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Saturday • April 19 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XVI

Manchester, N.H.

NH Family Justice Updates

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-16 22:00 +0000
HB652-FN – Abolishing Family CourtThank you to everyone who called, wrote, and testified.The House Children and Family Law Committee voted to retain the bill. This means it will be held back from going to the House floor until early next year. The committee can work on the bill any time between now and then. Retaining ... Read more

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Testimony Before the House Subcommittee of the Election Law Committee of the NH Legislature

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-16 20:00 +0000
Note: If you prefer to listen, a video of this testimony is available below. Good afternoon, chairman and honorable members of this committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify here before you today. My name is Daniel Richard. I am a Citizen of New Hampshire and an inhabitant of Auburn, NH. I am grateful ... Read more

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RFK Jr. Orders FDA To Eliminate Exemption That Allows Harmful Chemicals To Be In Our Food.

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-16 18:00 +0000
HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has asked the Food and Drug Administration to rethink a past practice that allowed food companies to tell the FDA if they thought some chemical was safe for humans. Under this regime, everything is assumed safe until evidence of harm exists. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ... Read more

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Detrans Organizer wants Apology from VT Democrat Leaders for ‘Attack’ Statement

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-16 16:00 +0000
Two days after transgender activists disrupted a peaceful, educational National Detransitioning Awareness Day event at the Vermont State House, and one day after the Senate and House (Democrat) Majority Leaders blamed the Vermont Family Alliance event organizers for their “attack” on trans rights, the VFA is demanding an apology. VDC’s video footage of biological males dressed ... Read more

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Bill Hearings for Week of March 17, 2025

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Sun, 2025-03-16 15:30 +0000
  • These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
  • Click on the bill number to read the bill.
  • Click on the committee name to email the committee your thoughts.

Of the 7 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 21 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 1 with 2 being of interest.

Position Bill Title Committee Day Time Room State Analysis
Support HB208 relative to certification requirements for school nurses. Education Tue 3/18 10:45 AM LOB Room 101 This bill allows a superintendent and school board to nominate and appoint a school nurse, who must be licensed and registered with the board of nursing.
Of Interest HB127 extending the closing date of the OHRV trails on the Connecticut River Headwaters property from September 30 to Columbus Day. Energy and Natural Resources Tue 3/18 9:20 AM SH Room 103 This bill extends the annual closing date for OHRV trails on the Connecticut Lakes headwaters working forest property until the second Monday in October, which is Columbus Day.
Oppose HB468 establishing the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of unmanned aircraft systems. Judiciary Tue 3/18 2:30 PM SH Room 100 This bill establishes the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of small unmanned aircraft systems.
Oppose HB25 making appropriations for capital improvements. Public Works and Highways Tue 3/18 10:00 AM LOB Room 201 This bill makes appropriations for capital improvements for the biennium and extends certain lapse dates for previous appropriations.
Support HB224 relative to rebates to ratepayers from the renewable energy fund. Ways and Means Tue 3/18 10:00 AM LOB Room 202-204 This bill requires moneys paid into the renewable energy fund to be rebated to ratepayers.
Support HB524 repealing the New Hampshire vaccine association. Ways and Means Tue 3/18 10:30 AM LOB Room 202-204 This bill repeals RSA 126-Q, relative to the New Hampshire vaccine association.
Of Interest SB301 creating a joint legislative oversight committee. Executive Departments and Administration Wed 3/19 9:15 AM SH Room 103 This bill creates a joint legislative oversight committee.
Support HB591 expanding hours for keno gaming on weekends. Ways and Means Wed 3/19 9:50 AM SH Room 100 This bill expands permitted keno hours of operations on weekends.

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So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (3/13/25)?

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-16 14:00 +0000
We learned it was another long day in the NH House as we dealt with 41 bills. In attendance were roughly 204 Republicans and 171 Democrats in the House. Our docket of bills included some that supported the Republican pledge to voters in the “Contract with New Hampshire” (https://www.nhhousegop.com/press-releases/contract/) and you will likely see more ... Read more

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Trumpeting Trumpian Trumpism

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-16 12:00 +0000
We’re approaching eight weeks under the new Trump administration, and it is still nearly impossible to cover all the movement on any given day. This administration came out of the gate like a greyhound and continues to whip up a whirlwind of change on a daily basis. That’s 56 calendar days for victims of the ... Read more

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Are The Media and Dem Leadership Inciting Violence?

