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Hot Dog Day Moves to Goffstown on August 13

August 1, 2022 Op-Ed

Goffstown, New Hampshire Announcing the return of Rep. John Burt’s Hot Dog Day. On August 13, we are bringing the event from the State House to John Burt’s house in Goffstown. Learn about the famous Hot Dog Day, help conservative Michael Yakubovich, and donate to a charity all at the same time! When: Saturday, August … Read more

“I Was Able to Achieve the American Dream for Myself and My Family”

June 9, 2022 Op-Ed

Representative John Burt (Goffstown) introduced Michael Yakubovich outside the New Hampshire Secretary of State Office. Rep Burt said, “One of the many reasons I support Michael Yakubovich is because he understands and believes in the meaning of the Second Amendment. For this and many other reasons, my vote and support goes to Michael Yakubovich.” Michael … Read more

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Democrat Deb Steven’s ‘Hot Dog’ Day Involves an Actual Dog Left in a Hot Car (in the Sun) for Hours [Updated]

April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 Steve MacDonald

If you are unfamiliar with Nahua Democrat Rep. Deb Stevens, she’s the piece of work that claimed Republicans were stockpiling guns and ammo to commit mass slaughter during a civil war.

Is the Speaker abusing his position for partisan political purpose?

November 9, 2019
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The Speaker of the New Hampshire House, Stephen Shurtleff removed Rep. John Burt from the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety committee. It seems Representative Burt had and expressed some concerns about the management of New Hampshire Fish and Game.

Speaker Removes John Burt – Only Suspends Tamara Le

November 7, 2019

You’ll remember just last week Representative Tamara Le, D-North Hampton, went on a Facebook tirade that ended with “F*** private and religious schools.” After the story was brought to you by GraniteGrok and NH Journal (who first broke the story,) over 600 petitions demanding Le’s removal from the Education Committee were delivered to Speaker Shurtleff … Read more

Judge Tosses Court Challenge to Rule Banning Firearms in the NH House

August 3, 2019 Steve MacDonald

One of the first things Democrats do when they take control of the New Hampshire legislature is to disarm House representatives. They do it because they can. A lesson voters have failed to learn because it applies to everything Democrats do.

Taxation is Theft

April 7, 2019April 4, 2019 Steve MacDonald

In case you missed it. Taxation is theft.

A Quick Stroll Through the NHGOP…

January 26, 2019 Steve MacDonald

We had our share of technical challenges today. So, streaming the NHGOP Republican State Committee Meeting did not happen. Instead, we did some “live” blogging and Facebook updates. We reported the winners of the elections the moment they were announced. And Skip recorded some interviews and captured the speechifying of the new party leadership. Those … Read more

Should John Burt Run Against Dem. State Sen. Lou D’Allesandro?

July 15, 2024July 9, 2017 Steve MacDonald

House Rep. John Burt talks about the media, constitutional carry, what a waste of space Washington DC is, and his next run for public office. Should he run for Congress, challenge Democrat Lou D’Allesandro for the NH State Senate, or how about staying in the NH House and running for Speaker?

GT Flashback Jan. 11th, 2014

July 15, 2024January 14, 2017 Steve MacDonald

From Jan 14th, 2014 – Rep. Jane Cormier discusses a bill to undercut the abusive power of unelected regional planning commissions. We’ve also got Rep. John Burt, and Max Abramson joins us to discuss charges of police brutality.

GrokTALK! – August 15th 2015 Hour Two

July 15, 2024August 15, 2015 Steve MacDonald

In hour two we are joined by New Hampshire House Rep. John Burt, and Senior Writer for National Journal – John Judis.

NH Politics with John Burt – John Interviews Bill O’Brien

September 26, 2018January 15, 2013 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire House Representative John Burt interviews NH House Rep and former New Hampshire House Speaker Bill O’Brien about the new session, proposed laws, Rule 63, and more…(Links to all the discussion topics available here.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HySDVvtN9WU

GrokTV Event-Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gov. Debate – Last question and Candidate closing remarks

September 26, 2018July 13, 2012 Skip

Indeed – Question 13 and closing candidate remarks from the

Question 13:

“What would you do so that the Veterans finally get a full service VA here in NH?“

Closing remarks by Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith, vying to become the Republican nominee for NH Governor:

GrokTV Event-Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gov. Debate – Questions 9 – 12

September 26, 2018July 13, 2012 Skip

And now for the third set of four questions (list of previous questions and their links after the jump) from the Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gov. Debate that was hosted by John Burt, questions asked by Speaker Bill O’Brien and Alex Talcott , and answered by the Candidates for the Republican nomination for NH Governor, Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith.

