The Manchester Free Press

Saturday • March 28 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.XIII

Manchester, N.H.

The Independents: Black Ink, 1A Wins, and TSA Woes

Granite Grok - 16 min 1 sec ago

This week on The Independents with Carla Gericke, Censorship, the First Amendment, Missouri v Biden, Sunshine Week, gas prices, and more on today’s show! But first, a big shout-out to the Josiah Bartlett Center, the Free State’s free-market think tank. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, ... Read more

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MACDONALD: If Your “Girlfriend” Has a Penis…

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-03-27 21:00 +0000

Despite cultural advances in our direction on Campuses and in the corporate world, at least on paper, there is still a lot of work to be done on the question of whether men can be women and women men. Not biologically – they can’t, but the far left is obsessed and unwilling to let this ... Read more

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ORTOLANO: Power Without Ideology

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-03-27 18:00 +0000

Nashua’s Selective Enforcement of “Shall” There’s a phrase often attributed, loosely and somewhat inaccurately, to Karl Marx: power without ideology. Whether or not Marx ever said it in those exact words, the concept is unmistakable: power exercised without consistent principle, without accountability, and without any obligation to apply rules evenly. That idea is playing out in real time ... Read more

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Friday Meme Thing

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-03-27 16:00 +0000

It is Friday, March 27th, 2026. Another week in the can, on the docket, or down the tubes, depending on how it went. However those days added up or down for you, GraniteGrok is here to relieve some stress, brighten your day, maybe get you to think, or just add to your outrage. Memes can ... Read more

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SMITH: Battery Bill Update And 91A

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-03-27 14:00 +0000

As predicted, there was plenty of strident debate on HB1602 (creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program) before the House recessed for lunch.  Mr. McGuire made an excellent 8-minute speech in favor of moving it to an interim study.  I encourage everyone to listen to it, though I’m aware that asking for 8 minutes of ... Read more

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Morning Update: What Democrats Did

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-03-27 11:00 +0000

Today, on the Morning Update, Congressional Democrats shut down the Department of Homeland Security because they wanted to neuter ICE. Here’s what they probably did instead. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Ep 137 Links: Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of ... Read more

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SMITH: Does YOUR CITY Require Self-Doxxing At The Mic?

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-03-27 09:00 +0000

If you don’t already know, consider yourself notified of the newest litigation against the perpetually embattled City of Nashua.  You can read all about it in the Institute for Free Speech’s statement.  Click here to get all the details, including a copy of the complaint.  If you’re not one to click on links, I’ll give ... Read more

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NITZAKHON: More Links (and Some Commentary) From My Jarhead Friend

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-03-27 02:00 +0000

I recently got an email from someone who is concerned that President Trump is getting us into another “quagmire” of a war in the Middle East.  Here was my response:  I’m sorry, but I feel very differently about the Iran war.  Iran has been at war with America since it took the hostages from the ... Read more

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Right Side Up: Taxes, Taxes, Taxes

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-03-27 00:00 +0000

This week, on Right Side Up, Alison and I discuss more of the active legislation in Montpelier incluindg more on land use, education reform, and H.933 – a whole lot of taxes. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not ... Read more

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MACDONALD: The More Taxes they Take The Less Value You Get

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-03-26 21:00 +0000

I take umbrage with the idea of taxes as an investment. Given the opportunity, even the two-faced Dems spouting nonsense about our patriotic duty to let the government rob us would put their money into something else. Even just your own pocket is likely to produce better results in both the short and long term ... Read more

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CARDELLO: Can These Democrats Truly Believe the Words Coming from Their Lips

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-03-26 18:00 +0000

Wasting some time on MS Now this morning gave me a dose of Mika, sitting and bobbing her head; Mike Barnicle, who, like Biden, made a career out of plagiarism; and Cory Booker, who has turned his career into video clips and sound bites. It is not a question of why the network is cutting ... Read more

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OPINION: BAGELS & BATTERIES – Another Breakfast With Claude

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-03-26 16:00 +0000

A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — March 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one-old-conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6. The human is driving; the computer provides the horsepower. The authors meet over breakfast at a local diner and, in the best traditions ... Read more

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LEMISKA: Why is the Democrat Party Always on the Wrong Side of History?

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-03-26 14:00 +0000

It’s no secret that our country is deeply divided today. One side applauds our president and his efforts to keep our citizens safe and make our country stronger. But the president’s opponents despise everything about him, his administration, and his policies. They bitterly resist everything he stands for. It’s not the first time that America’s ... Read more

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Morning Update: E.D.

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-03-26 11:00 +0000

Today, on the Morning update, the topic is ED. Educational Dysfunction. And how, no matter how much money we throw at it, it can’t seem to get it (academic achievement). Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Ep. 136 Links: Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may ... Read more

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MOFFETT: The Holocaust, Hollywood, and Baseball

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-03-26 09:00 +0000

Another Major League Baseball season will soon be upon us, which brings me to the Czech Republic. And the Holocaust. And Hollywood. I’ll explain. Sports are ubiquitous. They’re everywhere, and they create common ground to connect world travelers. This notion was affirmed during a European trip I once enjoyed with some academicians, “Following Freud’s Footsteps” ... Read more

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IMANI: MEK Islamist-Marxist Terrorists are not Iranians

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-03-26 02:00 +0000

People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) is a parasitic anomaly. To call them Iranian is a tactical error and a historical lie. They are a cult of ideological mercenaries who severed their veins from the Iranian motherboard decades ago. They do not represent a political movement; they represent a decommissioned weapon system, repurposed by foreign ... Read more

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Justice 4 All: March, 26th 2026

Granite Grok - Thu, 2026-03-26 00:00 +0000

Jocelyn and her guest are back to fisk the week’s news and events on another edition of Justice 4 All. Watch on Rumble if the embedded video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Disagree, agree, ... Read more

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MACDONALD: It Depends On What ‘Day’ Means

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-03-25 21:00 +0000

Bill Clinton is famous for many things. Having sex with women who are not his wife, for example. Allegedly having sex with underage girls, ala Epstein. Having a wife who made it her mission to suppress the bimbo eruptions (see, women Bill slept with who were not his wife). Having more friends, colleagues, and acquaintances ... Read more

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MACDONALD: ‘Grok Readers’ Can Now Listen to Our Content!

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-03-25 19:30 +0000

We are still deploying the update, but all new content published on GraniteGrok should now come with an audio player at the top. Yes, you can listen to some AI guy or Gal read our content to you. Regular readers will already have noticed! You can also listen while surfing other content as long as ... Read more

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REFUGEE: Dems and Dark Money Donors Seek Federal Ruling That NH’s Voter ID Is Unconstitutional?

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-03-25 18:00 +0000

I run with the logo CALIFORNIA REFUGEE. Simple reason: I lived most of my life in California. I saw it transformed from a Ronald Reagan den of conservative values- you know, family, God, work, boys and girls bathrooms- to a third-world oligarchy run by Nancy Pelosi, Gavin Newsom, Willie Brown, and others. There are a ... Read more

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