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Maine Faces $949.2 Million Budget Shortfall for 2026-2027By Steve Robinson on Oct 02, 2024 05:11 pm
The State of Maine is projected to face a massive shortfall of nearly $1 billion for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the first two years after Gov. Janet Mills (D) will leave office, according to Maine’s budget officer. The $949.2 million shortfall includes a $636.7 million projected deficit in the General Fund and a Highway [...]
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‘This crime is among the worst I have ever seen’: Federal Judge Sentences Lewiston Man to 35-Years in Prison for Child Sexual ExploitationBy Edward Tomic on Oct 03, 2024 08:42 am
A Lewiston man was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Tuesday in a Portland federal court for sexually exploiting a child and possessing child sexual abuse material, a case which the sentencing judge said was “among the worst” she has ever seen. [RELATED: Maine Sex Offender Registrant Accused of Committing Dozens of New Sexual [...]
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What to Know About Maine’s “Office of New Americans”By Michael Soboleski on Oct 02, 2024 04:03 pm
The following article was prepared by the Maine Issues & Action PAC, a political advocacy committee formed by Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips). The opinions expressed below are those of the author. The Office of New Americans State Network is a project of the Washington, D.C.-based American Immigration Council and the New York City-based World Education [...]
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Just 5.5 Percent of Maine College Professors Are Registered GOP — UMaine Law Profs Include Zero RepublicansBy Seamus Othot on Oct 02, 2024 01:43 pm
Only 5.49 of university and college professors working in Maine are registered Republicans, according to an analysis of professorial political affiliations conducted by the Maine Wire. The analysis, which included professors at Maine’s UMaine system campuses as well as Bowdoin, Colby, Bates, Husson, St. Joseph’s College, and Thomas College, found that the majority of professors [...]
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Dem Donors Funded Potentially Illegal Effort To Swing High-Stakes ElectionsBy DCNF on Oct 02, 2024 01:13 pm
An organization under investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation received financial backing from a group of Democratic donors, according to The Associated Press. Patriots Run Project, a group that an AP investigation found is backed by Democratic firms, has recruited conservatives to run against Republicans in competitive House and Senate races. The AP concluded that the recruits, most [...]
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Golden Voted for Blank Check Bailout for EV Makers Before Opposing Mills’ Green MandatesBy Steve Robinson on Oct 02, 2024 01:10 pm
Electric Vehicles (EVs) have become a flashpoint in Maine politics over the past year thanks to an effort by the Mills Administration and left-wing outside groups to impose pro-EV mandates on car dealerships in the state. Those mandates, which Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) considered but narrowly rejected, would have led to Maine adopting [...]
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‘High-Value Target’: Biden-Harris Green Tax Credit Prone To Fraud, Abuse, Gov’t Watchdog FindsBy DCNF on Oct 02, 2024 12:14 pm
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) lax information requirements for recipients of the Biden-Harris administration’s home energy rebates have left the initiative prone to fraud and abuse, according to a report released Monday. President Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act appropriated roughly $4.3 billion in grants for states to implement tax rebate programs with the aim of [...]
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Fire at Orrington Trash Facility Expected to Burn for Days, Potentially Caused by Lithium-Ion BatteryBy Libby Palanza on Oct 02, 2024 11:36 am
A fire broke out Tuesday night around 8:21pm at a trash facility in Orrington, causing Orrington Fire and Rescue to direct everyone in the surrounding areas to keep their windows closed due to the significant smoke that has been generated. Although the fire has now been contained, officials have said that it will take several [...]
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Mills Admin Outlines Recommendations for Meeting State Housing Production Goals by 2030By Libby Palanza on Oct 02, 2024 11:22 am
A September report published by a state-level advisory committee argues that Maine must “incrementally increase the number of housing units it produces per year” in order to reach its production goals by 2030. Following up on the 2023 State of Maine Housing Production Needs Study, this report represents the work of an advisory committee formed [...]
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Lewiston Police Announce Two Large Drug Busts, Six ArrestsBy Edward Tomic on Oct 02, 2024 11:03 am
The Lewiston Police Department on Tuesday announced that they had executed two search warrants, resulting in the seizure of a large amount of illegal drugs and six arrests. [RELATED: Fire Destroys Lewiston Drug Den, Site of Multiple Police Raids…] Lewiston Police say the pair of search warrants are related to ongoing investigations alongside the Maine [...]
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The State of Maine is projected to face a massive shortfall of nearly $1 billion for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the first two years after Gov. Janet Mills (D) will leave office, according to Maine’s budget officer. The $949.2 million shortfall includes a $636.7 million projected deficit in the General Fund and a Highway [...]
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‘This crime is among the worst I have ever seen’: Federal Judge Sentences Lewiston Man to 35-Years in Prison for Child Sexual ExploitationBy Edward Tomic on Oct 03, 2024 08:42 am
A Lewiston man was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Tuesday in a Portland federal court for sexually exploiting a child and possessing child sexual abuse material, a case which the sentencing judge said was “among the worst” she has ever seen. [RELATED: Maine Sex Offender Registrant Accused of Committing Dozens of New Sexual [...]
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What to Know About Maine’s “Office of New Americans”By Michael Soboleski on Oct 02, 2024 04:03 pm
The following article was prepared by the Maine Issues & Action PAC, a political advocacy committee formed by Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips). The opinions expressed below are those of the author. The Office of New Americans State Network is a project of the Washington, D.C.-based American Immigration Council and the New York City-based World Education [...]
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Just 5.5 Percent of Maine College Professors Are Registered GOP — UMaine Law Profs Include Zero RepublicansBy Seamus Othot on Oct 02, 2024 01:43 pm
Only 5.49 of university and college professors working in Maine are registered Republicans, according to an analysis of professorial political affiliations conducted by the Maine Wire. The analysis, which included professors at Maine’s UMaine system campuses as well as Bowdoin, Colby, Bates, Husson, St. Joseph’s College, and Thomas College, found that the majority of professors [...]
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Dem Donors Funded Potentially Illegal Effort To Swing High-Stakes ElectionsBy DCNF on Oct 02, 2024 01:13 pm
An organization under investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation received financial backing from a group of Democratic donors, according to The Associated Press. Patriots Run Project, a group that an AP investigation found is backed by Democratic firms, has recruited conservatives to run against Republicans in competitive House and Senate races. The AP concluded that the recruits, most [...]
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Golden Voted for Blank Check Bailout for EV Makers Before Opposing Mills’ Green MandatesBy Steve Robinson on Oct 02, 2024 01:10 pm
Electric Vehicles (EVs) have become a flashpoint in Maine politics over the past year thanks to an effort by the Mills Administration and left-wing outside groups to impose pro-EV mandates on car dealerships in the state. Those mandates, which Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) considered but narrowly rejected, would have led to Maine adopting [...]
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‘High-Value Target’: Biden-Harris Green Tax Credit Prone To Fraud, Abuse, Gov’t Watchdog FindsBy DCNF on Oct 02, 2024 12:14 pm
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) lax information requirements for recipients of the Biden-Harris administration’s home energy rebates have left the initiative prone to fraud and abuse, according to a report released Monday. President Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act appropriated roughly $4.3 billion in grants for states to implement tax rebate programs with the aim of [...]
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Fire at Orrington Trash Facility Expected to Burn for Days, Potentially Caused by Lithium-Ion BatteryBy Libby Palanza on Oct 02, 2024 11:36 am
A fire broke out Tuesday night around 8:21pm at a trash facility in Orrington, causing Orrington Fire and Rescue to direct everyone in the surrounding areas to keep their windows closed due to the significant smoke that has been generated. Although the fire has now been contained, officials have said that it will take several [...]
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Mills Admin Outlines Recommendations for Meeting State Housing Production Goals by 2030By Libby Palanza on Oct 02, 2024 11:22 am
A September report published by a state-level advisory committee argues that Maine must “incrementally increase the number of housing units it produces per year” in order to reach its production goals by 2030. Following up on the 2023 State of Maine Housing Production Needs Study, this report represents the work of an advisory committee formed [...]
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Lewiston Police Announce Two Large Drug Busts, Six ArrestsBy Edward Tomic on Oct 02, 2024 11:03 am
The Lewiston Police Department on Tuesday announced that they had executed two search warrants, resulting in the seizure of a large amount of illegal drugs and six arrests. [RELATED: Fire Destroys Lewiston Drug Den, Site of Multiple Police Raids…] Lewiston Police say the pair of search warrants are related to ongoing investigations alongside the Maine [...]
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TRUMP/VANCE Flag-waving at YRTC Headquarters
Saturday, October 5th
A flag-waving rally will take place at the YRTC Headquarters from 10am to noon. Flags will be available or BYO.
Campaign signs and other candidate information will be available.
Located at 519 US Route 1, just after York St on Rt 1 Northbound in York.
Saturday, October 5th
A flag-waving rally will take place at the YRTC Headquarters from 10am to noon. Flags will be available or BYO.
Campaign signs and other candidate information will be available.
Located at 519 US Route 1, just after York St on Rt 1 Northbound in York.
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Portland Newspaper Dubs Guy Who Hacked 10-Year-Old Girl with Machete “Maine’s foremost justice advocate”By Steve Robinson on Oct 01, 2024 02:25 pm
The Bollard, a monthly newspaper published in Portland, has dubbed attempted murderer Leo R. Hylton, 34, Maine’s “foremost justice advocate” in an October issue alongside the question, “Who’s Afraid of Leo Hylton?” Hylton (MDOC#70199) is currently housed in Maine State Prison, where he’s slated to remain until July 27, 2050, for robbery, burglary, and attempted [...]
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Maine FOAA Report for 2023: Most Public Records Spats Stem from Local IssuesBy Libby Palanza on Oct 01, 2024 11:57 am
According to the Public Access Ombudsman’s 2023 Report, state-level agencies received nearly three thousand requests under the Maine’s Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) last year. While roughly half of these requests were fulfilled in under five days, about 14 percent took more than two months, with sixteen requests taking more than a year to complete. [...]
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Maine Businesses Brace for New 1% Payroll Tax and Paid Leave MandateBy Libby Palanza on Oct 01, 2024 11:54 am
Businesses throughout Maine are preparing for the state to implement its new payroll tax and a complex series of rules stemming from the newly approved paid family and medical leave program in just a matter of months. Over the summer, Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a budget into law that included, among other things, legislation [...]
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Lewiston Man Admits to Lying for $20k PPP Loan, Faces 20 Years in Prison: DOJBy Edward Tomic on Oct 01, 2024 10:03 am
A Lewiston man pleaded guilty on Friday in a Bangor federal court to filing a fraudulent application to obtain an over $20,000 loan through a COVID-19 pandemic relief program, and now faces up to 20 years in prison. [RELATED: Maine Man “motivated by sheer greed” Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Fraudulently Obtaining Over $1 Million in [...]
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Winthrop School District Facing Nearly $700,000 Shortfall
Maine “Right to Know” Committee Investigation Into “Burdensome” FOAA Request Comes Up Short
Over Half-a-Million Illegal Immigrants Released Into the U.S. Have Criminal History, Including Over 10,000 Convicted of Homicide: ICE Report
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Portland Newspaper Dubs Guy Who Hacked 10-Year-Old Girl with Machete “Maine’s foremost justice advocate”By Steve Robinson on Oct 01, 2024 02:25 pm
The Bollard, a monthly newspaper published in Portland, has dubbed attempted murderer Leo R. Hylton, 34, Maine’s “foremost justice advocate” in an October issue alongside the question, “Who’s Afraid of Leo Hylton?” Hylton (MDOC#70199) is currently housed in Maine State Prison, where he’s slated to remain until July 27, 2050, for robbery, burglary, and attempted [...]
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Maine FOAA Report for 2023: Most Public Records Spats Stem from Local IssuesBy Libby Palanza on Oct 01, 2024 11:57 am
According to the Public Access Ombudsman’s 2023 Report, state-level agencies received nearly three thousand requests under the Maine’s Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) last year. While roughly half of these requests were fulfilled in under five days, about 14 percent took more than two months, with sixteen requests taking more than a year to complete. [...]
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Maine Businesses Brace for New 1% Payroll Tax and Paid Leave MandateBy Libby Palanza on Oct 01, 2024 11:54 am
Businesses throughout Maine are preparing for the state to implement its new payroll tax and a complex series of rules stemming from the newly approved paid family and medical leave program in just a matter of months. Over the summer, Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a budget into law that included, among other things, legislation [...]
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Lewiston Man Admits to Lying for $20k PPP Loan, Faces 20 Years in Prison: DOJBy Edward Tomic on Oct 01, 2024 10:03 am
A Lewiston man pleaded guilty on Friday in a Bangor federal court to filing a fraudulent application to obtain an over $20,000 loan through a COVID-19 pandemic relief program, and now faces up to 20 years in prison. [RELATED: Maine Man “motivated by sheer greed” Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Fraudulently Obtaining Over $1 Million in [...]
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Maine “Right to Know” Committee Investigation Into “Burdensome” FOAA Request Comes Up Short
Over Half-a-Million Illegal Immigrants Released Into the U.S. Have Criminal History, Including Over 10,000 Convicted of Homicide: ICE Report
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At World Economic Forum, John Kerry Calls for End to American Freedom of SpeechBy Seamus Othot on Sep 30, 2024 03:57 pm
President Joe Biden’s specially selected Envoy for Climate, former Mass. Senator and failed presidential candidate John Kerry, wants a way to curb free speech and has suggested that the next administration should end or alter the First Amendment. [RELATED: Regulation of Social Media Censorship Sent Back to Lower Courts by SCOTUS…] “If people go to [..]
