The Manchester Free Press

Monday • April 28 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XVIII

Manchester, N.H.

Nurses Week 2025 Starts In 10 Days

Granite Grok - 53 min 34 sec ago
Nurses Week 2025 is almost here, and time sure does fly!  It seems like it was just yesterday, but it was actually 5/7/22, when I shouted “happy Nurses Day” at the Damn Emperor’s motorcade from the sidewalk because His Excellency could hear me while riding shotgun and stuck at a stop sign during Goffstown Old ... Read more

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How Much Could UNH Save If It Paid Men the Same as Women?

Granite Grok - 2 hours 53 min ago
The proposed reduction in the biennial taxpayer bailout of the University System of New Hampshire (for our purposes, UNH) has the donkeys up in a snit. I can’t see why. UNH makes notoriously poor spending decisions, too numerous to mention again (there are a few here if you scroll down). Suffice to say, there’s plenty ... Read more

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Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month Is Winding Down

Granite Grok - 4 hours 53 min ago
April is Esophageal Cancer Month, which is quite a coincidence for me as we had much activity for my cancer packed into April. From the suspended esophagectomy that would have removed my cancer and esophagus to another endoscopy in Boston to bad news, then hope, it has brought us changing emotions as volatile as the ... Read more

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What Are Manchester Schools Hiding From Parents Now?

Granite Grok - 12 hours 53 min ago
The Manchester schools have been struggling to provide students with the most basic education. It’s sad to watch, but no one seems to care about making sure these kids get a quality education. Now we find out that they are continuing down the path of failure by pushing the WOKE agenda on students, instead of ... Read more

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Ask Senate to Support Patients’ Right to Try

Granite Grok - 14 hours 53 min ago
Last week, the Senate HHS Committee heard powerful testimony on the right to try expansion that would give terminally ill patients greater access to treatments in development. The bill is now in the Senate.  By providing greater legal protections for patients and providers and incorporating common-sense enhancements, HB 701 promises real relief for terminally ill individuals desperately ... Read more

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Border Patrol Migrant Arrests and More!

Granite Grok - 14 hours 53 min ago
We discuss the border patrol migrant arrests and more! The opinions expressed in shared content are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Submit Op-Eds to steve@granitegrok.com Donate to the ‘Grok to keep the content coming.

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Fun With @NHDEMS

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-04-27 22:00 +0000
Barring evidence to the contrary, we should assume that New Hampshire Dems are on board with the national movement to defend illegal alien gang members before actual Americans or Granite Staters. They are, after all, just water carriers for whatever the DC narrative mills concoct and their Handmaiden media repeat. This lends itself to creative ... Read more

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Zuckerberg vs Boasberg in Facebook Faceoff

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-04-27 20:00 +0000
US District Court Judge James Boasberg garnered national attention over his thwarted efforts to block President Donald Trump from deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members. Now, Boasberg is presiding over an unprecedented antitrust action by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which asserts that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg violated the law through his Meta empire. The lawsuit ... Read more

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$5 Million on Trees, $300K to Trans Farmers: Brooke Rollins Shares Woke Agriculture Department Spending Cuts

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-04-27 18:00 +0000
Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell – The Daily Signal The Department of Agriculture has worked with the Department of Government Efficiency to slash millions in woke spending projects, from a $300,000 contract educating queer and transgender farmers to $5 million to keep trees alive. “Probably the most stunning for me was the $500,000 grant to study transgenderism in mice,” ... Read more

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Democrats Want Judges To Create Laws AND Be Above Them

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-04-27 16:00 +0000
Attorney General Pam Bondi, like her boss, President Trump, believes if you make a promise, you keep a promise. When sworn in as AG, she promised she would treat everyone equally and that you would be held accountable if you broke the law. This week, two judges, one in Wisconsin and the other in New ... Read more

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Whatever Happened to the Green New Deal?

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-04-27 14:00 +0000
Fresh off her 2018 upset New York Democratic congressional primary win, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (better known as AOC) and Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey announced they were launching an ambitious legislative plan called the Green New Deal. While people who had a grounding in economic thought found this new initiative to be naïve at best and destructive at worst, ... Read more

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Bill Hearings for Week of April 28, 2025

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Sun, 2025-04-27 12:47 +0000
  • These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
  • Click on the bill number to read the bill.
  • Click on the committee name to email the committee your thoughts.

Of the 4 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 23 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 7 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.

