What Draining the Swamp Should Look Like Supporters of Donald Trump often argue that his presidency represents a meaningful challenge to the administrative state and to global governance structures. The claim is typically framed in long-term terms: that Trump is engaged in a process of dismantling entrenched power, even if the results are not yet ... Read more

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The rioting in Minneapolis is not going to end well. As each night, and day for that matter, passes by, the crowds get larger, and you can feel the hostility growing. At a time of crisis and intense hatred, we need leaders to step forward and de-escalate the situation. Instead, we get Governor Tim Walz, ... Read more

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On Tuesday, January 20th, beginning at 1:40 PM in Room 100 at the State House, there are two gun control hearings planned in the Senate Judiciary Committee. One is for Michael Bloomberg’s Red Flag bill, aka ‘Critical Risk Protection Orders’ (Senate Bill 555). The other is to prevent law-abiding gun owners with pistol/revolver licenses from legally carrying ... Read more

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It is not always possible to update, ammend or append stories as they evolve or new information becomes available. We’ve got so many that it isn’t always possible to recall what we wrote or find it. But they often evolve and change as new information becomes available. We’ve had to deal with two recently. The ... Read more

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And Vermont Is Leading the Pack – But a new study shows it doesn’t have to be this way! A coalition of New England think tanks released a new study this week pithily (and accurately) titled, Alternatives to New England’s Energy Suicide, questioning the viability and cost of the renewable energy mandates adopted by most ... Read more

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This week, on NE Take, Dr. Jason Aziz, from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, and the New Hampshire Insurance Department, breaks down the Trump administration’s resetting of the US nutrition policy, how this might set public policy in the right direction for proper nutrition, and where this puts RFK ... Read more

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New Hampshire House Democrats reacted to the leaked “segregated schools” chat the way modern politics trains people to react: treat a sloppy phrase as a full confession of racial intent, denounce it as a moral abomination, and then declare the conversation over. Democratic leader Alexis Simpson called segregation “a living scar,” “built through violence,” and ... Read more

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Americans voted overwhelmingly for change in 2024, handing Donald J. Trump a mandate to drain the swamp, yet, here we are a year into his re-election, with the same D.C. swamp denizens seemingly unscathed, no prosecutions, no accountability for even the violations of 18 U.S. Code S.242 – Deprivation of rights under color of law, ... Read more

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Good Day to all my fellow Patriots, It is with profound sadness that I write this open letter to all of you.  In 2017, I began my activism by meeting with then Governor Chris Sununu’s attorney John Formella in the Governor’s conference room, along with five other men, to seek reassurances that my investigation into ... Read more

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For the second time in the last couple of weeks, hell has frozen over. I watch the political scene very closely, sometimes to my own demise. The politics of our nation have been turned upside down, and are taking America and Americans with it. I wrote a short time ago about the bizarre situation in ... Read more

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If you were looking for some hot takes, look no further than Doug ‘Domestic Violence’ Emhoff and his cackling cohort, Kamala Harris. These people of the people, the defenders of the working class, just bought a multi-million dollar mansion in an exclusive Malibu neighborhood, which just happens to hug the coastline. Harris and her husband ... Read more

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Iran’s Uprising vs. America’s Fake Oppression” How America’s “anti-fascist” protesters scream at ICE while Iranians pay “bullet fees” to bury their dead—and why calibrated U.S. action could end the theocracy for good. If America were the fascist nightmare the radical left claims, half the protesters outside ICE offices would already be dead. They wouldn’t be ... Read more

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This week, on The Independents, the Dilbert creator saga, Rand Paul, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the New Food Pyramid, Campus Carry, and more . Check out Other Episodes and Podcasts here! Check Out The Morning Update Here! – Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. Follow ‘Grok on X – Rumble – Facebook ... Read more

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Given the inflammatory anti-ICE rhetoric and the steadily increasing violence by rioters in Minneapolis, bloodshed was inevitable. The public response to Renee Good’s shooting was just as predictable. Critics of President Trump and his policies called it cold-blooded murder. Those who support the current administration and the rule of law called it justifiable self-defense. But ... Read more

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My blushing Bride (of 32-years) and I were on our way to Market Basket (local grocery chain for the non-New England readers), and the recent week of warmer temps came up. Growing up in uppah-state New York, between Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes, every January, there was a week of warmer weather. Every year. ... Read more

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Thunder cracks across the frozen plains of Minnesota, but the real storm brews in the rotten core of Tim Walz’s regime – a grotesque empire of fraud that devours billions from hardworking taxpayers to fatten Democrat cronies and foreign grifters. This isn’t some shadowy whisper; it’s a full-throated roar of betrayal, where Walz’s lax oversight ... Read more

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Welcome to the end of another week and the third Friday in January. The year is moving right along, and so are the memes. As I often do, but probably not enough, thank you to everyone who sends them to me. I do not have the time to hunt or gather them, so without those ... Read more

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Note: If your antivirus flags granitegrok.com, please email me so I can contact them and file a false flag report. First, if you do, I’d recommend canceling Norton Anti-Virus and getting something else. They are pricey, they constantly upsell, and it’s annoying. They have also flagged GraniteGrok.com as a Scam website. If you access GraniteGrok ... Read more

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In a recent pretrial filing, defense counsel asked the Court to “caution all parties” against extrajudicial statements, citing one of my writings as an example (Viewpoint Discrimination in Plain Sight, Dec. 29, 2025). That writing was not a social media post. It was a long-form blog essay published on my civic-advocacy website and in this ... Read more

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Today, on the Morning Update, Lefites are wearing “Be Good” buttons, so let’s talk about what it might actually mean to “be” Renee Nicole Good, shall we? . Ep 86 Links Check Out The Morning Update Here! – Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. Follow ‘Grok on X – Rumble – Facebook – ... Read more

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