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, even if they make the proglodytes cry like little girls or pitch fits like overstimulated toddlers. Might be some duplicates from Monday ... Read more

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A missed opportunity for true leadership: Choosing repetition over courage while leaving privacy, fairness, and safety unprotected. As the NH State Representative for The Independent Women’s Network, an athlete, a girls’ and women’s gymnastics coach, and an advocate for women’s and girls’ single-sex spaces, I expected more from our first female republican governor. This was ... Read more

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Democrats suck for lots of reasons, not the least of which is this. Over Father’s Day weekend, 44* people were shot, 7 of them permanently. That’s more than three dozen gunshot wounds over a three-day period, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson took time to express his concern about trans-femicide. 00:00 Introduction and Overview of Current ... Read more

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For the Democrats, there is no deadline on challenging and rewriting history. They have shown that history to them is not an accurate accounting of events, but an arbitrary storyline that can be modified or edited to match their narrative. The Party that is in total flux and has nearly completed its transformation to the ... Read more

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Some people know me as a “numbers person,” and I might irritate many with my “today in history” posts, but let’s get the following item out of the way.  June 27 is Kelly Ayotte’s birthday.  There will be tweets, posts, and comments by her operatives and members of her fan club claiming how great she ... Read more

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Perfectly Breeding Socialists for America’s Grand Finale It has taken over 100 years, but much like the patient radical Islamists, the indoctrination is complete and bearing fruit. You have finally created a generation of Socialists who will band together to finish the task of taking down the evil and oppressive America. I preface this article ... Read more

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Cash-flow businesses are becoming one of America’s most attractive investment classes because they can generate income from existing customers, recurring revenue, and proven operations. Instead of relying only on startup growth, stock market returns, or real estate appreciation, more investors are buying profitable businesses with operating history, cash flow, employees, systems, and room for improvement. ... Read more

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Let’s open by applauding Europe and the EU for a significant change in direction. After years of badmouthing, trolling, and jailing its own people for objecting to the third-world invasion of the continent, EU ministers just approved a sweeping reform. It is time, it appears, to send them back. Too little too late, perhaps, but ... Read more

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A New Hampshire case study in vetting failures, sex-based privacy, and why women and girls deserve real boundaries in law. When Warning Signs Are Ignored: Laughton, SB 552, and the Failure to Protect Women New Hampshire women and girls should never have been put in the position of having to warn the public about a ... Read more

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I just read a great piece on Substack about what it’s like to break the chemical addiction cycle of the internet, and specifically, social media. The dopamine loop. The pleasure-pain balance. Interesting stuff. You all likely know by now that when your phone does that little alert thing, be it a beep, tweet, chirp, or ... Read more

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Unconditional submission” or “resistance by force.”  Thomas Jefferson, John Dickinson, and the Second Continental Congress said those were their two terrible options less than three months after the battles of Lexington and Concord and the “shot heard ‘round the world.” This is the story of the forgotten declaration in which they explained why they fought back. THE ... Read more

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Discover why some used cars are “too cheap” and how a simple VIN check can uncover hidden damage, rolled‑back mileage and other risks before you buy.

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Today, on the Morning Update, the opening of Obama’s Lie-Barry has given the media an opportunity to rewrite history and paint Barry as someone who was not divisive and who tried to stand across the aisle. Sure, to throttle his enemies every chance he got and twice on Sunday. 00:00 Revisiting Obama’s Legacy00:50 Media Narratives ... Read more

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Among the key men involved in the American Revolution and the following periods, we find an oft-repeated concern that may seem foreign to us today—the threat of standing armies. This was a heritage of British legal thought and history, and it became an underappreciated part of American political thought and experience. Why were peacetime standing armies ... Read more

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Unless there is a major meltdown or a situation nobody sees coming, the Republicans have a potential ticket that should beat any combination of Democratic candidates. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio continue to impress anyone paying attention with their handling of any situation President Trump assigns them. With every public ... Read more

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Recent website issues made it impossible to do a new GrokTALK! But it will return next week – and since AJ got bumped on Saturday, I’m sharing that now. A. J. is joined by NetChoice’s Patrick Hedger to push back against data center misinformation, including how this goes beyond artificial intelligence, the importance of the ... Read more

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The UK Rape Gang Inquiry Report is public, and it is worse than even the so-called conspiracy theories. As summarized by Libs of TikTok. The report notes that the rape gang problem has been about and ignored since the 1950’s (1955 being the more official start), which explains the vast number of victims whose rights ... Read more

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About this time every year, and more so this year as we celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday, our friends on the Left tell us that our nation’s founders were either enlightened freethinkers who thoroughly rejected the tenets of Christianity or that they were evil, exploitative Eurocentric white men whose only purpose in life was to ... Read more

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Editor’s note: I have regained control of the website, but there’s still some work to do. Monday memes have been preempted, but there is a version on my Substack (I wasn’t expecting to have access yet). One of the things that sets GraniteGrok apart, and no, I don’t mean getting hacked and not updated all weekend (sigh), was our ... Read more

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For years, Seabrook schools within SAU21 have faced ongoing concerns regarding academic performance, bullying, and special education services. Parents, taxpayers, and community members have repeatedly brought these issues before the School Board, yet many feel meaningful improvements have been slow to materialize. Several years ago, I addressed the School Board with concerns about curriculum quality ... Read more

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