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Trump Taps WWE Cofounder Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education

By Seamus OthotNovember 21, 20245 News

Republican President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Small Business Administration head and WWE wrestling co-founder Linda McMahon to head the…

News

DA Asks NY Judge to Delay Donald Trump’s Sentencing Until 2029, Defense Seeks Full Dismissal

By Libby PalanzaNovember 21, 20242 News

On Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg requested to delay former and President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing on the thirty-four felony…

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Recess Cancelled: Collins Wants ‘Extensive Investigations’ Into Trump’s Cabinet Nominees

By Seamus OthotNovember 21, 202458 News 3K Views

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins opposes Trump’s push for recess appointments, which would allow him to quickly put his cabinet…

Maine and New England

Maine Republican State Rep Facing Domestic Violence Charge Wins Reelection By 1 Vote After Recount

By Edward TomicNovember 21, 20246 Maine and New England

A Maine Republican lawmaker who a week before election day turned himself in to police over an alleged aggravated assault…

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ICE Nabs 3 Accused Child Rapists In Massachusetts As Governor, Mayor Remain Opposed To Trumpโ€™s Deportation Agenda

By DCNFNovember 21, 20246 News

Criminal illegal migrants continue to be apprehended in Massachusetts as the stateโ€™s Democratic leaders make clear their opposition to President-elect…

Maine and New England

Portland School Board Chair Claims Immigrants Have ‘come under attack’ After Trump’s Election, District is Preparing for Potential Mass Deportations

By Edward TomicNovember 21, 202426 Maine and New England 1K Views

At a Tuesday meeting of the Portland Board of Public Education, at-large member and Board Chair Sarah Lentz claimed that…

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Matt Gaetz Withdraws Himself from Consideration for United States Attorney General

By Libby PalanzaNovember 21, 20245 News

Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration for United States Attorney General. This decision comes after…

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Green Energy’s Soaring Costs Outweigh Projected Benefits for New England: Think Tank Report

By Libby PalanzaNovember 21, 202416 News 1K Views

A coalition of New England based think tanks released an extensive report Wednesday in collaboration with Always on Energy Research…

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Mills Admin Boosts Maine Defense Contractor Recruitment Effort with $260,000 Grant

By Edward TomicNovember 21, 20245 News

The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has awarded $260,000 to a coalition of Maine-based defense contractors and educational…

Top News

FDA Warns “Tom’s of Maine” Toothpaste Maker Over Mold, Bacteria at Sanford Facility

By Steve RobinsonNovember 21, 20245 Top News 2K Views

Tom’s of Maine — a popular toothpaste brand celebrated for it’s use of all-natural ingredients — has violated federal rules…

News

Socialist Portland City Councilor’s Plan for ‘Social Housing’ Task Force Met with Skepticism, Postponed to 2025

By Edward TomicNovember 21, 202411 News

Socialist Portland City Councilor Kate Sykes’ proposal for a task force to study how city might utilize a new “social…

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Texas Land Commissioner Offers Trump 1,400 Acres of Border Land for Deportation Facilities

By Seamus OthotNovember 21, 20242 News

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham penned a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, offering to give his incoming administration…

News

Maine Gov Funds Study Into Link Between COVID-19 and Increased Youth Suicide Rates

By Edward TomicNovember 20, 202416 News

The Mills administration has allocated funds to extend pediatric behavioral health programs run by MaineHealth for an additional year that…

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Men Banned from Women’s Bathrooms at U.S. Capitol

By Seamus OthotNovember 20, 20248 News

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) banned biological males from the women’s restrooms at the Capitol on Wednesday after…

News

DCNF EXCLUSIVE: Hereโ€™s How A Small Band Of Pediatricians Pushed Medical Org Into Nixing Age Minimums For Sex Changes

By DCNFNovember 20, 20244 News

A handful of pediatricians who perform sex-change procedures on children led a successful pressure campaign to push a major transgender…

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Portland Man, Previously Convicted for Possession of Child Pornography, Sentenced to 12 Years for Enticing Minor

By Edward TomicNovember 20, 20243 News

A Portland man who was previously convicted for the possession of child pornography has been sentenced to 12 years in…

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Most Democrats Want Kamala Harris to Top 2028 Presidential Ticket: Poll

By Seamus OthotNovember 20, 202411 News

A new post-election poll of likely voters from Echelon Insights found that Democrats favor Vice President Kamala Harris to head…

