The Manchester Free Press

Wednesday • May 20 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.XXI

Manchester, N.H.

Morning Update: “Maximum Warfare”

Granite Grok - 3 hours 6 min ago

Today, on the Morning Update, the media wants us to think that when beta male Hakeem Jeffries said, We are in an era of maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time,” he just meant on the matter of redistricting. No. He didn’t. 00:00 The Roots of Revolutionary Violence00:49 Political Violence and Rhetoric02:06 The Left’s Desperation and Need ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

SHURTLEFF: Camp Constitution’s 18th Annual Family Camp Is Less Than Two Months Away

Granite Grok - 5 hours 6 min ago

Camp Constitution’s 18th Annual Family Camp is less than two months away.  It will be held at the Singing Hills Christian Camp https://www.singinghills.net/ Plainfield, NH, from Sunday, July 12 to Friday, July 17, 2026   Returning instructors include Pastor David Whitney of the Institute on the Constitution, Catherine White of The Constitution Decoded, Alex Newman, author and host of the Sentinel Report, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

IMANI: Islam – A Challenger Civilization

Granite Grok - 12 hours 6 min ago

William Gawthrop, Ph.D., has impressive military, intelligence, and academic credentials. His 2021 dissertation in Criminal Justice from Walden College argues that crimes involving Islamic religious utterances are not conventional crimes. Titled “The Doctrinal Basis of Islamic Utterances Associated with Domestic Assaults,” the dissertation explains how these attacks are not random domestic assaults; they are examples ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: VT Resident Bought Guns in NH To Smuggle Into Canada

Granite Grok - 14 hours 6 min ago

I haven’t seen much media on this story, but I don’t pay much attention to local media. Justin Jackson and Melissa Longe, both of Dummerston, VT, have pleaded guilty to a conspiracy that moved firearms across the border into Canada. “The investigation soon revealed those purchases were part of a complex international trafficking conspiracy funneling ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

SMITH: Rosenwald’s Retirement Party On Melanie’s Birthday

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-05-19 21:00 +0000

Near 10 pm at the end of last Thursday’s super marathon senate session, RPK took to her mic, which means it’s something for the WHOLE senate to hear, the whole 16:8 senate.  She announced a retirement party for Rosenwald late Wednesday afternoon, 5/20, at Arts Alley.  It stands to reason that the whole senate is ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

UNDERWOOD: EdOpt Fair in Swanzey May 21 ????

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-05-19 18:00 +0000

The EdOpt Fair in Swanzey is taking place Thursday May 21! Pollianne Stenstrom from The Younger Years microschool is our local organizer. We are so grateful that she is making it happen. It’s our 3rd fair in as many weeks, whew! This will be an intimate fair. Come join us and have one-on-one conversations with ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: MAGA Party Continues to Dominate Republican Races

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-05-19 16:00 +0000

The dust has barely settled after Trump backed or adjacent candidates cleaned up in Indiana. State Senators who had voted against redistricting got their two-faced clocks cleaned by Indiana Republicans. The news buoyed the MAGA party momentum and pushed back on all the doomers and pretend Republicans infecting gloom across social media about the midterms, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

SIMS: New Hampshire Women Are Being Erased

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-05-19 14:00 +0000

The Real Patriarchy Is Here: Men Invading Women’s Spaces. New Hampshire Women Deserve Real Protection. Governor Ayotte Must Sign SB 552 From Planet Fitness retaliation and forged signatures to ConVal locker room invasions and Senator Altschiller’s “stochastic terrorism” smears: The real obsession is denying biological reality. Women and girls deserve privacy, safety, and fairness — ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Morning Update: Me Too?

