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Wednesday • April 30 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XVIII

Manchester, N.H.

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ACTA Classical Schools Foundation Designates Lionheart Classical Academy as first “Model School”

Fri, 2025-04-04 00:00 +0000
Initial step in promoting expanded Classical education options ACTA Classical Schools Foundation, a new private charitable organization established two months ago to encourage new schools offering classical education, has selected Lionheart Classical Academy, a chartered public school in Peterborough, New Hampshire, as its first “Model School.” The Foundation determined that Lionheart Classical Academy, now completing ... Read more

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Planned Parenthood in Decline?

Fri, 2025-04-04 00:00 +0000
My first guest is Rev. Jim Harden, CEO of CompassCare. This non-profit has pregnancy care centers across New York State and recently opened two new centers in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Jim joins me after the announcement that Planned Parenthood is selling its flagship Manhattan location amid claims of financial woes and accusations of repeated malpractice. ... Read more

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Once-Only vs Ongoing, Know the Difference

Thu, 2025-04-03 22:00 +0000
As COVID-related funds dry up, either by sunsetting or someone in Washington closing the valve, the amount of stupidity on full display is astounding.  It’s mostly among the enemy camp, both in the ruling class and their supporters.  Though gratefully relocated far from the most troubled city in the state, I still pay attention to ... Read more

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What Does My America Look Like

Thu, 2025-04-03 20:00 +0000
We use many catchphrases to talk about the America we conservatives want to return to. The America of Old, My Father’s America, and the Trump favorite, Make America Great Again, are a few, but what do they really mean? Before we define our America, let’s distinguish what it is not. America is not a global ... Read more

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Free Speech is Worth Fighting For

Thu, 2025-04-03 18:00 +0000
We do not have free speech to talk about the weather. Our Founders, particularly James Madison who drafted the Bill of Rights, understood that our rights are not privileges granted to us by government. No, it was understood at the founding that these basic natural rights outlined by Madison were granted by our Creator and ... Read more

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Gay Guy for US Senate!

Thu, 2025-04-03 16:00 +0000
NBC Boston’s coverage of Congresscritter Chris ‘Norovirus’ Pappas’ US Senate run anouncement starts with, he’s Gay! He’s also gay! “He is the first openly gay man to represent the state in Congress and would be the first openly gay man in the Senate if he wins.” And his restaurant once killed a guy, after which ... Read more

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A Big French Kiss In The Senate Chamber

Thu, 2025-04-03 14:00 +0000
Corey Booker, also known as Spartacus for his off-the-wall and dramatic orations in Congress, again put himself in the spotlight this week. Since the disgraceful exit of Bob Menendez from the Senate, Booker is now the Senior Senator from New Jersey, and there may be no more enormous ego or greater narcissism in the American ... Read more

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WMUR’s Safe Haven Law Coverage Abandons Some Facts

Thu, 2025-04-03 12:00 +0000
Yesterday, WMUR News 9, our local ABC affiliate and the only network channel in the state of New Hampshire, did a follow-up story on the body of a dead infant found in a pond in Manchester. The focus was the state’s haven law, which is meant to prevent abandonment, but it got a few facts ... Read more

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Special Interests Versus the Children

Thu, 2025-04-03 10:00 +0000
Just a reminder here that former National Federation of Teachers President Albert Shanker once admitted, “When schoolchildren start paying dues, that’s when I’ll start representing the interests of schoolchildren.” True that! And watching the debate in the legislature over how to reign in public education costs and improve student outcomes, I think that sentiment resides ... Read more

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First They Came for the Op-Ed Writers

Thu, 2025-04-03 02:00 +0000
On March 25, six masked federal agents seized a Turkish graduate student on the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. Rumeysa Ozturk—who was wearing a hajib—is a Fulbright scholar working on a doctorate at Tufts University. She was abducted and vanished into the maw of the federal prison system. The Trump administration ignored a federal court order ... Read more

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Justice 4 All

Thu, 2025-04-03 00:00 +0000
This week.. Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side Up, or follow these links to their podcast pages. Our Current Local Podcast Lineup

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JD Vance’s Trip to Greenland Is a Strong, Smart Move

Wed, 2025-04-02 22:00 +0000
Vice President J.D. Vance and second lady Usha Vance are slated to make a historic trip to Greenland’s northwest coast and visit Pituffik Space Base, where they’ll meet our nation’s guardians and airmen on base, tour the facility, and discuss the growing importance of Arctic security in American foreign policy. The trip is historic – the first time a sitting vice president ... Read more

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Forget The Cheese, Check Out This Sunshine

Wed, 2025-04-02 20:00 +0000
The Handmaiden media pulled some sleight of hand this morning. They made you look at Wisconsin as the bellwether for the 2026 midterms, but not Florida. The cheese heads did something remarkable. Backed by millions from progressive oligarchs like George Soros, JB Pritzker, and Reid Hoffman, they defended a State Supreme Court seat they already ... Read more

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An Open Letter to Senate Commerce Members

Wed, 2025-04-02 18:00 +0000
As I’ve been closely following HB 649 (removing the requirement for physical safety inspections and on-board diagnostic tests for passenger vehicles…), I’ve been trying to rally up the troops at every step of the way. Part of me is concerned with coming off as a keyboard warrior or armchair activist, as I wrote four previous ... Read more

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A Deep Dive Into The Claremont Decisions Part VII

Wed, 2025-04-02 16:00 +0000
With former NASA planetary scientist and AI researcher, Ian Underwood Paul Ingbretson continues the critical Claremont Decision interviews with a New Hampshire based mathematician and former NASA scientist who offers much needed clarifying common sense about the implications of the Supreme Court’s now-infamous Claremont rulings. Missed the previous installments? Disclosure: Ian is a longtime contributor ... Read more

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Competition and the Purpose of Educational Choice

Wed, 2025-04-02 14:00 +0000
On Thursday, decades’ worth of aged, decrepit talking points died in the New Hampshire House.  Opponents of parental choice in education say the purpose of creating such choice is to “defund,” “privatize,” or “destroy” public schools. Public money should stay entirely in public schools, they say.  This year, House Education Policy and Administration Chairman Glenn ... Read more

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Trading One Bunch of A**holes for Another …

Wed, 2025-04-02 12:00 +0000
If you are unfamiliar with their name, you have likely heard about how they conduct themselves. Just Stop Oil throws soup on paintings (to just stop oil paintings?), gets members run over by angry motorists (when they block highways), and does what are called direct action protests. They behave like a**holes and piss people off. ... Read more

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Wildly Equitable Mandates for Schools Accepting EFAs Can Be Found in ESSA

Wed, 2025-04-02 10:00 +0000
State legislators have a limited understanding of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) mandates which have been imposed upon our public schools. They deal with many issues and it’s difficult to research each one in detail. Nor is it likely that legislators realize that federal ESSA mandates are already in place and ready to be ... Read more

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UNH Budget Cuts? – I Have Suggestions

Wed, 2025-04-02 02:00 +0000
As UNH faces heavy budget cuts, here are some areas it could easily trim (or even get rid of) and not only save money for UNH but save New Hampshire taxpayers millions. An added bonus from such cuts would be a decrease in State cover-ups of abuse of federal funds in cases relating to DCYF ... Read more

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Your State House 3-30-25

Wed, 2025-04-02 00:00 +0000
This week, my committee met on two bills from other committees. My first glance was that both were simple … HB 493, requiring healthcare providers to get education on child abuse and neglect, addressed physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, requiring a one hour course before initial licensing and before renewals, or every two years. ... Read more

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