The Manchester Free Press

Tuesday • December 16 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.LI

Manchester, N.H.

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UNDERWOOD: Hope Damon-Sneaky or Stupid?

1 hour 17 min ago

Whenever I see legislation sponsored by Rep. Hope Damon, I wonder if she’s trying to be sneaky or if she’s just stupid. For example, not too long ago, Damon was prime sponsor on a bill to require homeschooled students to take standardized tests. The bill was so badly drafted, it provoked 500 independent home education ... Read more

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IMANI: How Uber’s Gig Model Lets Drivers Discriminate and Harass With Impunity

8 hours 17 min ago

The expulsion of Jewish model Miriam Mattova from a Toronto Uber – not for her fare, but for her faith – is more than an act of raw antisemitism. It is a siren blaring at the heart of the modern Gig Economy. The driver’s alleged declaration, “I don’t drive Jews,” is a moral crisis that is being systematically laundered ... Read more

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GrokTALK!: Another Stake in the Left’s Black “Affordability” Heart

10 hours 17 min ago

This week on GrokTALK!, it’s more on the affordability narrative and one of the best examples, from sea to “rising” sea, why a Democrat (any Democrat) can only make our lives more unaffordable. “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” – Gustav Mahler Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not ... Read more

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Why California Remains the Top Destination for Addiction Treatment

Mon, 2025-12-15 23:28 +0000

Every year, thousands of people travel across the country to enter addiction treatment in California. They leave behind their homes, families, and familiar surroundings to recover in a state they may have never visited. This pattern has held steady for decades, even as quality treatment options have expanded nationwide. What makes California so dominant in ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Not Even Trying To Get It Right

Mon, 2025-12-15 22:00 +0000

One of the Handmaiden Media’s superpowers is its relentless adherence to the narrative. Take Electric Vehicles, for Example. Emma Taggert is reputed to be an economics reporter with The Telegraph, which could mean a lot of things, including that she doesn’t actually know anything about Economics. Not really. Sure, she knows the bronzed white-tower university-approved ... Read more

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TYSON: Fighting Parental Rights Via Local Control

Mon, 2025-12-15 19:00 +0000

There is a particular kind of political jiu-jitsu that shows up every session in Concord: take a word conservatives like, twist it 15 degrees, and use it to do something conservatives should hate. HB1512 is that move. The bill would let a town hold a referendum to decide whether families in that town may access ... Read more

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Monday Memes

Mon, 2025-12-15 17:00 +0000

Welcome back for more Monday Memes! . . . . . . . . . . . . Please support our advertisers – Thx! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memes are memes and are neither “fact-checked” nor ... Read more

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Review Sites That Help You Choose Better Casinos, Tech, and Apps

Mon, 2025-12-15 15:05 +0000

The search for reliable review platforms demands a focus on credibility and transparency. The best iGaming comparison platforms stand out through their strict editorial standards and genuine player advocacy. Of course, this principle applies to other sectors too. Google serves as the primary gateway for most purchase decisions with over 8.5 billion daily searches. Specialized platforms like Yelp ... Read more

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SMITH: New Boston Gift Ideas

Mon, 2025-12-15 15:00 +0000

In this gift-giving season, you might ask what’s special about New Boston.  Pay attention if you or someone you know votes there because their rep (one of them) is Keith Ammon and Denise is their Senator.  December 16 is their mutual birthday.  What do you give them? Keith Ammon has an excellent record, which includes ... Read more

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Morning Update: Ideas for Joe Biden’s Presidential “Library”

Mon, 2025-12-15 12:00 +0000

Today, on the Morning Update, Joe Biden” is having trouble raising money for a Presidential Library, but if he gets one, as tiny as it will likely be, I have some suggestions for titles to put on the shelves. Links: Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, ... Read more

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ROPER: Given AIs Appetite for Electricity, Does It Make Sense to Electrify Heat and Transportation?