News

New Hampshire School Teacher Arrested in Sting Operation After Soliciting Sex from a 12-Year-Old While on the Job

By Seamus OthotNovember 20, 20242 News

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested 46-year-old Stacey Ray Lancaster of Hudson, New Hampshire, a high school teacher, as part of…

News

Five Additional Suspects Arrested in Fatal Portland Shooting, Police Still Searching for Motorcycle Gang-Affiliated NH Man

By Edward TomicNovember 20, 20242 News 2K Views

Five additional suspects have been arrested by Portland Police in recent days in connection to a July shooting on Forest…

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Department of Defense Fails 7th Consecutive Audit on $824 Billion Budget as Officials Claim “Momentum is on Our Side”

By Seamus OthotNovember 20, 20243 News

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced on Friday that it has failed its seventh consecutive audit and is unable…

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Judge Blocks New DOL Rule for “White-Collar” Overtime: “Something Has Gone Seriously Awry”

By Libby PalanzaNovember 20, 20240 News

Friday, a federal judge in Texas blocked the United States Department of Labor (DOL) from increasing the maximum salary threshold…

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Should Men Be Allowed in the Women’s Bathroom? Congress Debates Nancy Mace’s Bathroom Bill

By Seamus OthotNovember 19, 202412 News

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) put forward a resolution on Monday requiring representatives and staff at the U.S. House and…

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Massachusetts Lawmakers Vote to Undermine Ballot Question Requiring Audit of Massachusetts Lawmakers

By Seamus OthotNovember 19, 20244 News 2K Views

Republicans and Democrats in the Massachusetts State House united on Thursday to support a bill that State Auditor Diana DiZoglio…

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Jared Golden Advocated for US to Send Ukraine Long-Range Tactical Missiles Now Being Used Against Targets Inside Russia

By Edward TomicNovember 19, 202412 News

At the start of this year, Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) signed onto a letter urging the Biden administration to…

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Illegal Alien’s Speeding, Reckless Passing Maneuver on I-95 Left Maine Woman Dead, Husband Critically Injured: MSP Crash Report

By Edward TomicNovember 19, 202418 News 9K Views

The illegal alien who in April caused a fatal car crash on I-95 in April, leaving an Albion woman dead…

News

Maine’s New Eviction Prevention Program Moves to Waiting List Procedure After Applications Soar

By Libby PalanzaNovember 19, 20243 News

Maine’s newly launched Eviction Pilot Programโ€”designed to โ€œhelp tenants who may be facing eviction and the loss of their housingโ€โ€”has…

Commentary

Soboleski: Maine Border Officials Want Roads Upgraded

By Michael SoboleskiNovember 19, 20244 Commentary

A contingent of Maine State Representatives, accompanied by Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols, recently visited the Northern Border Port of…

News

DCNF EXCLUSIVE: Chinese Summer Camps Teach American Kids To Be Like Red Army Soldiers And โ€˜Littleโ€™ Police Officers

By DCNFNovember 19, 20242 News

Thousands of American kids are being sent to camps run by a Chinese influence and intelligence agency that promote Chinese…

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Longtime Bayside Resident Says She was Victim of Brutal Mugging, Warns Women not to Walk Alone in Neighborhood

By Edward TomicNovember 18, 202417 News 4K Views

A longtime resident of Portland’s Bayside neighborhood who says she was the victim of a brutal mugging is warning women…

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Collins, Heading for Clash Over Trump Cabinet Picks, Says She’ll Seek 2026 Re-election

By Libby PalanzaNovember 18, 202441 News 2K Views

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) made it known during a campaign stop in Vassalboro Friday that she intends to seek…

Top News

Missing, Misplaced, and Miscounted Ballots: Bellows Brushes Off “Snafus” on 2nd Day of Recounts for Tight Maine House Seats

By Steve RobinsonNovember 18, 202413 Top News 2K Views

The Maine Secretary of State on Monday continued with a series of recounts in races for the State Legislature that…

News

Hutchinson Center Sold to Taxpayer-funded Nonprofit After UMaine Renege’s on Church’s Offer

By Libby PalanzaNovember 18, 20243 News

The University of Maine (UMaine) has decided to sell the Hutchinson Center to Waldo Community Action Partners (WCAP) following a…

News

Maine Professor Vindicated After Backlash for Saying There are Only Two Sexes

By Seamus OthotNovember 18, 202416 News 3K Views

The Maine Human Rights Commission (MHRC) cleared University of Southern Maine Sociology and Education Professor Dr. Christy Hammer of any…

