Each day an often late and mostly empty Amtrak train makes a stop at Claremont Junction, New Hampshire. It’s a train that has become a quixotic example of what is wrong with state subsidized passenger rail and an example of what more will be coming for New Hampshire and the rest of New England. Each ... Read more

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Brownstone Institute Summary Ridley Scott’s new science-fiction film opens after a catastrophic flu has erased most of humanity. A pilot, his dog, and an armed former Marine inhabit what remains. The machinery is familiar: contagion, social collapse, desperate survivors, violent scavengers, and one more search for a pocket of human decency after civilization has failed. ... Read more

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This week on Right Side Up, Alison and Mike discuss election results, Veterans Day, and education opportunities. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Check out more ... Read more

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Blue Texas is about to meet the “affordability” agenda. Texas Dems have a long list of anti-freedom, anti-property legislation to steamroll through the session, and nothing short of an actual insurrection can stop it. The rigged mantra makes sense given the numbers I’ve seen, but until you prove it in court, well – it’s just ... Read more

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A revolution can topple a tyrant without dismantling tyranny. An election can replace a president without curbing the powers of the presidency. A new political majority can inherit the instruments of repression and adapt them to their own purposes. In other words, what good is a political change if the weapons of oppression merely change ... 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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The results are in, and for many conservatives, the reality is difficult to process. In a shocking political shift, a traditionally Republican stronghold in Texas has unexpectedly flipped blue. For decades, the Lone Star State stood as an unshakeable bastion of conservative values, free markets, and individual liberty since the 1980s. Yet recent electoral outcomes ... Read more

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Today’s Morning Update: A man shouting ” Allahu Akbar ” stabbed a cop and set a pub on fire in Ireland. Said he did it for Mohammad (Mo) and the Islamic State. Should we get used to that sort of thing in America? Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not ... Read more

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CONCORD — Today marks a significant step forward for human rights in New Hampshire. Abolish Abortion New Hampshire (AANH) is pleased to announce that State Representative Mike Belcher (R-Wakefield) has filed a Legislative Service Request (LSR) for legislation intended to abolish legal abortion and establish equal protection under the law for every preborn human being. ... Read more

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Brownstone Institute My time of late has been consumed by youth baseball, so I found myself the other day sitting along the first base line watching one of my son’s practices when I looked up to see a radiant image. Framed between two aged oak trees shrouded with Spanish Moss, the fall thunderstorm clouds in ... Read more

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The Left Side of the left-leaning tent is marching in protest just days after the apparent Democratic sweep of the midterms. They are excited about the outcome, but not about who’s taking credit. They don’t want the existing leadership in charge of their new majority. “We don’t want corporate Dems in there,” one protester told ... Read more

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“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined.” January 8, 1790. George Washington walked into the Senate Chamber of Federal Hall in New York City and delivered his first annual message to a joint session of Congress. Today, we call it the State of the Union. In his speech, Washington set the ... Read more

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Having an extensive archive of content about government euthanasia programs disguised as compassion has proven useful. First, the documented warnings make me look prescient when the predictions become fact. Second, people are kind enough to send me material on the subject because of all the previous work. I’m no prognosticator; this was all too obvious. ... Read more

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On government in general, and education in particular, too many activists and politicians view efficiency as an enemy. To them, the total budget of any government program is the only measure of how highly it is valued by citizens.  Any effort to restrain the growth of a government program is viewed as an attack on ... Read more

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What went wrong for Vermont Republicans? When voters went to the polls this past Tuesday, Vermont Republicans suffered a tremendous defeat in what many are calling the “blue tsunami,” an election that will have major implications for what policies are decided in Montpelier over the next two legislative sessions. It wasn’t just the Statehouse. With ... Read more

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Today, on the Morning Update, the who-likes-whom presidential polling is beginning to kick up more serious dust. Fortunes appear to be changing overnight on both sides of the aisle, but none are quite as embarrassing as this. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. S.2  038 (Ep. 302) Links: ... Read more

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I must admit that the American citizens who voted for El Sayed, Ro Khanna, and their Demolitioncrat supporters distressed and disappointed me. While midterm elections have historically undermined the Party in Power, that is little consolation when you’re on the losing side. However, the mid-term elections may be a great gift to the United States ... Read more

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Democratic challenger Audrey Grant of Hardwick has decided against seeking a recount after losing the Caledonia 2 House District election to incumbent Republican Rep. Michael Southworth of Walden by just eight votes, according to a Nov. 6 report in the Caledonian Record. Southworth received 997 votes to Grant’s 989 in Tuesday’s election. Grant carried Hardwick ... Read more

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This week, on GrokTALK!, Democrats made it easy for you to take it all back in 2028, but you have to start planning and acting now. I walk you through it and offer a basic template. Don’t make it easy. Arm yourself and the Republicans we have left with a few simple questions, and just ... Read more

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Tuesday was embarrassing, and maybe it’s not your fault. Maybe the message got away from you. Kitchen table. Gas prices. Inflation. You can tell them Dems did it or did it worse, but most people don’t care. Clearly. But the presidential season is upon us, or will be in a hot minute, and you need ... Read more

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