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Police Arrest 68-Year-Old Man for Fatal Hit-and-Run of Bicyclist in Scarborough

By Edward TomicJuly 2, 20250 News 2K Views

A 68-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly fatally striking a bicyclist with his vehicle and then leaving the scene…

Commentary

Democrat Tax Hikes Mean More Madness for Maine

By Robert "Bobby" CharlesJuly 2, 20250 Commentary

There is no polite way to say this: Democrat income tax increases, which the Maine’s legislature passed in the eleventh…

News

Greene Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges After Being Found with Firearm, Drugs in Lewiston

By Edward TomicJuly 2, 20250 News

A Greene man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to federal charges after he was pulled over in Lewiston and found with…

News

Kicking the Can Down the Road: Mills Pushes Decision on Sanctuary State Bill to Next Session

By Seamus OthotJuly 2, 20250 News 1K Views

Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) will avoid making a decision on the controversial sanctuary state bill that passed through the legislature,…

Healthcare

โ€˜One Big Beautiful Billโ€™ Could Shutter Hundreds Of Planned Parenthood Clinics

By DCNFJuly 2, 20250 Healthcare

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Crime

How Plea Bargains Cheat Justice

By Sam PattenJuly 2, 20250 Crime

Cling though one might to the old saying ‘you can’t judge a book by its cover,’ it’s difficult to look…

News

Conservative Watchdog Sues Feds For Concealing Biden-Era Docs On Race-Based Organ Transplant Rules

By DCNFJuly 2, 20250 News

America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against three federal agencies alleging they failed to honor information requests onย discriminatory…

News

Maine Unanimously Rejects Effort to Ban Dynamic Pricing in Restaurants and Grocery Stores

By Libby PalanzaJuly 2, 20250 News

Maine lawmakers unanimously rejected a Democrat-led effort to ban dynamic pricing in restaurants and grocery stores throughout the state. Although…

News

New DOJ Memo Prioritizes De-Naturalizing Criminal Citizens, Opposing Sanctuary Policies, and Fighting Gender Ideology

By Seamus OthotJuly 2, 20250 News

A newly released memo from Assistant Attorney General Brent Shumate directed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Division last month…

Crime

Arrest Made in Fatal Lewiston Shooting of 17-Year-Old

By Edward TomicJuly 2, 20250 Crime

A 23-year-old Lewiston man has been arrested in Minnesota and transported back to Maine where he has been charged with…

News

A Closer Look at Medicaid Work Requirements Designed for Savings and Sustainability in the Big Beautiful Bill

By Libby PalanzaJuly 2, 20250 News 2K Views

The United States Senate narrowly passed on Tuesday the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a national budget bill that includes…

News

Bath Man Accused of Firing Rifle in Residential Neighborhood in Belgrade

By Edward TomicJuly 1, 20250 News 1K Views

A Bath man was arrested on Saturday after allegedly firing a rifle multiple times in a residential area in Belgrade.…

News

Big Beautiful Bill Passes Senate Without Collins’ Support after Senate Rejected Her Plan to Finance Rural Hospital Fund with Tax Increase on Ultra Rich

By Seamus OthotJuly 1, 20250 News

The Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” reconciliation spending package on Tuesday with a tie breaking vote…

News

Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Using Stolen Debit Card Numbers to Make Purchases Around Portland Area

By Edward TomicJuly 1, 20250 News

A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Maine on Tuesday for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft after…

News

NH Federal Court Charges Mass Man for Running a $6.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme as Part of Broader Probe

By Seamus OthotJuly 1, 20250 News

Leo Anzivino, Jr., 34, of Teaticket, Massachusetts, is facing charges of healthcare fraud and money laundering for his alleged role…

News

Ellsworth Man Sentenced for Role in Downeast Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

By Edward TomicJuly 1, 20250 News

An Ellsworth man on Monday was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for a conspiracy to traffic drugs from…

News

Westbrook Police Respond to Allegations of AI-Generated Photo from Brackett Street Drug Bust

By Edward TomicJuly 1, 20250 News

The Westbrook Police Department on Tuesday issued a statement responding to allegations that they had used an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated…

News

Most Mainers Oppose President Trump and the Big Beautiful Bill, But Stark Divides Emerge Along Party Lines: Pine Tree State Poll