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Director of Ugandan Refugee Organization Shares Perspective on Migrant Resettlement in US, Funding of Refugees Abroad: InterviewBy Edward Tomic on Sep 30, 2024 03:45 pm
What started in 2008 as a small school for orphaned refugees living in Uganda is an operation that now provides education, accommodations, and medical care to over 1,300 refugees and vulnerable children who fled unstable and dangerous conditions in nearby East African countries. In this interview, the Maine Wire speaks with Byaruhanga Godfrey, or Pastor [...]
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Winthrop School District Facing Nearly $700,000 ShortfallBy Libby Palanza on Sep 30, 2024 03:24 pm
The Winthrop School District is facing a nearly $700,000 budget deficit for the current school year. According to Winthrop Superintendent Becky Foley, this is due an overestimation of how much funding would be left over from last year, as well as a lack of adequate funding to cover the current year’s expenses. Taken together, the [...]
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Maine “Right to Know” Committee Investigation Into “Burdensome” FOAA Request Comes Up ShortBy Libby Palanza on Sep 30, 2024 03:21 pm
Maine’s Right to Know Advisory Committee (RTKAC) — a government body designed to advise on government transparency and public record requests — has concluded its review of “burdensome” uses of Maine’s Freedom of Access Act (FOAA). Although the investigation began as an attempt to identify ways in which Maine’s government transparency law was being abused, [...]
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Over Half-a-Million Illegal Immigrants Released Into the U.S. Have Criminal History, Including Over 10,000 Convicted of Homicide: ICE ReportBy Seamus Othot on Sep 30, 2024 03:19 pm
More than half a million illegal immigrants with pending immigration cases with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have a criminal history, with tens of thousands convicted of sexual assault or murder. “There were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE’s docket, which includes those detained by ICE and on the agency’s non-detained docket. Of [...]
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Member of Portland Schools’ Redistricting Committee Suggests Minimizing School Choice to Increase DiversityBy Edward Tomic on Sep 30, 2024 07:50 am
A member of a Portland Public Schools committee charged with redrawing the school district’s attendance boundaries in order to address “demographic disparities” suggested at a meeting this Thursday that the district should try to minimize school choice in order to increase diversity across Portland schools. [RELATED: Equity: Portland Schools to Consider Redrawing Enrollment Boundaries to [...]
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Restorative Justice: Homeless Man, Previously Charged with Portland Machete and Knife Attacks, Arrested Again for Assault, Burglary
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President Joe Biden’s specially selected Envoy for Climate, former Mass. Senator and failed presidential candidate John Kerry, wants a way to curb free speech and has suggested that the next administration should end or alter the First Amendment. [RELATED: Regulation of Social Media Censorship Sent Back to Lower Courts by SCOTUS…] “If people go to [..]
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Director of Ugandan Refugee Organization Shares Perspective on Migrant Resettlement in US, Funding of Refugees Abroad: InterviewBy Edward Tomic on Sep 30, 2024 03:45 pm
What started in 2008 as a small school for orphaned refugees living in Uganda is an operation that now provides education, accommodations, and medical care to over 1,300 refugees and vulnerable children who fled unstable and dangerous conditions in nearby East African countries. In this interview, the Maine Wire speaks with Byaruhanga Godfrey, or Pastor [...]
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Winthrop School District Facing Nearly $700,000 ShortfallBy Libby Palanza on Sep 30, 2024 03:24 pm
The Winthrop School District is facing a nearly $700,000 budget deficit for the current school year. According to Winthrop Superintendent Becky Foley, this is due an overestimation of how much funding would be left over from last year, as well as a lack of adequate funding to cover the current year’s expenses. Taken together, the [...]
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Maine “Right to Know” Committee Investigation Into “Burdensome” FOAA Request Comes Up ShortBy Libby Palanza on Sep 30, 2024 03:21 pm
Maine’s Right to Know Advisory Committee (RTKAC) — a government body designed to advise on government transparency and public record requests — has concluded its review of “burdensome” uses of Maine’s Freedom of Access Act (FOAA). Although the investigation began as an attempt to identify ways in which Maine’s government transparency law was being abused, [...]
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Over Half-a-Million Illegal Immigrants Released Into the U.S. Have Criminal History, Including Over 10,000 Convicted of Homicide: ICE ReportBy Seamus Othot on Sep 30, 2024 03:19 pm
More than half a million illegal immigrants with pending immigration cases with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have a criminal history, with tens of thousands convicted of sexual assault or murder. “There were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE’s docket, which includes those detained by ICE and on the agency’s non-detained docket. Of [...]
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Member of Portland Schools’ Redistricting Committee Suggests Minimizing School Choice to Increase DiversityBy Edward Tomic on Sep 30, 2024 07:50 am
A member of a Portland Public Schools committee charged with redrawing the school district’s attendance boundaries in order to address “demographic disparities” suggested at a meeting this Thursday that the district should try to minimize school choice in order to increase diversity across Portland schools. [RELATED: Equity: Portland Schools to Consider Redrawing Enrollment Boundaries to [...]
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State Police in Maine, Vermont Detain Investigative Journalist James O’Keefe
“Independent” Angus King Issues Ringing Endorsement of Kamala Harris
Restorative Justice: Homeless Man, Previously Charged with Portland Machete and Knife Attacks, Arrested Again for Assault, Burglary
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Hack-o-Rama: Longtime Dem, Gov Employee Hired in $121k per Year Role as Maine ‘Green Schools Director’By Edward Tomic on Sep 27, 2024 04:25 pm
A longtime Democratic politician and government employee has been hired in a $121,000-a-year position at the Maine Department of Education (Maine DOE) as the state’s first “green schools director.” [RELATED: Mills Admin Discloses Payments to Press Herald for Publishing Positive Articles on Maine Public Schools, DOE Spending…] Glenn Cummings, former president of the University of [...]
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State Police in Maine, Vermont Detain Investigative Journalist James O’KeefeBy Seamus Othot on Sep 27, 2024 04:23 pm
The Vermont State Police and the Maine State Police both detained investigative journalist James O’Keefe while he was investigating a whistleblower report at the northern border, O’Keefe said during a recent live show with Tucker Carlson. [RELATED: Biden-Harris Admin Will Expedite Asylum Seeker Processing at U.S.-Canada Border: DHS…] “So I go up there this weekend [...]
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“Independent” Angus King Issues Ringing Endorsement of Kamala HarrisBy Seamus Othot on Sep 27, 2024 04:18 pm
U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who has for years fashioned himself as an “independent” or a “moderate” despite backing exclusively left-wing Democratic Party policies, issued a ringing endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. [RELATED: Angus King Invokes Genghis Khan in Renewed Call for Increased DoD Focus on Laser Beams…] “She [Vice President Harris] is passionate [...]
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Restorative Justice: Homeless Man, Previously Charged with Portland Machete and Knife Attacks, Arrested Again for Assault, BurglaryBy Edward Tomic on Sep 27, 2024 02:28 pm
A homeless man who earlier this year was charged with assaulting people with a machete, and who a month ago was arrested for an alleged knife attack in a Portland park, this week was arrested yet again on charges of assault and burglary. [RELATED: Homeless Machete Attacker — Released from Maine Jail — Arrested Again [...]
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Trump Calls Out Pelosi for Latest Insider Trading ControversyBy Seamus Othot on Sep 27, 2024 01:55 pm
Former President Donald Trump called for criminal charges to be brought against U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for insider trading after her husband dumped shares of Visa stock months before the Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled a lawsuit against the company. [RELATED: Congressional Corruption: Pelosi Profits from Shady Nvidia Stock Trading…] “Nancy Pelosi sold vast [...]
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A longtime Democratic politician and government employee has been hired in a $121,000-a-year position at the Maine Department of Education (Maine DOE) as the state’s first “green schools director.” [RELATED: Mills Admin Discloses Payments to Press Herald for Publishing Positive Articles on Maine Public Schools, DOE Spending…] Glenn Cummings, former president of the University of [...]
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State Police in Maine, Vermont Detain Investigative Journalist James O’KeefeBy Seamus Othot on Sep 27, 2024 04:23 pm
The Vermont State Police and the Maine State Police both detained investigative journalist James O’Keefe while he was investigating a whistleblower report at the northern border, O’Keefe said during a recent live show with Tucker Carlson. [RELATED: Biden-Harris Admin Will Expedite Asylum Seeker Processing at U.S.-Canada Border: DHS…] “So I go up there this weekend [...]
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“Independent” Angus King Issues Ringing Endorsement of Kamala HarrisBy Seamus Othot on Sep 27, 2024 04:18 pm
U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who has for years fashioned himself as an “independent” or a “moderate” despite backing exclusively left-wing Democratic Party policies, issued a ringing endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. [RELATED: Angus King Invokes Genghis Khan in Renewed Call for Increased DoD Focus on Laser Beams…] “She [Vice President Harris] is passionate [...]
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Restorative Justice: Homeless Man, Previously Charged with Portland Machete and Knife Attacks, Arrested Again for Assault, BurglaryBy Edward Tomic on Sep 27, 2024 02:28 pm
A homeless man who earlier this year was charged with assaulting people with a machete, and who a month ago was arrested for an alleged knife attack in a Portland park, this week was arrested yet again on charges of assault and burglary. [RELATED: Homeless Machete Attacker — Released from Maine Jail — Arrested Again [...]
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Trump Calls Out Pelosi for Latest Insider Trading ControversyBy Seamus Othot on Sep 27, 2024 01:55 pm
Former President Donald Trump called for criminal charges to be brought against U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for insider trading after her husband dumped shares of Visa stock months before the Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled a lawsuit against the company. [RELATED: Congressional Corruption: Pelosi Profits from Shady Nvidia Stock Trading…] “Nancy Pelosi sold vast [...]
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City of Portland Set to Conduct Revaluation of Residential Properties for FY26
Progressive DA Touts 5-Year Sentence for Mainer Convicted of Manslaughter (Still no Charges in Deadly Crash Caused by Illegal Alien)
Westbrook Police Arrest Two Suspects Accused of String of Package Thefts Targeting Senior Living Facility
Shock Election Forecast Gives Trump 11 Point Lead Over Harris
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Congress Kicks Fiscal Can Past Election with Another Short Term Funding Bill: No SAVE ActBy Libby Palanza on Sep 26, 2024 05:49 pm
The U.S. Congress approved a Continuing Resolution this week that will provide ninety days worth of funding for the government, averting a shutdown through December 20. In addition to keeping the government funded for a few months, this bill also includes $231 million for the Secret Service in the wake of a second attempt on [...]
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City of Portland Set to Conduct Revaluation of Residential Properties for FY26By Libby Palanza on Sep 26, 2024 05:39 pm
The City of Portland is set to conduct a revaluation of residential properties over the course of next year, the figures from which will be used to calculate property taxes beginning in FY26. Revaluations will continue to be conducted every two years until 2031 in order to “help preserve equity in tax assessments.” The City [...]
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Progressive DA Touts 5-Year Sentence for Mainer Convicted of Manslaughter (Still no Charges in Deadly Crash Caused by Illegal Alien)By Edward Tomic on Sep 26, 2024 05:38 pm
York County District Attorney Kathryn Slattery (D) this week touted the sentencing of a Maine man convicted of manslaughter in connection to a January 2021 fatal crash on the Maine Turnpike. District Attorney Slattery’s announcement comes over five months after an illegal alien caused a car crash on I-95 in Wells this April that left [...]
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Westbrook Police Arrest Two Suspects Accused of String of Package Thefts Targeting Senior Living FacilityBy Edward Tomic on Sep 26, 2024 04:42 pm
An investigation into a string of over 20 package thefts from a Westbrook senior citizen living facility has led to the arrest of two suspects, police announced Thursday. Westbrook Police say that they have been investigating over 20 recent reports of packages being stolen from the senior living facility. As a result of their investigation, [...]
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Shock Election Forecast Gives Trump 11 Point Lead Over HarrisBy Seamus Othot on Sep 26, 2024 04:40 pm
Former President Donald Trump has a nearly 11-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris, according to an eye-popping new analysis from the British outlet The Daily Mail. “State-by-state numbers all show the Blue Wall of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan tilting towards Trump, giving him the overall advantage when it comes to winning the White House,” said the Daily Mail. The analysis [...]
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Biden Backs Anti-Fracking UN Agenda While Harris Promises Not to Ban FrackingBy Seamus Othot on Sep 26, 2024 01:00 pm
The Biden-Harris Administration signed on to a radical United Nations agenda calling for zero-carbon emissions and an end to fossil fuels. The move is seemingly at odds with Vice President Kamala Harris’s more recent attempts to moderate her prior positions on climate regulations as the Democratic presidential nominee, such as her previous support for a [...]
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Janet Mills, Champion of Pandemic Lockdowns, to Join US Surgeon General for Panel on Dangers of ‘loneliness and isolation’By Edward Tomic on Sep 26, 2024 10:34 am
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D), who during the COVID-19 pandemic implemented stringent prohibitions on public gatherings and stay-at-home directives, will be joining the U.S. Surgeon General for a discussion on the danger that “loneliness and isolation” pose to public health. The panel discussion, entitled “Building Resilience Through Human Connection,” is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 27, [...]
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Tim Walz Says Americans “Can’t Afford Four More Years of This”
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The U.S. Congress approved a Continuing Resolution this week that will provide ninety days worth of funding for the government, averting a shutdown through December 20. In addition to keeping the government funded for a few months, this bill also includes $231 million for the Secret Service in the wake of a second attempt on [...]
