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Steve MacDonald Starting at 9 am Eastern with Jane Cormier, David Goethel, Pete Ingemi, Rick Manning, and Max Abramson. Originally broadcast January 23rd, 2016. (Player will update at 9 am) Then keep listening from 11 am -3 pm for more GrokTALK! – [After broadcast player will revert to most recent podcast.]
Rand Paul’s national Campaign manager, Mike Biundo, just announced on Facebook that Rand Paul has suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination for President. Senator Paul did not fare well in Iowa, and only one poll in NH has him polling above 2%. While he will be missed my suspicion is that with his polling … Read more
Political internet surfer boys and girls will be familiar with the TaxProfBlog and the daily updates titled “The IRS Scandal Day XXX.” Well, now it’s 4 digits, and not 3. The IRS Targeting scandal is 1000 days old and still, no one has gone to jail. But the documenting continues… The College Fix | A Pepperdine … Read more
Clinton flunkies in New Hampshire, when confronted with Sanders’ Campaign warnings about vote fraud during the Iowa caucus, called it projection.
Sanders camp thinks Clinton will try to pack caucuses with out of state voters https://t.co/zrz3xlIG4O #votefraud #Iowa #NHpolitics
— Steve Mac Donald (@TheRealNHSteve) February 1, 2016
David McIntosh, the President of Club for Growth, joins us to discuss candidate Donald Trump and why he is many things but a conservative is not one of them.
https://youtu.be/aCAkw3fgZeo
There are some impressive points to this win. Sen. Cruz ran against the Iowa ethanol lobby and won. Despite being the conservative Sarah Palin endorsed Donald Trump, but that failed to push Trump over the top. Hot Air reminds us that pastor Mike the Huckster Huckabee ran all over the state calling Cruz a phony Christian. Maybe the voters in Iowa noticed how Huckabee was more the phony Republican?
New Hampshire Senator Bob Smith joins us to discuss his support for candidate Ted Cruz and why you should support Cruz for President.
Grokster’s Assemble – Player updates at 9 am Eastern Note: You can also listen on the embedded player in the side bar.
Another legislative session another Casino/Gambling Bill from Sen. Lou D’Allesandro. Email from Casino Free NH.org Sen. D’Allesandro’s next tilt at legalizing casino gambling is underway. The senator has filed Senate Bill 551 “Establishing video lottery and table gaming at one location.” The bill specifies that the casino will be at Rockingham Park in Salem and … Read more
New Hampshire Senator Bob Smith joins us to discuss his support for candidate Ted Cruz and why you should support Cruz for President.
Sooper Mexican | You can sense how angry the farmer is, but Cruz employs his impressively deep knowledge of the subject to explain calmly why his policies will HELP farmers, even though he’ll phase out the government subsidy. Maybe the farmer was just being nice at the end, but he went from total anger to … Read more
A warrant article question survived the deliberative process in the town of Sandown, New Hampshire this past Saturday. To paraphrase, “Do the Sandown voters want to begin the process of getting out from under the tyrannical boot of the Earl of Metzler to form a separate school district?”
Or maybe you’d prefer this version.
By far, the most bothersome bit of information tested (by the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll) about either candidate (Trump or Cruz): “Donald Trump supports the use of eminent domain to take private property for public or private projects, with compensation to the landowners.” Presented with this information, 60 percent of Republican voters said it bothered them, compared with 35 percent who said it did not. …
Plans For Hidden IT Network To Help Clinton Skirt Rules Uncovered by Judicial Watch Judicial Watch |In the email chain, Lewis Lukens, former deputy assistant secretary of state and executive director of the secretariat, responds to a request from Mills by informing her, top Clinton aide Huma Abedin, and Kennedy that the new personal computer “in … Read more
In part II of our conversation with Emily Sandblade and Susan Olsen we discuss the perverse tax incentives behind expanding Medicaid in NH, like how it will favor residents who work outside the state over those who stay and work in New Hampshire.
In part II of our conversation with Emily Sandblade and Susan Olsen we discuss the perverse tax incentives behind expanding Medicaid in NH, like how it will favor residents who work outside the state over those who stay and work in New Hampshire. (Part I) (Full broadcast)
ICYMI – Chrissy Harbin from AFP joins us to talk EPA overreach, David McIntosh – President of Club for Growth on Trump vs. Conservatism, Aaron Day on the Medicaid Expansion, Sen. Bob Smith on Sen. Ted Cruz, and introducing the NH Income Tax Calculator.
GOP doomsayers have not changed much in 36 years. Back in 1980 the “establishment” was convinced that only Gerry Ford could beat Carter, and that Ronald Reagan would lose.
I like to freshen up the look every now and again and this was on the punch-list. We needed a new profile photo and banner for GrokTALK! Don’t be surprised if I tweak these a bit in the coming days and weeks. That’s just how I roll.
As Republicans advance Medicaid expansion in NH local activists have developed an online tool to show taxpayers just how expensive this will get, even IF the Feds keep their funding promise. (2016-01-30 Segment 1a)