By Libby PalanzaJuly 1, 20250 News 2K Views

Like the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, ths majority of blue state Mainers told pollsters they do not want the…

News

DHS Cancels Temporary Protected Status for Hundreds of Thousands of Haitian Immigrants

By Seamus OthotJuly 1, 20250 News

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is revoking the temporary protected status from Haiti, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced…

News

Maine’s Liberal Hub Thinks A Paint Festival Will Make Drug-Addicted Sidewalk Loungers Disappear

By Ted CohenJuly 1, 20250 News 1K Views

Political leaders in Maine’s largest municipal welfare magnet have a new idea for pretending that public drug use and urination…

News

Take the Money and Run: South Portland Police Investigating Armed Robbery at Bank of America

By Edward TomicJuly 1, 20250 News

South Portland police say three masked suspects allegedly assaulted and threatened an ATM technician during a robbery at Bank of…

News

Socialist Portland City Councilor Says Constituents Are ‘Creeps’ and ‘Sociopaths’ For Wanting City to Address Homelessness Issue, Calls Mayor ‘F—ing Stupid’

By Edward TomicJuly 1, 20250 News

Socialist Portland City Councilor Wes Pelletier on Sunday gave a speech at an event in Monument Square in which he…

News

18 GOP Senators Vote in Favor of Collins’ Measure To Raise Taxes On Millionaires

By DCNFJuly 1, 20250 News

Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (United States Senate/Wikimedia Commons)

News

Watch Now — High Crimes: The Chinese Mafiaโ€™s Takeover of Rural America

By Steve RobinsonJune 30, 20250 News 5K Views

https://twitter.com/BigSteve207/status/1939793686344196362 The Chinese Mafia is building a black-market marijuana empire across rural Americaโ€”buying homes, churches, and even schools. They’re lacing…

Crime

Trump Admin Charges 324 – Including Lewiston Man – in $14.6 Billion Welfare Fraud Operation

By Steve RobinsonJune 30, 20250 Crime 3K Views

The Trump Administration announced Monday a massive fraud investigation that has resulted in 324 defendants facing charges for more than…

News

Newly Surfaced DOJ Docs Discredit Janet Mills’ Claims About Cocaine Investigation

By Steve RobinsonJune 30, 20250 News 5K Views

Thirty-seven year-old allegations of cocaine abuse have returned to haunt Maine Gov. Janet Mills thanks to a resurfaced U.S. Department…

News

Tough-Talking, Maine-Educated Green Beret Army Physician Announces Run For Texas Governor

By Ted CohenJune 30, 20250 News 3K Views

A retired Special Forces surgeon who earned his medical degree in Maine is running for Texas governor – and vowing…

News

Effort to Ensure Maine Hospitals Get Paid for Medicaid Services Stalled — Despite Broad Support for Drinkwater Bill Mandating Timely Reimbursement

By Libby PalanzaJune 30, 20250 News

The Maine Legislature has yet to make a final decision on the proposal requiring the Maine Department of Health and…

News

Homeless Man Arrested for Arson in Connection to Residential Fire in Princeton

By Edward TomicJune 30, 20250 News

A 39-year-old unhoused man has been charged with arson following a fire at an unoccupied residential property in Princeton, according…

News

Dan Bongino Promises Crackdown on CCP Influence and Public Corruption After a New York Employee Worked as a CCP Agent and Committed Fraud

By Seamus OthotJune 30, 20250 News

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino vowed to crack down on government corruption and root out Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence…

News

Jay School Board Votes to Bar Males from Female Sports and Private Spaces, Marking Another Maine District to Comply with Federal Guidelines

By Seamus OthotJune 30, 20250 News 1K Views

The Regional School Unit (RSU) 73 School Board, serving Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls, voted on Thursday night to alter…

News

Six Arrested in Westbrook Drug Bust

By Edward TomicJune 30, 20250 News 2K Views

Last week a traffic stop in Westbrook during a routine patrol led to a significant drug bust on Brackett Street,…

News

Irish Homicide Cops Reportedly In Maine Seeking Intel On Suspected Former Midcoast Resident

By Ted CohenJune 30, 20250 News 2K Views

The picturesque seaside town of none other than Camden, Maine is now attracting a new breed of tourists – cops…

News

Unemployment Rates Consistent in Maine, But Tourism and Hospitality Hiring Slower Than Normal

