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Everything You Need to Know About Yard South

By Libby PalanzaJuly 10, 20236 News 4K Views

Signs reading “No Yard South” have appeared in lawns across South Portland in recent months. But what exactly is Yard…

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Documents Offer Insight Into Left-Wing Dark Money Juggernaut Active in Maine Politics: Free Beacon

By Steve RobinsonJuly 10, 20230 News 1K Views

Documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon shed new light on the billion dollar D.C.-based operation that finances and controls…

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Report: 38% of Brown University Students Identify as LGBTQ+

By Edward TomicJuly 10, 20231 News 2K Views

LGBTQ+ student self-identification at Brown University has reached 38 percent of the student body, according to polling data collected by…

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‘No One Is Safe’: Biden Terrorizes White House Staff With Verbal Abuse: REPORT

By Steve RobinsonJuly 10, 20231 National 1K Views

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jake Smith on July 10, 2023 Behind closed doors, President Joe Biden routinely yells…

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Texas Installs 1,000 ft Buoy Barrier in Rio Grande to Deter Border Crossings

By Edward TomicJuly 10, 20230 News

Installation of the buoy border wall ordered by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbot began Friday on the Rio Grande in…

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WATCH: Tucker Carlson Discusses Ukraine, Jan. 6, Trump in New Russel Brand Podcast

By Edward TomicJuly 7, 20230 News 1K Views

Appearing in his first interview since leaving Fox News, on Friday Tucker Carlson joined comedian and actor Russel Brand on…

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Biden Approves Maine Disaster Declaration, Federal Funds for Severe Spring Storm

By Edward TomicJuly 7, 20236 News

On Friday Gov. Janet Mills and Maine’s Congressional Delegation made a joint announcement that President Joe Biden has approved the…

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Zuckerberg’s Twitter Rival Is Already Censoring People For Questioning Gender Ideology

By DCNFJuly 7, 20233 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jason Cohen on July 7, 2023 The popular conservative social media account Libs of…

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Christmas Tree Shops Closing All Locations Against Backdrop of Burdensome Inflation

By Libby PalanzaJuly 7, 20233 News 1K Views

Christmas Tree Shops, a Massachusetts-based retailer, is expected to close all of its 70-plus locations in the near future unless…

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Ukraine Has Promised to Be “Very Careful” With U.S. Cluster Bombs, Says Biden Admin

By Steve RobinsonJuly 7, 20235 National

The White House addressed reports Friday that it was planning to arm Ukraine with cluster bombs, a controversial munition that…

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Media Outlets Flock To Promote Zuckerberg’s New Rival To Musk’s Twitter

By Steve RobinsonJuly 7, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jason Cohen on July 7, 2023 Media outlets are giving positive coverage to tech giant…

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Taxpayer-Funded Waldo Theatre to Host Drag Show for Ages 16+

By Edward TomicJuly 7, 202311 News 1K Views

The historic Waldo Theatre in Waldoboro, Maine, will be hosting the Portland-based drag show “Curbside Queens” for a performance on…

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Dr. Shannon Carr Calls Maine Wire Reporting “Disinformation” in Letter to Sen. Cameron Reny

By Steve RobinsonJuly 7, 20231 News 1K Views

Thursday night, in one of the last floor speeches of the year, Sen. Cameron Reny (D-Lincoln) became the first supporter…

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Bill to Extend Taxpayer-Funded MaineCare to Illegal Aliens Dies After Amendment

By Edward TomicJuly 7, 20230 News

On Thursday Democrats in Maine’s House of Representatives reaffirmed their support for a bill that would extend taxpayer-funded MaineCare benefits…

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Fireworks Discharged at Portland Police in More Than Hour-Long Standoff

By Edward TomicJuly 7, 20237 News 1K Views

On Wednesday, July 5 at around 10:30 p.m., Portland Police responded to reports of a large group setting off fireworks…

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$olar Industry Wins State House Fight to Protect Windfall Profits

By Steve RobinsonJuly 7, 20236 News 1K Views

Solar power diehards in the Democratic Party have won their fight to protect a program that subsidizes large solar facilities…

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Border Agents Accidentally Let A Migrant On The Terror Watchlist Enter The US