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City of Portland Set to Conduct Revaluation of Residential Properties for FY26By Libby Palanza on Sep 26, 2024 05:39 pm
The City of Portland is set to conduct a revaluation of residential properties over the course of next year, the figures from which will be used to calculate property taxes beginning in FY26. Revaluations will continue to be conducted every two years until 2031 in order to “help preserve equity in tax assessments.” The City [...]
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Progressive DA Touts 5-Year Sentence for Mainer Convicted of Manslaughter (Still no Charges in Deadly Crash Caused by Illegal Alien)By Edward Tomic on Sep 26, 2024 05:38 pm
York County District Attorney Kathryn Slattery (D) this week touted the sentencing of a Maine man convicted of manslaughter in connection to a January 2021 fatal crash on the Maine Turnpike. District Attorney Slattery’s announcement comes over five months after an illegal alien caused a car crash on I-95 in Wells this April that left [...]
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Westbrook Police Arrest Two Suspects Accused of String of Package Thefts Targeting Senior Living FacilityBy Edward Tomic on Sep 26, 2024 04:42 pm
An investigation into a string of over 20 package thefts from a Westbrook senior citizen living facility has led to the arrest of two suspects, police announced Thursday. Westbrook Police say that they have been investigating over 20 recent reports of packages being stolen from the senior living facility. As a result of their investigation, [...]
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Shock Election Forecast Gives Trump 11 Point Lead Over HarrisBy Seamus Othot on Sep 26, 2024 04:40 pm
Former President Donald Trump has a nearly 11-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris, according to an eye-popping new analysis from the British outlet The Daily Mail. “State-by-state numbers all show the Blue Wall of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan tilting towards Trump, giving him the overall advantage when it comes to winning the White House,” said the Daily Mail. The analysis [...]
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Biden Backs Anti-Fracking UN Agenda While Harris Promises Not to Ban FrackingBy Seamus Othot on Sep 26, 2024 01:00 pm
The Biden-Harris Administration signed on to a radical United Nations agenda calling for zero-carbon emissions and an end to fossil fuels. The move is seemingly at odds with Vice President Kamala Harris’s more recent attempts to moderate her prior positions on climate regulations as the Democratic presidential nominee, such as her previous support for a [...]
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Janet Mills, Champion of Pandemic Lockdowns, to Join US Surgeon General for Panel on Dangers of ‘loneliness and isolation’By Edward Tomic on Sep 26, 2024 10:34 am
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D), who during the COVID-19 pandemic implemented stringent prohibitions on public gatherings and stay-at-home directives, will be joining the U.S. Surgeon General for a discussion on the danger that “loneliness and isolation” pose to public health. The panel discussion, entitled “Building Resilience Through Human Connection,” is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 27, [...]
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Tim Walz Says Americans “Can’t Afford Four More Years of This”
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Mass. Cops Bust Big Illegal Marijuana Grow in HampdenBy Steve Robinson on Sep 25, 2024 05:38 pm
The Hampden Police Department in Massachusetts busted a large-scale illegal marijuana growing operation on Tuesday. Hampden Police Department along with Massachusetts State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) found more than 1,000 after executing a search warrant at the property, according to WWLP. The property — located at 41 Thresher Road — was purchased [...]
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Tim Walz Says Americans “Can’t Afford Four More Years of This”By Seamus Othot on Sep 25, 2024 05:21 pm
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) went viral on Saturday after claiming that Americans “can’t afford four more years of this.” [RELATED: Bidenomics: Inflation Soars as DC Plans More Spending…] The comment quickly backfired after conservatives pointed out that Vice President Kamala Harris has been in power for the past two years, not [...]
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Lewiston Police Respond to Two Shootings, Multi-Vehicle Crash in Single EveningBy Edward Tomic on Sep 25, 2024 03:23 pm
Lewiston was rocked by a series of violent incidents Tuesday evening, with police responding to two separate reports of gunfire and a hit-and-run that ended in the arrest of a recently released suspect from Auburn. [RELATED: Lewiston Grapples with Gun Violence Surge after Two More Shootings in Less Than Two Weeks…] The first call came [...]
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South Portland to Spend $1 million+ Helping Migrants Pay Rent, Buy Food — While Recommending Seniors Reverse Mortgage Homes to Pay TaxesBy Edward Tomic on Sep 25, 2024 03:15 pm
While the mayor of South Portland recently recommended that elderly residents reverse mortgage their homes to handle a growing property tax burden, the City Council approved over $1 million in their fiscal year 2025 (FY25) budget to be spent on assisting migrants in the city pay for housing and buy food. Those seniors have also [...]
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Lisbon Man With Multiple Previous State Convictions for Possessing Child Pornography Pleads Guilty to Federal ChargeBy Edward Tomic on Sep 25, 2024 03:02 pm
A Lisbon man with multiple previous state convictions for possessing and distributing child pornography pleaded guilty this week to a new federal charge of possessing child sexual abuse material, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine announced Monday. Joseph Gibson, 36, of Lisbon, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland to [...]
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Federal Judge Rules that Catholic Employers Won’t Need to Comply with Federal Abortion RegulationsBy Seamus Othot on Sep 25, 2024 02:59 pm
In a win for religious freedom, a federal judge has ruled that the government cannot force Catholic employers to pay for and support employees receiving abortions. [RELATED: New England’s Top Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Clinic Operator Projects $8.6 Million Deficit Over Next Three Years…] U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor issued a preliminary injunction on Monday, preventing enforcement [...]
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Cardinal Dolan Chides Kamala Harris for Skipping Al Smith Dinner: “Walter Mondale turned down the invitation”By Seamus Othot on Sep 25, 2024 02:44 pm
New York Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan went viral with a statement calling out Vice President Kamala Harris for her plan to skip a charity dinner typically attended by presidential nominees. Dolan, with a smile, noted that Democrat Walter Mondale was the last presidential candidate to turn down the invitation — before losing the Electoral College [...]
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Trust Issues: Maine Gov Hands Taxpayer-funded Payoff to Soros-backed “Trust for Local News”By Steve Robinson on Sep 24, 2024 06:57 pm
The Mills Administration has taken the unusual step of channeling $117,300 in taxpayer dollars to the Maine Trust for Local News, the operator of Maine’s most sympathetic far-left content publishers. These payments were not delivered in an envelope stuffed with cash at a smoky bar but via a no-bid contract, as disclosed on the state’s [...]
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MDOL Recovers Over $20,000 in Owed Wages, Liquidated Damages, and PenaltiesBy Libby Palanza on Sep 24, 2024 03:41 pm
The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) announced Monday that it has negotiated the recovery of over $20,000 owed collectively to 22 workers across three companies. A combined $7,915.22 was recovered in owed wages and liquidated damages for seven workers at Law Calibration, LLC in Saco. $655.38 in wages and $1,310.76 in liquidated damages was recovered [...]
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Walz Subjected Veterans, Teachers To Racially Segregated Programs As Minnesota GovernorBy DCNF on Sep 24, 2024 02:35 pm
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz’s Department of Education and Department of Veterans Affairs held programs segregated by race and sexuality during his tenure as Minnesota governor. Under Walz, Minnesota’s Department of Veterans Affairs between 2022 and 2023 advertised a series of training sessions to racial minority veterans on how to address homelessness among those [...]
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The Hampden Police Department in Massachusetts busted a large-scale illegal marijuana growing operation on Tuesday. Hampden Police Department along with Massachusetts State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) found more than 1,000 after executing a search warrant at the property, according to WWLP. The property — located at 41 Thresher Road — was purchased [...]
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Tim Walz Says Americans “Can’t Afford Four More Years of This”By Seamus Othot on Sep 25, 2024 05:21 pm
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) went viral on Saturday after claiming that Americans “can’t afford four more years of this.” [RELATED: Bidenomics: Inflation Soars as DC Plans More Spending…] The comment quickly backfired after conservatives pointed out that Vice President Kamala Harris has been in power for the past two years, not [...]
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Lewiston Police Respond to Two Shootings, Multi-Vehicle Crash in Single EveningBy Edward Tomic on Sep 25, 2024 03:23 pm
Lewiston was rocked by a series of violent incidents Tuesday evening, with police responding to two separate reports of gunfire and a hit-and-run that ended in the arrest of a recently released suspect from Auburn. [RELATED: Lewiston Grapples with Gun Violence Surge after Two More Shootings in Less Than Two Weeks…] The first call came [...]
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South Portland to Spend $1 million+ Helping Migrants Pay Rent, Buy Food — While Recommending Seniors Reverse Mortgage Homes to Pay TaxesBy Edward Tomic on Sep 25, 2024 03:15 pm
While the mayor of South Portland recently recommended that elderly residents reverse mortgage their homes to handle a growing property tax burden, the City Council approved over $1 million in their fiscal year 2025 (FY25) budget to be spent on assisting migrants in the city pay for housing and buy food. Those seniors have also [...]
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Lisbon Man With Multiple Previous State Convictions for Possessing Child Pornography Pleads Guilty to Federal ChargeBy Edward Tomic on Sep 25, 2024 03:02 pm
A Lisbon man with multiple previous state convictions for possessing and distributing child pornography pleaded guilty this week to a new federal charge of possessing child sexual abuse material, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine announced Monday. Joseph Gibson, 36, of Lisbon, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland to [...]
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Federal Judge Rules that Catholic Employers Won’t Need to Comply with Federal Abortion RegulationsBy Seamus Othot on Sep 25, 2024 02:59 pm
In a win for religious freedom, a federal judge has ruled that the government cannot force Catholic employers to pay for and support employees receiving abortions. [RELATED: New England’s Top Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Clinic Operator Projects $8.6 Million Deficit Over Next Three Years…] U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor issued a preliminary injunction on Monday, preventing enforcement [...]
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Cardinal Dolan Chides Kamala Harris for Skipping Al Smith Dinner: “Walter Mondale turned down the invitation”By Seamus Othot on Sep 25, 2024 02:44 pm
New York Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan went viral with a statement calling out Vice President Kamala Harris for her plan to skip a charity dinner typically attended by presidential nominees. Dolan, with a smile, noted that Democrat Walter Mondale was the last presidential candidate to turn down the invitation — before losing the Electoral College [...]
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Trust Issues: Maine Gov Hands Taxpayer-funded Payoff to Soros-backed “Trust for Local News”By Steve Robinson on Sep 24, 2024 06:57 pm
The Mills Administration has taken the unusual step of channeling $117,300 in taxpayer dollars to the Maine Trust for Local News, the operator of Maine’s most sympathetic far-left content publishers. These payments were not delivered in an envelope stuffed with cash at a smoky bar but via a no-bid contract, as disclosed on the state’s [...]
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MDOL Recovers Over $20,000 in Owed Wages, Liquidated Damages, and PenaltiesBy Libby Palanza on Sep 24, 2024 03:41 pm
The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) announced Monday that it has negotiated the recovery of over $20,000 owed collectively to 22 workers across three companies. A combined $7,915.22 was recovered in owed wages and liquidated damages for seven workers at Law Calibration, LLC in Saco. $655.38 in wages and $1,310.76 in liquidated damages was recovered [...]
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Walz Subjected Veterans, Teachers To Racially Segregated Programs As Minnesota GovernorBy DCNF on Sep 24, 2024 02:35 pm
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz’s Department of Education and Department of Veterans Affairs held programs segregated by race and sexuality during his tenure as Minnesota governor. Under Walz, Minnesota’s Department of Veterans Affairs between 2022 and 2023 advertised a series of training sessions to racial minority veterans on how to address homelessness among those [...]
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Trust Issues: Maine Gov Hands Taxpayer-funded Payoff to Soros-backed “Trust for Local News”By Steve Robinson on Sep 24, 2024 06:57 pm
The Mills Administration has taken the unusual step of channeling $117,300 in taxpayer dollars to the Maine Trust for Local News, the operator of Maine’s most sympathetic far-left content publishers. These payments were not delivered in an envelope stuffed with cash at a smoky bar but via a no-bid contract, as disclosed on the state’s [...]
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MDOL Recovers Over $20,000 in Owed Wages, Liquidated Damages, and PenaltiesBy Libby Palanza on Sep 24, 2024 03:41 pm
The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) announced Monday that it has negotiated the recovery of over $20,000 owed collectively to 22 workers across three companies. A combined $7,915.22 was recovered in owed wages and liquidated damages for seven workers at Law Calibration, LLC in Saco. $655.38 in wages and $1,310.76 in liquidated damages was recovered [...]
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Walz Subjected Veterans, Teachers To Racially Segregated Programs As Minnesota GovernorBy DCNF on Sep 24, 2024 02:35 pm
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz’s Department of Education and Department of Veterans Affairs held programs segregated by race and sexuality during his tenure as Minnesota governor. Under Walz, Minnesota’s Department of Veterans Affairs between 2022 and 2023 advertised a series of training sessions to racial minority veterans on how to address homelessness among those [...]
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Foreign Interference: Zelenskyy Campaigns for Harris While on U.S. VisitBy Seamus Othot on Sep 24, 2024 02:28 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced his opposition to former Republican President Donald Trump shortly before flying to America and cozying up to top Democrats. [RELATED: Ukrainian NGO Linked to U.S. State Department Publishes List of Americans Deemed Enemies of Ukraine…] The New Yorker magazine published an interview on Sunday in which Zelenskyy bashed President Trump [...]
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Angus King and Jerry Moran Introduce Legislation Aimed at Increasing Rental Housing in Rural AreasBy Libby Palanza on Sep 24, 2024 02:18 pm
U.S. Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) have introduced the Farmhouse-to-Workforce Housing Act, a piece of legislation aimed at increasing the housing stock in rural parts of the country. If approved, this bill would expand the existing Housing Preservation Grants (HPG) program to include the construction of an attached apartment unit or a [...]
