The Manchester Free Press

Monday • November 17 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XLVII

Manchester, N.H.

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SIMS: Join the Southern NH Chapter of Independent Women’s Network

Sun, 2025-10-26 14:00 +0000

Hi everyone,  this is Bronwyn Sims, Southern NH Chapter leader for The Independent Women’s Network. This next year, 2026, and into the General election of 2028, there is plenty to do. Please see my email below about plans for the coming months and action items I hope to focus on. Also, please join the Southern NH ... Read more

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KLAR: Can Donald Trump Lower Beef Prices?

Sun, 2025-10-26 09:00 +0000

Americans struggling with grocery budgets will have noticed that the cost of beef has been particularly high. The Trump administration inherited the problem of elevated meat and grocery prices, which had been exacerbated by broad inflation during the Biden administration. Numerous pressures have pushed steak and hamburger prices to new highs. President Trump recently proclaimed ... Read more

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OPINION: This ain’t Vegas, baby!

Sun, 2025-10-26 02:00 +0000

The only city I know where they demolish an entire building, and build a totally new one is Las Vegas, Nevada!  Grafton County ain’t Vegas, baby! In my opinion, after following Grafton County Commissioners’ Meetings via ZOOM since June of 2024 (except for the 17-week unilateral and arbitrary Blackout of ZOOM meetings by Chairwoman Martha ... Read more

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NE Take: The Shifting News/Media Landscape: Is the Chaos Good?

Sun, 2025-10-26 00:00 +0000

This week on NE Take, A. J. is joined by Making Media Now’s Michael Azevedo to discuss the impact of private equity buying news outlets, shifting business models, and whether public funding going away was the right path. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Public Health and The Not So “Mysterious” Monkeypox Outbreak In LA County

Sat, 2025-10-25 21:00 +0000

The Los Angeles County Public Health Officer wants everyone to know that while they’ve identified three cases of the more virulent strain of Monkeypox (MPOX), “At this time, no clear link has been identified between the cases.” More like we can’t say what the link is cuz reasons. Let’s jump in the not-so-way-back machine to the summer ... Read more

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MACDONALD: We Need You To Follow Us On Rumble!

Sat, 2025-10-25 19:00 +0000

Our Rumble channel is fantastic, with new content every day —often twice a day—local, regional, and national news and podcasts, and lots of support for local content creators. Our hit count is rising, but we could use more followers. Go here and join the channel. You get early access to the Morning Update, GrokTALK!, and ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

SIMS: Beyond the Establishment: Fighting for New Hampshire’s Soul in the 2026 Senate Race

Sat, 2025-10-25 18:00 +0000

An Independent Voter’s Call for Authenticity, Freedom, and Leadership Against Establishment Elites. As an independent voter who left the Democratic Party in 2019 and has since voted Republican, my perspective on the upcoming 2026 New Hampshire Senate race is profoundly personal and grounded in core American values. I’m the New Hampshire state chapter leader for ... Read more

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ROPER: The Lynching of Sam Douglass

Sat, 2025-10-25 16:00 +0000

Senator Sam Douglass was in a group chat of Young Republicans where some people did say some truly disgusting things. There were undeniably antisemitic and anti-black racist terms used, and comments made. This came to light in an article by the hard-left, deeply partisan site, Politico, based on leaked transcripts. The Politico article was posted ... Read more

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SMITH: I Am Supporting Scott Brown and So Should You

Sat, 2025-10-25 14:00 +0000

Before anyone tells me how unimportant my input is or reminds me of my previous article supporting Dan Innis, there are some things to consider.  Let’s start by remembering that a federal senatorial race is a statewide election.  Unlike a presidential election, only NH voters get to vote (lawfully and in theory), which makes it ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Are Dems Holding Out for Shutdown Stockholm Syndrome?

Sat, 2025-10-25 11:00 +0000

Dems squandered weeks of opportunity to address issues that were important to them. DHHS has a budget, and renewing the over-inflated, over-reaching COVID tax credits in the Unaffordable Care Act could have been part of those negotiations. Instead, they demanded it, along with some other crap, and held the entire government hostage. And that’s a ... Read more

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KLAR: US Supreme Court Addresses Race-Based Districting.

