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.

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Tomorrow on GrokTALK! May 16th, 2015

This week on GrokTALK! May 16th, 2015, 9am – 11 am EST Jorge Mesa-Tejada with an education update Max Abramson on special elections David Bozell returns to talk about why we need a conservative Republican nominee. Jazz Shaw from Hot Air is back to talk – well, everything. And we’ve got out WTF of the … Read more

Hoax Email Violates Election Law

hoax keyboard Hate crime hoaxesIf you have not heard, someone sent an email to the press claiming to be Republican Special election candidate (Rock 32) Yvonne Dean-Bailey.  In the email “she” announces that she is dropping out of the race.  None of that is true.  What it is, however, is a violation of election law and if the perpetrator is caught they are guilty of a misdemeanor.

666:6 False Documents, Names or Endorsement. – Any person who shall, without authority, sign the name of any other person to any letter or other document, or falsely represent that any other has written such letter or document, knowing such representation to be false, for the purpose of influencing votes, or who shall by false representation, use, employ or assign the name of any other person, or a fictitious name on a radio or television broadcast or other means of communication, to signify endorsement of a political party, candidates or programs, or, for the purpose of influencing votes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

This comes to me courtesy of Ed Mosca, who in a letter to the AG’s office (Asst. AG Stephen Labonte, NH Dept. of Injustice) outlines the hoax, the applicable statue violated (above) , and observes who benefits by suppressing voter turn out for Dean-Bailey.

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GrokTALK! – With Michelle Levell: Education Bills

Education advocate Michelle Levell explains two very important educations bill up for a vote this week. HB 323 would incorporate more testing and statewide control and allow common core to dig its claws further into New Hampshire.  HB 323 must die. HB 603, on the other hand, would secure a parents right to opt out … Read more

Is There Life Before Conception?

We spend a few minutes speaking to Jane Cormier about HB560 and SB 40 (fetal homicide legislation) then close up the program with this weeks Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.  We’ve got RNC Committeeman Steve Duprey on the WTF docket along with the goings on in Garland, the media’s disregard for free speech (when they label it … Read more

GrokTALK! – With Michelle Levell: Education Bills

Education advocate Michelle Levell explains two very important educations bill up for a vote this week. HB 323 would incorporate more testing and statewide control and allow common core to dig its claws further into New Hampshire.  HB 323 must die. HB 603, on the other hand, would secure a parents right to opt out … Read more

GrokTALK! – End the Export-Import Bank

Brent Gardner, the VP of Government Affairs at American’s For Prosperity, joins the program to discuss the Export Import bank and why it is time to shut it down for good. Listen to the entire podcast here Follow us on YouTube,USTREAM, Facebook, and Twitter …and take us with you on iTunes, iHeart Radio, Spreaker,TuneIn, or … Read more

Does The NH House GOP Establishment Want Democrat Maureen Mann To Win?

yvonne dean baileyThere is a special election for an open seat in the NH House next Tuesday with a solid conservative candidate running.  But by all accounts the establishment GOP in New Hampshire is AWOL in support of Yvonne Dean-Bailey in Rockingham district 32.

(Ed Mosca Blog) Conspicuously absent from Dean-Bailey’s list of donors is the GOP establishment.

Nothing from Speaker Jasper, or from his Majority Leader, Jack Flanagan.  Nothing from Deputy Speaker Chandler.  Nothing from Budget Chairman Neal Kurk.  Nothing from any prominent Jaspercrat, and nothing from the Jaspercrat PAC, the  Committee to Elect House Republicans.

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You Can Never Fully Fund Fraud

fraudI am fond of pointing out that no matter how big a budget might be to Democrats it is never enough.  There is no answer to the question “how much must you tax,” how much must you take,” how much must you spend, because there is NO enough.

Whatever it is, it will never be enough.

But why is it never enough?

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Is There Life Before Conception?

We spend a few minutes speaking to Jane Cormier about HB560 and SB 40 (fetal homicide legislation) then spend the segment on this weeks Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.  We’ve got RNC Committeeman Steve Duprey on the WTF docket along with the goings on in Garland, the media’s disregard for free speech (when they label it hate … Read more

GrokTALK! – Congress Passed A Budget?

Greg Moore asks why is it remarkable that congress passed a budget? Is it even more remarkable that what “passes” for a budget might someday be balanced?  We also talk about budget priorities, tax reform, business taxes, and more.    

MoveOn Mail Box – Ignorance Is Not Bliss

concealedcarryapgraphicbanksJodi Gilman Jones of ‘Portsmouth’ New Hampshire, wants MoveOn members to sign a petition that says…”With all the violence today and accidents involving guns, why do we need citizens to carry concealed weapons without a permit? Shouldn’t we be trying to increase gun safety?”

This is what happens when you step repeatedly in steaming piles of MoveOn.org.

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GrokTALK! – Congress Passed A Budget?

Greg Moore asks why is it remarkable that congress passed a budget? Is it even more remarkable that what “passes” for a budget might someday be balanced?  We also talk about budget priorities, tax reform, business taxes, and more.  Listen to the entire podcast here Follow us on YouTube,USTREAM, Facebook, and Twitter …and take us … Read more

More Balsams Bailout

As a bill that would allow tax payer funded bailouts passed the NH House we discover the details of the financing agreement behind the boondoggle the bill was meant to fund in the first place.    

Drilling Our Way to Energy Independence is Possible…

DRILL BABY DRILL: The fracking boom has helped bring down energy prices, something many said couldn’t happen. By Steve Mac Donald | Watchdog Arena If we could jump in the way back machine to 2008, we would not see a day go by where Democrats were not reminding us that we were never going to … Read more

GrokTALK! – Greg Moore: Was Income Inequality Messaging a Loser?

Is the left’s sales pitch on income inequality a loser when it comes to elections?  In part I AFP-NH state director Greg Moore joins us to examine the recent British elections, including the symmetry of their income inequality messaging and Democrat losses in 2014 and the Labor parties losses last week.  

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