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-16 10:00 +0000
It Sure Looks That Way The plethora of misinformation coming from the Media and Democrat leadership is fueling the lemmings that are rallying, singing, and throwing Molotov Cocktails at Tesla dealerships. We have not seen this widespread violence since the Summer of Love in response to the death of George Floyd. The Democrat Party is ... Read more

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A Tale of a Small NH. Town & the Unraveling of Community

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-16 02:00 +0000
Once again, on March 11, in Kensington and many small towns like ours in NH, just 1/3 of the voting population showed up to vote on essential items like budgets, spending, and taxes. In my last 37 years here in Kensington, citizens, young and old, rich and poor, have made unequaled Investments in education, yet ... Read more

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Shaheen Out – Sununu In?

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-16 00:00 +0000
New Hampshire’s Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen has decided not to run for reelection in 2026. A. J. says it is time to get a pragmatic Republican in office, like former Governor Chris Sununu.  Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side Up, or ... Read more

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Doesn’t Our New Governor Care About Her French Heritage?

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-15 22:00 +0000
As someone with zero French ancestry and a mere “hobbyist student” of French, I am on the Franco-American Centre (FACNH) email list and regularly gloss over their newsletters for events of interest.  One annual tradition of theirs that I’ve attended the past two times is their executive council meeting event recognizing March as “Francophonie Month.”  ... Read more

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Should Parents Have the Right to Opt Their Young Children …

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-15 20:00 +0000
…Out of School Curriculum Promoting Alternative Ideas About Sexuality and Gender? Should parents have the right to opt their elementary-aged children out of mandatory public school curriculum that promotes alternative ideas about gender and sexuality? In a joint amicus brief in Mahmoud v. Taylor, The Rutherford Institute and the NC Values Institute have asked the U.S. Supreme ... Read more

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A Deep Dive Into The Claremont Decision Part V

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-15 18:00 +0000
NH Claremont Decision Ep 5 with former House Counsel Ed Mosca Paul Ingbretson continues the Claremont Decision discussions with a n interview with former NH House Counsel, Ed Mosca. Ed has been an outspoken critic of the Supreme Court’s Claremont rulings since they first came down and has written two articles published in the Franklin ... Read more

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Illicit Chinese Toxins Discovered at Somerset County Triad Cannabis Operation

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-15 16:00 +0000
(Associated News Service) Following the execution of a search warrant at 199 Middle Road in Fairfield related to an illegal cannabis growing operation, the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department released images from the raid that show illegal Chinese-made fumigants—highly toxic chemicals not approved for any use in the United States. According to a statement from the ... Read more

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Does Queen Sharon Think We Are Stupid?

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-15 14:00 +0000
Let’s first acknowledge that not all House committees have a Senate clone of them.  Prior to this year, they didn’t have one for Children and Family Law or Education FUNDING, for example.  Gun bills and other Criminal Justice House bills usually go to Judiciary.  House school mask bills have gone to HHS instead of Education, ... Read more

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Schumer and Columbia Cave To Trump (For The Same Reason)

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-15 12:00 +0000
Yesterday, I wrote a pithy post on Substack about why Chuck Schumer had to cry uncle on the Republicans’ continuing resolution. He caved ‘cuz money. No, not money in the CR. Spending is spending to Dems, the more, the merrier. Schumer and company are worried about campaign money the Democrat party would never see. The ... Read more

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Who Gets the Blame for the Upcoming Recession?

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-15 10:00 +0000
Over the weekend, President Trump made headlines for refusing, on two occasions, to rule out the possibility that the US will experience a recession this year. The comments came days after the Atlanta Fed announced it now projects GDP to fall by nearly three percent in the first quarter of this year. Those developments, paired with the recent ... Read more

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Maine Rules PREP Act Immunizes Caregivers

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-15 02:00 +0000
In a March 4, 2025, decision (Jeremiah Hogan et al. v. Lincoln Medical Partners et al.), the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that staff who administered a Covid-19 vaccination to a minor child without parental consent were immune from state causes of action for battery and negligence under the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness ... Read more

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Politics is the Art of Hypocrisy!

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-15 00:00 +0000
This week …Politics is the Art of Hypocrisy! An international documentary film crew is in town, and it is time to Free Ian Freeman and other crypto-political prisoners. Democrat Trinidad Tellez voted against a bill to do away with inspection stickers, yet hers has expired??? Keep red flag laws out of NH, thank you to ... Read more

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Kennedy Sizes Up FDA Conflicts of Interest

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-15 00:00 +0000
Closing the revolving regulatory door on Big Pharma “family” user fees. Americans have become more distrustful of federal agencies in recent years, including “vaccine hesitancy” because of alleged misinformation about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has criticized HHS and other federal agencies for “regulatory capture” by corporate interests that ... Read more

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