She’s crazy!!! She’s unhinged!!! That is what they … the GOP Establishment, the Regime-Media, the Democrats, etc. … want you to believe about Marjorie Taylor Greene. Read her letter below. Actually, the people who are crazy are the people who believe the “MTG is crazy,” “MTG is unhinged” propaganda, and that it is she and NOT Speaker Mike Johnson and his loyal cuckolds who are betraying GOP voters and wrecking the country.

At this point, Speaker Johnson is little more than the tax-collector/debt-financier for the Biden-Regime. On issue after issue after issue he has sided with the Biden-Regime and against GOP voters. He has fully funded the Regime’s noxious anti-America agenda. It is fair to ask what the CIA, FBI, etc. has on Mike Johnson. Is he being blackmailed, threatened?

Read my letter to my Republican colleagues explaining my decision to file a motion to vacate Speaker Johnson ()

Dear Colleague,

Before we left for Easter break, I filed a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson after he passed the second minibus, H.Res.1102, which funded the… pic.twitter.com/bCC7MQ4DMq

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) April 9, 2024

 

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During Fani Willis’s trial, presiding Judge Scott McAfee, an inexperienced former employee of Fani’s, detected an “Odor of Mendacity” in the sworn testimony of Georgia County Attorney Fani Willis and her paramour prosecutor Nathan Wade. Any casual observer could see that Fani, her lover, and her law partner engaged in unlimited perjury.

This is unfortunately not surprising or unparalleled in the annals of American judicial history. In an article published by Jonathan Turley, a highly respected legal professor and scholar, on his blog “Res Lpsa Loquitur/ The thing itself speaks,” Turley expanded the “Odor of Mendacity” to the defamatory and constant shenanigans against President Trump occurring in New York and Washington D.C, details of which are all over conservative news but ignored by the mainstream press.

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I have detected a flood of mendacity emanating from the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the FBI, and national news media. The deliberate boldface lying begins with the Biden-Mayorkas secure border hoax, which has allowed 10+ million illegal aliens over our southern border. Try getting into totalitarian regimes like China, Russia, or Iran with no consequences. These countries are sending the worst of their worst to invade the USA to cause chaos and even mayhem.

Having allowed 10+ million illegal invaders into the USA, Biden, the Demolitioncrats, and the McConnell Republicans encourage these invaders to vote. In my opinion, there are no liberals or conservatives anymore; there are the realists or the delusional.

The continual deliberate lying by those in power in our country portends a tragic end for the USA if it goes unchanged! Hopefully, this criminal conduct does not conclude in a catastrophic cacophony of chaos for our country.

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A general search of New Hampshire’s watchdog media continues to suggest that they are not so interested in the truth as they are in appeasing the political powers they should keep in check. A sort of, but I’ll lose my sources if I tell too much truth. We at the ‘Grok could care less.

The list of conspiracy theories that came true is long and distinguished. In fact, we did more for science and to help the medical freedom groups that rose to fight for your rights and liberties than any corporate media in the Granite State. You’ll also be hard-pressed to find much to challenge the approved narratives in the internet “media” subculture. InDepthNH won’t touch it, and NH Journal is content to fondle it the way a creeper touches women’s butts as they pass by on a crowded subway platform.

There are others, but most exist to parrot, not challenge. Sharing the wrong science might affect fundraising.

I rely on fundraising to pay my bills, but the truth and debate are more important here, even when we may disagree. How else are we to arrive at the truth? If we do not let writers write, commenters comment, or people share links, research, and opinions, no one will be able to hear anything over the chorus.

There are no better examples of this than the mRNA product and another of Pfizer’s miracle cures, Paxlovid. The Health Freedom sites and .orgs that sprung up have been ceaseless pursuers of truth. They share news, data, alternative opinions, research, and fight for human liberty. We’ve been doing that for eighteen years and appreciate the company. It’s a thankless task without which we’d have only had the approved narratives that continue to confound self-proclaimed media guardians of the truth.

There is very little left in the way of clothing (real or imagined) on the mRNA emperor, but you won’t find evidence of that truth in New Hampshire’s corporate media. They might still be on the hook for all the ad money they took to support the Public Health Industrial complex narratives. Even Newsmax and Fox were alleged to have been bought in return for some measure of favorable COVID Policy coverage.

Paxlovid is another Pfizer product that was demonstrably ineffective and, in some cases, dangerous from very early on but continues to be advertised (much like the COVID ‘Vaccines'( without any consideration for the risks. I was in a supermarket yesterday, taking advantage of a sale to stock up on essentials. They had a public service announcement about getting vaccinated for COVID.

