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Sunday • April 20 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XVI

Manchester, N.H.

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The Exploitation of Taxpayers by Federal Workers

Wed, 2025-02-19 18:00 +0000
Workers across the country responded with anger and confusion,” the Associated Press reported last week, in response to the Trump administration’s layoffs of probationary workers. CBS News tells us “federal workers express shock, anger over mass firings,” and The New York Times writes that federal works face “sleeplessness, anger and tears.”  Some workers launched lawsuits against the Trump administration. Others went on ... Read more

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A Personal Note From Ray

Wed, 2025-02-19 17:00 +0000
I have been fortunate enough to have my work shared with the readers of Granite Grok for over four years. Every day, for over 1,600, I have been writing my thoughts and have enjoyed your responses. I have had my work published on over 70 websites across the internet, but no site out there has ... Read more

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Gun Confiscation Bill Exec Session

Wed, 2025-02-19 15:00 +0000
The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee is scheduled to vote on HB 159 – aka – the ‘gun confiscation bill’, in an executive session, on Friday, February 21st. You can read more about the bill here. You can find even more information about it here. An amendment was added to the bill to try and ‘make it better,’ ... Read more

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Trump Yanks Government Out From Between You and Your Appliances

Wed, 2025-02-19 13:00 +0000
The cost of everything was already up thanks to bad economic policy. Inflation got so bad that it started to harm the so-called green energy industry. The elite’s response to that was to print more money and give it to the greenwashers, which just made inflation worse. But that wasn’t enough. Busy-body lefties piled regulations ... Read more

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What multi-state games can you play in West Virginia?

Wed, 2025-02-19 11:21 +0000
West Virginia Lottery offers a variety of multi-state games, giving you the opportunity to try your chances in some of the largest jackpot games available across the United States. These games combine gameplay from multiple states, resulting in significant jackpots and more potential to win. From POWERBALL© to MEGA MILLIONS® and Daily 3, 4, just ... Read more

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You Have Lost Your Right To Critique Donald Trump

Wed, 2025-02-19 11:00 +0000
The Democrats have two choices. They can put their collective heads together and come up with solutions, which will never happen because, even collectively, there is no level of intelligence to develop solutions. They can put their tails between their legs and work with the Republicans, who have the majority support of Americans on key ... Read more

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Do the Dems Complaining about the DOGE “youth” Know our Founders Ages?

Wed, 2025-02-19 03:00 +0000
To answer the question in the headline, probably not. As in, no clue at all. Sure, a COUPLE of them might know but they won’t speak up as it would spoil the narrative. But they sure are making a lot of the ages of the DOGE wonderkiddos that are turning up all KINDS of waste ... Read more

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The US Should Not Take Over Gaza

Wed, 2025-02-19 01:00 +0000
President Trump upended US Middle East policy by announcing that the United States would “take over” war-ravaged Gaza and turn it into “the Riviera of the Middle East.” President Trump also said the Palestinians living in Gaza would be (temporarily?) relocated to Jordan or Egypt. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul came out strongly against the proposal. ... Read more

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Granite State Live 2-18-25 [Replay]

Tue, 2025-02-18 23:55 +0000
In hour one, a quick report on “National Not My President Day,” followed by Rep. Michael Grainger on his bill to eliminate annual passenger vehicle inspections in New Hampshire. In hour two, longtime Grok contributor Claire Best joins the program to discuss the web of NH connections from judges to AGs, to the NGOs who ... Read more

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Transitioning (from Schools to Education)

Tue, 2025-02-18 23:00 +0000
I was recently asked:  How would you go about eliminating public schools? I think we would eliminate public schools in the same way that we would eliminate public oil refineries, and public farms and ranches, and public grocery stores, and… Oh, wait, we don’t have those, do we? We don’t have those, because we have ... Read more

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NH Conservatives Have a Personnel Problem

