The Manchester Free Press

Monday • February 10 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.VII

Manchester, N.H.

Mr. Speaker: Is it Money Laundering Or Something Else?

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-02-06 13:00 +0000
While we wait for the Committee to Elect House Republicans (CTEHR) to explain where nearly 170,000.00 dollars went between 2022 and 2024, other related matters require our attention. Let me preface with this. If you are married, it is not a good look if you are seen frequently in public in the private company of ... Read more

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Dems Want to End NH Ban on Traffic Enforcement Cameras

Libertarian Leanings - Thu, 2025-02-06 12:03 +0000
by Michael Graham, NHJournal Smile, New Hampshire drivers — you could soon be on a red light camera. That’s the goal of Keene Democrat Rep. Philip Jones, who has proposed ending the state’s current ban on traffic enforcement cameras—his HB305,... Tom Bowler
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Murders by Weapon Type

Libertarian Leanings - Thu, 2025-02-06 11:58 +0000
September 2024 Statistics by Cassandra McBride, Ammo.com Homicides in the U.S. have risen to levels similar to those seen in the 1980s. The most commonly used weapons are firearms, unspecified weapons, and sharp objects. Report Highlights: Since 2020, there has... Tom Bowler
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Shut Down the US Department of Education? Rep. Thomas Massie has a Bill to Do That.

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-02-06 11:00 +0000
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced a bill on Friday that would implement the repeatedly expressed desire of President Donald Trump to shut down the United States Department of Education. Shutting down the Department of Education and moving education decisions out of the control of the US government were actions Trump proposed on multiple occasions through his presidential ... Read more

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Audit USAID…Then Shut it Down!

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-02-06 03:00 +0000
As of this writing, when you attempt to access the US Agency for International Development (USAID) website or social media pages you are informed that, “This site can’t be reached.” The media reports that the new Trump Administration has not only frozen USAID activities but may be planning on bringing it back under control of ... Read more

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Skip Murphy Joins Me To Talk About…Everything!

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-02-06 01:00 +0000
This week my guest is the co-founder and co-owner of GraniteGrok.com, Skip Murphy. We talk about Trump’s first two weeks to what’s happening in New Hampshire and around the world. USAID, buyouts, EOs, Tariffs, South and Central America, DEI, Media, Kelly Ayotte, NH Republican majorities, the mid-terms, and more. Please like, follow, or subscribe to ... Read more

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Red Flag Law Alert

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-02-05 23:00 +0000
We need to band together again because HB159, a rehash of last year’s HB1711, is back to challenge our Second Amendment rights. This bill threatens to allow the government to seize firearms based on mental health proceedings, and we cannot let it pass without a fight.Here’s how you can help push back against this infringement: Or ... Read more

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Holocaust Deniers Have Become Revisionists

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-02-05 21:00 +0000
The same people on the Left who have been denying the Holocaust and turning against Israel are now openly comparing the President of the United States and his actions as Fascist, Hitler-like, and promising to take to the streets and fight back against this evil, dangerous man before he goes any further. These disillusioned people, ... Read more

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Is Maggie Hassan Serious about Autism?

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-02-05 19:00 +0000
US Senator Margaret “Maggie” Hassan is one of the Democrat party’s DC ambassadors to New Hampshire, and she got some “ink” during a recent confirmation hearing. She’s very concerned about Autism and worried that Robert F Kennedy Jr is the wrong fella to run the Federal Agency that might be inclined to investigate it. Like, ... Read more

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Bananas:  Sweet Caroline and Colonel Sanders

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-02-05 17:00 +0000
As Trump appointees lined up like prisoners readying for a firing squad in DC the swirling banshees came out in full force to denounce the threats to democracy and freedom, namely that of the legislators who fear they may end up in prison after not having made the Biden pardon list.  Among the many red-faced ... Read more

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“Green” Agenda Is Driving the Housing Crisis

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-02-05 15:00 +0000
A few days ago I read and shared an article by Ruy Teixeira on his Substack page, The Liberal Patriot, titled The Democrats’ Governance Problem; They’re bad at it and getting worse. It contained this key insight that I think applies particularly keenly to our little state of Vermont: “Democrats have developed a philosophy … that prizes ... Read more

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Wyoming Could Ban Electronic Voting Machines

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-02-05 13:00 +0000
You might ask why you’d care whether Wyoming, a state with less than half the population of New Hampshire and ten times the land mass, banned electronic voting machines in favor of hand-counting paper ballots. That’s the plan if House Bill 215 survives the legislative process to become law. The House Corporations, Elections and Political ... Read more

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USAID Was Created By Executive Order, It Can Die By One

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-02-05 11:00 +0000
You know you are on the right track when your actions have upset Ilhan Omar. Omar went apoplectic this week when President Trump froze the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and any flow of taxpayer dollars from the agency for 90 days. This time will be used to carefully investigate the financial records ... Read more

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Boston Proposes Regressive Sugar Tax

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-02-05 03:00 +0000
Boston’s City Council is weighing a tax on sugary drinks to improve health, advance equity, and increase its coffers by tens of millions of dollars a year. Such progressive policies seek revenue in the name of rescue but inevitably inflict more significant inequities on the marginalized communities they purport to serve. A sugar tax is ... Read more

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I Got Yer ‘Advise And Consent’ Right Here!

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-02-05 01:00 +0000
Now that Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii is holding up all of Trump’s nominations , it seems appropriate to re-post a recommendation I made a while back: Okay, if this is the way things are going to go, here’s what I think Trump should do.  He should tell the Senate: “You just pick whoever you ... Read more

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Let’s Talk About Life! [Replay]

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-02-04 23:50 +0000
This week…Let’s TALK about Life! From Abortion to Suicide… Politics, Religion, & Death! With Special Guest State Rep Paul Terry! T Call in at 1 833 603 TALK his week…Let’s TALK about Life! From Abortion to Suicide… Politics, Religion, & Death! With Special Guest State Rep Paul Terry! T Call in at 1 833 603 ... Read more

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Empowering Parents in Education: A Crucial Step Forward

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-02-04 23:00 +0000
As a concerned mother, engaged community member, and the Moms for Liberty Hillsborough Co. chairman, I recently testified in favor of a critical piece of legislation that seeks to establish a Parents’ Bill of Rights in Education. My experience navigating the educational system and advocating for my children has made it evident that parental involvement ... Read more

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An Object Lesson in Coddling Insane Murderers

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-02-04 21:00 +0000
A “cannibal” who killed a homeless man and ate his eyes and brain was committed in 2013 to Connecticut’s custody for a term of 60 years, then released from the secure facility where he had been housed on “temporary leave” to a group home in September 2023.  A hearing scheduled for February 21 will determine whether he is ... Read more

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Your State House 1/31/25

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-02-04 20:00 +0000
This week, my committee continued with public hearings. HB 233, requiring the New Hampshire vaccine association record and publish its meetings, including written questions and their answers, had a rather contentious hearing. The supporters spoke of transparency and being unable to get their questions answered; the association insisted that it was merely a pass through ... Read more

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Thoughts on HB 553: The “Make Parenting Illegal” Bill

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-02-04 19:00 +0000
When I learned of HB 553, a resurrected version of SB 459 last year, and it was already scheduled for a public hearing in the House Children and Family Law Committee on Tuesday afternoon (1/28/25) at 1:30.  The purpose of the bill is to broaden the statutory definition of “neglect” to include things like “emotional ... Read more

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