New Hampshire’s “live free or die” motto expresses a core value deeply embedded in our culture and our government. People who cherish freedom don’t need large government. They don’t to impose their beliefs with a book of codes enforced by the point of a sword.  That’s what unfree societies do.  These reflections come to mind ... Read more

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Watching the left lose its hive mind over Trump’s $5000.00 midterm convention “election bribe” is not just predictable but hilarious. We have no idea what he means, where it might come from, how it might manifest, or whether he’s serious. A check, a tax rebate or credit, an in-pocket real-world benefit courtesy of the invisible ... Read more

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Rep. Laura Sibilia, I-Dover, lead sponsor of campaign advertising legislation that became law this year, has filed a complaint asking the Vermont Attorney General’s Office to determine whether paid advertisements by Americans for Prosperity during the 2026 election cycle are subject to state campaign-finance or lobbying disclosure laws. The social media advertisements criticize Vermont lawmakers ... Read more

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Charlie Kirk argued in the open. A year later, his accusers still work in the dark. They came at night. Three days after we marked one year since Charlie Kirk was murdered on a campus, someone walked up to the new bronze outside Turning Point headquarters in Phoenix and tried to kill him again. Red ... Read more

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Today, in the morning update, anti-Flock outrage has become bipartisan, but for entirely different reasons. People on the right want privacy and protections from the capricious surveillance state, while people on the left…don’t want the Feds, or local police, seeing or finding their criminals, foreign or domestic. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the ... Read more

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$39,721.24, and the Records Nashua Still Hasn’t Produced A new Right-to-Know lawsuit raises questions about figures presented to Nashua’s Board of Aldermen and why the records needed to verify them remain outstanding. TL;DR: If you do not follow Nashua government closely, you may not know the name Matthew Sullivan. Sullivan is Nashua’s Director of Community ... Read more

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Twenty-five years later, I still remember the beautiful morning, the burning towers, the strangers, the children, the smell, the silence—and the people who refused to stop looking for the lost. I Will Never Forget: September 11, 2001 Twenty-five years later, I can still remember exactly how beautiful that morning was. It was bright. Clear. Sunny. ... Read more

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Back in the Saddle? This week on GrokTALK! GraniteGrok.com co-founder Skip Murphy joins me to talk about getting back to the ‘Grok, with some chit-chat about what’s kept him away, AI data center outrage, Lindsey Clancy culture, and whatever tangents we end up on in the process. 00:00 Reintroduction of Skip Murphy02:03 The Impact of ... Read more

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In May of 2025, I dropped my first piece on the rising tide of assisted suicide in the United Kingdom. A bill had been proposed to legalize the practice of physician-assisted death (or variations of the same) with the appropriate amount of government “oversight.” Appropriate here means the health system is run by the government, ... Read more

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When an untrained reader sees the words “Tuna Tuesday,” s/he might be thinking of standing menu items, like Friday Fish, Saturday Beans & Franks, or Wednesday Prince Spaghetti Day.  That’s ok, but some background is in order, especially for readers who are not “cat people,” but first, congratulations to future “Rep. Mr. Carson” for being ... 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. Special shout-out to Matt, Laura, Deb, Keith, and everyone who keeps the meme folder full. Without them and the rest of you ... Read more

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Politics should not be an emotional arena. There should be opposing policies and views, debate, compromise, and results – hopefully in the best interest of the people. The two things that can stir emotion, even anger, are insincerity and outright lying. Both of these are associated with Congresswoman Sandy Cortez far too frequently, and it ... Read more

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Today, on the Morning Update, Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC Rollercoaster is back in the news, but are new rumors of the show’s impending demise premature? If not, what’s the late-night proglodyte prepared to do to keep it? Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. Ep 261 Links: Authors’ and Speakers’ ... Read more

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Anne Edwards’ appointment to a commission on access to justice? It’s amazing what PR can do for justice in NH to forget the past when it comes to Anne Edwards: Rep. Kelley Potenza gave an excellent argument as to why Anne Edwards should never have been appointed as a judge at all.  See this opposition ... Read more

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A Review Rainer Zitelmann has built a career making the case for capitalism against its cultured despisers, and in this book he turns that project skyward. The argument is straightforward and, once stated, almost obvious: space is not primarily a government achievement that private enterprise has recently colonized, it is the other way around. The state involvement ... Read more

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Not many people ascend to the level of an American hero upon their premature demise.  The list of our nation’s political assassinations turned national martyrs is short yet distinguished: September, 10th, marked the one-year anniversary of Charlie’s untimely assassination while doing what he felt called to, namely speaking to a crowd of college students, challenging ... Read more

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Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this one. Statistically, the majority of those who died on 9/11 in New York City were probably Democrats. Some of them were rich Democrats. Maybe even old-school Democrats, the sort who would have objected to the brash, youthful, and open embrace of Socialism and anti-Americanism that dominates the young ... Read more

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Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.  December 7, 1941 proved America’s vulnerability.  Our Presidents mostly ignored Muslim terror attacks so we suffered the World Trade Center attack and 9/11/2001.   The lesson: believe and stop an enemy who hates you, attacks and kills your people, declares its intent to destroy you, and ... Read more

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Sorry for the delay from Part III (here are Part 1 and Part 2), but I need to let you know that I started this process to get this little Foster guy the Special Education services that he needed AND WHICH ARE MANDATED BY LAW that the District of Liability (“DoL”) shall provide to him. ... Read more

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I remember driving around with my Dad, and the AM radio was tuned to 850 WHDH. Dad loved that station because it featured a lot of Jazz programming. I recall most news reports ended with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), and back in the day, that’s the 1960s, to be more specific-it hovered around ... Read more

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