Tue, 2025-02-18 22:00 +0000
In January, news broke that Shannon Buttermore—a Gilford mother of three—had been denied a kidney transplant by Dartmouth Hitchcock because she refused a COVID vaccine shot. Dartmouth’s actions were an open violation of New Hampshire’s 2022 “Patients Bill of Rights,” which prohibits the denial of medical care on the basis of vaccination status. Although Buttermore had ... Read more

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Second Amendment Happy Ending – With A Baby On Her Hip

Tue, 2025-02-18 21:00 +0000
What kinda set of morons are going to try to take on a pistol-packing momma with “da babe” on her hip? Didn’t they pay attention to Sarah Palin’s “Mama Grizzly” – and this one bringing some hot lead to make somebody’s day? Mother With Baby on Hip Gets in Shootout With Alleged Intruders A Decatur, ... Read more

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HB 159/SB 144: A Dangerous Cure that Erodes Due Process and Gun Rights

Tue, 2025-02-18 20:00 +0000
Protect Due Process, Protect Our Rights House Bill 159 (HB 159) and the Senate version SB 144, dubbed “Bradley’s Law,” is presented as a well-intentioned fix to keep guns away from the violently mentally ill. Its sponsor, Chairman Terry Roy, claims it’s a necessary step to close a loophole exposed by the tragic murder of ... Read more

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Armenia Travel Guide: Entry Requirements and Staying Connected with Mobile Data

Tue, 2025-02-18 19:41 +0000
Planning a trip to Armenia? Learn about entry requirements, mobile connectivity options like Armenia eSIM, and essential travel tips to make your journey seamless.

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New Hampshire Athletic Association Drops Transgender Participation Language From By-Laws

Tue, 2025-02-18 19:00 +0000
If you’d like to take a walk down memory lane, New Hampshire has a colorful relationship with allowing boys and men to play girls and women’s sports. From flag lawsuits to sexual predator relatives, there’s no shortage of soap-opera-level intrigue. One consistent thing is the effort by activists to save women’s sports and that of ... Read more

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Anti-Federalist Warnings on Consolidation and Tyranny

Tue, 2025-02-18 17:00 +0000
In a heated war of words, Luther Martin responded to a series of essays penned by Oliver Ellsworth under the pseudonym Landholder, defending his colleague Elbridge Gerry against Federalist attacks and reinforcing key Anti-Federalist warnings about consolidation and the dangers of unchecked federal power. Gerry and Martin were both delegates to the Philadelphia convention, and neither ... Read more

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Tales from the School Board – Here We Go Again! Part 2

Tue, 2025-02-18 15:00 +0000
Part 1 went rather long (even for me), so I decided to split the remainder into this post. To recap, Gilford School Board Superintendent Kirk Beitler stated the following when High School Principal Anthony Sperazzo announced the formation (and seeking official backing thereof) of a new student club called “Prism” – a “safe space for ... Read more

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Why Can’t You Show Us Where The Missing $169K Was Spent?

Tue, 2025-02-18 13:00 +0000
If you are reading this, it has been sixteen days since the Committee to Elect House Republicans (CTEHR) was publicly informed of the need to submit corrected campaign finance reports to the Secretary of State’s Office to account for missing expenditures totaling nearly $170,000.00. If you’ve been following the story, you’ll know that, according to ... Read more

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Del Mar Energy Inc. Launches a Major Update to Its Online Platform

Tue, 2025-02-18 12:16 +0000
The international industrial holding Del Mar Energy Inc., specializing in investments in the energy and infrastructure sectors, has announced a large-scale update to its online platform. The new enhancements aim to improve the convenience of investors, expand functionality, and enhance user interaction. Del Mar Energy Inc. is a global industrial holding company engaged in the ... Read more

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EFA2Cash.com

Tue, 2025-02-18 11:00 +0000
There’s a rumor going around that there is a web site where people with Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs) can go to find people who need things like printers, or musical instruments, or martial arts gear. Holders of EFA accounts can use them to buy things that have been approved (by the Children’s Scholarship Fund, which ... Read more

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