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.

What Happened at Evergreen College Is Just Another Step In the Journey to the Promised Liberal Utopia

evergreen-wide-tree-no-city-greenIf you want to make an omelet you have to breaks some eggs, so the saying goes. That’s true for the progressive utopia too. But what they don’t tell you, what they can’t tell you, is that before they deliver the promised harmony and unity and self-awareness of a centrally planned economic caste system from which you can never escape, but that they will run, you have to break everything.

Part of what breaking everything looks like was on display at Evergreen State College this past spring. Evergreen descended into literal anarchy complete with SJW mob rule, terrorism, kidnapping, racism, assault, and battery. Sanctioned by the elites who stood by and did nothing, perpetrated by an army of people steeped in the modern cult of diversity and inclusiveness.

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Kate Baker: The State of Education Choice in New Hampshire

Kate Baker is the Director of the Children’s Scholarship Fund NH and she took some time at the CNHT Taxpayer Picnic to update attendees on the state of Education Choice and reform in the Granite State, including legislation, the scholarship program private and charter schools, education victories, and how the recent SCOTUS decision in Trinty Luthern v. Comer could affect … Read more

Election Fraud is Real

From the Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers Annual Taxpayer Picnic, CNHT Chairman Ed Naile talks about voter fraud, the Trump Election Commission, and cases of actual vote fraud in New Hampshire.

At Least We Know What He Meant by ‘Piece’

Man allegedly shows his “piece” to an underage girl. It turns out it is not paradise after all. (NH1) NASHUA — The operator of a Nashua spray tanning business is accused of exposing his penis to a female juvenile while giving her a spray tan. Police received a complaint Tuesday that David Clark, 48, of 6 … Read more

Kate Baker: The State of Education Choice in New Hampshire

Kate Baker is the Director of the Children’s Scholarship Fund NH and she took some time at the CNHT Taxpayer Picnic to update attendees on the state of Education Choice and reform in the Granite State, including legislation, the scholarship program private and charter schools, education victories, and how the recent SCOTUS decision in Trinty Luthern v. … Read more

The smallest minority on earth is the individual

[su_quote url=”https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/aynrand138254.html”]The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.[/su_quote] -Ayn Rand

Fake News About Biggest Antarctic Iceberg Ever

Climate fraudsters are busy today touting an Antarctic iceberg the size of Delaware. In 1956, an iceberg five times as large broke off, and it was the second one that year. – RCS See Also: Media gets high on Antarctic Crack  

What Does Keeping the Paris Agreement Alive Actually Mean?

Paris Agreement wont change the climateFrom the EU to California to Nashua and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, politicians and pundits are promising to keep the Paris Agreement alive despite President Trump’s exit. But what does that actually mean? It depends.

If you’re Turkey, it means you expect bitter Paris Accord clingers to write you a check to pay for the cost of compliance. If you’re China, you build a record number of coal-fired generating plants through 2030 (when Paris ends). Same deal in India. And as for Russia, they’ve gamed the system such that they can increase emissions willy nilly and still call it “compliance.”

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Fields v. City of Philadelphia Reaffirms the First Amendment Right to Record The Police in Public

judge-gavelThe issue of filming the police in the course of public duties is one near and dear to many hearts here in New Hampshire. So this decision from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (Fields v. City of Philadelphia) is worth visiting.

This case involves retaliation. Richard Fields and Amanda Geraci attempted to record Philadelphia police officers carrying out official duties in public and were retaliated against even though the Philadelphia Police Department’s official policies recognized that “[p]rivate individuals have a First Amendment right to observe and record police officers engaged in the public discharge of their duties.”

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Remember When the Press Pissed and Moaned About Access to President Obama?

Because we forget, “Journalists are routinely being denied the right to photograph or videotape the president while he is performing his official duties,” according to a letter the organizations sent to the White House. “As surely as if they were placing a hand over a journalist’s camera lens, officials in this administration are blocking the … Read more

Non-Immigrant granted H-1B Visa to”work” as a Progressive political activist in NH

Congratulations to Viola Katusiime, Granite State Organizing Project’s (GSOP) Family, and Economic Security Organizer. She’s been waiting a year, and her H-1B visa was finally approved.

I’m no expert on non-immigration or H-1B visa’s, but I can read and agitating to advance mostly left-wing priorities, even with the best of intentions, does not appear to me to be one of the qualifying factors.

The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(17)(H). It allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. …

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The Paris treaty Is Just Another Progressive Climate Con

pariscartoonThe G20 is over, and the G19 has recognized America’s departure both on paper and as it relates to the cost. The US will not be paying into a multi-trillion dollar swindle, to which prominent Warmists have long openly admitted.

In actual intent and practice, the Paris Agreement is a political tool for suppressing growth, instituting global governance over energy use and economic growth, and redistributing wealth.

Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, former chairman of the IPCC, clearly spelled out that aim. Ms. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change until last year, openly stated that it was not about climate but that, for the first time, it gave them the tools to replace capitalism. Former UNFCCC section director Ottmar Edenhofer bluntly said climate agreements are actually about how “we de facto redistribute the world’s wealth by climate policy.”

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Michael Mann Refuses to Give his Hockey Stick Data to the Court

Michael Mann sued some folks, Tim Ball, Mark Steyn, and National Review because they “made fun” of his hockey stick. The Canadian court (where he is suing Tim Ball) would like to see the hockey stick data so it can review Michael Mann’s defense of it and render judgment.  He refuses to share it with the … Read more

Socialist Bernie Sanders Has a Democrat Primary Opponent in Vermont!

Jon-Svitavsky. Image: NBC News
Jon-Svitavsky. Image: NBC News

In a pathetically liberal state run by New Yorkers and rich Connecticut elites, anyone wishing to run against the establishment must do more than take the Socialist Party Purity Pledge. (New Hampshire has something not similar called the “Taxpayer Protection Pledge.”)

In Vermont, to even stand a chance against a lifetime appointment Senator like Sanders you need something else. Something endearing to all Vermonters, and no it’s not just a New York accent. To garner total voter obedience your signature style must be more substantive, and I think Senator Sander’s primary opponent has it!

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CNHT Picnic: Andy Sanborn is Running for Congress in NH CD-1

State Senator Andy Sanborn, speaking at the CNHT Picnic this past weekend, took a few minutes to offer a short, simple set of reasons to support him for Congress in New Hampshire CD-1 in 2018. Audio 5 min 14 sec. GrokTalk! and GraniteGrok contribute to the New Media Militia

Should John Burt Run Against Dem. State Sen. Lou D’Allesandro?

House Rep. John Burt talks about the media, constitutional carry, what a waste of space Washington DC is, and his next run for public office. Should he run for Congress, challenge Democrat Lou D’Allesandro for the NH State Senate, or how about staying in the NH House and running for Speaker? 7′ 33″ Recorded live … Read more

Is the Climate Cult the Left’s Last Hope and other Random Thoughts

Climate change is the single most important progressive agenda item. It has to be. Everything else they claim to care about has failed. So they leverage the climate narrative to blame you for their lies failure.  Championing climate change lets leadership continue to enrich itself and the political class (and grow government) while allowing themselves rank and … Read more

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