News

Trump AG Nom Matt Gaetz Emerges as Most Controversial Cabinet Selection

By Seamus OthotNovember 18, 20244 News

President-elect Donald Trump has courted controversy with many of his cabinet picks, choosing divisive figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…

News

Sanford City Clerk Says Election Day at Newly Consolidated Polling Place Was a ‘Smooth Operation’

By Edward TomicNovember 18, 20240 News

Sanford City Clerk Sue Cote told the City Council during their meeting last Tuesday that the Nov. 5 election, the…

Maine and New England

York County Sheriff’s Deputy Finds 8-Foot Boa Constrictor on the Side of the Road in Shapleigh

By Edward TomicNovember 18, 20241 Maine and New England

The York County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the owner of an 8-foot Boa constrictor a deputy found on the…

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Scarborough Man Found Passed Out in Car at Portland Gas Station with Drugs, Handgun: Portland PD

By Edward TomicNovember 18, 20240 News

A Scarborough man who was found passed out in his car at a Portland gas station was arrested after the…

News

DCNF EXCLUSIVE: Investment Advisors Warn Top Corporations Diversity Initiatives Are โ€˜Now A Liabilityโ€™ Under Trump Admin

By DCNFNovember 18, 20246 News

Dozens of investment advisors warned Americaโ€™s biggest corporations Friday that their diversity programs will be a liability under the incoming…

Commentary

The UOCAVA Overseas Vote Kerfuffle, Explained

By Steve RobinsonNovember 16, 20247 Commentary 1K Views

Maine Wire readers and talk radio listeners this week may have followed the imbroglio between me and the Secretary of…

Featured

Maine’s CD2 Heads to Recount After Golden Claims RCV Win

By Steve RobinsonNovember 16, 202418 Featured 1K Views

Maine’s Second Congressional District is headed for a recount that could last weeks after incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden…

Commentary

The Bollard’s Callous Indifference to the Guerrette Family’s Suffering

By Steve RobinsonNovember 16, 20246 Commentary 2K Views

It’s been a while since Chris Busby libelously claimed that I’m a paid subscriber to The Bollard newsletter in an…

News

Maine Senator Unimpressed with Decorated Military Vet Pete Hegseth’s Nomination for Defense Secretary

By Seamus OthotNovember 15, 202443 News 3K Views

In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of a decorated military veteran and best-selling author to head the Department of…

News

Sanctuary Cities Freed Tens Of Thousands Of Criminal Aliens Wanted By ICE During Biden Era, Data Shows

By DCNFNovember 15, 202412 News 1K Views

Sanctuary jurisdictions have freed tens of thousands of criminal migrants during President Joe Bidenโ€™s time in the White House, federal…

News

Damariscotta Sex Offender Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography

By Seamus OthotNovember 15, 20244 News

A Damariscotta man will spend 18 years in federal prison for the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material,…

News

“Neocon”: Marco Rubio as Secretary of State Angers Libertarian Right

By Seamus OthotNovember 15, 20245 News

President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration is coming into focus as the Republican announces, mostly via social media, who will serve…

News

No Hablo Inglรฉs: Maine Sheriff Busts Illegal Alien with Over 100 grams of Fentanyl, Crack Cocaine During Traffic Stop

By Edward TomicNovember 15, 202412 News 2K Views

A traffic stop Wednesday afternoon in Topsham led to the arrest of a an illegal alien on felony drug trafficking…

News

Cookie Jar Bakery Granted Opportunity to Formalize Front Parking Spaces by Cape Elizabeth Town Council

By Libby PalanzaNovember 15, 20242 News

The Cape Elizabeth Town Council voted Wednesday night in favor of directing the Town Manager to offer the Cookie Jar…

News

Here’s the Recount Schedule for Seats in Maine House of Representatives

By Libby PalanzaNovember 14, 20249 News 2K Views

The Maine Secretary of State’s Office announced Thursday that recounts have been scheduled in nine races for seats in the…

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Trump Taps Robert F. Kennedy, Jr to Run DC Health Bureaucracy

By The Maine WireNovember 14, 20244 News

President-elect Donald Trump continues to send shockwaves through Washington, D.C., and American politics as his proposed cabinet picks bring into…

Crime

No Secrecy for DC, Boston Elites Accused of Fueling Foreign Prostitution Racket, Mass SJC Rules

By Steve RobinsonNovember 14, 20242 Crime 2K Views

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled against a motion filed by several anonymous men seeking to keep their identities…

