The Manchester Free Press

Friday • March 13 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.XI

Manchester, N.H.

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SIMS: The Unbreakable Spirit of Iranian Women – 47 Years of Gender Apartheid and Western Hypocrisy

2 hours 48 min ago

As New Hampshire State Chapter Leader for the Independent Women’s Network, I’ve seen Americans wake up to leftist hypocrisy and media lies. My own exit from the Democratic Party came from watching selective outrage: people who scream “believe women” and “save the children” ignore real oppression in Iran. The regime there is a machine of ... Read more

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Friday meme Thing

4 hours 48 min ago

It’s the end of the week, and time to clean up all the extra memes that are lying around this place. Thanks again to Deb, Matt, Brian, and David, who provide the bulk of these things so you can enjoy them. Unless you are a lib or a RINO, then enjoy is the wrong word. ... Read more

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CLOUDFLARE Issue Update

5 hours 48 min ago

Some Brave and Edge Browser users have been encountering a security conflict. You can bypass it by right-clicking and opening the Grok link in private or incognito mode, but we’ve been trying to solve this. It keeps some readers from accessing content, and may have a solution. From my web developer. At the browser level, ... Read more

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CARDELLO: If the Liberals Don’t Kill You in the Womb, They Will Get You in the Wheelchair

6 hours 48 min ago

You cannot make these stories up. When you hear them, you shake your head in disbelief, do some fact-checking, and shake your head even harder. It is like the 20,000 refugees brought to America after the Joe Biden debacle of a pull-out in Afghanistan. Biden and his lying flunky Mayorkas assured us that every one ... Read more

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Morning Update: Is The NEA a Terrorist Organization?

9 hours 48 min ago

Today on the Morning Update, Teachers Unions don’t represent teachers and haven’t for a very long time. Maybe ever. And they are sort of kind of admitting it. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Ep. 127 Link(s) Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent ... Read more

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CLINE: Prospect of Open Enrollment Is Already Prompting Talk of Improving Public Schools’ Appeal

11 hours 48 min ago

A bill to create universal open enrollment for New Hampshire public schools is already prompting school boards to consider marketing their districts to families. And the bill hasn’t passed either chamber of the Legislature yet. Senate Bill 101, sponsored by Sen. Tim Lang, R-Sanbornton, would require all school districts to “establish an open enrollment policy ... Read more

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SMITH: Sending Up The Bat Signal In Epsom – School Board Candidate Needed

18 hours 48 min ago

Do you know someone in Epsom who could be a good school board candidate?  Someone with a resume full of useful things would be great, but it could be someone who’s a lifelong private citizen with a proven interest in the well-being of taxpayers and students.  Remember that Richard Nixon was just an ordinary lawyer ... Read more

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Right Side Up: Ed Reform Issues

20 hours 48 min ago

This week on Right Side Up, Alison and I discuss Act 73 issues, Medicaid data requests from the Feds, and some miscellaneous bills in the legislature. You Can Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok ... Read more

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SIMS: The SAVE Act Standoff – A Grounded Look at GOP Divisions and the Erosion of Trust

Thu, 2026-03-12 21:00 +0000

Why Internal Republican Delays on Voter Integrity Legislation Are Eroding Trust and Risking Our Elections As a concerned citizen and leader in the #WalkAway movement in New Hampshire, I’ve been following the drama surrounding the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act with growing frustration. This bill, which passed the House in February 2026 on a ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Cornyn’s Pitch to End Filibuster [Updated]

Thu, 2026-03-12 18:00 +0000

Just the other day I opined on the notion that the Republican Primary between Paxton and Cornyn was becoming a bargaining chip to get some stuff out of the US Senate. Since then, both Trump and Paxton have come out saying that Republicans have to ditch the filibuster and pass the SAVE ACT. No pauses, ... Read more

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SMITH: Pretend-Republicans Harpoon Right to Work

Thu, 2026-03-12 16:00 +0000

HB1704, aka Right to Work, was the last bill of the day when the House met yesterday, and a Dem moved to indefinitely postpone it.  He got his way, 177-159, with the help of 20 accomplices that pretend to be Republicans.  Out of those 20 rogues, half of them are ENEMIES OF 91A, a serious ... Read more

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COLQUHOUN: The Ongoing Fight for Open Government in New Hampshire

Thu, 2026-03-12 14:00 +0000

For many years, I heard references to “Sunshine Week” without understanding what it truly represented. I assumed it was simply a New Hampshire expression signaling the arrival of spring. Only later did I learn that it stands for something far more significant, something that has become personally very important to me. When I purchased my ... Read more

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Morning Update: Shut The ‘F’ Up!

Thu, 2026-03-12 11:00 +0000

We’ve all been saying what Gene Simmons just said for years. That being a wealthy, connected Entertainer doesn’t make you an expert on anything but your art, and no one should care what you think about politics. If the embedded video does not load, you can watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel Ep.126 Link(s) Authors’ ... Read more

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SIMS: Stand With New Hampshire Women, Men, Girls, and Boys! TAKE ACTION TODAY!

Thu, 2026-03-12 09:00 +0000

As the New Hampshire State Chapter Leader for the Independent Women’s Network, I’m asking you to join me in standing up for biological reality and for the rights, safety, and fairness of every Granite Stater. New Hampshire needs clear, common-sense laws that protect women’s and girls’ privacy, sports, and opportunities — and that also respect ... Read more

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PAYNE: A Journey From the Classroom to Civil War

Thu, 2026-03-12 02:00 +0000

Will our school children cause a communist takeover of our nation? As in the 1930s, today this question would probably be ridiculed.  What makes Americans so vulnerable in this hate-filled climate? Revolution starts in the mind.  Consider Minnesota, which was once the rural Christian home of Little House on the Prairie, an example of rugged ... Read more

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The Generation Report: Mamdani, Obama’s Legacy, and Where This Fourth Turning is Going w/ Sasha Stone

Thu, 2026-03-12 00:00 +0000

In Episode 96 of The Generation Report (one we missed, with apologies – the editor), at long last, my conversation catching up with someone I consider a friend of the program: Sasha Stone of Awards Daily and Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Temp Data Totalitarianism

Wed, 2026-03-11 21:00 +0000

Anthony Watts became famous for and has since run one of the most widely popular websites in the virtual world. Watts Up With That cut its teeth on a scandal of global temperature reporting. All that warming the Marxist-Globalist Cabal was citing to rob us blind and make us dependent on their energy whimsy was ... Read more

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OPINION: Yes, Replacing Local Zoning With State Zoning Is Communistic

Wed, 2026-03-11 18:00 +0000

We have been meaning to write about this for some time: One of the most ardent proponents of replacing local zoning with a one-size fits all Statewide zoning code, State Representative Ross Berry (better known on X (twitter) as RINO-Russ Barry), took umbrage at Representative Turcotte’s description of the push to supersede local zoning with ... Read more

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MidWeek Memes

Wed, 2026-03-11 16:00 +0000

It’s Wednesday. We’re halfway home, but sometimes that still feels like a long way to go. The obvious cure, or at least treatment, has to be memes. Am I wrong? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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ORTOLANO: Part 4 – The ERC Screening Process That Never Occurred

Wed, 2026-03-11 14:00 +0000

On September 14, 2025, I filed an ethics complaint against Nashua Alderman Derek Thibeault. The complaint was straightforward: three pages identifying a single alleged ethics violation. Under the Nashua Revised Ordinances governing the Ethics Review Committee (“ERC”), complaints are first reviewed in a screening meeting. The purpose of that meeting is limited. The committee determines whether the complaint: ... Read more

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