By DCNFJuly 6, 20230 National

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Erinn Broadus on July 5, 2023 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a…

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Cape Elizabeth Threatens Burdensome Fines Over Local Lumber Yard’s Outdoor Displays

By Libby PalanzaJuly 6, 20239 News 4K Views

The Town of Cape Elizabeth is pursuing legal action against Lumbery – a business located in the center of town…

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Janet Mills Wins Again as House Fails Veto Override on Tribal Sovereignty Bill

By Libby PalanzaJuly 6, 20230 News

Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) has successfully vetoed LD 2004, the tribal sovereignty bill that would allow the Wabanaki Nations a…

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Biden Administration to Fight for Federal Agencies’ Right to Help Censor “Protected Free Speech” on Social Media

By Libby PalanzaJuly 6, 20230 Featured

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden issued a notice of appeal for the injunction issued Tuesday barring federal officials from collaborating…

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24,180 Patient Records Potentially Exposed in Mount Desert Island Hospital Data Breach

By Steve RobinsonJuly 6, 20232 News

The Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor has notified 24,180 patients that their private patient records may have been…

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Maine at the Crossroads: Mainers First or Mainers Last?

By Larry LockmanJuly 6, 202311 Commentary 2K Views

With each passing day, Maine sinks deeper and deeper into the quicksand of a potentially irreversible demographic, economic, cultural, and…

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CDC Says Trans People Can ‘Chestfeed’ Children, Accused of Not Considering Potential Health Risks

By Edward TomicJuly 6, 202310 News 9K Views

Multiple informational pages on the official Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website give guidance on “chestfeeding,” a term…

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Biden Admin Appeals Injunction Preventing It From Coordinating With Social Media To Suppress Speech

By DCNFJuly 6, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Katelynn Richardson on July 5, 2023 The Biden administration appealed a preliminary injunction Wednesday issued…

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‘COVID Was A Trojan Horse’: Missouri AG Reacts To Judge’s Ruling Against Biden Admin’s Censorship Efforts

By DCNFJuly 6, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Harold Hutchison on July 5, 2023 Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey of Missouri said that…

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DeSantis Outlaws Out-Of-State Driver’s Licenses Issued To Illegal Immigrants

By DCNFJuly 6, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Harold Hutchison on July 5, 2023 Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that certain…

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GOP Senator Calls On Biden’s Cybersecurity Chief To Resign Over Censorship Campaign

By DCNFJuly 6, 20230 National

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jason Cohen on July 6, 2023 Republican Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt called on a…

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Largest U.S. Teachers Union Wants Teachers Reading “Gender Queer” and “White Fragility” This Summer

By Edward TomicJuly 5, 20235 News

The National Education Association, the largest labor union in the United States, published a list Wednesday of “Great Summer Reads…

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Judge Blocks Feds from Collaborating with Social Media Companies to Remove or Suppress “Protected Free Speech”

By Libby PalanzaJuly 5, 20230 News

A federal judge issued an injunction Tuesday that blocks members of the Biden Administration and several federal agencies from working…

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White House Refuses to Acknowledge Hunter Biden’s Daughter

By Steve RobinsonJuly 5, 20230 News

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused during Wednesday’s briefing to say whether President Joe Biden acknowledges Hunter Biden’s four-year-old…

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Central Maine Mennonites May Gamble on Freer State Unless Lawmakers Provide Religious Accommodation

By Steve RobinsonJuly 5, 20233 News 2K Views

A community of conservative Christians in Maine has been frustrated by the State’s car insurance mandate. It’s become such a…

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Suspected Gunman in Philadelphia Mass Shooting is BLM Supporter and Cross-Dresser

By Edward TomicJuly 5, 20235 National 3K Views

The suspect arrested in relation to a Monday night mass shooting in Philadelphia that left five people dead and two…

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Americans Are Fleeing Blue Northeast for U.S. Southeast: Bloomberg

By Steve RobinsonJuly 5, 20235 News

More than 2 million people and an estimated $100 billion in wealth relocated to the Southeast United States in 2020…

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Mystery Surrounds Discovery of Cocaine at Biden White House

