The Manchester Free Press

Monday • January 5 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.II

Manchester, N.H.

Morning Update: A.I. & Suppressing The First Amendment

Granite Grok - 46 min 48 sec ago

Today, on the morning update, the globalists will make any argument to suppress free speech, and this one says we need to suppress the First Amendment to protect it. Ep. 77 Links: More Morning Update Here! Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. Follow ‘Grok on X – Get ‘Grok on Rumble – Follow ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

PAYNE: The Collective Prince of Fools

Granite Grok - 2 hours 46 min ago

Truth and virtue are the foundations of liberty. Free people are in peril when they forget the basics that made them free. Ignorance and apathy invite the opposite – lies, fraud,  and corruption.  People sell their votes while greed and envy feed the nanny state. A political cartoon once said, “I’VE BEEN IN OFFICE 20 ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

OPINION: Seizing the Moment for U.S. Nuclear Energy Dominance

Granite Grok - 9 hours 46 min ago

By Sam Thernstrom, Paul Saunders, Todd Abrajano As America’s electric grid faces an unprecedented strain, nuclear power has never been more promising nor more important. Nuclear energy provides clean, reliable power that is vital to our economy and national security. American companies are pioneering some of the most promising advanced reactor designs in the world, ... Read more

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The Elsa Kurt Show: Flipping “Why Me” Into Purpose And Courage

Granite Grok - 11 hours 46 min ago

This week, on the Elsa Kurt Show, what if the question holding you back isn’t “Why me?” but “Why not me?” We sit down with Dr. Ed Newton, lead pastor of Community Bible Church and author of Why Not You, to unpack a life-changing shift in identity and calling. Ed opens up about battling rejection, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

CARDELLO: Symbolic the Oath Taken Underground

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-01-04 22:00 +0000

I am not sure whether the oath taken at the stroke of midnight, whether it was done underground, or whether a Quran was used instead of a traditional Bible, is the most symbolic of the devastating era dawning on New York City. New York City woke on Friday under the Socialist control of Zohar Mamdani, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Bill Hearings for Week of January 05, 2026

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Sun, 2026-01-04 19:59 +0000
  • These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
  • Click on the bill number to read the bill.
  • Click on the committee name to email the committee your thoughts.

Of the 0 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 21 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 2 with 2 being of interest.

Position Bill Title Committee Day Time Room State Analysis
Support SB540 relative to portable solar generation devices. Energy and Natural Resources Thu 1/8 1:30 PM SH Room 103 This bill: I. Defines “portable solar generation device,” exempts them from interconnection requirements and net metering, and establishes safety standards. II. Limits electric distribution utility liability. III. Directs the public utilities commission to adopt rules as necessary to implement these provisions.
Of Interest SB447 enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators. Energy and Natural Resources Thu 1/8 2:00 PM SH Room 103 This bill: I. Defines “advanced nuclear resource” (ANR) and includes ANR options alongside renewable energy sources for utility services. II. Sets limitations and guidelines for investments in distributed electric generation. III. Clarifies the coordinator’s duties in nuclear development and regulatory activities. IV. Allows the department of energy or the electric distribution utilities, or both, to issue requests for proposals (RFPs) for multi-year agreements for energy, in conjunction with or independent of any attendant environmental attributes from electric energy sources, and coordinate with one or more New England states in issuing this RFP. V. Modifies the scope and capacity limits of community solar projects, including expanding the annual cap for low-moderate income community solar projects from 6 MW to 18 MW. VI. Allows group net metering members to sign agreements with multiple group hosts, as long as their combined allocated load does not exceed their total load. VII. Expands the definitio
Support SB486 relative to the administrative procedure act. Executive Departments and Administration Thu 1/8 9:00 AM SH Room 103 This bill revises the procedures of the administrative procedure act.
Of Interest SB610 relative to long-term care insurance standards, form approvals, and public hearing procedures. Health and Human Services Thu 1/8 9:15 AM SH Room 100 This bill relocates a provision on the insurance commissioner’s rulemaking authority on loss ratio standards for long-term care policies within statute, authorizes approval of innovative care policies, revises the criteria for disapproving insurance forms, and permits public hearings with discretionary disclosure of form and rate filings.
Oppose SB612 relative to clinical eligibility criteria for nursing facility and home and community based care. Health and Human Services Thu 1/8 10:00 AM SH Room 100 This bill modifies long-term care eligibility by adding mobility to the list of activities of daily living. The bill also requires the department of health and human services to obtain a determination of an applicant’s need for long term care from the applicant or participant’s primary care physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse, and to consider information from other health care providers.
Oppose SB648 requiring age verification to allow access to certain material harmful to minors. Judiciary Thu 1/8 1:30 PM SH Room 100 This bill requires a person that owns, operates, or controls a website or application for commercial purposes and publishes or distributes a substantial portion of material that is harmful to minors to implement age verification procedures. The bill establishes a private right of action for noncompliance and provides for enforcement by the attorney general.

