Government Shutdown ENDS (???), and Gay Marriage Here To Stay This week, on NE Take, A. J. dives into recent headlines on the NH Republican plan to improve voting access while keeping ID requirements, the government shutdown is on course to end (causing Shaheen family chaos?), and how SCOTUS is not going to overturn Obergefell. ... Read more

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We’ve received another sign that there is still hope for a revocation of the Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind project. Development of an offshore wind farm south of Nantucket had been halted, thanks to a ruling by a federal judge. The reasoning behind the nod is one we’ve shared before that applies to the lease ... Read more

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How power quietly shifts when no one’s watching A mafia and a school board seem like total opposites. One rules through fear and secrecy; the other is supposed to represent voters in the open. But look more closely at how decisions are made, and a strange similarity emerges. In both cases, a small, organized group ... Read more

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Epidemic Obesity is getting attention from both sides of the problem. I stumbled accross this Fox News has an article titled, “America’s fattest states revealed — and how Ozempic is changing the map.” A Pennsylvania health analytics company, Purple Lab, analyzed prescription records for synthetic GLP-1 products by state. GLP1 is a natural hormone that helps ... Read more

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul is in a fight with the courts over that state’s greenhouse gas reduction mandates. Like Vermont’s Global Warming Solutions Act, New York passed a law dictating that the state must reduce emissions by, in their case, 40 percent by 2030. And, like Vermont, a major policy for doing so is ... Read more

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One of my offspring sauntered into the kitchen this morning and asked if I’d heard about the latest Epetein outrage. I asked, Which one. He said that when Democrats released two emails that allegedly implicated Donald Trump, after which Republicans released twenty thousand pages of emails. He thought it was funny, and while he is ... Read more

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Fellow Americans, the red, white, and blue nightmare we’ve warned about for years has crashed through the gates of our greatest city like a Trojan horse packed with Sharia decrees. Last night, as the final votes trickled in from the concrete jungles of New York, the unthinkable became reality: Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old radical democratic ... Read more

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Carla Gericks is back with another episode of The Independents. This week, The Free State Project just dropped its brand-new website and recruitment video — and it’s ????. If you believe in limited government and unlimited human potential, it’s time to sign the pledge and help make New Hampshire the beacon of liberty it was ... Read more

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The Government is open again, despite the Democrats who closed it trying to keep it that way, which sort of kind of messes with the who shut it down in the first place narrative. It was never Republicans. They didn’t have any demands. No hostages. And to add insult to injury, Democrats who screamed about ... Read more

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Americans may chuckle when they remember Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and her call to eradicate cow flatulence as part of her utopian Green New Deal, but the globalists weren’t kidding. Mandates for the chemical feed additive Bovaer took effect in Denmark on Oct. 1. Farmers there face fines if they do not add Bovaer to ... Read more

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Welcome to the end of the week and another pile of memes. Lots-o-memes, memes-a-plenty, a cornucopia of memes, a Friday meme thing for your consideration and, potentially (hopefully), your enjoyment as well as a sad goodbye to shutdown memes. And yes, I’m messing around with a more permanent featured image. Please be patient. . . ... Read more

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Why Radical Feminist Groups Still Cling to the Democratic Party How ideological tribalism and fear of “right-wing” stigma stop women’s rights organizations from defending their own mission—while Democrats look the other way When Identity Politics Trumps Women’s Rights: The Paradox of Feminist Alliances with Democrats. Why Leading Women’s Groups Shun Conservative Allies Even When They ... Read more

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Today, on the morning update, after 232 years, the US Mint just struck its last American Penny! I had some thoughts. Links: 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, its ... Read more

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On a purely technical level, Harmony Montgomery was a victim of human trafficking that resulted from dysfunctional family courts. Her mother, Crystal Sorey, was a drug addict, and the judge decided to send Harmony across state lines to her father, Adam Montgomery’s care. He was known to the State of New Hampshire agencies and courts ... Read more

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recently purchased Aaron Siri’s new book Vaccines, Amen. As I flipped through the pages, I noticed a section devoted to his now-famous deposition of Dr Stanley Plotkin, the “godfather” of vaccines. I’d seen viral clips circulating on social media, but I had never taken the time to read the full transcript — until now. Siri’s interrogation ... Read more

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This week on Right Side Up, we discuss Math and what’s broke, the DMV, & 50 billion for rural healthcare.” Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit Op-Eds to steve@granitegrok.com Please ... Read more

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If you want to make improvements, you find out where it is worst or who is causing the most significant problem, and you start there. The systemic failure of public education is in the government schools. They spend three to five times as much for half or only one-third of the desired results. If the ... Read more

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The City of Burlington will go slow on a plan to increase the property tax exemption and shift the burden to higher-value properties. The City Charter Change Committee had planned to move forward Monday night with discussions on a new homestead property value exemption of up to the first $50,000 of real estate value. The exemption – ... Read more

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I recall when then-President Barack Obama was planning to send troops to enforce his “Assad must go” policy in Syria, many Republican US Senators passionately argued that the US President must come to Congress for approval before sending US troops into combat overseas. At the time, they portrayed themselves as brave defenders of the US ... Read more

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On the evening of February 3, 2023, a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Nearly three years later, the story of the people of East Palestine is still unfolding. This horrific accident offers essential lessons about train safety, chemical remediation, government communication, and public policy. All of these issues impact making ... Read more

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