The Manchester Free Press

Monday • November 17 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XLVII

Manchester, N.H.

Ever-Living Podcast: Leadership Institute New Hampshire Chapter

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 19:00 +0000

In this episode, Xindi and Jessica welcome Joanna Courter, the Northeast Field Representative for the ​ ⁨‪@LeadershipInstitute‬ . Joanna shares her journey from being a student leader with Students for Life at the University of New Hampshire to her current role, where she empowers college students through training, resources, and activism to advocate for conservative ... Read more

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RICHARD: The State’s Objection Does Not Refute The Plaintiff’s Arguments

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 19:00 +0000

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT No. 2025-0297 Daniel Richard v. Christopher Sununu et al. APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR LEAVE OF THE COURT TO FILE A REPLY TO THE STATE OBJECTION TO THE APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR LATE AUTHORTY AND INTERVENING MATTERS I. INTRODUCTION Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 21 (3-A), Plaintiff-Appellant Daniel Richard, pro se, ... Read more

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OPINION: NH Needs to Stop Investing In China

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 18:00 +0000

The recent vote by the Executive Council of 3-2 against the re-nomination of Taylor Caswell as Commissioner of Business and Industry Affairs, I think, underscores something that is much more important. New Hampshire needs to stop investing in China. Taylor Caswell is a former Legislative Director for Rep. Bill Zeliff (R-NH), and his political connections ... Read more

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Bill Review Training – Sign Up Now!

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Fri, 2025-10-17 17:44 +0000

NHLA will be hosting a bill review training to prepare for the upcoming 2026 Legislative Session.  New bill reviewers who would like to learn the process, or returning members who would like a refresher or to teach newer members how to review bills are invited.

Training will be on Saturday, November 15th from 12:00-2:00pm
Add to your calendar

We are being hosted by Americans For Prosperity at their Manchester Office.  They will be providing lunch, so RSVPs are required in advance to get a proper headcount.

Bring your laptop!  Bill review is online so everyone will need a computer to work on.

Sign Up Here for Bill Review Training

 

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Friday Meme Thing

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 16:00 +0000

You made it! It’s lunchtime on Friday, and all downhill from here, so let’s grease the slide with what everyone needs more of. Memes! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

BOWMAN: Let’s “Exalt” what Works, America!

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 14:00 +0000

Today is not a mystery but rather a continuation of the greed that captures the human heart.  Its latest alias, globalization, is today’s “must-have” need.  Its destructive quality, however, while masked by the terms of innovation and equality, is only a fancier brand of imagery that clouds our future destruction.  On a lesser scale, that ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

The Beginning of the End of Forced Respect For Government

Free Keene - Fri, 2025-10-17 12:22 +0000

Though I do believe there are many Honorable lawyers serving in judicial office in New Hampshire (and to you I thank you for your dedicated service), I vehemently oppose the idea that American citizens should be forced at (ultimately) gunpoint to show respect for government institutions.

In that light, as I have done before (but this time with more umph), I am filing this Motion To Refrain From Authorizing Physical Force To Demand Respect in the Keene District Court.

I don’t do this to be rude to the presiding judge…  I do it as a means of peaceful protest to a system that I believe fails to hold its own agents accountable for the actual harming of people while penalizing and fining the common citizen for acts that harm no one.

 

Morning Update: The No Kings Day Dummies are Back

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 11:00 +0000

On today's morning update, it's No Kings Day take 2 and this time they will "rise up" against ... themselves?

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

SMITH: More Thoughts on The Claremont “Bailout”

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 09:00 +0000

In case you haven’t heard, Senate Education was supposed to have an executive session and vote on the Ruth Ward amendment with the whole Senate voting on October 23.  Interestingly, when the committee returned from a short recess following Tuesday’s hearing, Ruth announced that the executive session would be rescheduled to “sometime before January.” A ... Read more

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OPINION: When the Watchdog Looks Away

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 02:00 +0000

In December 2023, I filed a detailed criminal complaint with the New Hampshire Department of Justice alleging that officials from the Town of Newmarket and their legal counsel had concealed and falsified public records—acts that, if proved, would violate New Hampshire’s tampering-and-falsification statutes. Nearly two years later, the Department’s Public Integrity Unit (PIU) has yet ... Read more

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Right Side Up: A Heartfelt Thanks, some Climate Cult Buffoonery, and More

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-17 00:00 +0000

This week on Right Side Up, a heartfelt thank you, fisking an article by Charlie Kirk, and the climate scam is collapsing. 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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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Misdirection?

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 21:00 +0000

I just watched a clip of House Speaker Mike Johnson reading a partial list of the Senate Democrats’ hostage demands. These are the things they claim to want before allowing non-essential government workers to return to their jobs, if they still have them. You vhill give us what we vhant or else! Johnson’s says that’s ... Read more

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PAYNE: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 18:00 +0000

I still treasure wisdom from an old-time gospel song planted in my mind as a child: What is a mother’s love, dear friend, what is a mother’s love? It’s deeper than the deep blue sea and reaches from heaven above.” Many years ago, my life was powerfully impacted by the eternal truth that “the hand ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Digital ID Or Else

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 16:00 +0000

All the best totalitarians are doing it, and now so are the wannabes. Doing what? Digital ID Baby. It’s cool, jazzy, hip, and Keir Stammer says you’ll need one if you think you’re going to have a job in the UK. Sounds a lot like COVID, yes? Natural human rights? Not so much. The nation ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

ORTOLANO: Justice by Exhaustion: How Nashua’s Courts Protect Power and Punish Dissent (Part V)

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 14:00 +0000

What Justice Should Look Like It’s Time for Civil DiscourseAfter five years in Nashua’s courts, I no longer believe the system fails by accident. It fails by design through silence, delay, and loyalty to power. Yet the damage isn’t irreversible. Real reform is still possible if New Hampshire decides that fairness matters more than familiarity. ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Morning Update: The Radical Left and Islam

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 11:00 +0000

On today’s morning update, how is the impossible-to-believe alliance between the radical Left and Islam … possible? One shared goal, that’s how. Rumble upload is experiencing significant delays this morning. 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, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

CARDELLO: Blessed Be the Peacemakers

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 09:00 +0000

According to Google and AI, “Blessed are the peacemakers” is a biblical quote from the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:9, meaning that those who actively work to create peace will be called the children of God. This is distinct from being a “peacekeeper,” who merely maintains a fragile status quo. Peacemakers actively resolve conflict by bringing ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

KLAR: Avoid Microplastics for Better Health

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 02:00 +0000

New revelations about the ubiquitous presence of microplastics in food, water, clothing, and even the air we breathe have led to greater awareness and studies of possible deleterious health effects. While researchers and scientific experts investigate how these microscopic particles adversely impact our brains, breathing, and bodies, there are numerous initiatives consumers can employ to ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Granite Discourse: Guest – Ann Marie Banfield

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-16 00:00 +0000

Ann Marie Banfield is an education policy analyst and parental rights advocate based in NH. You can read her work at https://granitegrok.com/author/ambanfield and contact her at banfieldannmarie@gmail.coms. Note: There was no new episode of Justice 4 All This Week. Thanks to Granite Discourse for letting us share their content! Speakers’ opinions are their own and ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Now Harris Says Maybe?

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-10-15 21:00 +0000

Back in August, Kamala Harris had suggested that she wasn’t going to run for President again in 2028. She told Stephen Colbert as much on not-quite-live television. Harris said the system was broken and she didn’t want to get back into it, which I took to mean that it wasn’t her fault she lost – ... Read more

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