New York’s likely election of Zohran Mamdani to the mayor’s office offers a lesson —and not just to New Yorkers. The rise of Marxist, totalitarian socialists into positions of power has a similar effect across the world and throughout time. It is the template of modern civilization. Those who can leave do, taking their intellectual ... Read more

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Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has become the latest craze in public education. Promoted as a way to help students manage emotions and build empathy, SEL is now a packaged product sold by education vendors—complete with online platforms that collect data on every child who participates in Tier 1 of the Multi Tiered System of ... Read more

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Welcome to November, the day after the day we set the clocks back an hour, and say hello to something that never changes. Monday Memes. Except that they are different memes, I mean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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After receiving the full ESSER I, II, and III expenditure files, I’ve completed a detailed and source-cited analysis of Nashua’s COVID-era funding, current fiscal management, and the broader demographic trends that have been repeatedly ignored. What emerges is a pattern of short-term financial decisions, politicized narratives, and resistance to data-driven planning that has left taxpayers ... Read more

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Today, on the Morning Update, we have some more details about that “health care” for illegals the Democrats are yapping about. If we read this right, it’ll probably make you mad enough to call a US Senator. Check this out. Ref Links: Dr. Oz: https://x.com/DrOzCMS/status/1984249538731745687 https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-admin-probe-finds-democrat-states-spent-over-1b-in-medicaid-funds-on-illegal-aliens-my-team-is-getting-it-back/ Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/states-offering-health-coverage-undocumented-migrants-2077861 Speakers’ opinions are their own and may ... Read more

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I’m sure it’s common knowledge that the reason for smaller grocery stores(Sully’s, IGA, Harvester, Jeannotte’s, etc.) being more expensive than their big box competition is that they are not going to sell 100 of (insert everyday item here) each day to make that discount price sustainable.  Living in the exurbs, my early memories include my ... Read more

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It is a widely accepted opinion that the radical left wing of the Democratic Party is manipulating the government shutdown. This does not mean that you will see them at the podium dictating terms to end the shutdown, but it does mean that the left wing is terrorizing the pillars of the Party and forcing ... Read more

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What’s Breaking America’s Politics This week on the Elsa Kurt show, we push past the Halloween jokes and dive into a week where a machine-signed signature could void pardons, a shutdown strangles paychecks, and a new AI encyclopedia challenges who writes the record. Along the way, we weigh a fractured Democratic Party, NYC’s high-stakes race, ... Read more

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Like clockwork, it is once again time to talk about Daylight Saving Time. And why the heck not? You just moved the clocks back an hour to Eastern Standard Time—the time it’s supposed to be. And maybe you managed to milk that extra hour for something or not. I wake up an hour earlier and ... Read more

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Oh, Baseball World Series time again! Seventy years ago, baseball was America’s favorite pastime.   As little boys, on our way home from school, we ran to the Chevy dealership on Delaware Avenue in Wilmington, Delaware, to watch the game. Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Moose Skowron were the stars we hoped to see win ... Read more

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Think of the Dos Equis guy because I don’t always agree with Osborne, but when I do, it’s because he said something good.  In a recent tweet, he said, “Anyone else wonder why all the attention on the SNAP corporate welfare program and not the federal workers who are furloughed or working without pay?”  I’ve ... Read more

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The idea that Democrats care about anything or anyone but themselves, and that does not include regular, everyday, registered Democrats, is absurd. Nothing they do or care about ends up improving their lives, care, or safety—quite the opposite. You may remember the deaths of a family by a foreign-born trucker who failed his written exam ten times. ... Read more

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I have found this recent government shutdown to be the most frustrating period in all my years of following politics. This current shutdown is not a situation that can be negotiated, for what the Democrats want is not open to discussion by the Republicans. The Democrats believe they have the leverage in this tug-of-war, and ... Read more

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The groomers and pedophiles have been allowed to spool out more than enough rhetorical rope… I started a research project last month, during which I suffered through the intolerable nonsense of a series of websites listing banned books in the United States. I won’t share the links because the internet age affords you tools to ... Read more

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There is a state law that says New Hampshire has to be the first primary in the presidential election process. This means that no matter when another state sets its primary date, New Hampshire has to set one earlier. You can say what you like, but NH has made it a statutory requirement that we ... Read more

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This week on NE Take, Editor-in-Chief Chris Thompson of The Granite Eagle breaks down what they do, why Chris stepped away from the New Hampshire Union Leader, and the future of Republican Politics after Trump.  Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or ... Read more

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Scott Brown and John E. Sununu have something in common. They both appear to be deeply despised by factions of the eclectic New Hampshire Republican Party. More specifically, the libertarians who choose to run as Republicans (“Liberty Reps”) despise Brown, while MAGA-Republicans (populists) despise Sununu. Here is what a libertarian-influencer thinks of former Senator Brown: ... Read more

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In this uplifting episode of the Ever-Living Podcast, hosts Xindi, Jason, and Jessica recap New Hampshire Right to Life’s highly successful annual banquet, which drew a record number of students and honored faithful pro-life leaders. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or ... Read more

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The old adage about playing “good cop, bad cop” to elicit a result offers a metaphorical counterpart in an ongoing challenge to EPA approval processes for new chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Enacted during President Trump’s first administration to impose stricter oversight of new chemicals, TSCA may be defanged under his current ... Read more

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The Climate Cult’s entirely faith-based dogma, which includes the computer model Psalms, Book of Algore, and the Hockey Stick Scriptures of Mann (from which Mann Made Global Warming is derived). It fits the framework of a mythology (in every spiritual sense). Nothing about it has to be right because belief is based on faith, and ... Read more

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