By Steve RobinsonJuly 5, 20231 National

In a stunning turn of events, a small bag of white powder, later identified as cocaine, was discovered on White…

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Mass Is Now Giving Illegal Aliens Driver’s Licenses

By Steve RobinsonJuly 5, 20231 News

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has begun providing Driver’s Licenses to residents who are present in the U.S. illegally under the…

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Putin Spokesperson Says “Contacts in Progress” Regarding Prisoner Exchange For Bowdoin Grad and WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich

By Edward TomicJuly 5, 20230 News

A spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that there has been contact between the U.S. and Russia regarding…

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Unity College President Declines to Host Asylum Seekers Without Comprehensive Plan and Taxpayer Money

By Edward TomicJuly 5, 20236 News 2K Views

The president of Unity College has responded to a proposal by Portland city officials to house asylum seeking migrants at…

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Michigan House Passes Bill to Make Hurting Someone’s Feelings a Hate Crime

By Edward TomicJuly 1, 202325 News 19K Views

A bill recently passed by Michigan’s House of Representatives would make causing someone to feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened based…

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Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Web Designer’s First Amendment Rights in Anti-Discrimination Case

By Libby PalanzaJune 30, 20231 Top News

The Supreme Court ruled Friday, in a 6-3 decision, that a Colorado state law compelling a website designer to “create…

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Chellie Pingree Doubles Down on Calls to Expand ‘Out of Touch’ Supreme Court

By Edward TomicJune 30, 20238 News

After the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in a ruling Thursday, and on Friday declared President Biden’s student loan…

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Fate of Solar-Driven Electricity Rate Hikes Uncertain in Augusta

By Steve RobinsonJune 30, 20233 News

One of the last remaining items of business at the State House this summer is what — if anything –…

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SCOTUS Torches Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Promise

By Steve RobinsonJune 30, 20230 News

President Joe Biden’s plan to unilaterally forgive $20,000 of student loan debt, broadly seen as an unconstitutional gimmick to boost…

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Maine Colleges Respond to Supreme Court’s Ban on Use of Affirmative Action in College Admissions

By Libby PalanzaJune 30, 20234 News

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday declaring the use of race-based affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional, two of Maine’s…

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Janet Mills Spikes Speaker’s Tribal Sovereignty Bill; Veto Override Uncertain

By Steve RobinsonJune 30, 20230 News

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivered an anticipated veto of Democratic House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross’ tribal sovereignty bill Friday morning.…

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U.S. Senator Who Faked Cherokee Ancestry While Making $430,000 at Harvard Laments Affirmative Action’s End

By Steve RobinsonJune 30, 20231 Commentary

The United States Supreme Court ruled yesterday that colleges and universities cannot make admissions decisions on the basis of race,…

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Supreme Court Declares Race-Conscious College Admissions Unconstitutional in Harvard Case

By Libby PalanzaJune 29, 20230 News

The Supreme Court issued an opinion this morning officially declaring affirmative action unconstitutional. The case, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc.…

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Former Cumberland County Sheriff Announces Bid to Become Portland’s Next Mayor

By Edward TomicJune 29, 20230 News

On Thursday City Councilor Mark Dion announced his bid to become Portland’s next Mayor. Portland’s current Mayor Kate Snyder said…

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Claremont Institute’s Tom Klingenstein and John Eastman Discuss 2020 Election Fraud in New Interview

By Edward TomicJune 29, 20230 News

Chairman of the Board of the California-based conservative think tank the Claremont Institute Tom Klingenstein has released the first of…

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Janet Mills Backs Largest State Tax Increase on Maine Workers in Decades

By Steve RobinsonJune 29, 20236 Top News 4K Views

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills endorsed the largest state tax increase on Maine workers in more than two decades Thursday with…

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Greater Portland Grapples with Migrant Policy Fallout [AUDIO]

By Steve RobinsonJune 29, 20234 Maine Wire TV

Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler Thursday morning to discuss the migrant protest on…

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Appropriations Committee Approves $800 Million Spending Package in Early Morning Vote

By Libby PalanzaJune 28, 20230 News

At 3:45 in the morning on Wednesday, the Appropriations Committee voted nearly unanimously to approve a spending package totaling approximately…