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70% of Maine Police Departments Use Body-Worn Cameras, 21% Are Considering It: MSAC ReportBy Libby Palanza on Sep 24, 2024 02:10 pm
Maine Statistical Analysis Center (MSAC) released a report Monday on the use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) among police departments throughout the state, revealing that the nearly all police departments throughout the state are either utilizing this technology or considering doing so. The group did, however, expressly recommend against pursuing state-mandated BWC adoption, instead suggesting that [...]
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Portland Vandals Paint Elementary School with Swastikas, Target Jewish Lawyer Following Israel Divestment VoteBy Steve Robinson on Sep 24, 2024 11:35 am
Following the Portland City Council’s unanimous vote to divest public funds from companies that do business with Israel, the law office of a Jewish attorney was vandalized — for the second time in a year — and vandals painted a local elementary school with swastikas. So far, there have no official statements about the anti-Israel [...]
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Portland Press Herald: Did Trump Fake 2nd Assassination Attempt?By Steve Robinson on Sep 24, 2024 08:45 am
The Portland Press Herald, one of Maine’s news websites, published a letter Sunday asking whether former President Donald Trump faked the second attempt on his life in order to raise campaign donations. “Is it possible that he staged the latest event to bamboozle gullible supporters into giving him even more cash?” asked Leonard Freeman of [...]
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Trust Issues: Maine Gov Hands Taxpayer-funded Payoff to Soros-backed “Trust for Local News”By Steve Robinson on Sep 24, 2024 06:57 pm
The Mills Administration has taken the unusual step of channeling $117,300 in taxpayer dollars to the Maine Trust for Local News, the operator of Maine’s most sympathetic far-left content publishers. These payments were not delivered in an envelope stuffed with cash at a smoky bar but via a no-bid contract, as disclosed on the state’s [...]
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MDOL Recovers Over $20,000 in Owed Wages, Liquidated Damages, and PenaltiesBy Libby Palanza on Sep 24, 2024 03:41 pm
The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) announced Monday that it has negotiated the recovery of over $20,000 owed collectively to 22 workers across three companies. A combined $7,915.22 was recovered in owed wages and liquidated damages for seven workers at Law Calibration, LLC in Saco. $655.38 in wages and $1,310.76 in liquidated damages was recovered [...]
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Walz Subjected Veterans, Teachers To Racially Segregated Programs As Minnesota GovernorBy DCNF on Sep 24, 2024 02:35 pm
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz’s Department of Education and Department of Veterans Affairs held programs segregated by race and sexuality during his tenure as Minnesota governor. Under Walz, Minnesota’s Department of Veterans Affairs between 2022 and 2023 advertised a series of training sessions to racial minority veterans on how to address homelessness among those [...]
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Foreign Interference: Zelenskyy Campaigns for Harris While on U.S. VisitBy Seamus Othot on Sep 24, 2024 02:28 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced his opposition to former Republican President Donald Trump shortly before flying to America and cozying up to top Democrats. [RELATED: Ukrainian NGO Linked to U.S. State Department Publishes List of Americans Deemed Enemies of Ukraine…] The New Yorker magazine published an interview on Sunday in which Zelenskyy bashed President Trump [...]
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Angus King and Jerry Moran Introduce Legislation Aimed at Increasing Rental Housing in Rural AreasBy Libby Palanza on Sep 24, 2024 02:18 pm
U.S. Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) have introduced the Farmhouse-to-Workforce Housing Act, a piece of legislation aimed at increasing the housing stock in rural parts of the country. If approved, this bill would expand the existing Housing Preservation Grants (HPG) program to include the construction of an attached apartment unit or a [...]
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70% of Maine Police Departments Use Body-Worn Cameras, 21% Are Considering It: MSAC ReportBy Libby Palanza on Sep 24, 2024 02:10 pm
Maine Statistical Analysis Center (MSAC) released a report Monday on the use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) among police departments throughout the state, revealing that the nearly all police departments throughout the state are either utilizing this technology or considering doing so. The group did, however, expressly recommend against pursuing state-mandated BWC adoption, instead suggesting that [...]
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Portland Vandals Paint Elementary School with Swastikas, Target Jewish Lawyer Following Israel Divestment VoteBy Steve Robinson on Sep 24, 2024 11:35 am
Following the Portland City Council’s unanimous vote to divest public funds from companies that do business with Israel, the law office of a Jewish attorney was vandalized — for the second time in a year — and vandals painted a local elementary school with swastikas. So far, there have no official statements about the anti-Israel [...]
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Portland Press Herald: Did Trump Fake 2nd Assassination Attempt?By Steve Robinson on Sep 24, 2024 08:45 am
The Portland Press Herald, one of Maine’s news websites, published a letter Sunday asking whether former President Donald Trump faked the second attempt on his life in order to raise campaign donations. “Is it possible that he staged the latest event to bamboozle gullible supporters into giving him even more cash?” asked Leonard Freeman of [...]
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Mills Admin Discloses Payments to Press Herald for Publishing Positive Articles on Maine Public Schools, DOE SpendingBy Edward Tomic on Sep 23, 2024 04:48 pm
The Mills administration has paid $120,000 to the Maine Trust for Local News (MTLN), the nonprofit that owns the Portland Press Herald and the Lewiston Sun Journal, to publish state-sponsored articles praising the Mills administration’s use of federal education dollars. The articles are intended to bolster “goodwill” toward the state’s public school system and the [...]
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Review: Triad Weed is a Crazy Story You Can Only Ignore at Your Peril – Sam PattenBy Sam Patten on Sep 23, 2024 04:14 pm
Editor’s Note: We’re aware of the moral hazard inherent in publishing a positive review of a documentary produced by the Maine Wire at TheMaineWire.com. To address any concerns, we’ve decided to double Mr. Patten’s usual fee. It doesn’t take a groundbreaking documentary to tell you we live in crazy times, but The Maine Wire’s Triad [...]
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Home Prices in Maine Are 7.53% More Expensive Than Last YearBy Libby Palanza on Sep 23, 2024 04:02 pm
Maine homes are 7.53 percent more expensive than they were in August of 2023 — now reaching a median sale price of $400,000 — according to data from the Maine Association of Realtors. The number of homes sold has increased slightly since last year, rising 1.66 percent from 1,510 to 1,535. Although the available housing [...]
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$90,000 in Drugs, Firearms Seized in Major Raid at Brownfield Residence, Felon Arrested on Multiple ChargesBy Edward Tomic on Sep 23, 2024 03:58 pm
A Brownfield man was arrested on multiple drug and firearm charges following a raid conducted by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and Maine State Police at his residence on Wednesday. During the raid authorities seized an estimated $90,000 in illegal drugs, several firearms, a large amount of ammunition, and over $25,000 cash in suspected [...]
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House Unanimously Passes Legislation Increasing Secret Service Protection For Presidential CandidatesBy Libby Palanza on Sep 23, 2024 03:53 pm
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously advanced a bill Friday that would increase Secret Service protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates following the second attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life earlier last week. The final vote tally came out at 405 to 0 with a handful of lawmakers absent at the time [...]
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Pingree Opposes Bill To Deport Illegal Immigrant Sex OffendersBy Seamus Othot on Sep 23, 2024 03:51 pm
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted Friday against a bill that would have led to the automatic deportation of illegal aliens and foreign nationals convicted of sex offenses or domestic abuse. Pingree joined 157 other Democratic representatives in opposing Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) H.R. 7909, the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act. “We are [..]
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House GOP Balks at Linking SAVE Act to Government Funding BillBy Libby Palanza on Sep 23, 2024 03:28 pm
The United States House of Representatives is set to vote this week on a stop-gap measure that would fund the government through Dec. 20. This legislation does not, however, contain any portion of the so-called SAVE Act, a bill requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had previously put [...]
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Less Than 60% of Eligible Maine Workers Have Jobs: MDOL ReportBy Libby Palanza on Sep 23, 2024 03:21 pm
Maine’s August unemployment rate and labor force participation rate remained largely unchanged in comparison to recent months, according to the Maine Department of Labor’s (MDOL) Friday press release. For the third month in row, the state’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate has been calculated at 2.8 percent, while labor force participation came in at 59.9 percent. Nationwide, [...]
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Late-Night Lewiston Traffic Stop Leads to Two Arrests, Illegal Firearm SeizedBy Edward Tomic on Sep 23, 2024 03:16 pm
A traffic stop in Lewiston shortly after midnight on Thursday led to the arrest of two men and the seizure of an illegally possessed firearm. Lewiston Police said the traffic stop occurred on Bates Street just after 12:30 a.m. on Thursday. While the vehicle came to a stop, a male passenger fled from the vehicle, [...]
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DOJ Publishes Letter Written by 2nd Attempted Trump AssassinBy Seamus Othot on Sep 23, 2024 03:13 pm
The second gunman accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump has offered a $150,000 reward to anyone who succeeds in killing the Republican nominee. [RELATED: What We Know About Ryan Wesley Routh, 2nd Would-Be Trump Assassin…] “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but I am so sorry I failed you. I [...]
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The Mills administration has paid $120,000 to the Maine Trust for Local News (MTLN), the nonprofit that owns the Portland Press Herald and the Lewiston Sun Journal, to publish state-sponsored articles praising the Mills administration’s use of federal education dollars. The articles are intended to bolster “goodwill” toward the state’s public school system and the [...]
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Review: Triad Weed is a Crazy Story You Can Only Ignore at Your Peril – Sam PattenBy Sam Patten on Sep 23, 2024 04:14 pm
Editor’s Note: We’re aware of the moral hazard inherent in publishing a positive review of a documentary produced by the Maine Wire at TheMaineWire.com. To address any concerns, we’ve decided to double Mr. Patten’s usual fee. It doesn’t take a groundbreaking documentary to tell you we live in crazy times, but The Maine Wire’s Triad [...]
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Home Prices in Maine Are 7.53% More Expensive Than Last YearBy Libby Palanza on Sep 23, 2024 04:02 pm
Maine homes are 7.53 percent more expensive than they were in August of 2023 — now reaching a median sale price of $400,000 — according to data from the Maine Association of Realtors. The number of homes sold has increased slightly since last year, rising 1.66 percent from 1,510 to 1,535. Although the available housing [...]
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$90,000 in Drugs, Firearms Seized in Major Raid at Brownfield Residence, Felon Arrested on Multiple ChargesBy Edward Tomic on Sep 23, 2024 03:58 pm
A Brownfield man was arrested on multiple drug and firearm charges following a raid conducted by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and Maine State Police at his residence on Wednesday. During the raid authorities seized an estimated $90,000 in illegal drugs, several firearms, a large amount of ammunition, and over $25,000 cash in suspected [...]
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House Unanimously Passes Legislation Increasing Secret Service Protection For Presidential CandidatesBy Libby Palanza on Sep 23, 2024 03:53 pm
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously advanced a bill Friday that would increase Secret Service protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates following the second attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life earlier last week. The final vote tally came out at 405 to 0 with a handful of lawmakers absent at the time [...]
The post House Unanimously Passes Legislation Increasing Secret Service Protection For Presidential Candidates appeared first on The Maine Wire.
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Pingree Opposes Bill To Deport Illegal Immigrant Sex OffendersBy Seamus Othot on Sep 23, 2024 03:51 pm
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted Friday against a bill that would have led to the automatic deportation of illegal aliens and foreign nationals convicted of sex offenses or domestic abuse. Pingree joined 157 other Democratic representatives in opposing Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) H.R. 7909, the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act. “We are [..]
The post Pingree Opposes Bill To Deport Illegal Immigrant Sex Offenders appeared first on The Maine Wire.
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House GOP Balks at Linking SAVE Act to Government Funding BillBy Libby Palanza on Sep 23, 2024 03:28 pm
The United States House of Representatives is set to vote this week on a stop-gap measure that would fund the government through Dec. 20. This legislation does not, however, contain any portion of the so-called SAVE Act, a bill requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had previously put [...]
The post House GOP Balks at Linking SAVE Act to Government Funding Bill appeared first on The Maine Wire.
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Less Than 60% of Eligible Maine Workers Have Jobs: MDOL ReportBy Libby Palanza on Sep 23, 2024 03:21 pm
Maine’s August unemployment rate and labor force participation rate remained largely unchanged in comparison to recent months, according to the Maine Department of Labor’s (MDOL) Friday press release. For the third month in row, the state’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate has been calculated at 2.8 percent, while labor force participation came in at 59.9 percent. Nationwide, [...]
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Late-Night Lewiston Traffic Stop Leads to Two Arrests, Illegal Firearm SeizedBy Edward Tomic on Sep 23, 2024 03:16 pm
A traffic stop in Lewiston shortly after midnight on Thursday led to the arrest of two men and the seizure of an illegally possessed firearm. Lewiston Police said the traffic stop occurred on Bates Street just after 12:30 a.m. on Thursday. While the vehicle came to a stop, a male passenger fled from the vehicle, [...]
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DOJ Publishes Letter Written by 2nd Attempted Trump AssassinBy Seamus Othot on Sep 23, 2024 03:13 pm
The second gunman accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump has offered a $150,000 reward to anyone who succeeds in killing the Republican nominee. [RELATED: What We Know About Ryan Wesley Routh, 2nd Would-Be Trump Assassin…] “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but I am so sorry I failed you. I [...]
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Here’s How Mainers Feel About November’s Ballot Questions: Pan Atlantic Research PollBy Libby Palanza on Sep 20, 2024 07:51 am
Mainers appear largely divided over the five ballot questions set to go before voters this November, according to a new poll from Pan Atlantic Research — a Portland-based independent marketing research and consulting firm. Out of these five questions, Mainers appear most likely support Question 1, a law proposed via the citizens initiative process that [...]