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-05-19 11:00 +0000

Today, on the Morning Update, Cate Blanchett had some thoughts about Me Too, and Hollywood movie sets that didn’t make a heck of a lot of sense to me. And while using power and influence as leverage for sex is always wrong, this wasn’t about that. 00:00 Some odd thoughts about the Me Too Movement01:15 ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

ROOKE: Divers Doing Routine Maintenance End Up Saving Country

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-05-19 09:00 +0000

Divers surveying a local dam in Mobile, Alabama, found a grenade-type improvised explosive device (IED) underwater on Wednesday. The Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS) announced that divers found the device at the Converse Reservoir dam while performing a routine maintenance survey. The Converse Reservoir dam is a federally designated critical infrastructure site that supplies drinking ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

OPINION: The Hypocrisy of the West’s Abandonment of Universal Values

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-05-19 02:00 +0000

Finn Andreen recently wrote a Mises Wire article arguing that the values characterized as universally-applicable to all mankind by Enlightenment-era philosophers—notably political values like juridical equality, political freedom, natural rights, and religious tolerance—are not universal at all, but rather are mere expressions of Western culture, thus making assertions of such universality (and thus any claims of moral superiority ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

GrokTALK!: Demmigration

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-05-19 00:00 +0000

This week on GrokTALK, blue states like to pretend to push back against federal forces they can’t get enough of when Democrats use them. Immigration is, of course, a big deal. Team MAGA wants illegals gone, and Team Blue wants them here despite saying otherwise for years. The tension creates conflict and a lot of ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: With Republicans Like These

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-05-18 21:00 +0000

Senate Republicans Use Preemption Law Fix to Make Matters Worse. After the 2024 elections resulted in a Republican Supermajority in the NH State Senate, I was hopeful the extra numbers might offset the typical asinine behavior of the caucus. Sure, a Democrat majority Senate is never something you want, but a Republican Majority Senate is ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

OPINION: Trump Takes the IRS to the Wood Chipper

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-05-18 18:00 +0000

Up here in New Hampshire, we call this a public service announcement with sawdust. Donald Trump grabs the IRS log, fires up the chipper, and suddenly the Concord Monitor reporter acts like democracy itself just got mulched. Relax, counselor. It’s not the Constitution going through the chute — it’s bureaucracy, audit notices, and a few ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Monday Memes

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-05-18 16:00 +0000

Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither “fact-checked” nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

CARDELLO: The Left Wants Many Changes to the Supreme Court 

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-05-18 14:00 +0000

It is laughable to see any member of Congress telling a reporter that there should be a Code of Ethics established for Supreme Court justices. When those comments come from the likes of Representative Jayapal (D-WA), you have to think we have reached the limits of hypocrisy, especially since Congress members often oppose their own ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Morning Update: Just Another Lyin’ Dem

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-05-18 11:00 +0000

Today, on the Morning Update, y’all are used ot lying politicians and lying Democrats in particular, with their lying Handmaidem Media, so would this surprise you at all? Graham Platner is not only not a working-class Mainer, he is also a Trust Fund Baby born and bred of privilege. 00:00 They planned for Platner as ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

CLINE: How NH Can Stop Subsidizing Out-Of-State Drivers

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-05-18 09:00 +0000

The New Hampshire Turnpike System facilitates tourism and commuting in the Granite State. The three toll roads slash travel times in key corridors, which improves quality of life and helps the state’s economy grow. Turnpike users pay a small fee for the convenience of using these roads vs. more congested and slower local roads, essentially trading cash ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

IMANI: Vatican’s Bloody Bargains – From Hitler’s Reich to Iran’s Mullahs

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-05-18 02:00 +0000

The Vatican does not stand for ‘good’ or ‘evil’; it stands for the survival of the Vatican. From the 1933 treaty with Hitler to the 2026 handshake with Tehran, the Holy See has proven that it will always prioritize its own diplomatic desk over the lives of those suffering under the regimes it legitimizes. While ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

The Granite Discourse: Sam Farrington

Granite Grok - Mon, 2026-05-18 00:00 +0000

Sam Farrington is an NH State Rep for Strafford County District 8, serving his first term. He’s also a member of the Committee on Finance. He’s best known for HB1793, prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of firearms and non-lethal weapons on campus. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

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