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McMaken: The Rise of the State and the Fall of Natural Law

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-01-04 19:00 +0000

December 2025 marks the centennial of Pope Pius XI’s 1925 encyclical Quas Primas, which established the feast of Christ the King. Today, this feast is often commemorated by your average, milquetoast clergyman through calls to metaphorically embrace Jesus Christ as king and to have him “reign in our hearts.” That sort of thing has its place, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

OPINION: Good Health Instead of Special Interests in 2026

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-01-04 17:00 +0000

In a free society, the government would respect that an individual’s health-related choices are his own business. There would be no local, state, or national government “health departments” intervening in these matters. All of that would be left to individuals to decide. Government health departments in America have become appendages of entities such as pharmaceutical ... Read more

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CARDELLO: Is There No Low to the Bottom Feeders the Left Will Support

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-01-04 15:00 +0000

If Donald Trump identifies them as detrimental to America, you can almost guarantee that the Left will be out in force supporting them. Rapists, child molesters, murderers who violate our border are entitled to due process when they should be quickly deported. Somali thieves who scammed Americans out of billions of dollars to fund lavish ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: When The “Machine” Takes Too Long to Decide That I’m Human

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-01-04 12:00 +0000

Some people hate Cloudflare. Our hosting company uses it, and for the most part, it is transparent, working quickly in the background to do what it does. We also have firewalls at multiple levels to protect the digital assets. GraniteGrok “experiences something like seven million attacks a day or more. Some days you can double ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

OPINION: Fraudulent Businesses Paid the Equivalent of the GDP of Somalia

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-01-04 03:00 +0000

If you haven’t heard about this recent news uncovered by Nick Shirley and David, you need to. You can watch the full video documentary by clicking on the photo below. It’s been watched by more than 38 million people, which is dwarfed by the amount of capital from American taxpayers being fraudulently taken by fake ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

The NE TAKE: Can this Maine Businessman Take The Pine Tree State Back from Democrats?

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-01-04 01:00 +0000

A. J. is joined by David Jones, a Maine businessman running for governor in the Republican primary. He discusses how his grandchildren spurred his desire to run and where he stands on issues, like education, housing, and energy.  We’ve got loads of podcasts – Check them all out here! Speakers’ opinions are their own and ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Paid $1.69 for Eggs, $2.69 for Butter & Gas Prices are Dropping

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-01-03 22:00 +0000

You can pay more if you want to. We’ve got stores hereabouts that’ll take 4-5 dollars a dozen for eggs, but they always did that. The Biden printing press inflation/spending machine drove the cost of everything up. Who was it that lost their mind when they found out a pound of butter was over seven ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

SCAER: NH Catholic Hospital Is Captured by the Trans Agenda

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-01-03 19:00 +0000

St. Joseph Hospital is a Catholic hospital in Nashua, New Hampshire, that was founded in 1908. In 1996, St. Joseph Hospital became part of Covenant Health Systems, a non-profit Catholic health care system. In 2018, John Jurczyk was appointed as president of St. Joseph Hospital. In August 2021, St. Joseph Hospital posted a video on YouTube, “St. ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

OPINION: Revisiting JD Bernardy’s HB652 – Abolishing Family Court

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-01-03 17:00 +0000

Editor: The author has asked to remain anonymous. In New Hampshire, family courts have outwardly been a two-decade battleground  between parents and the legislature—those striving to restore due process and accountability, while others are committed to continuing an irretrievably broken system. Unsurprisingly, meaningful corrective provisions for due process, appeals, and redress options are notably absent in ... Read more

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LIVE STREAM: Trump on Venezuela Operation

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-01-03 15:30 +0000

Overnight, the US military escorted Federal law enforcement into Caracas, Venezuela, to arrest Nicolás Maduro. By all accounts, the effort (mission) was flawless. As to the constitutionality, there will be questions. Maduro has had an arrest warrant out for years, so using the military to protect law enforcement, to collect him, in a foreign nation, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

SMITH: Senate Finance Is On Notice

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-01-03 15:00 +0000

Let’s call a spade a spade and recognize SB406 for what it is, an urban blue senator’s effort to flip a neighboring red district.  However, its selling points to the Senate Finance Committee when Rosenwald (a member) introduces it to her peers at the January 13 hearing will be all about removing the Daniel Webster ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: While We’re Getting Uppity about ‘Learning Center’ Fraud

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-01-03 12:00 +0000

It is not lost on anyone anymore that when Democrats use the word affordable in front of any other word, it means subsidized money laundering into Democrat campaigns. And not to kick a dead donkey, but I’ve been more than clear about how and why Democrats don’t have a clue how to do it any ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

NITZAKHON: New Cartoon – Authentic Foreign Cuisine Restaurants

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-01-03 10:00 +0000

Happy New Year to all! Note – my idea, professional cartoonist. And I have another cartoon in mind, coming soonish.

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

IMANI: The Autopsy of a Fading Civilization Afraid to Name Its Enemies

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-01-03 03:00 +0000

In his December 2025 commentary for The Daily Signal, “Leaders Fail When the Threat of Radical Islam Is Ignored,” Victor Davis Hanson does not merely contribute to the 24-hour news cycle; he pens a digital memento mori for a fading civilization. To review this piece from the perspective of a cultural archaeologist is to see ... Read more

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