The Manchester Free Press

Tuesday • November 18 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XLVII

Manchester, N.H.

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OPINION: When Will NH Convicted Child Sex Offender, Marc Jacques, Start his Federal Sentence?

Sat, 2025-10-18 14:00 +0000

On March 18, 2024, transgender activist Marc Joseph Jacques of Newbury, New Hampshire, pled guilty to one count of distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in U.S. District Court (Case No. 1:23-cr-00115-PB). He was found in possession of doctored sexual photos of known teens and other child abuse materials. It appears that he superimposed ... Read more

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Bonus Morning Update: MAiD in Canada Comes to America

Sat, 2025-10-18 11:00 +0000

It’s a Saturday morning special edition (not at all as intimidating as a Saturday Night Special), but I had this on my mind and needed to let it loose. Is Colorado the new Canada when it comes to medical suicide? Sources: https://www.liveaction.org/news/woman-struggling-anorexia-assisted-suicide https://cdphe.colorado.gov/center-for-health-and-environmental-data/registries-and-vital-statistics/medical-aid-in-dying https://granitegrok.com/national/2025/04/killing-babies-is-cheaper-than-birthing-them https://granitegrok.com/blog/2024/06/slippery-slope-assisted-suicide-is-always-cheaper-than-treatment https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-kBXgAFzHl6kcfsvtLHfOQ94Unk9mDa-/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S3yC6qkS15rywRVUhV_J6CuD3202k2nZ/view Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not ... Read more

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UNDERWOOD: Schools – What Could be Fairer than This?

Sat, 2025-10-18 09:00 +0000

Andru Volinsky is asking people to think about what is fair in the context of raising money to pay for schools. Here’s the answer I gave him. We can think about that by considering the following story. One day, Pat and Chris came to do some shopping at Mr. Volinsky’s Grocery Store.  Each of them ... Read more

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SMITH: Do Better, WMUR, and Support Tyler Gouveia

Sat, 2025-10-18 02:00 +0000

Most readers are already familiar with WMUR’s reputation and many editorials have been and can be written about it, but with city elections less than three weeks from now, I’m here to fill in some gaping holes in this WMUR story about free flowers and put Fortin Gage on notice.  Fortin Gage, according to a ... Read more

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Manch Talk: Why Abstinence Is Treason to The Man (and Bitcoin Jesus Walks Free)

Sat, 2025-10-18 00:00 +0000

(Manch Talk 10/15/25) This week on Manch Talk, the world wants you impulsive, addicted, and obedient. So what happens when you stop playing along? In a world addicted to yes, abstinence is treason. This week, Carla Gericke unpacks the radical freedom of self-control–and why The System hates it. Plus: Roger Ver walks free, highlights from ... Read more

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MACDONALD: The Dems Take Another “Hostage” – This Time It’s Democracy!

Fri, 2025-10-17 21:00 +0000

Another episode of the reality television series, “Schumer Shutdown,” just dropped. Senate Republican Leader John Thune offered an exchange. A promised scheduled vote on the Obamacare subsidy that Dems are using to hold the government hostage in exchange for opening the government on the clean CR. Pass the CR, and we’ll set a hard date ... Read more

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Ever-Living Podcast: Leadership Institute New Hampshire Chapter

Fri, 2025-10-17 19:00 +0000

In this episode, Xindi and Jessica welcome Joanna Courter, the Northeast Field Representative for the ​ ⁨‪@LeadershipInstitute‬ . Joanna shares her journey from being a student leader with Students for Life at the University of New Hampshire to her current role, where she empowers college students through training, resources, and activism to advocate for conservative ... Read more

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RICHARD: The State’s Objection Does Not Refute The Plaintiff’s Arguments

Fri, 2025-10-17 19:00 +0000

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT No. 2025-0297 Daniel Richard v. Christopher Sununu et al. APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR LEAVE OF THE COURT TO FILE A REPLY TO THE STATE OBJECTION TO THE APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR LATE AUTHORTY AND INTERVENING MATTERS I. INTRODUCTION Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 21 (3-A), Plaintiff-Appellant Daniel Richard, pro se, ... Read more

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OPINION: NH Needs to Stop Investing In China

