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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.

Can We Please Be Done With Larry Lessig Now?

Ideas from Bat-s**t crazy progressives like Larry Lessig should not be supported under any circumstances and here’s more proof. Dear MoveOn member, I’m Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard professor and the founder of MAYDAY Super PAC—the “SuperPAC to end all SuperPACs”—which many MoveOn members helped launch. I’m writing to you because I want Elizabeth Warren to …

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Jeanne Shaheen 2009 “In New Hampshire, we are already seeing the effects of climate change.”

As we near the end of the first full week of Spring 2015–I still have at least a foot of snow in my yard–I thought it would be nice to take a stroll down memory hole lane… “In New Hampshire, we are already seeing the effects of climate change.  Winters are warmer; snowfall is declining …

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HB 357 Amendment And the Jasper Gas Tax – Just Died in the NH House

The good news of the day is that the scheme to amend HB 357 into the NH DOT budget plus gas-tax-increase has failed.  The full House rejected the amendments 365-3. Spec Bowers c/o Facebook The vote was closer than expected: 3 in favor, 365 opposed. BTW, Kurk spoke against his own bill. The gas tax …

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Right-to-Know inquiries help uncover corruption in Windsor, NH

By Steve Mac Donald | Watchdog Arena A group of residents in Windsor, New Hampshire became suspicious of the way the tiny town of roughly 200 residents was handling its finances.  Property taxes were the primary source of income, so the best way to uncover any irregularities was to request the most recent tax records. …

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GrokTALK! Legislative Round Up

Max walks us through some legislation, including Poker, a bill to control abuses by child and family services, who voted for a 2.25% state sales tax, the Judiciary committee bailing on oversight over the judicial system, a tax on marriage to fund a domestic violence program, and the rhetoric on cutting expansions to the budget. …

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Laurie Sanborn Wouldn’t Toe Jaspers Line – Gets the Boot

This isn’t new or unusual but given the tolerance promised in the age of the Jaspercrats–which is to say none: Republican Majority leadership less tolerant of Republicans than Democrat Majority leadership ever was– this seems appropriate. Rep. Laurie Sanborn was removed this morning from the House Finance Committee for her refusal to support the leadership's …

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GrokTALK! with Dr. Betsy McCaughey

ObamaCare expert and health Care advocate Dr. Betsy McCaughey joins us to talk about King v Burwell, the courts real role, subsidies, Health Care Coverage–and the Republican off-ramp from ObamaCare, post Obama-Care America, EPA, USDA, and other regulatory intrusions, and then the upcoming First in the Nation Summit here in New Hampshire. Dr. Betsy McCaughey’s …

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