological Reality “She calls parents and lawmakers’ obsessed with a ‘tiny minority'” for wanting single-sex bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports — while New Hampshire schools are under federal Title IX investigation for letting boys into girls’ spaces, a Rochester teen films himself in the girls’ restroom, ... Read more
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Today, on the Morning Update, as the midterms loom, it is more important than ever to understand that the Left’s COVID tyranny and the deployment of the so-called vaccines weren’t some one-time flex. That era didn’t create its model for one-party rule; it exposed it. [Transcript provided below] Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if ... Read more
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Last year, Cornerstone led the charge on New Hampshire’s Right to Try law, protecting access to cutting-edge treatments for the terminally ill. Now we are proud to endorse HB 1735, which represents a generational opportunity to make New Hampshire the premier destination in America for cutting-edge innovation, promote medical freedom, and serve patients in need. From ... Read more
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Many Vermont Democrats are giddy over the prospect of a genuinely competitive opponent to take on Phil Scott for the first time in 10 years: Aly Richards. All I can say is, it’s cute that you think that. While I’ll buy that Richards is likely to put up a better show than Esther Charlestin or ... Read more
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In this episode of Scriptura with Josh Barnes (sorry, not live), is Jesus strong enough to overcome evil? Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Disagree, agree, Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit Op-Eds ... Read more
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We’ve shared stories about cities, states, and nations forced to pay so-called renewable providers for this or that. Taxpayers paid subsidies to get them built, and subsidized them to make the price appear reasonable. Taxpayers pay extra in taxes, licensing, fees, fines, and the rest to feed that beast, on top of the price they ... Read more
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The Turkish Republic no longer functions as a sovereign state; it operates as a family-run arms bazaar. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has forged a throne out of shrapnel and drone circuitry, turning the machinery of war into a private ATM for his inner circle. Erdoğan has transformed Turkey from a mere NATO outpost into a global ... Read more
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I’m not sure what the East-Kingston and Kenisington School Boards want to keep hidden so badly, but they are spending a lot of tax dollars on legal fees to keep it that way. Taxpayers proposed a warrant article to create a non-taxpayer-funded committee to explore ways to save taxpayers’ money. The school budget is out ... Read more
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Washington has a choice this tax season: build on policies that are already driving business investment and wage growth or return to the uncertainty that has long held employers back. As millions of Americans finalize their tax returns, the real-world impact of recent pro-growth tax reforms is coming into focus and so is the risk ... Read more
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Of the 2 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 34 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 11 and opposition of 2 with 0 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oppose | HB1010 | (New Title) relative to multi-family residential development on commercially zoned land. | Commerce | Tue 4/21 | 9:30 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill: I. Permits municipalities to allow multi-family dwelling units on commercially zoned land, subject to the local planning board confirming the infrastructure is adequate. II. Authorizes the local planning board to deny applications to build multi-family dwelling units on commercially zoned land in certain circumstances. III. Removes the ability for municipalities to provide an exception for requirements relative to the conversion of structures into multi-family dwelling units, and replaces such exception to permit the waiver of requirements so long as the converted dwelling unit is not altered to further violate zoning dimensional requirements. |
| Support | HB1079 | allowing accessory dwelling units to be built within or attached to certain non-conforming structures. | Commerce | Tue 4/21 | 10:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill expands the definition of accessory dwelling units to allow them to be built within nonconforming structures. |
| Support | HB1681 | relative to the definition, inspection, and local approval of tiny houses and yurts as innovative housing structures. | Commerce | Tue 4/21 | 10:30 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes standards for innovative housing structures, including tiny houses, tiny houses on wheels, and yurts, authorizes their use as single-family or accessory dwellings, sets construction, inspection, and off-site manufacturing requirements, provides for municipal property tax assessment, regulates transportation, and directs related rulemaking under the state building code and wastewater and modular building statutes. |
| Oppose | HB1112 | (New Title) relative to snow removal responsibilities in lease agreements. | Commerce | Tue 4/21 | 10:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill, with respect to tenancies, establishes the responsibility for the removal of snow and ice in certain scenarios. |
| Support | HB1295 | relative to eligibility requirements for charitable and nonprofit housing projects. | Commerce | Tue 4/21 | 11:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill restricts eligibility requirements for charitable, nonprofit housing project tax exemptions. |
