Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) is poised to ignore the April 11 deadline set by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) for Maine to comply with Title IX anti-discrimination laws which the federal government found it to be breaking by refusing to prevent transgender-identifying males from competing in women’s sports or using women’s restrooms and locker rooms.
[RELATED: Federal Department of Education Sends Maine DOE Final Warning on Transgender Athlete Policy…]
“There have been no negotiations that I’m aware of. No negotiations,” said Mills on Thursday, speaking to Maine Total Coverage on the impending deadline.
Mills told the outlet that Maine does not plan to accept the terms laid out by the DOE, which would include a change of policy along with a formal apology to the girls who lost out on sports victories because they were forced to compete against males.
Instead of complying, Mills, apparently unconcerned with the funding loss her state will suffer as a result of her resistance to federal law, told reporters that her administration is already engaged in a legal battle with President Donald Trump and expressed her hope that the case will be decided quickly.
The DOE issued its final warning to the Mills Administration on March 31, in the form of a letter of impasse, informing the state that if it does not accept the proposed resolution by the end of the business day on April 11, the DOE will refer the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for enforcement.
That enforcement could lead to an ultimate rescission of all federal education funding. This would come at the same time Maine struggles with a half billion dollar budget deficit crisis and a damning report by the state auditor that saw over $2 billion in sole source contracts parceled out with scant justifications or oversight.
[RELATED: Maine Audit Reveals Systemic $2.1 Billion Financial Mismanagement and Corruption Risk]
Maine has already lost some federal funding due to its transgender-related policies. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cut some of its funding for the MDOE in response to the state’s policy of allowing males to participate in women’s sports.
The total amount of federal support for Maine’s schools is estimated at about $280 million annually.
In a separate case, the DOJ cut roughly $1.5 million in non-essential federal funding from the Maine Department of Corrections after discovering that the state houses some transgender-identifying males in women’s prisons, putting the women housed in the facilities at risk.
Whistling past the graveyard, Mills has expressed no apparent concerns about the looming enforcement action likely to be taken against the state and has maintained outward confidence that the state’s legal challenges against the administration will be successful.
At the same time, she has done nothing to bring Maine into compliance with federal law and has resisted taking a strong stance on whether she believes men should be allowed to compete against girls, claiming instead that the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA) supersedes federal law in much the same vein that segregationist Southern governors refused to comply with federal civil rights law in the 1960s.
The MHRA defines gender identity as a class protected against discrimination, and, Mills claims, compliance with federal law would mean a violation of that state law. She argues that only the state legislature can change that law, though she has done nothing to support legislative efforts from some Republican state lawmakers to do exactly that.
On Thursday, just one day before the deadline, the New York Times published a fawning article on Mills, portraying her as strong and heroic for her defiance of federal law, without raising concerns that Mills’s actions could cost the state millions in vital federal funding. The timing of the piece suggests such praise by national audiences for her resistance to Trump is more important to Mills than her state’s parlous financial condition.
As the broken record that I am….MAINERS YOU VOTED FOR THIS!!!! Had enough yet? Go ahead and sit on your rear-ends in 2026 and say good bye to Maine.
Amazing that all of you sit back and allow this to happen, I and mine will be in a state that cares about its citizens and does not financially destroy them. Enjoy!!!
I’m telling ya shut down all the contracts to the two shipyards till this dumb bitch resigns in shame.
Mills if you fight this….use your own money!!!! Not the state of Maines!!
If the ethnically run Old Grey Lady is supporting you, you KNOW you are wrong.
I hope Washington cuts off EVERY single penny .
When the stream goes totally dry , Janet will be forced to comply.
That moment can not come soon enough .
EVERY SINGLE PENNY !
I don’t care how loudly or often these leftists obsessed with grooming boys to pretend to be girls, it’s not normal or healthy or sane.
Is Mills catering to the teachers union or a friend or does she really want Maine to be destroyed?
axylos as you probably know we are a relatively large state with a small population. The vast majority of us who live outside the population centers (Augusta, Portland and along the down east coast) vote red.
Between the liberal loonies, academics and transplants we are outnumbered. We ARE fighting back and The Maine Wire and X give us a voice we’ve not had in the past.
Mainers are waking up to the fact that the local MSM is bought and paid for, literally, and consistently spew the party line for our dirty politicians. We are disgusted by the status quo.
