Steve MacDonald

Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, an award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance and the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, and more (yes, there's more) at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, the Republican Volunteer Coalition, and has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

Why Donald Trump is an Existential Threat…

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The government is an institution like any other. As such, it relies on certain understandings. There is a natural order. A chain of command. Matters of deference. It has rules, a culture, and these things sustain its “survival.” An existence separate from the Constitution that created it and defines it. Those of us outside that institution … Read more

RCSB: Symptoms Of Global Warming And Global Cooling Are Identical

November 20, 2018 Steve MacDonald

It’s snowing which means global warming. Not that long ago it meant global cooling. And while it’s all just really ‘”The Weather” it’s not. It’s all about politics now. Tom Steyer spent a small fortune on a pre-election ground game in New Hampshire through his NextGen Climate PAC. They turned out a record number of college … Read more

Steve Stepanek Announces Bid To Lead New Hampshire GOP

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Steve Stepanek has formally announced his bid to become the next Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party. The Union Leader quotes Stepanek as saying that, “At this juncture, the Republican Party doesn’t exist in New Hampshire as an organization,” … “It has failed in fundraising and organization; and we need to completely revamp what’s going on … Read more

Dan Crenshaw May Be the New Republican “YouTube” Star

November 19, 2018 Steve MacDonald

During Chris Christie’s first term as governor his recorded conversations with voters, union reps, any manner of constituent became known as Chris Christie porn. The way he questioned the union and establishment status quo in New Jersey Town Hall meetings was thrilling to watch. And he’s an establishment Republican sort of guy. Since then Trey Gowdy … Read more

Are New Hampshire Democrats Backing Away From Promised Tax Hikes?

November 19, 2018 Steve MacDonald

All year long New Hampshire Democrats have been whining about how cutting New Hampshire’s business taxes was a hand out to the rich. Corporate bailouts. The standard socialist-Democrat class warfare rhetoric. Back in the real world, these tax cuts have produced record job growth, wage growth, and record labor force participation. Regular folk are working and earning … Read more

The Mexican President hasn’t Done Anything to Stop the Caravan Crime Spree

December 29, 2018November 19, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Border tensions are flaring as thousands of foreigners stress the patientce and resources of local residents. In Mexico. According to Mexican journalist Alex Backman, things are bad and the President of Mexico is doing nothing to stop it. “…the migrants are robbing and stealing in Mexico. They carjack cars containing just one occupant. There are even accounts … Read more

Broward County Election Supervisor Brenda Snipes Resigns

November 19, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The now infamous Brenda Snipes, the Elections supervisor for Broward County Florida, has resigned. Don’t worry, it has nothing to do with how she conducts elections or recounts. She says she wants to spend more time with her family. Oh, and racism. Related: Florida Dem Party Conspired in Advance to Use Forged Ballots in Anticipated Recount A … Read more

1,322 Votes and It’s a 13-11 Republican Majority New Hampshire State Senate

November 18, 2018November 18, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The Democrat “Sweep” of New Hampshire looks impressive. But when you run the numbers, especially on the State Senate side, it’s quite fragile. To show you how precarious the win, we only need to look at a few State Senate Races. A difference of 275 votes (total) between just two races (Avard and Gannon) produces … Read more

How About a Sanctuary City for Gun Rights?

November 18, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The next great Supreme Court case on Gun rights may be brewing in an unusual place. The police chief in the city of Republic, Washington has stepped up to announce that recent unconstitutional laws passed by Washington State voters will not apply in his city as long as he’s the Chief. Related: Condoleeza Rice Tells The View: … Read more

How About a 26% Tax on Marijuana Sales To Keep Prices “High”

October 5, 2022November 18, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Back in 2012 New Hampshire Governor-Elect Maggie Hassan said she was open to the idea of passing medical marijuana legislation. My first thought was, why? What did Democrats have to gain by putting their foot on the path toward what is typically considered a liberty issue? My answer was money and power.

NH Republicans Pick Up House Seat in Laconia Recount

November 18, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Recounts are underway across the state. Given the fallout from Tuesday, Nov 6th, Granite State Republicans have to be happy about every seat they hang on to or pick up. Yesterday they got one in Laconia. According to the count on election night, [Gail] Ober had defeated Republican Richard B. Beaudoin for that seat by … Read more

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Manchester Democrats Are Afraid of Rich Girard.

November 17, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The Left likes to tell you who scares them. One of the signs or symptoms of this condition is hyperbolic imaginings. Organized into a systematic hit. Like those on display from Manchester Democrats directed at Board of School Committee member Rich Girard. It’s not just THAT they are accusing him of inappropriate communications with a … Read more

Mexican Mayor to Caravan – Obey the Law or Get Deported

November 17, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Tijuana has been inundated with illegal immigrants, and the mayor has just about had enough. Alex Parker at RedState is reporting that “Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum declared that the migrant caravans coming through aren’t welcome.” Related: Migrant Caravan Swells But With Who? In some crazy body switching scenario, Gastelum has invoked concepts (the left would … Read more

Trump Tax Cuts Produce Record Business Tax Revenue in October – Personal Tax Revenues Down 3 Billion

November 17, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Those evil tax cuts for businesses we all heard so much about just set a record for taxes received from businesses. In October, the first month of the new fiscal year, of $252,692,000,000. That’s more than $11.4 billion above revenue for October of last year, which was the previous record tax revenue for an October. … Read more

State to Check 3-Years of Social Media History Before You can Buy a Firearm?

November 17, 2018 Steve MacDonald

How does this sound? You want to purchase a firearm. You fill out your form and then wait while local authorities perform a 3-year review of your online/social-media history. Their job is to make sure there is no disqualifying hate speech in there someplace. Sounds Progressive. According to Newsweek, Senator Kevin Palmer is currently working on legislation that … Read more

Churches Could Be Fined for Using Plastic Stirs When Handing Out Free Coffee

November 16, 2018 Steve MacDonald

When you vote for someone, they suddenly inherit the super-human ability to know better. Or, more likely, the sort of people who run for public office are just predisposed to be busy-bodies. We know this to be true at every level of government with few exceptions. Down in DC the city council has no exceptions. … Read more

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Decolonizing Thanksgiving: A Toolkit for Combatting Racism in Schools.”

November 16, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Liberals have been wrecking Thanksgiving for years. In the past, it’s been the DCCC annual ruin Thanksgiving guide/talking points. Your racist, sexist, relatives will spout lies comrades (Lies I tell You!) and here’s what you need to know to set everyone in hearing-distance straight (like ideological conversion therapy). Because that’s how you get invited back … Read more

Girls Can Grow Up to Be Anything…Just Not Conservative

June 28, 2022November 16, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Elections where minority candidates lose, except in places like (say) New Hampshire, have become an opportunity for the left to wield the nuclear bomb called racism, on (of all people) women. Exit polling where Stacy Abrahams and Andrew Gillum have yet to win (because Democrat voting never ends even after the polls close) showed more white women voting for … Read more

Mr. Trump Reacts to the Words of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama on Border Security

November 16, 2018 Steve MacDonald

This is funny. It is. Watch as Mr. Trump “reacts” to the remarks of previous presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama on the critically important matter of Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Aliens, and American border security. GrokTV

Florida Democrat Party Conspired in Advance to Use Forged Ballots in Anticipated Recount

November 16, 2018 Steve MacDonald

It looks like the Florida Democrat party was anticipating recounts in advance and had a plan in place to take advantage of it by using ballots that could/would be counted even though they were submitted after the deadline. TALLAHASSEE — A day after Florida’s election left top state races too close to call, a Democratic … Read more