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Portland Officials Address Protest Over “Deplorable Conditions” at the Portland Expo

By Edward TomicJune 28, 202310 News 3K Views

Portland City officials held a press briefing inside of the Portland Exposition Building after a protest Wednesday morning by migrants…

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“This Is Insanity”: Portland Maine’s Liberal Redditors Turn on Migrant Policies

By Steve RobinsonJune 28, 202310 Top News 3K Views

Users on the most popular subreddit for Portland reacted harshly Wednesday morning to the news that migrants from sub-Saharan Africa…

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New York Times Confirms Most Explosive Allegation of IRS Whistleblowers Alleging Biden Admin Cover-Up

By Steve RobinsonJune 28, 20230 Top News

In a striking example of “burying the lede,” the New York Times revealed, deep into a story on bombshell IRS…

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South Portland Approves State-Funded Agreement to Keep Housing Migrants at Howard Johnson for 12 More Months

By Edward TomicJune 28, 20233 News

During a special public meeting Tuesday, the South Portland City Council approved an agreement to extend the temporary transitional housing…

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Bad Food, No Showers: Migrants Protest Outside Portland Expo Over “Awful Conditions,” Uncertain Future Benefits

By Edward TomicJune 28, 202322 News 5K Views

Roughly 100 migrants protested outside of the Portland Exposition Building Wednesday morning, briefly blocking traffic along a busy Park Ave,…

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Late-term Abortion Bill Headed for Janet Mills’ Signature

By Steve RobinsonJune 27, 20236 News

Gov. Janet Mills’ signature late-term abortion bill, the very bill she said she would not support during her re-election campaign,…

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The Frustrating Abortion Debate

By Steve RobinsonJune 27, 20234 Commentary

The debate over Gov. Janet Mills’ late-term abortion bill was one of the most controversial of the session, but it…

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Maine Senate Rejects Firearm Background Check Bill

By Libby PalanzaJune 27, 20232 News

The Maine Legislature is set to continue debate over LD 168, a bill that would require a “federally licensed firearms…

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VIDEO: Vegas Condo Gunman Thwarted by Armed Employee

By Edward TomicJune 27, 20233 News 6K Views

An armed employee at Turnberry Towers in Las Vegas stopped an active shooter who attempted to enter the building’s lobby…

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Maine Lawmakers Approve Puberty Blockers, Cross-Sex Hormones for 16- and 17-Year-Olds — Without Parental Consent

By Libby PalanzaJune 27, 20237 News 2K Views

Mainers must be 21-years-old to buy tobacco products and at least 18-years-old to use a tanning salon. But if Gov.…

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Pandemic Program Fraudsters Stole More Than $200,000,000,000 from Taxpayers: Watchdog

By Steve RobinsonJune 27, 20231 Politics

The federal government may have handed out more than $200 billion in taxpayer money to fraudsters under the guise of…

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Maine Senate Blocks Ban on Trafficking in Aborted Baby Remains

By Steve RobinsonJune 27, 20238 News 2K Views

Maine’s State Senate on Tuesday blocked a proposed amendment that would have put a four-year moratorium on the trafficking of…

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DOJ Finds ‘Numerous and Serious Failures’ by Prison Staff Enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s Supposed Suicide

By Edward TomicJune 27, 20230 News

A combination of negligence, misconduct and “outright job performance failures” created an environment which allowed notorious child sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein…

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Maine Senate Votes to Loosen Restrictions on Lithium Mining After $1.5 Bn Deposit Found in Newry

By Edward TomicJune 27, 20232 News 2K Views

A bill motivated by the discovery of a $1.5 billion lithium deposit in Newry, Maine, thought to be the world’s…

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Angus King, 79, Says He’s Running for Re-Election in 2024

By Steve RobinsonJune 27, 20236 News 1K Views

Seventy-nine-year-old U.S. Sen. Angus King, who is not enrolled in a party but who caucuses with Democrats, said Tuesday he…

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Janet Mills Vetoes Wind Power Bill With Major Carve Outs for Unions

By Steve RobinsonJune 27, 20231 News

Gov. Janet Mills dealt labor unions a major defeat Tuesday when she vetoed an offshore wind port construction bill that…