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Protecting Trump Must be a National Priority: Josh Filler
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Maine Wire Reviews Matt Walsh’s “Am I Racist” Flick
Dem Jared Golden Trails GOP’s Austin Theriault in ME-CD2: Poll
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Mainers appear largely divided over the five ballot questions set to go before voters this November, according to a new poll from Pan Atlantic Research — a Portland-based independent marketing research and consulting firm. Out of these five questions, Mainers appear most likely support Question 1, a law proposed via the citizens initiative process that [...]
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Recent Articles:Cost of Living, Housing, and High Taxes Top of Mind for Mainers: Pan Atlantic Research Poll
Protecting Trump Must be a National Priority: Josh Filler
How Much Free Speech Do College Students Really Have on Campus?
Maine Wire Reviews Matt Walsh’s “Am I Racist” Flick
Dem Jared Golden Trails GOP’s Austin Theriault in ME-CD2: Poll
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Cost of Living, Housing, and High Taxes Top of Mind for Mainers: Pan Atlantic Research PollBy Libby Palanza on Sep 19, 2024 03:26 pm
A new poll from Pan Atlantic Research — a Portland-based independent marketing research and consulting firm — revealed this month that a substantial portion of Mainers feel that the state is on the wrong track, citing the cost of living, housing, and high taxes as their primary concerns. Similar to the results of University of [...]
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Protecting Trump Must be a National Priority: Josh FillerBy Joshua Filler on Sep 19, 2024 03:21 pm
It happened again. For the second time in two months a would-be assassin took aim from an unprotected perimeter ready to open fire on former president, and current Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump. This time Trump was on a golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida where Secret Service agents spotted and opened fire against [...]
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How Much Free Speech Do College Students Really Have on Campus?By Libby Palanza on Sep 19, 2024 12:50 pm
Free speech isn’t always so free on college campuses, according to a recent ranking done by College Pulse and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). Of the 251 colleges and universities included in FIRE’s most recent study, Maine’s schools were all ranked on the lower end of the scale, ranging from 99th to [...]
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Maine Wire Reviews Matt Walsh’s “Am I Racist” FlickBy The Maine Wire on Sep 18, 2024 05:52 pm
Daily Wire podcaster and best-selling children’s book author Matt Walsh has returned to theaters with a new film, Am I Racist?, which is now playing in major theaters across the United States, including Maine. This film serves as a follow-up to his previous work, What Is a Woman?, where Walsh critically examined transgender medical treatments [...]
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Dem Jared Golden Trails GOP’s Austin Theriault in ME-CD2: PollBy Steve Robinson on Sep 18, 2024 04:18 pm
A new poll by Pan Atlantic Research shows the race for Maine’s Second Congressional District is leaning in favor of the Republican challenger. Republican State Rep. Austin Theriault, of Fort Kent, leads Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden 47-44 percent with a slight edge among registered votes. (See full poll below) The survey, conducted from September [...]
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Sanford Officials: Maine CDC No Help in Dirty Needle CrackdownBy Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 03:47 pm
Sanford city officials and members of the city council were in agreement during their Tuesday meeting on the need to reform the syringe distribution program which has resulted in a “public health crisis” due to the large number of contaminated hypodermics improperly discarded throughout the city. Syringe Service Programs (SSPS) are authorized by the Maine [...]
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Somali-American Maine Rep Says Immigrants’ ‘lives at stake’ in 2024 Election, Claims Lewiston was ‘dead town’ Before Immigrants Made it ‘booming city’By Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 02:06 pm
During a town hall event Monday evening in Portland, Somali-American Maine State Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland) claimed that immigrants’ “lives are at stake” in the 2024 election, as part of a rant against former President Donald Trump and defense of immigrants’ contributions to the country and state. Organized by the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition [...]
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Asian Biz Owners with Illegal Cannabis Ties Targeted in Complex Home Invasion Spree Across MaineBy Steve Robinson on Sep 18, 2024 01:38 pm
Asian restaurant owners in Maine have become targets for sophisticated and often lucrative burglaries at the hands of well-organized, highly advanced home invaders. Apart from their nationality and their ownership of small-businesses, the victims in this crime spree also have one other thing in common: police suspect they have ties to the black-market marijuana trafficking [...]
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Maine Gets Nearly $1.5 Million from Federal DOT for Storm Damage RepairBy Libby Palanza on Sep 18, 2024 01:08 pm
The federal Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Tuesday that Maine has been awarded nearly $1.5 million in grant funding to repair roads and highways damaged by the storms that swept through the state last year in June and December. The funding was awarded through the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Emergency Relief Program, designed to provide [..]
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Westbrook Car Crash Leads to Drug Trafficking Arrest, 44 grams of Cocaine SeizedBy Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 12:28 pm
A motor vehicle crash on Main Street in Westbrook on Tuesday that left one car flipped on its side led to the arrest of one of the drivers on drug trafficking charges, and the seizure of over 40 grams of cocaine. The Westbrook Police and Fire Departments responded to the scene of the crash on [...]
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A new poll from Pan Atlantic Research — a Portland-based independent marketing research and consulting firm — revealed this month that a substantial portion of Mainers feel that the state is on the wrong track, citing the cost of living, housing, and high taxes as their primary concerns. Similar to the results of University of [...]
The post Cost of Living, Housing, and High Taxes Top of Mind for Mainers: Pan Atlantic Research Poll appeared first on The Maine Wire.
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Protecting Trump Must be a National Priority: Josh FillerBy Joshua Filler on Sep 19, 2024 03:21 pm
It happened again. For the second time in two months a would-be assassin took aim from an unprotected perimeter ready to open fire on former president, and current Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump. This time Trump was on a golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida where Secret Service agents spotted and opened fire against [...]
The post Protecting Trump Must be a National Priority: Josh Filler appeared first on The Maine Wire.
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How Much Free Speech Do College Students Really Have on Campus?By Libby Palanza on Sep 19, 2024 12:50 pm
Free speech isn’t always so free on college campuses, according to a recent ranking done by College Pulse and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). Of the 251 colleges and universities included in FIRE’s most recent study, Maine’s schools were all ranked on the lower end of the scale, ranging from 99th to [...]
The post How Much Free Speech Do College Students Really Have on Campus? appeared first on The Maine Wire.
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Maine Wire Reviews Matt Walsh’s “Am I Racist” FlickBy The Maine Wire on Sep 18, 2024 05:52 pm
Daily Wire podcaster and best-selling children’s book author Matt Walsh has returned to theaters with a new film, Am I Racist?, which is now playing in major theaters across the United States, including Maine. This film serves as a follow-up to his previous work, What Is a Woman?, where Walsh critically examined transgender medical treatments [...]
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Dem Jared Golden Trails GOP’s Austin Theriault in ME-CD2: PollBy Steve Robinson on Sep 18, 2024 04:18 pm
A new poll by Pan Atlantic Research shows the race for Maine’s Second Congressional District is leaning in favor of the Republican challenger. Republican State Rep. Austin Theriault, of Fort Kent, leads Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden 47-44 percent with a slight edge among registered votes. (See full poll below) The survey, conducted from September [...]
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Sanford Officials: Maine CDC No Help in Dirty Needle CrackdownBy Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 03:47 pm
Sanford city officials and members of the city council were in agreement during their Tuesday meeting on the need to reform the syringe distribution program which has resulted in a “public health crisis” due to the large number of contaminated hypodermics improperly discarded throughout the city. Syringe Service Programs (SSPS) are authorized by the Maine [...]
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Somali-American Maine Rep Says Immigrants’ ‘lives at stake’ in 2024 Election, Claims Lewiston was ‘dead town’ Before Immigrants Made it ‘booming city’By Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 02:06 pm
During a town hall event Monday evening in Portland, Somali-American Maine State Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland) claimed that immigrants’ “lives are at stake” in the 2024 election, as part of a rant against former President Donald Trump and defense of immigrants’ contributions to the country and state. Organized by the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition [...]
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Asian Biz Owners with Illegal Cannabis Ties Targeted in Complex Home Invasion Spree Across MaineBy Steve Robinson on Sep 18, 2024 01:38 pm
Asian restaurant owners in Maine have become targets for sophisticated and often lucrative burglaries at the hands of well-organized, highly advanced home invaders. Apart from their nationality and their ownership of small-businesses, the victims in this crime spree also have one other thing in common: police suspect they have ties to the black-market marijuana trafficking [...]
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Maine Gets Nearly $1.5 Million from Federal DOT for Storm Damage RepairBy Libby Palanza on Sep 18, 2024 01:08 pm
The federal Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Tuesday that Maine has been awarded nearly $1.5 million in grant funding to repair roads and highways damaged by the storms that swept through the state last year in June and December. The funding was awarded through the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Emergency Relief Program, designed to provide [..]
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Westbrook Car Crash Leads to Drug Trafficking Arrest, 44 grams of Cocaine SeizedBy Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 12:28 pm
A motor vehicle crash on Main Street in Westbrook on Tuesday that left one car flipped on its side led to the arrest of one of the drivers on drug trafficking charges, and the seizure of over 40 grams of cocaine. The Westbrook Police and Fire Departments responded to the scene of the crash on [...]
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Maine Wire Reviews Matt Walsh’s “Am I Racist” FlickBy The Maine Wire on Sep 18, 2024 05:52 pm
Daily Wire podcaster and best-selling children’s book author Matt Walsh has returned to theaters with a new film, Am I Racist?, which is now playing in major theaters across the United States, including Maine. This film serves as a follow-up to his previous work, What Is a Woman?, where Walsh critically examined transgender medical treatments [...]
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Dem Jared Golden Trails GOP’s Austin Theriault in ME-CD2: PollBy Steve Robinson on Sep 18, 2024 04:18 pm
A new poll by Pan Atlantic Research shows the race for Maine’s Second Congressional District is leaning in favor of the Republican challenger. Republican State Rep. Austin Theriault, of Fort Kent, leads Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden 47-44 percent with a slight edge among registered votes. (See full poll below) The survey, conducted from September [...]
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Sanford Officials: Maine CDC No Help in Dirty Needle CrackdownBy Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 03:47 pm
Sanford city officials and members of the city council were in agreement during their Tuesday meeting on the need to reform the syringe distribution program which has resulted in a “public health crisis” due to the large number of contaminated hypodermics improperly discarded throughout the city. Syringe Service Programs (SSPS) are authorized by the Maine [...]
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Somali-American Maine Rep Says Immigrants’ ‘lives at stake’ in 2024 Election, Claims Lewiston was ‘dead town’ Before Immigrants Made it ‘booming city’By Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 02:06 pm
During a town hall event Monday evening in Portland, Somali-American Maine State Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland) claimed that immigrants’ “lives are at stake” in the 2024 election, as part of a rant against former President Donald Trump and defense of immigrants’ contributions to the country and state. Organized by the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition [...]
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Asian Biz Owners with Illegal Cannabis Ties Targeted in Complex Home Invasion Spree Across MaineBy Steve Robinson on Sep 18, 2024 01:38 pm
Asian restaurant owners in Maine have become targets for sophisticated and often lucrative burglaries at the hands of well-organized, highly advanced home invaders. Apart from their nationality and their ownership of small-businesses, the victims in this crime spree also have one other thing in common: police suspect they have ties to the black-market marijuana trafficking [...]
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Maine Gets Nearly $1.5 Million from Federal DOT for Storm Damage RepairBy Libby Palanza on Sep 18, 2024 01:08 pm
The federal Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Tuesday that Maine has been awarded nearly $1.5 million in grant funding to repair roads and highways damaged by the storms that swept through the state last year in June and December. The funding was awarded through the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Emergency Relief Program, designed to provide [..]
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Westbrook Car Crash Leads to Drug Trafficking Arrest, 44 grams of Cocaine SeizedBy Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 12:28 pm
A motor vehicle crash on Main Street in Westbrook on Tuesday that left one car flipped on its side led to the arrest of one of the drivers on drug trafficking charges, and the seizure of over 40 grams of cocaine. The Westbrook Police and Fire Departments responded to the scene of the crash on [...]
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Portland Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills that Killed 59-year-old Maine WomanBy Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 12:26 pm
A Portland man who in 2020 sold fentanyl-laced fake pills that killed a York County woman has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Marcus Mello, 27, was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland for distributing fentanyl, using or carrying a dangerous weapon in a drug [...]
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Dem Jared Golden Trails GOP’s Austin Theriault in ME-CD2: PollBy Steve Robinson on Sep 18, 2024 04:18 pm
A new poll by Pan Atlantic Research shows the race for Maine’s Second Congressional District is leaning in favor of the Republican challenger. Republican State Rep. Austin Theriault, of Fort Kent, leads Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden 47-44 percent with a slight edge among registered votes. (See full poll below) The survey, conducted from September [...]
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Sanford Officials: Maine CDC No Help in Dirty Needle CrackdownBy Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 03:47 pm
Sanford city officials and members of the city council were in agreement during their Tuesday meeting on the need to reform the syringe distribution program which has resulted in a “public health crisis” due to the large number of contaminated hypodermics improperly discarded throughout the city. Syringe Service Programs (SSPS) are authorized by the Maine [...]
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Somali-American Maine Rep Says Immigrants’ ‘lives at stake’ in 2024 Election, Claims Lewiston was ‘dead town’ Before Immigrants Made it ‘booming city’By Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 02:06 pm
During a town hall event Monday evening in Portland, Somali-American Maine State Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland) claimed that immigrants’ “lives are at stake” in the 2024 election, as part of a rant against former President Donald Trump and defense of immigrants’ contributions to the country and state. Organized by the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition [...]
