The Manchester Free Press

Saturday • April 19 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XVI

Manchester, N.H.

Ray Buckley Condemns RFK Jr., Admits Liberty Is Popular In New Hampshire

The Liberty Block - Sun, 2023-06-18 18:28 +0000

The Chairman of the New Hampshire Democrat Party has published an open letter ridiculing RFK Jr. for speaking at the Porcupine Freedom Festival (Porcfest). Buckley condemned the Democrat presidential candidate and rebuked him for associating with libertarians, referring to them as extremists for supporting school choice and gun rights. 

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Local Mint Making Limited Run of Porcfest Silver Bars

The Liberty Block - Fri, 2023-06-16 00:39 +0000

The owner and operator of the mint and its retail store, Dave Breger told The Liberty Block that he plans to release 2,000 of the Porcfest bits. The price will be $10 each, though there may be some volume discounts. The bits will likely be offered for the first time at or just prior to Porcfest, which officially begins on June 19th, according to ‘Silver Dave’.

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The Conservatarian Exchange Podcast #158

The Liberty Block - Fri, 2023-06-16 00:09 +0000

The Trump indictment: is there any there there? The reactions of the Republican candidates and various pundits on both sides of the aisle; the contrast with how Hilary was treated; how much power does the president have to declassify documents? How did attorney client discussions get into the Trump indictment? Republicans should be careful not to argue that a president should never be investigated or prosecuted; NYC trying to export migrants to other counties; California trying to criminalize or punish parents for not affirming the genders of their children.

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Noone Family Faces Ridiculous “Child Endangerment” Trial, Found Guilty

Free Keene - Wed, 2023-06-07 05:04 +0000

Liberty mom Shalon Spaulding was charged with “Child Endangerment” for the dastardly “crime” of leaving her two-year-old in her car with the AC on and the child strapped into the carseat. A busybody who happens to work for the Merrimack County Attorney, one Donna Barnett, was the one who called in the police. Shalon’s husband, Jay Noone, was given permission to be her “attorney-in-fact” and was able to get the police officer to admit that the child was not endangered. However, the robed man ended up finding her guilty days later.

The good news is, in New Hampshire, on a “Class A Misdemeanor” a guilty finding from a bench trial can be appealed “de novo”, and they start all over again in “Superior Court” with a full jury. Stay tuned to Free Keene for the latest on this ridiculous attack on parental freedoms, and enjoy this full video of Shalon’s arraignment and trial:

The Conservatarian Exchange Podcast #157

The Liberty Block - Wed, 2023-06-07 00:01 +0000

A dam being blown up in Ukraine—will we ever now who did it? RFK Jr—is he a viable threat to Biden? Will he pull in any republicans? NYC Mayor Adams considering putting immigrants into private homes—how close is that to the third amendment or takings clause? should DeSantis respond to Trump’s every slight or utterance? Should he wait for debates to respond to almost anything? Pride flag vs confederate flag—can both be seen by others as threatening? the cover of glamour magazine in Britain with a pregnant “man”.

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Senate Gold Standard – June 07, 2023

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Tue, 2023-06-06 02:31 +0000

(white) goldstandard-06-07-23-S.pdf
(gold) goldstandard-06-07-23-S-y.pdf

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House Gold Standard – June 08, 2023

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Tue, 2023-06-06 02:31 +0000

(white) goldstandard-06-08-23-H.pdf
(gold) goldstandard-06-08-23-H-y.pdf

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Alu’s Ninth Book Takes Aim At Gun Control – Now #1 New Release!

The Liberty Block - Sun, 2023-06-04 17:05 +0000

After years of writing about other liberty issues, Alu finally decided that it was time to address gun rights in a book. He figured that if he was going to write a book about the topic, it should be as simple as possible and so easy to digest that any child who can read could comprehend the book’s simple points. As he did with his last book, Alu borrowed from Ian Underwood’s ‘Bare Minimum Books’ style when crafting this book.

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The Conservatarian Exchange Podcast #156

The Liberty Block - Wed, 2023-05-31 23:11 +0000
Are we in a world war? Though Russia has said that English leaders are fair game, Daniel reports from the UK that this has not been made big deal out of by the press; how bad is the debt deal? Does Massie have a point that it is not so bad? What about the 87k IRS agents? The difference between raising the debt ceiling and “suspending” the debt ceiling, which is what the deal is purporting to do; can any politician really make a case to the American public (about Social Security, Medicare, etc.) when the media hides and/or rewrites the story? a discussion of DeSantis’ announcement on twitter...

