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Steve MacDonald

Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, blogger, and a member of the Board of directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the Managing Editor and co-owner of GraniteGrok.com, a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

Sen. D’Allesandro Introduces New Casino Bill.

Another legislative session another Casino/Gambling Bill from Sen. Lou D’Allesandro. Email from Casino Free NH.org Sen. D’Allesandro’s next tilt at legalizing casino gambling is underway. The senator has filed Senate Bill 551 “Establishing video lottery and table gaming at one location.” The bill specifies that the casino will be at Rockingham Park in Salem and …

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Perverse Tax Incentives

In part II of our conversation with Emily Sandblade and Susan Olsen we discuss the perverse tax incentives behind expanding Medicaid in NH, like how it will favor residents who work outside the state over those who stay and work in New Hampshire. (Part I) (Full broadcast)

ICYMI – January 30th, 2016 Podcast

ICYMI – Chrissy Harbin from AFP joins us to talk EPA overreach, David McIntosh – President of Club for Growth on Trump vs. Conservatism, Aaron Day on the Medicaid Expansion, Sen. Bob Smith on Sen. Ted Cruz, and introducing the NH Income Tax Calculator.

Carter Will Beat Reagan 58 to 40

GOP doomsayers have not changed much in 36 years. Back in 1980 the “establishment” was convinced that only Gerry Ford could beat Carter, and that Ronald Reagan would lose.  

Cruz Calms Farmer Angry About Proposed Ethanol Subsidy Rollback

Sooper Mexican |  You can sense how angry the farmer is, but Cruz employs his impressively deep knowledge of the subject to explain calmly why his policies will HELP farmers, even though he’ll phase out the government subsidy. Maybe the farmer was just being nice at the end, but he went from total anger to …

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Sandown Separation Article Survives Town Meeting – Will Appear on Ballot

A warrant article question survived the deliberative process in the town of Sandown, New Hampshire this past Saturday. To paraphrase, “Do the Sandown voters want to begin the process of getting out from under the tyrannical boot of the Earl of Metzler to form a separate school district?” Or maybe you’d prefer this version.

Trump’s Kryptonite?

Washington Examiner By far, the most bothersome bit of information tested (by the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll) about either candidate (Trump or Cruz): “Donald Trump supports the use of eminent domain to take private property for public or private projects, with compensation to the landowners.” Presented with this information, 60 percent of Republican voters said …

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Clinton Planned to Bypass State Department Security ‘From Day 1’

Plans For Hidden IT Network To Help Clinton Skirt Rules Uncovered by Judicial Watch Judicial Watch |In the email chain, Lewis Lukens, former deputy assistant secretary of state and executive director of the secretariat, responds to a request from Mills by informing her, top Clinton aide Huma Abedin, and Kennedy that the new personal computer “in …

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New GrokTALK! Banners And Images

  I like to freshen up the look every now and again and this was on the punch-list.  We needed a new profile photo and banner for GrokTALK!  Don’t be surprised if I tweak these a bit in the coming days and weeks. That’s just how I roll.  

The Cost of Medicaid Expansion in NH

As Republicans advance Medicaid expansion in NH local activists have developed an online tool to show taxpayers just how expensive this will get, even IF the Feds keep their funding promise. (2016-01-30 Segment 1a)