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Audio of Trump Sharing ‘Highly Confidential’ Document Leaks to CNN

By Edward TomicJune 27, 20232 News

CNN received a leak from an undisclosed source of an audio recording of a July 2021 interview former President Donald…

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Legislature Defeats Bill Requiring Parental Consent for Students to Use Alternative Pronouns and Names While at School

By Libby PalanzaJune 26, 20233 News

Democratic lawmakers voted Friday to kill a bill that would have prohibited public school employees from addressing students by alternative…

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Janet Mills Signs Bill Partially Decriminalizing Prostitution in Maine

By Edward TomicJune 26, 20234 News 1K Views

On Monday Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law that will partially decriminalize prostitution in Maine. The law, LD…

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Maine House Approves Taxpayer-Funded MaineCare Coverage for Illegal Aliens

By Edward TomicJune 26, 20236 News 1K Views

On Monday Maine’s House of Representatives passed a bill sponsored by House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) that would extend…

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Kevin McCarthy Threatens to Impeach AG Merrick Garland Over IRS Whistleblower Allegations

By Edward TomicJune 26, 20232 News

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Monday that the House of Representatives will launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden’s…

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“We Will Stop the Invasion”: DeSantis Unveils Border Security Policy

By Edward TomicJune 26, 20233 News

After a ride-along tour of the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday night, Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis announced his…

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Legislature Replaces Bill Authorizing “Safe Consumption Sites” with Directive to Study Their Effectiveness

By Libby PalanzaJune 26, 20234 News

The Legislature passed a resolution Friday directing the Governor’s Office to establish a working group tasked with studying the ability…

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Massive Energy Corporation Says Up To 30% Of Its Wind Turbines Could Be Malfunctioning

By DCNFJune 26, 20231 Energy & Environment

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Will Kessler on June 23, 2023 Siemens Energy announced Thursday that it will be undergoing…

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‘I’m Ashamed’: BlackRock CEO Says He’s Ditching The Left’s Favorite Buzzword For Woke Investing

By DCNFJune 26, 20234 News 1K Views

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jason Cohen on June 26, 2023 BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said Sunday that he will…

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Maine Will Have to Wait Until 2024 for Another Chance at Voter ID

By Libby PalanzaJune 23, 20231 News

Party-line votes in both the House and Senate earlier this week killed a bill that would have required Maine voters…

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Legislature Unanimously Approves TikTok Ban on Government-Issued Devices

By Libby PalanzaJune 23, 20230 News

The Legislature voted unanimously this week to ban TikTok from all electronic devices owned or controlled by the state government.…

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White House Stonewalls Questions About Hunter Biden in Heated Press Briefing [VIDEO]

By Edward TomicJune 23, 20230 News

After the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee released IRS whistleblower testimonies Thursday alleging political interference by the Justice Department…

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Transgender Former NH State Rep Arrested on Child Porn Charges

By Edward TomicJune 23, 20234 News 13K Views

Stacie Marie Laughton, the first openly transgender woman to win election to a state office in New Hampshire, has been…

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“Human Lives Matter”: Maine Democrats Applaud Loon Protection Law After House Passes Late-Term Abortion Bill

By Edward TomicJune 23, 20232 News

After Democrats in Maine’s House of Representatives narrowly passed Governor Janet Mills’ controversial late-term abortion bill in the early hours…

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Portland City Manager West Selects Next Permanent Police Chief

By Edward TomicJune 23, 20231 News

Following an “extensive search and review process,” Portland City Manager Danielle West has selected Mark Dubois to be the city’s…

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Storming the Capitol: Madam Speaker Doth Protest Too Much

By Tom DesjardinJune 23, 20234 News

“We should all storm the institution, out of anger that this is the attitude that they’ve taken about our history.”…

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The Special Counsel’s Misinformation in the Trump Indictment

By Joshua FillerJune 23, 20231 Top News

Joshua D. Filler is an attorney living in Maine. He served as Director of Legislative Affairs for the Mayor of…

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Maine House Votes to Approve Gov. Janet Mills’ Controversial Late-Term Abortion Bill in Major Victory for Planned Parenthood

