The Manchester Free Press

Friday • May 2 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XVIII

Manchester, N.H.

How Will Trump Changes Affect Vermont? We’ll Know Soon

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-02-23 15:00 +0000
What do the impending, across-the-board Trump administration and Congressional cuts to federal education, energy, and human services mean to Vermont? Ask this question to legislators and advocates in the State House and the response is like a Greek chorus chanting, ‘We don’t know, we don’t know, we don’t know.’ (Whether the play is a comedy ... Read more

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“If You Are FOR Government Waste …At Least Waste it Here!

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-02-23 13:00 +0000
It is not clear yet if anyone is going to swing (rhetorically) for all the corruption, fraud, and waste being unearthed within the payment systems of your federal government, but someone needs to go to jail. I think everyone can agree on that. The issue is who can be held accountable for the rank incompetence ... Read more

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 Fish or Cut Bait on Climate Policies

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-02-23 11:00 +0000
Vermont Democrats passed the Global Warming Solutions Act in 2020 over the veto of Governor Scott and the Republican legislative minority. That law mandates strict targets and timelines for greenhouse gas reduction set at 26% below 2005 levels by 2025, 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. And, so ... Read more

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The Real, Forgotten Enforcement Mechanism of the Constitution

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-02-23 03:00 +0000
A refusal to cooperate with officers of the Union.” That was James Madison’s answer to federal overreach – a strategy rooted in the very principles that founded the American republic. But you won’t hear about Madison’s enforcement strategy in government-run schools. Instead, they push the myth that only the federal government can determine the extent ... Read more

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I’m Not a Philosopher, but “Throwing God Out” First Might Lead To Communism.

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-02-23 01:00 +0000
After a conversation with AJ, we’d like to welcome the New England Take Back as a regular weekly podcast! It’s regular night will be Saturday at 8 pm. This “week” … A. J. was shocked by how quickly some people abandon their religion when it is so essential to his own worldview. Vox, “For years, ... Read more

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Gov. Ayotte proposes education freedom for public school students starting in 2026

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-02-23 01:00 +0000
In her proposed budget, Gov. Kelly Ayotte opens New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program to all students who’ve been enrolled in a New Hampshire public school (including chartered public schools) for at least a full academic year, the Josiah Bartlett Center has confirmed. The expansion would take effect July 1, 2026. Students who currently have ... Read more

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A New Chapter in U.S. Law Enforcement

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-02-22 23:00 +0000
Kashyap “Kash” Patel has made history as the first Indian-origin Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a role he achieved after a contentious and politically charged confirmation process. On February 20, 2025, Patel secured his position as the head of the FBI with a narrow Senate vote of 51-49. This vote highlighted deep political ... Read more

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If Maine Wants To Keep Bending Genders …

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-02-22 21:00 +0000
The sun rises, the water is wet, and just like guns, Democrats hate nullification until they love it. Dems love guns as long as they control whoever controls the guns. The same can be said for nullification, the idea that states have veto power over federal demands. And we agree. States have rights, and lots ... Read more

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We’ll See You In Court

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-02-22 19:00 +0000
Oh my, did Governor Janet Mills really yell out to the President of the United States that she would “See you in court?” I heard it live and played it back many times, to be sure, but yes, she said it. It must have been a slip of the tongue or an out-of-body experience. Nobody ... Read more

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Property Tax – A Tax on Money One MIGHT Receive

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-02-22 17:00 +0000
I’m sure you’ve all thought about property tax, especially when it comes time to pay them. But have you ever considered how they work? Aside from the fact that NH schools are funded by them – and you’d think that property taxes were the only funding, but they’re not. The Concord school system receives approximately ... Read more

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Trump Cannot Allow a Declining Europe to Drag the US Down

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-02-22 15:00 +0000
Last week, leaders of European governments got very upset with the new Trump administration. First, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said a return to pre-2014 Ukraine-Russia borders was an “unrealistic objective” in the coming peace negotiations and that European leaders shouldn’t assume American troops would be present on the continent forever. Then, Vice President JD Vance gave ... Read more

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Only ’47’ More Months To Go!

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-02-22 13:00 +0000
This week marked the end of the first month of the second Trump Presidency. It’s only been a month. Feels longer, yes? In a good way. Not for the Swamp creatures. Democrats and bureaucrats (almost always the same thing) are lawyering up against risk of lawsuits while others have filed scores of lawsuits. The proglodytes ... Read more

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A Hyper-efficient Agency That Costs Nothing To Operate

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-02-22 11:00 +0000
Lawrence O’Donnell is a bloviating idiot on MSNBC who makes comments and claims that he cannot substantiate or are just too absurd to have to fact-check. While talking about the IRS, he referred to it as one of the hyperefficient agencies of the federal government that makes money for the government and costs nothing to ... Read more

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Adios, Nashua

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-02-22 03:00 +0000
I considered naming this article “The Bluest City,” after Kellerman’s book, The Bluest State.  For those unfamiliar with him, he had Adam Sexton’s job, but in Massachusetts.  However, I opted for another author, Ann Coulter, who has written several books that are in my parents’ bookcase. Papers were passed, and property tax balances were settled. I’m ... Read more

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The Bridge To Local Government Waste

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-02-22 01:00 +0000
Mach Talk has the week off, but we didn’t want your Friday evening to be without something from the local podcast universe. AJ at The New England Take is still putting out good local content with quality production value, so I volunteered him to fill in. Check it out! “While the City of Concord, New ... Read more

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Imagine a World Where Our Kids Don’t Know What Jeanne Shaheen Is?

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-02-21 23:00 +0000
In the mid-oughts, then-politically unemployed former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen decided a career in the US Senate would be good for her. And it has. She’s been there since 2009 and profited handsomely while more than tripling the national debt. And yes, she did run in 2008 against irresponsible government spending – by which ... Read more

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Two Gun Control Bills Shot Down

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-02-21 21:00 +0000
From the Women’s Defense League On Thursday, the full New Hampshire House of Representatives shot down two gun control bills that were voted Inexpedient to Legislate out of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. House Bill 56 The first bill was HB 56 – requiring a background check and mandatory waiting period during certain ... Read more

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It Survives Because it's a Money Maker -- for the Ruling Class

Libertarian Leanings - Fri, 2025-02-21 19:27 +0000
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Bill Introduced to Repeal Federal Laws That Ruined Gas Cans

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-02-21 19:00 +0000
I don’t think any of our writers have riled on this issue more than Skip. The ruination of the iconic gas can via federal interference and regulation. An icon of government interference for the everyman. A bureaucratic assault on simplicity that drove up the price while making it nearly impossible to use one. Talk about ... Read more

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Friday Meme Thing

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-02-21 17:00 +0000
Another week, another Friday, more memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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