| Support | HB1374 | relative to the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district. | Education | Tue 4/21 | 9:25 AM | SL Room Map Room | This bill modifies the procedure for withdrawal from a cooperative school district to allow a majority of voters in a single withdrawing district to elect to withdraw. The bill also clarifies that a supermajority of voters in the withdrawing district voting in favor of withdrawal shall constitute conclusive evidence of the withdrawal of the district. |
| Support | HB1268 | (New Title) modifying the structure and administration of home education programs. | Education | Tue 4/21 | 9:45 AM | SL Room Map Room | This bill: I. Replaces the current framework for home education programs in New Hampshire by modifying the definitions, administration, and requirements of such programs. II. Establishes a parental right to home education for his or her own child, and a right to maintain privacy in information related to the administration of their home education program. III. Establishes personal liability for any person who knowingly makes a report that alleges abuse or neglect predominantly on the basis that a child is home educated, and authorizes a right of private of action for such aggrieved families. IV. Removes cross-references to both the previous framework for home education programs and considerations of education in the assessment of child neglect. V. Directs the state board of education to repeal certain administrative rules relative to the prior framework. |
| Support | HB1195 | relative to municipal zoning requirements for child day care providers. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 4/21 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 122-123 | This bill defines child care centers for purposes of local zoning requirements and provides that, with limited exception, municipalities shall allow the operation of a child care center by right on commercially zoned land provided that the center is in compliance with child care licensing requirements of the department of health and human services. |
| Oppose | SB523 | (New Title) establishing a commission to study the implementation of a residential builder registration system. | Housing | Tue 4/21 | 10:00 AM | GP Room 231 | This bill establishes a commission to study the implementation of a residential builder registration system |
| Support | HB1124 | relative to the right to compute. | Judiciary | Tue 4/21 | 1:20 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes the right to compute act. |
| Support | HB1217 | permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. | Judiciary | Tue 4/21 | 1:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill permits the public and private classification of individuals based on biological sex in multi-user lavatory facilities and in athletic competitions where biological males have a competitive advantage. The bill also establishes that these forms of separation based on biological sex do not qualify as discrimination. |
| Support | HB1299 | permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances and establishing that certain biological sex distinctions do not qualify as discrimination. | Judiciary | Tue 4/21 | 1:40 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill: I. Permits classification of individuals based on biological sex in lavatory facilities and locker rooms, sporting competitions, and detention facilities. II. Establishes that such forms of separation based on biological sex do not qualify as discrimination. III. Requires instrumentalities of state or local government that classify lavatory facilities based on biological sex also provide a single occupancy bathroom which may be used by all regardless of biological sex or gender identity. |
| Support | HB1447 | restricting the use of certain public and private facilities on the basis of sex and establishing that such restriction does not qualify as discrimination. | Judiciary | Tue 4/21 | 1:50 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill: I. Defines the term “sex” within statutory construction. II. Requires the state of New Hampshire and all political subdivisions of the state to adopt policies that classify the use of restrooms, locker rooms, changing areas, and sleeping quarters by sex. III. Authorizes private entities to adopt the same policies relative to biological sex, and establishes that all public or private policies adopted pursuant to the section shall not constitute discrimination. |
| Support | HB155 | reducing the rate of the business enterprise tax. | Ways and Means | Wed 4/22 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 122-123 | This bill reduces the rate of the business enterprise tax for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2027. |
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In a recent installment of the Morning Update, the subject was conversion therapy and the transgender agenda. I identified the issue as finding a path to align the mind with the body and the mind with the real world. That’s what you would do if your agenda were wellness and happiness, because it is incredibly ... Read more
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Spring in Washington usually brings cherry blossoms, warmer weather, and a familiar reminder that Congress has a habit of taking on more than it can neatly resolve. This year is no different. What stands out is how much is moving at once, and how much now depends on Republicans keeping their strategy aligned with President ... Read more
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This week, on NE TAKE, A. J. hits the latest headlines: NHFPI being Democrat shills, New Hampshire Representative Ellen Read in trouble, and the latest parental disclosure bill. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Disagree, agree, Got Something ... Read more
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Maine missed the message, but that’s okay; it probably can’t get there from here. Americans, including some who live in blue states, are rejecting rank choice voting. I know, they call it ranked, but I call it rank, because it stinks. I know that because lots of Democrats want it, which means it is bad ... Read more
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