While the COVID injections are all risk, no reward, Paxlovid appears to be, at best, useless. It does not shorten symptoms. It is no more effective than a placebo. Over at the Dossier, they are reporting that it doesn’t shorten symptoms, and Paxlovid Rebound – a problem known since launch – is twenty-five times more likely than advertised (not that you’ll find it advertised in local “media”).

The Union Leader shared some news about the Paxlovid rebound in 2022, with the caveat that the drug still saves lives. The Pfizer/FDA/CDC/NIH Laundromat said the same about mRNA. We encourage you to find your truth but it doesn’t look good for Paxlovid.

The Union Leader also has a very amusing article this year (from Bloomberg) on how the COVID tests don’t work as well as they used to. We’ve got dozens of reports of how badly these tests worked from day one because it was not designed for that. The FDA and CDC (even the WHO) repeatedly observed issues, issued recalls, and required alternatives. Where is any of this reporting in local ‘media’?

The Grok, at RebuildNH, LibertyBlockNH, Health Freedom NH, and a few others, were brave enough to challenge the approved narratives. I get that it’s a horse we’ve been kicking for years, but “The Media” are still at it, and tens of thousands of Granite Staters have yet to figure this out.

It is not just public health messaging that they get wrong, skew, message, or misrepresent. It is not just New Hampshire; it is not just that some stories are incomplete. There is a deliberate lack of balance and, let’s face it, honesty about the issues presented. It is also not always the reporter. They answer to editors, and if you want to keep your job, you stop trying to tell the whole truth.

It is, therefore, not in your best interest to trust them on any other story they tell.

One of the unwritten conditions for donating to Grok is that we will never allow donors to dictate content. Let me tell you, it makes it harder to reach goals, but so what? As I noted above, media that encourages open debate and disagreeing-our-way to some middle ground littered with unpleasant truths is preferable. We like it when people disagree and work through it, and as long as you can be civil, you are welcome to your opinion. Just be willing to hear someone else’s and hash out the details until you find a middle ground or agree to disagree.

It’s all good.

It is also how we prevent falling into some institutionalized echo chamber of which there is always some risk.

But the professionals don’t seem at all concerned about that.

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There are two major political factions in America. Yes, there are independents, but those are just people afraid of commitment or ignorant of the issues. Years ago, when the parties were philosophically closer, you could ride the middle and say there were beliefs on either side that you could back. Today, the divide between the two major parties is so vast that to say you are an independent means sitting on a chair balanced on a high wire stretched across the Grand Canyon. There is no middle ground. Bipartisan is a word with no meaning. Every debate or vote is decided along party lines.

There is a stark difference between the two parties, which may be the most important. Republicans value life. From conception to the grave, the Republicans want each individual to have the opportunity to maximize their life’s well-being. This is in stark contrast to the Democrats. The Democrats have no concern for life. They support abortion on demand up to the time of birth, and they also support Euthanasia. They have equal ambivalence to the beginning and end of life.

As far as the period between, they are content sitting on the sidelines as 100,000 people die of Fentanyl poisoning at the hands of the Chinese and Mexicans. They have opened the border to allow gang members, rapists, murderers, and terrorists to enter our country, roam freely, and traumatize every neighborhood in the country. The Dems want you healthy enough to get to the polls, pull the D lever, and then get back to your life. They will lie to your face, sell you a bill of goods, and have their media reinforce the story. Notice I said their media. It used to be yours, but those days are long gone. That peacock was replaced by a donkey years ago.

This is how I see it, and writing it gives me no pleasure. But I challenge any of my Left-leaning acquaintances to shoot holes in my assessment. When I was growing up, the Democrats were always considered the Party of the People, and the Republicans were all about big business and wealth. I remember my sister looking at me one day and saying that I could not be a Republican because I had no wealth. Ironically, she now lives in Florida and is a Republican. The coin has flipped.

The Republicans are the Party of the Little Guy, and the Dems have sold their soul to special interest groups, foreign countries that are still our enemies, and the Radical Left who despise America. Groups like the Blacks, Browns, and even the Reds have seen the light. They know they have been used for decades, and the promises ring hollow. They have been pawns and taken for granted. The inner-city folk are seeing the resources earmarked for them now going to illegals. Against the rulings of the Supreme Court, the President is going from state to state, promising to wipe out student debt in trade for votes. The Democrats are the Party of smoke and mirrors. The flame is going out, and the mirrors are cracking. Joe Biden and his media will not be able to convince Americans that they are better off with his policies. That dog doesn’t hunt anymore. Biden may be losing his mind, but Americans are finding theirs.