By Libby PalanzaJune 30, 20250 News

Maine’s unemployment rate remained steady in May at 3.4 percent, according to new data from the Maine Department of Labor…

Energy & Environment

โ€˜Outright Massacreโ€™: Senate GOP Takes Sledgehammer To Bidenโ€™s Green Energy Subsidies

By DCNFJune 30, 20250 Energy & Environment 1K Views

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Maine and New England

Collins Votes to Advance “Big Beautiful Bill”

By Sam PattenJune 30, 20250 Maine and New England 2K Views

Senate Appropriation Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) supported a motion Saturday night to advance President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” towards…

News

Break A Rule At This Maine High School? No Worries. Take A Restorative Hike

By Ted CohenJune 30, 20250 News 2K Views

A midcoast Maine school is trying out a new lesson – disciplining students who step out of line with a…

Sports & Entertainment

“Maine – The Way Life Should Beef” Has Much to Offer Liver King Once His Legal Woes Are Resolved

By Ted CohenJune 29, 20250 Sports & Entertainment 3K Views

If only he were able to gnaw through his ankle bracelet, the Liver King could quit the Texas heat for…

News

NH 18-Year-Old Opens Fire at Hampton Beach, Shooting Three People, Sparking a Manhunt Leading to Arrest

By Seamus OthotJune 29, 20250 News 5K Views

18-year-old Divaris Ojani Ruiz of Manchester, New Hampshire, was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly opened fire at Hampton Beach,…

News

What’s the Plan, Man: Rick Bennett Needs a Quarter Million Votes to Win, Where Does He Think He’ll Get Them?

By Sam PattenJune 29, 20250 News 2K Views

Probably the most likable candidate for governor of Maine last time won less than two percent of the vote. Sam…

News

Massachusetts Man Gets Cuffed and Stuffed for Trafficking in Rockland

By Seamus OthotJune 28, 20250 News 2K Views

Officers from the Rockland Police Department arrested Jose Henriquez-Paulino, 24, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Wednesday on drug trafficking charges following…

News

Gone Wild: Man Arrested in China, Maine After Breaking Into a House with a Maul Shouting “I’m Here to Kill You”

By Seamus OthotJune 28, 20250 News 3K Views

A China, Maine, man was arrested on Thursday after allegedly assaulting his parents, breaking into their house with a splitting…

News

Pissed in Piscataquis, Massachusetts Man Leads Police on Multi-Town Chase Before Arrest – and Hangover

By Seamus OthotJune 28, 20250 News 1K Views

A Massachusetts man allegedly led the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department on a multi-town chase on Wednesday after taking his friend’s…

News

SCOTUS Reins In Federal Judges on Nationwide Injunctions, Yet to Rule on Birthright Citizenship

By Libby PalanzaJune 28, 20250 News

The United States Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling on Friday stating that federal judges do not have the authority…

News

Pingree Votes Against Condemning Violent Anti-ICE Riots in LA While Golden Supports Resolution

By Seamus OthotJune 27, 20250 News 1K Views

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted against a resolution on Thursday condemning the violent anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots in…

Commentary

Policing Without Power: What The Law No Longer Lets Us Do, and Why We Need Change

By The Maine WireJune 27, 20250 Commentary 6K Views

By Chief Eric H. Small Iโ€™ve worn a badge in Maine for decades, but never have I felt more powerless…

News

Beware the Oceanโ€™s Stealthy Hunter – New England Great Whites May Be Swimming This Way, Again

By Ted CohenJune 27, 20250 News 1K Views

Just when you figured it was safe to go in to the water comes word of not only one, but…

News

Officer Involved Shooting Results in Three Bangor Police Placed on Temporary Leave

By Seamus OthotJune 27, 20250 News

Three Bangor police officers are on leave following a Wednesday officer-involved shooting, after they returned fire at a suspect who…

News

“No Brainer” Decision on Cannabis Consumption Lounges Delayed Until Future Legislative Session

By Libby PalanzaJune 27, 20250 News

Maine lawmakers have adjourned for the session without making a decision on a bill that would open the door for…

News

Bowdoin Hyjinks: Maine Student Who Got Caught Stealing Is Now Ready to Downsize NYC’s Finest

By Ted CohenJune 27, 20250 News 2K Views

The former Bowdoin grad who’s on goal to become NYCโ€™s next mayor should be well-equipped to handle the Big Appleโ€™s…