Mon, 2025-12-15 10:00 +0000

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the advocates for electrifying our economy – everything from cars and trucks to home heating – you have heard over and over again that fossil fuel prices are “volatile,” and yada yada yada (for the Seinfeld fans) therefore bad. As an example (the only example they offer as it ... Read more

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CARDELLO: Army-Navy Game Had More Meaning than a Gridiron Battle

Mon, 2025-12-15 03:00 +0000

As a football fan, the Army-Navy game does not always live up to its hype. The teams are not usually outstanding, as, let’s face it, football is not why these athletes are here. This yearly event is a ritual in which the athletes representing two of our service academies get together to play for bragging ... Read more

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The Elsa Kurt Show: Supreme Court Ethics, Power Plays, And Public Faith

Mon, 2025-12-15 01:00 +0000

This week, on the Elsa Kurt Show, we dig into whether unsealing the Epstein files can restore trust without real accountability and why the release may disappoint. We debate Supreme Court ethics, the NDAA’s priorities, and the risks of releasing sensitive drone footage in the AI era, then pivot to campus speech, Texas politics, media ... Read more

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MACDONALD: An Extra 94 Million Would Be Nice

Sun, 2025-12-14 22:00 +0000

The breadth and depth of the fraud in government programs is the key to winning every debate about cutting the programs that waste all your money. The Dems claimed Republicans wanted to gut Medicare when what they were targeting was fraud. If they are better at messaging, we lose the debate, nothing gets cut, and ... Read more

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RHODES: The Administrative State’s Hidden Architecture (Part 1)

Sun, 2025-12-14 19:00 +0000

Entering Charles Merriam’s Marble Cake Factory The Administrative Procedure Act (APA), enacted in 1946, is often described as the foundational statute of modern administrative law. Its stated purpose was procedural: to regularize agency rulemaking, ensure public notice, provide opportunities for comment, and define standards for judicial review. As Encyclopaedia Britannica summarizes, the Act was intended ... Read more

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CARDELLO: What Did Kamala Know About Corrupt Tim Walz?

Sun, 2025-12-14 17:00 +0000

Maybe it is old-school thinking that people who run for office at any level, but especially the President, should be from the best and brightest of Americans. They should be someone we can look to, and who can unite and guide us toward a better America. That is not a slur on the present America, ... Read more

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RICHARD: Part IV – The Creation of the Deep State in NH: RICO for Revenue

Sun, 2025-12-14 15:00 +0000

“Now for the rest of the story,” as Paul Harvey used to say. Our tale resumes in the pivotal year of 1967. The Bar Association of the State of New Hampshire (BASNH), a creature born of the Legislature 94 years earlier and still a purely voluntary association, appeared before the General Court with a seemingly ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Republicans Need to Get Their Head Out of Their A**!

Sun, 2025-12-14 12:00 +0000

Most of the narratives about working together and being bipartisan come from the bot machines and narrative dinghies on the left. The media pressure and the social media trends are all pressure campaigns to convince Republicans that Americans won’t like them if they behave like Democrats. The left is ruthless. When they have a majority, ... Read more

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IMANI: The Clinton Voter Fraud Machine Flooded Illegal Ballots for Decades

Sun, 2025-12-14 03:00 +0000

The mask is off. The deep state operatives in Pennsylvania – that battleground fortress we fought tooth and nail to reclaim – have finally confessed to a treasonous betrayal that reeks of the swamp’s foulest underbelly. For decades, non-citizens, including illegals flooding our borders like an unchecked invasion, have been handed the keys to our sacred ballot box. ... Read more

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NE TAKE: The Democrat Running to Unseat MAGGIE GOODLANDER

Sun, 2025-12-14 01:00 +0000

This week on the NE Take, NH Rep. Paige Beauchemin, RN, PMH-C, is running for Congress against fellow Democrat, Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander. She and A. J. dive into the progressive v. establishment fight in the party and why she is running to unseat Goodlander. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of ... Read more

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