The Manchester Free Press

Tuesday • February 24 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.IX

Manchester, N.H.

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OPINION: “Setting the Record Straight…”

53 min 57 sec ago

In recent articles by various readers (Caledonian Record & Littleton Courier), I am disappointed by their unqualified remarks about President Trump as “…’Dictator in Chief’ and his thugs in charge.”  This writer goes on to say that “…millions can be spent on a White House ballroom and a proposed ‘Arc de Trump’, but we can’t ... Read more

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OPINION: State Republican “Insider” Thinks New Hampshire Has Too Many Trees

7 hours 53 min ago

Check out this post on X from “Josiah Bartlett” which is where New Hampshire Republican Party “Insider” Drew Cline (a/k/a Dewey Kline) landed after he left the Union Leader: Obviously, Dewey is trying to justify the Concord politicians destroying local zoning to turn every town south of Laconia into densely populated, congested sh*tholes like Salem. ... Read more

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GrokTALK!: Tariffs, Education, and Whiteness

9 hours 53 min ago

Welcome back for a new episode of GrokTALK!. This week, SCOTUS ruled on Trump’s tariffs, and it’s not the bad news you think. We revisit Sen. Keith Murphy’s floor speech on the state and ed funding ‘cuz you need to see it or see it again. And then a few 30,000-foot thoughts about whiteness, the ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: A Threat Escalation You Can’t Ignore

Mon, 2026-02-23 22:00 +0000

Families of victims of the Tumbler Ridge BC Trans-Shooter are Getting Death Threats One of the benefits of wallowing in the political trenches for decades is a thickening of the skin. Just about everything they throw at you bounces off. If you are not careful, you could become like them or just become so indifferent ... Read more

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SMITH: Darling “Manchester Native Son” Avoiding Victoria Sullivan

Mon, 2026-02-23 19:00 +0000

As a courtesy to new readers that are new to NH, let’s point out a few things about Manchester.  It’s our largest city and almost 1/10th of the population calls it home.  It’s also in that darling OTHER district in congress, the one that always gets all the attention, money and resources.  That district, which ... Read more

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Monday Memes

Mon, 2026-02-23 17:00 +0000

We’re in the midst of a “MASSIVE” Nor’easter. I’m expecting another foot with points south of me, expecting more. Have real winters returned to the northeast? I don’t know, here are some memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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CARDELLO: A Tale of Two Very Different Winter Olympians

Mon, 2026-02-23 15:00 +0000

I do not get excited about the Olympics. The spectacle was diminished for me when it became an event for professional athletes, and many are prima Donna professionals at that. There was something magical about amateur athletes who sacrificed so much to have a shot at hearing their national anthem and maybe their picture on ... Read more

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Morning Update: Shovel This!

Mon, 2026-02-23 12:00 +0000

Today, on the Morning update, with the SAVE Act inplay and Dems whining about how bigoted and racist Photo ID to vote is, why would you need even more “photos” and ID just to shovel snow? Ep. 112 Links: Check Out More Morning Update Here! – Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. Follow ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

SIMS: New England Women Pay the Price for State Politicians’ Green Energy Disaster

Mon, 2026-02-23 10:00 +0000

As a blizzard bears down from D.C. to Cape Cod, our fragile grid—crippled by state-level climate mandates—faces a test it may fail. New England Women are already rationing heat amid the nation’s highest bills. A dangerous Nor’easter is about to slam our region from Washington, D.C. to Cape Cod, and New England women will once ... Read more

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BOWMAN: On George’s Day

Mon, 2026-02-23 03:00 +0000

Today’s attitudes regard our American Constitution as an old and worn document from another age, one that is inadequate for today’s modern needs.  In fact, whenever it’s cited, an explanation for its use is usually given since today’s hindsight condemns its time to that sad and dark era of slavery.  We forget or even fail ... Read more

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The Independents: The Property Tax Revolt Starts Now 

Mon, 2026-02-23 01:00 +0000

This week, on The Independents, live from the Free State of New Hampshire, Carla Gericke is joined in-studio by constitutional scholar Daniel Richard (National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies) for a deep dive into his citizen-led initiative Save Our Schools NH. Daniel lays out a constitutional history tour that connects school governance, taxation, Claremont, and ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Black Man Explains Why “There Are No Nice Black Neighborhoods”

