This week on GrokTALK!, lots of topics like the alleged Capitol Police J6 pipe bomber, the fledgling deal to end the government shutdown, the Farmer’s Almanac hub-bub, Trump pardons 76 in one swipe of the pen, and Zorhan Mamdani’s connection to Maine (he was a whiny douche, then too). Tradition is not the worship of ... Read more

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Even after Jihadis took down the World Trade Center, you decide if they did it because the CIA/FBI/NSA/ETC. Asked them to or let them, New York City continues to be the world capital of capitalism. As big a deal as it was, it didn’t change anything. Smoothed for inflation, there is no marked difference in ... Read more

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Shortly before Nashua’s most recent routine city-wide train wreck, I took some heat for making some inappropriate comments about the surprise death of Ms Gloria Timmons.  To “polite society,” I say that any adjective, including INAPPROPRIATE, is in the eyes of the beholder, but there’s something about Ms Gloria that Ward 2 can learn from, ... Read more

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Welcome to another Monday, and as is tradition on these pages, Monday memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Upcoming Event: Protect Women’s Sports at UNH — Join Us for Free Speech & Advocacy!Dear Students and Community Members, You are invited to a timely and important event hosted by the Leadership Institute at the University of New Hampshire: Protect Women’s Sports – Defending Free Speech and Women’s Sports. This gathering will feature women’s sports ... Read more

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Today, on the morning update, it’s time to get serious about upcoming elections because our political opponents are in a cult, their priorities are evil, and their followers are riled up. None of this is possible without your support – please give today to keep the content coming! Link: Speakers’ opinions are their own and ... Read more

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Let us not fail to see the truth hiding behind  Trump euphoria. God blessed humankind with Inherent, unalienable rights, including the right to control one’s health. Preceding the Declaration of Independence’s challenge to a despotic world, a decade later, it was reinforced with teeth essential to liberty: the Bill of Rights.  Congress shall make no Law ... Read more

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I contend that the Kardashians are popular, famous, and wealthy because they are a non-stop slow-motion train wreck. Like the rubberneckers that bring traffic on the non-accident side of the highway to a standstill, people have this objective obsession with other people’s misery. It is what makes reality television a thing that won’t go away. ... Read more

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This week on the Elsa Kurt Show, we unpack week six of the shutdown, who is blocking a deal, and how it’s hitting families, flyers, and the force. Then we break down New York City’s election turn, media framing of Trump’s 60 Minutes interview, cartel crackdowns, stopping genocide in Africa, Cheney’s legacy, and a major ... Read more

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TLDR: The people who could be punished have been. Chasing more scalps won’t bring the money back and will burn cash we don’t have. The real failure is structural: the board slid into oligarchy. Everyone who played along shares responsibility, and recovery starts when we admit that, take a moral inventory, and rebuild the machinery ... Read more

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The ink on those cursed ballots is barely dry, and already the stench of betrayal hangs heavy over the skyline of New York City, that once-unconquerable fortress of American grit and ingenuity. The ink on those cursed ballots is barely dry, and already the stench of betrayal hangs heavy over the skyline of New York ... Read more

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Policy debates in New Hampshire are remarkably superficial. For example, an organization called the Tax Foundation recently released its “State Tax Competitive Index”, which scored New Hampshire the third-best State: But should New Hampshire’s tax policy be to achieve as high a rating as possible on the Tax Foundation’s “competitive index”? The Governor, the local Koch ... Read more

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With no end in sight to the government shutdown, New Hampshire is losing millions of dollars during the most popular time of year for visitors. Families are skipping meals, veterans are losing vital support, and small businesses are teetering on the brink of collapse. There are roughly 9,000 federal employees affected by this shutdown within ... Read more

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Barry Laughton has been known within New Hampshire’s political circles for more than a decade. Barry, a Democrat who goes by Stacie, was trans before it was a public mental health crisis. Back in 2012, Laughton won a seat in the NH House and was lauded as the first transgender legislator, perhaps anywhere. Laughton was ... Read more

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Nothing good to report for Republicans after yesterday’s off-year elections. The gubernatorial candidate in Virginia, who distanced herself from Trump and was not endorsed by him, lost by fifteen points to an “Orange Man Bad” strategy. The psychopath “two bullets and watch his children die is his arms” Attorney General candidate even won, illustrating that ... Read more

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Plus, Nick Fuentes still is terrible… This week on NE Take, A. J. and Dexter break down the impact of local elections in New Hampshire, how Zohran Mamdani’s win in NYC is bad for the nation, and the craziness around Nick Fuentes joining the Tucker Carlson Show. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not ... Read more

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One of the Democrats’ hostage demands is the repeal of fifty billion earmarked for improving rural healthcare. For all their focus on this stand being about healthcare, the media should be asking a lot more questions about why they oppose this. The Big Beautiful bill cut funding for non-citizens and added funding to improve care ... Read more

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Americans are used to a fast pace. We are basically an impatient breed and expect instantaneous results from a plan, or think the effort is a failure. Look at inflation as an example. It took Biden a couple of years to drive the overall cost of living to historic highs, yet Trump was deemed a ... Read more

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Watching Vermont spiral in the blue toilet water is not enjoyable. Sure, it is a TRE, and when the legislature is in session, we get a lot of low-hanging fruit. It is sad to observe the real-time decline and fall of a state founded by a rebel militia that fought against big government tyranny. Vermont ... Read more

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Do schools have a right or an obligation to control a particular narrative on school grounds? Can they control what messages everyone can express on campus? What if it hurts someone’s feelings? What if it makes them uncomfortable? How much responsibility does the school have in controlling a particular message? What if the message is ... Read more

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