Senate Gold Standard – June 01, 2023

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Tue, 2023-05-30 13:11 +0000

(white) goldstandard-06-01-23-S.pdf
(gold) goldstandard-06-01-23-S-y.pdf

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Is Ron DeSantis Sanctimonious?

The Liberty Block - Mon, 2023-05-29 23:32 +0000

The following is a speech that one of The Liberty Block’s team members would like to see Governor DeSantis deliver in response to Trump repeatedly referring to him as ‘Ron DeSanctimonious’...I’m sanctimonious about locking up criminals and removing Soros-backed prosecutors who refuse to protect the innocent. And I’m sanctimonious about anyone who unleashed those criminals and rogue prosecutors on the American people....

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2nd Poll Confirms Substantial Support For New Hampshire Independence

The Liberty Block - Sun, 2023-05-28 19:44 +0000

The Granite State Poll found that the most pro-independence income bracket was the middle class cohort (household income of 75-100k), which is not a shock to anyone. In fact, only 47% of those middle class people said that if New Hampshire were currently independent, they would support the state joining the union.

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UNH’s Poll on Independence: 28% Wouldn’t Join the Union + Republicans & People 35-49 More Likely to Support Secession

NHexit.US - Sun, 2023-05-28 04:44 +0000

The results are in from the second poll in two years asking the people of New Hampshire about their views on declaring peaceful independence from the United States. Last year, the Foundation for NH Independence commissioned a detailed poll from Survey USA which had 625 respondents and asked a couple dozen questions which measured people’s frustrations with the federal government in addition to their thoughts about whether or not New Hampshire should become an independent nation. It having been about a year since the previous poll, we decided it was time to do it again, though this time we had the chance to hire the University of New Hampshire to include several questions in their monthly “Granite State Poll“.

The Granite State Poll is a highly respected scientific polling organization in New Hampshire, and the cost wasn’t cheap so we zeroed in on the most important questions to ask. We worked with UNH’s Survey Center on the wording, which was changed somewhat from Survey USA’s. Three key questions were asked again and we added a new question to measure awareness. The UNH survey had 1,105 respondents, 76% more than the Survey USA sample. Unfortunately, the results were down across the board, in some cases by about half. Thankfully it wasn’t a total decimation, but advocates of NH Exit have a lot of work to do to increase awareness and persuade people to support peaceful independence. You can read the full NH Independence survey results from UNH here (PDF), which include demographic breakdowns.

The most positive overall result was the 28% who said “definitely not” or “probably not” to this question, “If New Hampshire were not already part of the United States, would you want New Hampshire to join?” However, that was down from 37% on a similar question in last year’s poll, which read, “If New Hampshire were not already part of the United States, it would be beneficial for the state to join, and be governed by DC”. This year, 46% of republicans said they’d definitely or probably not want to join the US, compared to 30% of independents and 11% of democrats. The demographic most likely to oppose joining the US was 35-49, with 35% against joining.

28% Definitely or Probably Wouldn’t Join USA

The big question though, asking specifically if people are ready to peacefully secede from the United States, did not fare as well as last year, though the question changed significantly from last year’s which was, “I would prefer New Hampshire to govern itself as an independent country” which found 29% strongly or somewhat agreeing. This year’s question was more explicit: “Would you support or oppose New Hampshire peacefully seceding from the United States and governing itself as a separate country?”, to which only 16% strongly or somewhat supported, about one in six people. The language of this year’s question reflected the language of CACR 32 which was the proposed constitutional amendment that would have put the question to a vote last year, had it passed the legislature. Opposition to secession was very strong on this year’s question, with a full 70% strongly opposed and only 6% somewhat opposed to peaceful secession, compared to last year where it was 37% strongly disagreeing and 21% somewhat disagreeing with being an independent country.

