Spring in Washington usually brings cherry blossoms, warmer weather, and a familiar reminder that Congress has a habit of taking on more than it can neatly resolve. This year is no different. What stands out is how much is moving at once, and how much now depends on Republicans keeping their strategy aligned with President ... Read more

The post CARTER: Congress Has a Plan. Several, Actually appeared first on Granite Grok.

This week, on NE TAKE, A. J. hits the latest headlines: NHFPI being Democrat shills, New Hampshire Representative Ellen Read in trouble, and the latest parental disclosure bill. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Disagree, agree, Got Something ... Read more

The post NE TAKE: NH Rep. Ellen Read in Trouble and Parental Rights AGAIN appeared first on Granite Grok.

Maine missed the message, but that’s okay; it probably can’t get there from here. Americans, including some who live in blue states, are rejecting rank choice voting. I know, they call it ranked, but I call it rank, because it stinks. I know that because lots of Democrats want it, which means it is bad ... Read more

The post MACDONALD: Maine’s Highest Court Rains on Rank Choice Voting Parade appeared first on Granite Grok.

Good morning, Senate Judiciary members (and all non-freshman Rs): I considered addressing all of you as “Enemies of 91A,” but thought better of it.  Enclosed is an article about Hanover and the SC’s decision in the plaintiff’s favor.  I’m sharing it to remind you that 91A issues are NOT just “a Nashua thing.”  Team Red ... Read more

The post SMITH: An Open Letter To Non Freshmen Senate Rs appeared first on Granite Grok.

Christianity Today recently published an article by Kristy Etheridge that was very critical of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program, something that would not be surprising, given the magazine’s evangelical Christian outlook on issues. The article—again, not surprisingly—dealt mostly with how many Christian groups, and especially the Roman Catholic Church, have spoken out against Canada’s program and ... Read more

The post Anderson: Assisted Suicide Is the Logical Outcome of Government-Controlled Medical Care appeared first on Granite Grok.

A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — April 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one old conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. Before beginning the chat, I uploaded a 240-word text file containing a recap of our ... Read more

The post OPINION: AI Invents People To Poll; Another Breakfast With Claude appeared first on Granite Grok.

Regular readers have likely heard about the grant to OUTnewcomers in Boston. News spread faster than a wildfire set by a California homeless person. Not nearly as much damage, but all parties have returned to their respective corners after throwing contradicting narratives. OUTnewcomers claims to be a pro-LGBTQ+ Migrants advocacy group. If you are new ... Read more

The post MACDONALD: A Whole Lotta Boston Baked BS appeared first on Granite Grok.

The purchase of Jetro Restaurant Depot by food mega-distributor Sysco has raised concerns (and eyebrows) that increasing concentration of market power in ever fewer hands threatens free markets and will contribute to food price inflation. Like market consolidation in farming, fertilizer production, farm equipment manufacture, seed companies, and other food-related sectors, the pending merger certainly ... Read more

The post KLAR: As US Restaurants Struggle… appeared first on Granite Grok.

The Independents with Carla Gericke is back, and this week, Carla Gericke and Mark Warden of Porcupine Real Estate discuss the latest developments in the Free State real estate market. Carla opens with some Tax Slave Day jokes. An upcoming NH Constitutional amendment wraps the show. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may ... Read more

The post The Independents: Tax Day Slavery and NH’s Hot Real Estate Market appeared first on Granite Grok.

Some countries, eighty-five of them if you believe the reporting, are trying to create a climate confab cabal outside the UN’s failed COP process, and why not? COP 30 was a disaster, and how are they all supposed to tap into the trillions in wasted “climate money” if they can’t all agree on pointless targets ... Read more

The post MACDONALD: Pay More Get Less appeared first on Granite Grok.

School board members in New Hampshire are elected to represent their communities. They are not appointed advisors, and they are not public relations assistants for the administration. They are elected officials entrusted by voters to ask questions, raise concerns, and communicate with the public about the operation of their schools. Recent statements by Rochester School ... Read more

The post UNDERWOOD: Elected School Board Members Must Be Free to Speak appeared first on Granite Grok.

Reminder: The 50+ Memes below are memes and are neither “fact-checked” nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

The post Friday Meme Thing appeared first on Granite Grok.

Apparently, we aren’t supposed to worry about birth rate declines in younger women because the trend shows they are making up for it in their later years. However, the graph The New York Times shared doesn’t even begin to tell the full story. At first glance, the graph suggests that declines in American birth rates ... Read more

The post ROOKE: America Needs More Teen Moms appeared first on Granite Grok.

Today, on the Morning Update, the topic is gun control, how one gun grabber has gotten tired of dancing around the agenda with soft language, a pro-2A response, and some thoughts about reaching the middle when it comes to why we must protect the right to self-defense. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the ... Read more

The post Morning Update: Gun Control appeared first on Granite Grok.

Ken Lund The Green Mountain State is a textbook case of how progressives employ social justice causes to drain the wallets and dreams of citizens. A growing populist backlash against a land use scheme that will steal wealth from property owners without any compensation is just the tip of the Marxist iceberg that is sinking the once-Republican ... Read more

The post KLAR: A Textbook Case of How Progressives Rob the Working-Class appeared first on Granite Grok.

The marble halls of the Swedish Riksdag echoed with the footsteps of a man who carries the weight of a thousand-year throne and the hopes of a fractured nation. Reza Pahlavi did more than walk into a legislative chamber; he reclaimed a seat on the global stage. While the clerical regime in Tehran trembles behind ... Read more

The post IMANI: Iran – The Pahlavi Restoration appeared first on Granite Grok.

This week on Right Side Up, Mike and Alison discuss public safety, a bit of health care news, and a bit about “Green Grabbing.” Note: This week, Segment two includes video and audio, not just audio. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their ... Read more

The post Right Side Up: Public Safety, Health Care, and Green-Grabbing appeared first on Granite Grok.

Woke Nation States are the second most dangerous when it comes to rights, but especially the right to self-defense (personal firearms), which is why people towing lefty propaganda are such a ‘make me laugh, make me want to cry’ conundrum. The most dangerous are socialist/communist states, of course. No rights, not even the ones the ... Read more

The post MACDONALD: Canadians Didn’t Give Up Their Guns – So The Government Is Going to Try and Take Them appeared first on Granite Grok.

A Counterspell Book Preview I feel compelled to push this out asap for all due to the explosive and incredible thread by DataRepublican on X linking the Braver Angels organization to the NGO color revolution complex operating to overthrow the American republican government. What appears is a preview of my upcoming book: Counterspell. CHAPTER 5, ... Read more

The post BELCHER: Braver Angels Political Warfare appeared first on Granite Grok.

Eric Swalwell’s political career is over, but his career in “politics” doesn’t have to be, especially if he takes a cue from Hillary Clinton. The hildabeast is alleged to have promised to take everyone with her if she goes down for anything. That hasn’t happened yet, and her advancing years are as much a shield ... Read more

The post MACDONALD: Swalwell’s Revenge appeared first on Granite Grok.