The Manchester Free Press

Thursday • May 21 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.XXI

Manchester, N.H.

OPINION: A Response to Rep. Alicia Gregg, the NHCADSV, and Everyone Who Killed HB1633.

Granite Grok - 2 hours 26 min ago

Rep. Alicia Gregg published an op-ed in the *Concord Monitor* this week titled “Survivors deserve the truth.” She opens by establishing her standing — ”I am a survivor, and I work with survivors” — and she closes by accusing Rep. Ellen Read of using “survivors’ fear as a political tool.” I want to take Rep. Gregg’s title ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Two “Abortions” One Procedure

Granite Grok - 5 hours 26 min ago

This happens more often than we know. An 18-year-old girl went in for an abortion, and a complication from her procedure resulted in her death. [Lexi] Arguello, who was 21 weeks and 6 days pregnant, underwent the abortion on February 6, 2025. The forensic pathologist determined she developed disseminated intravascular coagulation — a catastrophic clotting ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

BANFIELD: From SAU16/Exeter to SAU92/Hinsdale

Granite Grok - 7 hours 26 min ago

Problems Persist for Superintendent David Ryan Public trust in schools depends on accountability, transparency, and a culture where parents, teachers, and students can raise concerns without fear of retaliation. When that trust breaks down, families leave, teachers resign, and communities fracture. New Hampshire has now seen similar concerns emerge in multiple school districts connected to ... Read more

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OPINION: When AI Crashed Publishing

Granite Grok - 9 hours 26 min ago

I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid you can’t do that…Another Breakfast with Claude (Anthropic’s AI) TL/DR Synopsis: Author: (sliding into our regular booth) Hi Guys! Lori, did you get a fresh polish job? Claude, now I know why you can’t write to get past the AI detectors! Lori: ???? Boss, you say that every time. (bats ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Morning Update: What a ‘Tur’d

Granite Grok - 12 hours 26 min ago

Today, on the Morning Update, civics education is clearly lacking, but nowhere is it more evident than on MS NOW, where Libtard talking head Katy Tur just made an absolute fool of herself on national television. You could say she dropped a Turd, with one sad caveat. Other than lurkers watching for situations just like ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

CARDELLO: New York City Must be a Part of ’26 and ’28 Plan

Granite Grok - 14 hours 26 min ago

New York City has gone far left and elected a self-proclaimed Socialist as Mayor. Zohran Mamdani has taken the reins of The Big Apple and is quickly watching it rot away. In five short months, Mamdani has done enough damage to the city that it will take decades to correct, if ever. We have witnessed ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

BOLDIN: It’s Not Just a Right. It’s a Duty

Granite Grok - 21 hours 26 min ago

Alter or abolish. Despite those words in the Declaration of Independence, the establishment would have you believe that any effort to resist their power is anti-American. But they have it backward. Under the founders’ framework, the right to “provide new guards” is a right that can also rise to the level of duty. FOUNDATION The ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Right Side Up: Recap of the Biennium and Possible Vetoes

Granite Grok - 23 hours 26 min ago

This week, on Right Side Up, Mike and Alison give a 2026 biennium recap of bills from the most recent session, as well as possible vetoes by Gov. Phil Scott, complete with commentary and analysis. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Yeah, Trump Went To China

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-05-20 21:00 +0000

I wasn’t going to talk about Trump and China, but there needs to be more pushback on the crap the Handmaid media is shoveling out of the Democrats’ narrative dung wagon. Their shitspreaders have been anything but honest, and their experts are the same idiots whose caterwauling has turned out to be wrong if not ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

CARDELLO: Did the Greatest Generation Set Us Up for Failure

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-05-20 18:00 +0000

I am a firm believer in adults taking responsibility for their actions. Too often, you see the excuse for someone’s improprieties as a difficult childhood or growing up in a one-parent household. How about no, regardless of our foundation, we are adults and should know the difference between right and wrong, between moral and immoral. ... Read more

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Midweek Memes

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-05-20 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\ . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

ORTOLANO: I Filed a Gender Discrimination Complaint Against Nashua’s Ethics Committee Chairman. Here’s Why

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-05-20 14:00 +0000

The numbers don’t lie. After years of watching the city’s Ethics Review Committee treat male and female complainants differently, I finally put it on the record. On May 6, 2026, I filed a formal complaint with the New Hampshire Attorney Discipline Office (ADO) against Attorney Timothy Bush, Chairman of the Nashua Ethics Review Committee (ERC). ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Morning Update: “Maximum Warfare”

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-05-20 11:00 +0000

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 - Wed, 2026-05-20 09:00 +0000

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 - Wed, 2026-05-20 02:00 +0000

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 - Wed, 2026-05-20 00:00 +0000

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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