The Manchester Free Press

Tuesday • June 23 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.XXVI

Manchester, N.H.

The New England Take: Let’s clear the air on DATA CENTERS (it’s more than AI, and the US needs to LEAD!)

Granite Grok - 2 hours 1 min ago

Recent website issues made it impossible to do a new GrokTALK! But it will return next week – and since AJ got bumped on Saturday, I’m sharing that now. A. J. is joined by NetChoice’s Patrick Hedger to push back against data center misinformation, including how this goes beyond artificial intelligence, the importance of the ... Read more

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MACDONALD: UK Rape Gangs, Illegal Aliens, and Progressive Politics

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-06-22 21:00 +0000

The UK Rape Gang Inquiry Report is public, and it is worse than even the so-called conspiracy theories. As summarized by Libs of TikTok. The report notes that the rape gang problem has been about and ignored since the 1950’s (1955 being the more official start), which explains the vast number of victims whose rights ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

SHURTLEFF: The Faith of The Founders

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-06-22 18:00 +0000

About this time every year, and more so this year as we celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday, our friends on the Left tell us that our nation’s founders were either enlightened freethinkers who thoroughly rejected the tenets of Christianity or that they were evil, exploitative Eurocentric white men whose only purpose in life was to ... Read more

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MACDONALD: I Guess Fauci Has Friends In the IC and NH Media

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-06-22 16:00 +0000

Editor’s note: I have regained control of the website, but there’s still some work to do. Monday memes have been preempted, but there is a version on my Substack (I wasn’t expecting to have access yet). One of the things that sets GraniteGrok apart, and no, I don’t mean getting hacked and not updated all weekend (sigh), was our ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

BANFIELD: Student Bullying Problems

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-06-22 14:00 +0000

For years, Seabrook schools within SAU21 have faced ongoing concerns regarding academic performance, bullying, and special education services. Parents, taxpayers, and community members have repeatedly brought these issues before the School Board, yet many feel meaningful improvements have been slow to materialize. Several years ago, I addressed the School Board with concerns about curriculum quality ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Morning Update: 4-D Chess!

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-06-22 11:00 +0000

Today, on The Morning Update, Trump got Congress to block FISA Section 702, and now he’s holding it hostage while the guy they didn’t want at DNI guts the deep staters in the Intelligence Community. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel Ep 200 Link(s): . Transcript [edited]: Welcome to your Monday, June 22nd morning update. ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

CR: Hillary Badlander Is Not Just Another Pretty Face

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-06-20 14:00 +0000

In the last election, Hillary Badlander, using millions of dollars she received from mostly non-New Hampshire donors, did what most politicians flush with cash do: she ran a hip, slick, and cool campaign to sell not herself but an image. Note: If you were unsure, Hillary Badlander is Maggie Goodlander. In the last election, Hillary ... Read more

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MACDONALD: More ANTIFA Thugs Indicted

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-06-20 11:00 +0000

In year one of Trump 2.0, the DOJ made it clear that Antifa was not, as the progressives who benefited from its intimidation tactics, the Keebler Elves. It was real, and rather than a disconnected coincidence like Book Club (as the proglodytes kept claiming), Antifa was a well-funded, well-trained, well-organized militant guerrilla group. Everyone paying ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

BOLDIN: Shots Fired, Ship Burned: The Sons of Liberty vs the HMS Gaspee

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-06-20 02:00 +0000

For transporting us beyond seas, to be tried for pretended offences.”  From the Declaration of Independence, one of the charges against the King that justified secession. It was built on a violent American raid on a British ship years earlier that few of us are ever taught about. In the early hours of June 10, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

The Independents: PorcFest and The Next Generation’s Fight Over the Free State 

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-06-20 00:00 +0000

This week, on The Independents with Carla Gericke, 25 years after libertarians began migrating to NH, young politicians are now deciding to embrace or resist the vision. PorcFest, now with 10 mini-fests, gives you an opportunity to check out the buzz for yourself! Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Political Murder-Suicide

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-06-19 21:00 +0000

Two features of the progressive cult that appear obvious, but which don’t get enough attention, are the othering of people and the justification of violence, including murder. They’ve both been featured on these pages and in past morning updates, but the message needs to seep into the so-called political middle. The middle likes to ignore ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

TYSON: Juneteenth, Minus the Catechism

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-06-19 18:00 +0000

Every June 19, the same paragraph gets read aloud. Granger, Galveston, General Order No. 3, freedom at last. All true. On that morning in 1865, Major General Gordon Granger landed on Galveston Island with more than two thousand troops and declared the enslaved free. He also voided every act of the Texas legislature since secession, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Friday Meme Thing

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-06-19 16:00 +0000

Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither vetted nor “fact-checked,” nor to be considered “research,” or taken seriously, nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers, even if they make the proglodytes cry like little girls or pitch fits like overstimulated toddlers. . . . . . . ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

CARDELLO: Should We Feel Anger or Empathy for the Legacy Media

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-06-19 14:00 +0000

I confess that I was more than angry on Monday morning at the Democrats and the stupid talking heads on the legacy media outlets. That statement may be harsh, as ‘stupid’ is a difficult word to use to describe a mature adult, but in this case, it may not be harsh enough. My statement is ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Morning Update: Schaden-fraud

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-06-19 11:00 +0000

Today, on the Morning Update, great news for taxpayers. The DOJ has charged 324 defendants connected to $ 14.6 billion in alleged fraud, including licensed medical professionals, transnational criminals, and drug dealers, defrauding our safety-net programs across 12 states. So, Dems, why did we need to wait for Trump to find and indict all these ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

OPINION:  Primaries Are the People’s Choice – Not the Party’s

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-06-19 09:00 +0000

New Hampshire’s primary elections have long been a cornerstone of our democratic process, especially for offices like the State Senate, which represents multiple towns and cities. A primary is where anyone can step forward, where voters get real choices, and where competition sharpens candidates and strengthens the final ticket. The best ideas and the strongest ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

LOFTUS: Here Are The 3 Factions Slipping Poison Pills Into Trump’s Peace Process

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-06-19 02:00 +0000

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. and Iran agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to bring the months-long war to an end. The formal signing is planned to take place at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday. The MOU is not a final, negotiated “peace deal.” But it is the first important ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Are You Gay Enough for California?

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-06-19 00:00 +0000

The Left Coast Lunatics are setting a new standard for bureaucratic red tape. Rainbow colored tape, actually. The State has a program that awards energy “supplier-diversity benefits,” which has been expanded to encourage the energy sector to award contracts to gay businesses. By 2022, CPUC had fully implemented the expansion. In practice, this meant establishing ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

ROOKE: World Cup Visitors Make Best Case For Closed Borders

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-06-18 21:00 +0000

The 2026 FIFA World Cup in the U.S. has brought millions of visitors from around the world to American stadiums, inadvertently proving the point for closed borders. Fans in jerseys from Argentina, Germany, Japan, England, and dozens of other nations fill the stands, chant in their languages, and showcase their traditions. The Scottish fans walk around in their ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

PAUL: Congress’s Failure Is Liberty’s Gain

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-06-18 18:00 +0000

Congress accidentally protected the American people’s liberty this week when it failed to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 authorizes warrantless surveillance of foreign citizens. However, it has been “interpreted” by the FISA court to allow US intelligence agencies to wiretap conversations between a US citizen and a foreign ... Read more

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