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.

May 14th, 2016 Podcast

Ashley McGuire from The Catholic Association joins us to talk religious liberty, and Jody and Ian Underwood stop in to discuss school choice. Update: The NH House did manage to fix HB 1637 after all.  

Facebook “Trending News” Scandal Gets a Status Update

Facebook’s fiddling with what appears to be a trending topic has had a ‘status update.’ An instruction guide published by The Guardian on Thursday shows that from start to finish the Trending Topics sidebar was designed to allow a small group of Facebook “news curators” to elevate, or suppress, topics and outlets. The Guardian has documents outlining … Read more

RICO-20 Emails Released

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The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) prevailed in a Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA) lawsuit against George Mason University (GMU). The VFOIA request sought public records showing how the “RICO-20” group of academics, using public funding, organized their call for a federal racketeering investigation of “corporations and other entities” who disagreed with them on climate policy.

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Fundraiser to Support Jerry DeLemus: TODAY

Time to stand for a defender of the Constitution – GrokTV Live! Fundraiser to Support Jerry DeLemus Please come and support one of our NH Patriots, Jerry DeLemus, whose only crime is to have stood against tyranny at Bundy Ranch over 2 years ago. He now sits in solitary confinement at a detention center in … Read more

May 14th, 2016 Podcast

Ashley McGuire from The Catholic Association joins us to talk religious liberty, and Jody and Ian Underwood stop in to discuss school choice.    

Wendy’s Goes Full KIOSK!

Wendy's

A number of fast-food providers have hinted at moving to self-service restaurant kiosks, interactive digital devices customers use to place an order.

. The Kiosk would replace the cashier/order-taker at the restaurant, and all of the costs associated with employing them.

Burger chain Wendy’s is no longer hinting. They are making the option available in company stores and to franchisees that want them. Any or all of the 6000 plus locations could have Kiosks installed, starting in the second half of 2016.

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GrokTALK! with David French from National Review

Our guest is David French, staff writer at National Review, attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law and the law of armed conflict), a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and a No 1 selling NYT’s author. We talk about Abortion in Tennessee,  judges, Trump, conservatism, Third Parties, and more.  

This Choice But Not School Choice?

Transgender bathroomThe big news this week just became a letter from Barack Obama’s America to every public school across the fruited plain. He says your local schools must let boys use the girls bathroom whenever they feel like it.

So, no to voucher programs for the daughters of poor families that want to get them out of failing public schools, but hell yes to make them share the restroom with boys.

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David French from National Review

Our guest is David French, staff writer at National Review, attorney, veteran of OIF, and a No 1 selling NYT’s author. We talk about Abortion in Tennessee,  judges, Trump, conservatism, Third Parties, and more.  

Throwback Thursday – Joe Mendola and Max Abramson

Originally broadcast on July 13th, 2013: Joe Mendola joins us to talk about sharing the conservative message with college kids. Then Max Abramson shares his court case, we play the 911 call, and cover some details about self-defense, brandishing, and lethal an non lethal force in New Hampshire. You can get all the program details here.  

ObamaCare Takes Glancing Blow

OBAMACARE takes a glancing blowWashington Times

A federal judge dealt President Obama and his health care law a major blow Thursday, ruling in favor of House Republicans who said the administration was unlawfully paying insurers without permission from Congress.

Obama does a lot of things without the permission of congress. Sorry. Couldn’t help myself.

The order by U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer, presiding in Washington, says the administration should stop doling out the Affordable Care Act’s “cost-sharing” payments to insurers until Capitol Hill appropriates the money.

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Throwback Thursday July 13th, 2013

From July 13th, 2013: Joe Mendola joins us to talk about sharing the conservative message with college kids. Then Max Abramson shares his court case, we play the 911 call, and cover some details about self defense, brandishing, and lethal an non lethal force in New Hampshire.  

Merrick Garland’s Failed Charm Offensive

Former Justice Thomas Law Clerk Carrie Severnio, from the Judicial Crisis Network, returns to talk about the Merrick Garland charm offensive, future court nominees, and current cases before SCOTUS.  

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