Position Bill Title Committee Day Time Room State Analysis
Support HB81 (NEW TITLE) relative to consumption of beverages or liquor in areas not approved for service by the liquor commission. Commerce Tue 4/29 10:20 AM SH Room 100 This bill removes restrooms from the list of areas not approved for the serving or consumption of beverages or liquor.
Support HB276 (New Title) establishing a liquor license where beverages, wine, and liquor can be sold without food. Commerce Tue 4/29 10:30 AM SH Room 100 This bill establishes a tavern license allowing the sale of beverages, wine, and liquor without the sale of food.
Support HB505 allowing the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations. Commerce Tue 4/29 10:40 AM SH Room 100 This bill requires the licensing of homestead food operations processing and selling freeze dried foods.
Of Interest HB310 (New Title) establishing a commission to study the creation of a regulatory framework for stable tokens, tokenized real-world assets, and blockchain-based trusts in New Hampshire. Commerce Tue 4/29 10:50 AM SH Room 100 This bill establishes a commission to study the creation of a regulatory framework for stable tokens and tokenized real-world assets (“RWAs”) in New Hampshire.
Support HB639 relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies. Commerce Tue 4/29 11:00 AM SH Room 100 This bill: I. Creates an act to protect blockchain technology and its users. II. Establishes a blockchain dispute docket to oversee blockchain-related disputes.
Support HB361 prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools. Education Tue 4/29 10:00 AM LOB Room 101 This bill prohibits school boards and other public education agencies from adopting, enforcing, or implementing a policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a facial covering.
Support HB217 relative to absentee ballots. Election Law and Municipal Affairs Tue 4/29 9:45 AM LOB Room 103 This bill requires absentee ballot voters to submit information demonstrating citizenship, age, domicile, and identity in order to qualify to vote.
Support HB584 relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty. Judiciary Tue 4/29 1:20 PM SH Room 100 This bill: I. Provides that the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum shall have no jurisdiction in New Hampshire. II. Removes a reference to medical schools recognized by the World Health Organization and replaces it with a reference to the World Directory of Medical Schools. III. Creates a cause of action against counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities who create and enforce policies based on the claims of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum. IV. Provides that in a claim against the state or a local government agency for enforcing policies or directives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, or the World Economic Forum, the limits of awards under RSA 541-B shall apply and shall not be increased by the proceeds of an insurance policy held by such entity.
Oppose SB249 relative to the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund. Ways and Means Tue 4/29 10:20 AM LOB Room 202-204 This bill revises the funding mechanism for uncompensated care costs under the state Medicaid program, including the distribution of disproportionate share hospital payments. The percentage of funds used for Medicaid payments to hospitals is repealed July 1, 2027. The bill also establishes a committee to study the Medicaid enhancement tax and disproportionate share hospital payments.

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Dems Whine About Losing Other People’s Money

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-04-27 12:00 +0000
My state relies far too much on Federal handouts, but I have long advocated for a divorce from that arrangement. A Sugar Daddy can be demanding when you are on the Federal dole because it can claim to represent (or look out for) the interests of those whose money it is giving away. DOGE has ... Read more

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The Wall That Heals Is Coming to Claremont, NH in June!

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-04-27 10:00 +0000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                              Vietnam Veterans Memorial Replica Wall and Mobile Education Center spreads healing legacy of The Wall and educates about the impact of the Vietnam War Claremont, NH – The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a mobile Education Center, is coming to Claremont, NH ... Read more

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Now a $17 Million Tax Increase on Beer, Wine, & Liquor?!

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-04-27 02:00 +0000
A handful of Democrats presented their bill, H.376, which would increase the excise tax on liquor and the gallonage (turns out that’s a word) tax on wine and beer by an estimated total of $16 to $17 million on hard after-working Vermonters. This represents for beer and hard cider a whopping jump from 26¢ per ... Read more

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Trump Can’t Deport His Way Out of Our Immigration Problems!

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-04-27 00:00 +0000
NH Rep. Buzz Scherr, Professor of Law at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, joins A. J. Kierstead to discuss the complicated world of immigration crackdowns and reform. Democrats play rhetorical games, and President Donald J. Trump plays games with lives. s a reminder, the opinions expressed in shared content are their own and may ... Read more

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HANDS OFF, HANDS OFF, HANDS OFF!!!

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-04-26 22:00 +0000
To all the “Hands Off” Protesters (Democrats, Liberal Leftists, Progressives): Congratulations on unwittingly being apart of a color revolution designed to create instabilityyou are nothing more than useful idiots but you are too stupid to realize it.
 We are currently at a critical juncture with a national debt of $36.5 trillion, increasing by $2 trillion ... Read more

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Why Would The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Search Me on LinkedIn?

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-04-26 20:00 +0000
Last year, I started sharing Grok content on LinkedIn. It’s hit or miss as far as it goes. Sometimes, we receive a decent number of views and clicks, and at other times, we don’t. It’s become a habit, so I continue to do it. One thing is obvious. There is nothing I am sharing that ... Read more

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WEEK 14 WINS: President Trump Drives Economic Growth and Strengthens National Security

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-04-26 18:00 +0000
This week, President Donald J. Trump and his administration delivered more victories for the American people, advancing economic prosperity, enhancing national security, and restoring common sense to government. From unleashing American energy dominance to cracking down on illicit foreign activities, the Trump Administration continues its relentless pursuit of policies that prioritize American workers, families, and ... Read more

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Shut It Dems: Wisc. Judge’s Arrest Warrant was Signed by a Federal Judge

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-04-26 16:00 +0000
Ask Whiny Dems If Judges Are Above The Law Democrats are losing their minds over the Trump Administration keeping its promise to enforce all the laws passed by Congress. If you are looking for a more colloquial reference, try every cop show or procedural in which obstruction is an arrestable offense. Interfering with a federal ... Read more

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