The Manchester Free Press

Tuesday • November 4 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XLV

Manchester, N.H.

Morning Update: New Pope, Same As The Old Pope

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-03 11:00 +0000

Today on the GT morning update, Pope Leo takes up Pope Francis’s Climate Baton, and tries to beat Catholics (and anyone who will listen) with it – rhetorically, of course. Cited Sources: https://gc.nh.gov/house/members/member.aspx?pid=8613https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2025/09/25/newmarket-nh-state-rep-ellen-read-flotilla-gaza-israel-conflict/86317009007https://stephenheins.substack.com/p/headline-pope-leo-condemns-climate?r=xzntm&triedRedirect=truehttps://stephenheins.substack.com/p/peer-reviewed-study-co2-emissionshttps://www.konstantinkisin.com/p/why-you-cant-stop-climate-change (poss. paywall)https://granitegrok.com/blog/2020/01/if-saint-greta-wants-this-lowering-co2-emissions-done-now-she-needs-to-go-to-india-and-china 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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MACDONALD: Wassup With TrumpRx and Pfizer

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-03 09:00 +0000

Mr. Trump doesn’t think like most of us. He sees everything as having potential. A resource to be tapped or leveraged, even when that might have been the enemy in the past. With the right deal, we can take that thing, whatever it is, and put it to good use. This is why he talks ... Read more

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BEST: Jane Young’s secret deal with Gordon MacDonald & ‘Monsignor” Edward Arsenault

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-03 02:00 +0000

The plot thickens for Gordon MacDonald, Jane Young, The Diocese of Manchester, and Edward Arsneault: RTK emails received start to reveal what’s going on. I am now in receipt of 6 pages of Right to Know emails from the Attorney General’s office. These are communications from that office regarding the Diocese of Manchester.  While these ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Right Side Up: Mistakes Were Made

Granite Grok - Fri, 2025-10-03 00:00 +0000

This week on Right Side Up, we discuss mistakes made by past legislatures that should be fixed this coming session. 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 to steve@granitegrok.com Please ... Read more

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MACDONALD: You Can Buy Augusta Petrone’s Home for 15 Million

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-02 21:00 +0000

I’m not sure who is lining up to purchase this magnificent and historic property, but Knowllwood is a beautiful place, which most of us know as the home of Augusta Petrone. Augusta passed away last month, and the property has been left for her sister, Mitzi Purdue, to put on the market. Known as Knollwood, 4 ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

???? EdOpt Fair in Claremont Oct 6

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-02 19:00 +0000

With the financial crisis in Claremont, families need education choices now more than ever. EdOpt is hosting an EdOpt Fair on Monday October 6, from 5-7 pm at the Claremont Savings Bank Community Center, 152 South St, Claremont. At least a dozen providers will be there for families to meet and learn about all the ... Read more

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CARDELLO: Glad Kamala and Tim Remind Us of What Could Have Been

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-02 18:00 +0000

What a gift for Republicans to have Kamala Harris doing a book tour and getting time on every WOKE program she can book, from Morning Joe to the Joy Reid podcast. Unfortunately for her and the Democrats, she appears guilty of day-drinking, and her answers are a collection of word salads. She sat with Mika ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

GIRARD: Invective against Levasseur Sidesteps Important Questions

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

As the Board of Mayor and Aldermen moves to replace at-Large Alderman Joe Kelly Levasseur as its chair, it has both avoided the very questionable conduct of a city department head and embarked on a course of action that would place unconstitutional restrictions on the First Amendment rights of elected officials. Levasseur is “in trouble,” ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

BEST: Gordon MacDonald Must Resign

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-02 14:00 +0000

Gordon MacDonald must resign in the wake of the Woodlock Conviction – he is immoral and unfit. Youth Detention Center employee, James Woodlock, was convicted this week on 2 of three charges for being an accomplice to the sexual assault of David Meehan, who first came forward about his abuse at the center in 2017.  ... Read more

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Morning Update: Make Assassinations Great Again (Like, Under Obama?)