News

Maine Lawmakers Punt on Bill Tying the Fate of Unique Electoral Vote Distribution System to Nebraska

By Libby PalanzaJune 27, 20250 News

State lawmakers have delayed deciding on a bill that ties the fate of Maine’s unique method of distributing its electoral…

News

Legislators Shoot Down Constitutional Amendment That Would Have Required Two-Thirds Vote to Raise Taxes

By Libby PalanzaJune 27, 20250 News

Earlier this month, Maine lawmakers rejected along partisan lines a resolution that would have amended the state’s constitution to require…

News

Another Poll Gives LePage Slight Edge Over Golden in Second District Congressional Race

By Maine Wire StaffJune 27, 20250 News 2K Views

New poll findings released on Thursday give former Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) a three-point lead over incumbent U.S. Representative…

News

Border Patrol Shuts Down Bangor Japanese Restaurant for Enforcement Operation

By Seamus OthotJune 27, 20250 News 7K Views

Armed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, along with agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), raided the Kobe Ninja…

News

Ranked Choice Voting Expansion Recalled from the Governor’s Desk at the Eleventh Hour

By Libby PalanzaJune 26, 20250 News 3K Views

Maine lawmakers have made a last-minute move putting the brakes on the controversial effort to expand the use of ranked…

News

Flaming Pile of Garbage Leads to Detour in Biddeford Amid Cleanup Efforts

By Seamus OthotJune 26, 20250 News

Biddeford drivers were delayed and their driving patterns disrupted Thursday when they were forced to find a way around Pomerleau…

News

Thanks to Mike Tipping, Proposed Tax on Maine’s Millionaires Lives to Fight Another Day

By Libby PalanzaJune 26, 20250 News

A proposed tax hike on Maine’s millionaires designed to increase funding for public pre-K-12 education has been carried over into…

News

Grim Demographic Data Reveals that Maine has the Oldest Population in the Nation

By Seamus OthotJune 26, 20250 News

Maine, New Hampshire, and nine other states now have more adults over 65 than minors, based on a Thursday report…

News

On Final Day of Session, Legislature Lifts Its Gag Order on Rep. Laurel Libby

By Maine Wire StaffJune 26, 20250 News

Maine’s House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to remove an effective gag order and restore the floor speaking privileges of…

News

Czechย Study Finds Fertility Rate “Substantially Lower” in Women Vaccinated for COVID-19 Versus Those Not

By Seamus OthotJune 26, 20250 News 1K Views

A new study from the Czech Republic published last week found that the rate of successful conceptions resulting in the…

Blog

Understanding Ella Emhoff’s Trauma

By Sam PattenJune 26, 20250 Blog 2K Views

When tragedy gives way to triumph, it can be a beautiful thingโ€”not unlike a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly. That…

News

FBI Reportedly Probing 3 Hospitals For Allegedly Mutilating Kids In Trans Medical Procedures

By DCNFJune 26, 20250 News 2K Views

The FBI is investigating a trio of childrenโ€™s hospitals for allegedly and potentially violating a federal law against genital mutilation…

News

Lawmakers Strip Funding from Bipartisan Bill Supporting Maine’s Child Care Industry They’d Unanimously Passed

By Libby PalanzaJune 26, 20250 News

After receiving unanimous, bipartisan support, Maine lawmakers have largely reversed course on a series of programs designed to bolster the…

News

Pingree Votes With Minority of Democrats Against Tabling Yet Another Measure to Impeach Trump

By Seamus OthotJune 25, 20250 News 1K Views

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted with a minority of House Democrats against tabling a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump…

News

Bowdoin Grad – Likely Next NYC Mayor – Railed Against โ€˜Zionistsโ€™ And โ€˜White Supremacistsโ€™ While In Maine

By Ted CohenJune 25, 20250 News 2K Views

The likely next mayor of New York City who has recently tried to deny his alleged anti-semitism left an explosive…

News

Not on Vacation: New York Man Out on Probation for Bank Robbery Arrested in Maine for Drug Trafficking

By Edward TomicJune 25, 20250 News 1K Views

A New York man out on probation for a bank robbery was arrested on drug charges on Monday after the…

News

Trump Makes NATO Chief Call Him โ€˜Daddyโ€™

By DCNFJune 25, 20250 News

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, called him โ€œdaddyโ€ as a way…