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Asian Biz Owners with Illegal Cannabis Ties Targeted in Complex Home Invasion Spree Across MaineBy Steve Robinson on Sep 18, 2024 01:38 pm
Asian restaurant owners in Maine have become targets for sophisticated and often lucrative burglaries at the hands of well-organized, highly advanced home invaders. Apart from their nationality and their ownership of small-businesses, the victims in this crime spree also have one other thing in common: police suspect they have ties to the black-market marijuana trafficking [...]
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Maine Gets Nearly $1.5 Million from Federal DOT for Storm Damage RepairBy Libby Palanza on Sep 18, 2024 01:08 pm
The federal Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Tuesday that Maine has been awarded nearly $1.5 million in grant funding to repair roads and highways damaged by the storms that swept through the state last year in June and December. The funding was awarded through the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Emergency Relief Program, designed to provide [..]
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Westbrook Car Crash Leads to Drug Trafficking Arrest, 44 grams of Cocaine SeizedBy Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 12:28 pm
A motor vehicle crash on Main Street in Westbrook on Tuesday that left one car flipped on its side led to the arrest of one of the drivers on drug trafficking charges, and the seizure of over 40 grams of cocaine. The Westbrook Police and Fire Departments responded to the scene of the crash on [...]
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Portland Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills that Killed 59-year-old Maine WomanBy Edward Tomic on Sep 18, 2024 12:26 pm
A Portland man who in 2020 sold fentanyl-laced fake pills that killed a York County woman has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Marcus Mello, 27, was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland for distributing fentanyl, using or carrying a dangerous weapon in a drug [...]
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Missouri Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley released a report Monday detailing the failures of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) that contributed to the nearly successful July 13 assassination attempt on former Republican President Donald Trump. The failures detailed in the report represent “the most stunning breakdown in presidential security since the assassination of President John [...]
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Cavalry Chapel Will Pursue Litigation Against UMaine Over Rescinded Hutchinson Center Sale, Says PastorBy The Maine Wire on Sep 16, 2024 04:59 pm
Following the University of Maine System’s (UMS) decision to renege on a deal to sell the Hutchinson Center in Belfast to a Christian church, the church — Calvary Chapel Belfast — has said it intends to pursue litigation against the taxpayer-funded system. Calvary Chapel Belfast Lead Pastor Greg Huston said Sunday that the church intended [...]
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Maine Pols Respond to 2nd Attempt on Trump’s LifeBy Libby Palanza on Sep 16, 2024 04:07 pm
All members of Maine’s Congressional delegation have now spoken out in response to the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump (R). “I’m glad former President Trump is unharmed and grateful to the Secret Service for their vigilance,” said Rep. Jared Golden (D) on X. “While there’s still much we don’t know as law [...]
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Collins, King Sponsor Bill Requiring Military to Utilize State Crisis Intervention Programs in Response to Lewiston ShootingBy Edward Tomic on Sep 16, 2024 04:04 pm
Just ahead of the anniversary of the tragic mass shootings in Lewiston on Oct. 25, 2023, U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) has introduced legislation to require the military to utilize state crisis intervention programs when service members pose a serious threat to themselves or others. [RELATED: Independent Commission Reveals Failures and Missed Opportunities by [...]
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State Adds Twelve New “Land for Maine’s Future” Conservation Projects: Mills AdminBy Libby Palanza on Sep 16, 2024 03:00 pm
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Monday that the State has selected twelve new Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) conservation projects, expected to preserve a combined 3,500 acres using $3.8 million worth of funding. The LMF is described by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (DACF) as the state’s “primary funding vehicle for conserving [...]
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Salvadoran Illegal Alien Charged with Raping Child Arrested by ICE on Nantucket IslandBy Edward Tomic on Sep 16, 2024 02:40 pm
A Salvadoran national living illegally in the U.S. was arrested last week on Nantucket Island by federal immigration officers after being charged with numerous sex crimes against a Massachusetts child. U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Monday that they apprehended 28-year-old Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo, a citizen of El Salvador, as part of an [...]
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Report: Alleged ABC News Employee Swears in Affidavit Harris Campaign Struck Deal for Favorable Debate TreatmentBy Steve Robinson on Sep 16, 2024 08:31 am
An alleged ABC News employee has stated that the news outlet struck an agreement with Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign to give the Democratic candidate preferable treatment during the Sept. 10 presidential debate, according to social media posts that circulated broadly on Sunday. The social media posts included images of what are purported to [...]
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Maine Newspapers Downplay Second Trump Assassination AttemptBy Steve Robinson on Sep 16, 2024 08:16 am
Maine’s top newspapers offered short shrift Monday morning to the second apparent assassination attempt on former Republican President Donald Trump, an attempt that was foiled by U.S. Secret Service agents protecting the 2024 Republican nominee at one of his Florida golf courses. [RELATED: Trump Targeted in Second Assassination Attempt at Florida Golf Club…] As of [...]
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Cavalry Chapel Will Pursue Litigation Against UMaine Over Rescinded Hutchinson Center Sale, Says PastorBy The Maine Wire on Sep 16, 2024 04:59 pm
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Maine Pols Respond to 2nd Attempt on Trump’s LifeBy Libby Palanza on Sep 16, 2024 04:07 pm
All members of Maine’s Congressional delegation have now spoken out in response to the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump (R). “I’m glad former President Trump is unharmed and grateful to the Secret Service for their vigilance,” said Rep. Jared Golden (D) on X. “While there’s still much we don’t know as law [...]
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Collins, King Sponsor Bill Requiring Military to Utilize State Crisis Intervention Programs in Response to Lewiston ShootingBy Edward Tomic on Sep 16, 2024 04:04 pm
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Trump Targeted in Second Assassination Attempt at Florida Golf Club58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh has been arrested as the suspect in what the FBI says it's investigating as an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump
By Steve RobinsonSeptember 15, 2024Updated:September 15, 20245 Comments4 Mins Read1K Views
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ShareFormer President Donald Trump is safe after what the FBI is calling an apparent second assassination attempt unfolded on Sunday at his Florida golf club in West Palm Beach.
Trump’s campaign confirmed the incident shortly after reports surfaced, stating that the former Commander-in-Chief was “safe following gunshots in his vicinity.”
Multiple state and federal law enforcement agencies later confirmed that the U.S. Secret Service had opened fire on a gunman who was positioned with a line of sight that would have potentially allowed for an open shot on the former president.
At a press conference following the incident, the Sheriff of Palm Beach County, Ric Bradshaw, revealed an image of what he said was the would-be assassins position when he was discovered by the U.S. Secret Service.
A scoped AK-style rifle was found at the scene, according to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw.
“The suspect was well-hidden in the shrubbery and had a clear line of sight to the golf course. With a rifle and scope like that, the distance would not have been an issue,” Bradshaw said.
The alleged gunman, identified as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh from Hawaii, was arrested following a tense standoff.
[RELATED: What We Know About Ryan Wesley Routh, 2nd Would-Be Trump Assassin…]
Routh’s apparent sniper’s nest was located 400 to 500 yards from the course’s fifth and sixth holes, where Trump was playing.
The FBI, which is leading the investigation, classified the incident as an attempted assassination of the Republican presidential nominee, marking the second such attempt in just over two months.
The previous attempt occurred on July 13 — just 64 days ago — during a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
Trump was struck in the ear by gunfire but was otherwise uninjured. In that case, the alleged shooter, Thomas Crooks, was quickly killed — although the investigation into Crooks has revealed little information about him and stoked considerable controversy.
According to Bradshaw, the shooter had rigged a GoPro camera to the chain-link fence seen in the photograph as part of an apparent attempt to video record his planned shooting of the former president.
Secret Service agents, who were patrolling ahead of Trump on the course, spotted the barrel of the rifle poking through the fence and immediately opened fire.
Routh managed to flee the scene in a black Nissan SUV, but was apprehended on I-95 after witnesses provided a description of his vehicle to local law enforcement.
Trump was reportedly back at his Mar-a-Lago resort a few hours after the incident. Despite the dramatic nature of the event, his campaign has not announced any changes to the candidate’s schedule of public events.
Reactions from across the political spectrum flooded social media after the the Palm Beach Sheriff and the FBI confirmed that what was initially described as a “shots fired” incident was in fact a second attempt to assassinate the Republican presidential nominee.
Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R), Trump’s running mate, expressed relief over Trump’s safety.
“He is one of the strongest people I’ve ever known,” Vance said on X.
Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s Democratic opponent, also issued a statement condemning the violence.
The attempt on Trump’s life has once again raised questions about his security, the competence of the U.S. Secret Service.
In the 64 days since the first attempt on his life, Trump has implemented heightened safety measures, including bulletproof glass enclosures at outdoor events and increased security presence at his Florida properties.
Erik Prince, founder of private security firm Blackwater and a prominent Trump ally, urged Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to take over the investigation from federal authorities.
“It’s time for Governor DeSantis to flex up and ensure this is done properly,” Prince said in an interview with Benny Johnson.
The suspect’s motives remain unclear, but his actions indicate a calculated effort to target Trump. Authorities say they found two backpacks left behind at the scene, one containing ceramic tile intended to protect the gunman.
The White House confirmed that President Joe Biden had been briefed on the situation.
In his usual style, Trump posted to social media that “nothing will slow me down. I will NEVER SURRENDER!”
This story is developing. Please check back for updates.
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ShareFormer President Donald Trump is safe after what the FBI is calling an apparent second assassination attempt unfolded on Sunday at his Florida golf club in West Palm Beach.
Trump’s campaign confirmed the incident shortly after reports surfaced, stating that the former Commander-in-Chief was “safe following gunshots in his vicinity.”
Multiple state and federal law enforcement agencies later confirmed that the U.S. Secret Service had opened fire on a gunman who was positioned with a line of sight that would have potentially allowed for an open shot on the former president.
At a press conference following the incident, the Sheriff of Palm Beach County, Ric Bradshaw, revealed an image of what he said was the would-be assassins position when he was discovered by the U.S. Secret Service.
A scoped AK-style rifle was found at the scene, according to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw.
“The suspect was well-hidden in the shrubbery and had a clear line of sight to the golf course. With a rifle and scope like that, the distance would not have been an issue,” Bradshaw said.
The alleged gunman, identified as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh from Hawaii, was arrested following a tense standoff.
[RELATED: What We Know About Ryan Wesley Routh, 2nd Would-Be Trump Assassin…]
Routh’s apparent sniper’s nest was located 400 to 500 yards from the course’s fifth and sixth holes, where Trump was playing.
The FBI, which is leading the investigation, classified the incident as an attempted assassination of the Republican presidential nominee, marking the second such attempt in just over two months.
The previous attempt occurred on July 13 — just 64 days ago — during a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
Trump was struck in the ear by gunfire but was otherwise uninjured. In that case, the alleged shooter, Thomas Crooks, was quickly killed — although the investigation into Crooks has revealed little information about him and stoked considerable controversy.
According to Bradshaw, the shooter had rigged a GoPro camera to the chain-link fence seen in the photograph as part of an apparent attempt to video record his planned shooting of the former president.
Secret Service agents, who were patrolling ahead of Trump on the course, spotted the barrel of the rifle poking through the fence and immediately opened fire.
Routh managed to flee the scene in a black Nissan SUV, but was apprehended on I-95 after witnesses provided a description of his vehicle to local law enforcement.
Trump was reportedly back at his Mar-a-Lago resort a few hours after the incident. Despite the dramatic nature of the event, his campaign has not announced any changes to the candidate’s schedule of public events.
Reactions from across the political spectrum flooded social media after the the Palm Beach Sheriff and the FBI confirmed that what was initially described as a “shots fired” incident was in fact a second attempt to assassinate the Republican presidential nominee.
Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R), Trump’s running mate, expressed relief over Trump’s safety.
“He is one of the strongest people I’ve ever known,” Vance said on X.
Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s Democratic opponent, also issued a statement condemning the violence.
The attempt on Trump’s life has once again raised questions about his security, the competence of the U.S. Secret Service.
In the 64 days since the first attempt on his life, Trump has implemented heightened safety measures, including bulletproof glass enclosures at outdoor events and increased security presence at his Florida properties.
Erik Prince, founder of private security firm Blackwater and a prominent Trump ally, urged Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to take over the investigation from federal authorities.
“It’s time for Governor DeSantis to flex up and ensure this is done properly,” Prince said in an interview with Benny Johnson.
The suspect’s motives remain unclear, but his actions indicate a calculated effort to target Trump. Authorities say they found two backpacks left behind at the scene, one containing ceramic tile intended to protect the gunman.
The White House confirmed that President Joe Biden had been briefed on the situation.
In his usual style, Trump posted to social media that “nothing will slow me down. I will NEVER SURRENDER!”
This story is developing. Please check back for updates.
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‘They’re not gonna jump up and bite ya’: Socialist Portland City Councilor Claims ‘no public health risk’ Caused by Used Heroin NeedlesContrary to the advice of the Maine CDC, Portland City Councilor Kate Sykes says used heroin needles aren't a health hazard
By Edward TomicSeptember 11, 2024Updated:September 11, 202415 Comments6 Mins Read1K Views
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A pile of dirty needles found in a trash pile at the Marginal Way homeless encampment in Portland
During a Tuesday meeting of the Portland City Council’s Health and Human Services and Public Safety Committee, City Councilor Kate Sykes, former co-chair of the Maine Democratic Socialists of America, claimed that used hypodermic needles littering the city are “not a public health risk.”
Sykes’ comments came after a presentation from Portland’s Interim Public Health Director, Bridget Rauscher, on the city’s Syringe Services Program (SSP) and concerns from residents regarding syringe litter throughout the city.