News

Maine Secretary of State Attempts to Charge Taxpayer $15,000 for Public Records

By Steve RobinsonNovember 14, 202411 News 2K Views

A Maine resident, who asked to remain anonymous, finally received a response to a Feb. 2024 request for public records…

News

Yard South Developers Withdraw Controversial South Portland Contract Zone Application

By Libby PalanzaNovember 14, 20244 News

The developers behind the controversial Yard South project in South Portland have withdrawn their application for special zoning permissions and…

News

Armed Man Shot and Injured by Cumberland County Sheriffs in Harrison

By Edward TomicNovember 14, 20241 News

A Maine man who allegedly confronted and shot at Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies with a firearm outside of a residence…

Commentary

The Shenna Files: Freedom of Access Under the Democrat Uniparty

By Steve RobinsonNovember 14, 202414 Commentary 1K Views

In December 2023, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows made the unilateral decision to remove Republican President-elect Donald Trump from…

News

Maine Secretary of State Responds to Inquiries About Overseas Voters

By Steve RobinsonNovember 14, 202426 News 3K Views

The Maine Secretary of State’s office responded Wednesday to inquiries from media, party officials, elected representatives, and political professionals about…

News

Mills Admin Directs $462,000 Grant to Lewiston-Based Nonprofit for Services to Immigrant Victims of Domestic, Sexual Violence

By Edward TomicNovember 13, 202419 News 1K Views

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has granted nearly half a million dollars to a Lewiston-based nonprofit…

News

Single Portland Neighborhood Accounted for Nearly a Third of City’s Arrests, 40% of Overdoses This Year

By Edward TomicNovember 13, 202411 News 2K Views

The Bayside neighborhood in Portland has accounted for nearly a third of the city’s arrests and about 40 percent of…

News

Portland Woman Found Guilty in Million-Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme

By Edward TomicNovember 13, 20242 News

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced on Tuesday that a Portland woman has been found guilty of charge of theft…

News

John Thune Triumphs In Secret Election To Lead Senate GOP

By DCNFNovember 13, 20245 News

Republican South Dakota Sen. John Thune won a three-way race to lead Senate Republicansโ€™ 53-seat majority for the first two…

News

โ€˜Toxic Media Platformโ€™: The Guardian Explains Decision To Halt Posts On X

By DCNFNovember 13, 20244 News

The Guardian announced Wednesday that they will no longer post from their editorial accounts on X, formerly known as Twitter,…

News

Mainers Will Decide on Voter ID Law Thanks to Citizens Initiative

By Seamus OthotNovember 11, 202426 News 3K Views

Voter ID for ME has gathered more than double the number of signatures required to create a ballot measure, giving…

Energy & Environment

Trump Taps Former NY Rep Lee Zeldin to Head EPA

By Edward TomicNovember 11, 20243 Energy & Environment

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin (R) to serve in his cabinet as the administrator…

News

Even Californians are Tired of Soft-on-Crime Policies

By Seamus OthotNovember 11, 20242 News

Californians overwhelmingly rejected their state’s soft-on-crime policies, voting on Tuesday to increase penalties for various types of non-violent crimes, while…

News

Mass Gov Vows to Resist Trump’s Immigration Plans Despite Rash of Child Sex Crimes Tied to Release of Illegal Aliens

By Seamus OthotNovember 11, 202413 News 1K Views

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) promised on MSNBC on Wednesday that she would not allow the Massachusetts State Police to…

News

Trump Selects Former ICE Head Tom Homan as Border Czar

By Seamus OthotNovember 11, 20247 News

President-elect Donald Trump selected Tom Homan as the administration’s “Border Czar” on Sunday, choosing an immigration hardliner to take over…

Maine and New England

Maine ACLU Vows to Resist ‘repression and totalitarianism’ of Second Trump Administration

By Edward TomicNovember 11, 202422 Maine and New England 1K Views

In a statement issued following former President Donald Trump’s resounding victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last week, the executive…

News

South Portland Voters Reject $12.3 Million Bond for High School Athletic Stadium Complex

By Libby PalanzaNovember 11, 20242 News

South Portland residents approved two of the three bonds on this year’s ballot but rejected a $12.3 million proposal to…

News

Second Raid in 2 Months Leads to $40,000 Drug Bust at Solon Residence, Suspects from Mass, NYC Among 4 Arrested

By Edward TomicNovember 11, 20243 News

Four suspects were arrested on drug charges last week after the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office found approximately $40,000 in methamphetamine,…