News

Local Man Charged in Westbrook Bicycle Theft After Previous Arrest for Stolen Gun

By Edward TomicJune 25, 20250 News

Westbrook Police on Monday announced the arrest of a local man, previously charged with stealing from a vehicle and possessing…

News

Mills Supports Republican Alternative to Red Flag Gun Grab Law as November Ballot Question Looms

By Seamus OthotJune 25, 20250 News

Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) expressed support on Tuesday for a Republican-led effort that would strengthen the state’s existing “Yellow Flag”…

News

Troy Jackson Fashions Himself Maine’s Own Zohran Mamdani, Is Jubilant About NYC Socialist’s Win

By Seamus OthotJune 25, 20250 News 2K Views

Gubernatorial candidate and former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat, expressed his strong support on Monday for New York…

News

‘Welcome Aboard the U.S. Border Patrol Express’ – Maine Border Patrol Puts Out Promo Video Showing Deportation Flight Set to Guns N’ Roses

By Edward TomicJune 25, 20250 News 1K Views

Maine’s U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Sector on Wednesday released a promotional video to social media depicting a deportation flight set…

News

Median Sale Price of Maine Homes Rose to Historic $425,000 in May

By Libby PalanzaJune 25, 20250 News

Homes in Maine are 6.52 percent more expensive right now than they were at this same time last year, selling…

National

Socialist Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Democrat Mayoral Primary, Besting Andrew Cuomo

By Maine Wire StaffJune 25, 20250 National

While the Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are busy lamenting the fact that their party’s national…

News

Pingree Reintroduces Bill to Help Organic Dairy Farmers By Collecting Industry Data

By Seamus OthotJune 25, 20250 News

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) reintroduced the “Organic Dairy Data Collection Act” on Tuesday with two Republican co-sponsors, aiming to help…

News

Maine Reduces Some Red Tape for Child Care Providers

By Libby PalanzaJune 25, 20250 News

Maine has now taken steps to reduce some of the red tape for child care facilities by amending the requirements…

News

Trump Admin Green-Lights Migrant Detention Facility Guarded By Alligators

By DCNFJune 25, 20250 News

The Trump administration is funding a project in Florida that seeks to turn an airfield in the Everglades โ€” surrounded…

News

RETROSPECTIVE: Whatโ€™s More Important To Janet Mills, โ€œNew Americanโ€ or โ€œNative American?โ€ Take a guess…

By Ted CohenJune 25, 20250 News 2K Views

If you’re a โ€New Americanโ€ then Maineโ€™s Democrat governor loves you. But if you’re Native American, don’t count on Janet,…

News

Two Maine Men Arrested After Leading Police on Multi-Town Chase in a Red Truck

By Edward TomicJune 25, 20250 News 1K Views

Two people were arrested on Monday after fleeing from a theft and leading police on a multi-town chase. Brunswick Police…

News

Four Arrested in Brooks Drug Bust After Months-Long Investigation

By Edward TomicJune 24, 20250 News 1K Views

Four individuals were arrested last week in Brooks following a months-long investigation into drug trafficking in Waldo County, authorities announced.…

News

Mills Wants to Keep the Door Open for “Future Generations” to Seize Tribal Lands

By Seamus OthotJune 24, 20250 News 1K Views

Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) nixed a bill from House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) on Friday that…

News

All Maine School Boards Have Just Over a Year to Decide on Their Student Cell Phone Use Policies

By Libby PalanzaJune 24, 20250 News

By August of next year, all Maine school boards will be required to adopt a policy regarding the use of…

News

Nukes and Cukes: In Negotiating with Iran, the Patient and the Determined Always Have the Edge

By Sam PattenJune 24, 20250 News

There’s an old Persian saying that goes “if either side walks away from a negotiation feeling good, it was a…

News

Supreme Court Hands Trump Admin Victory On Efforts To Deport โ€˜Worstโ€™ Illegal Migrants

By DCNFJune 24, 20250 News

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to more quickly deport illegal migrants to countries not specified in their removal…

News

Oxford Senator Rick Bennett Sheds GOP to Run for Maine Governor as an Independent

By Seamus OthotJune 24, 20250 News 1K Views

State Senator Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) announced on Tuesday that he will be running as an independent for Governor of Maine…

