The Manchester Free Press

Tuesday • December 30 • 2025

Vol.XVIII • No.I

Manchester, N.H.

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MACDONALD: If You Choose To be Ignorant, All The Better

2 hours 7 min ago

Whenever people who have access to power or influence (that includes money) insist that you do not need certain basic skills, you should be suspicious. If they tell you that reading, math, language skills, especially the primary language of the nation in which you live, is racist, discriminatory, or – in today’s example – a ... Read more

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HUTCHISON: Scott Jennings Calls Immigration Trump’s ‘Biggest Promise Fulfilled’ In 2025

4 hours 7 min ago

Harold Hutchison – Daily Caller News Foundation Salem Radio Network host Scott Jennings told “This Week” guest host Jonathan Karl on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s efforts to address illegal immigration represented his “biggest” fulfillment of a campaign promise in 2025. Trump issued multiple executive orders to address illegal immigration Jan. 20, 2025, with some of the orders designating Venezuelan ... Read more

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CARDELLO: It is Not Racist or Islamophobic to be Worried About America

6 hours 7 min ago

I realize I devoted my most recent article to the Islamic invasion of America. Still, I absorbed a plethora of information over the weekend about the depth of the fraud and corruption in Minnesota, and now in Maine, that I feel we cannot cover this situation enough. A friend of ours is from Edina, which is a ... Read more

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Morning Update: Mental Illness

9 hours 7 min ago

Today, on the morning update, mental illness is the go-to excuse for crimes committed by violent repeat offenders, and that needs to end. Links: 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 ... Read more

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SMITH: A NH Paint Tax SQUAD?

11 hours 7 min ago

When someone says “The Squad,” most people think of AOC and three other far-left young women of color in DC, but why should they have a monopoly on those words?  Old white men in NH who call themselves Republicans appear to want in on it.  They just don’t know it.  Look at this fearsome foursome ... Read more

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RON PAUL: A Christmas Gift to the War Machine

18 hours 7 min ago

Late last week, Congress passed, and President Trump signed the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill marks the first time the US military budget officially passed the one trillion dollar mark. Of course, when you add in other military-related spending, such as interest on the debt, veterans’ affairs, and military components of other ... Read more

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GrokTALK!: What Happened to the Word “Conservatism”?

20 hours 7 min ago

This week on GrokTALK! [Rewind] What happened to the word “conservatism”? The Neocons and RINOs wear it like a skin suit, muddying not just its meaning but how the world views people who claim to be conservative. What does it mean, what are its goals, and can we get there from here? Originally aired Jun ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Somali Fraud is Another Dem Campaign Funding Op

Mon, 2025-12-29 22:00 +0000

I can’t say for how long Somali fraud schemes will dominate searches in the real world. That would be, ironically, the internet world, which can tend to be more surreal than real. The supposed media isn’t doing any heavy lifting on these stories if they lift anything at all. Locally, WMUR, News 9, has zero ... Read more

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ORTOLANO: Viewpoint Discrimination in Plain Sight

Mon, 2025-12-29 19:00 +0000

Nashua’s Weaponized Decorum In Nashua, the definition of “civility” is not a fixed principle; it is a sliding scale that depends entirely on who holds the microphone. On August 26, 2021, I used a single vulgar word during a public meeting to describe a City Attorney’s conduct. My frustration was the culmination of a seven-month ... Read more

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Monday Memes

Mon, 2025-12-29 17:00 +0000

Welcome to the last Monday Memes of 2026. No celebration. No best of. That’s be too difficult, since the value of a meme is in the eye of the beholder. Instead, we’ll do what Monday Memes does best. Share more memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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CLINE: Would You Invest in Massachusetts or New Hampshire?

Mon, 2025-12-29 15:00 +0000

If U.S. states were companies that traded on the stock market, the only New England state with a “buy” rating would probably be New Hampshire.  Massachusetts could be called “Big Blue,” the tradition-bound leader cruising on its prior reputation, but falling behind smaller upstarts that have embraced innovation and rapid growth.  New Hampshire would be ... Read more

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Morning Update: Fascism is a Left Wing Ideology Part II

Mon, 2025-12-29 12:00 +0000

Today on the Morning Update, part two of the series exploring and exposing fascism as a decidedly left-wing ideology. Links: 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 to steve@granitegrok.com Please ... Read more

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OPINION: Reclaiming the Antistate Roots of Christmas

Mon, 2025-12-29 10:00 +0000

While Christians the world over look to the celebration as a way to remember the incarnation of Christ, some dismiss it as a Christianized version of the ancient Rome’s Saturnalia. Whatever one’s view happens to be, I humbly suggest that it ought to be used by Christians and non-Christians alike as a reflection upon a collision ... Read more

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PAGE: Vermont Targets Human Trafficking at Massage Parlors

Mon, 2025-12-29 03:00 +0000

Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas says her office is moving to close a regulatory gap that has limited law enforcement’s ability to address suspected human trafficking at massage parlors across the state. Speaking with VDC in an impromptu interview in Montpelier on Tuesday, Dec. 23, Copeland Hanzas said authorities have raised concerns about ... Read more

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The Elsa Kurt Show: Passion, Prep, And High-Stakes Offshore Fishing

Mon, 2025-12-29 01:00 +0000

This week on the Elsa Kurt Show, we invited part of the Taylor Jean crew aboard the show to share how a handful of friends—bankers, builders, and tinkerers—built one of the most respected teams on the offshore tournament circuit. The story starts with a seasick freshwater angler who fell in love under a sky full ... Read more

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MACDONALD: If Black Lives Mattered

Sun, 2025-12-28 22:00 +0000

The Black Lives Matter movement was a massive money laundering operation that got a lot of people excited about doing things that didn’t improve black lives beyond leadership. The lives at the top got rich and moved into white neighborhoods. Everyone else got angry and divisive. In the end, black lives were lost, and some ... Read more

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IMANI: Pro-Iran Prof Shirin Saeidi Hijacked US University to Defend a Regime Butcher

Sun, 2025-12-28 19:00 +0000

For years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been playing a long game on American soil. While the regime chants “Death to America” in the streets of Tehran, their ideological foot soldiers have been quietly embedding themselves in the ivory towers of our universities. But at the University of Arkansas, the mask hasn’t just slipped – it ... Read more

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BOWMAN: Rescuing Our Law

Sun, 2025-12-28 17:00 +0000

Finally, a Fourteenth Amendment challenge makes it to our Supreme Court! This is in line with my long-held belief against these birthright citizenship rulings, which reward every lawbreaker whoseeks for her child to be born in “the land of plenty.” What should have been a Congress-enacted, time-restricted law, ensuring all the rights and freedoms of ... Read more

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CARDELLO: Islam is Not Just Another Religion. It’s a Force

Sun, 2025-12-28 15:00 +0000

Growing up in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in the 50’s and 60’s was a very early education in the impact of various nationalities and religions on a community. There were no walls or boundaries, but each nationality had its own unique section of the city with ethnic grocery stores and churches named after its patron saints. I, ... Read more

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MACDONALD: What The…

Sun, 2025-12-28 12:00 +0000

I have been the beneficiary of praise over the years for being able to produce content like sh!t through a goose. That’s not to say it doesn’t come out the same way when I’ve his schedule or publish, simply that there are times when the conjunction of “what should I write about” and the finished ... Read more

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