Question 9:

“One of the least known aspects of Obamacare is how it seeks to hijack State finances in order to expand insurance coverage particularly in the area of Medicaid. One area it does this in is doubling income elegibility. That’s the aspect to bring forward the decision. That’s the aspect and the reason for the Supreme Court decision that it is optional to the States. Can you tell us whether or not NH should take up that option and expand its population? As part of your answer, can you tell us where Medicaid is going in NH and how NH is going to finally be able to protect its sovereignty from the Federal Government trying to push us to overspending here in NH?”

Question 10:

GrokTV Event-Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gov. Debate – Next Four Questions for the Candidates

September 26, 2018July 13, 2012 Skip

Continuing on with the questions from the Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Debate featuring Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith, here are the next four questions:

Question 5:

“Got my hair cut. Stylist complained about high gas costs. General thoughts on energy costs?”

Live Stream – GrokTV Event: The Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gubernatorial Debate
Recording of the Live Stream – GrokTV Event: The Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gubernatorial Debate
GrokTV Event-Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gov. Debate – Intro Ceremonies and Candidate Opening Remarks
Question 1: What names are Democrat politicians or others calling you that distort or oversimply what you are about and why are they wrong?
Question 2: The Commissioner of Employment Security stepped down over fiscal corruption charges. What would you doto insure that ethics return to the Executive Branch?
Question 3: Salesman-in-Chief; why can’t Jackie Cilley or Maggie Hassan get on the horn and call up CEOs and credibly convince them to create jobs in NH as effectively the way you can?
Question 4: The Legislature left open the issue of education by the State this past term. Can you discuss what your understanding of the issue is, what its likely and possible impact will be on the State budget and how you would go about addressing it?

Question 6:

GrokTV Event-Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gov. Debate – First Four Questions for the Candidates

September 26, 2018July 13, 2012 Skip

Debates are all about the questions – and Speaker Bill O’Brien and Alex Talcott asked some pretty good questions of Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith. . The first four are here (questions 2 – 4 are after the jump).

Question 1:

“What names are Democrat politicians or others calling you that distort or oversimply what you are about and why are they wrong?“

Live Stream – GrokTV Event: The Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gubernatorial Debate
Recording of the Live Stream – GrokTV Event: The Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gubernatorial Debate
GrokTV Event-Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gov. Debate – Intro Ceremonies and Candidate Opening Remarks

Question 2:

GrokTV Event-Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gov. Debate – Intro Ceremonies and Candidate Opening Remarks

September 26, 2018July 13, 2012 Skip

Last night was the Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gov. Debate that was hosted and moderated by John Burt. The two candidates seeking the Republican nomination for NH were Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith. Questioners were Alex Talcott (Communications Director for 4RG) and Speaker of the NH House Bill ‘Brien. The debate lasted about … Read more

GrokTV Event-Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gov. Debate – If you couldn’t make it and want to watch the whole thing…

September 26, 2018July 12, 2012 Skip

Last night, it was a full house at the Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gov. Debate hosted by John Burt. In fact – it was an overflow event; over 500 tickets sold when the event was estimated to pull in 400. It goes to show that the intensity is quite high on the Republican … Read more

GrokTV Event: The Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gubernatorial Debate tonite!

September 26, 2018July 11, 2012 Skip

We will be at the debate later on tonite and will be live streaming (Internet bandwidth and UStream servers , God willing) as well as recording it. Grokster Steve and I are planning on being there, and others may be as well. Certainly, we’ll be recording it for later posting and trying to get some … Read more

Granite State Progress Goes Tucson

September 26, 2018February 7, 2011 Steve MacDonald

This week I did a call-in because last week Zandra Rice Hawkins of Granite State Progress attended Congressman Guinta’s town hall in Laconia, and at one point decided to storm up towards the podium to ‘set the record straight.’ She was not tackled, tasered or shot. In fact she spoke her mind–as liberals are wont to do–without interruption and was even given a chance to ask questions despite essentially hijacking the event.