News

Three More Mills Vetoes – Tribal Eminent Domain, LGBTQIA+ Recovery Housing, Ferry Power Grab

By John AndrewsJune 24, 20250 News 1K Views

On Monday, June 20, Maine Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, issued vetoes on three bills concerning tribal land rights, recovery…

News

China Tries Getting Rich In Americaโ€™s Backyard

By DCNFJune 24, 20250 News

Some major Chinese companies are attempting to gain a foothold in new markets such as Brazil, the New York Times…

News

Rockland Police Search for Man in Connection to Reported Assault

By Edward TomicJune 24, 20250 News 1K Views

Rockland Police are searching for a man in connection to a reported assault on Sunday. Police say they are attempting…

News

Residential and Condo Associations in Maine Can No Longer Ban Members from Installing EV Chargers

By Libby PalanzaJune 24, 20250 News

Electric vehicle (EV) charging stations may soon begin cropping up in more housing developments and condo associations throughout Maine in…

News

Angus King Co-Sponsors Republican-Led Bill Mandating Steps to Combat Chinese Espionage

By Seamus OthotJune 24, 20250 News

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) signed on as a co-sponsor of a Republican-led bill aimed at fighting Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…

News

Here Are the Tax and Fee Increases Mainers Can Expect from the Budget Janet Mills Signed into Law on Monday

By Libby PalanzaJune 24, 20250 News 13K Views

Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed the $320 million supplemental budget into law Monday that contains a number of increased taxes…

Featured

Maine Wildlife Chief on Covering Up Dark Web Drug Scandal Involving Ex-Husband: “Canโ€™t talk about personnelโ€ฆ”

By Steve RobinsonJune 23, 20250 Featured 10K Views

Stephen S. Walker gives a speech to the Brunswick Town Council after resigning his District 2 seat. During Saturday’s annual…

News

โ€œEnvironmentalโ€ Group Trashing Maine Mills Actually Opposes Two Clean-Energy Sources — Oops!

By Ted CohenJune 23, 20250 News 1K Views

An โ€œenvironmentalโ€ organization promoted by Maineโ€™s legacy press complaining about paper-mill emissions apparently forgot about its opposition to not just…

News

ICE Agents Face a Massive Five-Fold Uptick in Assaults While Carrying Out Their Duties

By Seamus OthotJune 23, 20250 News

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are facing a massive 500 percent increase in violent assaults against them while they…

News

Recent Maine Cyber Attacks Could Worsen Now That Iran Needs A Novel Way To Avenge Trump’s Bunker Busters

By Ted CohenJune 23, 20250 News

It’s a perfect summer day in Maine for setting traps – but unfortunately Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is thinking of…

News

Mills Administration Doles Out $110,000 to Combat Substance Abuse Among Lewiston’s Somali Population

By Edward TomicJune 23, 20250 News 1K Views

The Mills administration will be granting over $100,000 to a behavioral services provider to partner with immigrant advocacy nonprofits in…

News

As Iran Strikes US Air Base, New Figures Indicate Biden Let Hundreds Of Iranians Into Homeland

By DCNFJune 23, 20250 News

Border Patrol agents reportedly released hundreds of Iranian nationals into the U.S. during President Joe Bidenโ€™s time in office, drawing…

News

WCSH-6 Hosts a Drag Queen, aka “Mother,” to Present Weather Forecast in Celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month

By Seamus OthotJune 23, 20250 News 8K Views

One of Maine’s prominent left-wing television news stations, News Center Maine (WCSH-6), had a drag queen, Jake Boyce – using…

News

Legislative Scouting Report– Mills Budget Signing Paves Way for Special Session Adjournment

By John AndrewsJune 23, 20250 News

Maineโ€™s 132nd Legislature is winding down and set to conclude its special emergency session by Wednesday or Thursday, following two…

News

UPDATED: Golden Finally Comments on US Strike on Iran, Statement Closer to that of Collins than Others

By Seamus OthotJune 23, 20250 News 1K Views

As the world waits to see the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb three of Iran’s nuclear facilities…

News

Trapped in the Past: Maine Democratic Socialists Rage at the End of National Convention’s Mask Mandate in 2025

By Seamus OthotJune 23, 20250 News 3K Views

The Democratic Socialists of Maine criticized their national parent organization in an Instagram post on Sunday after the Democratic Socialists…

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