If you’re one to not believe in coincidences and want corruption removed from that 3rd branch of government, this article is for you.  The coincidence, as an uninterested person would see it, is that Laurie Ortolano has court tomorrow and tomorrow happens to be Daryl Abbas’s birthday.  I will get to the corruption removal part ... Read more

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Jocelyn is back with Deplorable Deb for another installment of Justice 4 All – a look at the week’s local and national events. None of this is possible without your support – please give today to keep the content coming! Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, ... Read more

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Breaking things is always easier than fixing them, and whoever was running the Biden Administration broke things. A lot of things. As bad or worse than Obama, who, if you recall, insisted his laggard low-T economy was the new normal. Donald Trump blew that lie up in less than two years. This time around, Bidneflation ... Read more

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Hat tip to Compass Vermont for their recent article highlighting the state’s public input survey on the choices our legislature will have to make when they return to Montpelier in January, End of the Easy Money: Vermont Braces for Its Hardest Budget in 10 Years. The main point: Vermont is running out of money and ... Read more

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The end of the shutdown looms as we celebrate the middle of the week with some midweek memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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First, Nancy Pelosi realized that she was done years ago, but it just dawned on her that she should take her ill-gotten gains and retire before she is investigated. Nancy will not be seeking reelection in 2026. Then, in a beautiful game of 3D chess, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries thought they had the Republicans ... Read more

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Today, on the morning update, the International Olympic Committee hired some scientists who said hateful things about B-Team Low-T men seeking glory at the expense of Real® women. Granitegrok.com is reader supported – please give today to keep the content coming! Ref Links: Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok ... Read more

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Over the many years since Vietnam, the caliber of our governance has only strengthened my skepticism and doubt.  It also had me coming  to grips with “we weren’t in it to win it!”  And now, this recent election has justified my suspicions.  It also validated my seemingly lifelong question, “Just what would Americans defend?”  Admittedly, ... Read more

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Action item alert! So begins a “Part Deux” of the Nashua Ruling Class v. Paula Johnson, which I will give readers a quick refresher on in hopes of recruiting some volunteer posse members for Paula.  Ward 5 Alderman-elect Paula Johnson was in a 4-way race for an open seat, beating the next highest scoring candidate ... Read more

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This week, on Granite State Live, join Julian Acciard and Keith Hanson as they interview local and national guests. Plus epic rants, and a lot more. None of this is possible without your support – please give today to keep the content coming! Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok ... Read more

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I have been a big advocate for decentralized power, which would allow diversity of opinion, practices, and so on, providing greater freedom as people could live with diverse policies. However, after the Civil War, America’s “one nation” ruins such choice, and replaces freedom with force, obligating everyone to follow the dictates of the center, controlled ... Read more

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A few weeks back, I had the privilege of co-hosting Granite State Live. GraniteGrok has had a close relationship with the program since its inception, but this was the first time I had the opportunity to co-host. Not for lack of invites, mind you, but logistics and time on my side. Our second guest was ... Read more

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Last week, New Hampshire’s “Free State Project” claimed to be the political heirs to Thomas Jefferson. Jason Sorens, the leader of the “Free State Project,” apparently believes that the “founding fathers” shared the same political philosophy. Aside from agreeing on independence, however, the “founding fathers” actually had very different political philosophies. George Washington and Alexander ... Read more

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After the recent debacle in the Senate, with Democrats refusing to pass a “clean” continuing resolution, and with Republicans having to create a special bill containing both the “clean” CR and a few spending bills that passed the house, we know who actually has the power in the Senate. And it isn’t the Republicans. The ... Read more

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Today, on the morning update, Trump outmaneuvered the Dems again; the shutdown filibuster has been busted, Dems gave in, and the Far left is Mad as Hell! Note: The Senate passed a bill after this was recorded (it must now pass the House). None of this is possible without your support – please give today ... Read more

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The habit of the dregs of the former British Empire to rely on state-run television is a practice America has been trying to shed. Defunding public broadcasting is something the UK or Canada would likely never accomplish, let alone seriously consider. And why bother? Until recently, America’s so-called privately owned and operated media was ideologically ... Read more

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Cory Booker (D-NJ) might be the only Democrat disappointed in the death of the Senate filibuster. Only the dramatic showman, like Booker, who loved the marathon speaking sessions he employed under the current filibuster rules. He rightly may be a party of one, as you would be hard pressed to find anyone in the Senate ... Read more

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This week on GrokTALK!, lots of topics like the alleged Capitol Police J6 pipe bomber, the fledgling deal to end the government shutdown, the Farmer’s Almanac hub-bub, Trump pardons 76 in one swipe of the pen, and Zorhan Mamdani’s connection to Maine (he was a whiny douche, then too). Tradition is not the worship of ... Read more

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Even after Jihadis took down the World Trade Center, you decide if they did it because the CIA/FBI/NSA/ETC. Asked them to or let them, New York City continues to be the world capital of capitalism. As big a deal as it was, it didn’t change anything. Smoothed for inflation, there is no marked difference in ... Read more

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Shortly before Nashua’s most recent routine city-wide train wreck, I took some heat for making some inappropriate comments about the surprise death of Ms Gloria Timmons.  To “polite society,” I say that any adjective, including INAPPROPRIATE, is in the eyes of the beholder, but there’s something about Ms Gloria that Ward 2 can learn from, ... Read more

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