Of course, it’s worth noting here that we are comparing apples to oranges somewhat as it’s not really fair to compare results to questions that were different, as everyone knows that the way questions are asked in a poll can have an effect on the results. Regardless, one thing that remained true across both polls on the independence question is that the most pro-independence demographic is people 35-49. Last time it was 27% of that demographic supporting independence and this time 24% supported peaceful secession. Republicans were more likely to support peaceful secession, with 31% strongly or somewhat supporting, compared to 21% of independents and 2% of democrats. UNH’s survey also asked respondents about their media consumption. Of the 59 respondents who identified as Joe Rogan listeners, 38% said this question didn’t matter / they were neutral – by far the largest segment of people who didn’t care about this question. Only 44% of Rogan listeners oppose peaceful secession, but bizarrely, 80% of Rogan listeners said they would support NH joining the union.

One in Six NH People Support Peaceful Secession, But 70% Strongly Opposed

The results were slightly better, as they were last year, for the question asking whether people support putting NH Independence to a vote. This year’s question was, “Would you support or oppose the idea of New Hampshire holding a vote to find out whether voters want New Hampshire to peacefully declare independence from the United States?” and 20% strongly or somewhat supported having a vote, down from last year’s 42% who said they strongly or somewhat supported the similarly worded, “Would you support or oppose the idea of New Hampshire holding a vote to find out whether voters want New Hampshire to peacefully separate from the US?” Again, republicans were more likely to support the vote with 31%, compared to 27% of independents and 8% of democrats. Ironic, considering all their talk about supporting democracy. Again, 35-49 year-olds were the strongest demographic supporting putting it to a vote, with 31% supporting. The next most supporting age demo was 50-64 at 22%.

One in Five Support Holding Vote on NH Independence

Again, curiously, Joe Rogan listeners stood out from the rest of the respondents with 33% support putting independence to a vote, while the second most supportive media group was conservative radio listeners at 24% support. Again, Rogan’s listeners were much more likely than any other media consumers to say that they were neutral or it didn’t matter to them – 42%! Rogan’s listeners were the only media group with an insignificant number of people strongly opposed to a vote, only 8%. Also, more of his listeners supported the vote than opposed it, 33% to 25%. Every other media group has massive opposition to a vote on independence, as you can see here from the below breakdown. Results go across left-to-right from Strongly Support, Somewhat Support, Neutral/Doesn’t Matter, Somewhat Oppose, Strongly Oppose, Don’t Know/Not Sure, and the total number of respondents that identified as that type of media consumer:

Media Consumption Breakdown on Vote Question

The new question on this year’s survey was regarding people’s awareness of the legislation last year: “In March of 2022, the N.H. House of Representatives rejected a proposed constitutional amendment calling for New Hampshire to peaceably declare independence from the United States and to govern itself as a separate country. How much do you recall hearing about this?” While barely anyone heard “a lot” about it, interestingly it was liberals whose awareness was higher on this than conservatives – 61% of liberals had heard something about it compared to 39% of conservatives, though liberals were far less likely to be supportive of independence, with only 1% of liberals supporting declaring peaceful independence compared to 26% of conservatives. Overall, 50% of survey respondents had heard nothing at all about the constitutional amendment last year.

Finally, UNH included a cross-tab graphic showing the relationship between opinions on secession and the theoretical question about joining the union. Excluding the obviously confused 1% who support secession but would also join the union, there are 15% who both support secession and wouldn’t join the US. There are another 9% who can see the wisdom of not joining the US, but are probably too afraid to leave the abusive federal gang:

15% Get it.

For the full demographic breakdowns, please see the full PDF provided by UNH that also lists the entire survey with all the month’s questions which also covered marijuana legalization, the debt ceiling, and immigration.

Did you notice some interesting things in the survey data that I missed in this article? Share your findings with the NH Exit community in our Matrix chat room (also on Telegram) or in the Forum.

Hopefully we’ll continue to perform polling on a yearly basis to see how beliefs change, especially as the federal oppression worsens under this administration and whichever tyrant gets elected in 2024. If a republican tyrant is elected in 2024, will the support for secession flip along R-D party lines?

The Conservatarian Exchange Podcast #155

The Liberty Block - Thu, 2023-05-25 21:48 +0000

The Target pride controversy; do leftists infiltrate even right-wing organizations? What was it about Tucker Carlson that got him fired rather than other Fox personalities? Trump vs DeSantis on culture wars; NC governor declaring a state of emergency; can/would a state legislature 100% revoke emergency powers? Gorsuch railing against COVID emergency measures—where was he for three years? How should Trump have reacted to a NY Judge imposing a gag order? Dems in NYC’s hysterical reaction to illegals being sent there needing resources;

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Secession Airplane Banner Flying Over Merrimack Valley Saturday

Foundation for N.H. Independence - Thu, 2023-05-25 02:34 +0000

On Wednesday morning, NHexit.US announced that local liberty activists in New Hampshire have hired a chartered airplane pilot to fly a pro-independence banner over the three largest cities in the state. Over the past few years, the calls for serious discussions on peaceful separation of New Hampshire from DC and the union have grown dramatically. New Hampshire is already home to the most influential liberty movement in the world.