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My town, Merrimack, holds its SB2 elections later than most. Town election season in New Hampshire begins while the snow still flies and peaks in March, so an early April poll date is late for supper.

Merrimack’s nonpartisan town elections are always later, so you have more time to campaign (in slightly better weather). This year, the local GOP did something we need to see more of across the state.

It is nonpartisan but still party-driven. No Ds or Rs are on that paper ballot, but that doesn’t change who they are politically. The ones whining about high property taxes (Democrats) are the first to raise them, and slowing or stopping that falls to local Republicans—labeled or not.

The Merrimack GOP appears to have worked their butts off to get decent candidates, do some serious door-knocking, and get enough of their voters to the polls to hold back what is typically a progressive day of celebration. The police, fire, and teachers’ unions always seem to get their voters out, which means bigger budgets and higher taxes.

Deserving’s got nothing to do with it unless you mean we deserve to be able to afford to live here, and schools, in particular, suck all the air and dollars out of every room. Despite representing the supermajority of taxes paid by New Hampshire residents, local town elections are still the least attended. Turnout is typically a fraction of the total number of registered voters. The last time I checked, we had over 18,000 of them in Merrimack. If more than 20% show up for town elections, it’s a big deal.

So?

Turnout was not great. I don’t think it exceeded 4000 (my back-of-the-envelope guess), but with good groundwork and messaging, the local GOP got several candidates on the Town Council, the School Board, and the Budget and Planning committees. Voters also had a mountain of new spending to accept or reject on town and school ballots and kept nearly eight million of it off their backs.

Not every Gimme-money warrant failed, but a new 4.8 million special services building was rejected, as were the school and town operating budgets. The defaults are each slightly lower – a few million on each side.

Take the win.

Informed no voters can make a difference, and more importantly, given the traditional turnout, if you can find 100 folks who don’t typically show up to do that and vote for your candidates and issues, you can move the needle in races and spending. The Merrimack GOP found a formula that worked, and with luck, they will duplicate it in future elections.

While we wait, it is up to the people who supported these candidates at the ballot box to support them in office. The establishment doesn’t take the loss lightly and will do what it can to bully, isolate, and demoralize dissenters. It makes it harder to find people to run and to keep them there when they win.

I hope the Merrimack GOP has a plan for that as well.

 

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Republican NH Senator Sharon Carson is the prime sponsor for bill SB422. Originally the bill would have replaced all instances of “mother” and “father” in birth records with “birth parent” and “non-birth parent.” I wrote about that here and her constituents contacted her and she realized there isn’t support for that.

Related: Republican NH State Senator Wants To Remove “Mother” and “Father” From Birth Certificates

Yesterday, two days before the crossover day deadline of April 11 for the full NH Senate to vote on all bills, she and the rest of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to pass a completely rewritten version.

The newly amended bill continues to promote the fiction, as the original bill did, that babies can be created without a father. If this bill becomes law, birth records will now have “birth mother” instead of “mother” and “father or non-birth parent” instead of “father.”

This bill allows a baby’s mother to completely cut her child off from knowing who his or her father is.

It is painful to see  Senator Carson putting the desires of parents to record a fictional “non-birth parent” in a birth record over the needs of a child to know who his or her biological father is.

In the future will we see legislation that allows polyamorous couples to put three or more parents on a birth record? Creating fictional birth records puts us on a slippery slope.

Contact your NH state senator ASAP and ask him or her to vote Inexpedient to Legislate on SB422, “changing several references and modifying language in parentage and birth records.” The vote is tomorrow, April 11.

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So-called solutions to the housing issue have spawned some heated debate on our pages. I’m not weighing in on that here. What I am doing is using it to talk about a different problem. Republicans are getting mad at people who expect them to adhere more closely to traditional Republican principles.

To be clear, I understand. Sometimes, there has to be room for compromise to get points on the board. The 24-week abortion ban is probably the most mainstream example. It mirrors not only what most Americans think is sensible but most of the world, but some who oppose abortion see it as a failure to adhere to principles. I object to abortion with few rare exceptions, but I accept that given where we are, the 24-week ban is a huge improvement. It might be the best we can do, given where we are at this time.  But abortion isn’t the only place where moving the ball even a little bit would be a win.