Sat, 2025-10-25 02:00 +0000

The state of Louisiana has become the focal point of longstanding tensions between the well-intentioned goals of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to prevent racial discrimination and the specific provisions of the Constitution mandating that all citizens be treated equally, regardless of skin color. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Oct. 15 in Louisiana ... Read more

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Manch Talk: NH Shockers: Pronoun Policing, Crooked Judges, and Sununu’s Comeback Bid

Sat, 2025-10-25 00:00 +0000

(Manch Talk 10/22/25) This week on Manch Talk, Concord cops correct a suspect’s pronouns in a wild transgender case. Judge Marconi—fresh off controversy—is back on the Supreme Court bench while her husband faces trial. John E. Sununu jumps into the federal Senate race—can he really be the Comeback Kid? Plus: Free Ian, local city elections, ... Read more

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MACDONALD: CO2 is Not a Pollutant

Fri, 2025-10-24 21:00 +0000

We can’t say this enough. Carbon Dioxide is not a pollutant. It is chemically incapable of achieving a tipping point. Accumulation leads to saturation, resulting in a decline in radiative forcing. There’s even evidence that the majority of the (irrelevant) rise has very little to do with human activity. CO2 is not just good for ... Read more

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PAYNE: COVID Carnage

Fri, 2025-10-24 18:00 +0000

“At 84, if you don’t take the vaccine, you’re dead.” This advice from my doctor, checking me for COVID in 2020, increased my distrust. The doctor wasn’t on my side, but on the side of power hijacking the medical establishment. History doesn’t repeat, but human nature remains the same. Doctors being agents for the state ... Read more

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Friday Meme Thing

Fri, 2025-10-24 16:00 +0000

We’ve got shutdown memes, no kings memes, memie memes, dem memes, antifa memes, a fake crowd meme, did I mention No Kings memes, and then there’s memes. If you clicked on this post for anything else, you are out of luck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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BANFIELD: Are Some Portsmouth Students More Equal Than Others?

Fri, 2025-10-24 14:00 +0000

The Portsmouth School District seems to hold some students in higher esteem than others. The latest controversy centers on Anthony Ferola, a 17-year-old senior at Portsmouth High School, who has been told to refrain from praying publicly during basketball games. According to Seacoast Online, Ferola prayed before games for his teammates’ health and to express ... Read more

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How Artificial Intelligence Is Personalizing the Reading Experience

Fri, 2025-10-24 12:53 +0000

A New Chapter in Reading For centuries, readers picked up books that spoke to them, but often had to dig through shelves or catalogs with little help. Now algorithms make this process smoother by shaping digital shelves based on personal preferences, reading habits, and past selections. The experience has become more tuned to the individual ... Read more

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Morning Update: “Maine’s Secret Nazi?”

Fri, 2025-10-24 11:00 +0000

Today, on the morning update, Bernie’s favorite candidate in the Dems Maine US Senate primary is doing a lot of apologizing. His Nazi tattoo. Hatin’ on cops. Lots of angry Reddit posts and more. Links Referenced: Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, ... Read more

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Blockchain Focus: DL Mining Now Supports XRP and BTC Free Cloud Mining, Daily Passive Income Up to $6,000

Fri, 2025-10-24 10:41 +0000

Crypto Market Ushers in New Opportunities The cryptocurrency market has performed strongly recently, with mainstream coins like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and Ripple (XRP) repeatedly hitting new price highs. This upward trend is fueled by the advancement of multiple supportive cryptocurrency bills in the United States and former President Trump’s positive statements regarding ... Read more

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MACDONALD: A Few Thoughts on the Concord PD (Pronoun Department) And the AG’s Civil Rights “Itch”

Fri, 2025-10-24 09:00 +0000

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office has been desperately trying to scratch an itch it can’t quite seem to reach—a high-profile case it could use, at least in my estimation, to leverage civil rights law to suppress protected speech. Create a hate speech exception, tied to state civil rights law, and let the Orwellian pall ... Read more

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