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.

“The New Hampshire Health Protection Plan is the largest corporate welfare scheme in New Hampshire history”

NH Medicade is Bradley CareThere is a great Editorial in the Union Leader today on why Health Care giants support extending expanded Medicaid in New Hampshire: It’s a taxpayer-backed gold mine for them. We “subsidizes mediocre health insurance plans for low-income able-bodied adults without children” and the Health Care giants get paid. Plus, there’s no guarantee it will save people paying for their own insurance a dime. But if history has any lessons to teach, it won’t.

“…expanding Medicaid hasn’t done anything to hold down health insurance costs in New Hampshire. Nor can those advocating for the program promise that these lower uncompensated care costs will be passed along to customers.

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Sooper Tewesday MMXVI

Super Tuesday 2016

As the Super Tuesday dust settles, Mr. Trump did the best, though not as “best” as some estimated. Rubio won Minnesota, Cruz won Texas, Oklahoma, and Alaska, with Kasich and Carson winning nothing. But things are getting serious. Five days ago Lindsey Graham was joking about murdering Ted Cruz and now he is (almost?) ready to back him. (Help me Obi Wan Kenobi….)

AP Alaska results on the jump

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Breaking News – NH House Rep. Kyle Tasker Arrested

Multiple news outlets are reporting that NH House Rep. Kyle Tasker has been arrested and charged with trying to lure a 14 year old girl online for sex, and (no surprise here) drug possession. NH1 | … He faces one charge of certain uses of a computer prohibited, which is a class B felony, and three … Read more

Growing Support for Online Sales Taxes…

Online Sales taxes at both the state and federal level pose a potential nightmare for small business owners.  Chrissy Harbin from AFP-HQ returns to talk about the legislation, some of the legislative players looking to impose them, and why we need to stop these in their tracks.  

Police Called by Trump Supporters – is This What We Want in 2016 and Beyond?

 

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Excerpt of an email from a local Massachusetts Grassroots group door-knocking for Ted Cruz.  Printed with permission.

 

The door knocking for the day was thrilling. Despite hearing polls telling how Ted Cruz was down in MA, my friend and I truly relished the public service of campaigning and discussing the campaign with people who were mostly still undecided. Yes most “undecided” on Sunday. Every single person I talked to thanked us for our service. A few Trump supporters abruptly told us they were “all set”.

As my friend and I continued to complete the remaining three-quarters of our walk books, our progress came to a screeching halt as my car was front ended, nearly collided – face to face – commando style by a fully loaded policeman.

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UL on Christie Endorsement – “Boy, were we wrong”

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Our hats off to Joe McQuaid for penning an editorial of apology for their poor judgement in choosing to endorse Chris Christie for President.

Watching Christie kiss the Donald’s ring this weekend — and make excuses for the man Christie himself had said was unfit for the presidency — demonstrated how wrong we were. Rather than standing up to the bully, Christie bent his knee. In doing so, he rejected the very principles of his campaign that attracted our support.

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Aussie Socialists Helped Bernie Sanders in the NH Primary

The Bernie Sanders campaign had Australians from the Socialist worker’s party on the ground in Manchester, New Hampshire (at the expense of the Australian Labor Party, for the NH Primary. Ed Naile, who worked with Project Veritas, is back to tell us all about the latest video exposing this illegal activity and how this is … Read more

Aussie Socialists Helped Sanders in NH

The Bernie Sanders campaign had Australians from the Socialist workers party on the ground in Manchester New Hampshire (at the expense of the Australian Labor Party) for the NH Primary. Ed Naile, who worked with Project Veritas, is back to tell us all about their latest video and how this is going over here and … Read more

ICYMI – Saturday Jan 30th, 2016

ICYMI – From Jan 30th, 2016- EPA overreach, Trump vs. Conservatism, Medicaid Expansion, Sen. Bob Smith on Sen. Ted Cruz, and the NH Income Tax Calculator. Remember, you can listen to current or past episodes on iHeart Radio.

Chicagoland on Record Pace for Murders in 2016

News from the progressive gun-free utopia that is Chicago. The number of homicides so far this year in Chicago climbed past 100 over the weekend, the deadliest start to a year in the city in nearly two decades, according to statistics kept by the Police Department and the Tribune. At least two people were killed and … Read more

Robert Stacy McCain on Being Banned From Twitter

Robert Stacy McCain got banned by Twitter’s Orwellian Trust and Safety Council. He joins us to talk about his commitment to the platform, the circumstances leading to being banned, and how Twitter has tried to suppress the movement to get his account reinstated.  

What if Mass Transit Does NOT Save…Anything?

Is Rail a wasteful proposition?
Is commuter Rail a wasteful proposition?

The assumption sold by planners and their mass-transit water carriers is that publicly funded public transportation is a public good. They still tell that tale, but now the emphasis is on how public transportation is essential to saving the planet. Mass transit makes for a better environment.

But does it?

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Adam Carolla – Who NOT to Vote For.

Adam Carolla isn’t going to tell you who to vote for. But he is going to tell you who NOT to vote for. And in a time when candidates running for office promise the moon, one of America’s funniest comedians shares a few tips about how to spot the candidate that you should run from. … Read more

It’s Time To Challenge Our Lazy, Politically Homogeneous Teachers

Breitbart Whether liberal, libertarian or conservative, we’re united by one common belief: students should be able to read what we want, watch what we want, play the video games we want, and most importantly, think what we want. And if colleges refuse to expose us to new ideas by employing politically homogeneous faculties, we’ll do the hard work ourselves, … Read more

Robert Stacy McCain on Being Banned From Twitter

Robert Stacy McCain got banned by Twitter’s Orwellian Trust and Safety Council. He joins us to talk about his commitment to the platform, the circumstances leading to being banned, and how Twitter has tried to suppress the movement to get his account reinstated.  (And you can have it all…the entire podcast is right here.)  

School Choice Fight

Small town fights state boards and the AG’s office so parents can send their kids to a school of their choice. While that town (Croydon) battles in court, legislators work to make existing law–which supports school choice already –even clearer. Education advocate Michelle Levell joins us as we talk about Croydon, the legislation, costs per … Read more

HB 1637 — School Choice for Small Towns

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By Michelle Levell – Reposted with Permission. (Listen to segment 2c of the Feb 27th edition of GrokTALK! for relevant discussion.)

Note: The House Education Committee will vote on this bill Tuesday, March 1, starting at 9:30am.

Posted on by Michelle Levell

On February 12th the House Education Committee held a public hearing for HB 1637, a bill that would clarify statutes regarding agreements between small school districts and other schools for their students. We live-blogged the hearing on Facebook. (Photos were later uploaded and spelling of names corrected for the record.) A member of the public also video recorded the first 17 minutes of the hearing.

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