[RELATED: Maine Is Handing Out Free “Boofing” Kits to Help Fentanyl Addicts Squirt Drugs Up Their Butts…]
Portland’s SSP, commonly referred to as “The Exchange,” is part of a statewide “harm reduction” program overseen by the Maine CDC that distributes hypodermic needles to people who inject drugs.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Maine suspended rules requiring needle exchange clinics to take used needles out of circulation before providing new clean needles to drug users. Current Maine CDC guidelines allow for the syringe exchanges to distribute up to 100 needles for every one needle that they collect, meaning the needle “exchanges” function more like taxpayer-funded needle distribution centers.
Data presented to the committee earlier this year by the city staff showed that from January to May 2024, Portland’s SSP had distributed nearly 260,000 sterile syringes — about 75,000 more than they collected.
In 2023, the exchange gave out more than 800,000 syringes total, while collecting about 575,000.
According to the Maine Department of Health and Human Service’s 2023 annual SSP report, syringe exchanges statewide distributed a total of 3,676,315 needles in 2023 — roughly 500,000 more needles than they collected.
Rauscher outlined several strategies that the city’s Public Health Department has taken to address the issue of improperly discarded used needles.
One of the proposed measures under consideration by the city is to allocate settlement funds from a nationwide lawsuit against opioid manufacturers toward a syringe “buyback” program, effectively paying drug users cash at the SSP to incentivize them to turn in their used syringes.
[RELATED: City of Portland May Use Opioid Settlement Funds to ‘buyback’ Used Syringes…]
Another strategy that Rauscher said the city has recently begun working on is a “Harm Reduction Ambassadors” program, through which the city pays active drug users who are clients at the syringe exchange to conduct outreach and education “in their community.”
Weighing in on the issue after Rauscher’s presentation, Portland Mayor Mark Dion informed the City Council members that he plans to introduce a resolution to implement a 1:1 transaction ratio at the syringe exchange. Such an order would return the city’s needle exchange clinic to its mode of operation prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Mills Administration’s suspension of the exchange rules.
“When I go across the streets and speak to business owners and residents, they see this as a pretty significant issue,” Mayor Dion said regarding the issue of used needles littering the city.
Dion said that the Portland residents he speaks to are “in awe” of the number of syringe’s that the exchange distributes.
“To me the simple harm reduction is each injection, that’s a life and death event, and the fact that we can provide them ample opportunities to succeed in an unfortunate demise troubles me tremendously,” Dion said
The Portland mayor also expressed skepticism towards the Public Health Department’s “Harm Reduction Ambassadors” program.
“I do raise an eyebrow at the possibility that somebody who’s completely captured by their addiction can function as ambassadors, but my skepticism is always open to hard data,” he said.
[RELATED: Mills Admin Proceeds with $15,000 Study into ‘Safe Consumption Sites’…]
City Councilor Anna Trevorrow, on the other hand, claimed that the city’s SSP “has been exceptionally successful,” and praised the city for doubling down on “progressive tactics” rather than blaming the exchange program for the problem of discarded needles.
“I am encouraged that when we see an increase in needles left on the ground, we kind of double down our efforts to invest in these progressive tactics to deal with it, as opposed to a more regressive model, where we would say the program’s not working, that we’re actually causing the problem — because I don’t think that’s what happening,” Trevorrow said.
Trevorrow then cautioned her fellow committee members that concerns from constituents regarding discarded needles littering the city may be rooted in “stigma” or “fear.”
[RELATED: Maine Reports Nearly 10,000 Drug Overdoses in 2023, 16 Percent Decrease in Fatal Overdoses from 2022…]
Councilor Kate Sykes, a self-described socialist, also pushed back on Dion’s criticism of the syringe exchange program, saying that she is also “in awe of the number of needles that we distribute, but in a good way.”
Sykes argued that having the syringe exchange was far cheaper than having an outbreak of a communicable disease.
“There really is not a public health risk to the fact that there is a needle on the ground,” Sykes said. “It’s not trading one public health emergency for another public health emergency.”
“There just is no risk really for this,” she said.
Sykes also said that the city should encourage Portland residents to pick up the discarded hypodermic needles themselves, adding “they’re not gonna jump up and bite ya.”
Sykes claims run directly counter to the health advice provided by the Maine CDC.
According to the Maine CDC, improperly discarded syringes pose a “serious public health risk” due to needle stick injuries that can potentially transmit blood-borne diseases such as Hepatitis B and HIV/AIDS.
While the U.S. CDC claims that SSPs reduce the transmission of blood-borne diseases such as HIV, diagnoses of HIV have been steadily increasing in Maine since the COVID-19 pandemic, per CDC data compiled by Emory University’s AIDSVu project.
In other words, at the same time Maine has relaxed the rules around needle collection and drastically increased needle distribution — all on the premise that doing so would reduce the transmission of blood-borne illnesses — the number of HIV diagnoses have actually increased.
In 2022, Maine reported 41 new diagnosed cases of HIV, up from 31 cases in 2021, and 15 in 2020.
During the same period, according to Maine DHHS, syringe exchange programs across the state experienced a marked increase in the number of enrollees receiving sterile syringes.
In 2021, SSPs in Maine had a total of 5,403 enrollees, which increased to 6,718 in 2022 and over 8,300 in 2023.
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‘They’re not gonna jump up and bite ya’: Socialist Portland City Councilor Claims ‘no public health risk’ Caused by Used Heroin NeedlesContrary to the advice of the Maine CDC, Portland City Councilor Kate Sykes says used heroin needles aren't a health hazard
By Edward TomicSeptember 11, 2024Updated:September 11, 202415 Comments6 Mins Read1K Views
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A pile of dirty needles found in a trash pile at the Marginal Way homeless encampment in Portland
During a Tuesday meeting of the Portland City Council’s Health and Human Services and Public Safety Committee, City Councilor Kate Sykes, former co-chair of the Maine Democratic Socialists of America, claimed that used hypodermic needles littering the city are “not a public health risk.”
Sykes’ comments came after a presentation from Portland’s Interim Public Health Director, Bridget Rauscher, on the city’s Syringe Services Program (SSP) and concerns from residents regarding syringe litter throughout the city.
[RELATED: Maine Is Handing Out Free “Boofing” Kits to Help Fentanyl Addicts Squirt Drugs Up Their Butts…]
Portland’s SSP, commonly referred to as “The Exchange,” is part of a statewide “harm reduction” program overseen by the Maine CDC that distributes hypodermic needles to people who inject drugs.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Maine suspended rules requiring needle exchange clinics to take used needles out of circulation before providing new clean needles to drug users. Current Maine CDC guidelines allow for the syringe exchanges to distribute up to 100 needles for every one needle that they collect, meaning the needle “exchanges” function more like taxpayer-funded needle distribution centers.
Data presented to the committee earlier this year by the city staff showed that from January to May 2024, Portland’s SSP had distributed nearly 260,000 sterile syringes — about 75,000 more than they collected.
In 2023, the exchange gave out more than 800,000 syringes total, while collecting about 575,000.
According to the Maine Department of Health and Human Service’s 2023 annual SSP report, syringe exchanges statewide distributed a total of 3,676,315 needles in 2023 — roughly 500,000 more needles than they collected.
Rauscher outlined several strategies that the city’s Public Health Department has taken to address the issue of improperly discarded used needles.
One of the proposed measures under consideration by the city is to allocate settlement funds from a nationwide lawsuit against opioid manufacturers toward a syringe “buyback” program, effectively paying drug users cash at the SSP to incentivize them to turn in their used syringes.
[RELATED: City of Portland May Use Opioid Settlement Funds to ‘buyback’ Used Syringes…]
Another strategy that Rauscher said the city has recently begun working on is a “Harm Reduction Ambassadors” program, through which the city pays active drug users who are clients at the syringe exchange to conduct outreach and education “in their community.”
Weighing in on the issue after Rauscher’s presentation, Portland Mayor Mark Dion informed the City Council members that he plans to introduce a resolution to implement a 1:1 transaction ratio at the syringe exchange. Such an order would return the city’s needle exchange clinic to its mode of operation prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Mills Administration’s suspension of the exchange rules.
“When I go across the streets and speak to business owners and residents, they see this as a pretty significant issue,” Mayor Dion said regarding the issue of used needles littering the city.
Dion said that the Portland residents he speaks to are “in awe” of the number of syringe’s that the exchange distributes.
“To me the simple harm reduction is each injection, that’s a life and death event, and the fact that we can provide them ample opportunities to succeed in an unfortunate demise troubles me tremendously,” Dion said
The Portland mayor also expressed skepticism towards the Public Health Department’s “Harm Reduction Ambassadors” program.
“I do raise an eyebrow at the possibility that somebody who’s completely captured by their addiction can function as ambassadors, but my skepticism is always open to hard data,” he said.
[RELATED: Mills Admin Proceeds with $15,000 Study into ‘Safe Consumption Sites’…]
City Councilor Anna Trevorrow, on the other hand, claimed that the city’s SSP “has been exceptionally successful,” and praised the city for doubling down on “progressive tactics” rather than blaming the exchange program for the problem of discarded needles.
“I am encouraged that when we see an increase in needles left on the ground, we kind of double down our efforts to invest in these progressive tactics to deal with it, as opposed to a more regressive model, where we would say the program’s not working, that we’re actually causing the problem — because I don’t think that’s what happening,” Trevorrow said.
Trevorrow then cautioned her fellow committee members that concerns from constituents regarding discarded needles littering the city may be rooted in “stigma” or “fear.”
[RELATED: Maine Reports Nearly 10,000 Drug Overdoses in 2023, 16 Percent Decrease in Fatal Overdoses from 2022…]
Councilor Kate Sykes, a self-described socialist, also pushed back on Dion’s criticism of the syringe exchange program, saying that she is also “in awe of the number of needles that we distribute, but in a good way.”
Sykes argued that having the syringe exchange was far cheaper than having an outbreak of a communicable disease.
“There really is not a public health risk to the fact that there is a needle on the ground,” Sykes said. “It’s not trading one public health emergency for another public health emergency.”
“There just is no risk really for this,” she said.
Sykes also said that the city should encourage Portland residents to pick up the discarded hypodermic needles themselves, adding “they’re not gonna jump up and bite ya.”
Sykes claims run directly counter to the health advice provided by the Maine CDC.
According to the Maine CDC, improperly discarded syringes pose a “serious public health risk” due to needle stick injuries that can potentially transmit blood-borne diseases such as Hepatitis B and HIV/AIDS.
While the U.S. CDC claims that SSPs reduce the transmission of blood-borne diseases such as HIV, diagnoses of HIV have been steadily increasing in Maine since the COVID-19 pandemic, per CDC data compiled by Emory University’s AIDSVu project.
In other words, at the same time Maine has relaxed the rules around needle collection and drastically increased needle distribution — all on the premise that doing so would reduce the transmission of blood-borne illnesses — the number of HIV diagnoses have actually increased.
In 2022, Maine reported 41 new diagnosed cases of HIV, up from 31 cases in 2021, and 15 in 2020.
During the same period, according to Maine DHHS, syringe exchange programs across the state experienced a marked increase in the number of enrollees receiving sterile syringes.
In 2021, SSPs in Maine had a total of 5,403 enrollees, which increased to 6,718 in 2022 and over 8,300 in 2023.
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Mills Admin Proceeds with $15,000 Study into ‘Safe Consumption Sites’By Edward TomicSeptember 10, 2024Updated:September 10, 20248 Comments3 Mins Read
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A lot of narcotic substances and devices for the preparation of drugs lie on an old wooden table. Drug dealer stuff. Heroin and methamphetamine in raw condition. Narcotic addiction concept
ShareMaine Governor Janet Mills’ (D) Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) has granted $15,000 to a Portland-based consultant to coordinate a study of the potential effectiveness of “harm reduction health centers,” also known as safe drug consumption or injection sites.
In July of last year, Gov. Mills signed LD 1364 into law, a resolution which directed GOPIF to “convene a working group to study methods of preventing opioid overdose deaths by authorizing harm reduction health centers.”
[RELATED: Maine Will Study Effectiveness of “Safe Consumption Sites” as a Potential Fix For Opioid Epidemic…]
The bill as originally introduced would have authorized municipalities to open the so-called “harm reduction health centers” as facilities where individuals could go to use previously obtained controlled substances without fear of arrest.
That version of LD 1364 was rejected by the Maine Senate, and the bill was replaced by a resolution to instead convene a working group to “evaluate options for, identify barriers to and develop findings and recommendations regarding the prevention of opioid overdose deaths by authorizing harm reduction health centers in the State.”
The State Legislature appropriated $15,000 to fund the study, which became available on July 1, 2023.
According to a Procurement Justification Form (PJF) published by the Mills administration on Sept. 6, GOPIF will direct the $15,000 to Carol Kelly, managing director of Pivot Point, Inc., to facilitate the working group’s study into the harm reduction health centers.
[RELATED: City of Portland May Use Opioid Settlement Funds to ‘buyback’ Used Syringes…]
Kelly’s role in the working group, according to the Mills administration, will be to conduct interviews, engage stakeholders, coordinate research, facilitate monthly meetings, synthesize the meeting notes and assist in drafting the group’s final report.
Kelly previously served as a lead consultant and writer of Gov. Mills’ Maine Opioid Response Strategic Action Plan.
According to the most recent data from the University of Maine’s Drug Data Hub, there were a total of 302 overdose deaths and 4,980 nonfatal overdoses in Maine from January through July of 2024 — a more than 10 percent decrease in both fatal and nonfatal overdoses from the same period last year.
