The Manchester Free Press

Thursday • April 9 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.XV

Manchester, N.H.

PAGE: Gov. Phil Scott Laughs Off Dem Criticism That He’s to Blame …

Granite Grok - 4 hours 2 min ago

…For high taxes, low affordability Democrats are pointing the finger at Vermont Governor Phil Scott for the state’s climbing tax, housing, health care and affordability problems. At a recent press conference, he said the Legislature’s majority party should look at the three fingers pointed right back at them. In an exchange with Vermont Public reporter ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Justice 4 All: April 8th, 2026

Granite Grok - 6 hours 2 min ago

Jocelyn is back with a guest to discuss the week’s news and events in another installment of Justice 4 All. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel 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 ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Still ‘Worrying’ Over COVID?

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-04-08 21:00 +0000

Ray wrote a post earlier that mentioned the not-so-honorable “chief” high-cheekbones Warren. She’s your typical nutjob Dem who will be in the Senate until she dies of old age. Being an AWFL with TDS ensures she will outlive almost everyone else, so we’re stuck with her and her priorities. I have the privilege of living ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

ROPER: Sometimes the Sausage Not Being Made Is Uglier Than the Sausage

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-04-08 18:00 +0000

How a non-vote exposed the Democrats’ true attitudes regarding the housing crisis When new Vermont House members receive their orientation to how things work in the legislature, one point of etiquette driven home is that it’s not good form to spring amendments to bills onto the floor without a healthy heads up. “No surprises,” goes ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Midweek Memes

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-04-08 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

CARDELLO: Elizabeth Warren is Right, I am Scared

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-04-08 14:00 +0000

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) published a reel on Facebook on Tuesday, and for once, she could not be more accurate, but not as she thinks. Warren was trying to make a point that President Donald Trump has, by his actions, shown himself to be unfit to serve, and people of both sides are scared about ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Morning Update: Judges-n-Justice

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-04-08 11:00 +0000

Today, on the Morning Update, at least one of those “no one is above the law” chickens has come home to roost. Convicted ex-Judge Hannah “let’s sneak illegals out the jury door” Dugan tried to have all that dismissed, and it went well for Justice, but not the judge. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

BRADLEY: The Modern Democrat Party Platform

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-04-08 09:00 +0000

As a young 7th grader, I heard JFK challenge the Nation in his Inaugural Address: “Ask not what your Country can do for you; Ask what you can do for your Country!”  JFK made Americans proud with this statement. The great Democrats of my youth included Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, and Hubert Humphrey, the Happy ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

IMANI: A Reflection on Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff’s Recalibration

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-04-08 02:00 +0000

In her March 2026 address, Elizabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff offers a chillingly precise dissection of how free societies surrender their foundational liberties. It is a speech that eschews the histrionics of modern political rhetoric in favor of a structural analysis, treating the erosion of freedom not as a sudden explosion, but as a slow, tectonic shift in ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

The Ever-Living Podcast: Changing Hearts, Not Just Laws

Granite Grok - Wed, 2026-04-08 00:00 +0000

On this episode of The Ever-Living Podcast, Xindi and Jason sit down to reflect on Jason’s 20-year journey with New Hampshire Right to Life and what it really takes to build a culture that values life. From grassroots beginnings to legislative wins like the Fetal Life Protection Act, they explore how the pro-life movement has ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Wassup With NH Mobile Home Parks?

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-04-07 21:00 +0000

The term “mobile home” has a negative connotation. White trash Appalachian hillbilly crossed with white trash Oklahoma twister bait. I lived in one briefly and rented a room in another that was nicer than some homes I’ve been in. The latter is decidedly not mobile, while the former could have been moved. We owned the ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Daniel Richard Takes His Case To The US Supreme Court

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-04-07 20:00 +0000

You may know Daniel Richard as a ‘Grok author who has been using the system to fight the system for four years. He became something of a Constitutional scholar in the process, as well as gathering a keen understanding of how State Government does and doesn’t work. It is a question of Election Integrity. Following ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Press Release: Nashua Republican City Committee on HB323

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-04-07 19:00 +0000

HB 323 AN ACT requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote The Executive Board of the Nashua Republican City Committee applauds Governor Kelly Ayotte’s signing of HB  323 into law. HB 323 is a commonsense bill that helps ensure election integrity by requiring a valid government-issued ID in ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

KLAR: Connecticut Ban on Styrofoam Packaging Frustrates Struggling Restaurants

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-04-07 18:00 +0000

A pending Connecticut bill that would ban Styrofoam take-out packaging and impose numerous other mandates on restaurants in the Constitution State illustrates the classic metaphor of roads to Hell being paved with good intentions. Some restaurants perceive that Connecticut’s constitution is being crumpled up and burned in the legislature’s drive to stop Styrofoam from being ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Eric Swalwell, Not So Well

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-04-07 16:00 +0000

Eric Swallwell is a partisan douchebag. I don’t even need to produce receipts for anyone who pays the slightest bit of attention. Whatever hyperbolic left-wing bullshit is on the menu, he is one of the first ones out of the kitchen to serve it. But that’s not why people who hold care even know who ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

CARDELLO: If the Left Could See Through the Anger

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-04-07 14:00 +0000

The Left has found an alternative to the old-fashioned rose-colored glasses of optimism. The new version is the smokey-gray colored glasses of cynicism and pure hatred. This new relationship phase that has come about with the ever-widening divide between the Left and Right goes far beyond the tongue-in-cheek chatter about Trump Derangement Syndrome. TDS started ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Morning Update: Crazy People Politics

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-04-07 11:00 +0000

Today, on the Morning Update, it’s the nutjobs in any movement you have to watch out for, and history is full of lessons about how nut-job radicals define your movement for you, if you don’t step up and deal with them yourself. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

How PRINCE2® Ensures Better Project Control and Governance

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-04-07 10:56 +0000

Are your projects slipping out of control even after careful planning? It happens more often than people admit. Teams lose track, decisions get delayed, and accountability becomes unclear. This is where PRINCE2® Training makes a real difference. It brings structure and clarity to project work.  When supported with practical insights from PRINCE2® Books, it becomes ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

UNDERWOOD: Goals, Not Gestures

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-04-07 09:00 +0000

Marco Rubio testified before Congress recently, where he dropped this little gem in a reply to Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York: We have to have a State Department that can deliver on a foreign policy that is rooted in the national interest of the United States. To defend the national interest of the United ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

OPINION: My Testimony on HB 1376 – Parents’ Ability to Raise Their Child…

Granite Grok - Tue, 2026-04-07 02:00 +0000

In a manner consistent with the child’s biological sex HB 1376: Relative to a parent’s ability to raise their child in a manner consistent with the child’s biological sex. My name is Alexandra. I am a Ukrainian immigrant mother who came to America with my husband in 2007, fleeing the shadows of Soviet-style control for ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

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