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.

GrokTALK! Aug 2nd, 2014 With Ann Corcoran – Refugee Resettlement Watch

Next Up on GrokTALK! Ann Corcoron from Refugee Resettlement Watch joins us to tell us how she got involved in blogging about “non-profits” and contractors working quietly with the government to bring refugees into communities without alarming local taxpayers.  We touch on community and citizen rights with regard to transparency, and ultimately who or how … Read more

GrokTALK! Aug 2nd, 2014 – Robin Eubanks

Next Up on GrokTALK! Robin Eubanks joins us.  Robin is the author of Credentialed to Destroy and maintains a very comprehensive blog called the Invisible Serf’s Collar.  Robin talked to us about the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, passed last week in congress with no fanfare or discussion.  The bill (now law) affects every state … Read more

Constitutional ‘Expert:’ President Can’t Suspend Deportations By Executive Order

In this clip a constitutional ‘expert’ explains to a Univision audience that (the president) can’t just suspend deportations by executive order. “With respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations through executive order, that’s just not the case.” This was, admittedly, three years ago, well past the average shelf life of for an … Read more

NH Towns Need To Revolt Against Maggie Hassan’s Executive Overreach

If you thnk lrtting proplr from out of state Vote in NH if OK youre Gonna have a bad timeHow do the towns feel about the AG of the state of New Hampshire telling them that anybody who shows up at their polling place can vote for their candidates, or their ballot measures, even their budgets?

Anybody?

Your taxes, your teachers, your public safety, your town selectman and counselors, the representatives you send to the state house.  They are no longer yours to choose.  Any election can be tipped by a mathematical calculation and infusion of non-resident voters who just happen to be ‘staying’ in your town when election day rolls around.

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The Missing Tile Syndrome

This is probably one of the best Prager U videos I’ve seen in a long time.  It very accurately depicts a facet of human nature critical to preventing our own happiness.  After you watch it, ask yourself, how this might apply to Progressive policy, and let us know your thoughts in comments.

Israel and The Problem In The Middle East

I must have missed this one.  Take a few minutes to watch as it simplifies the “problem” in the Middle East. Update.  I did post this back in April. Enjoy it again in English, with Spanish subtitles because Peace is possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUPN4MGr-pw

Jerry Little – Telling Little Lies About His Primary Opponent

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Little is they guy in the center, leaning a bit to his left

One of the State Senate primary races we are following is between JP Marzullo and Jerry Little.  JP is the Republican Candidate in the race.   Jerry is a guy the NHGOP found who has some money, a history of supporting Democrats, with support from people who have a history of supporting Democrats, but who is willing to run as a Republican.

As the campaign has progressed we’ve started hearing things.  Little is reported to be spreading some interesting rumors about his opponent, so we though it was time to air at least two of them out in public.

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This Week on GrokTALK! Aug 2nd, 2014

This week our guests are the Education expert, Blogger (Invisible Serfs Collar), and author of  Credentialed to Destroy — Robin S. Eubanks; from the Refugee Resettlement Watch blog — Ann Cocoran; and CD-1 congressional candidate Brendan Kelly.

GrokTALK! Aug 2nd, 2014 – Robin Eubanks, Ann Corcoran, and Brendan Kelly

This week on GrokTALK! author of  Credentialed to Destroy — Robin S. Eubanks — calls in to update us on state and globally directed education”reform,” what they call competency based education, shared understanding, extended learning, and on and on…   From the Refugee Resettlement Watch blog Ann Corcoran talks about refugees, immigration, ORIS, Dover, NH, … Read more

Craigslist – Community Organizer Position in NH.

Speaking with voters and community members regarding issues related to the environment and climate change? I could do that. Posted: 2 days ago COMMUNITY ORGANIZER POSITION! – $14/hour+Bonuses (New Hampshire – Multiple Cities) compensation: $14/Hour + Bonuses contract job internship part-time non-profit organization Looking for independent, personable people to join our team to talk to … Read more

They’re Here. 13 Undocumented Children are In NH

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MANCHESTER — The federal government has released 13 undocumented children, who were part of a flood of 57,000 unaccompanied Central American children crossing the southwest border of the United States illegally since last October, to “sponsors” in New Hampshire since Jan. 1, according to the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement.

The revelation was a surprise to state and local officials who said the federal government placed the children without notifying state agencies.

“This is the first I’ve heard of it,” state Senate President Charles “Chuck” Morse, R-Salem, said Friday night. “I’m very concerned about it. We have 13 people show up in New Hampshire we don’t even know are here. It’s not right.”

“This is an issue that is infuriating people,” Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas said Friday night. “How do you just send them without telling anybody?”

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Say, How About We Bring The Infected Ebola Patient to the US

Hot Air File this under ‘Bad Idea.’ Emory University Hospital has been told a patient with the Ebola virus will be transferred to its hospital in Atlanta. According to the Associated Press, the patient is an American aid worker, although the individual’s identity was not released due to privacy laws. Emory says it has a … Read more

First World Problem Solved: DC Gym for Dogs

Who says there is too much money in Washington DC? In a region filled with dog parks, doggy day care, dog walkers, dog-biscuit bakeries and rooftop dog-washing stations, the canine industrial complex has produced another indulgence: Fido fitness. Frolick bills itself as the Washington area’s first sports club for pets. For $50 a month, dogs … Read more

Sheila Jackson Lee Co-Sponsered HR 1258 – Impeaching George Bush….Or Did She?

sheila-jackson-lee1Democrats must be so proud of Shelia Jackson Lee….

On the House floor Wednesday, longtime Democrat Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee made the startling claim that “We did not seek an impeachment of President Bush, because as an executive, he had the authority.”

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Well back in 2008, Rep. Lee co-sponsored House Resolution 1258 entitled “Impeaching  George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. “

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Scott Walker Defeats the Unions….AGAIN!

Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds signature law limiting power of public-employee unions. The decision was 5-2, with Justice Michael Gableman writing the lead opinion, which found that collective bargaining over a contract with an employer is not a fundamental right for public employees under the constitution. Instead, it’s a benefit that lawmakers can extend or restrict as … Read more

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