After two years of litigation, the Bow, New Hampshire, school district has finally admitted that it violated the free speech rights of parents who wore wristbands bearing the letters “XX” to support their daughters during a soccer game. The controversy arose when a biological male transgender student played on the opposing team. Parents who believe ... Read more

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This week on The Independents, is the Free State dead? No. Calm down. But maybe stop putting all your eggs in one basket case. On this post-election episode of The Independents, I unpack New Hampshire’s election shakeup, what the school tax-cap vote tells us about voters’ priorities, and where liberty-minded Granite Staters go from here. ... Read more

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The Republican Establishment Missed the Pulse of the People Everyone seems to be looking for someone or something to blame for why New Hampshire went blue. I don’t believe there was one single culprit. I believe it was a perfect storm of contributing factors, both federally and right here in New Hampshire. Perhaps the biggest problem ... Read more

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Vermont took a turn in 2024 but has turned back. Moderate Republican Phil Scott can still veto bills sent to him by his Democrat-led legislature, but it’s unclear whether they will once again achieve veto-proof majorities. The last time that happened, the Dems drove a stake in the heart of the state, and NH Dems ... Read more

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For 30 years, I worked in New Hampshire public education. I asked children to respect the truth, care for their communities, and protect what others had entrusted to them. Today, I wonder whether our public institutions consistently demonstrate those lessons. Ossipee has two stories worth telling together—not because they concern the same property, but because ... Read more

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Trump gave us a Republican defeat in the 2026 Election This week, on The New England Take, A. J. dives into the universal failure of Republicans in state and federal elections, likely due to President Trump, but Democrats better be careful. Is this a mandate or a response to the death of MAGA? Authors’ and ... Read more

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Then allegedly shames them if they didn’t. Before we get into the details, it is my understanding that the situation has been addressed and it won’t happen again, but it did, and that brought up other questions, at least in my mind. So, tell us, Steve, what happened. From my source. A middle school teacher ... Read more

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You can listen to the debates, discussions, explanations, and, oh yes, the excuses, but the bottom line is the Left cleaned our clock on Tuesday. The Republican candidates fought hard, and in most cases were the better person and the more qualified, but the die was cast in the spring when Donald Trump put both ... Read more

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Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither vetted nor “fact-checked,” nor to be considered “research,” or taken seriously, 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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Let me be clear: a “Legislature from Hell 2.0” was never something I wanted, but here we are today, living through the aftermath of a train wreck worse than 2018.  Pundits, analysts, strategists, and talking heads have already begun sharing their thoughts, at the mic and at the keyboard, and obviously will continue doing so ... Read more

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Today, on episode 300 of the Morning Update, yet another example of how democrats destroy everything they touch. A lesson many will watch, after Tuesday’s results, in real time over the next two years, and we need to make sure they learn it … before it gets this bad. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel ... Read more

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After the Red Wave, the Blue Undertow.  About half of the Republican House Red Wave Class of 2024 lost their bids for re-election yesterday, November 3. The once-sturdy 57-vote caucus collapsed to (by VDC’s count) to 38 yesterday in what GOP Chair Paul Dame, in a late-night statement, called part of the nationwide response to ... Read more

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George Washington’s Fatal Prediction “A frightful despotism.” George Washington knew what was coming. His Farewell Address, published on September 19, 1796, in the American Daily Advertiser, wasn’t just a retirement notice. It was a dire warning against things like skyrocketing debt and entangling foreign alliances. But his sharpest, most prophetic warnings were about political parties ... Read more

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Trump got Greenland after everyone- the EU, Greenland, and Denmark said no. It’s done. We’ve not only agreed to terms; Greenland’s lawmakers voted to seal the deal. ILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) — Greenlandic lawmakers on Tuesday voted to approve an agreement between the Arctic island, Denmark and the United States to strengthen security in the Arctic ... Read more

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Brownstone Institute In the same way that medieval kings seized any excuse to invade neighboring countries, today’s politicians perennially seek pretexts to further invade citizens’ lives. And there is never a shortage of intellectuals who, like the courtiers long ago, assure their masters that God — or at least social science — blesses their aggression. ... Read more

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School violated their First Amendment rights: District bound by court to allow peaceful sideline protest. We seem to be closing NH cases this week. On Nov. 4th, we reported on the settlement of a viewpoint discrimination case involving some ‘Grok authors and the City of Nashua. Today, the Institute for Speech announced that the Bow ... Read more

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The next two years will probably be bad for New Hampshire and America, but should be good for Republicans. Being exiled in places where the GOP always had a reliable majority is cathartic. All those displaced state reps will also have time to keep tabs on their political opponents as we advance toward the 2028 ... Read more

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Dear Representative Scherr, Thank you for your Op-Ed in “In Depth New Hampshire.” Unfortunately, not only is the Supreme Court’s statement on Dianne Martin incorrect, but the JCC’s statement of October 28, 2026 regarding Anna Barbara Hantz-Marconi is also incorrect. That statement says that Anna Barbara Hantz-Marconi returned to the Supreme Court in October 2025 but ... Read more

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Today, on the Morning Update, we have to talk about this one: an old angry liberal man (OALM?) slaps an 18-year-old TPUSA poll worker across the face on Election Day. In Laconia, NH. The story went wide and fast. There are plenty of lessons there, especially after the beating Republicans just took. Watch on the ... Read more

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Wherever you look in our founding documents, speeches, or correspondence, you find the idea that happiness comes from acquiring and enjoying the fruits of one’s labor, and from the conditions of limited government that make it possible. Article 2 of the New Hampshire Constitution, minus the unnecessary addition of characteristics like sex or skin color ... Read more

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