Fri, 2025-10-17 18:00 +0000

The recent vote by the Executive Council of 3-2 against the re-nomination of Taylor Caswell as Commissioner of Business and Industry Affairs, I think, underscores something that is much more important. New Hampshire needs to stop investing in China. Taylor Caswell is a former Legislative Director for Rep. Bill Zeliff (R-NH), and his political connections ... Read more

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Friday Meme Thing

Fri, 2025-10-17 16:00 +0000

You made it! It’s lunchtime on Friday, and all downhill from here, so let’s grease the slide with what everyone needs more of. Memes! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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BOWMAN: Let’s “Exalt” what Works, America!

Fri, 2025-10-17 14:00 +0000

Today is not a mystery but rather a continuation of the greed that captures the human heart.  Its latest alias, globalization, is today’s “must-have” need.  Its destructive quality, however, while masked by the terms of innovation and equality, is only a fancier brand of imagery that clouds our future destruction.  On a lesser scale, that ... Read more

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Morning Update: The No Kings Day Dummies are Back

Fri, 2025-10-17 11:00 +0000

On today's morning update, it's No Kings Day take 2 and this time they will "rise up" against ... themselves?

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SMITH: More Thoughts on The Claremont “Bailout”

Fri, 2025-10-17 09:00 +0000

In case you haven’t heard, Senate Education was supposed to have an executive session and vote on the Ruth Ward amendment with the whole Senate voting on October 23.  Interestingly, when the committee returned from a short recess following Tuesday’s hearing, Ruth announced that the executive session would be rescheduled to “sometime before January.” A ... Read more

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OPINION: When the Watchdog Looks Away

Fri, 2025-10-17 02:00 +0000

In December 2023, I filed a detailed criminal complaint with the New Hampshire Department of Justice alleging that officials from the Town of Newmarket and their legal counsel had concealed and falsified public records—acts that, if proved, would violate New Hampshire’s tampering-and-falsification statutes. Nearly two years later, the Department’s Public Integrity Unit (PIU) has yet ... Read more

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Right Side Up: A Heartfelt Thanks, some Climate Cult Buffoonery, and More

Fri, 2025-10-17 00:00 +0000

This week on Right Side Up, a heartfelt thank you, fisking an article by Charlie Kirk, and the climate scam is collapsing. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, We Want to Hear It. Comment or submit Op-Eds ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Misdirection?

Thu, 2025-10-16 21:00 +0000

I just watched a clip of House Speaker Mike Johnson reading a partial list of the Senate Democrats’ hostage demands. These are the things they claim to want before allowing non-essential government workers to return to their jobs, if they still have them. You vhill give us what we vhant or else! Johnson’s says that’s ... Read more

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PAYNE: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

Thu, 2025-10-16 18:00 +0000

I still treasure wisdom from an old-time gospel song planted in my mind as a child: What is a mother’s love, dear friend, what is a mother’s love? It’s deeper than the deep blue sea and reaches from heaven above.” Many years ago, my life was powerfully impacted by the eternal truth that “the hand ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Digital ID Or Else

Thu, 2025-10-16 16:00 +0000

All the best totalitarians are doing it, and now so are the wannabes. Doing what? Digital ID Baby. It’s cool, jazzy, hip, and Keir Stammer says you’ll need one if you think you’re going to have a job in the UK. Sounds a lot like COVID, yes? Natural human rights? Not so much. The nation ... Read more

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ORTOLANO: Justice by Exhaustion: How Nashua’s Courts Protect Power and Punish Dissent (Part V)

Thu, 2025-10-16 14:00 +0000

What Justice Should Look Like It’s Time for Civil DiscourseAfter five years in Nashua’s courts, I no longer believe the system fails by accident. It fails by design through silence, delay, and loyalty to power. Yet the damage isn’t irreversible. Real reform is still possible if New Hampshire decides that fairness matters more than familiarity. ... Read more

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Morning Update: The Radical Left and Islam

Thu, 2025-10-16 11:00 +0000

On today’s morning update, how is the impossible-to-believe alliance between the radical Left and Islam … possible? One shared goal, that’s how. Rumble upload is experiencing significant delays this morning. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, ... Read more

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