Welcome to my ongoing review of questions challenging my “journalistic integrity” (except I’m not a journalist), in which I use their challenge to challenge theirs right back. Part one addressed the first of five “concerns” the lovely people at NewsGuard (that’s not sarcasm) expressed over content published at GraniteGrok.com. The individuals I deal with are very professional; ... Read more

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If you haven’t already heard about HB1811 as a bill to support (repealing statutory immunization requirements for children), you haven’t been paying attention to memos from groups like RebuildNH and Health Freedom NH.  It’s a vax policy bill that would end mandatory childhood vaccines that Team Red failed to unify behind (OTP 155-192).  Who are ... Read more

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Get yourself some memes, my brothers and sisters. It’s Friday. The end of the week. .Time for the Friday meme thing. Can I get an Amen! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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How media denial and ideological capture bury women’s safety—and my fight at the NH Statehouse to stop it. The Transgender Lie Is Killing People—And the Media Is Helping Bury the Bodies Two mass shootings in one week. Two biological males lost in delusions of womanhood. Two public massacres that shattered families and communities. And a ... Read more

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Today, on the Morning Update, the percentage of criminal convictions of “Deportees” is the conversation the left is pining for, the latest thing to slither out of their progressive narrative mills, and I thought we should contribute. Ep. 111 Links: Check Out More Morning Update Here! – Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. ... Read more

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Allowing families to choose their school is fantastic for education, something we fully embrace in Croydon, as one of the state’s pioneering districts in school choice. Open Enrollment has the potential to be a great advancement. But unfortunately, its proposed design will lead to terrible unintended consequences. In Croydon, it will most likely lead to ... Read more

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Attorney Diana Fenton has been nominated to be New Hampshire’s new Child Advocate.  If confirmed by the Executive Council on March 2nd, she would be in charge of independent oversight of all child-serving systems in the state, with particular focus on DCYF. Her ties to the family court, the attorney general’s office, and DCYF, as ... Read more

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This week, on Right Side Up, we discuss solar siting, the Act 181 land grab, and the Education nightmare. 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 to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit ... Read more

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Vermont, once famous for its dairy – I dig a good Vermont Cheddar – is getting cheesy in other ways. Progressive legislators, some of them elected as actual progressives, are always looking for ways to steal money from people. Two facts or rules of progressive political life. First, when it comes to the Elected Left ... Read more

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Rep. Kristin Noble’s HB 1268, the Home Education Freedom Act, is one of the strongest pro-liberty home education reforms introduced in our state. This legislation ends burdensome state requirements like mandatory notice, portfolios, and end-of-year evaluations for homeschooling families. Instead, it ensures that New Hampshire treats homeschool education with respect and trust, giving parents the authority and flexibility ... Read more

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House Bill 1792 would prohibit the teaching of ‘Marxist analyses’ in public schools. But the entire public school system is funded on the basis of Marxist philosophy: https://granitegrok.com/blog/2021/10/the-accidental-marxist https://granitegrok.com/blog/2021/10/the-accidental-marxist-part-2 https://granitegrok.com/new-england/nh/2025/01/groucho-marxism Interestingly, the bill would prohibit discussions in public schools about how those schools are funded. ‘Inconsistent’ doesn’t even begin to describe this situation.  I don’t ... Read more

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Watching coverage of rioting occurring in several U.S. cities, I have been disheartened by the sheer number of women, both young and old, engaging in extremely vulgar and violent assaults on officers appointed to protect our country and keep the peace!  I completely support peaceful protest, but what I’ve seen daily is far from peaceful. ... Read more

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Today, on the morning update, it’s a problem we’re familiar with here in NH, echoed in the left-wing dumpster fire doing business as California. Nick Shirley is on the left Coast, and guess what? Ep. 109 Links: Check Out More Morning Update Here! – Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. Follow ‘Grok on ... Read more

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There are three items in this update. The first two are about the FOIA lawsuit and the third item is, primarily, a critique of a recent article in The New York Times about an upsurge in interest in the case of USS Liberty. Court Approves Amicus Brief Filing On February 10, 2026, the 9th US Circuit Court of ... Read more

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Turning Family Zoned Neighborhoods Into Strip Malls In 2025, the New Hampshire Republican “crazy-caucus,” with Democrat support, gutted the ability of cities/towns to maintain single-family zoned neighborhoods. For example, a State law (House Bill 457) was passed that allows houses in single-family-zoned neighborhoods to be converted into boarding houses. As a result, Blackstone or some ... Read more

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This week, on Justice 4 All, Jocelyn and her guest dissect the week’s news and events. 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 to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit Op-Eds to steve@granitegrok.com Check ... Read more

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Democrats claim to hate rich people, but like all things of the Left, there is more than one face. They need them, and their wannabe millionaire cousins. Political campaigns cost money. Sure, they can print it (money), hand it off to the numerous luandresses in DC and across the corruptible fruited plain, and buy votes ... Read more

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This week, my division of Finance met on four bills referred from other committees. HB 241, on insurance coverage of pain management services, had been amended by the previous committee to eliminate the coverage mandates, only requiring an insurance plan to have people with chronic pain able to access treatments other than opioids. The sponsor, ... Read more

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For better or worse, the Vermont Legislature has not yet passed any bills into law this year.  The Senate last week passed two controversial anti-ICE bills. Both bills passed by a 27-2 roll call vote with only Sens. Russ Ingalls (R-Essex) and Terry Williams (R-Rutland) voting no. Both bills now move over to the Vermont ... Read more

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Welcome to another Wednesday, where we wander idly with the best of intentions through a field of memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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