Author Archives: Steve Mac Donald
Sununu: Can’t Support HB628 (Family Medical Leave Bill) “As Written” – But I Want More
Governor Chris Sununu has informed the State Senate Finance Committee looking at HB628 that as written he won’t support it. “I cannot support HB 628 until a comprehensive actuarial analysis is conducted,” … That’s not a rejection of the idea … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Sununu, Family Medical Leave, GraniteGrok.com, HB628
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Republicans Against Free Speech
Carolyn McKinney’s rebuttal to “some Republicans” pushing to remove the word ‘traditional’ as a qualifier to the word ‘marriage’ in the New Hampshire Republican State Platform is brilliant. It’s so good those Republicans don’t want you to read it. (If you have … Continue reading
Zuckerberger-Meister-Berger
If you’d like to read Mark Styen’s first “take” on the Zuckerberg testimony and trust me you do, it’s here, but this snippet captured my imagination (for the moment). To be sure, I doubt [Mark Zuckerberg] thinks of himself as a … Continue reading
Paving the Way: Judges, Children, and Gender
Cross-Posted by Ellen Kolb Could the state take a child away from a parent who does not want the child to receive cross-sex hormones and amputation of healthy body parts? An Ohio court has told us the answer: yes. When … Continue reading
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Tagged Cornerstone, Courts, Ellen Kolb, Gender, Judges, Transgender
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Senator Shaheen’s Selective Defense Of Small Business Owners
New Hampshire’s Congressional delegation is unified in its defense of the Granite State from efforts to make online purchases taxable. Their primary objection, and I’ll use Senator Shaheen as my whipping donkey for this, is the burden it puts on … Continue reading
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Tagged Costs, Internet, Jeanne Shaheen, Small Business, taxes
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Democrats: Are You Paying Your Campaign Workers a ‘Living Wage?’
Torn from the headlines at HotAir.com, a question of epic and historical weight. Why won’t Democrats let their campaign workers unionize? When workers on one self-proclaimed progressive’s congressional campaign decided to unionize, they ran into “classic union busting” tactics, according [to] … Continue reading
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Tagged democrats, Fight for 15, GraniteGrok.com, Living Wage, Unions
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Women’s March Bemoans Shutdown of Prostitution and Child Sex-Trafficking Site
Backpagecom CEO Carl Ferrer has rolled on his cofounders and executives admitting that he, “conspired with other Backpage principals … to find ways to knowingly facilitate the state-law prostitution crimes being committed by Backpage’s customers.” The site is charged with money laundering, … Continue reading
New Hampshire Democrats Continue to Push for Discrimination Against Religious Schools
By Ed Mosca Earlier this week, the Executive Council voted on a $4.1 million scholarship plan. From the Concord Monitor: The program, approved by legislators last year, will provide for scholarship funding for 23 post-secondary institutions and training programs. Open … Continue reading
Marriage and the NHGOP Platform
By Carolyn McKinney To advocates for removing “traditional” from marriage in the NHGOP platform. First, you are guilty of using the most frustrating and pernicious leftist debate tactic. To try to make your case, you use examples outside the norm – … Continue reading
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Tagged Carolyn McKinney, Marriage, NHGOP, Party Platform, Platform
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A Change of Plans…
The New Media Militia mission is to share local content without exposition. Excerpt – link – done! It’s a lot more work than you might imagine, and after nearly a year of doing it every day, I need that time … Continue reading
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