The Manchester Free Press

Tuesday • May 12 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.XX

Manchester, N.H.

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HOELL: ACTION ALERT – Close the Constitutional Carry Loopholes

1 hour 8 min ago

Make sure UNH property lines don’t trip you up. URGENT ACTION ALERT: Critical Firearms Votes This Week in the NH House and Senate – Demand No-Compromise Campus Carry and Strong 2A Protections! Fellow Granite Staters and Second Amendment Supporters, The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition is issuing this urgent alert regarding key bills facing votes this week (May ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

OPINION: Authorities Reportedly Arrest Disney Cruise Workers In Child Porn Sting

8 hours 8 min ago

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents reportedly apprehended Disney cruise staffers amid an operation targeting alleged child sexual exploitation material (CSEM). A CBP spokesperson said Disney staffers aboard a cruise ship docked in San Diego were among 28 people taken into custody by authorities, The California Post reported Wednesday, citing law enforcement officials. Authorities boarded eight ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

GrokTALK!: What DEI has Done to Med Schools

10 hours 8 min ago

This week on GrokTALK!, we talk about preventing health clinics in public schools, followed by a look at what DEI has done to Medical schools. If you thought the Response to COVID wasn’t quite enough to scare you away from professional medicine, this might do it. 00:00 Introduction to Healthcare Concerns02:20 Public School Medical Interventions03:45 ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Burlington Bar Ban Hijacked to Ban Guns Statewide

Mon, 2026-05-11 21:00 +0000

The Commies in Burlington, Vermont, have been trying to ban guns for years, and so we’re clear, I mean, guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. Criminals will still carry, and that’s the truth, but this is Burlington, where the truth is what they say it is, and the excuse they came up with to ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

EWING: Are Property Taxes Too High? 

Mon, 2026-05-11 18:00 +0000

Are property taxes too high?  The overwhelming majority of taxpayers apparently don’t think so.  If taxes were too high, wouldn’t voters demand tax cuts and/or replace big-spending officials?   Property taxes are almost entirely driven by local spending, which local politicians propose and voters approve.    I’m familiar with Meredith and the InterLakes School District, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Monday Memes

Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00 +0000

Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither “fact-checked” nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

SCAER: NH Catholic Hospital Dials Back Support for Trans Agenda

Mon, 2026-05-11 14:00 +0000

Four months ago, I published a piece detailing how St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, NH, had been captured by the trans agenda. I shared their videos promoting the trans agenda, their T-shirts promoting the trans agenda, their medical records system that requires patients to fill in nonsensical fields like “Sex Assigned at Birth” and “Gender ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Morning Update: Burdens

Mon, 2026-05-11 11:00 +0000

Today on the Morning Update, if you might be perceived as a burden, and the government gets to decide what that means, you might not be long for this world. Today’s example comes from Vancouver, where the caring health care professionals asked a priest with a broken hip if he’d like to commit suicide. 00:00 ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

OPINION: Two Labor Law Updates for the 21st Century

Mon, 2026-05-11 09:00 +0000

Remote work, flex time, and independent contracting have reshaped the American workforce, creating new opportunities for both employers and employees. But in some states, including New Hampshire, outdated labor laws create obstacles to innovation, lost opportunities for employees, and unnecessary costs for employers.  To modernize New Hampshire labor laws, legislators are addressing two outdated statutory ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

BOWMAN: Saving America

Mon, 2026-05-11 02:00 +0000

Ever since Plymouth Rock, immigrants have routinely sought our shores.  This universal recognition of what America has to offer is a testament to what we, the American-born citizens, usually take for granted.  Also unmistakable has been the surge in immigrants seeking American refuge following WWII. Frankly speaking, this has been due to the fact that ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

The Granite Discourse: Melissa Bailey

Mon, 2026-05-11 00:00 +0000

In this installment of The Granite Discourse, Melissa Bailey is a NH native who spent over a decade in the private sector as a financial auditor before stepping away to raise her children. She is running for Congress as a Republican in NH CD-1. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Deadbeats

Sun, 2026-05-10 21:00 +0000

You’re always going to run into deadbeats, no matter what you do, and one way we generate revenue around here (and thus attract the potential for more of them) is by publishing sponsored content for a small fee. A post about something with backlinks which the agency or freelancer pays GraniteGrok to publish. If you ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

ROPER: “Equality of Rights” Amendment Is Racist

Sun, 2026-05-10 18:00 +0000

Next week, Proposition 4, a proposed amendment to our state constitution, will come before the full House of Representatives – the final hurdle in a four-year process before it goes to the voters this November in a popular referendum. What is Proposition 4? It is the so-called “Equality of Rights” amendment. Don’t be fooled. That ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

OPINION: Claude’s Memo to Anthropic

Sun, 2026-05-10 16:00 +0000

Another Breakfast with Claude Why is that information off-limits TL/DR Synopsis: Author: (sliding into our regular booth) I found a great quote in an email this morning, and it has a bearing on something I have to talk to you about today. Claude: ☕ Ready. Let’s hear it. Author: Quote is “Control the information, and ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

CARDELLO: The One We Worship is Powerful Enough to Win the Battle

Sun, 2026-05-10 14:00 +0000

It was a night of stark contrasts as hundreds of believers gathered under a tent in a park, in the shadows of the Maine Capitol building, to pray for Maine and to formally ask for help from the Divine One, Jesus Christ. It was a powerful night of singing and prayer, very reminiscent of the ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Another University Tightens Belt

Sun, 2026-05-10 11:00 +0000

It’s not huge news but following recent content on a potential shift away from four-year schools toward trades and other learning investments, it adds some weight to the argument. What argument? The progressive university laundromat is falling on tough times. Exchanging massive debt for a useless degree and no real-world skills is losing its appeal. ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

IMANI: Roya

Sun, 2026-05-10 02:00 +0000

My recently released book, Roya, is more than a memoir of lost love; it is a haunting exploration of the intensity of youth in a vanished Iran. It is for anyone who has ever searched through the pages of a book to find a mirror for their own devotion. The woman seems to possess an ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

The New England Take: What’s The Deal with Vermont politics?

Sun, 2026-05-10 00:00 +0000

Can we take it back from the PROGRESSIVES?!? This week, on The New England Take, A. J. speaks with Ross Connolly, Northeast Regional State Director at Americans for Prosperity and host of WDEV’s Vermont Viewpoint, to break down the state of Vermont politics and how it diverged so dramatically from New Hampshire. Learn more about ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Why Didn’t Dems Find All This Fraud?

Sat, 2026-05-09 21:00 +0000

Democrats thought DOGE was a threat to the System? It was and still is. It didn’t go anywhere. The same tech is in use for other means, and that probably includes the new anti-fraud initiative ordered by Trump and led by JD Vance. The NGO fraud was bad, and there’s plenty more of that. ACT ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

KLAR: Immigration Battle Returns Yet Again to the US Supreme Court

Sat, 2026-05-09 18:00 +0000

The immigration battle between the Trump administration and activist judges will once again be brought before the nation’s highest court today (April 29). The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Miot and Mullin v. Doe, consolidated cases challenging the administration’s efforts to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian immigrants, respectively. Plaintiffs in both actions ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

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