Low taxes, small government, limited regulatory interference, protecting individual rights, healthcare freedom, the second amendment, election integrity, border security (even at the state level if you are a border state), equal justice under the law (as written, not as imagined), all need to advance toward liberty. And yes,  there are a lot of moving political parts, too many, and not everyone will understand the what-for-and-whys which is as much or more a problem than having to listen to someone explain them. It’s not supposed to be this complicated, but boiled down to its core, supporters of Republican candidates whom they thought would fight for traditional Republican principles feel like you’ve cheated on them when you do or say something that contradicts those principles. Given that the relationship is at least ideologically close, the failure feels like a betrayal, more so now that we feel like we’re losing from all sides.

Elected officials who get mad about that need to understand as much as constituents that while you are not married, it feels like you’re being asked to thank someone for cheating on you. No, it is not the same, but the sense of it is, and the response to that is often not much different.

Our Policy – What of It There Is

We’ve always had a bi-partisan thank them or spank them policy here, so yes, we do, on occasion – contrary to good advice –  show politicians some appreciation for doing the right thing, but political pain is always the better motivator. It also leads to some very interesting conversations. And no, it doesn’t always improve the general character of the offending official, but free speech is a political thing, and when our political “spouse” appears to cheat on the principles, we don’t necessarily have anywhere else to go.

Becoming an independent doesn’t fix it. Someone running for office is the only cure. Replacing leadership. Developing new donors who are not paying to move Oveton’s window further left. That journey and the conflict are never going to be easy. People are going to say things, and not everyone is going to agree.

We do need to agree that the Democrats will always be worse and then agree to do our best until we can do better. Agree to disagree and that it doesn’t have to end in divorce.

And then find a way to do better even if it is just a little better than yesterday.

 

Note: This is another one of those posts that started out in my head going one way and ended somewhere else. Rather than wrestle it into submission, if that were even possible, I’ve published it as is.

 

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Democrats are calling in the bigwigs to address their partisan positions on public education. There is a ZOOM call scheduled with the President of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten. Much of this will be centered around legislation that expands “school choice” options in New Hampshire.

Anytime public funds are diverted to private schools, partisan activists on the left cry foul. They see this as an attack on public education, while those escaping the public schools for something better find a great deal of relief. The left has become so hostile to any child receiving a better education, they will fight and work hard to keep those children in a school that is failing them.

I’ve worked for two decades on ways that improve public education, only to be met with resistance or rejection from Democrats who say they care about public schools. Really? While families are fleeing, I don’t see them working to improve the state academic standards which are based on the failed Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards.

When schools shut down, and children were not learning and suffering emotionally, where was AFT President Randi Weingarten? Fighting to keep public schools shut down. That didn’t help public schools, it hurt everyone involved. But what most people don’t know is, Weingarten also worked to remove teachers from public education, and replace them with facilitators.

If you go to this document from Education Reimagined, and scroll down to page 10, you can see how the role of teachers will change in the future. There will no longer be a role for the teacher in the classroom. Instead they will be replaced by “facilitators.”

Who is out to making the teaching profession obsolete? Scroll to the last page of the document to see who signed it: Randi Weingarten, along with several other education reformers.

Here you can see that former Governor Cuomo teamed up with Bill Gates on Education Reimagined, and asked why school buildings even exist. Forbes followed up by saying, Gates is not the person to “reimagine education.”

So who is attacking public education? They’re not Republicans, they are left wing ideologues looking to replace teachers with AI all to profit Ed Technology. Think $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ profits to Ed technology!

So for those who sign up for this Zoom call, you might want to remind Randi and her colleagues of their role in destroying public education. The only ones benefitting from these reforms are Ed Technology Companies.

 

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You bought a home in a single-family-zoned neighborhood precisely because it was zoned single-family. Then, some supposed “Republican” State Reps joined forces with the Democrats to outlaw single-family zoning throughout New Hampshire—the one-size-fits-all, big-government solution that Republicans supposedly oppose.

Then, to add insult to injury, these “Republicans” nonsensically tell you that they are defending “property rights” when there NEVER was any right to build apartments in your single-family zoned neighborhood. IT WAS ZONED SINGLE-FAMILY.

And they self-righteously claim that they are fighting “tyranny” when it is they who are the tyrants—changing the rules AFTER THE FACT makes them, not you, the tyrants. These “Republican” State Reps are NOT real Republicans. They are IMPOSTERS … whose ideological extremism is exceeded only by their arrogance and self-righteousness.

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