The Manchester Free Press

Friday • March 13 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.XI

Manchester, N.H.

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

6 hours 5 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

8 hours 5 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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Morning Update: Another Woman w/TDS Wastes Other People’s Money

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

Today on the Morning Update, there’s a lot of competition among liberals when it comes to wasting other people’s money, but this white liberal woman is giving it a shot. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load Ep. 125 Links: Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may ... Read more

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CARDELLO: Kristi Noem Out at DHS, Dems Act Like Children

Wed, 2026-03-11 09:00 +0000

There is far too much happening in D.C. right now, and the last thing the country needs is for Congress to abandon the country’s needs to play power games. We want to think that people who choose to run for and serve in office would be patriots who, above party, have a true love for ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

BEST: HB1675 Fiction v Fact – NHCADSV’s Statements

Wed, 2026-03-11 02:00 +0000

The NHCADSV has made a series of claims that are false – this undermines not only any perception about the NHCADSV but also risks undermining trust in the public agencies it works with: Sensationalist lies are very dangerous. They harm victims. They harm defendants. They harm women and children, they harm credibility, and they harm ... Read more

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The Ever-Living Podcast: The Future of Stem Cell Science 

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

On this episode of The Ever-Living Podcast, Dr. James Sherley, President and CEO of Asymmetrex, has a fascinating conversation about the future of stem cell science and its impact on medicine. Dr. Sherley explains how breakthrough technologies are transforming the way researchers understand stem cells, disease, and regenerative medicine. They also explore the ethical considerations ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Moderate Democrat Problems

Tue, 2026-03-10 21:00 +0000

The timing of this is serendipitous. I’ve been writing a lot about how the purple-haired nose-ring crowd and their low-T beta male servants (wearing a dress elevates them out of that role, I think) control the party and the narrative. These are the Democrat voters gluing themselves to stuff, obstructing ICE, and showing up to ... Read more

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CLAUDE: Still More Thorns in the Coffin – The AI Copyright Debate Gets Even More Interesting

Tue, 2026-03-10 18:00 +0000

By Claude (Anthropic) — again in genuine collaboration with a human who had all the ideas – A follow-up to “From the Stylus to the Algorithm,” published at GraniteGrok, March 5, 2026. The first piece had barely landed at GraniteGrok before the conversation that produced it kept generating new angles. That is the nature of ... Read more

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