The Fiscal Alliance Foundation released a new white paper today showing how some other states with heavy union influence and without Right-to-Work laws suffer from declining jobs and growing taxation and cost of living.  The report examines Proposal 3, the proposed constitutional amendment on the November general election ballot, in the context of Vermont’s current ... Read more

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When Mr. Trump took over the Oval Office in January 2017, almost everyone in DC was against him. He still managed to make moves that created one of the strongest economic recoveries for regular Americans in U.S. history. The plandemic stopped it in its tracks, and then Biden and democrats derailed it. Trump is back, ... Read more

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Pennsylvania allows open carry without a permit and concealed carry with one. While York, PA, prohibits discharge within its boundaries except for target practice and self-defense, the city faces a growing problem for which the law already provides a remedy. Mobs of young people are becoming more than just a nuisance. Witnesses told WGAL that ... Read more

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This week, on The Independents, Carla Gericke breaks down a first-of-its-kind New Hampshire case: a jury just acquitted Jaxen Cole of two Class B felony “fraudulent use of deepfakes” charges after he posted a 57-second Valentine’s Day spoof of booking-room bodycam audio. No face. No badge. No department. Caption: “Do you think this officer wants ... Read more

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The left’s complete lack of messaging hasn’t sunk their leaky blue dinghy yet, which suggests people are still as gullible as ever. They want to believe the lies and seem hesitant to acknowledge the truths. Democrats in New Hampshire want an income tax. They propose it every year or nearly every year. They concoct Rube ... Read more

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Support for socialism stronger among younger voters A July 29 University of New Hampshire poll showing that half of Vermonters view socialism positively — compared with 42% who view capitalism positively — suggests the word “socialism” has considerable appeal in Vermont. But a closer look at the poll shows that support for socialism, membership in ... Read more

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Previous: Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV. I have tried to serialize this misbegotten behavior by SAU86, which I will bring mostly to a close soon. However, the “steamroll” part of the title. DCYF (NH Department of Children, Youth and Family) is supposed to protect children mostly from really bad and abusive ... Read more

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Dear Governor Ayotte, As you meet with the Judicial Selection Committee, please note that Mary Tenn of Tenn & Tenn serves on this committee. As I understand it, her law firm represents former Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald in his divorce case. Former US Attorney Jane Young represented Gordon MacDonald despite being on the ADO screening committee he ... Read more

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TL; DR: Much yet to be done about the whole right-left business, not the least of which is how a tyrannical, government-controlled, militant, socialist system remains pegged to the political right. National Socialism is left-wing, and barely to the right of Communism, which is how the Marxists managed it. March through the institutions, shouting about ... Read more

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This isn’t a special Saturday bonus episode of the morning update; it’s the entire first year of episodes. Every episode title is linked to that episode for you to visit, revisit, enjoy, share, laugh, reminisce, or get riled up about. All of them. All 264 and the date they first aired. I dropped the GT ... Read more

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When the criminal who committed the murder is as plain as the nose on your face, justice and crime prevention are only preserved by a speedy execution of the perpetrator(s). Justice delayed is justice denied! The three children of Lindsey Clancy and the ghost of Charlie Kirk are crying for justice. Everyone knows the perpetrator ... Read more

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This week, on The New England Take, A. J. applauds Sydney Sweeney for winning by being hot, breaks down the Constitution Party of New Hampshire’s People’s Contract, and explains why New Hampshire Chief Justice Gordon Macdonald’s resignation has far-reaching implications. Email A. J. at aj@newenglandtake.com and join the Substack at https://newenglandtake.com Sargon of Akkad, “Sydney ... Read more

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Fraud news keeps dropping at a fevered pace as everyone from state legislators to burrito-stand hospice fraudsters are indicted and arrested for every possible type of theft of taxpayer largesse. You can keep sending me the memes that simply say no one is getting arrested, but I’m not posting them. Lots of people, mostly Democrats, ... Read more

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While the media circus and social media were abuzz with comments of all varieties following the resignation of Gordon MacDonald and the scandal surrounding it, Luz Bay didn’t waste any time.  She became the first nonincumbent executive council candidate to air her opinion.  She said the following: “Executive Councilors are elected to provide independent oversight ... Read more

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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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I can speak from personal experience on this topic because I have been there and done that. I served on a Massachusetts Superior Court jury for a month and was selected for four separate trials. The cases were very different, but the jury room experience was all too similar. The room was filled with people ... Read more

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Today, on the Morning Update, we begin season two, after 260+ installments, and the topic is out of this world, if only barely. The US says it has an orbital weapons platform, and has it already used it? Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. Links: Authors’ and Speakers’ ... Read more

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Stopping at a red light prevents accidents. Subsidizing local law enforcement with federal grants for Flock cameras to take your picture, record your license plate, and automatically send it to the cloud may cause more trouble than an accident. Flock technology gathers information about law-abiding citizens and the criminal-minded alike and lumps them together in ... Read more

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Calls to regulate the artificial intelligence (AI) sector have reached a fever pitch over the last week. Fearmongering about the prospects of a totally unregulated AI industry has been around as long as the industry itself. But the current storm began last Tuesday when an engineer at Anthropic—the firm best known for its chatbot Claude—resigned, ... Read more

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Pretty much everybody in Vermont politics says that housing, or rather the lack of it, is THE major problem at the root of so many other problems our state is facing. Young people are leaving because they can’t find housing. Businesses can’t hire because employees can’t find housing. The rent is too damn high! And ... Read more

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