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.

“Man” in NH allegedly peered at 12-year-old girl over changing room wall

September 26, 2018July 16, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The headline reads, “Man in NH allegedly peered at 12-year-old girl over changing room wall.” How do they know s/he’s a man? How dare they even assume, given that it is an act of discrimination in this state?

Eric Muldowney, 30 of Somerville, Massachusetts, was charged with violation of privacy and simple assault, according to WMUR in New Hampshire. The incident took place Sunday in the Gap store at the Tanger Outlet Mall in Tilton, New Hampshire, about two hours north of Boston.

I’m not sure why s/he isn’t suing the GAP, the Tanger Outlets, the Tilton PD or even the town itself?

NH is Ground Zero in the War On Voting Rights? Seriously?

September 26, 2018July 16, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Slate’s headline is “Ground Zero in the War on Voting Rights.” The Subhead reads “New Hampshire Republicans passed a bill to suppress the student vote. Democrats have one last chance to defeat it.”

Are you all that stupid? Seriously? Okay. Wait. Let’s try a little test.

It’s called “show me the student voter suppression.” Pay attention. This is complex stuff right here. Are you ready?

Are New Hampshire Democrats Guilty of Voter Suppression?

September 26, 2018July 15, 2018 Steve MacDonald

I was in Concord Yesterday. The car in front of me on Main Street, a Honda Fit, had a Clinton-Kaine bumper sticker and another from the ACLU that said something like ‘Let Them Vote.’

The ACLU and I get along swimmingly on issues of free speech but not so much on their false-flag, straw-man student voting rights agenda which, in New Hampshire, has a laser-focus on making excuses for letting non-residents steal local elections. A narrative that took a knee to the groin this past week with the State Supreme Court decision on House Bill 1264.

As a public courtesy, I feel compelled to revisit this at least one more time, because the Liberals won’t stop kicking the dead horse of ‘student voting rights’ which, if considered in the proper context, may constitute vote suppression by New Hampshire Democrats.

“I Think My Dog’s a Democrat”

September 26, 2018July 15, 2018 Steve MacDonald

No, not my dog, well, maybe. I’d like to think our “relationship” is voluntary on my part. I chose it.

But back to the music. This song by Bryan Lewis was sent to me by Jim. It’s amusing and as Jim notes, light-hearted…to brighten up your Sunday Morning. See if you agree.

Democrats are Still Colluding With Out-of-State Voters to Steal NH Elections

September 26, 2018July 14, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The State Supreme Court has ruled (in its analysis of HB1264, which the governor then signed yesterday) that out-of-state college students do not have more rights than actual citizens of New Hampshire. They are not entitled to a special exclusion from the responsibilities actual residents accept including registering vehicles in the Granite State or obtaining a New Hampshire driver’s license. And asking these things of them is not a poll tax.

This is as it should be but New Hampshire Democrats have been stealing elections from Granite Staters for years and in spite of the court’s opinion they are ramping up to try and rob you of at least one more.

ANTIFA Invokes “Rights” for Itself It Would Deny To Everyone Who Disagrees With Them

September 26, 2018July 14, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Progressive arguments for campaign finance reform (see also, the false getting money out of politics narrative) have nothing to do with transparency or money. They are about exposing donor lists to intimidation by left-wing thugs to suppress donations, and the speech they would afford political opponents.

Alternately or should I say Alt-Lefternately, Antifa, one of the Progressives thug armies hides its identity while actively suppressing speech Democrats (coincidentally) oppose. They attack people, destroy property, and use intimidation to suppress actual speech. Some GOP lawmakers have proposed legislation to amp up the penalties for those who actually commit certain crimes while “masked.”

Antifa is not happy.

#BrettKavanaughScandals

September 26, 2018July 13, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The left is so unhinged about the nomination of (XX) that the progressive monkeys are “digging deep” for any bit of poo to throw. This has ignited the Twitterverse with a new hashtag. #BrettKavanaughScadals.

As you might expect, the denizens of said ‘verse’ are having a blast owning that hashtag to make fun of the left.

Carrie Severino’s got her top ten posted at National Review. I searched the hashtag and here are mine (so far), some of which are the same, and in no particular order.

Sununu Signs HB1264 – Clarifying Residence and Domicile for Voting Purposes.

September 26, 2018July 13, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Ed Nail has been all over this, naturally but I just finished reading the decision so while you should read all of Ed’s remarks I want to try to use the court’s judgment to clarify what just happened when Governor Sununu signed HB1264 into law.

An excerpt from the State Supreme Court’s decision will help us along here.

The Last Straw

September 26, 2018July 13, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Sometimes you feel like a win, any win, is enough. Hey, what about banning drinking straws? They’re easy to use, convenient, people like them, but something about the environment.

Starbucks, the same company that very briefly brought us the opportunity to discuss race relations with their counter-people (pompously branded with the label barista), is leading a charge among globally known brands to end the use of plastic straws in our lifetime.

Roe v. Wade is Just a Clump of Words

September 26, 2018July 12, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Democrats are not progressive. They like old stuff. Trains to move people. Governments based on an unimpeachable ruling class. And Supreme Court decisions that even bioethicist and infanticide fetishist Peter Singer would like to see scrapped like Roe v. Wade.

