The Manchester Free Press

Saturday • July 27 • 2024

Vol.XVI • No.XXX

Manchester, N.H.

Announcing Education Options Inc. and Our First Expo!

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-07-15 10:00 +0000
We are kicking off a new effort to provide information, support, and connections to families who want to explore education options outside of the traditional public school. Our main population is conservative families who are not happy with public schools but who aren’t aware of all their options. Our non-profit organization and website have just ... Read more
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So, About that New Web Site of Yours …

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-07-15 09:00 +0000
The latest iteration of The ‘Grok went live when the Trump assassination attempt story broke, so there was a lot going on while we were working on getting this thing up and running. I was updating both the old and new sites with the Trump story because we’d already moved the data for the live ... Read more
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Murphy: Social Justice Failure: Workers AREN’T Equal

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-07-15 02:00 +0000

This is one of the basic economic ideas of the Left: reparations and retribution. And they never, EVER care about the results of their policies. Emphasis mine: Doubt me? Just look at the 10s of thousands of fast food workers that have been fired or laid off simply because California Legislators decided that they can jack up “minimum wages” to the point where the businesses can no longer…

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MacDonald: June Wasn’t So Hot After All

Granite Grok - Mon, 2024-07-15 00:00 +0000

I’m sure we can all sit back and relax, knowing they will announce how July 2024 was the hottest on record. I won’t be, but it is good to be prepared, and as a primer, June 2024 was not the hottest June ‘on record’ either. June is a great month. Schools let out, summer’s here, and the weather is getting warmer, but not everywhere, not all the time, and often not as much as they’d like you to…

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Murphy: The “Value Add” Rationale is Clobbering the Unions

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-07-14 22:00 +0000

When a law is necessary to keep an organization’s membership from leaving (e.g., a closed union shop that demands membership before someone can work there), it is ripe for competition. In this case, it was the same SCOTUS decision that made it possible for me NOT to have to join a union Janus v. AFSCME (2018). While that decision was over, having to pay a union for “collective bargaining” (ruling…

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Roper: “Green” Energy Policy Punishes Those on Home Heating Assistance

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-07-14 20:00 +0000

The Equity Advisory Group (EAG) to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) heard testimony on July 9th from Richard Giddings of the Department of Children and Families about how the Clean Heat Standard law would impact low-income Vermonters who receive home heating assistance in the winter. The news was not good for LIHEAP (Low Income Heating Assistance Program) participants. A little background…

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Op-Ed: Who Is The Dictator

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-07-14 18:00 +0000

Barack Obama, having been ordered by George and Alex Soros, sent the memo to the leftist faithful through the mouth of David Axelrod (who looks like Hitler) to always call President Donald Trump a dictator. Any politically astute observer knows this is simply the most recent example of Demolitioncrat projection. The dictator surely is the Biden Administration and its war on conservatives.

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MacDonald: Slippery Slope: Canada Kills 15,000* in 2023 as Disabled ‘Fight’ for Their Lives

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-07-14 16:00 +0000

Canada wasn’t the first, but they’ve become something of a poster child for Medically induced death. Euphemistically referred to as medical aid in dying (unless it’s capital punishment), rising numbers of Canadians are being lined up at the assisted suicide death mills for discorporation. It is true that some will or are members of the advertised target demographic, but as we’ve noted…

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The Conservatarian Exchange Podcast #214

The Liberty Block - Sun, 2024-07-14 15:13 +0000

Daniel reported from UK on their recent elections; Nigel Farage will not be totally insignificant, although in the minority in parliament; Daniel also reported and opined on the French elections and how they rigged their election against Le Pen’s party; Project 2025 and Trump’s purported distancing from it; is the left pulling an Alinsky against Biden? How the media did such a quick 100% turnaround on Biden’s mental acuity; Would publicizing the Hur audio cause Biden to withdraw? How much will abortion affect pro-Trump voters? Discussion on gun rights; Lazer chimed in to discuss Ukraine/Russia; discussion on military personnel operating out of hospitals and if that makes the hospitals a legitimate target; (we apologize for the interruption caused by a windows popup);

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Oliver Wolcott – Old World and New

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-07-14 14:00 +0000

One of the most illustrious signers as far as their personal influence was Oliver Wolcott. The Wolcott family had an impressive pedigree in the old world as well as the new. He descended from a distinguished line of political leaders, attorneys, landholders, judges, and medical doctors. Oliver Wolcott attended Yale University, graduating in 1747, and was at the top of his class.

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Banfield: Teaching Violence Begins In Public Schools

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-07-14 14:00 +0000

Everyone keeps looking around wondering how someone can resort to violence in this political culture. Look no further than your local public schools. You may wonder how that can be since schools are focusing on nurturing a child’s social and emotional well being. You’d be lying to yourself. Public schools are breeding activism, and if you tie in the vitriol coming from political pundits…

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Cardello: The Blood Of Trump Is On You Joe

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-07-14 12:00 +0000

Joe Biden cranked up the rhetoric. He cannot touch Donald Trump on the policies or results. He has gone personal and is making Donald Trump out to be the greatest threat to Democracy in our history. You told your followers that Donald Trump was someone who needed to be stopped. Those people knew you were not going to be able to beat Trump at the ballot box, so they took it upon themselves to solve…

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Hakeem Jeffries Is A Hypocrite

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-07-14 10:00 +0000

I realize I wrote about Hakeem Jeffries yesterday, but what he did on Thursday afternoon deserves a rebuttal. How dare this little man from New York have the audacity to disparage half of the country that we are not Conservatives or Republicans, but that we are Extreme MAGA Republicans who presumably cannot think for ourselves. That Donald Trump programs us to speak the party line.