It must end and for that to happen we have to fight for what is right.
Maine is worth fighting for.
this is what mills was selected to do… it goes along with the new americans, blowing thru the budget, embolded crimanals.. etc. etc. etc.. her actions are those of someone part of a bigger plan… this is all part of the war on traditional family vaules, and the war on middle class america. all about bringing in… the great reset… maine has to many private citizens owning to much land… taxes will go up!! higher taxes mean more money to steal… crimes behind the scenes are outragous!! zero accountability nationwide… nothing with happen
What a stubborn, intransigent witch.
drives me nuts when people say u voted for this! no one voted for this… she was installed.. selected not elected…. prove our elections are not stolen!! prove the primarys are not a sham!!.. look what the dems pulled last president election….they forced america to vote trump…… they are not stupid… they think your stupid because you believe what they say, and cant remember what they did….. wake up!
Now that the Democrats Governor has implicated the Democrat majority legislature in this blunder, Maine voters have the changeover to a non-democrat government all teed up for them.
Perhaps Mills is a dude?
Next time at least vote for something more pleasant to look at!
Maine wake up. Enough of this stupidity. Vote red. We are small and poor state can’t refuse federal money.
Wow I am so glad that mills cleared that up, that state law trumps federal law. Who knew?
She must be laughing all the way to the bank! Hahaha hahahaha I can’t stop laughing!
We need to Vote her right out of the state yesterday.
How much is known about Mills inner circle? They all seem to be faceless and nameless. Are they good for the state of Maine?
Congratulations Janet and the fellow democratic leadership in this cesspool of a state. Especially the girly man Attorney General. When federal law and state law conflict federal law supersedes. If these tyrants had their way we’d still have slavery. Oh I forgot, they are the party that gave us slavery. Now it’s not only African Americans they want to keep under their thumbs.
The Republicans have to run a viable candidate and a viable campaign to defeat the Public Sector (anti-capitalist) Party. So far they haven’t.
I hope this BS wakes up the democratic voters who voted for this mess, I also hope that Maine voters send a clear message next election and start voting these nut jobs out of office.
Many comments blame Maine voters for this mess.
While that may be somewhat true,
the mess is far worse since so-called “ranked voting” took effect, disenfranchising more voters than ever before, allowing for manchurian candidates which steer the result to vanilla globalist uniparty virtue signaling politicians and their America Last policies,
Get rid of ranked voting. There is your real problem
Janet “SEE YOU IN COURT” Mills has made it clear she’s going to die on this hill for letting biological boys kick the living shit out of girls playing sports, bring the boys into the girls locker room, and put some tampon dispensers in the boys bathrooms. She’s quite an advocate for sticking up for Maine’s girls. Shes not worried. She has Aaron “SEX WITH A SUBORDINANT WORKER” Frey to handle the dirty work.
Cut off all federal money for the state of Maine. Maine depends on federal money, cut it all off. There has been ample warning and enough time has passed. Shut off the tap and don’t restart until full compliance is gained. We are a nation of laws and Mills is clearly not in compliance.
Fox is reporting a second referral has been sent to the DOJ.
Mills and her corrupt regime are the result of Rank Choice Cheating. Which the elitist democrats aren’t going to give up. If I still had children in school I’d get them out of school sports and find some private leagues.
Look at all of the bots, sexists, and bigots spewing hateful rhetoric to support a convicted rapist.
Oh look, another intellectual giant from the demonic left who think boys can be girls and girls can be boys. Why don’t you shut off MS NBC and get someone who can actually read. Trump was not convicted of rape in the sham trial. Keep talking and keep losing elections. Show the real people in the country what a f’n moron you actually are.
Mainers are used to suffering under the Jack boot of Fürhrer Mills and her cabal of Socialist Democrats in Augusta, a little more will never be noticed.
If this is the hill Mills has chosen to die on, let it be a slow painful death that kills any aspirations of further political office.
Trump will destroy Mills in court.
My concern is how much damage Mills will do to Maine in the 20 months she has left!
She proven herself mentally unstable, driven only by her juvinile hatred for Trump.
And her idiot minions and eager to do her bidding, like the obedient little lapdogs they are!