By Steve RobinsonJune 23, 20238 News 3K Views

The Maine House of Representatives voted Thursday night to approve Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ plan to eliminate restrictions on late-term…

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Top Republican Alleges AG’s Office Changed Maine’s Formal Late-Term Abortion Guidance (And She’s Got Receipts)

By Edward TomicJune 22, 20230 News 2K Views

During her testimony Thursday in opposition to Gov. Janet Mills’ late-term abortion bill, LD 1619, a top Republican alleged that…

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Joe ‘Big Guy’ Biden in Room While Hunter Shook Down Chinese Businessman Henry Zhao: Whistleblower

By Steve RobinsonJune 22, 20232 News 3K Views

President Joe Biden was in the room when his son Hunter Biden sent a WhatsApp message to Chinese businessman Henry…

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Suspect in Double Homicide of Texas Couple Told Maine Officers He Wanted to Go on Shooting Spree in 2018

By Steve RobinsonJune 22, 20236 News 11K Views

The young couple gunned down Monday night in Westbrook had recently relocated to Maine from Texas with their two young…

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Portland City Attorneys Conducting ‘Legal Research’ Into Whether Councilor Pious Ali Violated Electioneering Laws

By Edward TomicJune 22, 20234 News

Portland’s Corporation Counsel’s Office is conducting “legal research” into whether City Councilor At-Large Pious Ali violated a state law against…

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Maine Dems Kill Slate of Education Reforms in Final Days of Session

By Libby PalanzaJune 22, 20238 News

Over the past few days, the Legislature has shot down a series of bills and resolutions aimed at shoring up…

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Dem Leader Daughtry Misled WGAN Listeners About Her Paid Leave Bill Rendering Ballot Question “Null and Void”

By Steve RobinsonJune 22, 20230 News

If lawmakers voted to approve a paid leave program — funded by a new one percent payroll tax on workers…

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VIDEO: IRS Whistleblowers Claim DOJ, IRS Conspired to Stymie Hunter Biden Probe

By Steve RobinsonJune 22, 20230 News

U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, said Thursday that the committee has received credible…

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Whistleblowers Allege IRS, DOJ Corruption, Tie President Biden to Hunter Biden’s Business Deals [DOCUMENTS]

By Steve RobinsonJune 22, 20230 Top News

The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday released shocking whistleblower testimonies suggesting alleged impropriety by the IRS and…

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Maine Media Runs Cover For House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross’ State Police Scandal and “Storm the Capitol” Rhetoric

By The Maine WireJune 22, 20235 Commentary 1K Views

Two stories regarding Maine’s second most powerful legislator, House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland), have remained largely untouched by the…

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LGBT Activist Witness Refuses to Acknowledge Any Difference Between Men and Women in Senate Hearing

By Edward TomicJune 22, 20232 News 2K Views

At a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday entitled “Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans,” a queer…

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Bill Lowering Maine Sales Tax Back to 5% Defeated

By Libby PalanzaJune 22, 20230 News

The State Legislature has officially defeated a bill that would have lowered Maine’s sales tax rate from 5.5 percent to…

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Portland Announces New Interim Police Chief

By Edward TomicJune 22, 20230 News

Following the retirement announcement of current Portland Police Department Interim Chief F. Heath Gorham, the city stated Thursday that Interim…

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Maine Bans Artificial Intelligence Use by State Agencies for 6 Months Due to ‘Cybersecurity Risks’

By Edward TomicJune 21, 20230 News

A new policy directive from Maine Information Technology (MaineIT) has put a six-month moratorium on the adoption and use of…

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Maine GOP Rips $360 Million Per Year Payroll Tax Scheme Approved by Senate in Paid Leave Vote

By Steve RobinsonJune 21, 20232 News

Maine’s Republican Senators on Wednesday defended their opposition to an effort by Democratic lawmakers to create a new one percent…

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Maine Lawmakers Reject Coverage for “Detransitions” in Bill to Fund Transgender Hormone Treatments, Surgeries Via MaineCare

By Libby PalanzaJune 21, 20232 News

The Senate voted Tuesday to require MaineCare reimbursement for “medically necessary treatment for or related to gender dysphoria,” following a…

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