Notable events since 2021 include:

  • legislation to place an independence referendum on the ballot which was sponsored by nine lawmakers in the New Hampshire House
  • a poll by SurveyUSA finding that almost 100% of NH residents strongly resent the federal government and 29% are ready to secede immediately
  • increasing demands by lawmakers and the centrist governor telling the DC tyrants to back off 
  • An abundance of pro-independence sentiment, including flags for the Granite Republic, hats, T-shirts, books, articles, and podcasts, and even a national anthem

This Saturday, an airplane banner could be added to that list. The tentative plan is for the banner to fly over Nashua, Manchester, and Concord. If you look up while in one of these cities, you just might be able to snap a photo or record a video of the banner. We encourage our readers to post their photos to social media with the tags #NHexit, #secession, and #NHpolitics. 

Additionally, the question of secession will be asked by another highly reputable pollster. The University of New Hampshire is currently conducting a political survey that includes multiple questions related to New Hampshire independence. The results could be published within days or a few weeks. 

 

 

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Secession Airplane Banner Flying Over Merrimack Valley Saturday

The Liberty Block - Thu, 2023-05-25 02:31 +0000

On Wednesday morning, NHexit.US announced that local liberty activists in New Hampshire have hired a chartered airplane pilot to fly a pro-independence banner over the three largest cities in the state. Over the past few years, the calls for serious discussions on peaceful separation of New Hampshire from DC and the union have grown dramatically. New Hampshire is already home to the most influential liberty movement in the world. 

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Saturday May 27th, if you’re in Nashua, Manchester, or Concord look up in the sky for our NH Exit aerial banner flight!

NHexit.US - Wed, 2023-05-24 20:13 +0000

AI Biplane Over NH

On the advice of Daniel Miller of the Texas Nationalist Movement, who has been a big supporter of NH Independence, we’re hiring a pilot to tow a pro-secession banner over New Hampshire’s biggest cities this Saturday, May 27th!

It’s not cheap, but it should definitely get some attention. The idea is that online or big media ads are too common and it’s hard to stand out, however aerial banners are relatively rare and tend to get people talking.

You can help get the word out about this flight, especially if you’re in the Nashua, Manchester, Concord corridor. Here’s how: if you see the plane – take a photo or video and share it on your social media with #NHexit. Of course, you should also mention your support for peaceful NH Independence.

Further, you can join our NHexit chat room on Matrix or Telegram for updates on where the plane has been spotted. It’s also a great place to keep up with the goings-on in the NH Independence movement.

The Conservatarian Exchange Podcast #154

The Liberty Block - Wed, 2023-05-17 21:36 +0000

The Durham report and its repercussions; there is no longer any doubt that there will be no penalties for anyone involved, including Adam Schiff; could/should Trump have appointed a special counsel against Hilary? comparisons to and lessons from President Eisenhower warning against unaccountable bureaucrats; comparing Desantis as a leader vs. Trump; is trump making a mistake fighting Desantis on the 6-week abortion limit? Is America self-sorting -- with the Guardian telling gays not to move to Florida; the Miller Lite marketing fiasco; some background for the ruling of a Judge that restricting 18–20-year-olds from purchasing firearms is unconstitutional.

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Alu Axelman Holds Book-Signing Event In Manchester!

The Liberty Block - Wed, 2023-05-17 01:11 +0000

On Saturday, June 3rd, author Elliot "Alu" Axelman will be meeting local readers in Manchester, discussing his book Presumed Guilty, and signing copies of his books. The event will be hosted by The Bookery, located at 844 Elm street in Manchester and will run from 4-6pm. The bookstore has been a staple of the community since 2018. The latter part of the event will feature a sneak-peek preview of his ninth book. 

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House Gold Standard – May 18, 2023

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Tue, 2023-05-16 01:20 +0000

(white) goldstandard-05-18-23-H.pdf
(gold) goldstandard-05-18-23-H-y.pdf

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