And then there’s the sick bitch Shenna Bellows waiting in the wings to manipulate herself into the governor’s office.
Things are going to get real serious in the next 20 months! The furure, the very existence of Maine is hanging in the ballance. Failure is not an option!
This is what Janet “SEE YOU IN COURT” Mill’s is defending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7dyJfUxgOw
What time is it?
It’s time to start locking up the democrats.
All going according to the plan/script.
For those who still aren’t quite grasping what’s going on: NONE of this is by accident. It’s not a left/right ‘crazy dems doing nutty things’ situation. It’s not a result of poor “voting” choices (hint: you do not, nor have ever, had a “vote” or say in these things. Oh they certainly go to great lengths to keep people believing they do, but I assure you: you don’t.)
This is all a very deliberate, completely planned out theatrical display. Setting things up for the planned destruction, in such a way as to get people to actually go along with and support it.
The border; the “trans” b.s., the economic tom foolery… ALL of it.
Just look how incredibly (and sadly) well it worked with Vaxdaddy (Trump). They played their bit of theater for four years, making people believe “dumb” Biden and Co. were destroying the country out of stupidity and personal corruption; made it seem like Vaxdaddy was riding in on his white horse to save the day; and the masses bought it hook, line and sinker. Paving the way for his every action to hasten the destruction 1000 fold.
If the masses continue to refuse to think critically; continue to fall for the left/right divide and conquer paradigm; continue falling for all the “look, squirrel!” distractions: we are completely screwed.
Study your history outside the propaganda being shoveled by the public “education” (see: indoctrination) system. This is all the exact same playbook that has been used multiple times before. About every 100 years or so, “they” do the same thing: they kill off a huge portion of the world’s population; consolidate riches, power and control; mess with everyone’s heads to the point they don’t know their up from down- and don’t understand history whatsoever; and “reset” the world. I shudder to think how many times it has been done.
Quite frankly, at this point, it’s on us and we’re getting what we deserve. The levels of ignorance, apathy, refusal to take personal responsibility or embrace the sacrifices necessary to combat this mess are off the charts and utterly shameful.
Extricate yourself from their matrix. Stop destroying your minds with their brainwashing media. Stop taking the actors on stage seriously (ALL politicians, media personalities, etc.). Stop fighting with and hating your fellow man over contrived nonsense.
None of this gets fixed going along with the status quo. We’re not “voting” our way out of it. No “white knight” is riding in to save the day. ALL of the systems in place, from the “health”care system; the “educational” system; media; the corporate entities feigning to be legitimate government (this very much includes the local level. Is your town incorporated? Then it’s 100% captured and corrupted): ALL of it is, and has been since their inception, purposefully designed to keep you weak, sickly, stupid, distracted, and full of hate for your fellow man.
PLEASE, for the love of God, wake up already.
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) …refusing to prevent … males from competing in women’s sports or using women’s restrooms and locker rooms.
@MAGA, bet you voted for Clinton, a honest to God rapist. And how about that little girl fondling guy Biden, showering with his daughter. Not go mention Harris who was slept her way go the top. And Trump was not convicted, in court by a special law that was passed to sue him.
Liberal judges are running everything.
All these liberal rulers can do as they wish.
This is what you will continue to get unless you get rid of those electronic voting machines and tabulators. Same day voting, paper ballots and voter ID will fix this mess after we remove these cheaters from office.
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Did the Governor ever show up to support the womans water polo championship in Waterville? True colors showing.
I made the mistake of flipping the tv station to msnbc when mills was being interviewed, Yikes! Holy Crap! My eyes are still burning! C’ Mon man no joke!
Mills said on TV just the other day that there are TWO STUDENTS in the state competing in sports and Trump is taking free lunch from thousands of students over two trans students, I say Mills is the one taking hundreds of millions of dollars from Maine because of two students who have mental health issues!
She’s like a dog that returns to it’s vomit. She don’t care. One thing she is good at – Raising Taxes.
What are governor Mill’s priorities for the state of Maine, besides DEI, lack of law enforcement (illegal marijuana grows), and corruption in awarding contracts?
Getting money from Spain for power corridor. Expose her, she’ll resign
The Democrats are modern day neo-confederalist. Insurrectionist. Mirroring the Southern States attitude towards the Federal Government in the 1800’s.