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-02 12:00 +0000

Today on the Morning Update, some LGBT activists in Maine are celebrating violence with a bumper sticker and experiencing a little FAFO for it, which is well deserved, but do they know what they are asking for? cited sources: https://www.cfr.org/blog/obamas-final-drone-strike-datahttps://x.com/nicksortor/status/1972137590674657642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://www.themainewire.com/2025/09/bailey-island-cafe-receives-threats-after-bumper-sticker-saying-make-assignations-great-again-goes-viral/https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/who-is-susanna-desilva-lgbt-activist-goes-viral-for-make-assassinations-great-again-bumper-sticker-after-charlie-kirks-murder/articleshow/124197373.htmlhttps://www.menupix.com/menudirectory/menu.php?id=32360645https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/29/cafe-owners-disgusting-bumper-sticker-ignites-outrage-and-for-good-reason-1588650/ Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Happy Shutdown Day!

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-02 09:00 +0000

Dems just shut down the government so the guy waving the Mexican Flag, surrounded by rioters and burning cars in LA, could have free health care. Remember when that narcissistic ass, Barry Obama, signed ObamaCare into law? There was this pause, and he was like, See, nothing happened. But it sure as hell did, and ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Two Hurricanes – No Climate Cult Joy

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-10-02 09:00 +0000

Well? Two hurricanes are almost side by side, doing their thing off the US Atlantic Seaboard. It was a Climate Cultists’ dream—the promise of destruction followed by talking points, narratives, and political action to replace lost funding. That Nazi Trump cut funding and ramped up affordable fossil fuel production, and look what happened. Nothing! Both ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

UNDERWOOD: Schools- The Most Bang for The Least Bucks

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

When you talk to legislators about political reform, whether it’s in the schools or anywhere else, they are often interested in making small changes — largely because those seem to be the only kind anyone thinks can be made.  (The technical psychological term for this is learned helplessness.) I’ve been thinking for a while now ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Justice 4 All: Illegals on Medicaid

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

his week on Justice 4 All, Jocelyn and Robbie Stewart are back to dissect the news and politics of the past week - starting with illegals on Medicaid!

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Goodlander’s Common Sense “Budget” (To Prevent a Shutdown) Bwahahaha!

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-10-01 21:00 +0000

Maggie Goodlander, who happens to be a multi-millionaire, is telling her “constituents” that the government shutdown isn’t her fault. Just over a week ago, I voted for a commonsense budget that would keep our government open, protect healthcare for people across New Hampshire, lower sky-high costs, and restore to Congress the basic constitutional responsibilities that ... Read more

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Blue Collar Intellectual: 9-29-25

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-10-01 20:04 +0000

This week, on the Blue Collar Intellectual, Julian’s guests are the Citizens’ DOGE guys (Mike and Andy), followed by Kenneth Abromowitcz on Iran’s ongoing nuclear aspirations, and then Bill Walton on upcoming US-China Diplomacy. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. ... Read more

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Upcoming Supreme Court Opening: Your Voice is Needed

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-10-01 18:00 +0000

Last week, Bryan Gould was sworn in to the New Hampshire Supreme Court by Governor Kelly Ayotte, after the retirement of Justice James P. Bassett.  Filling a critical seat, Justice Gould will help shape the direction of all NH law for decades to come, significantly impacting critical issues such as life and religious and civil ... Read more

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Midweek Memes

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-10-01 16:00 +0000

And so, Arthur and Bedevere and Sir Robin set out on their search to find the enchanter of whom the old man had spoken. Beyond the forest, they met Lancelot and Galahad, and there was much rejoicing. (knights say yea! yea!) In the frozen land of Nador, they were forced to eat Robin’s minstrels. And ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

SMITH: A “Safe Space” For House Dem Peter Petrigno?

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-10-01 14:00 +0000

Everyone wants to feel safe.  It’s priority number two in Maslow’s hierarchy after physiological needs, such as food, water and heat.  And when I say “everyone,” nobody is exempt, not even Peter Petrigno, a nasty man from the enemy camp and a member of House Children and Family Law.  That committee met yesterday and I ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

GT Morning Update: A Student Brings a Gun to School…

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-10-01 11:00 +0000

On today’s GT Morning Update, a kid in a middle school secures a firearm from another student, unloads it, disassembles it, and gets expelled. Right? Wrong? Details matter, as does the reporting. Cited Sources: https://archive.is/lPKwZ#selection-747.0-751.46https://www.wilx.com/2025/09/19/lansing-parent-frustrated-after-her-son-is-expelled-disarming-classmate/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michigan-mom-says-11-year-old-son-expelled-disarming-classmate-dismant-rcna233152https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-sakir-everett-a-brave-studenthttps://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2025/09/23/was-a-michigan-student-punished-for-disarming-fellow-student-n1230002 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

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