Is public education broken? That depends on whether you think the goal was to redirect private resources to create knowledgeable citizens capable of self-education and self-rule. That was never its purpose, though we must confess that at least a few of the kiddies walked out the other end at least able to read and think ... Read more

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More mixed links – Top of the fold: Even the government unions want the shutdown to end: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-workers-union-calls-on-democrats-to-support-gop-bill-and-end-shutdown-5935432 This woman has a compelling explanation for why the Dems are fighting so hard to get the Obamacare subsidies put back into the budget: Woman Explains The REAL Reason Behind The Schumer Shutdown — Finally Makes Perfect ... Read more

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Join Jocelyn and her guest on this week’s Justice 4 All, as they dissect the week’s news and events. 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 like, ... Read more

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A few weeks back, I hinted that Mexico might want to negotiate a pause with the drug cartels if it didn’t want to get Venezuela’d. US strikes on alleged cartel drug boats are a not-so-subtle message. That rhetorical war on drugs thing the US Government had been laundering money through for decades, only to have ... Read more

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Most people think the left’s obsession with “racial justice” in policing started with George Floyd. It didn’t. That was just the match thrown on an already blazing bonfire that really started to take shape many years ago. The groundwork for dismantling America’s criminal justice system was laid over a decade earlier, back in 2010, with ... Read more

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Welcome to Wednesday, another edition of midweek memes. This week, we have something special —or, as they say down south, precious—lots of Mamdani memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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Yes, of course you already know who’s responsible for the government shutdown. As a lifelong Democrat, there’s no doubt in your mind that Trump and the Republicans caused the shutdown and all the hardships that come with it. If, on the other hand, your politics lean conservative, you’re certain the Schumer shutdown is just another ... Read more

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Today, on the morning update, a #woke social justice select board member calls in to a school board meeting to accuse her constituents of pedophilic tendencies. Ref Links: Maine Wire: https://www.themainewire.com/2025/10/kennebunk-select-board-member-suggested-parents-who-dont-want-trans-males-competing-in-girls-sports-have-pedophilic-tendencies/ 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 ... Read more

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We all assumed that Veterans Affairs under Trump would improve, and in some respects, it has. They are handling more claims, and in September, they made some noise about approving third-party care for 12 months (for thirty types of care) instead of 6 or 3, but something changed. My contacts tell me that the VA ... Read more

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Without a doubt, everyday Americans are increasingly challenging the uneven hand of political accountability.  They observe a system that appears to pursue accountability with an ironclad imbalance of justice, leaving one side largely untouched while the other bears the brunt of investigations and prosecutions.  This sentiment has intensified in recent months as calls grow louder for action ... Read more

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Welcome back for another installment of Granite State Live with hosts Keith Hanson and Julain Acciard. 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 like, follow, or subscribe ... Read more

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As you contemplate the complication of the Schumer shutdown, don’t forget that there were millions of illegals tapping the EBT system for food and fun—at least 1.5 million. According to the USDA, the noncitizens include “lawful permanent residents, refugees, asylees, those granted a stay of deportation, and undocumented individuals… Undocumented individuals are not eligible to receive SNAP ... Read more

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CARING CORRUPTED: THE KILLING NURSES OF THE THIRTIES from Nazi Germany enlightened my narrative of the COVID death march. This video, responding to my headlined OP-ED COVID CARNAGE, dated October 26, 2025,  stirred deep thought about human nature’s desire to seek the most gain at the cost of the least amount of pain. Hitler’s master ... Read more

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I’m not sure how many readers remember Heavy Metal (the cartoon art mag, not the music). They released an eponymously named movie in 1981, which I recall liking. In one scene, someone in charge of something tells the hero, Den, that he “must steal the Loc-Nar from the Queen in order to save Katherine.” I ... Read more

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Patriots, the storm has broken.  For nine years, the Deep State cabal led by Barack Obama have slithered in the shadows, peddling their Russia hoax like a venomous serpent to poison the well of American democracy.  But now director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has hurled the thunderbolt of truth, declassifying ironclad documents that lay bare the ... Read more

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Today, on the morning update, we’ve got more SNAP fraud news you can share out there in the trenches of social media, including how Dems could have easily funded SNAP separately from the CR, but like paying our military, they just don’t want to. And watch for Cosmo’s cameo! Ref Links: Speakers’ opinions are their ... Read more

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[re: Patrick Hynes (Sununu can deliver GOP seat in the Senate, Union Leader, October 25)] John E. Sununu is the epitome of the Washington elite. I don’t care how many long-term Senators in D.C. have endorsed Sununu, some of whom are members of a particular bureaucratic institution known as “the swamp”. They stick like glue ... Read more

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Everyone except the Democrats is frustrated by the Senate impasse that is keeping our government shut down. This situation is not one where negotiation will lead to a resolution. This is a situation where the Democrats are holding pay and benefits from the American people in the hopes that the pain will force the Republicans ... Read more

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This week, Tom Murray from the Government Integrity Project joins me to explain why we are in a constitutional crisis in New Hampshire and what School Funding has to do with it. Note: Resolved a sketchy audio issue in the first two minutes. Sound is excellent after that. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may ... Read more

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New York’s likely election of Zohran Mamdani to the mayor’s office offers a lesson —and not just to New Yorkers. The rise of Marxist, totalitarian socialists into positions of power has a similar effect across the world and throughout time. It is the template of modern civilization. Those who can leave do, taking their intellectual ... Read more

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