Late last week, Congress passed, and President Trump signed the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill marks the first time the US military budget officially passed the one trillion dollar mark. Of course, when you add in other military-related spending, such as interest on the debt, veterans’ affairs, and military components of other ... Read more

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This week on GrokTALK! [Rewind] What happened to the word “conservatism”? The Neocons and RINOs wear it like a skin suit, muddying not just its meaning but how the world views people who claim to be conservative. What does it mean, what are its goals, and can we get there from here? Originally aired Jun ... Read more

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I can’t say for how long Somali fraud schemes will dominate searches in the real world. That would be, ironically, the internet world, which can tend to be more surreal than real. The supposed media isn’t doing any heavy lifting on these stories if they lift anything at all. Locally, WMUR, News 9, has zero ... Read more

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Nashua’s Weaponized Decorum In Nashua, the definition of “civility” is not a fixed principle; it is a sliding scale that depends entirely on who holds the microphone. On August 26, 2021, I used a single vulgar word during a public meeting to describe a City Attorney’s conduct. My frustration was the culmination of a seven-month ... Read more

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Welcome to the last Monday Memes of 2026. No celebration. No best of. That’s be too difficult, since the value of a meme is in the eye of the beholder. Instead, we’ll do what Monday Memes does best. Share more memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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If U.S. states were companies that traded on the stock market, the only New England state with a “buy” rating would probably be New Hampshire.  Massachusetts could be called “Big Blue,” the tradition-bound leader cruising on its prior reputation, but falling behind smaller upstarts that have embraced innovation and rapid growth.  New Hampshire would be ... Read more

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Today on the Morning Update, part two of the series exploring and exposing fascism as a decidedly left-wing ideology. Links: Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit Op-Eds to steve@granitegrok.com Please ... Read more

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While Christians the world over look to the celebration as a way to remember the incarnation of Christ, some dismiss it as a Christianized version of the ancient Rome’s Saturnalia. Whatever one’s view happens to be, I humbly suggest that it ought to be used by Christians and non-Christians alike as a reflection upon a collision ... Read more

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Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas says her office is moving to close a regulatory gap that has limited law enforcement’s ability to address suspected human trafficking at massage parlors across the state. Speaking with VDC in an impromptu interview in Montpelier on Tuesday, Dec. 23, Copeland Hanzas said authorities have raised concerns about ... Read more

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This week on the Elsa Kurt Show, we invited part of the Taylor Jean crew aboard the show to share how a handful of friends—bankers, builders, and tinkerers—built one of the most respected teams on the offshore tournament circuit. The story starts with a seasick freshwater angler who fell in love under a sky full ... Read more

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The Black Lives Matter movement was a massive money laundering operation that got a lot of people excited about doing things that didn’t improve black lives beyond leadership. The lives at the top got rich and moved into white neighborhoods. Everyone else got angry and divisive. In the end, black lives were lost, and some ... Read more

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For years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been playing a long game on American soil. While the regime chants “Death to America” in the streets of Tehran, their ideological foot soldiers have been quietly embedding themselves in the ivory towers of our universities. But at the University of Arkansas, the mask hasn’t just slipped – it ... Read more

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Finally, a Fourteenth Amendment challenge makes it to our Supreme Court! This is in line with my long-held belief against these birthright citizenship rulings, which reward every lawbreaker whoseeks for her child to be born in “the land of plenty.” What should have been a Congress-enacted, time-restricted law, ensuring all the rights and freedoms of ... Read more

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Growing up in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in the 50’s and 60’s was a very early education in the impact of various nationalities and religions on a community. There were no walls or boundaries, but each nationality had its own unique section of the city with ethnic grocery stores and churches named after its patron saints. I, ... Read more

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I have been the beneficiary of praise over the years for being able to produce content like sh!t through a goose. That’s not to say it doesn’t come out the same way when I’ve his schedule or publish, simply that there are times when the conjunction of “what should I write about” and the finished ... Read more

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A very respected Granite Stater made an intriguing comment about a member of the Senate that I was complaining about.  However, this tipster did not want to be identified and refused to answer any questions related to the tip.  I spent some time considering how I could learn more without exposing the informant, so I ... Read more

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This week, on NE Take, Ambassador Francis Rooney joins the show to discuss the importance of the Catholic Church, where it is going under Pope Leo XIV, and his connection to the first American pope. Afterwards, A. J. and Dexter talk about Sargon of Akkad’s recent reflections on the future of “liberalism.” Speakers’ opinions are ... Read more

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The Left’s war against children took a tiny hit recently when a North Carolina County took an unusual step. The Library board had just dismissed concerns from parents and taxpayers about an inappropriate book in the children’s section. In Randolph County, North Carolina, the public library’s board of trustees voted to keep a child grooming ... Read more

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How the 1968 BAR Merger Subverted New Hampshire’s Legislative Will and Entrenched Judicial Corruption In the preceding installments of this series, we’ve peeled back the layers of New Hampshire’s judicial system, revealing a web of self-serving machinations that have transformed what should be a bastion of justice into a tool for elite control. From the ... Read more

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Somalis are getting a lot of much-needed attention in places like Minnesota and Maine, where they’ve walked off with billions in taxpayer dollars through coordinated acts of fraud. If they were wearing MAGA hats and voting for Republicans, Democrats would be outraged. There would be congressional investigations, criminal charges, lots of negative coverage from their ... Read more

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