Left-Wing Intolerance And Extremism is Driving Democrats From The Party

September 26, 2018July 12, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The media is committed to selling the story that the Republicans are divided when, in fact, it is the Democrat Party that is in the throes of a full-blown civil war. The first “public” signs of wide-spread division showed themselves when Bernie Sanders challenged The Clinton Machine.

The threat that Bernie could rob Hillary of another nomination was so real that the DNC, CNN, and others fixed the primaries. The media ignored the scandals (not just because they were complicit) and the outrage, as well as a rift that kept getting bigger. And then Hillary Lost.

A loss that institutionalized open hatred and derision for anyone (including registered Democrats) who was not at progressive outrage level 11 all day and every day.

Grok Poll: Did the Promised Post-Net-Neutrality Apocalypse Pass You By?

September 26, 2018July 12, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The chicken-little left has a template. If the government isn’t doing it how do we change things so it does? If Government is “doing it” and someone undoes it, declare it the end of the world. Human Sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.

Net Neutrality was barely old enough to know when it burped up on itself when Mr. Trump’s FCC pulled the plug. Like most things, Democrats tried to delete the history of the internet prior to 2015 or at least rewrite it. Without Net Neutrality which we’d had for but a sliver (as we know it) of the internet entire existence the sky would fall.

Did it?

603 Alliance Update and a Special Offer if You’d Like to Attend the NHLA Liberty Dinner

September 26, 2018July 12, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The 603 Alliance is working to help elect more Constitutionally Driven Republicans to New Hampshire House.

In their latest email update, they’ve got news on that front as well as an offer to get 10% off tickets to the NHLA Liberty Dinner this Sunday, in Bedford, New Hampshire.

They’ve also got info on an upcoming SDGANH Event.

Sanctioning Government Plunder and Big Money in Politics

September 26, 2018July 11, 2018 Steve MacDonald

You probably didn’t know this but in an offline thread Skip and Jim Rubens traded debate ‘punches’ on Mr. Sununu’s veto of Biomass subsidies. We have opposed the plunder. Mr. Rubens considered the Biomass bailout to be worthwhile.

In an email, via Jim Rubens.com, Jim gives a nod to that debate and perhaps others and then defends his support to override Governor Sununu’s veto.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh has ruled that Net Neutrality violates the First Amendment.

September 26, 2018July 11, 2018 Steve MacDonald

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Ken White at Popehat has a detailed breakdown of important decisions written by longtime circuit court judge Brett Kavanaugh. The point being, not to advocate but to explore for the purpose of summarizing where a Justice Kavanaugh is likely to come down on future First Amendment cases.

I found them all interesting but one, in particular, caught my attention and it relates to our next GrokPoll (which will be published ~~this evening~~ Thursday.)

Do They Sell the Ocasio-Cortez Socialist Makeover ‘Kit’ on QVC?

September 26, 2018July 10, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Alexandria Cortez YouTube video screen grab

The new face of the Democrat party civil war, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, wasn’t always the stylized portrait of the Socialist we know her as today. A few years ago she was a budding entrepreneur with a different dream.

Sometime between 2011 and 2018, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez was transformed from an earnest and nerdy wannabe entrepreneur into a glamorous radical crusader for socialism, the delusion-of-the-moment that has captured the imagination of the malcontent demographic slice of America.

President Trump Nominates Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court

September 26, 2018July 10, 2018 Steve MacDonald

President Trump has chosen Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee and yes the left already has ads running against him.

Here’s The Daily Signal’s Synopsis on Kavanaugh.

Brett Kavanaugh

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Age: 53
Education: Yale University; Yale Law School
Clerkships: Walter Stapleton (3rd Circuit); Alex Kozinski (9th Circuit); Justice Anthony Kennedy

Brett Kavanaugh has served on the powerful D.C. Circuit—often regarded as a stepping-stone to the Supreme Court—for 12 years.

The Democrat’s Child Endangerment Exception: Not a Crime for Illegal Aliens

September 26, 2018July 10, 2018 Steve MacDonald

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We had separation week, but as it turns into Separation Summer, I had another thought about how hypocritical the far-left is on the so-called issue of Trump separating families.

If you walked your children across an unforgiving desert or placed them in the company of narco-terrorists, drug dealers, human traffickers, or gang members, sometimes for weeks, (or packed into hot trailers for days) wouldn’t Child and Family Services (or some other big government bureaucracy with which the left exercises its ‘compassion’) send law enforcement to separate them from you and you from them?

Women’s March Sends Out Press Release Against SCOTUS Nominee “XX”

September 26, 2018July 10, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Do you remember the nomination of Justice Gorsuch? Protesters had blank signs on which they wrote the name of the nominee, so they could hate on them. Whoever it was, they’d get sharpied on to signs that were then waved in ‘protest.’

Fast-Forward to yesterday and the latest Supreme Court nomination announcement. Before the words were out of his mouth, the Women’s March sent out a press release to everyone in the media protesting the awful, horrible, Trump Nominee, but they forgot to replace the XX in their draft with an actual name.

This is What I Want In a Supreme Court Judge

September 26, 2018July 10, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Most of the copy I’m reading on SCOTUS nominee Kavanaugh revolves back to a common point. The guy is a textualist who opposes a reimagining of the separation of powers. That includes courts and bureaucrats who too often think they get to decide what things mean instead of making Legislators do it.

Kavanaugh is a committed textualist. As Kavanaugh succinctly stated in a book review published in the Harvard Law Review, “The text of the law is the law.” He has reiterated this view in many of his opinions.