[RELATED: Maine Reports Nearly 10,000 Drug Overdoses in 2023, 16 Percent Decrease in Fatal Overdoses from 2022…]
That said, the data shows that the number of fatal overdoses in the state remain significantly higher than prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: MaineDrugData.OrgThe working group’s report to the legislature is due on Feb. 15, 2025, and will include findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation for the 132nd Legislature.
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A lot of narcotic substances and devices for the preparation of drugs lie on an old wooden table. Drug dealer stuff. Heroin and methamphetamine in raw condition. Narcotic addiction concept
ShareMaine Governor Janet Mills’ (D) Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) has granted $15,000 to a Portland-based consultant to coordinate a study of the potential effectiveness of “harm reduction health centers,” also known as safe drug consumption or injection sites.
In July of last year, Gov. Mills signed LD 1364 into law, a resolution which directed GOPIF to “convene a working group to study methods of preventing opioid overdose deaths by authorizing harm reduction health centers.”
[RELATED: Maine Will Study Effectiveness of “Safe Consumption Sites” as a Potential Fix For Opioid Epidemic…]
The bill as originally introduced would have authorized municipalities to open the so-called “harm reduction health centers” as facilities where individuals could go to use previously obtained controlled substances without fear of arrest.
That version of LD 1364 was rejected by the Maine Senate, and the bill was replaced by a resolution to instead convene a working group to “evaluate options for, identify barriers to and develop findings and recommendations regarding the prevention of opioid overdose deaths by authorizing harm reduction health centers in the State.”
The State Legislature appropriated $15,000 to fund the study, which became available on July 1, 2023.
According to a Procurement Justification Form (PJF) published by the Mills administration on Sept. 6, GOPIF will direct the $15,000 to Carol Kelly, managing director of Pivot Point, Inc., to facilitate the working group’s study into the harm reduction health centers.
[RELATED: City of Portland May Use Opioid Settlement Funds to ‘buyback’ Used Syringes…]
Kelly’s role in the working group, according to the Mills administration, will be to conduct interviews, engage stakeholders, coordinate research, facilitate monthly meetings, synthesize the meeting notes and assist in drafting the group’s final report.
Kelly previously served as a lead consultant and writer of Gov. Mills’ Maine Opioid Response Strategic Action Plan.
According to the most recent data from the University of Maine’s Drug Data Hub, there were a total of 302 overdose deaths and 4,980 nonfatal overdoses in Maine from January through July of 2024 — a more than 10 percent decrease in both fatal and nonfatal overdoses from the same period last year.
[RELATED: Maine Reports Nearly 10,000 Drug Overdoses in 2023, 16 Percent Decrease in Fatal Overdoses from 2022…]
That said, the data shows that the number of fatal overdoses in the state remain significantly higher than prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: MaineDrugData.OrgThe working group’s report to the legislature is due on Feb. 15, 2025, and will include findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation for the 132nd Legislature.
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2-20-2024 At the York GOP monthly meeting, School Superintendent Tim Doak was invited to give an update on the state of our schools and covered information ranging from special needs, endorsing Pre-K for addressing the needs of our youngest entering the schools, budget, shared IT expense, SEL Social Emotional Learning and a number of other issues the audience asked to Tim to address.
OPEN BORDER COSTS REVEALED
Republicans blow the lid off a program that spends over $56,000 per asylum seeker while spending far less addressing Maine’s homeless and nursing home crises
STATE HOUSE – Legislative Republicans held a press conference today to deliver shocking new numbers on state spending related to thousands of asylum seekers coming to Maine for free housing. The migration is part of Governor Mills’ pledge to bring in 75,000 new Mainers by 2029.
These costs have largely been hidden from the public and are now being exposed in an effort to demand accountability and a results-driven plan. Taxpayer money is being diverted away from pressing state needs as Mainers languish on housing lists for years or waiting lists for nursing homes.
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Mainers List Their Concerns About the State
Today Maine House Representative Katrina J. Smith, District 62, a Republican from Palermo, asked the question, "What concerns you the most about Maine right now?"
There were over 184 responses, and here were some of the concerns raised:
According to U.S. Census Bureau facts, in 2022, per capita income in Maine was $39,718 and 10.8% of people in Maine are living in poverty.
Maine ranks in the top 10 states for the highest electricity rates, coming in at number 3 for 2024.
When it comes to affordable rent, Maine is the 5th least affordable state.
The cost of living index for Maine is 110.7.
In 2022, there were 151,212 small businesses in Maine.
Do you agree with the concerns on this list? What if any other concerns would you add to the list? Please add your concerns and suggestions in the comment section.
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Today Maine House Representative Katrina J. Smith, District 62, a Republican from Palermo, asked the question, "What concerns you the most about Maine right now?"
There were over 184 responses, and here were some of the concerns raised:
- There are too many free benefits
- Illegal marijuana grows
- Election integrity
- The Secretary of State's decision to remove former President Trump from Maine's primary ballot
- The attack on legal gun owners' rights by the anti-gun lobby
- Governor Mills policies
- The cost of living was mentioned several times
- The cost of electricity, food, heating oil, and taxes in Maine
- The number of solar panel farms plastering the state
- A lack of affordable rentals and housing for hard-working Mainers was mentioned a few times
- Immigration
- Finding medical care in a timely manner
- The state not doing enough to take care of the homeless
- Maine is turning into California more and more
- Lack of common sense in Augusta
- The removal of the religious and philosophical exemptions for the huge list of mandatory childhood vaccinations to attend public school
- Underfunded nursing homes
- Maine is not attracting new businesses
- Energy bills are too high
- Poorly maintained roads
- High property taxes
- Poor use of taxpayer money
- Cost of living
- Housing for asylum seekers
- Government overreach
- Lack of support for Maine educators
- Quality of the schools
- Ranked choice voting
- Gender ideology
- Fentanyl overdoses
- Mental health
According to U.S. Census Bureau facts, in 2022, per capita income in Maine was $39,718 and 10.8% of people in Maine are living in poverty.
Maine ranks in the top 10 states for the highest electricity rates, coming in at number 3 for 2024.
When it comes to affordable rent, Maine is the 5th least affordable state.
The cost of living index for Maine is 110.7.
In 2022, there were 151,212 small businesses in Maine.
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America’s Real Radicals
Posted on Tuesday, January 9, 2024
by Dr. Sebastian Gorka
|
They say “perception is reality.” Not quite.
But what someone thinks is true will shape their behavior, even if it isn’t actually true.
If that weren’t the case, billions of dollars wouldn’t be spent annually on marketing and advertising products and services you don’t actually need but which “consumers” have been convinced they can’t live without.
The same goes for the world of politics. There are perceptions, and then there is the reality. And knowing the difference between them in 2024 will be crucial.
So let’s start with that awful word: “narrative,” because the historic Presidential election this year will be driven by whether existing false representations of Left and Right can be broken.
The conventional wisdom, the DC narrative about Left v. Right has been boiled down for decades as: “the Democrats care about the little guy, for minorities and women” and “Republicans are mean, selfish, greedy and elitists who look down on the working man.” Then 2016 happened.
Incredibly, a billionaire reality-TV superstar real-estate mogul came out of nowhere with a message about the “forgotten men and women” who had been betrayed by both parties and about how we have to “Make America Great Again.” And Donald Trump won, the first time he ever ran.
Clearly the establishment narrative had failed the Left. So, what was to be done? Up the ante. With the violent support of astroturfed, so-called, social justice “movements” like Antifa and Black Lives Matter, the spin-doctors, talking heads, and communication “experts” decided to go all the way.
Building upon Hillary Clinton’s original dehumanizing language of the “Deplorables,” which itself was a version of Obama’s “bitter clingers” slur, the Biden regime and its lacks doubled down. Instead of deplorable hicks who loved their Bible and their guns, the language switched to something much darker.
If you were one of the 60 million-plus Americans who originally voted for the billionaire from Queens, or the 70 million-plus who voted to re-elect him 4 years later, you were a threat. From his fascistic red-lit Marine Corps propped-up speech in front of Liberty Hall, to his speech Monday at the site of a church shooting which – strangely occurred under Obama’s presidency, not Trump’s – Biden has you as a MAGA-extremist, a domestic terrorist driven by White Supremacy. President Trump is described as an authoritarian who admires Mussolini, reads Mein Kampf, and is readying himself to establish a dictatorship.
This is all very strange, given that the man in question has already been President and took none of the actions we are told he is obsessed with when he already was in office. Instead of being a fascist or a Nazi, or a White-Supremacist, he was the most philosemitic President since 1948, a man who recognized Jerusalem and moved our embassy there, after 3 previous Presidents were too afraid too. As to White-Supremacy and general bigotry? In addition to black and gay cabinet members, President Trump initiated unprecedented justice and penal reforms to help minorities, in addition to historic support to Black colleges and universities.
So, who are the fascists?
Who deployed the FBI to raid Mar a Lago, the residence of a former President? Which administration arrested former Assistants to the President for “contempt of Congress?” Whose DOJ targeted a former President’s lawyers, including the former Mayor of New York? Whose FBI surveilled Catholics for being “traditional?” Who sentenced January 6 demonstrators for 20+ years for trumped up “obstruction of an official proceedings” charges? Whose DOJ used illegal surveillance 200,000+ times against innocent Americans? Whose Federal Air Marshals tracked Trump supporters simply because they support the former President. Unelected judges of which political persuasion are trying to take President Trump off the 2024 ballot? And which side has raised indictments totaling more than 730+ years in prison against the leader of the Opposition?
Yes, America is facing the threat of fascist dictatorship. But it’s already here. The Fascists are the Democrat Party and the Biden regime.
Sebastian Gorka Ph.D. is host of SALEM Radio’s AMERICA First and The Gorka Reality Check on NEWSMAX TV. A former Strategist to President Donald Trump, he is a member of the National Security Education Board of the Pentagon. His latest book is The War for America’s Soul. Follow him on his SubStack page and website.
Posted on Tuesday, January 9, 2024
by Dr. Sebastian Gorka
|
They say “perception is reality.” Not quite.
But what someone thinks is true will shape their behavior, even if it isn’t actually true.
If that weren’t the case, billions of dollars wouldn’t be spent annually on marketing and advertising products and services you don’t actually need but which “consumers” have been convinced they can’t live without.
The same goes for the world of politics. There are perceptions, and then there is the reality. And knowing the difference between them in 2024 will be crucial.
So let’s start with that awful word: “narrative,” because the historic Presidential election this year will be driven by whether existing false representations of Left and Right can be broken.
The conventional wisdom, the DC narrative about Left v. Right has been boiled down for decades as: “the Democrats care about the little guy, for minorities and women” and “Republicans are mean, selfish, greedy and elitists who look down on the working man.” Then 2016 happened.
Incredibly, a billionaire reality-TV superstar real-estate mogul came out of nowhere with a message about the “forgotten men and women” who had been betrayed by both parties and about how we have to “Make America Great Again.” And Donald Trump won, the first time he ever ran.
Clearly the establishment narrative had failed the Left. So, what was to be done? Up the ante. With the violent support of astroturfed, so-called, social justice “movements” like Antifa and Black Lives Matter, the spin-doctors, talking heads, and communication “experts” decided to go all the way.
Building upon Hillary Clinton’s original dehumanizing language of the “Deplorables,” which itself was a version of Obama’s “bitter clingers” slur, the Biden regime and its lacks doubled down. Instead of deplorable hicks who loved their Bible and their guns, the language switched to something much darker.
If you were one of the 60 million-plus Americans who originally voted for the billionaire from Queens, or the 70 million-plus who voted to re-elect him 4 years later, you were a threat. From his fascistic red-lit Marine Corps propped-up speech in front of Liberty Hall, to his speech Monday at the site of a church shooting which – strangely occurred under Obama’s presidency, not Trump’s – Biden has you as a MAGA-extremist, a domestic terrorist driven by White Supremacy. President Trump is described as an authoritarian who admires Mussolini, reads Mein Kampf, and is readying himself to establish a dictatorship.
This is all very strange, given that the man in question has already been President and took none of the actions we are told he is obsessed with when he already was in office. Instead of being a fascist or a Nazi, or a White-Supremacist, he was the most philosemitic President since 1948, a man who recognized Jerusalem and moved our embassy there, after 3 previous Presidents were too afraid too. As to White-Supremacy and general bigotry? In addition to black and gay cabinet members, President Trump initiated unprecedented justice and penal reforms to help minorities, in addition to historic support to Black colleges and universities.
So, who are the fascists?
Who deployed the FBI to raid Mar a Lago, the residence of a former President? Which administration arrested former Assistants to the President for “contempt of Congress?” Whose DOJ targeted a former President’s lawyers, including the former Mayor of New York? Whose FBI surveilled Catholics for being “traditional?” Who sentenced January 6 demonstrators for 20+ years for trumped up “obstruction of an official proceedings” charges? Whose DOJ used illegal surveillance 200,000+ times against innocent Americans? Whose Federal Air Marshals tracked Trump supporters simply because they support the former President. Unelected judges of which political persuasion are trying to take President Trump off the 2024 ballot? And which side has raised indictments totaling more than 730+ years in prison against the leader of the Opposition?
Yes, America is facing the threat of fascist dictatorship. But it’s already here. The Fascists are the Democrat Party and the Biden regime.
Sebastian Gorka Ph.D. is host of SALEM Radio’s AMERICA First and The Gorka Reality Check on NEWSMAX TV. A former Strategist to President Donald Trump, he is a member of the National Security Education Board of the Pentagon. His latest book is The War for America’s Soul. Follow him on his SubStack page and website.
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