The Manchester Free Press

Sunday • August 31 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XXXV

Manchester, N.H.

MacDonald: Trade “War”

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-07-24 11:00 +0000
Elites, from pundits to economists, are at a loss to explain how that pig Donald Trump could be so damn lucky. There’s no way he knows more about business, trade, or global economies than they do, yet he continues to run circles around them. They predict doom from tariffs, trade wars, and economic misery, but ... Read more

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Opinion: How Shapiro Benefitted from Staying Off the Harris Ticket

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-07-24 02:00 +0000
By Oliver Bateman – RealClearWire Looking back at the 2024 election, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro might want to send Tim Walz a thank-you note. By getting picked as Kamala Harris’s running mate instead of Shapiro, the Minnesota governor inadvertently did his Pennsylvania counterpart the biggest favor of his political career. A new book by Wall Street Journal ... Read more

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Justice 4 All: 4-23-2025

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-07-24 00:00 +0000
Jocelyn is back to discuss the past week’s local and national news, with guest Deplorable Deb. 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 Follow these links for additional ... Read more

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MacDonald: ‘Grok Calls for “Complete Ban” of Bill Nye

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-23 21:00 +0000
Bill Nye, the “I pretended to be a scientist on TV” guy, continues to garner media attention regarding weather events because he’s a trained parrot. When he says the right words he gets a cracker. Other than installing early flood warning systems in flood-prone areas, Nye said the only way prevent similar tragedies in the ... Read more

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Cline: Do Advocates for Total Government Dependency Have Any Limiting Principles?

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-23 18:00 +0000
“I find more and more that dependency from [upon] the will of others is always some diminution of human happiness, principally to a man accustom’d to follow his own will uncontrolled.”  – Jan Ingenhousz to Ben Franklin, 1777 During the two weeks since Americans celebrated the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, political discourse in ... Read more

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Representative Kristin Noble Selected As 2025 Legislator of the Year

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Wed, 2025-07-23 17:27 +0000
Kristin Noble was selected from a field of 18 legislators who earned an A+ Liberty Rating to receive top honors.

The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance has released their 2025 Liberty Rating, which scored all members of the State House of Representatives and State Senate based upon their votes on pro-liberty and anti-liberty bills.

In all, 18 state representatives were recognized with an A+ rating, which means they supported the recommendations of New Hampshire Liberty Alliance 97% of the time or more.  An additional adjustment is made for representatives who sponsor pro-liberty legislation as well.

Representative Kristin Noble has represented Bedford, New Hampshire since 2022.  She is the vice chairman of the House Committee on Education Policy.  She has championed bills protecting parental rights, getting explicit and pornographic materials out of public schools and preventing the mandatory masking of children.

In total, 18 legislators received an A+ rating from New Hampshire Liberty Alliance:

Joe Alexander
Tom Mannion
Julius Soti
Kristin Noble
Jason Osborne
Ross Berry
Matt Drew
Michael Granger
Calvin Beaulier
Erica Layon
Jeremy Slottje
Jim Kofalt
Samuel Farrington
Glenn Bailey
Carol McGuire
Yury Polozov
Henry Giasson
Lex Berezhny

NHLA thanks all of our A+ legislators for their commitment to supporting pro-liberty policy in the State House.

The Liberty Rating report card is based on pro-liberty and anti-liberty votes and their impact on the State of New Hampshire — actual, recorded floor votes on legislation in the House and Senate. Bills have been carefully selected for inclusion which clearly demonstrate the level of respect our elected representatives show for our individual rights and liberties.

See the Liberty Rating Scorecard

The post Representative Kristin Noble Selected As 2025 Legislator of the Year appeared first on NH Liberty Alliance.

Midweek Memes

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-23 16:00 +0000
It’s Wednesday, which means more humpday hijinks, from the political to the satirical to the insulting (maybe just borderline offensive). These are memes, not fact checks. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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Ortolano: When a Win Feels Like a Warning – The Cost of Enforcing the Right to Know

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-23 14:00 +0000
In May 2025, a New Hampshire court ruled that the Town of Grafton violated the state’s Right-to-Know law by holding a public meeting that the public could not adequately hear. The plaintiff, Yaakov “Jake” Abuhav, a local resident who represented himself without an attorney, attended that meeting and, like others, could not make out what ... Read more

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Mac Donald: Local Ambulance Service Issue Just Got Serious

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-23 11:00 +0000
Last December, we reported on an emergency meeting in Warren, New Hampshire, to discuss the extortion payment being demanded by a local private ambulance service covering Warren and Wenworth. That was to cover service until this past March. It’s July, and the operation shuttered its doors after the few remaining employees (everyone else had been ... Read more

