The Manchester Free Press

Friday • May 15 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.XX

Manchester, N.H.

IMANI: Criminal Investigator-Intelligence Analysts Handbook of Islam

Granite Grok - 1 hour 53 min ago

This handbook is the ultimate ballistic weapon for the modern intelligence operative. It shatters the wall of silence and delivers a lethal blow to the ignorance that cripples the Western security apparatus. For decades, the intelligence community operated in a self-imposed vacuum of blindness. Analysts fed the machine a diet of sanitized, hollow data. This ... Read more

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Friday Meme Thing

Granite Grok - 3 hours 53 min ago

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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BANFIELD: Governor Ayotte Should Look Beyond Insurance Mandates on Youth Mental Health

Granite Grok - 5 hours 53 min ago

Youth mental health has become one of the defining public policy concerns of our time. Anxiety, depression, isolation, and behavioral struggles among children and teenagers are rising, and families across New Hampshire are searching for answers. Governor Kelly Ayotte recently addressed the issue by criticizing Anthem Insurance for not covering certain mental health services for ... Read more

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Morning Update: Emissions

Granite Grok - 8 hours 53 min ago

Today, on your Morning Update, securing your own supply chains makes sense for more reasons than not, so why did we give them up to our enemies and others, and why would anyone object to doing everything in our power to get them back? 00:00 The Illusion of Global Warming00:41 The Consequences of Offshoring Jobs01:31 ... Read more

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BRADLEY: The Resurrection of Governor Gerrymander

Granite Grok - 10 hours 53 min ago

“Governor Gerrymander” was coined in 1812 by combining then-Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry’s surname with the word salamander. Governor Gerrymander signed a bill that re-drew election districts within the state to favor his own political party.  The two main gerrymandering strategies are: (1) Packing, which is concentrating like-minded voters into one district, and (2) Cracking, dividing ... Read more

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TYSON: World War 2.718281828459…

Granite Grok - 17 hours 53 min ago

WWe, for those who eschew both Arabic numerals and Roman numerals A modest proposal: since reading the Roman numeral II has apparently become a load-bearing skill our political class can no longer be trusted to perform, let us retire the old notation entirely. Henceforth, the present conflict shall be denoted by Euler’s number, taken to ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Be an Active Agent of American Greatness!

Granite Grok - 19 hours 53 min ago

The Democrats have been very clear about what will happen if they win in November. They will go to war. Pro-Tip: They will go to war if they lose, but if they lose, you have a much better chance of winning across every political issue, for years or decades to come, and if you hadn’t ... Read more

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IMANI: Is Islam Misrepresented?

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-05-14 21:00 +0000

Decades ago, Marshall McLuhan observed, “The medium is the message.” As print and electronic media penetrate more and more aspects of life, their influence grows significantly in shaping public views and behavior. The power of the media is a mixed blessing. On one hand, it can serve to expose injustices, wrongdoings, and flaws. On the ... Read more

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KLAR: Another Louisiana SCOTUS Ruling and an Unrestrained Dissent

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

On April 29, the US Supreme Court ruled in Louisiana v. Callais that the state’s congressional voting districts constituted an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry promptly suspended congressional elections there, pending the creation of new districts. Redistricting without regard to race is expected to gain Republicans House seats in a hotly contested midterm election season. ... Read more

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CARDELLO: Mike Vrabel is Human Afterall

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-05-14 16:00 +0000

Mike Vrabel is the coach of the New England Patriots, and after leading the Patriots to the Super Bowl in his first season, after returning to the team as head coach, his stature was elevated to more than human. Vrabel had a tremendous career with the Pats and was integral to many of the Super ... Read more

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OPINION: The Inconsistencies of John Stuart Mill

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-05-14 14:00 +0000

Many people today consider the prospect of a socialist utopia to be very appealing. Even if they do not believe such a utopia is achievable in its purest sense, they believe it is something we all ought to work towards. For many liberals who flirt with socialism, one of the most beguiling features of socialism ... Read more

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Why Zlibrary Is Popular Among Researchers and Scholars

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-05-14 12:32 +0000

A Quiet Room Filled With Endless Shelves. Research often feels like walking through a maze with a candle in hand. One paper leads to another, and one idea opens ten more doors. Scholars need steady access to material that covers many fields and many years. An e-library can become the map during that long journey. ... Read more

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Morning Update: You Did This

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-05-14 11:00 +0000

Today, on the Morning update, it’s another edition of FAFO. Another retailer has had all it can take, and it’s not taking anymore. They are closing another store, leaving another neighborhood. And the neighborhood, along with its so-called political leaders who turned it into an impossible place to do business, refuses to accept the blame. ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Programming Update

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-05-14 09:00 +0000

Effective this week, I have tweaked the podcast programming/schedule. I have tried to deliver some local content every night of the week, but a few changes are in order. I like providing an outlet for that material, but if my readers and viewers aren’t interested, I’m obligated to replace it with content they do want. ... Read more

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MOFFETT: Election Integrity and Impeachment; Trump and FDR

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-05-14 02:00 +0000

Governor Kelly Ayotte recently signed HB323 into law, which strengthened voting identification requirements. College IDs are no longer sufficient. This greatly concerns Democrats, who love out-of-state liberal college students tipping elections their way. How do we know this? College towns like Durham and Hanover regularly feature around 80% of voters choosing the blue team. Republicans ... Read more

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Right Side Up: School Bills

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-05-14 00:00 +0000

This week on Right Side Up, Alison & Mike talk about 2 school bills in the Senate and H.70, a bill that would amend a “bad” land preservation bill. This was accidentally published as private. You should be able to view it now. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Sock Puppet Pappas – Redistricting & Voting Rights

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-05-13 21:00 +0000

The Dems’ establishment meat puppet to replace the retiring meat puppet (Jeanne Shaheen) is Chris Sock, Puppet Pappas. If elected, he will resume the pointless exercise of serving as one of Washington, DC’s ambassadors to New Hampshire. Another Democrat, “from” a region of the nation with plenty of Republicans but none in Congress. Sock Puppet ... Read more

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Senate Gold Standard – May 14, 2026

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Wed, 2026-05-13 18:30 +0000

(white) goldstandard-05-14-26-S.pdf
(gold) goldstandard-05-14-26-S-y.pdf

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ORTOLANO: The Subpoena Shell Game – What Nashua Has in Common with the Governor’s Office

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-05-13 18:00 +0000

A companion piece to Doris Hohensee’s “When Public Meetings Become Police Operations” — GraniteGrok, May 2026 Doris Hohensee’s recent GraniteGrok piece is a must-read account of how nine ordinary New Hampshire citizens were wrongfully arrested at a public Executive Council meeting in October 2021 and then spent the better part of two years navigating a ... Read more

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Midweek Memes

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-05-13 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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