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.

Wait. You Actually Listen?

Clinton: I don't like hearing people don't trust me https://t.co/mVNdVCZMBm | Getty pic.twitter.com/B2sT44pZ5A — POLITICO (@politico) June 27, 2016

Hassan Signs Off On Asset Forfeiture Reform But Never Admits It.

Civil Asset Forfeiture

People are getting excited (with good reason) that Democrat Governor Hassan signed criminal asset forfeiture reform in New Hampshire,

(Forbes) New Hampshire became the latest state to roll back civil forfeiture, which allows law enforcement to seize and keep property without ever filing criminal charges. Under legislation signed by Gov. Maggie Hassan on Friday, the Granite State is now the 11th state to require criminal convictions as a prerequisite in most or all forfeiture cases. The legislation, SB 522, also raises the standard of proof to “clear and convincing evidence,” which will better protect property owners in court. In addition, SB 522 requires the attorney general to provide “detailed accounting” of grants made through the state’s drug forfeiture fund. The signing of SB 522 means New Hampshire is the eighth state to have reformed its forfeiture laws in 2016.

But she never admits to the civil/criminal asset forfeiture portion of the legislation in her signing statement.

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Jeanne Shaheen – Heinous Beast

Kimberly Morin joins us as we discuss how Sen. Jeanne Shaheen labeled a huge swath of her constituency as bad people doing bad things. We also talk about Maggie Hassan, who appears to know nothing about federal firearms law, and wants to ban all semi-automatic rifles. We also fit in Brexit, Brussels and EU and … Read more

OMG! Hillary Clinton Lied Again!?

Lies, lies, and more lies. It was November 2010, and Abedin had urged the secretary to get onto the state.gov e-mail system or look at “releasing your email address to the department” because State’s spam filter was blocking messages from clintonemail.com. No, came Clinton’s reply: “Let’s get separate address or device but I don’t want … Read more

ICYMI – Olsen, Cormier, Murphy, Rogers, Morin

It’s episode 150 with a room full of people who just won’t lay down and do as they are told. Give it a listen. Player updates to this programming at 9 am eastern. >>> You Can Listen to us on Stitcher Smart Radio! <<<  

Due Process Under Attack

Lead by Democrats (and Radicalized Republican moderates) the Feds and progressives are taking every opportunity to kill due process wherever they can.  

Why Do We Have to Guess?

Why do we have to guess how @ChrisSununu is going to vote on #pp ? #nhpolitics #nhgov @steinhauserNH1 @WMUR9_Politics — Frank Edelblut (@Edelblut4NH) June 27, 2016 Good question. I’ve suggested that he planned to give away the store. Outlined the reasons why he should not. And still, we’ve nothing definitive either way. Just more, “I … Read more

Due Process Under Attack

Lead by Democrats (and Radicalized Republican moderates) the Feds and progressives are taking every opportunity to kill due process wherever they can. We discuss it locally and nationally. Download this Segment | Get the Complete Podcast >> Listen to us onStitcher Smart Radio! <<<  

It’s Not About Women’s Healthcare

We open our 150th episode on the topic of taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood (PP). We talk about the contract to take your money compared to how much PP spends on lobbying to get  your money. The tens of millions spent by PP on political action that could go to women’s healthcare, if this had … Read more

It’s Not About Women’s Healthcare

We open our 150th episode on the topic of taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood (PP). We talk about how much they spend on lobbying to get it your money. And the tens of millions spent on political action that could go to women’s healthcare if it actually had anything to do with that.  

Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Need Your Money

PlannedParenthood-logoYesterday I observed that there was a high probability that Republican Executive Councilor Chris Sununu was going to vote to fund Planned Parenthood retroactively with your taxpayer dollars. As a Republican and the deciding vote, this has attracted some attention but not necessarily for the reason that it should.

Regardless of how you may feel about whatever it is that Planned Parenthood does they do not need your money to do it, and no matter what is in “the contract” Councilor Sununu should know that.

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#MyARMadeMe

AR-15 made me run with scissors, and now I'm thinking I don't need to floss. https://t.co/GzS1fujWVn — Steve Mac Donald (@TheRealNHSteve) June 26, 2016 US Sen. Jeanne Shaheen thinks inanimate objects have the power to make you do things. *Bad things. So when Kimberly posted a Tweet last night related to that I couldn’t help … Read more

Orlando Jihadist Was NOT Gay?

From that typically left wing rag the LA Times…FBI says there is no actual Evidence the Orlando Jihadist was Gay. In seeking to verify the reports, federal agents have culled Mateen’s electronic devices, including a laptop computer and cellphone, as well as electronic communications of those who made the claims, law enforcement officials said. So far, … Read more

Only in a Gun-Free Zone Culture Over-Populated by Progressive Snowflake Beta-Males, Does this Video Makes Any Sense

https://www.facebook.com/MDRFs.King.Henry/videos/10153557451811210/

How many things are wrong in this video? Let me mention at least a few.
1) If guns were still like Muskets the folks in this room would have a pistol or rifle at hand or nearby. Citizens bearing their arms would surround him. They would prevent further action by threat of force or actual force.
2) He would have known the facts in item 1 and would have weighed that against his urge to do violence.

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Reality Check on Trump v. Hillary

trumphillaryNo one has an official nomination but for our purposes, the field is set. We got Trump and Clinton. For the sake of argument let’s pander to all the haters and assume that both of them intend to run roughshod over the constitution. Just play along, please.

In our Constitutional Republic, the power granted the Federal government is divided among three branches. Under Mr. Obama, the Executive Branch has exceeded its authority repeatedly with nary a whimper from Congress. Looking forward which of the two likely Constitutional roughshod-riders to replace him is more likely to be reigned in by Congress? Hillary, or Donald?

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GrokTALK! Program #150

We celebrate show #150 with a room full of right-wing bloggers and activists. Topics? Sununu’s and Planned Parenthood, due process, Marijuana and the ATF, Smokin’ Joe Lachance, Trump and the GOP, Maggie Hassan, Semi-Auto-Sit-Ins, a little immigration, Granite Grok’s ten year anniversary, the Brexit, and more.    

GrokTALK! Live Stream #150

To celebrate program number 150 our guests this week are Susan Olsen, Kimberly Morin, Jane Cormier, Mike Rogers, Skip Murphy, and myself. Spreaker Stream updates at 9 am eastern Video – having some issues: Audio is working!  

GrokTALK! Show #150!

We celebrate show #150 with a room full of right-wing bloggers and activists. Topics? Sununu’s and Planned Parenthood, due process, Marijuana and the ATF, Smokin’ Joe Lachance, Trump and the GOP, Maggie Hassan, Semi-Auto-Sit-Ins, a little immigration, Granite Grok’s ten year anniversary, the Brexit, and more. >>> Listen to us on TuneIn! <<<  

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