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Art Thou Better Off Now Than During That Not So Bygone Age of Trump?

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-07-14 02:00 +0000

Time to revisit another old political saw. It’s a classic. Are you better off now than (insert time period here)? In this case, now as opposed to before Biden. And if you won the Lottery, yes, you most likely are. For the rest of us mortals, not so much. A quick comparison between Then and Now: So, under which reign would you prefer to be with respect to your treasure? …

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Exposing the Hidden Struggles of America’s Railroad Workers

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-07-14 01:27 +0000

Every day, thousands of workers clock into one of the nation’s oldest industries: railroads. The romanticized imagery of trains cutting through vast landscapes belies the harsh realities faced by those who keep the trains running. Keep reading to uncover the unique challenges that define the life of a railroad worker, from physical dangers and health risks to the psychological toll of this…

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Administrative Creep on the Chopping Block

Granite Grok - Sun, 2024-07-14 00:00 +0000

A busy US Supreme Court dropped yet another jurisprudential bomb in the recent case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which reversed the longstanding precedent of Chevron USA, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. The 1984 Chevron decision served as a four-decade foundation for judicial “deference” (essentially, the benefit of the doubt) when reviewing administrative regulations…

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[Update …4,5…] Shots Fired at Trump Rally! President Escorted Away by Secret Service

Granite Grok - Sat, 2024-07-13 23:03 +0000

President Trump was rushed off stage during a PA Rally by the Secret Service after a series of pops that sounded like gunfire. President Trump appears to have been clipped in the ear, blood evident in photos from the scene. The story is developing. Update: Added: The President may have been clipped by a piece of teleprompter glass struck by a bullet, not by an actual…

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[Update 2] Shots Fired at Trump Rally! President Escorted Away by Secret Service …

Granite Grok - Sat, 2024-07-13 22:58 +0000

President Trump was rushed off stage during a PA Rally by the Secret Service after a series of pops that sounded like gunfire. President Trump appears to have been clipped in the ear, blood evident in photos from the scene.

Gunfire appeared to erupt at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania while he was speaking on stage — and he was grazed in the ear, law enforcement said.

Several gunshots rang out just about five minutes into his speech shortly after 6 p.m., sending Trump to the ground as Secret Service agents jumped in to cover him

Trump appeared to grab his ear in the moments before he was taken to the floor by the Secret Service.  He was heard asking for his shoes as the guards rushed him away.

Soldiers in military gear were seen rushing into the rally.

Nine shots could be heard in video of the incident, including three before Trump ducked.

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Update:

Statement from Trump Campaign

“President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act. He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility. More details will follow.”

— Steven Cheung, Trump spokesperson

Update 2: Shooter Dead, at least one rally participant shot and killed by shooter.

The apparent gunshot sound was heard again several times while agents were on him. People in the crowd screamed.

Someone’s voice was heard through the microphone asking “Are we good?” Secret Service agents in tactical gear stood on the stage, some looking out to the crowd.

A voice was heard saying, “Shooter’s down.” Then a voice said, “We’re clear” and “Let’s move.”

Agents stood up, surrounding Trump. As they moved with him off the stage, Trump lifted his right arm and fist into the air. Blood was seen on the right side of his face.

Shooter dead and rally attendee killed at Trump event in Pennsylvania, prosecutor tells AP

Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said in a phone interview that the suspected gunman was dead and at least one rally attendee was killed.

Added: The President may have been clipped by a piece of teleprompter glass struck by a bullet, not by an actual bullet, but two people were hit in the crowd (Newsmax).

Nothing from Biden or the White House yet…It’s been over an hour (he might be sleeping)

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A Cautionary Note to New Hampshire Municipalities To Avoid Tax Credit Schemes

Granite Grok - Sat, 2024-07-13 22:00 +0000

Nashua City officials partnered with Mascoma Bank to accept New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) federal money, providing tax credits to private businesses to provide additional funding to construct our Performing Arts Center. The mayor and legal office engaged in deceptive practices, commingling taxpayer money with federal money, eliminating the public’s rights to track spending…

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The Left Has A Newer Scarier Way to Describe the “Weather”

Granite Grok - Sat, 2024-07-13 20:00 +0000

I’ve been listening to the dystopian tears and screams of the Green Left for over 50 years. Not ONE of their predictions has ever come true. In fact, most haven’t even come close. Yet, they continue braying about their ideology. And, as Leftists are wont to do… SideNote: Yes, they are Leftists because ALL of their magnificent plans by which they wish to save us by requiring that we give up…

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