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Press Release: NH House Freedom Caucus Condemns Fiscally Irresponsible Budget

July 9, 2025July 6, 2025 Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2025 Freedom Caucus Tri-ChairsState Representative Shane Sirois State Representative Paul TerryHon. JR Hoell Media Contacts:info@NHHFC.orgHon. JR Hoell CONCORD, NH – The New Hampshire House Freedom Caucus denounces the passage of HB 2, a budget bill stuffed with provisions that jeopardize the state’s fiscal stability and burden future generations with unsustainable financial obligations. This … Read more

GrokTALK!: The NH State Budget Is Law – Here’s Some Good, Bad, and Ugly

July 14, 2025June 30, 2025 GrokTALK!

Rebuild New Hampshire Executive Director Melissa Blasek joins me to deliver an after-action report on the State budget, which is now law. We’ve got a lot of good news, and a bit of bad, and ugly, so join us for an HB2 round-up, a few laughs, some eyerolls, and a breakdown of what got dragged … Read more

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MacDonald: NH Legislature Drops HB2 Bunker Buster on Claremont and ConVal Decisions

June 29, 2025June 29, 2025 Steve MacDonald

My full interview with Melissa Blasek will air Monday at 8 pm. In it, she dissects a few of the good, bad, and ugly points in HB2, the trailer bill that functions as a legislative scow, dragging every bit of leftover garbage from the session across the finish line. Don’t take that the wrong way, … Read more

MacDonald: NH’s Sticker Tax is Dead – No State Vehicle Inspections Required Beginning in 2026

June 27, 2025 Steve MacDonald

HB2, the budget dumpster fire/trailer bill, has a lot of crap in it I like and a lot I don’t. One of the wins was eliminating State motor vehicle inspections for passenger vehicles. The House passed it, the Senate watered it down, but in the end, the original had to land in HB2 or it … Read more

Opinion: Vote Down HB2 Then Remove the Vaccination Mandates in the Budget

July 9, 2025June 25, 2025 Laura Condon

HB2, the Budget Bill, HB357, and Now Vaccine Mandates – What on Earth is Going On? Q. What was HB357 all about? https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=444&inflect=2 A. The purpose of HB357 was to end the mandates of varicella, Hep B, and HIB vaccines. The way to achieve this was to repeal the commissioner’s authority to mandate vaccines by rulemaking. Q. But … Read more

Smith: It’s Kelly Ayotte’s “Party,” and She’ll Cry if She Wants To

June 24, 2025 Julie Smith

In the late 80s, I had a boss who made us keep the radio on Oldies 103. As a young adult at the time, I had little appreciation for the genre of music popular when my parents were that age. However, I have since acquired a taste for it and a good memory of those … Read more

GrokTALK!: Leah Cushman On The Crap In The NH State Budget

July 14, 2025June 23, 2025 GrokTALK!

Leah Cushman joins me for GrokTALK! on its new night to review her impressive fisking of HB2, the nH State Budget trailer bill, and the garbage hidden inside. You won’t believe a Republican majority put this crapstorm together. Central Planning, Workforce Housing, Digital State IDs, Babysitting funds?, Fake IDs, the pension system shenanigans, using kids … Read more

Smith: The Fine Print

June 23, 2025 Julie Smith

While I am not an unconditional member of the Massie fan club, I will share something that JR tweeted about him. The meme asks why he votes NO on every bill, and the answer is that he reads them. JR is also a gun club partner of Councilor Wheeler. I observed a conversation between Karen … Read more

MacDonald: State Retirement Fund Shenanigans?

June 17, 2025June 16, 2025 Steve MacDonald

The State budget and Trailer bill are a biennial fascination that are increasingly used to accomplish tasks that could not be done through the legislative process alone. “Putting it in the budget” is an ordinary course of action. Didn’t pass? Stuff it in the budget. I’m not a fan, but if you’re willing to overlook … Read more

Property Tax, Sticker Tax, RTK & RTW; More Cross-Referencing

April 13, 2025 Julie Smith

After submitting my most recent article on rogue Rs that voted the wrong way on HB1002 last year and removing property tax relief from HB2 this year, I started alerting constituents of the latter. A constituent of Bryer complained of him being a “union schmuck” and that inspired me to do more cross referencing. I … Read more

Republicans Advancing More Agenda 2030 Goals – Workforce Housing

April 11, 2025April 10, 2025 Steve MacDonald

The new State Budget Trailer Bill (HB2) is a dumpster fire, trashcan bill, for pet projects, appropriations, and legislation that failed to pass on the floor. Everyone does it, and it is a good place to get good stuff passed that just missed or to hide your dirty legislative laundry. Things you want that most … Read more

Will Our Legislature Put Some Rand Paul Into HB2, Please?

December 31, 2024 Julie Smith

Rand Paul was the featured guest speaker for the NRCC annual fundraiser, known as the Steak Out, on October 11. The cover charge included a copy of his new book, Deception, and attendees lined up to watch their copies get autographed in person after his keynote speech. Because I’m a slow reader and already had … Read more

Keep Politics Out Of Emergencies

June 1, 2023 Op-Ed

In 2021, a group of state representatives angled to have a bill reforming New Hampshire’s state of emergency laws included in the state budget. It became the single issue that the budget debate hinged on. We were partially successful but not completely.

CNHT: URGENT: Action Needed on Budget Bill

May 21, 2023 Op-Ed

We’ve emailed you before about problems with the Housing Appeals Board (HAB), a state-level, 3-person panel of appointed, industry ‘professionals’ who are now allowed to override your town vote by defying the decisions of any of your town boards (planning, zoning, conservation, school, etc.).

With School Board Elections Looming – A few Thoughts for Dealing with Lying Leftists

February 1, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Last year, New Hampshire passed a law that added new protections against discrimination in publicly funded institutions like Public Schools. It protects kids from institutional racism, but Democrats have been lying about 24/7/365 since it passed.

Abortion Bill Gutted, Sununu Thwarted, Dems Rattled

January 23, 2022 Beth Scaer

Tuesday, the NH House Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs Committee held a public hearing on HB1609 which was sponsored by six Republicans for the purpose of gutting the Fetal Life Protection Act (FLPA).

AFT Lawsuit Can’t Even Name GraniteGrok – “Merely A New Hampshire Rightwing Group”?

December 16, 2021 Skip

I decided to read the complaint filed against the New Hampshire Dept of Education. It references Commissioner Frank Edleblut, NH Commission on Human Rights Christian Kim, and NH AG John Fomella. All because the AFT (NH Chapter), a couple of teachers, and a couple of parents aren’t happy.

Breaking: NH Dept. Of Ed. Launches Web Page to Report CRT Based Discrimination

November 10, 2021 Steve MacDonald

This is very clever. The New Hampshire Department of Education (DoE) has launched a new Anti-Discrimination web page. Granite Stater’s can now report any “discrimination” to the DoE directly, including CRT race-shaming discrimination prohibited by the passage of HB2.

New Hampshire Blocks Taxpayer Funding For Planned Parenthood

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 Beth Scaer

Wednesday morning, the NH Executive Council met at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Nashua to vote on awarding family planning contracts. When the councilors arrived for breakfast at 8 am, they were greeted by Jason Hennessey, President of New Hampshire Right to Life, and Mariah, Regional Coordinator for Students for Life, and their supporters.

Public Library Is at It Again: More White Supremacy and Unconscious Bias Baloney.

September 8, 2021 Op-Ed

As many of the community are aware, the Wilmot Public Library is again hosting a workshop promulgating racist ideology that has, with the passage of House Bill 2 in July, become unlawful to promote in the library’s capacity as a public/quasi-public entity.