The Manchester Free Press

Monday • July 7 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XXVIII

Manchester, N.H.

Payne: Without Independence There Is No Liberty

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-07-04 14:00 +0000
Too many Americans do not realize how blessed our nation is, as it was founded upon the foundation of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This Independence Day, let us not allow hidden forces of subversion to continue targeting these foundational roots of our moral strength. The subtle encroachment of rewriters of history, the educational establishment, ... Read more

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MacDonald: Are You Part of This Growing Success Story?

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-07-04 11:00 +0000
I’ve been learning some interesting things about how Google’s website traffic calculations work, and it explains a lot. A more realistic view comes from my hosting company, which tracks the actual number of unique IPs per day after filtering out bots, spam, and other similar traffic. They do this in part because the cost of ... Read more

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Maximize Comfort and Energy Savings with Professional Window Tinting Seattle

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-07-04 10:42 +0000
When it comes to improving energy efficiency and enhancing workplace comfort, window tinting Seattle businesses trust is a smart investment. Whether you manage an office building, storefront, or industrial facility, professionally installed window film provides a wide range of benefits—from reducing glare and heat to boosting privacy and protecting interiors from UV damage. Window tinting isn’t just ... Read more

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Shurtleff: The Declaration of Independence and the Men Who Signed It

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-07-04 02:00 +0000
Mrs. Wolf, my eighth-grade history teacher in a Boston Public School, ensured that her students not only knew the reasons why the 13 colonies united against Great Britain and declared their independence from Great Britain, but also had her students memorize a good portion of the Declaration of Independence. They also had to know about ... Read more

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Right Side Up: The Cost of Illegal Immigration on School Funding

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-07-04 00:00 +0000
This week, the topics include the massive cost of Illegal immigration on school funding, the northern border, and the Hunga Tonga Volcano. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit Op-Eds ... Read more

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MacDonald: Dumb & Dumber

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-07-03 21:00 +0000
For the second year in a row, it has become difficult to impossible for the usual suspects to play their tiny drought violins to scare the uninformed. Heat, however, has come in waves when it has not been cool. We had three very hot days in this corner of the globe while other “corners” have ... Read more

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Underwood: Make the Courts Co-Equal Again

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-07-03 18:00 +0000
This little gem made it into the budget bill, HB2, which was passed by both houses and signed by the governor. Legislative Declaration of Authority Regarding Public Education.  In its 1993 and 1997 decisions, in the so-called Claremont series of public school funding cases, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that the New Hampshire Constitution imposes upon ... Read more

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MacDonald: The Truth About What Matters to NH Dems

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-07-03 16:00 +0000
Ray Bukley is the State Party Chair of the New Hampshire Democrat party. He’s had the gig for nearly two decades (seems like). During that time, on average, Democrats have increasingly lost control of the State Government. From 2006 to 2008, the Dems had complete control. In 2010, they lost the legislature and have failed ... Read more

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Cardello: Blind Squirrel vs. Democrats

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-07-03 14:00 +0000
Obama, Pelosi, Schumer, and Biden all had it wrong since 2015 when they proclaimed that Donald Trump would never be President of the United States. They couldn’t read the tea leaves then, and though they tried to destroy him in court for four years, he is back again. Trump has the luxury of a majority ... Read more

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MacDonald: Big Beautiful Bill Defunds Planned Parenthood

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-07-03 11:00 +0000
Much like the New Hampshire state budget, or more specifically, the budget trailer bill, The Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) just passed by the US Senate (headed back to the House for reconciliation), is loaded with wins and losses. Critics have every right to express concern over spending priorities and claims that the net benefits will ... Read more

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Opinion: The Queen of Burning Bridges

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-07-03 02:00 +0000
Recently, I’ve been reflecting on the Free State Project (FSP) and its leadership, and it’s opened my eyes to some troubling shifts. After this past legislative eye-opening session, I’ve grown increasingly concerned about the direction certain libertarian factions are taking. In a candid X post, I shared, “I’m increasingly concerned with FSP leadership (emphasis on leadership) ... Read more

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NE Take: Should We Spend $7,300 per Student?

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-07-03 00:00 +0000
On a special Wednesday edition of New England Take, what did the NH Supreme Court decide?!? A. J. breaks down the decision on Contoocook Valley School District v. State of New Hampshire to determine if Superior Court Judge David Ruoff’s ruling should stand, but will anything be enforced? Note: Justice 4 All is on Saturday ... Read more

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Opinion: Gov. Ayotte – Sign These Bills

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-02 23:00 +0000
New Hampshire is poised to become the 28th state to ban medical procedures aimed at disguising the sex of minors. I urge Governor Kelly Ayotte to sign HB377 and HB712 into law. I serve as the coordinator of the Desisted & Detransitioned Women’s Caucus of Women’s Declaration International USA. Women’s Declaration International (WDI)  is the ... Read more

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MacDonald: UPenn Just Erased Lia Thomas

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-02 21:00 +0000
The University of Pennsylvania, desiring to comply with Federal law and the current interpretation of Title IX (and wanting not to get sued or defunded) has agreed to “give up swimming records, titles or other recognitions awarded to trans athletes and give them to cisgender athletes.” Lia Thomas, the award-winning University of Pennsylvania swimmer, no ... Read more

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Howard Pearl Needs To Be Primaried

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-02 18:00 +0000
I am convinced that Howard Pearl was invited to that exclusive Bridges House lunch with governor Ayotte shortly before the legislature met to vote on that crappy budget.  Even though he’s my new senator, he will probably diss me as persona non grata for this article, but that’s ok.  It’s not about me, but about ... Read more

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Midweek Memes

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-02 16:00 +0000
We’re halfway to Friday and here to help you get over the hump with another collection of memes, ranging from funny to political and everything in between. With a smattering of classics – so old they’re new again. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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Scaer: Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess Despises the First Amendment

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-02 14:00 +0000
Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess has no problem with permitting the Satanic Temple to march behind him in the Nashua Pride Parade holding a flag and banner praising Satan, but the Pine Tree Flag is supposedly too controversial to fly on Nashua City Hall Plaza. Last year, Mayor Donchess turned down my request to fly the ... Read more

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MacDonald: Israel’s Attack on Iran Helps America … Create Jobs?

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-02 11:00 +0000
A happy customer is a great salesman and an asset. Word of mouth is a foundation of success, especially when it can be coupled with examples—a real-world demonstration of the product’s attributes or capabilities. Whatever you may think about Israel’s “decapitation” attack on Iran (or what followed), one thing stands out. Regardless of party or ... Read more

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Imani: A Call to New Resolve in Battle against the Iranian Mullahs

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-02 02:00 +0000
The recent ceasefire in the conflict between Iran and Israel has not brought peace to the Iranian people. Instead, it has unleashed a brutal campaign by the Islamic Republic’s theocratic regime to tighten its grip on power. The mullahs, sensing their vulnerability after widespread unrest and dissent, have launched a vicious crackdown, targeting ordinary citizens, ... Read more

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Smith: The Case For Dan Innis

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-02 00:00 +0000
Sometime in the spring of 2022, while Senator Giuda was sitting with us in the dining room, he said, “General Bolduc can’t beat Maggie Hassan.”  Before his prognostication was proven correct, my first thought was “let’s address the reasons for him saying that.”  I never got into the weeds of it, which was likely due ... Read more

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