Sun, 2026-02-22 22:00 +0000

This’ll be a touchy subject for the left and a few suspect Republicans. How dare you (Thank you, Greta), share the commentary of a black man ranting about why there are no nice black neighborhoods. Because it begs a few questions, most of which point directly to white and black Democrats and their modern plantation ... Read more

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OPINION: The Purpose Of Mass Migration is Replacement

Sun, 2026-02-22 19:00 +0000

Let’s put aside all the nonsense, and let’s ask this question: why do the Democrats oppose using voter identification to vote? Very simple, people voting illegally, be a convicted felon who lost his or her right to vote,  be an illegal alien that doesn’t have the right to vote, someone impersonating somebody else, or voting ... Read more

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KLAR: Tests Revealed Dangerous Toxins in Military Meals

Sun, 2026-02-22 17:00 +0000

Thanks to HHS Secretary Kennedy, Help Is on the Way. Recent laboratory tests of military meals, and Meals Ready to Eat (MREs), revealed high levels of pesticides, heavy metals, and livestock drug residues within the food. America’s troops deserve better. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making sure that happens. The ... Read more

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ROPER:  Democrats’ Opposition to $1700 Federal Tax Credit Is Mean and Stupid

Sun, 2026-02-22 15:00 +0000

A provision of the federal law H.1, aka the One Big Beautiful Bill, allows taxpayers to receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit on your federal income tax of up to $1700 for contributing to a state-based 501c3 organization classified as a Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO). The SGO then uses that money to, as its name suggests, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

MACDONALD: Spielberg Leaves Home

Sun, 2026-02-22 12:00 +0000

Steven Spielberg is estimated to have assets worth between 5 and 7 billion. This makes him one of the richest SOBs in Hollywood, but thanks to years of voting for, funding, and supporting Democrat campaigns, can he no longer “afford” to live there? While ET wanted very much to phone home and then go home, ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

Harrington: How Do We Emotionally Process the Epstein Files?

Sun, 2026-02-22 03:00 +0000

The latest Epstein email release is a lot to take in. Each new piece of information has the effect of weights on our shoulders and trauma in our hearts. The details are more than most people can bear. I’m a retired sex offender counselor who would like to offer a few bits of advice to ... Read more

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NE TAKE: NH Car Inspections, Colbert v FCC, MomsRising Doesn’t Know Who Runs LPNH

Sun, 2026-02-22 01:00 +0000

New Hampshire’s DOJ has had enough of vehicle inspections and the garages still pushing them, Colbert blames the FCC for his own nervous lawyers, and Moms Rising New Hampshire doesn’t know what they are talking about. aj@neweenglandtake.com Join the Substack to support the show: https://newenglandtake.com NH DOJ, “Vehicle Inspection Program Public Guidance”: https://www.doj.nh.gov/news-and-media/vehicle-inspection-program-public-guidance?fbclid=IwdGRleAQDDJhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEex6Zq7XdvYFJb8TI6NS255pGNkR5eGRF6YLP260o8dbziJktAKLmYqW0SWmM_aem_Qz8X0UoESooYrZy8bjX_HQ NBC News, “Stephen Colbert ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Ask Dems Why Trump Can’t Deport ‘Em Like Barry Did?

Sat, 2026-02-21 22:00 +0000

The professional anti-ICE left keeps trying to appeal to the empathy of women, moms, maybe the odd beta-male, and at least a few centrist Christians, on the question of immigrant children or immigrants with children. The Children! According to Kelly, that plan centers on shaping public reaction to immigration enforcement, particularly deportation operations. “And the ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

ANNOUNCEMENT: We Turned Guest Commenting Off (Again!)

Sat, 2026-02-21 20:30 +0000

I’d like to invite past commenters who were driven off by trolling to come back into the ‘Grok Comment ‘ pool. I turned guest commenting off (again). I wanted it to work. Let more people have the opportunity to remark. But all it did was collect shit and flies. Not every guest commenter was an ... Read more

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