News

None of the Eleven States with Gubernatorial Elections in 2024 Flipped Parties Despite Massive Shifts Nationally

By Seamus OthotNovember 11, 20241 News

As nationwide focus revolved around last Tuesday’s Presidential and Congressional elections, eleven states also decided on their governors. [RELATED: Golden,…

News

Nearly 60% of Portland Voters Approve Citizens Initiative Limiting Hazard Pay to City-Declared States of Emergency

By Libby PalanzaNovember 11, 20241 News

Nearly 60 percent of Portland voters supported a measure Tuesday allowing local emergency wage provisions to go into effect only…

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Bar Harbor Voters Narrowly Reject New Approach to Cruise Ship Regulation by Just 63 Votes

By Libby PalanzaNovember 11, 20243 News

Voters in Bar Harbor narrowly rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have overturned a 2022 ordinance capping the number of…

Commentary

Maine CD-2: It’s a Ranked Choice Voting Disaster of Democrats’ Own Making

By Steve RobinsonNovember 8, 202420 Commentary 5K Views

Ranked Choice Voting was sold to Maine voters as a silver bullet that would clean up Maine politics, eliminate spoiler…

Crime

Yarmouth Doc Accused of Running Massage Parlor as Front for Sex Trafficking

By Edward TomicNovember 8, 20246 Crime 3K Views

A Maine doctor has been arrested and charged with sex trafficking after being accused of running an illicit massage business…

News

Billy Bob Faulkingham Retains Leadership Position as Maine House GOP Charts Path Forward

By Edward TomicNovember 8, 20247 News 1K Views

On the heels of a disappointing election Tuesday for Maine Republicans, in which they failed to obtain a majority in…

News

Mainers Narrowly Reject Redesigned State Flag, Overwhelmingly Approve Limits on Super PAC Contributions

By Libby PalanzaNovember 8, 202414 News 1K Views

On Tuesday, Mainers made their voices heard not only on a number of key state, federal, and local elections, but…

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Cape Elizabeth Voters Narrowly Reject Proposal to Construct New Middle School

By Libby PalanzaNovember 8, 20244 News

Voters in Cape Elizabeth narrowly rejected a $94.7 million school improvement plan that included the construction of a new middle…

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Lincoln Academy in Newcastle Offers Support for Students ‘Struggling’ with the Election

By Seamus OthotNovember 8, 202422 News 2K Views

The Lincoln Academy in Newcastle is offering a support room for high school students struggling emotionally with President Donald Trump’s…

Commentary

The Final Maine-CD2 Results May Reveal a Potentially Unnecessary RCV Count

By Steve RobinsonNovember 8, 202413 Commentary 2K Views

Editor’s Note: The first version of this story misinterpreted the “blank” vote totals as ballots that had been cast blank…

Featured

BREAKING: Maine CD-2 Race Headed for “Ranked Choice Voting” Disaster as Golden Falls Below 50%

By Steve RobinsonNovember 7, 202433 Featured 10K Views

Maine’s Second Congressional District race between incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden and Republican State Rep. Austin Theriault is headed…

News

Maine House GOP to Hold Leadership Elections After Another Disappointing Cycle

By Steve RobinsonNovember 7, 20248 News 1K Views

Republicans in the State House of Representativesโ€”fresh off yet another disappointing election cycleโ€”are poised to cast votes for leadership positions…

Featured

Austin Theriault to Demand Recount in Maine’s CD2 Race Against Rep. Jared Golden

By Steve RobinsonNovember 7, 20243 Featured

Republican State Rep. Austin Theriault will demand a recount of the election results from his race against Democratic incumbent U.S.…

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Portland Elects Second Democratic Socialist to City Council

By Edward TomicNovember 7, 202411 News 1K Views

Wes Pelletier, a longtime member of the Maine Democratic Socialists of America (Maine DSA) was elected to the Portland City…

News

Golden, Pingree, and King Retain Seats as GOP Wins Trifecta Nationally

By Seamus OthotNovember 6, 202422 News 2K Views

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden emerged victorious in the highly contentious battle for Maine’s Second Congressional District seat, defeating challenger…

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Donald J. Trump Elected as the 47th President of the United States

By Libby PalanzaNovember 6, 202423 News 2K Views

Former President Donald J. Trump (R) has been elected to serve as the 47th President of the United States. The…

