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MACDONALD: If Voters Were Treated Like Jurors

July 28, 2026 Steve MacDonald

Two things non-citizens are not supposed to do in America, and yes, there are more, but let’s try not to get lost by insisting everything be viewed from 30,000 feet: vote and serve on a jury. Having experienced the call only once in my many decades in the same town and county, here in New … Read more

After All, They Are Only Drones, As They Were Only Balloons

December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 Ray Cardello

Joe Biden is the President of the United States and is charged with being the Commander in Chief. As such, Biden’s number one priority and responsibility is the safety of America’s citizens and the protection of America’s sovereignty. A year ago, Joe Biden failed us as a Chinese spy balloon traversed our country as if … Read more

Dancing With Bruen and Heller

August 2, 2024 Steve MacDonald

News broke yesterday over the mercury fields of New Jersey that a Federal judge had thrown out part of the state’s “assault weapons” ban. U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan issued an order on July 30 declaring that including the Colt AR-15 rifle on the list of firearms defined in the New Jersey Code of … Read more

Where Adding Fees for Public Records Is Meant To Lead Us … New Jersey

June 9, 2024June 8, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Unless he’s already signed HB1002, the new tax on access to public records in New Hampshire is still waiting to become law. If it becomes law, many towns will consider it, but the most grotesque government offenders will implement it with extreme prejudice as soon as they are able.

New Jersey Turns From Blue To Red, White, and Blue

May 15, 2024May 14, 2024 Ray Cardello

You don’t hear about New Jersey as much as you would think. It’s pretty much an extension of New York and is similarly aligned as a solid Blue state. On Saturday night, New Jersey was anything but quiet, and most of the 80,000 people gathered to rally around the former and soon-to-be President Donald Trump, created a sea of red as far as the cameras could see.

Plastic Bag Ban Backfires on Environment

February 21, 2024 Rob Roper

As folks may recall, back in 2019, banning so-called single-use plastic bags was all the rage in the radical leftist environmental circles, so naturally, the sociopathic control freaks in the Vermont legislature had to have one – the legislative equivalent of that year’s Cabbage Patch doll. So, we got our bag ban! So did New … Read more

Things You Never Expect to Hear

October 31, 2022 Ian Underwood

A pro-gun state senator in New Jersey recently testified against a bill that would expand concealed carry in the state, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Bruen.

New Jersey Jab Ad – Kid Writes to Santa, Only wants the COVID Vaccine for Christmas

December 16, 2021 Steve MacDonald

In its effort to jab everyone, no matter how small, New Jersey has a new ad, kids want The Jab™, and that’s all! Dear Santa, he says (yes, it sounds quite obscene), “I don’t want games, I don’t want toys, I want the COVID Vaccine.”

America flag sunrise field Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

NJ State Senate President Loses Re-Election to a Trucker Who Spent about $2300 On His Campaign

November 12, 2021 Steve MacDonald

State Senate President Steve Sweeney (D), one of the most powerful politicians in New Jersey, has lost his re-election. Defeated by a guy whose secret to victory was two words. Phil Murphy (the Democrat Governor of the State).

#Woke School Board Votes 8-0 to Change Every Holiday Name on The District Calendar to “Day Off”

June 16, 2021 Steve MacDonald

You want to be like the other #woke School Boards, but the people who elected you aren’t having it. They get insulted when you change Columbus Day to “Indigenous People’s Day.” They don’t like it. They storm the meetings. What’s a #woke school board to do?

“Reliable, Safe, and Secure” Elections – That’s a Matter of Opinion.

May 8, 2021 Op-Ed

“A discrepancy of 300 votes out of over 800,000 cast does not constitute ‘massive election fraud’….” These words were uttered by New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu the other day in remarks responding to the statement by President Trump over the Windham audit.

More Reasons to Vote in Person Nov 3rd – 1600 Ballots “Found” 2 Months After the Election

September 16, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Vote by mail is a bad idea, not just because Democrats are suddenly so fond of it. No nation on earth is stupid enough to trust it. And while that may explain why the Left has abandoned their concerns, it is only your vote if you ensure the chain of custody. If you hand that to a third party, well, it might never count.

Then What Do You Do? Well, if You Are a Democrat You Raise Taxes

September 5, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The thinking goes that if you tax something, you’ll get less of it. But that’s not why Democrat’s tax things. Sure, they say that, like with smoking, but that’s a lie. What they want is your money and more of it.

Vote by Mail “Works so Well” A Judge Just Invalidated an Entire Election Because of It

August 26, 2020 Steve MacDonald

“On Wednesday, State Superior Court Judge Ernest Caposela ruled that the election for a Paterson City Council seat had been irreversibly tainted. A new election has been ordered to take place in November.”

New Jersey’s “Office” of Rumor Control and Disinformation Warns Citizens About the Plandemic Movie

May 11, 2020May 10, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The Chinese Flu has created plenty of opportunity for fraud—email fraud, phone fraud, medical fraud, bank fraud, you name it. The progressive globalists are not the only criminals looking to take advantage of you. States have set up web sites to help keep you informed. But irony alert – check out New Jersey.

Pandemic Politics – Democrats Will “Own” the Majority of US Coronavirus Deaths

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The plan from early on was to blame the President. No matter what happened, the Democrats and their free earned media dogs would claim Donald Trump’s failure resulted in unnecessary deaths. The truth has a bluer hue. It’s Democrats who own that distinction.

Elizabeth, New Jersey Police Using Drones to Enforce Social Distancing

April 9, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The Garden State Barista has a hot steaming cup of Creeping tyranny and the name on the line is, Elizabeth New Jersey. The local PD has announced that it will make sure everyone remains separated by the approved distance (and disperse unauthorized groups) using drones.

New Jersey’s Employment System Needs COBOL Programmers to Help Get the Unemployment Checks Out?

April 6, 2020 Skip

I can’t remember the last time I heard “COBOL” (Common Business Oriented Language”) but “COVID-19 Response: New Jersey Urgently Needs COBOL Programmers (Yes, You Read That Correctly).”

BlogLine of the Day – once again, a Democrat led govt shows its favoritism.

March 27, 2020 Skip

NJ orders up to 1,000 inmates released to lessen coronavirus while left-wing governor threatens ‘action’ against residents who violate stay-at-home order “Democrat totalitarianism Up to 1,000 New Jersey inmates are being temporarily released by the state to stem the coronavirus tide, Politico reported, citing the American Civil Liberties Union, which campaigned for the move along with … Read more

New Hampshire Democrats Attack Republicans for Opposing Corporate Welfare

November 25, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Democrats have gotten another stick up their backsides. I have no idea how they found the room, but they did. And from an unusual, at least rhetorically speaking, source. They are upset that Republicans will not support an out-of-state corporate welfare scheme.