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Richard: Update on Richard v. Sununu

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-07-23 02:00 +0000
SURREPLY TO DEFENDANTS’ OBJECTION TO MOTION TO DISQUALIFY ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN FORMELLA AND THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Editor: The NH DOJs’ Objection to Motion to Disqualify can be found here. The Appellant, Daniel Richard, submits this Surreply to address the Defendants’ objections to his Motion to Disqualify Attorney General John Formella and the ... Read more

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Granite State Live: 7-22-2025

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-07-22 23:00 +0000
This week, we welcome Daniel Greenfield to discuss how the Jeffrey Epstein story begins and ends with the Clintons. Dan Nash is up next to talk about human trafficking in America, overlooked truths, and real solutions. And, finally, Salvador Litvak, author of Let My People Laugh: Greatest Jewish Jokes of All Time!, joins the conversation to ... Read more

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MacDonald: Vermont Faceplants With Woke Anniversary Logo

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-07-22 21:00 +0000
America isn’t the only one celebrating its 250th anniversary. It’s Vermont’s birthday, and to properly mark and market the occasion, they made a series of mistakes that ended with the uninspiring crap featured above. “Governor Phil Scott created the Vermont 250th Anniversary Commission through Executive Order in December 2020.” From a press release following the Executive order. ... Read more

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Underwood: The ConVal Decision Missed the Big Picture

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-07-22 18:00 +0000
Mark Twain is supposed to have said, “Never argue with an idiot, they will only drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”   That’s how I feel about the New Hampshire Supreme Court’s decision on the ConVal case (and the Claremont cases, for that matter). Their reasoning is hard to follow, ... Read more

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MacDonald: Will Dems Riot Over Chicago Man “Kidnapped” by ICE after Judge Released Him?

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-07-22 16:00 +0000
This is another story Democrats can get behind. Maybe not “riot-level” behind, but Mexican National Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez was just living his best illegal alien life in America when ICE came and kidnapped him! Why would immigration and customs enforcement scoop up this everyday non-citizen illegal entrant and confine them against his will? In April, local ... Read more

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Cardello: Mamdani Heads To Uganda As Some Hope He Does Not Return

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-07-22 14:00 +0000
The election day for the Mayor of New York City is less than four months away, yet the newly elected Democratic candidate has left for a one-month hiatus in Uganda. This trip appears to be more of a hideaway than a getaway. Zohran Mamdani, the self-described Democratic Socialist, is pulling a page out of Joe ... Read more

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Why Hollywood Smile Mexico Starts in the Lab, Not the Chair

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-07-22 13:48 +0000
When people hear the phrase Hollywood Smile Mexico, visions of sparkling white veneers and flawless alignment often come to mind. But behind every head-turning smile is a lab—a space of design, engineering, and meticulous artistry. Mexico’s rise in the global cosmetic dentistry scene isn’t just about affordability; it’s about precision, innovation, and how technology and ... Read more

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MacDonald: As Sandy’s Squad Shrivels, Hogg Can’t Get His Started

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-07-22 11:00 +0000
Sandy Cortez and David Hogg are like the Democrat Party’s Ken and Barbie. Vapid Communist fashion statements with deep-pocketed Marxist supporters. Cortez pissed off leadership early and often, knowing her BU “educated” backside could warm that seat indefinitely while her detractors got old and died. She supported radical left-wingers who have since begun to fall ... Read more

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Mitchell: House Panel Probes Taxpayer Dollars Sent to Left-Wing Groups

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-07-22 02:00 +0000
(Associated News Service) Left-leaning nonprofits receive taxpayer dollars in three key ways—through government contracts and grants, indirectly through government unions, and through taxpayer-funded union time—Daily Signal Senior Editor Tyler O’Neil told a House panel Tuesday.  “Federal employees in a union give part of their taxpayer-funded paychecks to the union, ostensibly for representation in bargaining for perks like ... Read more

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GrokTALK!: No One Is Above The Law (And the Law Is Comin’ …)

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-07-22 00:00 +0000
If you were wondering what the Trump Administration could do to derail the outrage over the week-old Epstein denial, this might be it. DNI Tulsi Gabbard declassified internal documents and emails implicating the Obama White House and Barry Lightbringer Obama himself in overt acts of deception and maybe even treason. Padron, my scratchy sounding throat, ... Read more

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MacDonald: Unlikely Ally on Abortion

Granite Grok - Mon, 2025-07-21 21:00 +0000
Robert F Kennedy Jr. is a lifelong Democrat who carried all of their baggage, at least until recently. He parted ways on vaccine mandates and a range of public health concerns that got him the sort of harassment reserved for folks like Donald Trump. Trump embraced his commitment to public health and put him where ... Read more

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