News

Donald Trump to Enter White House with GOP Control of House and Senate: MAGA 2.0

By Steve RobinsonNovember 6, 20248 News 2K Views

Former President Donald J. Trump survived coordinated lawfare, two assassination attempts, collusion among major tech companies, and a sustained negative…

News

Two Maine Citizens Allege Many Counties Have Implausible and Impossible Voter Registration Rates, Threaten to Sue Secretary of State

By Libby PalanzaNovember 4, 202437 News 7K Views

Two Maine citizens have threatened to sue Secretary of State Shenna Bellows for improper voter roll maintenance unless action is…

News

Biden Calls Trump Supporters “The Kind of Guys You’d Like to Smack in the Ass” after Backlash from Garbage Comments

By Seamus OthotNovember 4, 202413 News

President Joe Biden doubled down on insulting former President Donald Trump’s supporters in Pennsylvania on Saturday after going viral for…

News

Portland City Councilors Seek 180-Day Moratorium on New Hotel Projects, Citing ‘serious public harm’ Caused by Continued Development

By Edward TomicNovember 4, 202411 News

Two Portland City Councilors are seeking to put a 180-day prohibition on the approval of new hotel projects in the…

News

J.D. Vance Campaigns in NH After Poll Shows Trump with Slight Lead Over Harris

By Seamus OthotNovember 4, 20241 News

Vice Presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) campaigned in New Hampshire on Sunday, two days before the election, after recent…

News

Pentagon is Failing to Provide Resources for Active Duty Service Members to Vote: Report

By Seamus OthotNovember 4, 20243 News 2K Views

Three congressmen accused U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday of failing to provide active-duty service members with the…

Top News

Here’s the Interview the Boston Globe Falsely Claimed the Maine Wire Declined

By Steve RobinsonNovember 4, 20243 Top News 1K Views

In the spirit of transparency, here are the emails exchanged with the Boston Globe reporter who covered the Maine Wire’s…

Commentary

NPR Editor Who Censored Hunter Biden Laptop Story Questions Maine Wire’s Noncitizen Voter Reporting

By Steve RobinsonNovember 4, 20249 Commentary 2K Views

The Boston Globe on Monday published a front-page story featuring the Maine Wire’s investigative report which found noncitizens are registered…

News

Bangor Warns of Illegal Ballot Harvesting

By Seamus OthotNovember 3, 20249 News 1K Views

Bangor city officials warned residents on Tuesday that at least one person has been engaged in illegal ballot harvesting, going…

News

Cookie Jar Bakery Fighting to Keep Critical Parking Spaces Amid Zoning Dispute with Cape Elizabeth

By Libby PalanzaNovember 2, 20245 News 1K Views

In business since the 1950s, Cookie Jar Bakery in Cape Elizabeth is now fighting to retain use of the four…

Top News

Bucks County Voters Given Until Friday Night to Cast Ballots Ahead of Election Day After Being Turned Away Two-Plus Hours Before Original Deadline

By Libby PalanzaNovember 1, 20241 Top News

Voters in Bucks County Pennsylvania will have until the end of the day on Friday, November 1 to โ€œapply for,…

News

Kentucky Official Addresses Voting Machine that Refused to Let a Voter Select Trump

By Seamus OthotNovember 1, 202411 News 2K Views

Laurel, Kentucky Town Clerk, Tony Brown, addressed a viral video showing a voting machine refusing to let a voter select…

Featured

Deplorable, Irredeemable, Garbage: MAGA World Laughs and Cheers as Trump Embraces Unhinged Democrat Loathing

By Seamus OthotOctober 31, 202410 Featured 1K Views

Former Republican President Donald Trump quickly turned President Joe Biden’s insult, calling his supporters “garbage,” into an opportunity to celebrate…

News

Social Media Erupts As Biden Bites Multiple Babies Dressed In Costumes

By DCNFOctober 31, 20249 News 1K Views

President Joe Biden skipped the candy and went straight for the baby Wednesday night when he appeared to bite multiple…

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Left-wing DA Faces Misconduct Complaint Over Oakland Woman Who Alleged She Was Drugged, Sexually Assaulted at Waterville Bar

By Libby PalanzaOctober 31, 20248 News 3K Views

Kennebec and Somerset County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney is currently facing allegations before the Maine Board of Overseers of the…

News

Foreign Agents Are Spending Big To Help Dems Win Key Senate Seats

By DCNFOctober 31, 20247 News

Lobbyists working on behalf of foreign nations are cutting large checks to help Democrats win two competitive Senate seats, records…

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