The Manchester Free Press

Saturday • April 19 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XVI

Manchester, N.H.

By What Authority Are We Doing This?

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-03-27 00:00 +0000
This is the fundamental question public officials must ask and answer before taking any official action. If the answer is ‘We don’t know. . .’ then they have a duty to find out! Apparently, such was not the case in the matter of the Town of Danbury Planning Board when they devised and engaged in ... Read more

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Justice For All 3-25-2025

Granite Grok - Thu, 2025-03-27 00:00 +0000
A busy week with lots of news to cover, so please watch! 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 Explains MAGA’s Appeal In A Way Liberals May Finally Understand

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-03-26 22:00 +0000
The D.C. establishment seems confused about why President Donald Trump and his administration are doing so well with American voters. Still, if they had been paying attention, Vice President JD Vance explained this months ago. A post from a left-wing account came across my X feed over the weekend. It included a screenshot of an interview with ... Read more

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Tariffs Tariffs Tariffs!

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-03-26 20:00 +0000
You may have noticed that we pay homage to both sides on the right over several issues. Education freedom accounts for all, zoning, and an Article V convention are currently hot topics dividing the center-right. Assisted suicide and tariffs are also up there. The pro-liberty factions, from conservatives to Libertarians, are free to lob verbal ... Read more

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Legalizing Residential Uses in Commercial Zones …

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-03-26 18:00 +0000
In many areas of New Hampshire it is literally illegal for shop owners, employees and customers to live in an apartment above or next to a business. Yet places that do allow such mixed uses are among the most vibrant and desired areas in the state, for both businesses and residents.  As state and local ... Read more

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Shut Down the Department of Education!

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-03-26 16:00 +0000
President Trump’s executive order from last week titled “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities” could help bring about a major step toward restoring constitutional government and improving education. The executive order directs that the secretary of education, “to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law, take all necessary steps to facilitate ... Read more

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The New Hampshire Legislature is Coming for Your Children

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-03-26 14:00 +0000
The New Hampshire House of Representatives, Committee on Children and Family Law has just recommended HB553 Ought to Pass (OTP).  HB553 does the following: Ÿ  It empowers the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to go into your home for what they think will happen in the future. Ÿ  It makes you guilty unless proven innocent. ... Read more

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Does This Mean Planned Parenthood Is Breaking the Law?

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-03-26 12:00 +0000
Planned Parenthood (PP) does a few things well. It ends pregnancies and chases taxpayer dollars. The organization overpays executives, dumps obscene sums into lobbying to get more tax dollars, and runs as a non-profit NGO that pays no taxes. And it complains about funding. In recent years, it jumped on the drug-our-children-train, offering gender services ... Read more

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Governor Ayotte’s Fast Action on Bail Reform Is a Hopeful Harbinger and a Great Leadership Indicator

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-03-26 10:00 +0000
All too often people get swept up in movements that seem like good ideas at first but turn out to be disasters in practice. New Hampshire’s 2018 bail law is a clear example. The national “bail reform” effort then in vogue had tragic consequences for too many Granite Staters.  Thanks to Governor Kelly Ayotte’s leadership ... Read more

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Internal Emails Reveal Merck’s Negligence in Gardasil Safety Testing

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-03-26 02:00 +0000
landmark lawsuit against Merck is underway in a Los Angeles courtroom, marking the company’s first jury trial over claims it misrepresented the safety of its highly profitable Gardasil HPV vaccine. Newly declassified documents in the trial have revealed troubling details about Merck’s failure to conduct key safety tests. Internal emails reveal that Merck knew its ... Read more

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Dems Face Saving Attempt Blows Up in Their Face

Granite Grok - Wed, 2025-03-26 00:00 +0000
Democrats are in full retreat from the Clean Heat Standard law (Act 18) they passed in 2023. The carbon credit (aka carbon tax) on home heating fuels was and is a policy and political disaster. Vermonters want to see it repealed. Privately, a meaningful chunk of Democrats want to see it repealed. But there is ... Read more

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Granite State Live March 25th, 2025

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-03-25 22:55 +0000
Keith and Teserse talk with education and parental advocate Ann Marie Banfield in Hour One on what dismantling the Federal Dept. of Education could mean for New Hampshire. And is the backlash and destruction against Tesla owners and Elon Musk domestic Terrorism? Contributor Julian Acciard joins the show as well. Plus, the weekly rant, and ... Read more

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On Constitutional Rights and NH Law

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-03-25 22:00 +0000
Growing up homeschooled in New Hampshire meant that after I learned my “ABC’s” and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” my parents quickly taught me the “Preamble Song” by Schoolhouse Rock!. If you’re not familiar with it, the song is – as the title suggests—the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution set to a catchy tune. As the ... Read more

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This Court System Is Not What Our Forefathers Envisioned

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-03-25 20:00 +0000
When our brilliant forefathers got together nearly 250 years ago, they were a collection of the most brilliant men in the land. They not only created a document that was a blueprint for a new government and country but were able to project how that piece of paper would need to endure men and women ... Read more

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NARSOL’s 2025 conference is slated to be held in Grand Rapids, MI on June 26-29

Citizens for Criminal Justice Reform – N.H. - Tue, 2025-03-25 19:21 +0000
We are pleased to Announce that NARSOL’s 2025 conference is slated to be held in Grand Rapids, MI on June 26-29.      Super Early Bird Registration is Open

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Legislature Moves 15 Housing Bills in One Day

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-03-25 18:00 +0000
New Hampshire’s housing shortage, and the price spike that it created, has made housing the No. 1 problem facing the state, according to University of New Hampshire polling. Fixing the state’s housing shortage is such a priority for voters that a 2024 UNH poll found more than 1/3 of voters rating it as the top problem, ... Read more

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A-Hole Caught On Camera Keying A Tesla in New Hampshire

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-03-25 16:00 +0000
Cameras are everywhere, but this a-hol never guessed they’d be on the vehicle he was keying. And he couldn’t find his keys fast enough to do the deed. Busted! This might be a good time to revisit an article from yesterday. I did a quick search for ‘Tesla’ at some local handmaiden media outlets and ... Read more

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If King Charles Offers Trump Membership In Commonwealth, US Should Strongly Consider Joining

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-03-25 14:00 +0000
President Donald Trump recently posted that the U.S. could join the Commonwealth of Nations. The idea is intriguing and one that, once the prejudice against it is sorted through, has tremendously positive implications for America and its members. First, it is important to know what the Commonwealth is not. It is no longer a British organization by power ... Read more

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Kelly Ayotte Puts John Formella In Limbo

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-03-25 12:00 +0000
Limbo, in the theological sense, is a place where souls not condemned to hell await judgment. New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte announced yesterday that she has put AG John Formella in limbo. She needs additional time to evaluate his office before deciding on whether to keep or discard him. CONCORD, NH – Today, Governor Kelly Ayotte’s ... Read more

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I Have “Public Health Event” Questions

Granite Grok - Tue, 2025-03-25 10:00 +0000
I just looked at an event flyer for the 2025 Greater Nashua Public Health Week Kickoff Event on Monday 4/7.  When Grokster Beth Scaer showed it to me, her caption said, “It’s the third year in a row that they have moved the kickoff inside after I attended the kickoff on the city hall plaza ... Read more

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