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.
In 2013 National Geographic announced that the Statue of Liberty was doomed. Destined to be swallowed up by the sea, thanks to the cataclysmic, uncontrolled, chaotic climate calamity of global warming. Well, maybe. (Though probably not by 2018.)
Former Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand (D) is accepting voluntary limits on campaign contributions in his race for Governor of New Hampshire”in the spirit of reducing the corrosive influence of big money in politics.”
According to SeacoastOnline, accepting “The spending limit prohibits a gubernatorial candidate from spending more than $625,000 in the primary and $625,000 in the general.”
Jim Rubens is a long-time political activist, former NH State Senator, slayer of Corporate-Casino-cronyism, and a founder of the secret ballot in town elections in New Hampshire. He is challenging sitting Republican US Senator Kelly Ayotte. We speak with him about his qualifications and why Ayotte must go. Download this segment – listen to the … Read more
While more than a few on the left are mourning a gorilla who got shot last week, Chicago had the most murders in the month of May since 1975. What do you mean you hadn’t heard? Democrat-run Chicago. The town with some of the strictest anti-gun laws in the land. Laws Democrats say protect people from “gun violence.” Yes, that Chicago.
(Breitbart) Shootings have been so bad in Democrat-run Chicago that a person is now shot every two-and-a-half minutes and someone is killed every fourteen minutes.
Jim Rubens, Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s primary challenger, joins us to talk about Kelly’s record and why he’s the better Republican. John Zmirack helps us explore the question, “why did experimental science arise in the West, as opposed to other civilizations?” And Guest host Max Abramson had a slew of legislative updates.
GrokTALK! for June 4th, 2016, streaming from 9 – 11 am Eastern, Mike and Steve welcome guest host Max Abramson and guest John Zmirack, and US Senate Candidate Jim Rubens. Video – live-stream only 9 – 11 am
Jim Rubens, Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s primary challenger, joins us to talk about Kelly’s record and why he’s the better Republican. John Zmirack helps us explore the question, “why did experimental science arise in the West, as opposed to other civilizations?” And Guest host Max Abramson has a slew of legislative updates.
Venezuela is collapsing under the weight of its centrally planned economy. Note: It only took about 16 years for the Obama/Hillary/Bernie brand of “social Democracy” to destroy that country. More here from Reuters.
Tune in Saturday morning at 9am eastern for an end-o-year legislative update including “certificate of need,”The Christmas tree bill, and many others. We’ll also give you our conservatarian take on the week’s events, and John Zmirack returns to the program to ask the question, “why did experimental science arise in the West as opposed to … Read more
We discuss Gov. Hassan’s veto of a bill to make the pistol revolver license optional; the demise of Rockingham Park, Trump’s on-again-off-again debate with Bernie Sanders; and a drunk driver who committed vehicular manslaughter claims that only the restaurant that served him is liable in a wrongful death suit.
Skip, Mike, Ed, and Steve discuss…Gov. Hassan’s veto of a bill to make the pistol revolver license optional, the demise of Rockingham Park in Salem and why it is probably a good thing, Trump’s on-again-off-again debate with Bernie Sanders, Venezuela (and why Bernie won’t talk about it), and a drunk driver who committed vehicular manslaughter … Read more
There’s something New Hampshire Democrats value more than the “Heroin epidemic?” Yes, abortion! Oh, and this, For all the bluster from politicians attempting to outbid each other on the opioid issue, it is telling that Democrats would walk away from the issue the instant it required asking state retirees to chip in for their health … Read more
NHRTL lost a decision on a Right to Know request at the New Hampshire State Supreme court but the language the court used to dismiss sounds a bit sketchy to me.
The state Supreme Court ruled that Planned Parenthood was not subject to many of the right-to-know provisions in state law because there was insufficient evidence that the bulk of its funding comes from public sources.
If state law does not apply because “there was insufficient evidence that the bulk of its funding comes from public sources,” then how might other state or federal laws apply (or not), under the same circumstances?
From former NH House Speaker Bill O’Brien c/o Facebook
Today, the Senate President and House Speaker called us into a special legislative session to be held on Thursday, June 16. This special session, which will result in an additional cost of thousands of taxpayer dollars to reimburse legislators and for staff time, is being held because on June 1 the NH House three times rejected a “Christmas Tree”, legislative grab bag bill known as Senate Bill 485.
We rejected this legislation on a voice vote. We then rejected it on a division vote. And finally we rejected reconsidering those rejections by a 187 to 157 Roll Call vote.
These are only a result of acts of congress. It does not include executive orders, FISA court rulings, bureaucratic overreach, Judicial fiat, or the like. TeaParty.org H/T Kathleen LaBonte-LoFaro
This is just a piece but it gives you the flavor of what the next five months will be like, and I’m just not talking about Trump “running” for President. I refer to the beating the press is going to get before the eyes of an American public that has a truly inadequate sense of just how corrupt and biased major media is in America.
Trump, like him or not, is exposing their rampant hypocrisy. A state that has existed for decades that many will have missed or ignored because most, if not all, Republicans, lack the stones to take them on face-to-face, day-in, and day-out. But thanks to The Donald, the institutional imbalance will become a daily item on the media menu because as much as he exposes them they can’t stop covering him.
(LifeSiteNews) – The African-American woman who leads a state chapter of the ACLU has resigned, citing her own daughters’ “frightened” reaction to biological males using the women’s restroom.
The organization’s increasing focus on legislating the transgender lobby’s concerns pushed Maya Dillard Smith, interim director of the Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, to tender her resignation.
Steve Kenda announces candidacy for NH State Senate District 24 Seat
This is the official press release announcing Steve Kenda’s candidacy for the District 24 State Senate Seat being vacated by the retiring Nancy Stiles. Dan Innis and NHGOP Area Vice Chair Ray Tweedie of Rye are also running in the Republican Primary for Dist 24.
Seacoast Businessman to Join the Race for District 24
NORTH HAMPTON, NH, June 2, 2016 New Hampshire conservative and entrepreneur Steve Kenda announced today that he will run for the state senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Nancy Stiles.
“The last two years have reaffirmed for me, and for my supporters on the Seacoast, that we need conservative leadership in Concord next year.” said Kenda. “We must put New Hampshire back at the forefront of economic recovery; reduce business taxes; deal with increasing energy costs; create and foster an environment where jobs and the economy flourish; and focus on leaving our kids an even better Granite State.”
There’s a phrase we don’t hear often enough. “The State Department of Safety exceeded its legal authority,” (NH Union Leader) CONCORD — The state Department of Safety exceeded its legal authority when it imposed new rules for nonresidents seeking a license to carry a concealed gun in New Hampshire, according to a ruling of the … Read more
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While more than a few on the left are mourning a gorilla who got shot last week, Chicago had the most murders in the month of May since 1975. What do you mean you hadn’t heard? Democrat-run Chicago. The town with some of the strictest anti-gun laws in the land. Laws Democrats say protect people from “gun violence.” Yes, that Chicago.
