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Marriage, moms and dads, never mattered more.

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Stephen Scaer

Children need their moms and dads, especially in times of crisis. Sadly, marriage rates fell by 6% in 2018, dropping to the lowest rates since the US started measuring that rate in 1867, according to the Center for Disease Control. Why should we care? Well, marriage as an exclusive, life-long relationship between one man and … Read more

Op-Ed – I Implore you, Governor Sununu, OPEN NH!

April 30, 2020 Op-Ed

Two nights ago I walked into my bedroom to find my 16-year-old daughter sitting cross-legged, hunched over on my bed, tears running down her pale face, sobs coming out of her mouth. She doesn’t want to go on with school work, communicating, or with life in general.

Stories of the NH Shutdown’s Unintended Consequences

April 29, 2020 Steve MacDonald

At ReopenNH.com, they have added a page called stories. People around the state have been submitting content. These stories are about the unintended consequences of the political will used against them in response to COVID-19.

Op-Ed: Those at Risk Should Take Caution, As for The Other 98% of the Population…

April 29, 2020April 28, 2020 Op-Ed

Every day in the US 8,000 people die (on average) due to normal everyday life – having nothing to do with the Coronavirus. It’s just a fact of 300 million population and an 80-year life span. This means that during the past two months of economic shutdown nearly 500,000 people have died.

Have we lost our sense of proportion?

April 29, 2020April 28, 2020 Stephen Scaer

Late one evening years ago, I stepped outside and was greeted by a police officer kneeling beside his car with his gun drawn. He told me to get back in the house, and I complied with his excellent suggestion. This was a real emergency. I learned later that one of my neighbors was unwell and had brandished a gun.

As Predicted: Democrats Want 12% Tax Hike on Businesses They Demanded Be Shuttered

April 26, 2020April 26, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Before Chris Sununu took the bait and closed the state, Democrats were screaming for a shutdown. It doesn’t take a political genius to know why. The economy is their foil, and they believe that killing it improves their chances in November.

Save Our Restaurants

April 19, 2020 Beth Scaer

I was reading how California has lifted restrictions on food trucks selling food at rest areas. That is common sense. And that got me thinking that we could be doing some common sense things to help our food establishments here in New Hampshire during the COVID-19 shutdowns.

Denaro Elected State Chairman of NH College Republicans

April 18, 2020 Steve MacDonald

For Immediate Release: 4/18/2020: MANCHESTER, NH – Today, the New Hampshire Federation of College Republicans are proud to announce that Matt Denaro has been elected Chairman.

#Reopen NH Rally – In Vehicles, On Foot, Use Masks, Social Distancing, or not – Just Be There!

April 16, 2020 Steve MacDonald

In support of #Reopen NH, there is a rally in Concord this Saturday, April 18th. We’ve received a lot of questions at the ‘Grok, as have they, about how this is supposed to look. The answer? Here it is.

It is Time to Reopen NH – Sign this Petition and Tell Governor Sununu to End the Lockdown

January 19, 2023April 14, 2020 Steve MacDonald

An online petition has been launched asking Gov. Chris Sununu to end the lockdown in New Hampshire. Here’s some text from the petition.

Getting “A Roundtuit” – Bernie Sanders Dropped Out; Biden Needs a VP – Who Might that Be?

April 9, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The big news yesterday barely made a blip given the other issues of the day. Bernie Sanders, whom we’ve heard very little from since Candidate Corona V Irus took the stage, has ended his latest effort to secure the Democrat party nomination for President.

Nashua Teachers Engage in Parades and Unprofessional Behavior

April 7, 2020 Op-Ed

Nashua teachers recently held parades across the city on March 27th, reminding students and parents on just how much they “missed their students.” These parades were held with taxpayer-funded police escorts. Interesting, isn’t it?

When Dems Prayed to Ruin the Economy did They Plan to take Local Liberal Media with It?

April 7, 2020 Steve MacDonald

We’re not above asking for donations. But none of us do this for a living and the money pays for servers, drive space, and bandwidth. The Concord Monitor is a Daily Newspaper with a physical footprint and a payroll, and the #VirusEconomy is hitting them hard.

Wuhan Virus: Are We Ready To Assume Our Place As The Next Great Generation?

April 5, 2020April 4, 2020 Kevin Scully

Who among us hasn’t looked at a picture of the 18-year-olds in a landing craft headed for the terrible WWII battle that was D-Day and wondered, would I have been that brave? America was attacked, there were people dying on American soil, and those generations of Americans living in that time said: “Bring It!”

RE: 603 Alliance Online Candidate Training Tomorrow- ‘Things you can do at home to prepare your campaign’

April 1, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Tomorrow, April 2nd, the 603 Alliance will be holding their next online event for GOP State Rep Candidates: “Things you can do at home to prepare your campaign (PART 1).” There is still time to register for this online event.

Small Business Owners Can Apply for a Federal Loan/Grant to Cover 8-Weeks of Payroll (For Their Entire Business)

April 1, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The Federal Government loves to give away our money, but in this instance, it is to save small business payrolls for operations that were forced to close. I’m still not down with either side of that abuse, but we’re here, so this is how you, small or medium-sized NH business owner, can take advantage.

Official New Hampshire Wuhan / Kung Flu / COVID-19 /Coronavirus case Map: 03/30/20

March 31, 2020 Skip

It’s about time! New Hampshire is finally spitting out stats on the China Flu epidemic at the town level. Data is provided for every town in the state with towns with Coos County being the only one with no known cases.

Nashua School District Staff Should Not be a Protected Class

March 30, 2020 Op-Ed

On Friday, March 13th the Nashua Board of Education voted to provide full compensation to all district personnel for five days from March 16th to 23rd while shutting down the schools. There was no discussion of the cost to taxpayers as these funds were already in this year’s budget.

Men are Dominating Women’s Sports

March 29, 2020 Beth Scaer

New Hampshire women athletes are losing to men in sports; men who have gone through male puberty and who are much stronger and faster than the women they’re competing against.

Watch The 5pm White House Coronavirus Briefing on GraniteGrok.com

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The President’s COVID-19 approval ratings are too high so the media, which has been lying non-stop, scaring people, and sharing crap data to try and shut down the economy, has said it may stop airing the daily White House briefing.